NoOne's Twilight, yeah.

That thought stuck with her for the rest of the day, that lone thought drove her insane because of all the weight it carried. If she told him then it would put him in harm's way and she just couldn't do that, but then again that girl said she would tell him and it would be better if he heard it from her.

"So, what's up?" the halfa questioned as the rest of the school headed out of Casper High. Sam looked to him, confusion and fear in her eyes. What is she afraid of? "You just look like you have a lot on your mind." She looked down now, her feet stopping before they had even left the school, her raven hair falling over her face. "Sam, you can tell me everything and never worry because I would do anything for you."

I know. I know you would do anything, but I don't want you to have to.

"Sam, that wouldn't matter because I would do anything for you just like I know that you would do anything for me. Tell me something isn't going on. Please tell me." Sam looked down again as she wiped away the words on her board.

Danny, you are my only real friend. The only one that I would ever trust with anything.

Trust me that you know all that you need to at this moment.

As I said. Days to come.

She handed him the board, to the shock of the male standing before her. Nodding to him she headed down the street just as the hairs on her neck stood up. She knew that he was watching her and she didn't want Danny brought into it because she wasn't ready for him to get in if she ever would. As she walked off Danny watched her before turning his eyes to the board as he re-read the words.

All I need to know and days to come. Sam was trying to tell him something and yet he wasn't sure what it was. Walking away he failed to notice the car that stopped and picked up the Goth teen from the corner. She didn't seem to really want to go, anyone who saw it could tell, but no one stepped in.

All of us just sat back and watched it happen

Thinking its not our responsibility

Sam growled low in her throat and even if she couldn't make a sound she was sure her stepfather got it loud and clear because out of nowhere the car stopped in the middle of the street before he turned to her and slapped her, his knuckles making contact with her nose but surprisingly enough he didn't break it. The Gothic teen refused to move even thought she wanted to by human nature touch her face.

To solve a problem that isn't even about me

This is our problem.

"You don't talk to me like that!" he hissed at her, the amethyst eyed teen refusing to meet his gaze. "Look at me, damn it." She didn't look at him, but she did flip him the bird. This enraged him further and Sam, though scared still refused to do what he wanted because somewhere deep inside her there were two choices.

Sink?

Or Swim?

This is just one of the daily scenarios

In which we choose to close our eyes

She was choosing to swim even though there were sharks in the water and she could be killed. She wasn't going to stand by idly as this particular shark tried to bite because she was used to the dangers of choosing to fight back and this was no different so reaching out she took that moment to pull out her lighter, the one that the teen had given her and leaning down set fire to the backpack that Danny had given her. With a tear at the loss of such a gift she threw it just as Reynal came at her. It hit him in the face and she ran, the door left open as she ran down the street to the only person that could help her at this moment.

Instead of doing the right thing

If we make a choice and be the voice

She didn't dare glance behind her because she didn't want to know what was happening, whether Reynal had escaped quick enough to be coming after her. As she passed the school she knew she was nearing Danny's house and the escape she needed. As she drew closer she could see the male in question walking up the walkway, his eyes adverted from her as he pulled out his key. Sam wanted to give out a cry, but she knew that was not going to happen. Just as she took one more step she was dragged back as Reynal grabbed her and pulled her back onto his hot body, the heat from the burns he had taken not powerful enough to do any major harm, but enough to singe his clothing.

For those who won't speak up for themselves

How many lives would be saved, changed, rearranged?

Danny disappeared into the house as tears fell down Sam's face, the male holding her saying nothing as he crushed her to him before moving away from Fenton Works. So close and yet so far. The punishment was going to be bad and Sam knew it, but she needed to escape and she had taken the chance, but it hadn't been enough. Several people walked by her, but none of them said a word, in fact they adverted their eyes as she struggled to remove his strong grip on her.

Now it's our time to pick a side.

So don't keep walking by not wanting to intervene,

They walked down the street, his grip on her growing tighter as they passed the school again, several students looking at the sight, one in particular who refused to advert her eyes before screaming out.

"Oh, my god! He's kidnapping that girl!" That was all it took and Lancer came rushing out of the school followed by others, the students looking confused as the balding teacher stepped forward. The girl who had called it out walked off, her destination the one that Sam herself had been heading for. She looked back as the teachers stopped before the male, his brown eyes narrowed in anger at what he saw as happening right now.

