A/N: Oh, hi there! Sorry for the delay. I was... busy?

Previously on Nothing but the Truth: The next student came up. Maddie beamed at the sight, smiling truly for the first time all day. "Danny!"

"Oh, hi, Mom!" Danny said loudly. A false grin was plastered on his face in an attempt to hide his panic.

Tucker had just told him that he couldn't break through the lie detector, something about "firewalls". Basically, it meant that he was on his own.

Danny turned to look back and Sam and Tucker, who both smiled apologetically.

"Danny? You ready?" Maddie asked.

Danny whipped his head back to his mom. "What? No, I'm fine. I mean, yeah. I'm ready." He sat down and tried not to tap his foot. It was something he did when he was nervous, and his mom unfortunately knew that.

"Okay… Let's get started then!" Maddie tapped the lie detector. "You already know what this is."

Danny nodded.

"First question: Have you ever come in contact with ghosts? Actually, don't answer that." Maddie smiled. "Of course you have, with two ghost hunters for parents!"

"Yeah… Remember that DALV thing with Vlad? There were tons of ghosts there," Danny agreed hastily.

"Next, Danny Phantom."

"W-What about Danny Phantom?" he replied cautiously.

"Have you ever met him?"

Danny hesitated before answering. He had to think of situations that were true, that would make sense, and that the lie detector wouldn't deny. "Yes." He tensed, gauging his mother's reaction.

She merely glanced at the Ghost-Translator, which showed a green line. "When?" she asked interestedly.

"Remember that time some ghost turned our whole house into a machine? I met him then. He saved us."

Maddie frowned at that last statement, but accepted his answer and moved on. "Do you like Danny Phantom?"

"Yeah. Who wouldn't?"

"You don't think he's evil?"

"No," Danny said firmly, shaking his head. "Check your lie detector, Mom. Danny Phantom is a hero. He helps us. He's saved the city like a billion times!"

Maddie pursed her lips. "Danny-"

He cut her off. He needed her to understand. "No, Mom. Why can't you see that he's not evil? Jazz has tried to tell you, hasn't she? Even Phantom told you at the park that all those things you blame him for weren't his fault, but you didn't believe him, why-" He stopped abruptly, and couldn't believe the words that had just come out of his mouth.

Maddie's eyes widened, and she checked the lie detector. All green. "Danny? Do you talk to Phantom?"

"No?"

The Ghost-Translator showed a red line. "You do, don't you?" Her eyes flashed furiously. "Has he been brainwashing you with his lies?"

She didn't give Danny a chance to respond.

"I knew it! Where have you meeting him? And why have you been meeting him?"

Danny just shook his head, and tried not to dig himself any deeper.

"Tell me the truth, Danny."