Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
Chapter 1: Summoning
On an island in the middle of the sea, four crabs encircled a glowing crystal, raising their claws up and down as they chanted, "Hoo, haw, hoo, haw..." Above them a swirling vortex of energy rumbled. One of the crabs stepped back and observed the ritual; he had a white beard and carried a staff with feathers.
"We can wait no longer," he said, "it is time."
Lifting his claws into the air, he continued, "Only the Chosen Ones can save us from..." The crab looked at the volcano in the middle of the island, which smoldered and billowed smoke from its top. "...the Mawgu."
As the ritual continued, a purple beam of energy streaked from the volcano's peak and was about to strike the glowing crystal when the crab lifted his staff and stopped it in its tracks.
"No, not yet!" he cried out. It took all his strength to hold back the attack.
Suddenly, there was an explosion of light. When it faded, the beam was gone and the ritual stopped. The swirling vortex had disappeared.
One of the crabs gasped in horror, "The circle has been broken! The heroes will be lost!"
"Calm down, young one," said the older crab, "they're not lost; just scattered around the island."
He began making his way down the beach. Before he left, the wise old crab told the others, "Go back to the village; I'll go find them."
After the crab had disappeared, the three young crabs looked at one another.
"Do you think the heroes will really save us?" asked one of them.
Another crab snorted, "It's just a story; there can't really be heroes like the the Chosen Ones out there."
"Or can there?" said the third crab, gazing out into the ocean. After a while the three left the beach and headed back to the village.
"...Ugh..."
A young teenager opened his blue eyes. Bright sunlight caused him to close them again. When the teen tried again, he only saw clear sky and a hot sun. After a moment, the teen rubbed the ground he was laying on and was surprised to find out it felt sandy like a beach. He then noticed that a sound like crashing waves echoed through his ears.
Danny Fenton sat up and looked around; he was no longer at Amity Park. Instead the teen was laying on a beach, the ocean stretching out in front of him. Behind him, Danny saw a row of palm trees swaying in the breeze.
After finally standing up, he muttered, "Where am I?"
Cupping his hands on his mouth, Danny yelled as loud as he could, "HELLO? ANYONE HERE?"
When no one answered, he felt a little panicked. How the heck did I get here?, he wondered as he paced on the beach, I don't remember anything about going on a vacation on a tropical island. Was there a shipwreck and I have amnesia about it? Where-
THUNK! Danny landed on his face. When he regained his footing, he looked over and saw that he had tripped over on something. That 'something' was a pair of legs and torso sticking out of the ground.
Curious, the teen grabbed the legs and pulled with all his strength. With a pop, the entire creature was revealed; it looked like a yellow sponge with a face and arms and legs. It wore a brown and white outfit with a red tie.
Danny instantly knew what he was looking at and exclaimed, "Spongebob!"
The yellow sponge opened his eyes and gasped, "Whoa, Danny! Is that you?"
The teen turned Spongebob Squarepants right side up and placed him on the ground.
"Hey, this doesn't look like Bikini Bottom!" said the sponge as he looked around.
Danny shook his head, "Nope, and it isn't Amity Park either."
Spongebob scratched his square head and asked, "How did we end up here, anyway?"
"YEAAAAHHHH!"
A scream from somewhere startled the two boys and they whipped their heads around. From the palm trees came two kids crashing through the forest. One had a pink hat and shirt while the other wore a red shirt with a yellow symbol on the front. Both had blue eyes and brown hair.
"Timmy! Jimmy!" exclaimed Danny as the boys scooted under his legs. "What's goin' on?"
The bucktooth boy pointed into the trees and stammered, "There's somethin' chasing us!"
"And his fairies can't get us outta here!" finished the genius.
As he said that, two creatures appeared near them; one was green and the other was pink. Both had a star-tipped wand, a golden crown and fly-wings.
"Who's idea was to vacation on a dangerous island anyway?" stated Cosmo.
Wanda replied, "Nobody's, Cosmo! In fact, I don't remember bringing you and Timmy here."
Suddenly, the brushes revealed some type of rock monster; it looked like a panther made entirely of harden lava and its eyes glowed an eerie purple. From the monster's body dripped purple ooze.
Danny's eyes widen in surprise, "That's the thing that's chasing you guys?"
"No," Timmy replied in annoyance, "that's the thing that's gonna give us candy."
Spongebob smiled, "Oh, really?" and he approached the rock panther.
The bucktooth boy screamed, "IT IS THE THING THAT'S CHASING US, YOU BOOB!"
All of the sudden, the monster leaped at the defenseless sponge. Spongebob acted quickly and blew some bubbles in the rock panther's face. The creature roared and missed the sponge, crashing into the water. As it tried to stand up in the surf, steam began poring from the cracks in its hide. The ooze that dripped down from its surface began to freeze and the monster grew still, frozen like a stone statue.
