Disclaimer I do not own Danny Phantom. I am just a dedicated fan.

DarkDragonQueen: Here I am again with a new story. I know, I know, you're asking me hey aren't you working on the Black Phoenix? Well I am and I'm way ahead so you'll still get your update. This is different from my other stories. It's more of a drama/angst story, which is something I've never done before... well I have but I didn't like it and took it off. Anyway, it's a very high Rated T on the brink of M, but not violent enough for that. It contains mentions of rape and graphic birth at the end.

Yeah, I know I was gone a week later than I expected but don't blame it on me. My father reset the cable modem and therefore I had to go into the computer to reset my router, which unfortunately it wasn't up because my mother threw away our computer desk and I couldn't figure out how to hook my laptop up directly to the modem. Then when I finally found a way to hook up the computer without a desk the power on the brain wasn't working. It didn't come to me until recently to just turn off my wireless inter and then hook my laptop up to the modem, so that's why this is late. I back in full swing and that's all that counts. Thank you for being patient.

Yeah, you read this next part from me all the time. Grammar is not my best subject. I can apply it well to writing but I'm not perfect people. If you see a few mistakes here and there dismiss them. Luckily my spelling and use of words makes up for that.

Without further adu I give you the second chapter of Trial, Transition, Growth: Book I.

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Phantom

By

DakDragonQueen

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Sam sat in her room doing her weekend homework. It had been a month and a half since she had moved in with the Fentons and finally she was more comfortable with the family and felt part of it.She soon began to realize everything weird they did was the norm in their family. She got used to Mr. Fenton's clueless- ness, Mrs. Fenton's attempts at cooking but to no avail, Jazz thinking she was the only adult in the family and reading deeper into things than they really were and then there was Danny...

Sam sighed as she began to dwell on this. She couldn't even begin to describe him. He seemed to be the shy boy who no on noticed, but then there was his random disappearances and sometimes he would just pop up out from nowhere. It was times like these that she wished she had Aly's keen eye and shrewdness. She thought for sure Danny was hiding something.

In terms of herself she was now three and a half months pregnant and though it wasn't noticeable there was a small round bump on her tummy and she knew soon her skirts and top would no longer be able to fit soon. She rubbed her lower abdomen. It was a bit early but she could already feel movement from her child.

"Hungry are we?" she asked standing up and heading to the kitchen. Thankfully her morning sickness, which had been more of an all day sickness was just about gone and she could eat as she pleased except for tomatoes and carrots.

"I figured you'd be down here soon." Danny laughed and Sam didn't whether to laugh or frown at the remark. She and Danny had become close friends in the last month. Now that Sam thought about it though, he was the first friend she had ever had.

"Don't start. It's not like I come down here at designated times during the day." Sam rolled her eyes.

Danny gained a thoughtful look before he finally responded.

"Every morning you get up around seven and come down for breakfast at seven thirty which usually consist of three eggs, two waffles or pancakes, a bowl of organic cereal or cereal bar or oatmeal. You've taken a liking to Caesar salads for lunch between twelve and one, then there's dinner at six thirty, late night snack at ten-" Sam cut Danny off with a glare.

"Okay, you made your point..." she muttered and Danny laughed.

"I was just teasing."

Sam hit Danny on the arm and went in the refrigerator to get the things for her lunch. At that moment Jazz came up the stairs.

"Sam, mom told me to tell you she made an appointment for you today at one thirty." Jazz said coming up the stairs.

Sam looked at the clock. It was already one. Looked like she wouldn't have time to make her salad. She pursed her lips. 'Could they have told me any sooner?' she thought sarcastically.

"Do I have to go?" she asked not at all enthusiastic and soon regretted it as Jazz got in her lecture mode and put her hands on her hips which was the number one sign she was going into one.

"Sam, prenatal care is necessary for all pregnant women and at such a young age it's even more necessary. With the fact that your body is still trying ti finish developing itself, being pregnant can be dangerous."

Sam rolled her eyes as she put all the things she had taken out back in the refrigerator, all the while muttering under her breath.

"Well, it's not like it's my fault I got pregnant. Not like I had it coming for me. Darn bastards..."

Danny frowned having heard this first part and then he heard pieces of the rest that sounded like she was cussing someone out of their minds.

"If it makes you feel any better, I'll go with you Sam." Jazz suggested.

"You will?" Sam asked. She really didn't want to go to this appointment.

"Yeah sure. We need to leave now though. We don't want to be late." Jazz said pulling Sam out the door.

"See you later Danny." Sam called back as the door was shut behind them.

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Sam sighed as they left the hospital.

"And the point of that was?" Sam asked Jazz.

