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 hate this chapter. I really just breezed through it because I wasn't too eager. It's nothing special really. It's actually the chapters after this one and the next that drive us home.

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 ado I give you the second chapter of Trial, Transition, Growth: Book I.

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Exposed PartI

By

DarkDragonQueen

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"No," Sam muttered in her sleep as she tossed and turned.

They were surrounding her again. They were going to take her again.

No...

It was dark and they were touching her. She tried to peer through the darkness and saw the faces of one of her rapist. It was the only face she remembered.

Leave me alone...

She looked down at her child in her arms and then screamed. It looked just like him. She couldn't look at her own child.

Stop it. Stop haunting me.

"No," Sam muttered. "No, No, NOOO!" she screamed shooting up and her hand balled in a fist to knock out the person in front of her.

"Sam, what the-" Danny ducked.

Sam looked around and satisfied that she recognized her surroundings looked back at Danny.

"Sorry," she breathed heavily.

"I came to wake you up. Jazz offered us a ride, but she's leaving in fifteen minutes so you better hurry up." Danny was frowning. "Are you alright? You looked like you were having a nightmare. You're sweating." he pointed out.

"Yeah, I'm fine." she replied.

Sam swung out of bed and ran a hand through her thick hair which had gotten longer yet again and hung below her shoulders instead of right above them. It was now and even mixture of black and strawberry blonde since she was out of dye and couldn't find the brand she used. Aly was supposed to be sending her some soon. It was hard for her to be able to contact her though. Her parents had disabled Aly's email and blocked any website that they could chat through as well as not blocking he Sam's cell phone number so she couldn't call and if Aly tried to call it wouldn't come through.

Aly however, didn't back down and snuck out to buy a cell phone and started sending letters using someone else's address, according to their last internet chat which had been a month and a half ago. She hadn't called yet since she was always at home or out somewhere with other company, but when she got the chance late at night Aly told her she would call and see if there was anything Sam needed that she couldn't get.

"I was just having a bad dream about Lilith being taken from me." Sam lied.

"You're not a really good liar, you know?" Danny asked. "There's more to it than that isn't there?"

"What?" Sam asked.

"You have a haunting look in your eyes." Danny observed.

Sam frowned. Didn't she have this conversation with someone around half a month ago?

"I really don't want to talk about it Danny. It's a bit personal, but when I'm ready to let you, I'll tell the whole story." Sam smiled and got off the bed as Danny sighed and left the room.

Sam sighed as she went to her closet to choose something to wear that would hide her five and a half month pregnant stomach. Lilith was kicking again and had decided to position her head right at the start of her ribs from the bottom.

Sam sighed as she sat down and touched where her baby's head was. "Could you please move your head dear. It's really uncomfortable."

Lilith kicked again and Sam sighed. "Okay, have it your way then, but let's just remember who's letting you occupy her body."

Sam stood up and went to the bathroom and was changed and freshened up in ten minutes before running downstairs and grabbing her books before heading out to the car where Jazz and Danny were waiting for her.

Sam slept the ride to school, which had become her favorite past time nowadays. School came and soon it was halfway over and they were sitting at lunch eating. Sam couldn't help it now. She had given in to one of her cravings and to her dismay, it was chicken. Her doctor had asked her if she was getting any craving and when she answered her doctor had told her that it would be good for her to just eat a little meat. She needed the protein. It tasted wonderful on her salad now, but she knew as soon as she had the baby she would despise it.

Tucker sat down and looked at her salad.

"Sam, there's chicken on that salad." he said.

"I know." she replied. "I put it on there."

"Are you sick?" Tucker asked and Danny laughed.

"Sick, no... Pregnant, yes." Sam sighed. "My doctor says I need the protein."

"This is a historic moment in history. Sam, ultra- recyclo- vegetarian is eating meat." Tucker exclaimed and Sam glared just as Paulina came up behind her.

"Some vegetarian you are Goth girl. I thought they only ate veggies." Paulina taunted.

Sam sighed and took a deep breath.

"My doctor said I need to put some meat in my diet, happy?" she asked.

"What you have some kind of disease?" Paulina asked faking disgust.

Sam stood up and faced the girl using every fiber of her being to prevent her from cussing the girl out right then and there.

"It's none of your business, but I need more protein. You do know what that is right, or do I need to explain it to you?" Sam glared.

"Sam no," Danny warned. The whole cafeteria was quiet. No one had ever challenged Paulina Sanchez, queen bee of Casper High.

"I'm not stupid." Paulina sneered.

"Oh really?" Sam feigned surprise. "That's great revelation considering how shallow you are."

"Shut up, you Goth freak." Paulina replied insulted though she looked like she was amused by something.

"At least I'm not a slut." Sam countered.

"You're the one who's pregnant so who's the slut?" Paulina announced so everyone in the cafeteria heard.

Sam's eyes widened. It was so quiet, you could hear a pen drop.

"Wh- What makes you say that. I'm not pregnant." Sam stuttered and she mentally cursed herself for her bad lying skills.

"Who's shallow now? You're fat and I saw you at the mall. You had a bag from a store for expectant mothers." Paulina replied. "You're the slut around here."

Sam could feel her eyes water at the whispers began. She couldn't deny it now, but it was not only at that. It was the fact that she knew she wasn't a slut, but the school wouldn't believe unless she let out the truth and even then she knew there was someone with a heart so cruel they would tease her for that. So Sam did the only thing her head told her to do.

Her fist connected with Paulina's mouth and then she ran out the cafeteria with tears streaming down her face. She ran in the girls' bathroom and locked herself in a stall. She was now named the school slut so no one would bother her. If they only knew the whole story though, but it was the story she was too shamed to tell. People would just look down on her with pity or looked down on her like she was trash to society.

"Sam," Came Danny's voice.

"Danny," she choked out. "Why are you in here?"

"Well the bell rang and since everyone's in class, I'm sure no one will come in." Danny tried to sound cheery to boost the girl's spirits but failed miserably.

"Go away. I don't want to talk." Sam replied with her head in her arms.

"Sam, don't worry about what other people think of you. It's what you think you are that counts." Danny remembered.

"Who told you that?" Sam wondered.

"I remember Jazz saying it to one of the people she tries to mentor, but she's right." Danny admitted.

Sam sighed. She was finding that saying hard to believe.

"Come on Sam, you don't have to stay. I already talked to Jazz. We're taking you home." Danny knocked again and Sam got up and opened the lock to walk out but stopped when a searing pain hit her stomach.

"Ow," she said leaning against the wall.

"What's wrong?" Danny asked holding her up.

Sam's eyes widened. "It's too soon." she managed and Danny realized what was going on.

Sam had gone into an early labor.

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I know. Cliffhanger and I've got another at the end of the story, but don't worry I'll update soon. R&R.