Things get a little more interesting in this chapter. It focuses a little more on Lilith, showing what it's like being Danny Phantom's daughter.

So on with the story…

Casper high was finishing its school day. The students were filing out of the front doors and out into the warm afternoon sun. Among them was Lilith Fenton and her friends Abby Daniels and Carly Jenkins. They were complaining about the amount of homework Mr Lancer had given them. However their conversation was interrupted by a terrified shriek behind them and then the blaring ringing of the ghost alarm. Lilith and her friends turned to the sound and saw a massive green snake with wings hovering over the school. Its red eyes glared down at the students. Most were frozen in terror. A few of the smarter ones were running for cover. Lilith frowned, knowing what was going to happen and hoped that it would be Valerie to arrive on the scene rather than her father.

Lilith hated that her father was Danny Phantom. Everyone expected her to have ghost powers and yet for some reason she didn't. People kept asking her why she didn't have powers. Some of the more unkind people had asked if she was actually adopted and that was why she wasn't half ghost. Every time her father was on the news or in the newspaper for some reason or another, the school would be buzzing about it. Everywhere she went, people would be talking about how cool her dad was and that they wished he was their dad. However they didn't realise the pressure of being the daughter of Danny Phantom. Don't be mistaken, she loved her dad. She understood that her dad was a hero and was proud of him. She just wished that she wasn't his daughter. He cast a very large shadow and she couldn't escape it.

However she wasn't so lucky today. A streak of black and white appeared in the distance zooming towards the school. The snake looked up just before the streak smashed into it and it went crashing down to the ground leaving a figure floating in the air above it. Danny Phantom had come to save the day. He frowned at the snake. In truth he was furious at the snake. It had attacked his daughter's school. He had warned the ghosts that he would not go easy on any ghost that attacked his daughter. The students however were overjoyed. Their hero was right in front of them and they cheered him on. Lilith watched silently angry that her father hadn't sent Valerie instead. She had told him before that she didn't want him around her school.

The snake slowly picked itself up and shook the stars from in front of its eyes. It looked up at Danny and snarled at him. With a flap of its wings, it took flight again. It faced Danny and breathed green fire at Danny. Danny dodged the fire and charged his fist with his ghost energy and punched the snake in the side. Dazed, it stopped breathing its ghostly fire and before it recovered Danny encased it in ice. He allowed the snake to fall back into the crater it had created the first time it fell. He landed beside it and blasted the ice away, leaving the snake exhausted and smoking softly. He pulled out his Fenton Thermos and sucked the snake into it. He'd have to have words with it when he released it into the ghost zone later.

He turned to the crowd of teenagers once he heard their applause and cheers. He smiled and waved sheepishly. He knew that his daughter was going to be upset with him and he scanned the crowd for her. He soon spotted her unique black hair with a pure white streak. He made eye contact with her and instantly recognised that she was fuming. He flew off and turned invisible. The crowds dispersed soon after chattering loudly about what they just witnessed. Lilith turned to her friends and knew that they wanted to talk about the ghost fight too but they refrained from doing so in front of her. Lilith scowled and muttered that she wanted to walk home alone. As soon as she turned around and headed towards her house she heard them start to talk excitedly but softly about the fight. Lilith blinked away a tear. It was so hard being a disappointment to everyone that met her.

She walked alone, wrapped up in her thoughts. At least until she felt a presence beside her. She had always been sensitive to a ghost's presence. "Go away," she snapped at the invisible ghost beside her. She knew it was her dad. "Lilith, please I want to talk," her father's voice came from thin air. She came to a stop and faced where she knew her father was standing and gave him her fiercest scowl. "I asked you not to come to my school! I told you that it makes me feel like a freak when everyone is talking about you!" Lilith hissed as loudly as she dared. Her father became visible in his human form. He was still dressed in his police uniform. He had obviously flown halfway across town to get to the school from work. Lilith however chose to ignore this fact. Her father looked as apologetic as he could. "Lilith, I was just trying to protect you," he started. Lilith shook her head and continued to march home. "Lilith, I'm talking to you!" Danny called after her, slightly angry at her rudeness. Lilith ignored him. "Lilith come back here!" he yelled furiously at her back. She didn't stop. He rushed after her. "Lilith I'm talking to you! Listen to me!" he ordered her firmly.

Lilith fumbled with her keys as she walked, ignoring her father's commands, she walked home so fast that she was nearly running. However she had to stop to open the door. "Lilith, what should I have done? Let that ghost hurt you or any of your classmates?" Danny asked seeing that Lilith had to stop at the door. It was one of the times he was thankful that she couldn't turn intangible. There had been many when she was a baby and a toddler. Lilith shot him a furious glare. "You could have sent Valerie," she informed him, struggling to refrain from shouting. Danny stared at his daughter. He couldn't believe what she had said. She would have preferred that Valerie had fought the ghost rather than him. "Well, I didn't exactly have the time to ring Valerie and ask her to do my job for me!" Danny thundered defensively. He liked to think he was a good father. He thought he had done the right thing. He had dropped everything the moment the alarm alerted him. Stan had taken over processing the thief's arrest and Danny had flown the fastest he could to get to the school before anything bad could happen.

Lilith shook her head and shoved her key into the keyhole and opened the door and slammed the door in Danny's face. This only infuriated him more and he phased through it, his face running red with anger. He protected his daughter and her school from a dangerous ghost and this was his thanks. However Sam arrived and helped to calm the situation. She still wore black clothes and purple make up. But now she wore a long sleeve t-shirt and black jeans. She noticed the tension between her daughter and husband. She could guess that Danny Phantom was the reason. She caught her husband's eye and gave him a meaningful look. He took a breath and calmed down instantly. He realised that he was getting too angry. After all, he had broken his promise to Lilith about going to her school as Danny Phantom. He took a step back and Lilith took her chance to storm upstairs and slam her bedroom door.

Sam walked over and placed a hand on Danny's shoulder. "Danny, I'll handle Lilith, why don't you go for a walk or a flight? Cool off a bit and come back with a clear head," Sam suggested. Danny's anger melted away and Danny nodded. He transformed into Danny Phantom and flew through the wall and off to give an early patrol of the town. Sam smiled at the wall her husband had phased through and then climbed the stairs and knocked softly on Lilith's bedroom door.

So, I'm going to have to stop here as the chapter is getting a little too long. But the next three chapters are going to deal with the Danny and Lilith's argument and then we'll get to the exciting parts.

So, until the next chapter.