I'm back! So, my plan is: this chapter will have … in it, next will have … in it… OK, THEN I WILL HAVE 3 MORE CHAPTERS! Including this one so, that means there shall be 11 chapters in this story, WEE I'm almost done, and I love it when I'm almost done:D

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Living A Lie

Chapter 8 – We Have Bigger Things To Worry About.

When we arrived at Valerie's house, we didn't bother knocking; we just flew straight to her room. She was sitting on her bed, looking at the clock when we appeared in front of her. She jumped and then looked to her feet, she was obviously guilty.

"I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST YOU!" I yelled.

"SO DID I!" Dani joined in.

"It WASN'T me!" she tried to convince us.

"Oh, then who ELSE would've said something like that? NOBODY ELSE KNEW!" I pointed out.

"A KID SAW DANI TRANSFORM!" she yelled.

"NO, THEY DIDN'T, I ALWAYS LOOK FIRST AND SO DOES DANNY AND I DON'T TRANSFORM IN PUBLIC UNLESS I AM HUMAN!" Dani yelled.

"HIS NAME WAS JAMES GERKIN, I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD EAT HIS BRAINS IF HE TOLD ANYONE BUT HE TOLD, IT WASN'T ME, I WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO YOU!" Valerie yelled at us.

"Stop trying to blame it on some kid you don't even know, come on Dani, let's go." I told Dani.

Dani and I flew back to our house invisibly and noticed that mum, dad and Jazz had come home. When we turned visible, they didn't jump or anything, they just looked at us, they were concerned.

"Are you guys alright?" mum asked.

"Yeah, we're fine." I said.

"Did the crowd attack you as well?" Dani asked.

They simply nodded there heads. I sighed and collapsed on the couch, changing back into Danny Fenton while I was at it. Mum suddenly jumped up from the couch and turned to look at me.

"Danny! Why don't you go out there, round up the crowd and send them out of here? They are scared of you and then we will be able to go about our lives without worrying about everyone diving at us when we go out the door, it will be better for all of us. So, Danny, can ya do it?" mum asked me.

I sighed. "Sure, I will be right back."

I stood up and transformed into Danny Phantom. I turned invisible and flew behind them. I then turned invisible and noticed that no one noticed me, yet.

"Boo!" I said and they all jumped to look at me.

"DANNY PHANTOM, DANNY PHANTOM, IS YOUR-"

"SHUT UP! Leave! Now! Or I… I will hurt you!" I yelled at them.

They looked at each other and looked at me to see if I was serious. I sighed and held up a hand and it glowed a bright green. I made sure that the blast never left my hand; I was just pretending that I would hurt them.

They ran off, screaming, into their vans and far, far away from our house, they weren't coming back. I knew that everyone had already found out about Dani, it had probably been on the news.

I flew back inside and changed back into Danny Fenton when I heard the doorbell ring. I walked to get it and found out that it was a 12 year old boy who wore a blue shirt and brown shorts. He had brown, curly hair and maroon eyes.

"Can I… help you?" I asked.

"I hope you die, I hope that girl with the red suit dies too. Tell that chick that the only reason I told everyone that your little sister was half ghost was because I was moving out of town so SUCK ON THAT! SHE CAN'T HURT ME, NEITHER CAN YOU! Suck! Suck! I hope your life is getting worse because of me, so SUCK!" he said to my face and then ran off.

I closed the door and headed back inside. Dani had moved into her bedroom and mum and dad had headed into the lab. Jazz was the only one in the lounge room, reading another one of her books.

I walked past her and went up to Dani's room. She had moved into the old guest room last night and has been unpacking her newly bought stuff since. It probably took her mind off things that she didn't want to think about, I wouldn't want to think about everyone knowing I was half ghost and going to school the next day.

I knocked on the door, giving her some privacy. "Come in!" she called out to me.

I opened the door and entered her room. It was the same shade of blue as mine and was pretty messy. She was lying on her bed, typing furiously on her laptop. I went and sat next to her. She closed the laptop and looked at me in the eyes.

"Dani, Valerie wasn't the one who told everyone about you." I told her.

"W… what?" Dani asked weakly.

"A little boy… he saw you transform and Valerie told him if he told people, she would do something. We blamed Valerie and… she was telling the truth." I explained to Dani.

"A LITTLE KID saw me transform?" she asked.

I swallowed and blinked, remembering my mistake. "A boy around your age."

She hopped off her bed and opened the blinds to see if anyone was looking in on us. When she saw no one, she turned back to me, her eyes filled with tears. "Do… do you know h-his name?"

"No," I began. "He had curly brown hair, maroon eyes and wore a blue shirt with brown shorts."

She looked down to her shoes. I ran up to her and gave her a hug. She buried her face into my shirt and started to cry. She had been very brave since she had been cloned, only getting teary eyed a few times but never crying. I looked up to her because of it; I would've gone insane keeping all those emotions bottled up like she did.

"I-its James, James Gerkin. He… he was always so… so nice to me and now… he goes and tells everyone that I'm… that I'm a halfa." She sobbed.

"People are like that, they befriend you and when they find something out that you have kept from them, they let everyone know. I'm sorry Dani." I told her.

