As I have previously stated, the song can be found on my website, R&R, no flames please

Chapter 1: Danny's Lament

The smells of the Nasty Burger were thick in the air. A mixture of French fries and meat patties flooded through the crisp winter atmosphere. In a table next to a glass window, decorated with smudged fingerprints and ketchup stains, were two young boys. One was a young man donning glasses, a red beret, and wolfing down a second helping of a mighty meaty meal. His name: Tucker Foley. Across from him was a raven-haired boy with striking blue eyes and an empty stomach. His moniker is Danny Fenton, although his comrades know him by another alias: Danny Phantom. He sat there slumped on the plastic seats, his stomach barking out "FEED ME!"

"Tuck?" He moaned in hunger, "I know we made a deal that we would pay our own way from now on, and I know I owe you some money already, but can I at least have a fry to shut my stomach up?"

"Dude, I hate to see you in pain," Tuck comforted him, with a full mouth, "but if you really want to pay me back, here are two bucks. Just enough for a large order of fries." Tucker handed the money to Danny across the table.

"Sweet! Thanks Tuck…"

"Use this money my dear friend," Tucker interrupted, putting his arm around Danny's shoulder in an over dramatic fashion, "and purchase the food of which you need! The edible substances that will silence your hunger. The poorly prepared provisions that is covered in fat and other greasy…"

"You know what?" Danny said, giving the money back to Tucker. "I don't think I have much of an appetite anymore. I hate it when you talk like that just to annoy me."

"Dude, I really do hate to see you hungry, but I love to psyche you out like that." Tucker chuckles and takes another bite of his burger. Just then, Danny's mouth opens as a mist of blue escapes them. He gasps and looks around, knowing that a ghost must be near. All he saw was Paulina passing him like he didn't exist. It didn't really bug him much anymore, though he still doesn't like to be treated like he is invisible, when he isn't trying to be.

"Tell me again why Sam didn't come. She might've bought me something."

"She had to stay after class to review some notes or something like that."

"Huh." He mumbled uninterestingly.

"Here dude." Tucker said after a long silence. "You can have my fries. I'm full."

"Thanks, man. You are a true friend." Danny said, throwing a load of fries into his mouth. His reflex then kicked in as the foul tasting objects touched his tongue and he spit them out. It was so bad that it sent a shockwave down his spine and his legs buckled up straight.

"What's wrong?" Tucker said in full concern.

"That fry tasted horrible!" Danny spewed. He then noticed that the fries had been undercooked and that the potato they had cut to make them must have gone bad, because the fries remaining were salty, shriveled up green sticks. Danny rushed to the restroom, he was going to puke. As he got up, his hand pushed the table and the soda Tucker had bought spilled all over Danny's pants as well as on the floor. He stood there for a second, wet pants and his tongue out of his mouth. He face turned bright red as everyone in the eatery pointed and laughed, all of them went to Casper High. He could hear the insults now as he ran out the back door into the back of the restaurant, hearing Tucker screaming apology after apology. He stopped next to the dumpster and the boxes. He gagged on the horrible taste still fresh on his tongue. Without noticing that Sam was walking by he began to sing:

I've seen deadly meat

and ghost bugs too

Sam notices Danny is singing and hides behind the wall

You'd be seein' blue

if your mom was hunting you

Yet I think to myself

What can I do?

I've fought circus freaks

with a thermos in hand

Yet no one seems

to understand

And I think to myself

What can I do?

The colors of my hair

as well as my eyes

Change from their normal hues

and I wear a dumb disguise

I must use my powers

for good, against the rough

While still being a kid

Ain't that tough enough?

I hear people cry

and I save the day

But as Phantom wins

Fenton's not okay

And I think to myself

What can I do?

Danny slowly walks back inside.

Sam sings softly enough so that Danny can't hear:

Danny, I understand

If only you knew