The Devil's Assistant Chapter 3, a danny phantom fanfic

A.n

Hey everyone, so here's Ch. 3

Again not mine…..

Danny sighed rubbing his eyes as he walked down the street, he was still in down town Amity, and it was more dangerous for him there than it was for him in the slums, though after last night, it was hard to label anyplace anywhere safe.

Tucker waited on the corner for him. Danny looked up at his old friend.

'Hey Tuck.' Danny rubbed his eyes again and yawned.

'Dude, you don't look so good.' Tucker said. Danny nodded but said nothing.

'You're all over the news man, the escape from the hospital, could be dangerous. Everyone is looking for you.' Tucker said, 'I also hear they are going over the stuff they got from you at the hospital… your heart rate, your temperature, nothing adds up for them anymore, people are getting suspicious.' Tucker warned.

'Whatever… they don't have a picture do they?' Danny asked, Tucker shook his head.

'No.'

'Good.' Danny said, 'Couldn't have anyone recognizing me.' Danny waited at the bus stop, it started to rain, a soft sprinkle as the clouds built up. Danny looked up feeling the rain on his face.

'So…what happened?' Tucker asked.

'Plasmius… he. He knives me then leads Sam to me, I don't get him.' Danny shook his head, 'I don't get him.' Danny shook his head, 'I don't know what's going on yet but I intend to find out, I know Vlad has something up his sleeve I just don't know what.' Danny closed his eyes, 'I just need a nap right now, I'm wiped out, and I used a lot of energy last night escaping. Drugged out of my mind I was surprised I could even go ghost.' Danny rubbed his forehead looking around for the bus.

'Dude, you should come stay with me tonight, no one is home, plus, they'll probably be looking for you where they found you.' Tucker said reasonably. Danny nodded.

'Yeah…. I guess it can't hurt.' Danny sighed.

'Great.' Tucker smiled pulling out his PDA, 'we can watch movies, and play videogames, and….'

'That sounds great Tuck… but can I please get washed up and sleep a little first?' Danny asked. Tucker's face fell a little.

'Sure, then it'll be like old times right?' Tucker asked. Danny forced a smile.

'Sure dude, just like old times.' Danny said. Tucker nodded.

'Cool dude.' Tucker looked around, then started walking towards his house, Danny following. Danny sighed and looked up at the house.

'You're parents remodeled again?' Danny asked. Tucker nodded.

'Dad got a raise, he's working on this new invention of his, it's supposed to bring in millions, and before I know it we'll be living near the Manson Mansion.' Tucker smiled, Danny laughed.

'You know that place has at least two kitchens in every floor, and they change out the paintings every week, they even had Picasso and Da Vinci there.' Danny laughed, 'It's insane.' Tucker gapped at his best friend.

'You've been inside….. That place is strictly family and staff only! I thought you weren't after the big pay day… what did you do?' Tucker asked as they opened the door to the house and went in.

…. 'I ….I was invited in actually.' Danny said wiggling out of the jacket, 'By their daughter, Sam Manson.' Danny blushed, 'She…. uh…she's the girl I was talking about.' Danny said hanging up his jacket.

'Dude… how…..I… Dude!' Tucker said speechless. Danny nodded.

'She's actually pretty cool, not like her parents, in fact she hates them. They are on a cruise; I suspect the same cruise your parent's are on.' Danny said looking around Tucker's house, 'Dude, this is pretty impressive.' Danny smiled.

'How the heck did you get in?' Tucker asked.

'The front door, she invited me and I went…. she said it was to repay the favor of saving her earlier.' Danny shrugged, 'I didn't even know who she was till later.' Danny said wandering down the halls, Tucker followed.

'Wow.' Tucker said, 'That's impressive. I bet she likes you.' Tucker smiled.

Danny rolled his eyes. 'Dude, I'm a filthy street boy who just so happened to save her life ok. I don't think she likes me.' Danny sighed. Tucker smiled evilly.

'Well the question isn't so much if she likes you… than if you like her back.' Tucker laughed. Danny groaned.

'No playing match maker Tucker, I'm serious.' Danny said, he looked around the stuck his hand into the wall pulling out an old football.

'Dude…. that's still there?' Tucker asked looking at the ball in awe that previous conversation all but forgotten.

'Yeah… I didn't know if it'd be, but I guess it is, it was put here when I first….' Danny trailed off.

'When you first got your powers.' Tucker finished in a whisper. It wasn't usually something they liked to remember. Soon after Danny got his powers he ran away from home.

Danny sighed.

'Yeah.' He rolled the ball over in his hands and thought about things, like his family, school, the whole dead thing.

'Well… why don't we toss it around outside? Oh… we got a new pool so we can do that to.' Tucker smiled lightening the mood, 'I have a pair of your old swimming trunks still from before you left, so we can use those.' Tucker smiled. Danny laughed.

'I don't know if that's helpful or creepy.' Danny smiled at Tucker who stuck out his tongue. Danny returned the gesture, this caused Tucker to smile wider.

'There's the Danny I know.' Tucker smiled. Danny sighed.

'I guess your right Tuck, it would be fun to be a kid again... I guess I've just gotten so lost about this whole thing. It's time for a break.' Danny smiled. Tucker patted him on the back as they went upstairs to Tucker's room.

'It's about time you saw some sense man.' Tucker joked Danny laughed.

