im sorry that i havent updated for the ppl that read this. i applause you. but volleyball ended. thank god. undefeated all season. varsity made 2nd in districts...again. boo. swim starts monday. soccer boys are going for sectionals thursday. the story is picking up too.

Disclaimer: I am without the copyright to Danny Phantom. Butch H. has that.

Danny: Sam!
Sam: Danny?
Danny: Is that my shirt?

Chapter Eleven

The boys in the middle of the floor looked up.

"Fenton, Tucker. What are you doing here?" Valerie asked. Sam let go of her wrist and it softly fell to her side.

She noticed Danny took a miniscule step forward. Noting the behavior of animals, this was usually a sign of dominance. His hands told otherwise. They were spread open, palm up in surrender. Danny had a pleading look to his eyes.

"We need your help," he told Valerie.

She crossed her arms stubbornly. "With what?" she asked with a tiny bit of spite. She did not like to be told what to do.

Tucker was the one to even out the space between him and Danny. His PDA showed a picture of a strange animal; one she had never seen before. Danny pointed to the screen. "This," he said.

Her face softened a little. "I don't understand," she told the two boys in front of her.

This time it was Sam's turn to step up. She also pointed to the PDA screen. "This thing is coming," she informed. "We are the only ones to stand in its way. No one else has even noticed it yet."

Paulina was tired of waiting for the geeks in the gym to do something interesting. She decided this would be the time to "spice things up." With a click, the gym door opened. She stepped in and motioned for the three others behind her to do the same. Reluctantly, they followed suit. With a soft click click of her flats she calmly walked towards the center of the gym. The Goth girl (today more fashion forward, she noticed) lowered her hand from whatever she was pointing at.

Paulina rose her chin before speaking. "Valerie," she said. "What do you think you're doing with these losers?" She noticed the thin, dark haired boy silently tell the other one to put away the PDA he had out. Obviously it was of no importance to Paulina.

Valerie did not answer right away and this annoyed Paulina. "Valerie. Hello? Answer me," she said more sternly.

Valerie remembered her time in the high clique and how Paulina was never ignored. She obeyed her like a trained dog.

"Paulina, I can explain. I was standing by my locker when-" and she was cut off. The pleading look was still in her eyes as she desperately wanted to explain herself. Danny put his hand on her arm. It was outstretched towards the jocks, but slowly fell as Danny's presence almost made it limp. He lifted up his head towards the other four in front of him.

His eyes gleamed under the florescent lighting of the gymnasium. They shone like the sky on a June day without clouds.

Those eyes really are beautiful, thought Paulina. I would so go out with him if he wasn't so far down the social ladder. The ideas in her head never did make it past the shallow end of the pool. It was as if they drowned after the water became deeper.

"Paulina, now is not the time." Danny said. "Now if you could just leave…"

What little infatuation she had was gone. A bitter anger replaced it. "You can't tell me what to do, geek boy!" She started to say more rude comments, but was cut short by a rumbling. Her balance was thrown off as her arms swayed to keep her upright.

Danny saw this and levitated himself just enough to stay standing. Meanwhile, the others in the gym were forced to use their own means to stay standing. Arms wobbled, knees buckled as bodies were shaken like jello. Dash looked to Kwan for help as a small wimper came out of him. Star was left to fend for herself; no one lending her support.

Just as suddenly, it stopped. A quieted calm was over the gym. The kids in the gym didn't know it, but the calm was all over the town as well.

Valerie was the first to speak. "What was-" she began before another shock took the town by surprise: this one larger than the first. Danny was not expecting another shock so soon; he fell like the others.

Jazz was surprised by the earthquake. It was small, but the realization took her more than the actual thing. Amity Park never got earthquakes. It stopped. She looked through her window to see the kids in the gym looking around. Most of them look scared, she observed.

Another shock came soon after. This one, more powerful than the first, set Jazz on her knees. Trying to keep balanced, she grabbed for the door. With her luck, it happened to be a swinging door. She fell flat on her face. Half of her body was visible to anyone in the gym, the other half of her was sprawled out in the hallway where she once was. She did a quick once-over of herself. Nothing was broken. As soon as she lifted up her head she was greeted with eight pairs of eyes. The same eyes she was looking upon a few moments ago.

alright thats it. more chapters to come. please comment bc i miss reviews....