Paper Flowers

Saikyou: this is my second DP fanfic, I couldn't update the other one, only 4 people reviewed…

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom… WHAA! (sobs) or the song Imaginary by Evanesence…

Chapter one

          Danny, Sam, and Tucker sat in first period Social Studies, bored out of their minds. Tuck had just fallen asleep, and now was beginning to snore, Sam was sketching in her notebook, and Danny's head was down on his desk. Yep, it was a regular day at Casper Highschool, but for one exception.

          The teacher cleared her throat, Sam and Danny looked up, while Tucker jerked his head off his desk, apparently awakened from his slumber.

          "Class," said the teacher, " the principal has alterted me today that there is a new student,"

          Danny, Sam, and Tuck exchanged glances, and looked back at the teacher. There was a knock on the door.

          "Ah here she is now," the teacher said and opened the door. A girl walked into the classroom, and the teacher spoke to her, "Please introduce yourself to the class."

          "Hi, my name is Meru Yakamate, I just moved back here from Japan. I was born in America, and moved to Japan when I was five." Said the girl. She smiled, she had shoulder length brown hair and unusual gold eyes. She was wearing a pleated black skirt and a black t-shirt with Jack Sparrow on it from Pirates of the Caribbean.

The morning went by quickly and soon it was time for lunch, Danny, Sam, and Tucker sat down and began their lunch time conversation.

          "Did you see the new girl? Look!" said Tuck and pointed to the popular table. Dannny and Sam turned their heads, they saw the girl named Meru, talking to Dash's posse, apparently trying to find a place to sit.

"You know, she's new here, we better help her before something bad happens." Said Sam. So the three walked over to where Meru was standing. And everyone turned their heads to them.

"What are you losers doing over here?" asked Dash.

Meru stared at Dash angerly, her gold eyes flashing, "Losers? Remind me why I sat next to you imature beings? Because you know, that sounded really lame, and you…" she said turning to Paulina, "I heard what you did to this kid named Danny, asking him to the dance to make his girlfriend jealous, that was more shallow than a kiddie pool." Meru grabbed her lunch tray and stood next to Sam, and the four walked over to their table and sat down.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize they were such jerks, though I supose Paulina was a dead give away," said Meru. "By the way, I didn't catch your names."

"I'm Sam," sam explained, "This is Tucker and this is Danny, and no Danny and I are not a couple."

Meru looked at Sam and Danny, eyeing them up, then used her ability. Yes, that's  right, Meru was not just the average 14 year old girl, she was actually a light goddess, named Hikari, other than that, she had the ability to read minds. Which was a darned good thing, concidering she wanted to take a peep into Danny and the others mind, she tried Tucker first, and in his mind was nothing surprising.

"Ah, steak and potatoes, can't go wrong with that," he thought.

"Typical," thought Meru and turned to Sam.

"Where is everyone getting this idea that Danny and I are an item? We're just good friends, but, he is cute when he smiles. Ack! What am I thinking? Ugh, I can't belive I like him like that, okay, maybe I love him."

"Aha! She does!" exclaimed Meru outloud, and everyone stared at her. "oops." She covered her mouth.

          "What was that about?" asked Sam. "Oh no," Sam thought, "Does she know about me liking Danny?"

          She finished her mind reading on Danny, it was so obvious, they were in love with each other, they didn't realize it, but they we're in love.

          Sam prodded at her potatoes, not bothering to eat them. Danny never had seemed to notice her, and he and Tucker were always to busy starring at Paulina, so she was left out.

          "Something on your mind Sam?" asked Meru.

          Sam looked up at Meru, and spoke up, "No, well, it's just that-"

          "Hey Heather! Did you hear that the schools throwing another dance?" an anoying feminine voice asked.

          Sam and Meru whirled their head around to see Paulina and her stupid friend talking to each other.

          "Another dance?" Sam asked Meru.

          Paulina glared at Sam, then said, "Oh, I would be worring about it, no one would ask a gothic loser like you, even your boyfriend didn't ask. Well, being a freak doesn't help you get sex with a guy either, vegi-freak.Later!" and Paulina and her dorky friend left in a fit of giggles.

          "Rrrrr, Shallow bitch." Sam muttered and began pounding into her food. Sam was beyond angry, but didn't object about the whole boyfriend thing. "Bitch, what does she know? I can't stand her!"