'Now…. before I start thinking what a creeper you are, where are my trunks?' Danny asked with a smile. Tucker laughed. He went over to his closet and began digging around. He pulled out Danny's faded blue trunks with the white stripes down the side. Danny whistled.

'I'm impressed.' Danny said. Tucker threw the trunks into Danny's face.

'Stop teasing and get dressed.' Tucker glared, 'the maids come at noon and five, to clean up and cook me some food, we have about two or three hours…' Tucker checked his watch, 'Two, until they come to make lunch, so until then we party it up like we're going to die tomorrow.' Tucker smiled.

'Why don't you just order Pizza and give the maids the day off?' Danny asked pulling off his jacket. Tucker shrugged taking off his shoes.

'Because as much as I love pizza, those women sure know how to cook.' Tucker smiled. Danny laughed.

'I guess all rich people have their food made for them.' Danny looked over at Tucker. Tucker nodded.

'Maybe if you still lived here you'd know that.' Tucker joked. Danny shrugged and started pulling off his shoes.

'No, my parent's like to cook themselves, I'm surprised I haven't been poisoned yet.' Danny shuddered.

Tucker nodded sympathetically.

'My Dad can't cook worth beans, but at least my mom can, but now she doesn't have to so… everything works out. Your mom makes good cookies anyway.' Tucker smiled. Danny laughed.

'I'll have to agree with that.' Danny smiled and the boy's began taking off their shirts, pulling off their pants and underwear d=facing opposite directions away from each other.

'Actually your mom and dad still let me hang out at your place, they're hoping you'll come back one day.' Tucker said putting his feet into his swim trunks. Danny sighed,

'Maybe… if I ever figure out what happened to me and fix it.' Danny said pulling the swim trunks around his waist and adjust his *cough cough* then holding his hand out and looking at it as the color drained till it was slightly opaque. With a wicked smile he stuck the intangible hand through Tucker's chest causing Tucker to give out a very girlish scream.

'Dude!' Tucker said holding his chest as Danny brought his hand out. Danny laughed.

'Through that...' Danny turned his Hand back into a solid form, 'Never gets old.' He smiled. Tucker was breathing deeply.

'You know I don't think you could survive without your powers.' Tucker commented. Danny raised an eyebrow.

'You have way too much fun with them.' Tucker said.

'While it has been a blast I honestly want to be normal.' Danny said with a sigh looking down and realizing he still had on his socks, 'If I can do that, become human again, then...' Danny sighed, 'I can go home, I can continue my education, and maybe if I try hard I can be an astronaut still. But until this is fixed I can't do anything. I'm stuck in limbo until then.' Danny sighed taking off his socks, 'Plus all the ghosts are after me still, I do what I can to protect people, but still… even if I did go back without fixing this I'd suffer greatly because I would be playing hero.' Danny almost sounded disgusted with himself.

'Dude, I think what you do is great. I think your powers are so cool.' Tucker said. Danny shrugged.

'Cool or not I can't go home with them, remember, my parents want to rip me apart molecule by molecule…' Danny sighed, 'But enough about that, to the pool!' Danny said attacking Tucker. The two boys stumbled down the stairs into the backyard where the pool was. Danny smiled over at Tucker.

'Race ya.' Danny challenged, the two boys began running, and Danny was ahead, he took a flying jump into the pool performing a summersault than landing with a splash, Tucker landing a few seconds behind him.

Danny swam to the surface.

'No fair, you got superpowers.' Tucker said. Danny shook his head.

'I'm just using my natural abilities.' Danny smiled. Then he grabbed Tuckers hat and jumped out of the pool going ghost on the way out and floating just out of reach on his stomach dangling the hat.

'Dude, no fair!' Tucker glanced getting out of the pool and jumping into the air grabbing the ghost boy and dragging him down into the water with him. Danny laughed, as he was drug under water only to phase out of the water and fly up to the house landing on the side still dangling the hat.

'Fine dude.' Tucker climbed out of the pool, 'This means war... Don't

You have anything else to wear besides that jumpsuit?' Tucker asked reaching for the hose. Danny frowned then concentrated. Two white rings appeared one going up the other down. Then Danny smirked folding his arms looking down at Tucker. He was in his swim trunks but his hair was still white and his eyes an electric green. Tucker frowned.

'I didn't know you can do that?' he commented. Danny nodded.

'Yup…. it turns out I can.' Then the teenaged ghost took off across the side of the building waving Tucker's hat like a flag.

(Beware my line break! BEWARE!)

Sam sighed pushing the Tofu on her plate around in a circle. Where Danny, and what was he doing? Was he ok? Was he hurt? Sam wanted to know, she told herself it was because he was badly wounded when she found him but she had other reasons, one of which was because she wondered how he could jump from the twentieth story of a hospital and get away, the other was because… well she kinda liked him.

Sam sighed and finished her tofu. There was a caw from the window, Sam hesitantly opened it. On the sill was a beautiful black crow looking at her its head cocked to the side.

Sam held her hand out wanting to stroke its beautiful black feathers. The crow danced away from her grasp.

'Ok… I get it, no touching.' Sam said. The crow cawed in agreement. Sam looked at the crow directly in the eyes, she thought she saw a flash of a brilliant blue, but then it was gone. Sam sighed, the crow looked at her for a minute then flew out the window and into the sky. Sam watched it go.

'Chopstick?' Pete asked making Sam jump, she turned to the man in the police uniform.

