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Dani toyed with the edge of her shirt, nervously twisting the smooth, silky fabric into a bunch. Her toes tapped the bottom of her silver platform sandals. Her fingers dropped to her jet-black tutu, smoothing it out. It contrasted strongly with her white shirt, trimmed in black lace in a straight line from arm to hip, bordering a sold black back. A green long-sleeved shirt clung to her arms, perfectly matching her leggings. She'd been assured many times by her parents and brother and sister that she looked beautiful, but she was far, far too nervous to listen. They were probably just being nice.

Her hand wandered to her hair. Jazz, in a fit of niceness, had streaked it black, white, and green, before repeating the gesture in her ghost form. Her hair would look the same whether ghost or human, at least until the dye washed out. As Jazz had put it, her best defense so far had been that no one had known she was half-ghost, so now the best defense would be everyone knowing. Plus, the streaked hair just looked cool.

She was standing in the curtained bit of the stage at Casper High, waiting for Lancer or Danny to announce her as a new student. Danny Phantom, who decided he'd make his once-in-a-lifetime appearance at Casper High to say she was his sister. And to show her around on her first day. Maybe. They'd arrived just before lunch and the announcement had gone out to report to the stage. Every student in Casper high was waiting for them.

There went Danny to the microphone now. There was an eruption of screaming from the Phangirls, and he flinched. He'd never been very comfortable with hero worship.

"I'm here today to talk about someone very special to me. . ." He said, then noticed the looks on some of the Phangirl's faces. "No, not girlfriend special, family special."

There were some scattered disappointed groans and he cleared his throat. "Now, some of you may be unaware of this, but I have a sister. A sister who's half-human and has been, until recently, been living on the streets. She was successfully adopted and will be attending this school. She's twe- uh, thirteen and her name is Danielle. Please, give a warm welcome to Dani-with-an-i Phantom!"

Dani stepped out from behind the curtains and was nearly knocked over by the Phanboy screams. Her eyes sought out Tucker, Sam, Jazz, and Danny in his human form, noticing them in the back of the room. Tucker was applauding enthusiastically, Sam and Jazz giving her thumbs up. Danny (ghost form) turned to her and beckoned her up to the microphone.

"It's all yours, sis." He said. She swallowed hard and stepped up to the podium.

"Hi." She said, and the crowd went into hysterics. Jeez, she could see how Danny would get tired of this. She realized how bad they would be mobbed after this and mentally reminded herself to thank Danny later. He had basically surrendered himself to being torn apart by Phans just to be there for her.

She had the best big brother in the world.

"I'm Dani. I'm. . . well, I'm going to be going to school here. I've never been to school before, so I'm going to need some help figuring stuff out, ok?"

Wrong thing to say. The Phanboys were now looking like they'd fight each other to be able to help her out.

"And I just wanna say that I'm not perfect, so I hope I'll have a good year."

The curtains dropped and Dani finally started breathing again. The screams and applause from the other side of the curtain were the scariest things she'd ever heard.

Danny apparently agreed.

"If we die before the day is over, I just want you to know that I love you."

Dani smiled at his gallows humor. "Me too. Now let's leave the stage and get ripped apart by Phans."

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Dani leaned against the wall next to the trash can, desperately trying not to be noticed, although the cafeteria was bursting with people. It didn't work. The blonde boy from the first time she'd been to Casper High was heading her way. What was his name? Dash? Whoever he was, Danny was giving him the evil eye from across the room.

Dash leaned against the wall in a way that was probably supposed to be cool. Dani immediately hated him. Was he hitting on her? She suppressed the sudden urge to hurl.

"Hey, Dani, I hear you're in my homeroom." Dash said.

He was definitely hitting on her.

Ugh.

Ok, you're going to have to deal with this from a lot of boys, Dani, so try to be nice. She told herself. "Yeah, I guess so." She said noncommittally. Dash seemed to take this as an encouraging sign.

"You doin' anything this weekend?" He asked. Dani gagged.

"I'm going to a birthday party." She said.

Dash smiled. "Really? Which one? I always get invited to all of them, so I'll need to decide which one I'm going to."

Dani smirked. "Well, I bet you didn't get invited to this one. It's Youngblood's."

Dash frowned. "The ghost kid who kidnaped our parents?"

"That would be the one!"

Dash paused. "Can I come?"

To Youngblood's party? That would be a nightmare. No freaking way. Dani thought. "Uh, no." She said.

Dash frowned. "This is because you think I can't take care of myself, isn't it?" He asked. "Check this out. I can own Fenton."

Sure enough, Danny had made his way over to them. Dash shoved him over and he fell, slamming into the trash cans with a clang. Dani's eyes glowed green.

"Oh, yeah, shoving my brother into a trash can is so going to impress me." She said. Dash's eyes widened.

"But I thought Phantom was your brother. . ?"

Dani scowled. "I got adopted by the Fentons, which gives me cause to do this. . ."

Dani pulled her fist back and punched Dash in the face. He did a little twirl before hitting the ground with a thud.