Day 1: Decorations
Summary: Danny and co. decorate Casper High for a halloween dance
Halloween. The time for candy, costumes, spooky decorations, school dances and ghost stories. In most places, people only hear these tales of spirits once a year. In Amity Park, however, these stories about ghosts are heard on a daily basis and is the place you want to be if you are interested in the paranormal.
At the town's only high school, Casper High, three students are making sure that all the decorations were in place for the school dance later that evening. These three students were infamous at Casper for their odd behavior. They would take off at the most peculiar times, namely, when a ghost attacked the school. Their names are Danny Fenton, Sam Manson and Tucker Foley.
Samantha "Sam" Manson is the only girl in the trio. She is a huge activist and always wants her voice to be heard. She's also big on equal rights for all, including ghosts. She thinks that everyone should be who they are and not be judged for it and because of this she, is a goth, much to her parents dismay. She is also an ultra-recyclo vegetarian, which means she doesn't eat anything with a face on it. She also secretly has a crush on Danny, who's too clueless to figure it out.
The next member of the trio is Tucker Foley.
He is big on technology and always has a PDA in hand. He's thinks very highly of himself and always ends up flirting with some girl. Usually these attempts at flirting end up with Tucker getting his eyes clawed out by the girl. He is also a carnivore, literally. This is the biggest difference between Tucker and Sam and because of this conflict, they usually end up fighting over it. Tucker's also infamous for jinxing things. One time, he decided to get rid of his, 'techno-geek' image and try to make a new image for himself. As usual for Tucker, that attempt ended terribly. He went from being labeled, 'techno-geek' to 'bad luck Tuck' in just a matter of minutes. In his defense however, it was Johnny 13's shadow that made the truck fall and hit the roller coaster.
The final member for the trio is Danny Fenton.
Danny comes from the 'family of freaks' as said by most of the students at Casper high. His parents are ghost hunters. They've been obsessed with ghosts for as long as they can remember. They have went so far as to try and see if they could build a portal into the 'Ghost Dimension' as they so called it. In speaking of that portal, there's one thing you must know about Danny, but shhh… you can't tell anyone! Danny is secretly, Danny Phantom, Amity Park's ghost fighting superhero! He got his powers after being persuaded by Sam to go into the portal his parents were building. He tripped, and his hand hit the on switch that his dad just so happen to install in there. That's probably why it didn't work at first, but hey, that's a story for another time. He just so happens to also have a secret crush on Sam, but is too scared to tell her. Now let's get back to the mysterious trio.
"Come on guys! We need to finish before we don't have any time to get home and get into our costumes!" Tucker exclaims as he finishes putting the last of the plastic pumpkins on the tables in the gym.
An audible sigh could be heard all across the room, "This would be so much easier if I could use my powers, but with cameras everywhere, it's almost impossible to find a good spot." Danny sighs from the top of the ladder he was standing on, "Stupid Plasmius and his anti-ghost laws..." He was trying to finish the last of the lights that would illuminate the gym later that evening for Casper High's Halloween Spookathon Dance. He was about to hang the last of the lights around the bleachers when he was coming down his foot slipped and he fell straight to the ground, "Owwwwww…. Okay, that really really hurt." he said as he put his hand on his head.
Luckily Sam was nearby and helps the raven haired teen up, "Are you okay Danny?".
He nods in response, "Yeah, I think so. Man, I get knocked into walls and buildings all the time. Compared to that, that fall was nothing… but it still hurt."
"Well, at least you're okay," She says back, "and that's all that matters." She whispers to herself. Her beautiful amethyst colored eyes meet icy blue ones for a moment and then they quickly glance the other way where they both blush deeply.
"Lovebirds!" Tucker blurts out from the bottom of the bleachers.
"We're not lovebirds!" They say in unison.
"Whatever you say guys. Well, that's all of the decorations right? Let's get home and get ready for the dance!" Tucker exclaims happily.
"You're only excited since I lost our bet and you got to pick out our costumes…" Sam deadpanned.
"Exactly! Now come on!" Tucker shouts as he runs to get his things.
Danny takes a look around the gym where he sees something very interesting, "Tucker…? What's that?" he asks, pointing his index finger that a whole station dedicated to him! Well, half of him anyways.
Sam looks at where Danny is pointing where she yells, "Tucker are you crazy? You made a stand for Danny Phantom?!"
"Oh come on guys! Do you know how much money we'll make from this! The entire school loves Danny Phantom and what better way to celebrate halloween by with a selfie of you and a cut-out of the town's ghostly hero!" Tucker explains, "and don't forget about all the merch you could buy
Sam sighs, "You know that we don't get any of the money right?"
"Oh contraire. I already talked to Lancer about it. He said we would get half of whatever money the stand makes tonight! It's golden!" Tucker retorts.
"I guess it's alright. I just need to stay away from it tonight then," Danny begins, "I mean, if I get too close, people might figure out I'm Phantom and I don't need that kind of pressure right now. Plus, who even gave you all that stuff for that booth anyways?"
"The art classes did apparently! When I asked Mr. Lancer if I could do the booth he just handed me a huge box of things that the art classes and other things that the other classes have made of you," Tucker explained, "Ah… the things people will do for the hero they admire…"
"If this plan of yours backfires Tucker, and Danny's secret is blown, I'm blaming you." Sam says, irritation clear as day in her voice.