'Hey Pete, what's up?' Sam asked. Pete rubbed his head.

'That boy…. do you have any idea who he is?' Pete asked. Sam bit her lip.

'No not really, I just happened to find him down there.' Sam lied. Pete nodded.

'What were you doing down there anyway?' Pete asked.

'Nothing, I just was checking out the town, parts I've never seen before.' Sam said with a shrug.

'I see.' Pete frowned, 'I don't want you down there, it's not safe, and the boy isn't safe.' Pete frowned, 'I've been hearing tales about him, rumors that have been circulating since he escaped.' Sam nodded.

'Like what?' She asked curious. Pete stroked his chin, a little bit of stubble showing.

'Things about him being The Devil's Assistant you asked me about, other say he is The Phantom. Actually a lot of people seem to think they are the same thing, be we seen the Phantom. He's an actual ghost.' Pete said. Sam paused, an actual ghost… but Danny was alive wasn't he. He ate, and walked, and talked, he breathed and Sam could feel a pulse.

So how was he a ghost?

'You ok there Sammy?' Pete asked, Sam shook her head.

'Just tired that's all, it's been a long night.' Sam sighed.

'I understand.' Pete smiled, he gave Sam a quick hug which Sam winced at then he left. Sam sighed sitting down on a chair… a ghost?

(He was already dead, he died a year ago, the moment he touched her.)

Danny landed back in the pool. Tucker sputtered up water as Danny sunk to the bottom sitting there for a minute then pushing back up and changing back. Tucker raised his eye brows at the boy.

'You getting bored?' He asked. Danny nodded then turned to drift on his back. Tucker climbed out of the pool.

'Ok… let's go down to the pier… It's kind of cloudy so not many people will be down there, you should be safe.' Tucker said, Danny nodded climbing out as well grabbing a towel and drying off. Tucker opened the patio door then closed it quickly and locked it. Danny rolled his eyes walking through the door like it wasn't there.

'Of course, take away all the fun.' Tucker joked. Danny looked down at his still wet body then phased the water off.

'Ahem.' Tucker said, Danny touched Tucker on the shoulder the color draining from Danny's head till it was opaque then the same effect moving over Tucker's whole body till the water fell through. Danny took his hand away returning Tucker to a solid form. Tucker smiled.

'Thanks man.' The two boys went upstairs to get dressed. Tucker was trying to fit all his tech into his cargo pants while Danny laughed at him and pulled on his sweater. Eric knocked on the window, Danny moved to open it.

'Hey, what's up Draven?' Danny said smiling at the bird, it cawed. Danny laughed at him.

'Yeah… the sky is a given.' Danny smiled. Tucker raised his eyebrows at his friend.

'Can you really understand what he's saying?' Tucker asked. Danny shrugged.

'Kinda, not like you understand me but... I don't know, it's like I know what he's saying without him actually having to say it. Plus you talked to your hamster without it actually saying anything.' Danny pointed out. Tucker nodded.

'I guess that's true.' Tucker said zipping up his pants pockets. Danny nodded then turned back to Eric and whispered.

'Thanks for checking up on her.' He said softly, Eric cawed. Danny chuckled pulling a handful of sunflower seeds out of his pocket and setting them on the window sill. Eric cawed happily. Tucker tapped his foot impatiently. Danny sighed.

'Got to go buddy.' Danny scratched the bird briefly on the back Eric leaned into it. Danny smiled then turned back to Tucker.

'Ok, now let's go.'

(They're all dead, they just don't know it yet.)

Sam sat on the bench where she and Danny last had a civil conversation. The bat he'd won for her was sitting on her bed, its little stuffed wings spread across her black comforter.

Paulina walked up, Sam glared.

'What do you want?'

'I was just wondering, if you your face hurts.' Paulina said pointing at her. Sam glared.

'I'm sure it hurts less than yours.' Sam retorted. Paulina rolled her eyes.

'Whatever loser, are you waiting for someone?' Paulina asked.

'Why does it matter, you so shallow you need to steal boys from other people now?' Sam asked rolling her eyes back, Paulina frowned.

'So you admit there is a boy.' Paulina laughed, 'So where is the guy, is he as ugly as you?' Paulina asked.

'Well he sure as hell isn't as ugly as you, he had a much nicer face.' Sam glared.

'Does it matter, he isn't into girls like you.' Sam answered heat rising in her cheeks from anger.

'Sure sugar, all I have to do is talk to a boy and they get weak knees.' Paulina smiled, she was hot and she knew it. Sam wanted to rip that Barbie doll head of hers right off and shove it…somewhat unpleasant.

'Yeah… well...'

'Sam?' Sam nearly jumped out of her skin, Danny was standing there next to a darker skinned boy. Danny had his hood pulled up casting a shadow across his face.

'Come on guys let's go.' Sam grabbed Danny's and the mystery boy's wrist dragging them away from Paulina. Paulina eyed Danny suspiciously.

'Eeep.' Danny made a small noise as Sam's hand clamped around his wrist and he was dragged off. Danny faintly blushed as he felt Sam's warm living hand over his wrist. His heart picked up slightly till it reached a normal speed. Tucker was looking at a female hand over his own wrist. Sam pulled them to a stop.

'Uh... Sam…. may I have my hand back?' Danny asked. Sam blushed and released Danny's hand. Danny rubbed it a little.