          "Sam."

          "Ugh, nomally these things don't get on my nerves, but this has gone to far, I may be goth, but"

          "Sa-aam"

          "…I'm not about to loose MY Danny to that lousy mother-"

          "SAM!!"

          "Huh?" Sam looked up. Danny was giving her a funny look.

          "Are you ok?" he asked, with a concerned look on his face.

          "Concerned look?" Sam thought, "That's a first." "Yeah, I'm fine," Sam replied, voice dripping in falseness.

          "Is that so? Well I think your rassberry pie doesn't think your alright." Danny said.

Sam snorted, "What kind of lame line is that?" But curious, Sam looked down at her pie, well, what used to be her pie.

Apparently she was so wrapped up in her anger, she didn't realize that she had mashed it to a pulp. The Crust and filling were mixed into a thick paste and apparnetly she had knock some of her salad into the mess cause the slop had little green specks.

          "Oops," sam muttered, "heh guess I got a little carried away."

          "A little?" asked Danny, "You can't even tell it used to be pie, let alone ediable!" Now tell me what's wrong Sam! You've been acting like this all week."

          "I-" Sam began, she sighed meekly, "I guess, I've been letting the popular kids get into my head, and my parents haven't been real acepting either."

          [Flash Back]

"Sam, why can't you be normal? Why do you act this way? Why are you never wearing colors?" Sam's mother had asked her.

"Mom, I'm always like this, I like being different, it's a good thing." Sam replied to her mother, "Why can't you just accept me the way I am."

"No daughter of mine is going to be like this," Her mother said angerly.

"Why, Mom? Why must I be the image of perfection? I don't want to be preppy, I don't want to be shallow, I'm me, and if you can't accept that, then," Sam was on the verge of tears, "-Then LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Sam cried and slammed the door and locked it. Her mother began shouting, so Sam grabbed her CD player, popped in Evanescence, and continued to cry.

[End FlashBack]

          By now everyone had left the cafetiria, and Sam had broken out into tears.

          "You don't know what its like! Day after day my parent complain about me being individual, people torment me at school, they toment you, it gets to me!" Sam sobbed. Meru had put a comforting arm around Sam, then let Danny do the rest.

          "Sam, listen I-"

          "No Danny, you listen-"

          "SAM!" Danny shouted and threw his arms around her to stop her from moving. Sams eyes widened as a blush crept across her face. Tears still glisened on her face.

          "Sam, please listen, I know how you feel. Everyone gives me a hard time too, my parents never have time for me. Sam, please, don't cry. I'm here for you, WE'RE hear for you. Me, Tucker, and even Meru, so don't be sad." He released her gently and she sat infront of him, looking down, then looking at him.

          "Thanks, I'm sorry." Sam said and flung her arms around him. Danny smiled and rubbed her back gently.

          "It's okay."

          "Man I wish I had a camera, It's a Kodak moment."

          Both Danny and Sam broke apart and looked at Meru, she was grinning and holding a small camera. Waving it in the air gently.

          "Oh wait, I do. Ooh, I can't wait to get this developed. It's a good thing I always have one on hand." She said flashing another huge smile.

          Danny and Sam glared at her, "That Was So NOT Funny!"

          Wrapped up in all the exciment, without warning, the ground began to shake, and through the wall came a thing that had the head and torso of a wolf, a extra pair of arms, horns,tail, and wings from a dragon, and the hind legs of a chicken, all combined into one ugly looking thing. It gave a fearsom roar and jumped at them but missed, and landed into a table.

          "Not today," Danny moaned, "Well Meru, if your going to be my friend,  you should atleast have the curtosy of knowing my secret. I'm going ghost!"

          To beams of ligth circled Danny as his suit, white hair, and green eyes appeared. And he flew off to attack the thing, but every time he punched at it, he seemed to phase though it.

          "Dammit, why can't I hit this ghost?" he said, dodging its lashing tail.

          "Because," Meru said as Sam and Tucker turned at her. Meru's golden eyes were glowing, and her hair was flowing gently. A bluish aura glowed around her body.

Saikyou:Dun, dun, dun! Howcome Danny can't fight the thing? And how does Meru know about it? Please review to find out, I need atleast five, or no new chapter, and you can sit and never find out what happens to them. HA!