What is a Jumper?
Chapter 1
Students at Caper High were fidgeting anxiously in their desks, watching the seconds tick by on the clock. Danny Fenton stretched out his arms and yawned, then turned to grin at Sam Manson, his girlfriend. She grinned back, and Tucker Foley, on the other side, gave a thumb -up sign. Suddenly, students jumped up as the shrill ringing of the bell alerted everyone in the building. It was summer vacation.
"I'm glad this year is over," Danny said to Sam as they left the classroom. Both teenagers breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm lookin forward to spending time with my sweet technology!" Tucker sighed, catching up with his two best friends. "Just think, two and a half months of doing whatever we want with no worries!"
"Don't forget the ghost fighting, Tuck," Sam reminded him.
"Oh, right," he agreed.
"Hey," Danny said happily as they left through the entrance doors, "Let's go to my house, I got the new Doom 2 video game." The others agreed, and they turned in the direction of Fenton Works.
"Going where?!" Mara asked, gaping at her grinning father, David.
"Your mother and I are going to tour around Europe for a month," he clarified.
"What about James and me?" She asked angrily, gesturing at her older brother who was lounging idly on the couch. James was 17 and Mara was 15. She tugged at her auburn hair, which was in a ponytail. Her green eyes were flashing angrily. She looked exactly like her father.
"You will stay with you mother's aunt and her family in Amity Park in Michigan." A gust of air told Mara that her brother had jumped to her side from the couch.
"When did we get a say in this?" James asked calmly. He had his mother's features: brown eyes and dark hair that was long and fell in his face. He was always quiet unlike his active sister.
"Look, guys," David said sternly, "We are going on somewhat of a 'second honeymoon.' Besides, you've been to Europe many times already."
"We don't even know the people you're dumping us with," Mara pointed out. Their mother, Millie, stepped in to end the argument.
"She's my mother's sister and you are going," that was the end of the discussion. Mara turned and jumped through the vortex that took her to her room. James followed through her jump scar, which were the remnants of the portal she had gone through.
"Maybe this is a mistake," David groaned, "They'll probably cause a lot of problems."
"Don't worry, David," Millie soothed him, "Besides; I haven't been to the Coliseum since you got into that battle with the Paladins." David nodded at the memory. The Paladins were a group of people who hunted Jumpers. Their leader, Roland Cox, was a cruel man who had tried to kill David by capturing Millie and using her as bait. David's mother was a Paladin, but she had left when he was younger so she would not have to kill him.
"Great news, Danny," Maddie Fenton greeted him as he walked in through the door with Sam and Tucker.
"The ghosts are on summer vacation?" He asked jokingly.
"No," his mother laughed, his parents had been very supportive of his powers after he had told them, "My niece's children are going to spend a month of summer vacation with us while their parents are traveling!"
"Who?"
"My niece, her name is Millie, but you've never met her."
"Um, Ok," Danny agreed, "We're going to go play mind numbing video games for awhile."
Roland Cox stood impatiently, scowling while he looked out the window of a tall skyscraper in New York City. He kept staring imperiously, even when the door behind him opened.
"I thought I gave orders to no one to bother me," his deep voice growled.
"My apologies, Roland," said a feminine voice behind him. He turned and raised one black brow.
"Mary Rice? What news do you have for me?"
"We have a location on the Jumper, David." Did he notice her flinch slightly while telling him this? "And two others, they are new Jumpers."
"Get me the readouts," Roland ordered, grinning maliciously at the opportunity of finally killing the Jumper that had evaded him. And a bonus: two more.
A/N: Yes, I know it's a lot to digest for the first chapter. Or is it? Anyways, please review or critique. If you have any questions on the plot: ask away! Or you could wait and see if it clears in the coming chapters.