'Wow, you have one killer death grip.' Danny joked. Tucker was busy still rubbing his own wrist. Sam punched the side of an old metal coaster car. Danny raised his eye brows.

'I hate her!' Sam explained. Tucker looked back to where Paulina was daintily drinking lemonade.

'Who's Paulina?' Tucker asked, 'She's hot!'

'With no brain to go along with it.' Sam folded her arms. Angrily.

'Come on Sam, anybody with an X and Y chromosome knows Paulina has a rocking baby.' Tucker said. Danny rolled his eyes.

'Sure, but she is pretty ditsy, isn't she the one who started calling inviso-bill?' Danny laughed. Tucker joined in.

'I'll give you that.' Then the two boys seemed to notice Sam again. Their chuckles died down and Danny looked away rubbing the back of his neck.

'So… Manson is it?' Tucker asked holding out his hand. Sam gave a curt nod taking his hand. Danny rubbed his neck a little harder.

'Sam this is Tucker, he and I have known each other since… forever. He's my best friend.' Danny smiled.

'And best man to all those girls that have been proposing to him.' Tucker nudged Danny in the side, Danny shuffled uncomfortably.

'I don't think any of those girls are to my liking.' Danny sighed, 'Mostly strung out drug addicts and ditsy girls from fan clubs.' Danny sighed. Tucker rolled his eyes. Sam paused a moment before realizing she was staring at Danny who had yet to notice her gaze, but someone by the name of Tucker did. He smirked as Sam blushed and Danny raised an eyebrow.

'So…. who's up for the Ferris wheel?' Tucker smirked. Danny and Sam rolled their eyes.

Danny and Sam sat in the seat together, Tucker behind them, no one wanting to sit with him. Sam fiddled with the railing.

'So… how are you?' Sam asked looking at Danny not able to shake the image of him bleeding out on the ground out of her head. Danny winced but regained his composure.

'I'm good… for the most part I'm good.' Danny sighed. Sam nodded.

'Ok… I was worried.' She admitted. Danny starred at the bar that held him in as the giant wheel moved up, and up, as each person go on.

'You didn't have to be… I would have been fine. I'm sorry for the trouble I caused.' Danny picked at the paint. Sam looked at him taking in his ashamed eyes, his head bowed.

'Danny… you said you were the Phantom… but the Phantom is a ghost... why would you say you were him?' Sam asked. Danny looked out toward the city.

'What would you do if I wasn't human?' He asked her ignoring her question. Sam paused. 'I guess I'd have to call in the guy's in white.' She said, Danny looked horrified. Sam cracked a smile, 'I'm just joking numb nuts, and you aren't allowed to reproduce.' Sam informed. Danny breathed a sigh of relief.

'Honestly I still think you'd be the boy who saved me… even if you did lick me.' Sam chuckled. Danny laughed.

'Yeah.' He chanced a brief glance at Sam who was watching him closely.

'So…. are you a ghost or something?' She joked. Danny shook his head as if to clear it, or as if he was deciding against something.

'I'm a big bad ghostie, watch out.' He smiled, then he imitated the Oooooo motion from before. Sam laughed.

'I think I need a stake.' Sam said warningly. Danny shook his head.

'And here I thought you were a vegetarian.' Danny smirked.

'Stake as in a long piece of wood, Vlad the emailer style.' Sam joked.

'You wound me, I am not a Vampire!' Danny smiled. Sam rolled her eyes.

'But only a vampire would try to trick me into thinking it was a ghost.' Sam joked. Danny held his heart.

'You have discovered my evil plot I must flee!' Danny pulled up his hood and held his hand in front of his face as if drawing an imaginary cape around himself. Then he wiggled his eyebrows at Sam who laughed.

Danny then sighed.

'If people know Phantom is a ghost... then they give me an even wider birth because of that.' Danny said,

'Danny Phantom is a ghost and a hero, not a thief.' Danny said, 'They want to pin the blame on him because he's a ghost. I'm the thief around here. Phantom tries to help out when he can... he's like that.' Danny sighed, 'Of course that doesn't stop people from calling him evil and accusing him of wrong doings.' Danny sighed.

'Do you know him?' Sam asked.

'Yeah.' Danny admitted.

'He sounds like a nice guy… even if he is a ghost.' Sam looked out at the town. Danny chuckled to her left.

'He is… funny, Phantom doesn't want to be labeled evil, but I do… for my own protection of course.'

Danny said. Sam nodded.

'Maybe you two should trade places, he could get the evil credit for you, and you can be good.' Sam laughed.

'Weirdo.' Sam said pushing Danny playfully on the shoulder.

'Yup, and proud.' Danny said. They spent a couple minutes in silence. Watching the people on the pier, looking out toward the city, observing birds in the sky. Sam spent it wondering what it would be like to fly. Danny spent it wishing he could take Sam out to fly.

'So… what's your family like?' Sam asked looking over at Danny. Danny shook his head. Off limits.' He said. They were quiet for a few minutes longer. Sam sighed watching the birds cross the sky. Danny noticing her gaze smiled.

'Sam?' Danny asked, Sam turned to him.

'If I told you I could show you what flying feels like, would you trust me?' Danny asked excited. Sam thought he was joking but noticed the excitement in his voice and the sparkle in his eye.

'Yes.' Sam said, after saying it she realized she really did trust him. Danny smiled wider.

'Ok, be on your balcony at midnight tonight, dress in pants and a long sleeve shirt.' Danny's eyes danced with excitement.

