Okay, so... I haven't written a DP fanfic in forever and I had this really neat idea for one, but I'm laaaazy so it hadn't gotten written before. And I'm really bored right now. xD
First of all, this story was originally going to be OC-based on my character, Raiden, but I couldn't follow along the storyline good enough with him, so I figured DP and friends would work better.
Also, I am going to keep this one strictly DP characters, no OCs at all (save maybe one or two side characters or something).
Again, sorry about the (pagebreak)s. I can't find a better way of breaking off in these chapters. ffnet's formatting kinda stinks for that. xD
Title: Time is of the Essence
Author: DarkRebelWolf aka Tomatowolf aka Me xD
Disclaimer: Danny Fenton/Phantom, Sam Manson, Tucker Foley and all related characters belong to the wonderful genius of a man, Butch Hartman. Whatever other side characters I stick in here belong to me. xD Oh yeah, and "Twilight" is copyrighted to Stephenie Meyer.
Rating: The story is probably going to be rated PG for mild violence/cartoon peril, but I will rate each of the chapters individually (nothing over PG, however)
Spoilers: Umm... let's say after Kindled Spirits but before Phantom Planet. Probably after Urban Jungle too, but I'm not sure if I'll use Danny's ice powers yet. (Also will be updated with the chapters)
Pairings: DannyxSam
Warnings: Cartoon violence/peril, maybe a kiss later on. (Will be updated with the chapters)
Story Synopsis: Vlad Masters truly is an evil villain. The normal rivalry between the ghost and his archenemy, Danny Phantom, has grown and become too much for Danny to handle. Will he be able to stop Vlad or will he be lost in the fabric of time for the rest of eternity?
Time is of the Essence
by OokamiManiakku
Chapter One
The school bell rang, announcing the end of class, but not the end of the school day, as Danny Fenton was sure to find out.
"Mr. Fenton," came the annoyingly recognizable voice of the one teacher the teenage boy did not want to see.
Hesitantly, Daniel Fenton- a raven-haired boy with expressive eyes and a round face- leaned back to peek around his locker door. His light blue eyes were concerned as he saw the irritation planted on his teacher's face. "Yes?" He asked politely.
"I do not need to remind you of the hour of detention you have today, do I?" Lancer asked, exchanging his hands-on-hips position in favor of arms-across-chest.
"What?" Danny's eyebrows drew together in confusion.
"Exactly how did Mr. Riley's back-right corner of the lab get blown up, Mr. Fenton?" Lancer asked, sarcasm dripping from his words.
Danny sighed as his shoulders slumped. It wasn't really his fault, he argued in his head. Considering the last few ghost attacks had been at school where he was not suspecting them, when Tucker came up behind him that day, he'd accidentally let loose one badly-aimed ghost ray and blew up the concoction he'd been working on.
"Detention, got it." Danny grumbled as he finished putting the rest of his books in his backpack.
Lancer smiled smugly and walked away.
"Ouch. Sorry, Dude." Tucker made sure his voice was heard before he walked up to Danny this time. He leaned against the locker and fixed his beret on his head. Danny just closed his locker door.
"It's not like I have anything to do today anyway," He slung his backpack over his shoulder. "I guess you didn't get busted for that though?"
Tucker grinned sheepishly. "Well... actually..."
"Thanks again, Tucker," Samantha Manson interrupted as she walked up to the two boys, pieces of wood stuck in her black hair.
"What happened to you?" Danny asked as he picked a sliver of oak out.
Sam was giving dragon-glares to Tucker. "Why don't you ask him?"
Danny turned his attention to said boy.
Tucker again grinned sheepishly and pushed his glasses further up on his nose. "Well.. uh... there was a little mishap in Shop..."
"Little?" Sam nearly screeched, making both of them flinch. "Tucker tried to reprogram Mr. Miller's new electronic table saw with his PDA and it went on the fritz. It completely destroyed my sculpture."
"You made a sculpture?" Danny asked, puzzled. Sam hated Shop. She usually just sat through it trying not to fall asleep.
Sam blushed and looked away. "I was feeling a little creative today, is that a crime?"
Danny just smiled. "Well, that means me and Tuck will have to meet you at the Nasty Burger later, Sam," Danny sighed.
Sam shook her head. "No... I got it too..."
"Why?"
Tucker laughed. "I don't think you want to know, Dude."
This only piqued Danny's interest. "What happened?"
Sam rolled her lavender eyes but still wouldn't look at them. "I... kind of... blew up when it happened. Verbally..."
Danny raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips. "Really?"
"Let's just go to detention before we get into more trouble..." Sam grumbled as she started off for the library.
Danny and Tucker looked at each other, grinned, and followed after.
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Lancer sat with his legs up on his desk, reading a copy of "Novel Ideas Weekly", a magazine of sorts that reported on all the lastest books on the market, when the kids arrived.
The teacher didn't look up from his article as he said, "You're late," and then turned the page.
All three teens waited to see if he would continue that sentence with an "and you have more detention tomorrow", but he didn't so they chose their seats and settled in.
Sam pulled out her newest favorite book- a book about vampires entitled, "Twilight", and slid down in her chair to await the coming of the next hour when she would be free.
Tucker was busy playing Tetris on his PDA, which he was glad Lancer hadn't taken from him this time, and losing badly.
That left young Danny Fenton to be bored on his own. Sure, he could work on his homework, but what kid really wanted to do that? He would rather make paper footballs and flick them around the room.
As that thought crossed his mind, Danny took out his notebook and opened to the first page. Embarrassed by the sketchy drawing, he quickly flipped a few pages ahead and began reviewing his catches in the last week.
Skulker had been apprehended and tossed back into the Ghost Zone on Monday once he had attacked Danny in the shower after P.E. Technus was captured after his futile attempt to take over Danny's father's latest electronic mishap that he dubbed, "The Fenton Whirligig".
Danny narrowed his eyes on the last report he'd written in. Vlad Masters was up to his old tricks again, he was sure of it. For some reason the only other halfa in the world (besides Danny's clone, Danni Phantom) had been found at the museum after closing, the previous night. But upon inspection, Danny couldn't find anything stolen or misplaced and Vlad had insisted that he had only been looking. After that, he left pretty much in a peaceful manner... after blasting Danny in the butt just for kicks, of course.
The boy leaned forward, resting his head in his hand as he contemplated what that had been about. Vlad always had an evil scheme to work out, a plan that he wanted to unfold. But what could it be this time? Danny wanted to catch him before the ghost could do any damage, but there weren't any real leads to go on right now.
He sighed as he tore out a piece of notebook paper and carefully folded it into a triangular shape. He flicked it at Tucker but it missed, sailing over and hitting Sam in the temple.
She looked annoyed at first, for being interrupted from her fantasy book world, but when she saw Danny's embarrassed grin, she smiled in return before going back to her reading.
Danny smiled too and flipped back to that first page in his notebook.