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.

I know, it's late. Imagine me sighing right here. Blame it on my mother and this website.

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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Thinking

By

DarkDragonQueen

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Sam was almost skipping down the sidewalk as she head back to the Fenton home with a shopping bag in her hands. It was very un- goth like of her, but she could have cared less at the moment as she rubbed the now obvious pregnant belly over the dark purple blouse that hid the bulge in her stomach to anyone who didn't know. She was five months along now and had been eager to find out what the gender was and if it hadn't been for her stomach, she would have jumped for joy when she found out.

She went inside the Fenton home and went into the kitchen where Danny was sitting at the table studying for a test coming up. He looked up when he saw her bounce into the kitchen.

"Why are you so jolly?" he asked.

Sam couldn't contain herself and knew that later in her room she would blame those stupid hormones for her up mood. She smile brightly and squealed out.

"It's a girl." she said and Danny rolled his eyes.

"Could you be anymore excited?" he asked.

"All I have to do now is think of a middle name." Sam pondered.

"Why, you've got four months to go. You've got plently of time." Danny gave up on attempting to study as he closed his books.

"I want to be sure about it. I don't want to decide at the last minute and then hear something later and say that would have sounded nice." Sam shot back.

"Sometimes I wonder if you're really goth." Danny raised an eyebrow and shook his head just as Maddie came down followed by her lecturing daughter behind her.

Even though Jazz was known to give lectures, Sam was surprised she hadn't heard the word ghost yet because that was what she was usually lecturing about when it came to her parents.

"Mom, can't you do anything. I for one know Sam's going to throw a fit when she finds out."

Sam looked up hearing her name and putting two and two together to figure out they were talking about her. "I'm going to throw a fit when I find out what?"

Danny looked from Jazz to Maddie and saw that neither really like what was about to be announced.

"Go on mom. Tell her."

"Tell me what." Sam asked feeling a bit out of the loop.

Maddie sighed. "I just got off the phone with the social workers."

"Okay, and?"

"They want you to meet the Carlson's. They're a nice catholic family." Maddie sighed again.

"So someone wants to adopt me?" Sam asked confused. Why would they want to adopt a sixteen year old pregnant girl?"

"Keep going mom. Tell her the rest." Jazz collapsed in a chair and it suddenly clicked in Sam's head.

"They want me to give up my baby," It was no question. Sam immediately got in a defensive mindset.

"Now Sam, before you get upset let me explain."

"Explain what?" Sam raised her voice. "How do you expect me not to be upset? Wait a minute, I'm not upset. I'm mad as hell. Who gave them the right to make this decision?"

"Sam, you and the baby are in the custody of the state. They can easily make this decision. It's like they're your parents until you turn eighteen." Maddie tried to calm her.

"Dammit, how the hell can it be in anyone's custody when it's not even born yet, except for the person who's giving it life?" Sam yelled and everyone winced.

"Now Sam think logically about this."

"Actually mom, she has a point." Jazz put in. "If-."

"We don't need you to analyze anything right now Jazz." Maddie cut in. "Now Sam think about it. You're barely be turning sixteen by the time this child is born. You've still got high school and your whole future to look at dear. Now I'm not trying to force you to give up your baby, but I want you to be sure you want to be a mother at such a young age as this. Now I'm sure we can persuade the courts to let you keep it,"

"Her," Sam corrected.

"Keep her, but it wouldn't hurt to look at what options you have first, okay dear?" Maddie asked putting a hand on the girl's shoulder.

Sam sighed not meeting the woman's eyes. "I'll be upstairs if you need me." she left the kitchen.

Danny sighed and thought maybe he should try and cheer up his friend, but then a blue mist came out of his mouth.

"Oh come on." he muttered leaving the house.

Sam walked out the kitchen and up the stairs to her room. She sat on her bed with her hands in her lap. Maddie was right and she knew it. It would be hard for her to go to school get assignments and projects done while taking care of a baby at the same time. She had just about no time to herself. She sighed. Everything was getting so complicated. She knew she wanted to keep her little Lilith, but was it best for the baby and herself. She sighed again.

"Everything in my life has been a hell lately and just when I thought it wouldn't get any better, here you come along." she rubbed her stomach. "You're the only good thing that came out of being raped. I could never just give you to someone no matter what might be the best for me. You deserve to know your real mom."

Sam banged her head against the headboard and closed her eyes only to open them again a second later.

"I AM THE BOX GHOST!"

Sam rolled her eyes. Last time she had run into this ghost was two months ago face to face, but she had seen him lurking the halls of Casper high and Danny Phantom coming to get him. He was harmless and there were no boxes in her room for him to control.

"Could you leave me alone? I'm kind of upset. I don't feel like dealing with the like of you at the moment."

"Why aren't you running away in fear? I AM THE BOX GHOST! FEAR ME!"

"You expect me to be afraid of you?" Sam asked raising an eyebrow curious to hear the ghost answer, but also giving her time to grab a Fenton Thermos she had snagged from the basement which was now behind her pillow.

"Well, you are-."

Sam opened the thermos and a blue vortex shot out at the ghost and sucked him inside."

"Your cylindrical container can not contain me for I am-."

"Want me to take that off your hands?" Danny asked appearing to Sam where he had been invisible in his ghost form.

Sam gasped and jumped in surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Well I do protect the town from ghost and I was flying by and sensed one in this house, but it looks like I don't have to worry about protecting you since you could become a ghost hunter with that aim." Danny teased and Sam blushed as she turned her head back to the closed door.

"You're teasing me."

"It's fun." Danny laughed turning upside down wit his legs Indian style.

Sam laughed at him. "Why are you in that position?"

"I don't know. It's just nice to be in sometimes when there's nothing to worry about." Danny sighed.

"I wish I had your problems." Sam sighed and ran a hand through her now black hair with strawberry blonde streaks.

"What's up?" Danny asked.

"Well, for one thing, you are." Sam joked.

"Wanna talk about it." Danny asked though he already knew what it was, but his original plan had been to cheer Sam up, so this was alright.

"It's just my life seemed to headed on a one way plane to hell. I was disowned by my parents, five months pregnant and fat, and just when I though it could get no worse, I'm told I might not be able to raise my own child." Sam groaned.

"There's more to it than that isn't it?" Danny asked seeing in her eyes that she had left something out.

"What?"

"There's something else. It's haunting you it seems." Danny observed.

Sam sighed. "I don't want anyone to know right now. It's something I'd rather take to my grave."

"It might help if you tell someone. Maybe I can help." Danny offered.

"Unless you could change the past, not really." Sam smiled sadly.

Danny thought for a moment. "I can't, but I know a friend who-." his ghost sense went off and Sam noticed the blue mist.

"What was that?" she asked.

"My ghost sense. There's another ghost somewhere." Danny groaned.

"It was nice talking to you." Sam smiled. "Thanks,"

"No problem Sam. What are friends for?"

"I'm your friend?" Sam asked surprised to hear that come out the ghost's mouth.

"Any friend of Danny's is a friend of mine." Danny said and flew out the window leaping a happy Sam behind.

"Danny," she thought about both her friends.

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Alright, nine more chapters to go. I can do it. I'm almost there. Oh, sorry. R&R.