"What are you doing with Samantha?" Lancer questioned.

Cause you just want to exist and never be seen.

So lets wake up, change the world

"This is my stepdaughter and if you can't tell I have been in an accident that she caused." It was out there now, the older male upset that he was about to loose out on the chance to have what he wanted with the teen in his arms. "She set me on fire out of nowhere and now I am taking her home where I can watch her while I call the cops." Lancer shook his head.

Our time is now.

"You won't be taking Miss Manson anywhere until we have contacted the authorities " As Reynal stepped back, his grip on her tightening to the point that Sam found she couldn't breath. As he took another step back he found the girl in his arms go intangible before she was ripped from his arms. He turned around swiftly to find Danny holding the shaking girl, his green eyes narrowed. Everyone looked at him in shock, even Sam had had no idea what was going on.

"W-What?" the male quivered as Danny looked down at the scared female in his arms. "What ar-re you?"

"Me? I'm just a teenager with ghost powers who wants to protect his closest friend." Sam looked nowhere else except for at her friend, the one that wasn't who she thought he was, but he was hers and no one could change that. There was one thing that changed for her in that instant. Fear. It was gone because her friend the teen boy that had been there through all that she allowed him to be, was no longer in danger. "Sam, tell me, tell us, what happened."

You could be a hero - (Our time is now) heroes do what's right

"My stepfather... my stepfather-r abused me," she managed to state as Danny held her, his body an anchor for what came spilling from her lips. "He did things that a father should never d-do. He touched me-e in places that no one-e sh-" she stopped as tears began to leak out quicker than she could wipe away. Danny pulled her close as she shook, her body full of anger and regret as well as shame. She was so ashamed for what she had been too afraid to run from.

You could be a hero - (Our time is now) you might save a life

Although everyone was still in shock from Danny's change, they were appalled at what they were learning as Reynal shook with fear and anger. He knew it was the end for him if he didn't leave, but before he could a cop car pulled up, the black and white car pulling to a stop outside the group. As the driver stepped out, a large male with piercing blue eyes his partner, a smaller woman with brown eyes full of hate as they landed on the group.

"Ah, there you are," the male said as he stepped forward, his cuff coming out. "Reynal Sundown, you are under arrest for the attempted murder of Pamela Manson." Danny stepped forward now, his green gaze glowing.

You could be a hero - (Our time is now) you could join the fight

"You can also add to that the sexual abuse that he has inflicted on her daughter, a minor." The woman, the partner of the driver glared at the male with such a look of disgust that the older man shrank. He was screwed.

"Ah, well, all is good on that because pedophiles only get the best treatment from their cellmates," the woman said with a smirk that twisted her pretty face.

For what's right, for what's ri-ight...

"Will you two mind accompanying us down to the station as we have questions for you as well as for others who have witnessed what happened today. Nods followed as the cops shoved the male in the back of the car as Danny took Sam over to where his parents stood with confused looks on their face. As they helped her into the RV the family headed toward the station.

Lina looked down at the book in shock. That was it? He was found out that easily? That couldn't be how easy it was! Suddenly she heard the sound of someone below her and she stiffened, her form shaking as she got up to hide again, but before she even had the lid shut someone came up through the floor. It was a boy, his hair white with green eyes that just stared at her with what she could see was understanding. He was wearing a black and white hazmat suit, his hands were covered with white gloves.

"Lina, you don't have to do this alone." She looked at him in confusion. She wasn't sure what he was talking about or at least she didn't want to believe that he knew what he was talking about. "I told you that I will help you when you need it and I can't stand watching while you allow him to bully you." Her eyes grew wide at that.

"A-Alex? That boy fr-" She stopped as she couldn't believe what she was seeing and then her mind went to the story. "Your mother," she whispered before he nodded.

"Yeah, my mother is the one in that book that your mother stole because of that man, Reynal."

"What about him?" the girl murmured.

"That man was Dash's father, the man who is now your stepfather." Lina's mouth dropped open. "Yeah, small world, right? Lina, allow me to help you because my parents are on their way right now and they are aware of everything that I have told them. Please, let us help you." The small girl gulped. With what he was telling her she really had no choice but to allow them to help her, but Alex, he was giving her the chance to step away first. To make her stand against the man who had tormented her.

