Danny Phantom in The Dark Secret
Chapter 1: The Assignment
Danny was in class looking out the window and he was not happy. Why would he be? It was Autumn and he was not doing so well in school. If he didn't get his grades pulled up then he wouldn't be able to move up a grade and that meant not being able to stay in the same classes as his two friends.
Mr. Lancer walks up unnoticed by Danny and says, "Ah Danny... staring at the wonders is a excellent thing to do but..." He leans forward and almost shouts in an angry voice, "But not in my class!"
Danny says, "I-I-I'm sorry Mr. Lancer!" as he tries to think up a valid excuse for not paying attention at that moment.
Mr. Lancer seems to calm down at the apology to Danny before he says, "Don't worry... I know it is getting close to the end of school and the mind will wander. I was once your age too. However, if you expect to move on, you will need some improvement in your grades so I am going to give you an option."
Mr. Lancer holds up a sheet of paper and waves it back and forth as he says, "Option 1: You sit there and do nothing, thereby getting held back a grade. Or Option 2: You take this extra credit assignment and put some real effort into it which will give you the grade you need to continue on with your friends.
Danny looks at his teacher as if he were about to toss him a lifeline but teasing him about before he did so. He says a little hesitantly, "Um... I will take Option 2."
Mr. Lancer says as he smiles a little in a knowing sort of way, "Very wise decision. Just get this turned in on time and just do the best you can." He lowers the paper down to the desk.
Danny says as he scoops up the assignment sheet, "Thank you Mr. Lancer! I'll do my best!" He pauses as he reads the title of the assignment.
Danny says, "I've got to do a family history project?"
Mr. Lancer nods and says, "Yes, and I want you to be as thorough as you can be. Think of it as a chance to perhaps discover something about your family that you never knew about."
Danny thinks, "I already know some things I'd rather not add... such as me being part-ghost." Somehow, he didn't think Mr. Lancer would understand that the reason for his shoddy grades were because he was always fighting ghosts who were out to cause trouble in Amintyville.
Danny gets up and after thanking Mr. Lancer one last time, he walks out of the room in a somewhat funk-state which was picked up by his two best friends in the world as they met up.
Sam says, "Hey Danny, what's wrong? Did Mr. Lancer give you some more bad news?"
Danny waves the sheet that was still in his hand as the three of walk to the lockers and says, "It is a mixed bag. Good news... Lancer is giving me a chance to boost my grade so I don't get held back a grade."
Sam says, "Then what's the bad news?"
Danny holds the paper in front of her, allowing her to take it as they stop in front of his locker. He says, "Bad news is that is a paper that has to be about my family and its history. You two know that there just some things about my family I'd rather not make light if you know what I mean."
Sam hands the paper back to Danny before he puts it into the backpack with all the other papers for his other classes as he prepares to go home.
Tucker says, "No big, just leave out the embarrassing secrets and the fact that you're really half-ghost and I think you'll be ok!"
The three of them walk out the front of the school and start to walk towards Danny's place as Sam says, "I don't know about that Tucker. Have you forgotten how much stuff that Danny's family does which could be considered totally embarrassing?"
Tucker nods and says, "I guess you're right Sam. After getting rid of all the stuff from just his immediate family, what's left could fit on just one sheet or two."
The trio reach Danny's home and Danny says, "I think you guys are being a little too hard on my family. It isn't like they are always doing things to embarrass me."
As soon as Danny opens the door he gets a blast in the face, which also covers Sam who was standing next to Danny from the Ecto-Foamer.
Sam says as she points at Danny, "You're right Danny. Nothing embarrassing about this."
Tucker laughs as he is still untouched and says, "And this is why I never enter first." He is still laughing when suddenly some ecto-foam hits him on the side of his head.
Danny's father shouts, "Sorry about that!"
Theme Song Begins(He's
a Phantom)
Yo Danny Fenton, he was just fourteen
When his
parents built a very strange machine
Designed to view a world
unseen
(He's gonna catch 'em all cuz he's Danny Phantom)
When
it didn't quite work his folks, they just quit
But then Danny took
a look inside of it
There was a great big flash everything just
changed
His molecules got all rearranged!
(Phantom,
Phantom)
When he first woke up
He realized he had snow
white hair and glowing green eyes
He could walk through walls,
disappear, and fly!
He was much more unique than the other
guy!
It was then that he knew what he had to do
He had to
stop all the ghosts that were coming through
He's here to fight
for me and you!
(He's gonna catch 'em all cuz he's Danny
Phantom)
(He's gonna catch 'em all cuz he's Danny Phantom)
Gonna
catch them all cuz he's Danny Phantom.
(Later)
Danny, Sam, and Tucker were all upstairs in Danny's room after cleaning off the foam, which fortunately didn't have any effect on anything human so it didn't stain things or anything.
Danny says, "I'm serious guys, "I'm screwed if I can't put in enough stuff to satisfy Mr. Lancer!"
Tucker says as he puts his hat back on, "Take it easy Danny. Sam and I will help you."
Sam says, "Yeah, if you can't trust your best friends to help you figure this out, then who can you trust?"
Danny sighs and says, "I know you two are right. I am probably worried over nothing. It isn't like my family has a big secret that I don't know about and could possibly discover through this assignment."
Unknown to the trio, Danny's father was coming to serve them some sodas as a way to apologize when he heard the end of Danny's sentence. He hadn't been noticed yet and slowly backs away from the door as he thinks, "My god! Danny could discover the big secret we've been keeping from him!" He then runs away to tell his wife what he'd overheard.
AN: Well everyone, here is a new Danny Phantom story that I hope you will like. It will be sure to have its surprises, twists and turns before it reaches the end. This will hopefully also explain a curious thing that I've noticed on the show. Anyone care to guess what exactly the big secret is about Danny's family is? I will try to keep it a mix between seriousness and the usual DP show behaviour so if I start to drift too into either way I'd appreciate it if my readers let me know. :)
Chapter 2 will have more of the usual including the appearance of Danny's mother and Jazz coming home from school.