Jazz didn't reply knowing it was a lost cause. The nurses had just basically checked to see if she was actually pregnant and Sam had known she was. They checked to see how much weight she had gained and see if she had gained enough. They hadn't needed to tell her that either. She could have told them she gained five pounds. She had checked. Then they told her how far along she was. Fifteen weeks was the verdict and she had figured that much out too. The only thing that she had enjoyed was the fact that they had given her her baby's first picture.

"I think I'll walk Jazz." Sam said as they approached the car.

"You sure?" Jazz asked concerned.

Sam nodded. "I'll be fine. I just need a little fresh air."

Sam decided the best place for her to go was the park. It was peaceful and she could think. It was nothing big, just a bit of dwelling over the past few months. Her life had changed so much in that much time and now she was thinking about how much it would change after the baby came. Sam smiled ready go home when a loud bang caught her attention.

The raven haired teen blinked and then ran over to the source of the noise. She crouched behind a bush and saw a ghost with a metal armor and flaming green hair fighting with the ghost boy, Danny Phantom. She silently watched the fight and then...

Danny Phantom was floating right in front of her and a missile was seen in his direction. He moved and Sam saw the missile headed her way. She blinked and then her brain registered a missile was coming her way and jumped from out of the bushes out the way just in time.

"Sam?" Danny Phantom asked confused.

"How did you know my name?" Sam asked just as confused.

"Well, I kind of... well... you know..." Danny then seemed to realize the armored ghost was still there and sighed. "Hold that thought!"

Danny flew over to Skulker and Sam watched the battle rage on until Danny finally took out a gadget that looked like a soup thermos. He pointed it at the ghost and a blue vortex came out of it sucking the ghost inside. Danny let out a sigh of relief and then floated over to Sam who was looking him over curiously.

"What is that?" she said pointing to the thermos.

"The Fenton Thermos. It catches ghost."

Sam frowned. "Fenton... Did you take that from-?"

"No," the ghost boy replied. "I... I know their son, Danny. He gave it to me."

"Oh," Sam said and then held out her hand. "I'm Sam Manson as you already know."

Danny took it and Sam shivered slightly from the sudden cold. "I'm Phantom... Danny Phantom. Nice to meet you."

"Where did you get my name from?" Sam asked crossing her arms looking the ghost over.

"You know Fenton right?" Danny asked trying not to blow his cover in front of Sam.

It clicked in Sam's head what he was saying and she nodded in understanding. Danny must he told Danny... 'Same first name... Odd.' Sam thought to herself as she looked into his glowing green eyes.

"Beautiful..." she muttered.

"What?" Danny asked.

"Your eyes... They're beautiful." Sam said without thinking and then her eyes widened and she slapped her hand over her mouth. "Oh man. I didn't mean to say that aloud." One thing Sam had realized was that she tended to blurt out the first thing that came to mind now that she was pregnant and either it was fairly mean or embarrassing. A blush began to creep to her cheeks.

Danny blushed as well. "You are too." he said shyly and Sam's blush darkened.

"I am not." Sam rolled her eyes. "I'm getting fat."

Danny laughed. "Well what do you expect? You're three and a half months pregnant. You have to have gained some weight." he rolled his eyes and then realized his mistake.

"How did you know-? Oh, did Danny tell you?" Sam asked.

"Yeah," Danny replied quickly. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone if you don't want them to know."

Sam let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, it's hard enough as it is without getting looks from people." Sam said dryly as her mind went back to that night, but she didn't want people's pity on her.

"No problem." Danny replied and then noticed Sam's distant look. "You alright."

Sam blink out of her stupor. "Huh... Oh yeah. I'm fine. Just tired. I should be getting home."

Danny smirked. "Need a ride?"

Sam looked warily at him. "You mean you carry me?" Sam asked.

"Why not?" Danny asked. "I'm not going to kidnap you or anything."

"Really, I don't think... AHHH." Sam screamed as Phantom grabbed her around the waist and lifted her in the air. She hit him on the arm. "Don't ever do that again!"

Danny laughed. "You wouldn't want me to drop you now would you." he asked.

Sam instinctively gripped him tighter and closed her eyes.

"Open you eyes. It's alright." Danny laughed again as Sam peaked her eyes opened and then gasped.

"Wow." she gasped

"It's even better at night." Danny grinned.

"You get to do this all the time?" Sam asked in awe.

"Not as often as you think..." Danny replied as they approached Fenton works and phased into her room. He sat her on her bed.

"Thanks..." Sam blushed again.

"No problem. I've gotta run before I set off any alarms." Danny Phantom disappeared and flew out the room.

At that moment Sam did something she thought she would never do, but she was so excited and amazed she couldn't help it. She grabbed her pillow and buried her face into it.

"AHHH," she screamed and then cursed herself. "Darn hormones..."

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So, moving right along. Sam meets Danny Phantom. R&R.