Bare with me here, the first chapter is going to be slow, I'm introducing a new character who's never been in the town before. This story is taking place after the last episode of Danny Phantom.
She drove around the neighborhood in her dark blue Camri, looking for the address she'd been given. When she finally found the house, her jaw dropped as she laid her eyes upon the strangest house she'd ever seen. The first story of the house seemed completely average, the walls were lined in brick, and there were four windows, but the second floor had a giant sign that lit up with the word "Fenton" across it. She looked up at the last floor, which was composed of purely metals and steels. The third floor protruded off of the building and was an eyesore.
She moved her brown bangs to the side of her forehead, and put her stick shift into park. She turned the key left, and the car's engine stopped. She got out, locked the door, then crossed the street. Thoughts ran through her head about turning around and leaving immediately, but she didn't have a job, and needed the cash. She hesitated to knock on the dark red door before her, but didn't have to knock when a dog began barking after he noticed her through the window. She stared into the dog's dark red eyes and glowing green fur. Without taking a second thought, she turned around and walked down the steps from the door of the house.
The front door swung open and a hefty man called out, "Are you Cassandra?"
She turned around abruptly and nervously nodded her head. She could feel sweat forming on her forehead and her thoughts screamed, LEAVE! DANGER! DANGER!
"Well come on in! Danny's waiting for you!" The man had jet black hair and wore a bright orange jump suit. Was it his work outfit?
She bit her lip then mumbled,"Uhh-I kind of changed my mind about the jo-"
"Oh, nonsense!" he interrupted. He jogged down the steps and swung his arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry about Danny, he's not a bad kid!" He walked her in and let go of her shoulders to shut the door.
It's not Danny that I'm worried about... She eyed down the green dog as he ran over to her and wagged his short tail. He licked her shoes and yapped happily. "Why are you bright green little guy?" She knelt down and patted him on the head, hopping her hand wouldn't turn green. When I was at the door, this dog looked a lot more vicious and was much larger. I must be seeing things because now he's tiny, and as happy as can be, but why is he green? She sat down on the hard couch. The room was dull and grey but still in a contemporary style. She watched the father walk into the kitchen, and come back with a sandwich.
"I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Jack Fenton, Maddie's husband, and Danny's father." He held out his glove, expecting Cassandra to shake it. She cautiously shook his hand, then watched him step back and take a large bite of his bologna sandwich. "Danny will be down the stairs in a few minutes," he said as bread crumbs escaped his lips. "I'll just be in the kitchen if you need me."
She scrunched her face at him as he walked away. The dog snuggled her leg after the old man walked out. Cassandra took a peek at his collar, it had the letter "A" on it. She averted her hazel eyes to black railing that was directly across from her. A red shoe emerged from the above hallway and revealed a teenage boy with black, shiny hair and baby blue eyes casually walking down the stairs. He was wearing a plain white shirt with red tipped sleeves and a red oval in the base of the shirt. "A" ran up the stairs to Danny and wagged his little green tail. "So you're supposed to help me with my homework?"
"Yeah..." Danny looks normal compared to his dad. She noticed his hands were in his pockets, she knew it was a sign that he didn't want to chat. "Where's your homework?"
He sighed. "Oh-uhh, upstairs in my bedroom." He turned his head away from her and looked at the hallway above him.
She scoffed. "Well what are you standing around on the stairs for? Are you gonna go get em?"
He frowned and kept his feet planted on the step. "Can't you just help me out with my homework in my bedroom, where my parents won't embarrass me?"
"I guess..." She followed him up the stairs, and studied the hallway, all looked normal besides a steel ladder on the farthest wall. The ladder must have lead to the weird floor on top.
"Here's my room." His bedroom also had dull colors to it. The only colorful objects in the room were the purple blanket and the space posters. There was a telescope aimed towards the window, next to his bed. His homework was on an old wooden desk that had a black chair in front of it. "Oh-uhh, I'll go grab another chair." He probably realized they needed two chairs to sit at the desk.
After Danny came back, they had a quiet session of homework, and Danny didn't seem to have too much trouble understanding the basics of his pre-calculus homework. After he was finally done, she stood up to leave.
"I'm surprised you didn't ever squeal or freak out," Danny said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" She lowered one eyebrow.
"What? You don't know?"
"Don't know what?"
"That I'm the ghost boy."
Cassandra burst out laughing, she couldn't believe her ears. "Ghost Boy?! PFFFFFT-hahahahah!" She grabbed her stomach.
"Uhhh-yeah..." He looked away, then back at her.
"Are you serious?" Cassandra said after she composed herself again.
"Yes, I am serious! You've never heard of the "Ghost boy?"
"Heh, no, why would I?" She was still smiling from what she thought was a joke.
"Uhh-because he saved the world?" He squinted his eyes.
"What kind of bologna is this?" She chuckled. "A ghost boy, saving the world? Haha, okay, One! Ghosts don't exist, and Two! I think I'd know if some lamo kid named the Ghost Boy saved the world." She made quotation mark signs with her finger every time she said "Ghost boy."
"It was on the news a year ago!" He lifted his arms into the air. "You seriously have never heard of the Ghost Boy?!"
"Nope. My family doesn't own a television, my parents believed that TV shows and movies were a waste of our time."
"It was in the news papers!"
"Psssh, why would I read the news paper?" She shrugged her shoulders.
"There's a statue of the ghost boy in every capital of the Nation! There's even one here in Amity Park!"
"This sounds totally made up! Why do you really think I'd fall for some stupid rumor like this?"
"It's not a rumor!" he shouted.
Cassandra rolled her eyes and exited the room. "Weirdo." She thought about the ladder while in the hallway, but decided she'd be better off not knowing what they were hiding up there. She quickly moved down the stairs, and tried to avoid Danny's father.
"Are you done teaching Danny?" his dad called. Before he could stand up from the kitchen table, she exited the house and ran for her car.
"Wait!" he called, "I haven't paid you yet!"
"No need!" She punched the gas to her car, hoping to never see that house again.