Not sure of what just happened, Jimmy cautiously drew closer to get a better look. Once he was mere feet from it, the genius tapped on the creature's rocky snout. "It appears that this creature is made up entirely of warm lava," Jimmy explained, "If it were to enter water, the lava would cool and turn to a stone-like consistency."
Timmy peeked from behind Danny's leg, "So he's not gonna get us, then?"
The genius shook his head and returned to the group, "Nope, but I would like to take a sample of that purple ooze that was coming out of it."
As he did, the three boys were still confused as to how they got to this 'dangerous' island.
"Maybe this is all a dream," suggested Spongebob, "That's what happens to me whenever I eat too much ice cream."
"Alas, dear absorbent one, it is not."
The four heroes turned to the sound, this time ready; Danny transformed into Danny Phantom, Timmy's fairies became weapons, Jimmy took out his Tornado Blaster and Spongebob stood in a karate stance. They then saw the owner of the voice; it looked like a hermit crab, only much bigger. It carried a wooden staff and had a swirled, brown shell. A pair of wizened eyes poked out from its bearded face.
"Who are you?" asked Danny in a serious tone, "And where are we?"
The crab calmly explained, "I am one of the elder crabs of this island and you are far from home, Ghost Boy."
"Huh?" Jimmy started, lowering his blaster, "You know who we are?"
The creature nodded, "Of course! I have summoned you here, for a purpose!"
The four gasped in astonishment. The crab continued, "Our ancient enemy, the Mawgu, has escaped from his prison and seeks vengeance upon our land."
"He has created a terrible ooze that corrupts anything it touches," he said, "but the legends say that you, the Chosen Ones, can save us!"
Timmy pointed at his chest, "We're the Chosen Ones? How's that possible?"
"And how do we save you?" added Spongebob.
The wise old crab smiled, "You will know, Absorbent Yellow One, you will know. But first, you must find all of your friends."
He then raised his claws into the air, "United, you will triumph!"
The four boys just stared at the crab after he had finished. "Are you serious?" Danny finally asked, dumbfounded.
The wise old crab nodded, "Yes, very. Now, follow me. I'll take you to a safe place where you can camp."
He then started down the beach. The heroes hesitated for a second before accompanying him; they had no choice other than being attacked by one of those monsters and they definitely didn't want that to happen again.
Some time later, the four boys were still following the talking crab. Already they were beginning to exhaust themselves.
"Come, come!" coxed the crab, "It's not much farther now."
Timmy groaned, his legs sore, "You said that a half an hour ago."
"You heard the crab," stated Spongebob, who looked not at all tired, "pick up the pace!"
Danny rolled his eyes and concentrated on putting one foot in front of the other. Suddenly he froze.
"Didja guys hear that?" he asked.
The four stopped and listened; there was a harsh scream coming from a cliff nearby.
"That sounds familiar..." mumbled Jimmy, who raced over to the cliff.
The others followed and peeked over the bluff. Below was a small lagoon with a beach. And on that beach was a battle.
A group of sand monsters were wrecking havoc among three creatures; one was wearing some sort of mech suit, another was an anthropomorphic squirrel and the other was a fat, pink starfish.
Spongebob gasped as he recognized the two non-human creatures, "Patrick! Sandy! What are you guys doin' here?"
The squirrel and sea star looked up and saw the sponge on the cliff. "Spongebob?" cried Sandy Cheeks.
Suddenly, one of the sand monsters lunged at her.
"Look out!" cried Spongebob and he jumped from the cliff and karate chopped the sand being in half, causing the sand to crumble back down to the ground.
"Thanks, Spongebob!" said Sandy, "But we're not outta the woods yet!"
She and the sponge turned their attention to the other sand monsters. Above them, Danny watched for a moment before joining in. He lept from the cliff and expected to fly in to attack. But instead, gravity overtook the teen and he fell.
BAM! Danny landed hard on his feet. Pain shot through his body, but the teen was able to stand up straight and looked over to the monsters.
"Just 'cuz I can't fly," Danny snarled, his fists glowing, "doesn't mean I can't beat you guys to a pulp."
Patrick Star rubbed his pointed head, "Aren't they made of sand?"
Before anyone could reply, another sand monster attacked. Danny was about to blast the beast with his ghost ray, but another beam did it for him. The monster crumpled to the ground and disappeared. The teen looked over to see the human wearing the mech suit.
"Hey, that's the Fenton Peeler suit!" he exclaimed.
The voice in the suit replied, "It sure is!"
Danny recognized the voice and his heart skipped a beat. "Sam?"
"Incoming sand monster at two o'clock!" screamed Jimmy, interrupting the two.
