Disclaimer: I still don't own Danny Phantom as it's the property of Butch Hartman, Nickelodeon and Viacom International. I am just a loyal fan and nothing more.
Dani Fenton: School Daze
Chapter 12: Plots and Revelations
Dani, still invisible and intangible, carried a shell shocked Lucy as she phased to the one place she knew neither of their idiotic peers would find them and they could finally have some form of privacy.
The roof.
Once there, Dani dropped the invisibility and let go of Lucy who still looked like a little uneasy.
"Wow…Give me a warning before you do that…"Lucy said as she rubbed her head, trying to undo the sudden dizziness. However she stopped when she noticed the look on her friends face. Dani look furious but Lucy couldn't help but see that she was more sad than angry and was trying to use the later as a cover up.
"Dani, what's going on? What happened back there with you and Sebastian?..."Lucy asked the dark hair girl.
"There is nothing between me and Sebastian…He's nothing but a big phony…"Dani muttered under her breath.
"What are you talking about?...'Lucy asked feeling genuinely confused.
"I'm talking about the fact that he started that stupid rumor…."She exclaimed.
"What?..."Lucy asked in disbelief.
"I saw him talking to Lilly and it turns out Sebastian has designs on me like all the other A-listers…"She said semi-bitterly.
"What?...Sebastian did that?…"Lucy thought in disbelief. While she didn't know Sebastian very well, she's been attending this school for over a year now and she knew Sebastian didn't trend with the other A-Listers, he mostly kept to himself when he wasn't busy with his own thing such as photography or his lessons.
He didn't seem like the kind to pull a stunt like that.
As the two girls decided to eat the rest of their packed lunches on the roof, Lucy kept pressing for details about the situation….Something just didn't seem to add up at all…Since when was Sebastian willing to be in the same room as Lilly, let alone go along one of her crazy plots?
"Are you positive about that Dani? It doesn't seem like Sebastian…"Lucy said to the frowning ghost girl.
"Oh! I'm positive alright…I overheard Lilly chuckling about it to her minions about it all, she said that as soon as Sebastian is "close", that she'll be close to….and before that I saw them talking together….It was just a stupid plan to get to me…"She said in between her bites of her peanut butter sandwich, feeling so many emotions right now.
She was very much hoping that she might have found another friend in the brunette boy but he only seemed interested in her fame like the others and he was nothing more than another of Lilly's little lackey boys who only cared about pleasing their little "princess".
It was sickening.
"How else could Lilly have found out about the ice cream parlor and started spreading that stupid rumor…"She muttered angrily, feeling so angry as she mentally visualize the two together gossiping about her behind her back and trying to manipulate her like she was some kind of puppet.
Ever since she got to this school, Sebastian was the only other person besides Lucy who didn't go bonkers because of her fame but it seems she misjudged him. She wanted to be angry and annoyed, she wanted to yell at Sebastian and Lilly for trying to trick and use her but she ultimately just felt angry at herself for falling for it. She had believed that Sebastian was a nice, honest guy but he was just a jerk who just wanted to use her for whatever selfish reason he had….
Just like another man who has been dead to her for a long time…Since the day he proved that he never once loved or cared about her, that he always just wanted to use her for his own benefit and would destroy her the moment it was convenient to him.
Sebastian, Lilly and those A-Listers were not to different… She was nothing more to them but a tool for whatever stupid thing they want but she wasn't going to be used.
She was no one's toy.
"How could Sebastian do this to me?…How could he lie and use me to help Lilly out?..."Dani muttered as she put down her sandwich, no longer feeling any desire to eat but she did however pull out her fruit punch and took some big gulps of it.
She was feeling so angry and disgusted by those two phonies who were likely still spreading that dumb rumor and coming up with new ones as well. However, she noticed the confused look on Lucy's face almost immediately when she heard the last part.
"I'm more confused by the idea that Sebastian was even talking to his sister by his own free will...'She said and flinched when Dani suddenly did a classic spit take and was coughing up as a result.
She…She did not just hear that just now, right?
"Are you alright Dani?..."Lucy asked in concern but flinched when Dani turned to her with an alarmed expression on her face.
"What?...H-His SISTER?!..."Dani managed to get out once she managed to stop coughing the excess liquid from her throat.
"I…I thought he already told you…Sebastian is Lilly's twin brother…"Lucy said hesitantly and noticed Dani's jaw drop.
