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, 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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Mothers' Day

By

DarkDragonQueen

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Sam sighed and closed her eyes. She really didn't feel like getting up today. She was so tired lately and the extra weight on her seven month pregnant belly wasn't helping matters. She was so tired in fact her alarm clock hadn't awakened her this morning. She slept on her right side most of the time now. Sleeping on her back made her fell like something was pressing down on her stomach in this condition.

Sam sighed and tried to go back to sleep but to no avail when her little girl started kicking.

"You're not going to let me go back to sleep are you?" Sam moaned as she shifted the covers that were over her head. Her response was a kick.

"Fine, fine…" Sam groaned and sat up to get out of bed just as the door opened and in came Jazz with breakfast on a tray followed by Danny who had a steaming hot cup of ginger tea in his hand.

"What are you doing?"

"Breakfast in bed," was Jazz's cheery response.

"What…?"

"And a steaming hot cup of tea in place of a cup of coffee." Danny said setting it on the bedside table.

Sam was now utterly confused. "What's the occasion?"

"You don't know." Jazz asked. "Today's the second Sunday of the month."

"Is that supposed to mean anything to me?"

"It's Mothers' Day!" Jazz and Danny exclaimed.

"Oh… Wait I'm not a mother."

"Hey, you're letting someone else grow inside you and personally, I think I'd mind, so it counts." Danny grinned.

Sam smiled. Danny had a point.

"And our mother's getting the same treatment as you today." Jazz responded sitting on the bed.

"Treatment?" Sam asked raising her eyebrows.

"Tada!" Jazz said taking out a certificate. "Special mother's day treat at a very upscale spa. As long as you have this certificate any mother or expectant mother, and they have workers that specialize in expectant mothers."

"You didn't have to do that. I can't except something like that." Sam smiled.

"Oh no, you're going to take it." Danny said and thrust it in her hands. "Do you know how much trouble I went through to get this?"

"You just overshadowed a few workers into giving me the last two that happened to be reserved." Jazz rolled her eyes.

"And was an inch away from damaging the place when Valerie flew in." Danny added dryly.

Sam rolled her eyes. Siblings… "You know, I'd really like to enjoy my breakfast." She said and the two siblings stopped their argument.

"Now you can show up anytime you want, but I'd suggest you get ready as soon as you're done eating because it's already eleven o'clock."

"Eleven…" Sam looked at her digital clock and saw it was stuck at eight o'clock.

"That was my fault." Danny rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly and Sam decided not to even ask.

An hour later, Sam was standing in the entrance of the spa with Mrs. Fenton. Jazz had dropped them off, and seemed to rush back home afterwards, leaving a very suspicious mother. Dismissing the action the two went to the receptionist desk and turned in the certificate.

"Names please?"

"Maddie Fenton."

"Sam Manson."

"Okay Mrs. Fenton, through that door and to your left, Miss Manson through that door and to your right. Enjoy you spa day."

After going their separate ways Sam enjoyed a day full of massages, relaxing soaks and things all meant to ease her large burden. By the time they were done Sam felt as energized as she had before she was pregnant.

She sat in a room now with Mrs. Fenton and cucumbers over her eyes. It was actually her fifth pair since she kept eating them. She hadn't eaten a thing since breakfast. At that moment her child began to move around again. She sighed and rolled her eyes.

"I know, I know. I'm hungry too." She muttered not meaning for Mrs. Fenton to hear her.

"You alright dear?" she asked and Sam blinked.

"Huh… Oh, yeah. Just a bit hungry." Sam blushed when Mrs. Fenton laughed.

"I know how that feels dear. It was at its worst with Danny though. I ate so much I got tired of eating anything at all. Don't worry though. As soon as you have the baby your appetite will go down, but if you breastfeed it will still be above normal."

Sam shrugged. "I haven't really decided on that yet." She crossed her arms. "I was trying to take into consideration school and the fact that someone else might have to watch her for me. But then again there are these packages that can be sent to your own home, where you do the work and send it back and of course the internet is an option." Sam sighed. "I don't know, I'm still deciding on that."

"Let's remember dear that the courts might decide to take the baby away from you. So be prepared-."

"The only thing I'm preparing to do is bring my baby home. I told you, and perfectly well mean it, I'll run away if they make that decision and raise her on my own no matter what it takes." Sam said bluntly to the older woman and turning away from her putting a new pair of cucumbers on her eyes and putting her head back.

Maddie sighed. "I know dear, but if it does come to that and I hope you'll be thinking with rational, I want you to be prepared for it. I can't imagine the turmoil that you must be going through at the thought, but at least know that it could happen."

Sam frowned. The older woman was right, but she wasn't about to admit it. She was about to respond when suddenly her unborn child became rather active. She opened her eyes and removed the cucumbers. She had a feeling all hell was about to break loose. She got up with the excuse that she had to use the bathroom and once she was sure Mrs. Fenton wasn't looking make a detour and went down the hall.

She was surprised when she ran smack dab into something. The problem was though, that nothing was in front of her. She reached in front of her and around her before her hand grabbed what felt like an arm and dragged it to the only place she could think of… The bathroom. She clicked on the light, closed the door, and locked it.

"What are you doing here?" she asked the air around her dryly as she sat on the top of the stool.

A green eyed white haired ghost materialized in front of her rubbing the back of his neck. "It's not my fault really. I followed a ghost. I didn't even know I was here until I stopped to look around."

"How could you not know you were here?" Sam wondered

"I flew through a wall at the back of the building." Danny replied as he began to float upside down.