"O-okay," she murmured and a small smile appeared on his face as he held out his hand. Lina looked at that hand and with little hesitation took it. As soon as she did they phased through the floor and into the halls just as the door to Paulina's room slammed shut. Lina clung to him as fear gripped her. What am I thinking? He's going to kill us both!

"Lina, do not be afraid. I will protect you." As the steps began, the sound of it growing closer as he moved toward the stairs that would bring the blond before them Lina took a deep breath as she straightened. Like Sam in the book she had a half ghost boy at her side, one that was willing to protect her.

"Lina! Oh, Lina!" he called as he appeared at the edge of the stairs, his blue eyes falling on the pair of teens before him. "Who do we have here?" he questioned as his eyes narrowed on Alex. "A mini Phantom?" Alex moved in front of Lina.

"Yeah, you could call me that, but that would mean you were about to get your ass kicked by a second generation Phantom." That made the male before them even more upset. He remembered kicking Danny around and the times that the halfa had managed to hand him his own ass when he put his hands on Danny's closest friends. Lina stepped out from behind her savior.

"You're a sicko who just is sad that he got abused by his father!" Dash's eyes grew wide. "You think because it happened to you that it's okay to do it to others? That makes you just as bad, no, worse than your father because you had a choice after knowing how it felt to be put in that position!" Eyes narrowing again he took a step toward them, but Lina didn't back down from him, not with Alex standing there with her. "You're nothing, not even worth my fear! I hate you! I hate you so much!"

"Shut up!" the blond screamed just as the sound of the front door opening reached all three of them as well as the sound of several people rushing up the stairs. Dash turned just in time to find Paulina staring at him, her teal eyes wide as Danny and Sam appeared behind her. "Paulina?!"

"You bastard! You sick bastard!" the former cheerleader yelled as she rushed toward him, her fist landing in his left eye. As he fell back screaming she rushed to her daughter's side, Lina grasping her mother as tears fell down her cheeks. Danny looked to his son, a smile of pride on his face before the halfa turned to Dash.

"I always knew you were a bully, but I never saw you as someone who could do something as sick- I don't even want to go there," the white haired halfa stated, his gloved hands fisting at his sides while Sam just moved around them to get to her son. Grabbing her son she put her hand on Paulina, the Hispanic woman looking up at the woman she had bullied as a teen and realizing that she could have let it continue, could have never come to her about what was going on at her house.

"I am so sorry," the Latina said as Alex went intangible taking all them with him. Leaving the pair of males alone Danny just watched as Dash realized that everything was falling around him and the halfa was brought back to that day again when Sam had held onto him as her stepfather was taken away. It was that same look, the look of defeat.

"Come on, Dash. Time to go." Reaching for the older male Danny grasped him, his hands making a green goo that he used to cuff Dash's hands together just seconds before the blond went crazy. He began to scream and thrash as Danny was thrown into a wall, but that didn't faze the halfa as he powered up a ball of electricity. Throwing it at the bucking human he watched it hit him in the back as Dash was shocked with just enough power to stop him, his large jock body thrown to the ground as the lightening left his body with the will to fight back. Picking him up they phased through the floor and out of the house where a police car was parked with Paulina standing off to the side with one officer, Lina in her embrace while Sam stood off to the side with Alex standing in front of his mother.

After handing off the half conscious Dash Danny joined his wife as Alex looked at Lina. The little girl pulled away from her mother and walked over to the Fentons.

"Thank you, Alex." Paulina came to stand behind her daughter just as Danny de-transformed. "I would never have been able to stand up to him."

"No, Lina, I think you would have, but I figured you looked like you needed a friend." As the parents watched with understanding Sam turned to Danny.

"I love you and I am thankful every day that you stepped in." Danny leaned down and kissed her, his lips melding over hers in passion and love. As the pulled back they watched as the cop car drove off with Dash while the two teens held hands and Paulina just stood there thanking God that the people she had bullied had managed to stand up for her child.

"I never imagined that I would need this," she murmured as she held the book that held the past in her hands.