'Ok.' Sam said wondering what would happen. Danny's grin grew even wider, he felt like his face would break in half. The ride came to a stop and they got off. Danny and Sam waiting for Tucker who had been singing loudly from his seat. They went to go get food, Tucker buying.

'And this one expands my PDA's memory by 200 megabytes!' Tucker was happily showing off his tech.

Danny was snoring on the table, Sam's eyes were glazed over. Danny sat up grabbing Tucker's PDA and looking at it.

'You're right, that's cool, want to see something cooler?' Danny asked, Tucker nodded, 'With a throw of this PDA.' Danny tossed it across the floor, 'This techno geek turns into a retriever!' Danny said waving his arm with a flourish as Tucker ran after his PDA. Sam laughed. Danny grabbed her hand.

'Quick before he comes back!' Danny pulled her through the crowds of people and into a house of mirrors.

They laughed at each other's reflections, making faces. Danny stood in front of a mirror that made him look tall and skinny; Sam was in front of one and looked short and fat. Danny pulled her down the halls.

'HEY!' Tucker called seeing them disappear around the corner. Danny and Sam laughed rushing around the corner after corner, making faces in different mirrors, dancing in others. Tucker never far behind, once Tucker would catch up they'd race around another corner and disappear. Danny smiled grabbing Sam's hand.

'Do you want to know which one is my favorite?' He smiled. Sam laughed and nodded. He took her down the hall and covered her eyes placing her in front of a mirror.

'Ok, now keep your eyes closed.' He smiled, and then a wisp of blue came out of his mouth. He grimaced. Moving his hands, 'Just keep your eyes closed.' He said again. Backing away looking around the house off mirrors. He saw a green tentacle in a mirror and took a fighting stance two rings of light splitting one going up and the other down, a white haired green eyed boy stood where the black haired blue eyed boy ounce stood.

'Can't I open my eyes yet?' Sam asked not understanding what was going on.

'No…. just wait.' Danny said, then winced at the ghostly echo in his voice. Sam frowned.

'Are you ok?' she asked.

'Just a little something in my throat.' Danny said gruffly pretending to cough. He was suddenly attacked from the side and thrown into a mirror.

'Danny?' Sam was about to turn.

'No! Please Sam, keep your eyes closed.' Danny begged, her frown deepened but Sam kept her eyes closed.

'Are you ok?' She asked again.

'I'm fine.' Danny said out of breath battling tentacle. He punched the ectopusses in the head sending it flying across the room. The second ectopus came in head- butting Danny then wrapping him up in its tentacles. Danny froze the ghost then broke it the shattered ectopus on the ground slowly defrosting then reforming before fleeing.

'Uh… Danny.' Sam tried again. Danny punched the other ectopus in the face then grabbed its tentacles and smashed into another mirror.

'I'm fine.' Danny said again. 'Just keep your eye clos-'Danny got hit in the stomach and went flying across the room into a mirror close to Sam. Danny's head hit the ground and bounced off. The two white rings split again and the black haired boy was back. Danny groaned, Sam opened her eyes just in time to catch a flash of white light, she noticed Danny on the ground.

'Oh my god.' Sam said moving over to Danny. Danny pushed her out of the way as a tentacle wrapped around his waist. Sam stared in horror at the thing that had Danny in its clutches. Danny didn't seem worried at all. Instead he reached behind his back and pulled a strange looking thermos off his belt.

'Thing one.' Danny uncapped the thermos sucking the ectopus in, as it got sucked in it lost its hold on Danny he landed easily on the ground. 'Check.' he said. Then glancing behind his back, he sighed.

'Thing two.' He moved rapidly as a green blur attacked getting caught in the blue beam of light and getting sucked into the thermos, 'Check.' Danny capped the thermos. Then he cringed and turned to Sam.

'Sorry about that.' He rubbed the back of his neck. Sam's jaw was on the floor, she quickly composed herself.

'Old girlfriends?' Sam joked, Danny Laughed.

'I wish.' Danny said. Tucker rushed in.

'Dude!' Tucker's eyes went wide, and then he looked hesitantly at Sam, 'Uh.. Did you.. .' Danny shook his head.

'Ectopusses.' Danny said shaking the thermos, 'Happens when you know a ghost.' Danny said, Tucker immediately caught on.

'Well Phantom couldn't get very far without our help now could he?' Tucker boasted, Danny rolled his eyes.

'Whatever.' Danny sighed, he then went over to Sam.

'Sorry about that.' Danny rubbed the back of his neck. Sam nodded.

'No big deal.' Sam sighed, 'As long as they weren't old Girlfriends.' Sam laughed. Danny joined in.

'Nah. Nothing like that.' Danny promised. Tucker smiled knowingly.

'I'll leave you two lovebirds alone.' Tucker laughed.

'WE'RE NOT LOVEBIRDS!' Both Sam and Danny glared at the same time. Tucker laughed.

'Whatever.' Tucker said leaving. Danny sighed and rubbed his neck.

'That's Tuck for you…so…..do you want to go get some ice cream….or something?' Danny asked. Sam nodded.

'Sure. Sam walked out of the funhouse. Danny followed.

(Yes, first ghost fight, first in broad daylight.)

Sam watched the clock on her wrist anxiously as she paced on her balcony.

11:59

Sam sighed, stopping briefly to look out across the sky, she looked at her watch again, still 11:59 she glared at the second counter.

