Chores: A One-Shot
As usual, this is before PP, and just a little drabble I thought up while-yep-doing chores. Danny has most of his powers by now. Enjoy!
Still don't own DP. Sigh.
Danny groaned as he looked down the list in front of him. His parents had left for some "ghosting" convention or whatever a few towns over, (although Jack probably only went for the free catering) and Jazz had abandoned him home alone while she did some school spirit meeting (on a Saturday!). Of course, Maddy had thought to leave a list of chores for her beloved children that Jazz conveniently happened to miss.
Danny thought of skipping out on the list too, but he knew the chewing-out he would get from his mom would be (just a little) worse. So, gritting his teeth, he headed down to the lab, knowing the most cluttered area would be the most overlooked. And, of course, never forgetting the consequences of…procrastinating "lab" chores. (Ecto-KABLOOEY!)
Finally, after spending the morning in the now sort-of clean lab, Danny reluctantly plugged the vacuum in and started on the living room. When he was done with that, though, he headed up to his computer to log onto Doomed and wasn't too surprised to see Sam and Tucker already there.
Studmuffin: Hey Danny where ya been al l morning? You really missed out!
Ghostboy: Chores. In fact, I can't stay long. I'll have to get back to them.
Chaos: Really, Danny?
Studmuffin: Chores? Can't get out of them?
Ghostboy: No….I hate them. They take forever!
Chaos: Don't you know all those tricks you can do to make them go faster?
Ghostboy: Sam, "pretend you're a knight facing Dragon Mess" stopped working at five.
Chaos: It's worth a try. Just be glad you don't have to clean a mansion. The floors alone are killer!
Studmuffin: Don't you have cleaning staff?
Chaos: Once a week. Only. My grandma likes it when I do it the rest of the time.
Ghostboy: Ouch.
Studmuffin: Hey, Danny…I just realized…
Ghostboy: What?
Chaos: What?
Studmuffin: I know something you don't know…
Chaos: Tucker, if you don't tell us right now I'm going to walk all the way to your house and slug you.
Chaos: After I kick your avatar to pieces.
Studmuffin: Which one of us just happens to have superpowers?
Ghostboy: What does that have to do with this?
Studmuffin: Think about it, Danny. Isn't there some way your powers can…y'know…do your chores for you?
Ghostboy: Invisibility isn't really that helpful around the house. Unless I'm hiding from my outraged mother.
Studmuffin: Well, flying is faster than walking, isn't it…and you could just phase right through the floor!
Ghostboy: Whever. G2G.
Chaos: See you, Danny.
Studmuffin: Good luck, man.
Turning away from the computer, Danny shrugged and, in a burst of light, turned into Danny Phantom. "Well, at least I don't have to carry my own weight around." Phasing through the floor, he used a controlled burst to find out that "Hey! Dust does burn!" then proceeded to incinerate every dust particle in the house. Eventually, he also discovered that covering the floor in the kitchen with ice does about the same as mopping it: clean. Well, at least as clean as their kitchen could get. Satisfied with his work, Danny flew out the window, deciding to spend the sunny day up in the air.