"Twins?!..."She muttered out in disbelief and Lucy was almost worried the other girl was going to keel over any minute.
Dani only stood there in shock as the information finally sunk in. She just couldn't believe it…Sebastian and Lilly were siblings?! But…But it didn't seem possible…
"Wait…Now that I think about it…They both have both have dark brown hair and green eyes…and they both dress pretty fancy like…but…"Dani started getting a migraine from this little discovery.
The more she thought about it, the more she was forced to realize the physical similarities between the two kids as they had the same hair, eye and skin color and both seem to come from well-to-do families…but looks aside they were nothing alike!
Lilly was a spoiled, condescending brat who liked to show off her wealth and push others around, as well as suck up to anyone she wanted to manipulate and control and Sebastian seemed to be almost the opposite.
"They don't even have the same last name!..."Dani said in an exasperated tone.
"Their parents are divorced and Lilly lives with their mother who remarried while Sebastian lives with their dad…"Lucy explained and was surprised that Dani didn't already know that.
"He…He really didn't tell you did he?…"She said, finally realizing the whole misunderstanding.
"Oh my gosh…I…I thought he was one of her little boy toys…"Dani explained and noticed Lucy's surprised and outright disgusted expression.
"EW! Of course not…Of all people, Lilly is the one person Sebastian actively tries to avoid being around at school…Those two get along as well as cats and dogs for crying out loud… "Lucy said almost instantly to the black haired girl….."Why do you think he's in Ms. Phillips class instead of ours?..."She pointed out only to notice guilty, sad look on the other girls face.
As Dani tried the recall the previous event, she recalled the sad look in Sebastian eyes before she disappeared and how he desperately tried to tell her that he had nothing to do with the rumor….
"I'm such an idiot…Why couldn't I see that he was just trying to warn me about the rumor?...'Dani said with a sigh…
Before the two girls could talk any further, they were startled when they heard a loud scream about now.
"LILLY!..."Was shouted loudly and almost seemed to echo…It was loud enough to even reach the roof where the two girls were.
"What the-?..."Lucy asked in disbelief and soon noticed Dani grabbed her arm. The two were now invisible once more and fazed through the room once more.
"What are-…"Lucy was cut off when Dani shushed her.
The two invisible girls stood in the hall when they discovered the source of the screams…One very angry looking Sebastian Hayward who was marching to a very smug looking Lilly Dubois. For the more experienced students in the hall, they were expressing interest in what they hoped to be a fight as they knew that soon, sparks would be flying between the two.
10 minutes earlier
Main Hall way
Sebastian was still rooted to the spot where he had been snubbed by an understandably mad Danielle Phantom despite his best efforts to explain the situation. It all started yesterday when he got home from the ice cream parlor. His mother had come to visit in order to congratulate him for getting an A on his science test and he was fine with that only to discover that he brought her.
The very bane of his existence the day he was born: His sister.
The girl known as Liliana Rose Hayward-Dubois or just plain Lilly Dubois since the day their parents finally signed the papers when they were little….but to him she would always be evil incarnate. Yesterday he was forced to play nice to her while his mother did one of her visit as per agreement with his father who was also entitled to see Lilly as well, needless to say he didn't enjoy being forced to be civil to the spoiled brat that had both of their parents fooled with her "sweet, innocent act" and had both of them, especially their father wrapped around her dainty little finger.
Anyway, his mother had asked him the usual stuff she always asks during her visits such as his grades, how his lessons and afterschool activities were going and he mentioned that everything had been going well lately, that he was still getting straight A's, that his fencing was coming along great as for his other lessons and basically the usual.
Unfortunately things went south when he mentioned he had just gotten back from getting ice cream and he accidentally mentioned Dani with Lilly within earshot. When his father had to attend a call and his mother left to talk to Hilda about something, Lilly cornered him and demanded to know about what was going on between me and the new girl and he denied there was anything at all, that he only came across her but that was it.
He should have figured Lilly wasn't going to let it go.
When he first got to school, he immediately went to his locker to get his things but noticed some kids whispering and looking at him much to his confusion. It went on for the rest of the day and he starting to get annoyed, before he could flat out demand them to spill about what was up, something kids walked up to him and demanded to know if he was actually in a relationship with the world heroes little sister. He was shocked and denied but somehow they all knew about the ice cream parlor and then he realized what had happened.
Lilly had opened her big mouth yet again.