She looked up and me and sniffed. "Don't be, I should be more careful. Thanks for being so nice to me; you made me feel like I was meant to be here. I just think it would be best if I left, everything went downhill from the day I was created. I will be leaving on Tuesday, I need to tell others that I shall be leaving, I am going to bed now, goodnight Danny."

She pulled me out of her room and then turned around and shut the door. I was too shocked to move. Dani, leaving? I COULDN'T let that happen so, what could I do to prevent it?

I walked into my bedroom, shut the door and turned the lock; I needed some time to think.

I walked with Dani, Tucker and Sam to school this morning. Sam and Tucker decided to try and help make Dani feel better. It helped her a little bit but I could tell she was worried about what people might think of her.

"Well, at least no one knows you, unlike Danny." Sam pointed out.

"Yeah, you're just a clone; they haven't known you since you were created, unlike Danny." Tucked added.

I looked at Dani to see that she was getting sadder and looked at Tucker and Sam, telling them to cut it out without saying anything. We walked up the steps of the school and entered like normal.

Dani took a breath and turned to me. "I'm going now, bye Danny, see you at lunch or after school."

She ran off before I could say goodbye. I turned to Tucker and Sam who were looking at the person walking up to us. I decided to ignore him and began to talk to Tucker and Sam.

"She said she is leaving, she said she made things worse, she said that it would be better if she left." I told them.

"Dani?" Sam asked.

I nodded. "Last night, she told me that she was leaving on Tuesday but," I paused. "I don't want her to leave, I like having a little sister who is so much like me."

I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up to see Sam. I smiled and then looked at Dash who was listening to our conversation, well, part of it.

"I'm glad your sister is leaving, she is such a FREAK!" Dash spat in my face.

I couldn't handle ANYONE talking about my sister like that. I squeezed my right hand into a fist and drew it back. I punched Dash in the gut, making him grab it and moan out in pain.

Sam and Tucker smiled and we walked to our lockers. I opened my locker and spun around instantly when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I met Dash's blue eyes. He didn't look very happy, he looked REALLY angry.

He was about to punch me when I grabbed his arm and held it behind his back. He cried out in pain so I pushed it harder against his back. I let go to find him trying to punch me again. I turned intangible and Dash fell fist first into a few closed lockers.

I continued to walk to the classroom undisturbed. I took my seat and watched as other students headed into the classroom. Suddenly, an announcement was heard.

Would Danny Phantom and Danielle Phantom please come to Principal Ishyama's office at once? I repeat, will Danny and Danielle Phantom please come to Principal Ishyama's office at once?

I got out of my seat and headed for the principals office. I had been in there many times, I wasn't scared. I saw that Dani was already sitting in one of the chairs in the waiting room thingy so I joined her.

The door opened and Principal Ishyama walked out. She motioned for us to come in and take a seat in her personal office. We did as she told and she sat behind her desk in front of us.

"First, I shall start with you, Danny," She said to me. "Did you or did you not beat up Dash Baxter this morning before class?"

"Yes, but I was only defending myself!" I said.

"Punching a teenager in the stomach is defence? When he doesn't even DO anything?" she asked me.

"HE DID!" I defended. "Only… he didn't tell you."

"Well, I'm afraid I am going to have to give you after school detention and don't EVER do it again, Mr Phantom." she warned.

I nodded and waited for her to tell Dani what she had done and what her punishment was.

"Dani, can you tell me what you did wrong and why you got called in here?" she asked.

"Was it because I… put a kid on the ceiling and didn't let them down?" she asked.

"No, but you did that AS WELL?" Ishyama asked.

"Was it because I punched a few kids?" she guessed.

"No, it was because you overshadowed a few kids but, you did both those things AS WELL?" Ishyama asked.

"Oops." Whispered Dani.

Principal Ishyama looked out the window to see that it had started to rain. She then looked at the clock and gasped.

"Well, you have detention after school as well, I will discuss other punishment later, hurry and get back to class, there is an assembly in ten minutes." She told us.

We got up and walked back to class. When we arrived there, we heard a message saying that there was an assembly held in five minutes and that we needed to be there so they could start on time.

Mr Lancer led our class and we sat down on a desired chair. I sat next to Sam, Tucker and Dani. We sat in the middle, not the front or the back. Principal Ishyama came up onto stage and was about to talk when the room went darker than usual.

Dani and I saw blue exit our mouths and looked around for the ghost. We heard clapping and looked to the centre of the stage.

"very good Daniel, you have been very good to your clone, helping her out when everyone found out her secret but, how will YOU deal when everyone finds out YOUR secret?" asked the ghost.

"Vlad," I hissed. "What do you want?"

"I have a certain thing that contains a certain someone." Vlad said.

"Who? What?" I asked.

"Recognise this?" Vlad asked.

He held up a Thermos that had some dents in it. I looked at it and gasped, it couldn't be.

"I found this when I gave Clockwork ecto-acne." He said.

"No." I whispered.

"I shall use him to conquer the world." Vlad laughed.

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" I told him.

"Don't I?" he asked.

He started to pull of the lid.

"NO!" I yelled but was too late.

Vlad had pressed the button and a ghost was leaving the Fenton Thermos. Evil laughter came from the ghost and I got up to fight, Dani by my side.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA I HAD to end it there. Heres a note: next chapter is the second last, the one after is the last:D so, enjoying the story so far? I AM! Anyway, Read and Review

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