Chapter 9

Hey, sorry I was gone so long. I have a good excuse though. If anyone wants to hear it, just ask. But it's not that important since I don't really care. xDD

Here's this chapter. :)

Danielle walked into her third period class, and looked around. There were a lot of kids, and none of them she'd want to sit with.

She stood at the door, until the teacher, Mr. Boyd, noticed her.

"Ah, yes. You must be, Julia Carter, the new student. If you would be so kind as to have a seat next to Miss. Anderson, we can begin class.

Danielle looked over to where the art teacher gestured and her heart sank. Sitting by 'Miss. Anderson', who was Star by the way, was Paulina, Kwan and Dash. The four people she didn't want to sit with, and apparently no one else did either, since they were the only table not full.

Her face went red, and she walked slowly over towards the group of desks. She sat down in the seat and Star smiled at her. It made Danielle extremely uncomfortable, knowing that Star was in the A-list, and they weren't usually nice people, right?

She smiled back, and turned towards the teacher. He was explaining what they were to do today. They were to take a clump of clay, and just make something. Nothing in particular, just anything. Luckily, Danielle had gotten her brother's artistic skills, and new exactly what she was going to make.

She took a clump, and began pounding it against the desk to soften it. Before long, thanks to her strength, she had a useable clump of modeling clay ready to make something. She set it up and grabs a knife, carving out the shape. At first glance, it looked like a disoriented D, but it was hers, and her brother's she guessed, emblem. A P inside a D, designed by Sam.

She took a peek over at Paulina's and so far, it was just a large, 3D heart. Star's was a star, naturally, Kwan's was a football, and Dash's was, so far, still a clump. She turned back to hers, and began smoothing out the curves, before grabbing the white paint, and a paint brush. She started putting on nice even stokes on one side, but straight down the middle, so that one side could be the white you always see, and the other would be the black Sam started out with.

She finished her sculpture, with the black and white, and looked over to the others. Dash's clump was now a small snowman, and he was putting the finishing details on it, Paulina had a pink 3D heart, with Invis-O-Bill written in red. Star had a small yellow shooting star, and was painting on a rainbow tail, and Kwan had your basic football.

There was 20 minutes left in class, when Mr. Boyd stopped the class. "Alright, kids. It's time for judgement. Come up to the front and line your sculptures up."

They all grabbed their sculptures and lined them up on the front desks, standing behind them. The class was rather good at sculpting. There were a few faults, Mikey, Dash, Nathan, among others and Danielle was feeling pretty good that she did a good job.

"Alright, Pauli? What did you make, girl?" He asked in the, I'm-more-your-friend-then-your-teacher tone of voice.

"I made a heart, and it has Invis-O-Bill in it, because I love the Ghost Boy." Paulina announced.

"Uh, huh. . . Okay, Star, you next." He said.

"I made a beautiful shooting star with my name on it." She smiled.

"Oh, that's you name. I thought you were just labelling it." Mr. Boyd smiled, causing the whole class to laugh.

He moved on through a few more people, before finally coming to Danielle. "So, Julia, what did you make?"

Here was her big moment, she finally had to speak. "I made the Phantom emblem." She said. The whole class gasped, and there were whispers of 'so that's what her voice sounds like,' coming from all around her. "Yeah, I can talk. Big shocker there." She said louder than her first sentence and chock full of sarcasm.

"Well, we knew you could talk, we just didn't expect you to." Star said from a few kids down the line.

"I'm actually the more outgoing of me and my brother for your information." She finished and there were a few odd looks at her, like they didn't believe her. She didn't blame them. Maybe she will talk more.

"Alright, Dash?" Mr. Boyd asked.

On the other side of the school, in boy's heath class, Danny Fenton and Tucker were talking about the Spectra incident. Danny had dropped the duplicate and changed back for this class to conserve energy.

"We had to go after her. If we didn't, she would have kept making us miserable until the secret slipped." Danny whispered to Tucker.

"I know, but do you think you could have just knocked her outside then left, or made it briefer like you had somewhere to be?" Tucker suggested.

"I know, but I got so angry at her. She had no right to mention Dan. No one does and I'll knock anyone who does off the planet." Danny growled.

"It's alright, dude. Now, let's just pay attention before we flunk this class." Tucker laughed.

"Yeah, wouldn't that be fun. Not only would I be grounded, but my "guardian" would be peed off at me." Danny laughed. "Not that he's even attending today."

"Yeah. I don't think my parents would be all that happy either." Tucker said then turned towards the front of the class, but not before seeing Danny's ghost sense go off.

"I'm ignoring it." He said to himself in a sing song voice but if you looked back, his eye was starting to twitch.

A few classes down, Valerie and Sam were in Music class.

"Umm, Sam?" Valerie asked, removing her headphones.

"Yes, Valerie?" Sam asked, removing hers as well.

"Uh, how long did you know I was the Red Huntress?" She asked quietly.

"Well, you remember your first day?" Sam asked.

"You mean the day I found you and Danny in the bushed?" Valerie smirked.

Sam blushed but answered. "Yeah. That day."

"Really? Tucker and Danny too?" She asked, and Sam nodded.

"How did you know?"

"Your voice. Me and Danny recognized it."

"Oh. That's kind of embarrassing."

"Not really. It was your very first day. You didn't know to be cautious."

"I guess. And thanks Sam."

"For what?" She asked, confused.

"For forgiving me for beating up your friend for so long. I never really gave him a chance. You really are a good friend once you get passed your barrier."

"I don't have a barrier!" Sam countered.

"Are you sure?" Valerie asked.

Sam thought for a moment, before answering; "I don't have a barrier, I just need to trust someone before I let them in."

"So, in other words, a barrier." Valerie joked.

Back in art class, Danielle was putting her books away before the bell rang. She didn't expect the teacher to call on her, but he did.

"Umm, Julia. May I see you here at my desk for a moment?" He asked. Danielle grabbed her books and walked up to his class.

"So, I heard that you and your brother just transferred here." He started and she nodded. "I also heard that this is the first class you've talked in." She nodded again. "Is there a reason why?"

Danielle shrugged. "I talk to my friends."

"Well, if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here. Ever since we lost our shrink. Did you here she was a ghost. Creepy. But you should expect that in this town." He finished. The bell rang and Danielle grabbed her bag from the floor. "Remember Julia, if you ever need to talk."

"I'll remember, but I really don't plan on being here that long. Thanks, though. Bye."

She was smiling walking down the hallway, but what she saw next, made her drop her book on the floor. She gasped, and yelled out "Stop!"

Cliffie? I dunno.

The next chapter will come sooner. Like, Friday. Hopefully. . .

I'll talk to you later.

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~Skye