Danny ran downstairs knowing he had to get to school. Just as he turned he seen his parents working on some kind of creepy device he wants nothing to do with at all.
"Hey sweety, we are finishing up our new invention." His mother softly said glancing up from the silver and green blaster.
"We decided it call it the Fenton Fader." Jack boomed with his loud excited voice.
"Uh, that's great..what does it do?" Danny asked rubbing the back of his neck as a nervous habit.
"It makes any ghost it blasts disappear, although we are not sure how long it takes till they fade out of existence." Maddie trailed off.
"We will know soon once we test it on the Ghost Kid!" Jack finished.
"Uh-huh, well I am off to school I have to meet Sam and Tucker, bye love you!" Danny sped out of the door wanting to leave the room to get away from the new Fenton gadget. He breathed out a sigh of relief until a chill of a hiccup came to a blue mist in the autumn air.
"Oh no, not now!" He complained wanting to once get to school on time. He quickly hid behind the tree changed from bright summer green to a fiery red and orange. Halloween is just around the corner and Danny thought about Tucker loving the holiday for the girl's costumes until Sam yells at him. The cold breeze made him drift out of his thoughts when he triggered his change to a ghost.
"I am going Ghost." He whispered under his breath as the blue tinted halo spread in two ways making a somewhat energizing shudder go through him as his heart slowed down. He glanced up to see the orange leaves falling contrasting with the dark brown bark.
"Where are you?" He asks wondering while floating up in the grey sky.
"Found you Welp!" Skulker exclaimed bringing up a new gun powering up with a toxic green as his eyes and hair seems to shine just as bright while his flaming hair wavers with the wind.
"Can we do this another time Skulker?" Danny's voice echos with annoyance.
"I want to use my new gun I made just for you Ghost Child." Skulker said.
"Cool, what is it?" He asks warily mirroring his actions earlier with his parents.
"It leads to you becoming my pelt that's what!"
"No thanks, I kind of have to hurry off to school now." Danny says lazily however, his demeanor changed once the toxic color is powered out of the gun narrowly missing Danny as he dodged at the last second. He peered behind him with a gulp as the green seemed to burn through the brick behind him as a acid gooey substance leaks from the hole.
"Ha, taking a tip from Slimer are we?"
"Shut it Welp, never turn your back from the enemy!" He yells firing some more Slimer Goo as Danny decided to call it. A few punches and blasts later Danny finally weakend the ghost down as his mechanical body started to spark with electricity.
"I guess Slime done with you!" Darn, that one was kind of too witty. As he powers the thermus as the bright rings sucked Skulker into the cramped cylindrical container. He caps the thermus as he gives it a few shakes before putting it back into his dark purple backpack as hr changes back to human. Warmth starts to come to him and his heart speeds up back to normal, well normal for him at least. Looking at his phone for the time he realized school will be starting any minute. Changing himself back to Phantom he flies quick as possible to school phasing through to a janitor's closet changing back to Fenton. He twists the door knob as he peers to see nobody in the hallway meaning Lancer will most likely give him a detention after school once again in the year. He runs to his English class to see the purple door as he opens it with a creek. Everyone stares at him as the plain classroom comes into view.
"Mr. Fenton, I see you are late again take your seat, you will have a detention after school."
"Yes sir." Danny says as he trudges to his desk.
"Now before Mr. Fenton graced himself with his presence take out "To Kill a Mockingbird." The class groaned as the book is pulled out of the bookbags and onto the desks.
"Now can anyone tell me who the narrator is and what point of view the book is in, no one how about you Mr. Fenton." Lancer called out.
"Uh, Anne Frank?"
"No Mr. Fenton, does this look like The Diary of Anne Frank?"
"I guess not?" Danny said unsure. Mr. Lancer breathed a sigh of disappointment before calling on Mikey.
"The narrator is a girl named Jean Louise also called Scout, and it is in first person."
"Good, that is correct." Lancer smiled as Dash coughed out nerd pretty clear as the teacher doesn't say anything to him of course. Pretty soon the bell rings signaling class is over.
"Don't forget the detention Mr. Fenton." He told Danny as he as walking out of the class with Sam and Tucker.
"Yes Sir." He said once again while walking out of the door on to his next classes. They day seemed to be going fast as it reached lunch. He joined his friends at the table as Sam and Tucker argued over plants or meat as they do everyday.
"Hey, what are you guys going to be for Halloween?" Danny asked his friends hoping to end their argument.
"I am going as a vampire being girls seem to think they are hot." Tucker said smirking fixing his hat until Sam hit him with it.
"I am not really sure I was going to skip dressing up, but I think I will dress as Poison Ivy. Not the slutty costume Tuck!" She glared and kicked him under the table.
"Your mom's name is Pamula like Poison Ivy's name shouldn;t she dress as her?" Tucker asks.