He angrily confronted her about her stupid gossip but she denied having said anything that wasn't true. Sebastian was furious since he and his sister had made an agreement to never speak or be near each other during school hours, something Lilly was more than willing to agree to. He angrily demanded her to leave him alone, to tell everyone that whatever she said or did was nothing but a lie and to go back to acting like they were only children like they had agree since the start of the school year and all Lilly did was give that smug smile of hers and nodding her head while she said "Oh Bastie, you are always so dramatic"
She knew that he hated that stupid nickname.
He was on his way to try and undo the rumor when he saw Dani at the end of the hall, not thinking twice, he rushed to her and tried to explain what was happening but she then started yelling at him and blaming him for the rumor.
Then he heard her call him "Bastie" and he now knew that Lilly's rumor had already done more damage that he thought and Dani thought he was involved with it. She was so angry she flat out disappeared before he could explain the misunderstanding.
Needless to say, Dani was mad…and so was he.
The angry boy searched all over the halls and soon found who he was looking for. Just 5 yards away wearing an overpriced pink dress and too much make up for her age was his spoiled sister who was going to pay.
"LILLY!..."He yelled, earning the attention of everyone in the hallway…is including his sister who turned around in annoyance.
"Ugh…Excuse me girls…"Lilly said to her little minions who soon scooted, leaving Lilly alone with one ticked off Sebastian.
"What is it this time Bastie? I was busy…"She said in a bored tone.
"We need to talk Liliana…"He quipped, earning an angry glare from the brat.
"Don't call me that stupid name! It's Lilly only…"She hissed to her twin brother.
"Don't call me Bastie…"He snapped back…"Because of your stupid rumor, Dani thinks I was being dishonest with her and won't even speak to me…"Sebastian said angrily to his twin sister who suddenly smirked.
"Aw~…Bastie is upset that his girlfriend won't talk to him…"She teased and Sebastian's face turned red…but it wasn't from blushing.
"She's not my girlfriend and thanks to you, she doesn't even want to be friends with me now…"He said and noticed her smug smirk drop almost instantly.
"What do you mean?..."Lilly asked in confusion.
"You totally embarrassed her and now she thinks I was in on it….She even blew me off when I tried to explain things but thanks to you, she pretty much hates me now…"Sebastian continued.
"So….She…doesn't want to date you?..."Lilly asked in an almost confused voice and Sebastian looked like he wanted to pull his hair out.
"Have you been listening to anything I just said?! Dani thinks I was lying about her and now she won't even look at me!..."He shouted.
"Darn it…"Lilly thought in frustration, realizing that she probably just blew her best chance at meeting the ghost boy further away.
She had been counting on Danielle gaining a crush on her brother and if they got close, she could get Sebastian to invite her to their birthday party and she could use that to convince the ghostly girl to invite her super hottie brother to attend as well…She also could tell that Sebastian liked her but it seems that maybe she acted a tad too premature…
"I already told you a million times yesterday that we just ran into each other at the ice cream shop and that's it! …"Sebastian continued yelling at his stupid sister.
"Well…How was I to know that nothing actually happened?...'She retorted but Sebastian only looked angrier.
"Listen here Lilly, you are going to tell everyone that your dumb rumor about us is untrue and you're going to apologize to Dani for embarrassing her like that…"He demanded, much to the spoiled girls shock.
"It…It was only a little misunderstanding brother dear…Next time you shouldn't be so vague…."Lilly insisted, not wanting to believe that this really was her fault.
"How on earth is "Nanny Hilda was taking me to get some ice cream and I ran into Dani who was just heading out and we talked for like a second" vague?!…"He asked rhetorically and Lilly only pouted.
"Oh very well, I'll tell the girls that there was a little misunderstanding and that should undo it…."Lilly conceded, only in hopes of keeping a link to Danielle and thus, the ghost boy as well.
"And what about apologizing to Dani?..."He pressed on.
"I will the next time I see her…"Lilly grumbled, not liking the idea of apologizing but having no choice.
It was bad enough that Danielle was still being so difficult with her but she really couldn't afford her shutting down Sebastian as well!...Then she would literally have no chance of convincing her to come to her party which would pretty much ruin her birthday wish.
"Well…I'm waiting…"A voice said and the two twins turned around to a very peeved Danielle Fenton standing there with a nervous Lucy.
"Dani…"Sebastian said.
"Oh Danielle…There you are…Sebastian and I were just about to look for you…"Lilly said nervously to the glaring girl.
"I know you started the rumor Dubois…"Dani said flatly, while her eyes look apologetically to Sebastian who noticed.
