I'm back again with chapter two of this story. Yay!

Powerpuff Don't worry, I'll write chapter five of my other story after I post this. It should be up before new years.

JesusFreakI'm only posting this early because of your pestering on the phone! DRAT THAT INVENTION!

Phantomphriend Thanks for being reviewer number one! Glad you like it so far.

AN italicized things are thoughts.

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It was Sunday night and the Fenton's were preparing for the arrival of their new neighbors for dinner. Maddie was putting rolls in the oven, Jazz was setting the table and Danny was making sure that Jack didn't blow anything up and mess up the newly cleaned lab.

Around six, the doorbell rang, and the Raiyn family was welcomed inside.

"Come on in," Danny said as he opened the door.

"Danny, right?" Mrs. Raiyn asked politely as she walked in. "I brought some fudge for dessert. Is that alright?"

"Fudge!" Jack yelled from the lab. He hurried to the door with record speed and enthusiastically ushered Mr. and Mrs. Raiyn into the kitchen. "Fudge is a wonderful idea! Let's go put it into the fridge to keep it fresh."

Danny closed the door after Alicia sent Sariah running after her parents.

"Was that your dad?" Nate asked.

"Does your dad like fudge?" Mike added.

"Just a little bit," Danny smiled.

Jack heard the question from the kitchen and poked his head back in, "Of course I like fudge!" He walked over to the twins. "But you know what I like even better? Ghosts!"

"I like ghosts too!" Nate exclaimed happily. "Especially the candy kind!"

"I'm not talking about candy ghosts (as good as those might be). I was talking about real ghosts!" Jack bellowed as he put his hands on the boys' shoulders.

"Ghosts aren't real," Mike said knowingly.

"Uh huh they are!" Nate returned.

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Then what was that thing we saw in the sky today? A bird?" Nate pointed out.

Jack instantly became alert, "What thing in the sky?"

"It wasn't a ghost…" Mike searched his head for an answer. "…it was a kite"

"What did it look like?" Jack asked.

"A kite wouldn't fly that fast in no wind!" Nate replied.

"Yeah it would!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

Alicia frowned at her brothers, "Guys, knock it off! This isn't the place to discuss it!"

"Sure it is!" Jack smiled, glad someone had stopped the boys from arguing. "I want you two to tell me all about it! I'll show you my lab where we keep the ghost hunting equipment! Maybe you two could help me capture the ghost!"

"If it's really a ghost," Mike rolled his eyes.

"Of course it's a ghost! This is Amity Park! Let's head to the lab!" Jack lead the boys off, Mike still unconvinced about the whole ghost idea.

"Sorry about that," Alicia said. "They're always disagreeing with each other."

"It's ok," Danny shrugged. "I'm just glad there's someone else around here who understands the phrase 'sibling rivalry.'"

"Hey, that thing your dad said about ghosts," Alicia asked. "What did he mean?"

They moved into the living room and sat on the couch.

"The easiest way to say it is Amity Park is the ghost capital of the world." Danny explained. "They're always appearing and causing havoc."

Alicia stared at him for a moment in confusion, "But ghosts aren't real…are they?"

"If you haven't seen one ghost in this next week, I'll give you a hundred dollars," Danny promised. "But chances are you're going to see a ghost."

"I'll take that."

They shook on it, and were then called in for dinner.

Dinner seemed to be going relatively normal for the two families, whom both knew it could turn in to a disaster at any moment thanks to certain people with sporadic personalities.

"So Alicia, what grade will you be in?" Maddie asked as she passed the potatoes to Jazz.

"I'll be a freshman. Luckily the second semester starts tomorrow, and I'm not entering in the middle of something." Alicia answered.

"What school?"

"Casper High."

"Hey! Danny goes there. He can show you around tomorrow." Jack said.

"That would be wonderful, wouldn't it darling?" Mrs. Raiyn said to her husband.

Mr. Raiyn nodded. He and his wife were around their forties, both with brown hair and eyes.

"What made you decide to move out here?" Maddie asked Mrs. Raiyn.

There was an awkward silence.

"Around our neighborhood we had a little too much, er, violence for our liking." Mr. Raiyn answered. "We wanted to keep the kids safe."

Danny noticed that Alicia seemed to cringe at this and took on the tedious, silent task of examining her chicken. I wonder what really happened.