"Ew gross never, plus she doesn't dress up being my parents do not believe in Halloween." Sam says.
"What about you Danny?" Tucker asks.
"I was going to be cheesy and be a ghost, but than my parents would probably think I was actually one."
"But you are-ow Sam!" He yelled as she kicked him again.
"Shut up Tucker, we are in public!"
"I think I will be a Werewolf or Astronaut though."
"You are that every year Danny, maybe you should be Superman." Sam said.
"Ha! Danny as Superman that is classic!" Tucker laughed.
"Thanks Tucker." Danny said droll.
As they were walking to throw out the garbage they could hear some others talking about what their costume will be.
"I am going to be a cat!" Paulina cooed.
"I am going to be Danny Phantom!" Dash exclaimed striking a pose.
"I guess I am going as a Minnie Mouse." Star included.
"I am not sure, but I think I may go as Scientist." Kwan said.
"That is so nerdy though." Star frowned.
"Uh, I mean I am going as a Warlock."
"Hm, better."
Sam rolled her eyes wanting to punch Star as Dash spotted us the freak trio of Casper High.
"Hey Fenturd, I did not get to say hello yet today!" He yelled striding towards us.
"Hello Dash, now can you leave us alone?" Danny asked.
"Fat chance Fentina, now hello!" He yelled as he punched Danny in the gut as he acted to look hurt as he crumbled to the floor.
"Pick on someone who is as stupid as you Dash!" Sam yelled clenching her fists as he violet eyes narrow with anger.
"I am sorry, but I don't punch girls however, I do not see how you are a female." He mocked.
"Why you-"
"Sam stop let's just leave." Tucker said pulling on Sam's arm.
"Fine!" She said as they helped Danny up and left to go to class. The day seemed to go on as it normally does with Dash beating him up, and catching ghosts while leaving class and being late to class. Just as he was glad the day was over he realized he had detention with Lancer. He groaned as he stalked to detention adjusting his backpack stopping at the drinking fountain to take a sip then entered the classroom.
"How nice of you to join me Daniel."
"Yeah." He said bored while dropping his backpack down by a front desk taking a seat.
"Daniel, what happened with you? You used to be a student so eager to learn until around this time last year."
"I don't know am I supposed to be like Jazz?"
"No, all I am saying is that you used to have a spark in you that I have only seen once in while for students."
"Their is nothing going on Mr. Lancer."
"Oh, I disagree maybe I should call your parents."
"Why!"
"You are failing my class and many more, and you are always late to class."
"Hey, I try!"
"No you do not Daniel, do not lie to me."
"Fine, I will try harder in school."
"You said that last time."
"Yeah, well now I mean it."
"Mr. Fenton."
"What, Mr. Lancer?"
"I just think you could be anything you want, and I do not want to see your life go down just cause you did not try your hardest every grade matters."
"I know that."
"Do you really?"
"Yeah I do." Danny said looking out the group of windows watching the leaves fall one by one to the ground.
"Just to let you know I am always here for you to talk to."
"Thanks I….appreciate it."
"I hope so, and does your parents know you are staying late."
"Yeah, I texted them." Danny said knowing all well he texted he would be at Sam's with Tucker.
"Good, I guess I will give you less time being you talked with me."
"Really?"
"Yeah, you can leave in ten minutes, Mr. Fenton."
"...Thanks a lot!" Danny said as Lancer smiled a bit returning to his current book he is reading again, Fahrenheit 451. After another five minutes spent looks at the grey sky with flame color leaves blowing throughout as a couple homework assignments blew in the wind. Danny was caught off guard by his ghost sense coming through as a wisp of light blue.
"Oh no." He breathed under his breath. Hoping for the ghost to just be passing through he waited until he heard a scream from outside.
"Paradise Lost, Mr. Fenton wait here." Lancer commanded before leaving the room to check out the scream.
"Well, I guess it is now or never until Lancer comes back." He says raising from his seat changing to his alter ego flying out of the room.
"Here ghosty." He whistled before phasing outside seeing some ectopuses attacking a couple teens while Lancer yells at them to run away. Soon after he captures the ghosts he hears the Fenton assault vehicle screeching to a halt as his parents exit the weapons one wheels as his father points a normal ecto gun and his mother has the new blaster.
"Freeze, Ghostboy!" His mother yells.
He dodges a couple blasts until he flies to leave, but his mother's aim soon reaches him as he feels weakend. Before they can capture him he phases back to Lancer's classroom. Feeling weaker than ever he changes back in his seat just as Lancer comes through the door.
"Well, I guess the ghosts are takes care of. Chicken noodle Soup for the Soul, Mr. Fenton are you alright?" Lancer yells concerned seeing Danny paler than usual.
"Yeah, I guess." He replies.
"You are done for the day Daniel, go home to rest."
"Thanks Mr. Lancer." He says before leaving the building and returning home to fall asleep into a blissful rest.