"Okay," Sam said sighing as she got up with some effort. "I'll help you."

"Wait a minute no!" Danny exclaimed. "If you weren't pregnant I'd let you come in heartbeat, but this one's a danger in your current state. I know enough about this from Jazz and al her lectures. It wouldn't be good for you to be around this ghost."

"What ghost is it?" Sam asked crossing her arms above her belly.

"Well the ghost I was chasing is just a big blob with arms and is a shape shifter, but if he's here, I know Spectra is here. She's this ghost that feeds on a person's misery. Not to say that you're miserable, but there a million and one things Spectra can say to you to make you feel that way though. So, it is better you just stay out of this."

Sam sighed patiently. "You done?"

"Yeah." Danny sighed knowing what she would do next.

"I'm going to go get my clothes and help you track this ghost. Where did you last see it?"

"It was in the hallway." Danny replied simply figuring it was no use in trying to stop her. He took out the Fenton thermos and an ecto- gun out first. "Here, take this."

Sam nodded and grabbed the two items. Danny flew through the roof leaving her to go change.

Thirty minutes late, the pregnant teen walked the halls of the spa. Already she was tired and irritable. She really should have listened to Danny and let him handle this… Something crashed in the room she was passing. It seemed he already was.

She opened the door and saw Danny in a hand to hand combat with a jaguar ghost.

"Danny!"

"A little occupied at the moment Sam," he said through gritted teeth.

Sam thought he was a little rude, but understood and instead went to find the other ghost Danny had told her about, though she was sure he wouldn't approve.

She walked to the doorway to the main lobby where there was now at least a few dozen women waiting for their spa day. There were also a few expectant women, most of them with their husbands or at least their boyfriends dropping them off and kissing their cheeks and bidding them well. It made her remember that she had no one and that she had to do this all on her own…

"Ooo, just sensing your misery makes me feel young again." Said the cold and chilling feminine voice

Sam slowly turned around and froze at what was a mere black shadow with the figure of a woman and eyes. She jumped back.

"Oh, now don't be afraid my child." Her legs became a spectra tail and she flew around Sam and laid a hand on her shoulder. "Just relax."

Sam felt her shoulders loosen up.

"Oh the joys of having a child… That is if you have a person to enjoy it with." Spectra added. "Someone who will wake up in the middle of the night with you and take care of a crying child or let you have a nap in the middle of the day without having to tend to the needs of a crying rug rat."

Spectra turned Sam back to the doorway. "Look and all those women and teens even. They've all got someone, whether it's their boyfriend or husband. All of them waiting for the arrival of a so- called bundle of joy…" Spectra frowned and then smirked. "But look at you. You have no one, and it's not like you can go get someone. What man in their right mind would want a woman, no matter how beautiful, who has a crying whining brat on her hands to deal with day in and day out?"

Sam sighed. Spectra was right. No one would want her and even if they ever did, she was tainted and they wouldn't want to deal with that. She was alone. It would only be her and Lilith…

"Hey Spectra, back off!" Sam snapped out of her trance just in time to see Danny flying into the shadow ghost.

"Ugh! You just have to come and ruin everything and just when I was getting a good meal." Spectra shouted.

Sam blinked. How deep into her misery had she gotten into? She was almost unaware of her surroundings. She turned her head to the battle in the hallway and saw that Spectra had Danny down in a bad spot. She looked in her hands forgetting the two items se held.

"I wonder what this does…" Sam asked holding up the blaster and aiming it at Spectra's side. She fired and a green blob of ectoplasmic energy flew from it him it's target right on the dot.

Spectra flew backwards and hit the wall momentarily stunned.

"Sam, use the thermos." Danny yelled.

"What?" Sam looked down in her hands at the devise that was the Fenton Thermos.

"Take off the top, aim at Spectra and press the button on the side." Danny exclaimed.

Sam looked at the ghost who was starting to gain her bearing back and took off the top to the thermos before aiming it and grasping it with both hands. She pressed the button on the side and the blue swirling vortex shot out. It took her by such surprise that she almost dropped but in the end the shadow ghost was inside the confines of the Fenton thermos.

Sam stared at the thermos as she capped it. That was weird…

"You alright Sam?" Danny asked concerned.

Sam looked up and then all her previous complaints came back to her. She shoved the Fenton thermos in the boy's arms and crossed her arms over her stomach.

"It's mother's day and my spa day was cut short by a ghost, I'm hungry and really want to find a place to sit down, even if it's in front of the TV on the couch." She told and Danny rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Jazz is outside. It's time for you and my mother to go anyway. So we'll go home and you can do whatever you want and I'll see if we can get Dad to take us out to dinner later." He replied leading out doorway as he powered down.

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A surprise was waiting on Sam as they entered the front door. It wasn't exactly a baby shower, but there were enough present for there to be one.

"What in the world…?" Maddie asked.

"About a fifth of them are yours mom, even less is for Sam herself and the rest for the baby." Jazz squealed with her arms around either shoulder or her mother and Sam. "Aly sent a lot of it. She was concerned that her littler niece wouldn't have enough things and sent all this a week ago. We almost couldn't hide it from you."

Sam laughed. Leave it to Aly to go overboard when she was excited about something. Obviously she was looking forward to the birth of Lilith more than Sam herself was. With Spectra's comments and the days events momentarily out her mind Sam decided to enjoy the nice surprise for a moment.

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Okay if you took the time to notice, I do two chapters for every month, but now one chapter per month until the birth which means three or four more chapters. R&R.