'Can't you go any faster?' Sam asked, she bit her lip. 'Come on, come on.'

'You can do it I know you can, come on!'

'HURRY UP FOR GOD'S SAKE!' Sam glared harder at the watch.

'I'll do anything, I swear!'

12:00. Sam sighed. She heard a chuckle behind her.

'I was going to show up early, but you talking to an inanimate object was too good to pass up.' A voice teased. Sam turned, a boy about the same age as Danny was leaning against the door frame. Sam blushed.

'Oh...' was all she could say. The boy laughed, Sam smiled, and she liked his laugh.

'Sorry to keep you waiting.' The boy said confidently. He walked out for beneath the shadows, the moon lighting up his flowing white hair. His eyes glowed a radioactive green. Sam's eyes went wide, but not because of his odd appearance. The boy wearing a jumpsuit, and even that wasn't what distracted her. It was the well-toned body beneath the jumpsuit. Sam blushed a little.

'No big deal… I was just expecting someone a little more clothed.' Sam said. Then her mouth fell open, she hadn't just said that did she? Sam's cheeks raged with a bright red. The boy laughed, it was a familiar warm laugh that drew Sam in.

'Sorry.' He smiled, then he held out his hand, 'I'm Danny.' He said Danny Phantom.' He smiled. Sam took his hand.

'Samantha Manson, but just call me Sam, that's what my friends call me.' Sam smiled. Danny smiled.

'Well…..I…' Danny rubbed the back of his neck in a familiar gesture. Sam's eyebrows crinkled trying to remember who she'd seen doing that.

'I'm not human so… if that bothers you I can leave.' He said his confidence slipping a little. Sam shook her head.

'I don't really care what you are. You're the real Danny Phantom right?' Sam asked. Danny nodded.

'In the flesh….' then he frowned, 'or rather ectoplasm.' He joked. Sam smiled.

'So, you are friends with Danny… the human one?' she asked, Danny nodded.

'Yeah.' He said, 'He wanted to show you something… and since he couldn't show you himself…' Danny held his hand out again. Sam took it. Danny smiled.

'Hold tight.' He said then pulled her toward him and into the air. Sam's breath caught in her throat as she saw the world leaving her behind. She felt weightless; Danny's weightiness; seemed to transfer to her as she floated away from her balcony. Danny smiled at the look of awe on her face.

'I always imagined what it would be like to fly.' Sam smiled the grin nearly splitting her face.

'Yeah,' Danny smiled, 'Flying's the best.' He flew in a quick loop that made Sam's stomach do a flip. With a laugh he took off through the town passing houses and people by. Sam held onto his cool body watching in wonder at the streets below. Danny smiled looping around a building and turning down streets. He took her all through the streets down town and around her own house.

She noticed though that he was avoiding a certain spot in town. Sam smiled at Danny surprised to see him smiling back at her.

'This is amazing.' Sam laughed feeling weightless.

'Yeah…Danny only wishes he could have shown himself.' Danny smiled. Sam nodded. She's have to thank Danny for this the next time she saw him. Danny landed softly by the pond in the park. He let Sam go the weightless feeling fading. Danny floated there for a minute then softly sat down on the grass leaning back and looking over the pond scene.

'It's beautiful at night.' Sam said sitting by him. Danny pulled his legs up to himself and crossed his arms over them looking over the pond a small sad smile on his face.

'I used to come here all the time… I played with friends in that sand box.' Danny pointed over to a sand box in the distance, Sam could almost imagine the ghost over there playing with friends, Danny then pointed at the lake.

'In the summer we would always come down here and go swimming till the Po-Po would come and make us get out. We didn't have a pool so…' Danny smiled. 'My older sister would be on the beach reading, she fell asleep with a book on her face one day, her arms and feet were all sunburned but her face was just fine, she had a line on her collar bone where the book was and where the sun shone.' Danny smiled.

'One year we made a raft of air mattresses and floated on the pond. Till we got caught. I was grounded for a month.' Danny smiled.

'It must be hard.' Sam said sympathetically, 'I bet you miss your family.' Sam patted Danny on the arm.

'Yeah…. I miss my family/ I know they miss me.' Danny said, 'I've been on the run for a year or so.' Danny sighed, 'Can't let them find me.'

'If they are family why wouldn't you let them find you?' Sam asked. Danny sighed.

'They think I'm still …their little boy.' Danny said, 'They don't know I'm dead.' Danny sighed.

'How could they not?' Sam asked. Danny looked at his hands.

'I look different… as a ghost I don't look like the Danny they knew. In fact they've shot at me a couple times since I became a ghost.' Danny said sadly.

'Oh.' Sam looked away, Danny touched her on the shoulder.

'Hey, not your fault, don't worry about me, I'm dead, I don't have a life…. you, you are alive, living. Make the best of it, don't worry about me.' Danny smiled at her, 'I'm just passing through your life, k. You still have so much more to look forward to.' Sam nodded but being the kind hearted person she was she couldn't help but to want to help the boy in front of her, even if he insisted he was dead. Danny laid down looking up at the sky. Sam looked down at him, his face was so familiar, and his quirky smile, and his laugh.

Danny closed his eyes and relaxed. Sam could almost view him as human with those radioactive green eyes shut.

'Phantom?' Sam asked, Danny opened his eyes again looking at her curiously.

'Yeah?' Danny asked.