Two more creatures appeared, but Timmy and the boy genius were able to destroy the monsters with a fury of star flingers and wind blasts. After the last sand monsters were gone, the four boys returned to the crab with their friends.
"Ah, so you have found them," said the wise crab, looking at Sam Manson, Patrick and Sandy.
The goth girl pressed a button on her blaster and the suit disappeared into the device. She was wearing dark clothing and had purple eyes and black hair.
"Who's that?" Sam asked.
Danny shrugged, "Some crab that says we're the Chosen Ones."
"And that we're gonna save the world!" finished Spongebob
Patrick cheered, "Hooray!"
"Really?" said Sandy, stunned, "Now I've seen everythin'."
The crab was beginning to walk towards a section in the island. "Keep following me, young ones. We have to get their before it gets dark and the Mawgu's minions attack us again."
As they followed, the boys explained who the Mawgu is and why they were here.
Jimmy caught up with the crab and asked, "Uh, elder crab, could we hurry up? My parents don't like it when I save the world past my bedtime."
"Do not worry, Brain Child," explained the crab, "Time flows much faster here than any of your worlds; a day here is only a minute back home."
The genius was amazed, "Wow, fascinating."
Meanwhile, Danny was finishing the explanation; "So, now we're here following this old crab guy to a camp of some sort."
"Huh," said Sam, nodding, "That's pretty weird, but I've seen weirder."
The ghost teen asked her, "So, how'd you get the Peeler suit?"
"Well, I was helping your mom with some cleaning," explained the goth, "when BOOM! I'm on this weird island being attacked by sand monsters."
Danny smiled, "I'm glad you have the suit; otherwise those monsters would've gotten you. I'm not sure what I'll do if something happened to you..."
Sam looked at him strangely and the teen turned his head away, quickly adding, "...or the other guys." Unbeknownst to the goth girl, Danny was blushing a little. Sam then realized something and blushed too.
"Ah, gross! Teen Love!" sickened Timmy.
The two teens glared at him and snarled, "We're not in love!"
"Whatever you say, Sammy and Danny," snickered Timmy.
The goth snarled and threw a hard punch at the bucktooth kid's shoulder, causing him to wince in pain. "OW!"
"A: Don't call me 'Sammy'. And B: There's more where that came from."
Hearing Sam threaten Timmy caused Spongebob to stand between the two.
"Now, now, let's be reasonable."
The wise crab noticed the situation. "Something wrong, Chosen Ones?"
"No!" the three said together, although Timmy was still nursing his arm.
The wise crab didn't pursue the matter and gazed towards a shallow lagoon with a small building made of bamboo and palm leaves.
"Here, is your new home, Chosen Ones!" he said, motioning with his staff.
Jimmy surveyed the area, "Is this where we're gonna stay while we're here?"
"Oh yes," nodded the crab, head towards the building, "it's quite safe from Mawgu's minions."
The group reached the hut and peeked inside; a couple of hammocks swayed in the ocean breeze and a table made from a tree stump stood in the middle.
Spongebob and Patrick looked around. "It looks comfy..."
"...and green, like the flying leprechaun!" added Patrick, pointing at Cosmo.
"Hey, I'm not a leprechaun!" retorted the fairy, "I'm a lot more fun than a leprechaun. I can grant wishes, fly, do laundry..."
Wanda rolled her eyes, "Cosmo, you hardly do any laundry, even when it's your turn."
"Exactly!"
Timmy just shook his head at the two bickering fairies. Suddenly, there was a deep growl and everyone froze.
"What was that?" asked a fearful Spongebob as he clung to Danny's legs.
Patrick soon followed suit and whimpered, "It's sounds like another monster!"
"Will you guys get off?!" commanded Danny as he tried to shake the two off of his leg.
Jimmy put a finger to his lips, "Guys, hush!"
After everyone quieted down, they listened closely, only hearing the breeze through the trees and their short breaths. Then, the growling came again, but this time, it had an obvious source; Danny raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked down at his belly. Another gurgling sound rumbled from his stomach.
The teen rubbed the back of his head and sheepishly said, "Ah heh, looks like I'm getting hungry."
The group chuckled a little and relaxed, pleased that it wasn't a monster.
"Ya'll wouldn't happen ta have any grub on ya, would ya?" Sandy asked the crab.
The wise crab smiled, "As a matter of fact, there's plenty to eat on this island. I'll show you."
Danny turned to the others and said, "Alright, me, Timmy and Spongebob will go get some food. Jimmy, stay here with Sandy, Sam and Patrick."
"Understood," replied the genius.
As the three turned to leave, Spongebob said, "We'll be back in a jiff!"
The boys exited the hut and started following the crab.