Tucker nods, "Sounds fair. Now, let's go to Danny's and see you two in your costumes!"
*LATER THAT SAME EVENING...*
The trio walks into Casper High wearing their costumes, "Tucker, I can't believe you made me wear this!" Danny complains as he walks through the door. Tucker thought it would be a great idea to have all three of them be themselves, but the evil versions of themselves. Yes, that meant that Tucker was dressed as how he looked when he became 'pharaoh' a few months back during the Student Council elections. That also means that Sam is dressed as herself when she was taken over by Undergrowth a few weeks back. Finally Danny, much to his dismay, he was dressed as his evil future self, Dan. Thankfully, Danny didn't allow him to get anything more than make the costume. He wanted to at least try and keep his secret, but with this costume, who knows. Plus, he didn't want to be reminded of that situation. It may have happened months ago now, but he really doesn't want to be reminded of it.
"Oh come on Danny! Don't be so sour! I worked hard on these costumes!" Tucker says. Danny simply rolls his eyes. If he thought his secret was in jeopardy before he had to wear this, now he was definitely sure. He'd have to be very careful about who he interacts with and how close he gets to the 'Phantom Booth'.
The trio make their way to the gym where they are greeted by Dash, Paulina, and Kwan, but didn't know it. Dash was dressed as his hero, Danny Phantom. He even went as far as to make his hair white! Though he was disappointed that his mom said no when he asked her if he could get neon green contacts, "You'll poke your eye out!" she said.
Paulina was dressed as a princess, claiming that she's 'cute and adorable' and deserves to wear a princess dress and that Dash, as Danny Phantom, would save her from danger like he has so many times already.
Kwan was dressed as a ghostbuster. His role is a ghost hunter that would try and catch Danny Phantom, though in reality, he's very thankful that the city has a person who protects it. He would even go as far as to say he could even save the whole world!
"Hey losers!" Came Dash's authoritative voice. The trio froze in their tracks and slowly turn to look at the A-Lister, "I must say I'm impressed with the decorations. I didn't think you geeks could handle it," He pauses again and looks at their costumes, "Hey guys, look at these costumes!" He starts laughing and that was soon followed by the other two A-Listers.
Paulina finally stopped laughing for a moment and looks at Tucker, "What are you supposed to be? A pharaoh?" She pauses for a minute, "Why does that outfit look so familiar...?"
"Stupid scepter!" Tucker whisper-shotued. Danny and Sam quietly snicker at the comment, which leads to Tucker glaring at them.
"And what's with you?" She asks, pointing at Sam's costume, which was all green, "I thought that since you were goth all you do is wear black?"
Sam scoffed at her statement, "You know what Paulina, you're right! Since I'm a goth, I always have to wear black," She began. Danny and Tucker exchange looks that say, 'this could get ugly, let's be ready to get her out of here if it does', " However, Halloween is the one day of year you are allowed to wear costumes in public, and I'm surprised that you were able to figure out that not all halloween costumes are all black!" She says sarcastically.
"Uhhh, Sam? Why don't you go get us some punch?" Tucker says franticly.
"Gladly…" She hisses as she storms off. Danny and Tucker both sigh in relief as they quietly try to sneak off.
"Hey Fenton! Who are you supposed to be? Danny Phantom?" Dash asks curiously.
Danny and Tucker freeze, but then realize that there was no denying it, "Actually, yes. I'm Danny Phantom."
Dash, Kwan, and Paulina burst out into laughter yet again by Danny's statement. When they stop, Dash looks up and from the corner of his eye he could see a booth dedicated to Danny Phantom.
He looked at the cut-out of Danny Phantom.
He then looked at Fenton.
Same hair style. That's weird…? A coincidence maybe?
He looked back at Phantom's cut-out at the booth
He looked back at Fenton again.
Change his usual ocean blue eye color to toxic neon green and his raven hair color to snow white. What is this? What does this mean?
Same first name and similar sound last name. Okay, this just went from creepy to weird. Two coincidences. Is this a trick?
Then back again at the cut-out of Phantom.
'But why does his outfit look different than Phantoms?' Dash thought. What the hell was going on? There's too many coincidences here! Unless… no, it can't be… "Yo-you're kidding right?" He stutters, his now trembling finger pointing to the booth behind him. Danny, Paulina, Kwan, and Tucker look at where Dash is pointing and their eyes widen. Oh boy, Danny has some serious explaining to do now!
"Oh man! Tucker! I told you the booth was a bad idea!" Danny crys aloud.
"How would I know that Dash of all people would be able to connect the dots by seeing you two side by side!?" He exclaims frantically. Oh man, Sam's gonna kill him!
Authors note: OMG IT'S FINALLY OCTOBER! Just to let you know, I totally bs-ed this one-shot. I had no idea how it would turn out. The way I wrote the beginning isn't my usual writing style, so if you didn't care for it, I apologize, but once I get to the angstier and darker stuff, my writing style will go back. It's just that I don't write fluffy things too often and this is the first fluffy thing I've written in a while. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed it and I'll see you in the next entry! Also, I may have stolen the idea of the Trio's costumes from a post on Deviantart by Pisces19 where the characters were wearing the costumes I described here! Credit to Instagram user vlad_masters_ for the list of entries I'll be doing this month and credit to Pisces19 on Deviantart for helping me decide on what costumes the A-Listers and the Trio would wear! Also, I'm sorry for stealing it!
Love,
Ashjd55