A/N: Ooh, Valerie knows now… dun dun dun… What will her reaction be? What will she do? Why am I asking all these stupid questions? Find out.. except that last one. I'm rambling now, so here you go!

Gah, the disclaimer that I always forget: I don't own Danny Phantom. I wish I did, but I don't. OK? Good.

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"Go…. ghost?" I asked. "What's that supposed to mean? And what do you mean by phasing through stuff?" It was all coming together now, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Fenton was never around when the ghost boy was there. And of course, the similarities in appearance… Why didn't I notice it before? Fenton is the ghost kid! "So, Fenton, you're the ghost kid?" I smirked.

"What?" he exclaimed. "What are you talking about?"

"It all makes sense now," I laughed.

"Of course that's not true," he stammered nervously.

"Well, it's kinda obvious."

"What… you're not gonna whip out your gun and shoot me like crazy or anything!"

"What Danny means is," added Sam, "is, aren't you going to tell anyone?"

"Well, if you knew that I was a ghost hunter and you kept my secret, I guess I will too," I admitted. "Just as long as you don't do anything to make me think you're evil." Fenton nodded gratefully. "So. What are you? Half ghost or something?" I laughed at the ridiculous idea.

"Yep, pretty much," he agreed. I stared at him.

"O…k… So, how'd you... half die? Jump off a cliff and half kill yourself?" He laughed.

"Yep."

"Really?"

"Nope."

"Oh."

"It's a long story," he admitted quietly.

"Not really, " put in Tucker. He was earned a whack in the back of his head from Danny, but still continued. "His parents made this Fenton Portal thing, it's meant to act as a portal between this world and the Ghost Zone. It malfunctioned, but Danny happened to want to check it out."

"Actually, in my defence, it was Sam's idea," argued Fenton.

"Yeah, whatever," Tucker snorted. "Anyway, he had a look, and I think he pressed some sort of button –"

"A green one."

"- yeah, that. He electrocuted himself like the klutz that he is, and when he woke up he was Danny Phantom." Suddenly Tucker's cellphone went off, and a tune rang through the silence – it sounded oddly familiar, somewhat like a theme song A/N: heheh, the Danny Phantom theme song in particular… but then Tucker picked up the phone. He looked at it, then back at them with a grin. "Hey, look at this message from Sam."

'Tucker, you moron. death glare'

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A/N: Haha, you deserved that Tucker! So yeah, they have to trust Valerie… for now.