Disclaimer: Danny Phantom is property of Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon.
Chapter 8: First Day
Dani was bouncing excitedly on Danny's bed.
"I can go to school, I can finally meet people my age."
Danny chuckled, "Close to your physical age Dani, and doesn't Youngblood count."
Dani pouted at her dad obviously upset with him from ruining her good mood, "Youngblood doesn't count I've know him almost my entire half-life."
"Well do you remember the rules while at school?"
"Which ones? What not to do in high school or what not to do in high school ghost edition?"
"Humor me sweetheart and go over both yeah?"
Dani rolled her eyes at that and handed her father his homework from the night before, "For the what not to do in high school ones: no matter what, don't go to the restrooms at school, always hang out with the neutrals so as to not betray family while not getting in trouble with the bullies, don't eat the cafeteria food because mom will get mad but don't insult it, throw it away, or attempt to change the menu, because then lunch lady gets angry, if I see someone getting bullied express my hatred of it, but don't interfere farther than telling a teacher because then I may get on the bullies bad side. Be careful in the hall because I'm small and may end up being hurt, and always stay near people I trust."
Danny placed his backpack on the shoulders of his human form and changed to his ghost form, which was dressed in khakis and a black button up, while Dani was wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt that had the word pink printed on it in black letters. It was ironic in a way that Sam would appreciate.
"Now the ghost ones."
Dani let out a groan that was so much like a normal teenage Danny had to give her an impressed look, "I have to call you and mom, Danny and Sam if we interact at all, don't hang out with you guys because then I'll be an automatic target for bullies, call everyone by their actual names, if I see one of you getting bullied remember that you can handle yourself and walk away, don't use my powers to show off, if i sense any negative emotions coming from any adults tell you and you'll settle it, be careful around the stuff in the new ghost class, and no matter what, don't reveal my hafta status."
"Alright, you're ready let's go pick up your mom," as Danny said that they both flew out of the window.
Dani looked at her father with a smirk, "Race you."
Sam sighed, watching the loves of her afterlife grumble about the minor pain they were in, "You know that I always surround the house with thorns to protect my human family from ghost. So why did you two idiots think you could phase through it?"
Danny pulled a leaf out of Dani's hair and flicked it at Sam. Of course since they were flying it didn't land on her, but she got the point. Sam laugh as they settled down on the roof of Casper High School, there was barely any movement, it was too early for any students to be at school which was exactly what time they had requested the meeting to be held at. Danny and Sam knew that Dani was going to be mobbed by people attempting to befriend her the second she arrived; to account for this they requested both Youngblood and her were given an early morning tour so that they wouldn't be late to every class because they were lost and being swarmed. Now Danny and Sam could have gave them the tour themselves, but they wanted them to get to know their principal. Well Jazz had wanted them to get to know the principal.
"Danny, do you think their waiting for us in the principal's office? Stopping to get all those thorns out did put us behind schedule."
Danny scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"I'll check," he said while bending down to peek into the principal's office that they were standing above, "Ah yeah, they did beat us."
Sam nodded and grabbed Dani's hand, who grabbed Danny's hand and together they all phased down into the office. Jazz was wearing her costume from the D.C. conference and Valerie was wearing a straight red, brown haired wig and contacts that gave the appearance of pupil less red eyes. Danny knew they had to have been a pain to get made discreetly. To wrap up her look she was wearing a black flowy shirt with red pants.
The principal looked pleased to see them. "Mr. and Mrs. Phantom, I'm glad you've arrived. I've been eagerly waiting to meet you."
Danny forced down the irrational fear he had done something wrong and held out a hand, "It's a pleasure to met you Principal Ishiyama, but please call me Daniel."
Sam also shook hands with her, "And call me Samantha."
Principal Ishiyama smiled pleasantly to them both, "Well now that everyone is here, why don't we start off with rules and regulations, then we can move on to schedules, parent meetings, after school activities, and after we complete all of that then we can move to meet the teachers and navigating the halls."
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"That was the longest hour of my life, and I've been in Mr. Lancer's class since we started high school," Danny complained as he collapsed under the group tree in his human form.
Both Valerie and Sam looked as though they were inclined to agree with him.
Tucker grimaced, "That bad huh. Well let's look at the bright side of this, Dani now spends the entire day within your sight, safe and out of trouble, and Valerie you get to see and maybe even spend time with your adopted son more often than anyone else, and Uncle Tuck gets to spoil them both because he was smart enough to wear a mask, unlike some people."
Everyone punched Tucker.
"Why does everyone always pick on me."
Sam growled at Tucker and Danny paled.
"I'd be careful Tucker, Sam decided to wear her stilled toe boots today."
Tucker suddenly became very quiet, he had felt the kiss of those boots once before, he was not eager to feel it again. Sam smiled pleased with his silence. Danny looked between his best friend and his wife warily.
Valerie cleared her throat, "It's almost time guys, we should go inside if we want a good view."
They were all suddenly grinning evilly, this was going to be a good show.
When Dani and Youngblood walked past the school door the first thing they noticed was the silence. The next was was the evil grips their family spotted.
Dani leaned over to Youngblood, "I have a bad feeling about this."
Youngblood agreed with her right as they were suddenly crowded by high school students who wanted to be friends or wanted her father's autograph or wanted to know where she lived. The last one creeped her out. Youngblood watched her descent into madness with a smirk on his face. Of course his parents had warned him what kind of attention Dani would attract and he had been prepared for it. The second he noticed the silence in the halls he had started to edge away from Dani and that was probably what saved him from being crushed. All the same he noted the faces of the people who weren't crowding Dani and their expressions some looked at her hatefully and Youngblood would make sure they didn't befriend those while other simply watched their classmates amused.
The warning bell rung and Dani gave a sigh of relief and ran off to her next class, Youngblood walking slowly behind.
By fourth period which was the last class of the day and to the disgust of Dani Ghost 101, why does a ghost have to take ghost 101 because it was a requirement why else, she was ready kill someone; preferably her parents who could have done a better job at warning her. It was okay though, she would get them back. Dani slumped into her seat. If it wasn't for Youngblood she would likely have to fend off unwanted admirers every time she sat down, and as it was this was the only class she didn't have with him.Dani listened to the argument that rose over who would get to sit with her.
Then her grandparents, even if they didn't know it, yelled at everyone to take a seat. Before anyone could claim the seat beside her Dani quickly and unnoticable moved to sit next to one of the people who Youngblood had pointed out as uncaring of her status as Danny's child. Her name was Lana and she simply nodded quietly at Dani and waited for the class to settle down.
When the class was settled, Mrs. Fenton raised a hand to quiet everyone, "Welcome to Ghost 101. As I'm sure you've already been told, this class is a requirement and in order to go on the middle of the year trip you must maintain at least a C average. Now any questions?"
The class was silent, then a boy who Dani recognized as Dash raised his hand.
"Will we learn about Phantom in here?"
Dani groaned, it was going to be a long school year.
I know this is late I have no excuse, don't hate me for it. :)