'There is this vase that was stolen…..'

'It wasn't me….. I think it was another ghost though. I don't go after big artifacts, I don't need the money or anything being dead and all.' Danny joked. Then he sighed at his bad lie.

'How does Danny, human Danny steal stuff like a ghost?' Sam asked. Danny sighed.

'Because...because I steal it for him. Just what he needs, he doesn't want any more than that.' Danny said. Sam could tell he was lying, but why?' Danny sat up.

'Come on, there's still one more thing I need to show you.' Danny grabbed her hand and pulled her back into the sky.

The streets were clear and beautiful. The town was barley moving along. Small streams of headlights in the streets. Lights mostly off. Danny flew out to the pier, then slowed down landing on the very end that was sticking out into the lake. With a soft thump the two sat down at the end. The lights for the carnival in the back barely reaching them. Danny looked across the lake.

'Much bigger than a little pond don't you think?' he asked. Sam nodded.

'Wow.' was all Sam could say. Danny dangled his feet off the edge like a child.

'When….. When I first got these powers I came here to cook off and think, since then I keep finding myself here when I need a minute.' Danny said, 'I thought maybe you might enjoy it as well.' Danny smiled at her.

'Impressive.' Sam said happily. She felt safe around this ghost, kinda like she felt with Danny. Sam looked over the white haired youth again. He raised an eyebrow at her then stood.

'Well, it's nearly one… so I think you should probably go home and go to bed. Danny pulled her to her feet. Sam nodded.

'Ok.' Danny flew her back to her house. Landing noiselessly on the balcony Danny released Sam.

'Goodnight.' Danny smiled, 'And goodbye.' He said. Sam nodded. 'Bye.' She said as Danny flew off, his glowing form crossing the moon. Sam's eyebrows crinkled as a smaller black shape followed. The one glowing form and the smaller black one seemed to play for a minute then they moved out of her vision. Sam knew she'd seen an image like that before….. The question was where?

(What are you a ghost or something?)

Danny landed in Tucker's room without waking the sleeping teen, Eric cawed from the window before flying off to hunt bugs or whatever it was what he decided to do when wasn't with Danny. Danny changed back into his human half and snuggled into the air mattress on the floor of his best friend's room. Danny sighed watching the ceiling as sleep evaded him.

He was pleased to see Sam so happy about something, but he'd gotten really close to her. Perhaps close enough for her to figure it out. He was being careless. Yet some part of him really wanted her. But what would he say, how would Sam react to Danny after she knew?

Danny rolled over pulling the blanker with him and eventually kicking them off again. Sam was on his brain, Tucker did every so often. There weren't many ghost fights; there were few and far between, but... Still. Danny nervously ran his hands through his hair, then he sat up again, then laid back down. He got up and paced for a while, then moved back to sit down. Eventually he fell asleep of exhaustion and he didn't dream.

(BOO…. I don't know what I am)

The red eyed ghost disappointed by the lack of action from the halfa. Disgruntled at Plasmious not offering enough of a challenged to the halfa the red eyed ghost sent the Ecropusses, only to have them fail. The ghost looked over the data he has gathered, he would need a bigger threat to draw the halfa into battle again… but what? This may take a while, days, weeks, months. He didn't have that long. For now the red eye ghost would have to settle on waiting, but he wouldn't wait too long.

(Due to utter lack of reviews readers and favs I have decided this might be the last chapter.)

Sam knocked hesitantly on the door a blear eyed Danny opened the door not realizing who it was.

'I think it's for you.' Danny yawned waving the girl in. Sam laughed a little as Danny walked down the hall. Tucker looked up from a cup of coffee. Danny collapsed in a chair his head falling onto the table. A soft snore came up from the heap of limbs gathered around the messy head of raven black hair. Tucker blinked a couple times.

'I can't see.' Tucker said feeling his face.

'Glasses.' Danny murmured from the table. Tucker nodded.

'Oh.' Tucker looked around for his glasses then sighed not seeing them and took another sip of coffee.

'Should I come back later?' Sam asked the half asleep boy's; actually one of them was asleep. It was noon most people would be by then. Sam looked around the kitchen; Tucker stirred his coffee trying to form words. Sam jumped as she heard a large crash. Danny was under the table on his hands and knees.

'I fell.' He said eyes dull as he tried to get up, his head hit underneath the table. Danny groaned and crawled out from under it. Sam couldn't help but to think sleepy Danny was kinda cute. Tucker looked up at Sam.

'Sam?' He asked his mind still warming up, Danny grunted from his arms his head back on the table.

'Yeah.' Sam said, 'You two must have been up half the night.' Sam shook her head, so had she but she was a creature of the night, and she knew how to be awake all night, and she knew how to be awake all night and still get moving the next day.

'Couldn't sleep.' Danny said, 'worried about you.' He mumbled, a snore escaped his mouth. Tucker looked at the sleeping halfa on his table.

'Danny… you need to wake up dude.' Tucker said. Danny moaned. Tucker pulled his PDA up to his face rubbing his eyes as he clicked through the device. A few seconds later a fog horn came out of the hand held computer. Danny grabbed the electronic noise maker and threw it into the living room. Tucker made a face at the boy then went to retrieve his . Once again Tucker clicked through the audio files. A few seconds later a nasally voice came out.