"Jack and I feel the same way. We'd do anything to protect our kids." Maddie agreed.

"That's why I invented the Fenton Ghost Shield!" Jack said proudly. "It's impossible for a ghost to penetrate."

"Ghosts?" Mr. and Mrs. Raiyn echoed. They glanced at each other in disbelief and immediately questioned their hosts' sanity.

Jazz sighed. There went any hope their family could be thought of as normal.

"Yes! Ghosts! We see them around all the time! Luckily me and Maddie here keep them at bay." Jack boasted.

"Dad, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Phantom protect the town?" Jazz asked innocently. Danny tried not to listen to the conversation.

"Jazz, he's a ghost, and all ghosts are evil." Jack glared at his eldest daughter.

"Who's Phantom?" Nate asked.

"He's one of the evil ghosts that hang around here." Maddie replied at the same time Jazz answered, "He's the town hero who protects us."

"If he protects people, he can't be all bad," Alicia answered, finally done inspecting the chicken. She had come to the decision it was not to be eaten.

Danny smiled inwardly. Alicia didn't seem all that bad. She would probably get along well with Sam and Tucker.

"Exactly my point," Jazz agreed.

The conversation continued on for a few more minutes, then drifted into other topics. After dinner, they ate the fudge, and to Jack's happiness, Mrs. Raiyn had gone to culinary school and made suburb desserts.

The two families then began to clean up. Alicia volunteered to wash dishes with Danny drying, while the others cleared the table and put the dishes away.

As he was drying a plate, Danny noticed Alicia was wearing her watch.

"You might want to take off your watch so it doesn't get water damage."

Alicia glanced down at it, "It's a waterproof watch, it won't get wet."

"Suit yourself."

Suddenly Danny saw a blue mist come out of his mouth. "I need to run to the restroom. I'll be right back."

He darted upstairs and shut the door to his room. Instantly, two rings appeared around his waist, transforming him into Danny Phantom. He flew out of the room and looked around the barren street.

"BEWARE!"

Danny turned around and saw the short ghost floating over him. "What do you want now?"

"I am not looking for a fight with you ghost child! I, the Box Ghost, have come to warn you about an incoming doom!"

Doom? Danny thought. "What are you talking about?"

"BEWARE OF THE ACCURSED ONE!" he yelled and then disappeared into the dark skies.

That was weird. What was he talking about? An accursed one?

Before Danny had a chance to answer those questions, the door to his house opened and he watched as their new neighbors bid goodbye to his parents and sister.

His eyes followed them as they began the short walk home. Alicia looked bored with the conversation, and looked to the sky. He saw her give a look of surprise as she saw him. He turned invisible, and then floated down next to her.

Alicia didn't say anything about the boy she had just seen watching them from above to her family. They really didn't need to know they were being followed.

After everyone else had walked in, she glanced to the sky once more.

"I guess Danny won't have to pay up on that bet…" she whispered, then went inside to prepare for school the next day.

The next morning Danny met Alicia at her door to walk to school together. She came out listening to music and silently jamming to a beat.

"Ready to go?" he asked as she removed the headphones.

"You bet!" Alicia smiled. "How far of a walk is it?"

"Not that far. A block past the park." They began to walk down the empty street.

"Goodbye." Alicia randomly said.

"What?"

"You weren't there when we left last night. So I'm telling you goodbye now." Alicia stated. "You missed seeing a ghost."

"Did I now?"

"He was right next to one of the light posts watching us. He disappeared right after I saw him." Alicia pointed somewhere behind them.

"That was probably Danny Phantom. He doesn't talk much to people, just makes sure they're all ok."

It wasn't technically a lie. There was a lot of truth, yet at the same time, not all of it.

After a few more minutes, they arrived at Casper High. Students were lounging around waiting for the bell to ring.

Alicia paused before she started up the stairs.

"I really hope everything goes okay here…" she whispered to herself. "For the sake of everyone else, I hope things go okay."

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I tried to make it longer than it origionally was, but I don't know if it really worked. The villain or, er, bad person will be introduced in the next chapter. And it's not Vlad, well, directly anyway.

Once again, PLEASE REVIEW! I don't care what you say, just say "Fenton Thermos" if you read it. Or something equally as meaningful. Something, anything is all I ask.

THANK YOU!

Btw, since we're now at Christmas break, I should update once or twice before new years. But you have to review.