"Oh…Well…I…Uh…I apologize for the big misunderstanding, I…I shouldn't have mentioned this to Carly and Daisy who in turn spread it around…"She said quickly, hoping to shift some of the blame off of her but Dani wasn't fooled.
"So I take it that you are going to tell everyone, including your little followers that you were wrong and that there is absolutely nothing going on with me and Sebastian…"Dani pressed and smirked when Lilly reluctantly nodded.
"Oh poo…Why does this always have to happen to me?..."Lilly internally whined, hating this entire situation more and more.
As Lilly was forced to undo the rumor by telling everyone that it was a "misunderstanding", Dani, Lucy and Sebastian remained in the same spot as they watched the school princess have to undo her handiwork.
"Ugh…I would say that hopefully this might teach her not to stick her nose where it doesn't belong, but I don't want any false hope…"Sebastian sighed, still feeling a bit of a headache from this entire day.
Dani blinked and turned her attention to the boy, feeling very guilty for her earlier accusations, this proved that he was just as much of a victim of Lilly's antics as she was…and she didn't even take the time to hear his side of the story…
"I'm sorry…"Dani said to the boy.
"What?..."Sebastian asked in disbelief, wondering if he heard her right.
"I said I'm sorry…for yelling at you earlier and…for thinking that you were like Lilly…"Dani confessed, much to Sebastian's surprised. He couldn't believe this, if anything he should have been the one asking for forgiveness!
"Dani, you have nothing to be sorry for, you had every right to be mad because of that stupid rumor…."Sebastian said, feeling even worse about this whole stupid thing…."And…It's still my fault, yesterday she was at my house and I accidentally mentioned that I ran into you at the ice cream shop and being the ever dramatic, gossip hungry blabbermouth that she is…she had to spread it around to her stupid friends and make it as fake as possible…"He said in an ashamed tone of voice, feeling so very embarrassed by the one he was forced to call his sister.
"This wouldn't have happened if I remembered how crazy she is…I'm sorry…"He said to the little ghost girl who looked at him with sympathetic eyes.
"So she's actually your sister?...'Dani asked the green eyed boy who sighed.
"Unfortunately yes…"He grumbled a bit.
"Ouch…"Dani said sympathetically to the boy…." I…I still owe you an apology Sebastian…I…I actually thought you might have been one of her little boy toy minions…"Dani confessed, earning a horrified look from the boy.
"OH GROSS! Not even in my worst nightmares!..."He shuttered and his face became a little green.
"I guess this all clear things up…." Lucy said to the other two who were still in their apologies.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you…"Dani said one more time.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble Lilly causes you…"He said looking down.
"Heh…It's not your fault…It's not like you chose to be her twin brother…"Dani said with some humor in her voice.
"Believe me…If I had the choice, I would have happily been an only child…"He said, earning a chuckle from Dani and Lucy.
"I still find it hard to believe that you guys are even related, you're both are nothing alike…"Dani said to the boy.
"I'll consider that as a compliment Miss Fenton…"He said slyly, earning another chuckle from both girls.
"Still…Sebastian…Me and Lucy were going to the library afterschool…If you want, you could tag along, providing that's alright with you Lucy?..."Dani said to her friend who nodded.
"Sure, I don't mind…"Lucy said to the two.
"I'd love to but I got fencing lessons after class and my French lessons right after…'Sebastian said with a sigh…" Could we take a rain check?..."He asked the two girls.
"Oh sure, whenever you're ready…."Dani said, trying to hide her disappointment.
She was hoping that now that all this nasty business was dealt with, that maybe she could go back to trying to be friends with Sebastian. However, the little ghost girls eye widen when she notice a smile form on his face as if he recalled something.
"Say…Uh…Dani and Lucy…I'm not sure if you both are into this but…This Saturday I'm going to the Aquarium…There's a new exhibit involving the baby beluga whale that was recently rescued…."Sebastian started.
"I read about that in the paper, it was all about how marine biologists found a poor baby beluga washed up at the shore and how he's being taken care of right now at the local aquarium until he's strong enough to rejoin his own kind…"Lucy said with interest.
"Well my nanny is taking me this Saturday at noon and I'm planning on taking as many pictures as possible of the new baby whale….If you guys want, you can come…'He offered kindly to the two girls.
"An aquarium…Sure that's sound likes fun…"Dani said with a smile. She's been in this town for weeks now and this would be her first trip to the aquarium, so naturally she was excited to go.