'I Technus, master of all things electronic and beeping have…' this recording seemed to wake Danny up quicker the boy shot out of his seat tripping over the chair behind him and falling backward before shooting up again, eyes darting around the room looking for the source of the voice.

'I knew that would come in handy one day.' Tucker smiled at the boy who had taking a fighting stance.

Danny looked at his best friend then to the device in his hand confusion turning to a hard glare and a frown.

'Ok, now if you two are done I was wondering if you'd like to watch movies at my place.' Sam folded her arms. Danny blinked, then rubbed his eyes again staring hard at Sam.

'Dude I think I still need to get some sleep, I see Sam.' Danny said to Tucker. Tucker looked at Sam.

'Yeah… dude, she's really there.' Tucker said. Danny blinked again.

'Oh.' was all he could say. Sam laughed.

'Ok, you two need to stop staying up all night, you're worse than girls at a slumber party.' Sam crossed her arms. Danny blinked again, and again.

'Oh.' was all he said again. Sam rolled her eyes grabbing both of the boy's wrists and pulling them out the back door and toward the pool. Tucker realizing what was going on fought.

'No, I'm up ok, my babies will get wet, I'm up!' Tucker begged. Sam released Tucker. Danny still half asleep and in a shirt and his boxers didn't have the same luxury, he went in head first as Sam threw him in. Sputtering like mad he made his way toward the oxygen. Trending water he looked around wondering how he got out there, then his eyes fell on Tucker who was laughing at Danny. Danny crawled out of the pool looking nothing less like a half drowned cat. Danny then grabbed Tucker by the leg, Tucker dropped his PDA as Danny threw him in.

Satisfied Danny turned to go back inside noticing Sam laughing at the two of them.

'Oh…Sam… I…' Danny looked down at his boxers and quickly tried to cover up, 'When did you get here?' Sam rolled her eyes.

'You let me in the door doofus.' Sam raised an eyebrow still laughing. Danny blinked.

'Oh.' He said running his hands through his hair to get it out of his face, 'I…..I was out late last night.' Danny admitted. He had barely fallen asleep at five in the morning and was drug out of bed by Tucker around eleven.

He may have had six hours of sleep but it sure didn't feel like enough.

'Go get dressed.' Sam said with a roll of her eyes. Danny nodded heading inside, Tucker crawling out of the pool. Sam followed the two sopping boys into the house. She waited on the couch for the boys to get dressed. When they finally emerged she smiled.

'Movies?' she asked. Tucker and Danny exchanged looks, then folded their arms.

'Keep talking.' Tucker said.

'Dead teacher five.' Sam smiled.

'Extended?' Danny asked.

'Extended collector's Edition.' Sam smiled.

'Extra gore?' Tucker asked.

Extra gore and a special scream scene.' Sam smirked. Danny and Tucker exchanged glances.

'Were in.'

(Meep)

Danny and Tucker stretched coming up from the basement where the home theater was, and when it says theatre, it means theater. A full theater was down there, each seat was huge and beyond comfy. Sam followed them throwing out a popcorn bowl.

'Wow…. to think it could have been so much longer.' Danny said.

'They only cut it down because not many people will sit through that long of a movie in a theater.' Sam said stretching. Tucker nodded in agreement pulling out his PDA and merrily typing away.

'You know for a Manson you're not half bad.' Tucker commented. Sam rolled her eyes.

'I think I'll take that as a compliment.' Sam then looked over at Danny who was inspecting a painting with a look of boredom.

'What did you think of it Danny?' Sam asked. Danny responded almost absentmindedly.

'The scene with the therapist reminded me of spectra and what a load of good I got out of her therapy.' Danny didn't seem to be paying attention to his words, 'But seeing as the director for the movie was checking out haunted schools in Amity park around the time that I fried spectra's ghostly butt I think that's a given.' Tucker stared at Danny his mouth hanging open, Danny seemed oblivious to the words he just spoke and wondered back to the group noticing Tucker with his mouth hanging open.

'What?' Danny asked. Sam was in a fit of giggles.

'Are you serious!?' Sam asked causing Danny to jump. 'I always knew there was something off with her, anyway, I had no idea that's why she had to leave.' Danny's eyebrows came together.

'You're talking about the movie?' He asked confused.

'No your therapist.' Sam said, Danny had on a look of utter confusion.

'Oh.' Danny said looking lost. Tucker snapped his mouth shut figuring Sam wasn't in enough to get where the conversation had come from, even if the conversation had been all over the school for weeks afterward.

'So… you two lovebirds want to hit the pool or something afterward?' Tucker teased. Danny and Sam jumped up from their position looking at each other.

'WE ARE'NT LOVEBIRDS!' was their first reply. Then they blushed, Tucker just laughed and smiled to himself total love birds.

A.n

Sorry for this thing, but I need to address a few issues.

Anything said here is not meant to offend, the subject of charity is a serious, matter are just that, serious, and they are not funny so don't think I'm using it as comic relief. I am mostly trying to portray the way Sam is compassionate. I do not take it that way. Some people do need help, just because I pick a certain group does not mean I am picking on them or hate them (I'm not prejudice I hate everyone equally) at all, please do not see it that way. And just because people live in a city doesn't mean there aren't hobos.

Wow, if you read that, I'm impressed. It's all true, I am not prejudice so don't think anywhere that I'm picking on you or that I hate a group of people. Ok, thanks to you all and…. time to answer reviews. ok so this whole authors note was Creators a.n mine will come soon dpl2