"Yes, it does sound nice but I have to ask my parents first…"Lucy said to the two other kids, feeling particularly happy at the idea.
It might be nice going to a lovely aquarium with Dani and hopefully another friend as well…She wanted to do it…even if the other person was the brother of her worse enemy but Sebastian wasn't Lilly and it was clear he disliked his sister very much. It wasn't fair to for her to be nervous and wary of him just because he had the misfortune of being born as Lilly's twin…
.It wasn't nice and he clearly seemed like a well meaning person.
It was time that she stopped being so scared and reached out instead of hiding and whining like she always did before Dani showed up.
"So it's all set, if you guys want my nanny could pick you guys up and we can all go together…."Sebastian offered to the two girls who nodded.
"Sure Sebastian…"Dani said smiling.
"That works…"Lucy said with a shrug.
"Alright, I'll let Hilda know about the arrangements for Saturday…"Sebastian said, feeling much happier to know that he at least will have some company this Saturday other than Hilda.
Suddenly the three children were brought out of their chatting when they suddenly heard the bell ringing, signaling the end of lunch period and the start of class time.
"Oh darn it…Lunch is over…We've been so wrapped up with Lilly's nonsense that we missed it…"Lucy said in dismay, having only ate half of her lunch during this entire situation.
"Darn it…Ugh...Let's go Lucy, maybe if we're lucky we won't be tardy for English…"Dani said to her friend who nodded.
"See you Sebastian….Can't wait for Saturday…'Dani said before leaving with Lucy.
Sebastian smiled and for the first time that day felt a sense of peace that this stupid drama was behind him and that Dani and Lucy didn't hate his guts anymore. Realizing the time, he left for his next class and felt a sense of eagerness for this Saturday.
It still bummed him that he couldn't go to the Aquarium with his dad but at least now he had a chance to have some company in both Dani and Lucy.
He might end up going with some friends instead….
Unknown to the three pre-teens, a certain spoiled brat was angrily marching on her way to class, her mind still filled with anger due to the blow to her pride she experienced and her still lacking her key to meeting her beloved ghost boy and having all her dreams come true.
"Darn it, I was sure that I had that girl…but no matter….I will get my wish this year and no one, not Bastie, not that bookworm and most definitely not Danielle is going to keep me from it…"Lilly hissed under her breath as she finally made it to her class.
Her eyes landed on the two girls, one geeky bookworm that was a total nobody as far as she was concern and the snotty little ghost girl who thought she was too good for the A-Listers.
"It doesn't matter, I am Lilly Dubois and I always get my way in the end…"She thought as she sat at her desk, her eyes still on the two girls.
She was the princess of Amity Elementary and no matter what Danielle would concede to her in the end, she would make sure of it.
-To be continued-
Next time on Dani Fenton: School Daze
Family, Friends and Foes
A/N: For those who were wondering, I've been hinting that Sebastian and Lilly were related in some of my previous chapters and this was not a sudden, random move on my part.
As I stated, both Sebastian and Lilly are green eyed brunettes and they both come from rich families also in chapter 10, Sebastian mentioned trying to avoid "an obnoxious brat" and in chapter 9, Lilly clearly knows Sebastian personally and was eager to use him for her own gain. Also Lucy clearly seemed nervous around Sebastian whenever she had interacted with him in the previous chapters; it's because of his relation to Lilly, despite being aware of Sebastian's dislike for her, he is still her regular bully's brother and Lucy is/was a naturally shy, nervous girl in the first few chapters.
Sebastian and Lilly are fraternal twins but they don't get along well, Sebastian is well meaning but Lilly is a brat and their personalities always end up clashing.
I hope this explains a bit of it.
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers.
FowlFanKid13: I know right, I hope this chapter lives up to that expectation.
AstroGravity Phan, Wiseguy2415 and Mikaela2015: Thanks.
LooneyAces: Heh, a lot of kids at 11-12 do start having small crushes on each other but Richie mostly just wants Dani because he thinks she is pretty and he is obviously taken in by her fame, so it's a shallow crush if any.
DragoonSensei: No kidding….
Rogue Deity Master: I know what you mean, he's nasty but that's what makes him an effective villain.
Guest: Well envy will be mentioned several times, especially with Freakshow as shown here…
Jolecksek: Thanks for the kind words but so far no, all of my stories will be independent, separate fics but will have similar elements every now and again.
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