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Death be not the ReaperChapter 1
Danny, Sam, and Tucker trudged along their usual path to school. It had already been a hard day for each of them and none of them were in any kind of a good mood. Tucker's dad had yelled at him early that morning for hacking into his computer again, Sam's mother had tried to convince her to wear pink for a change, and Danny's father had talked all morning about nothing else but tearing the ghost boy apart molecule by molecule. So, all in all it was a fairly bad day.
"So, anything new going on at your end, Danny?" Sam asked, trying to break the silence before she went crazy.
Danny looked up at her with almost no emotion showing.
"No, not really. Just my dad ranting about the ghost boy again." Danny said, finally allowing himself to join into the conversation.
Sam was going to continue talking, but she stopped when she heard a sound coming from around the corner. As the group listened closer, they heard a trashcan being knocked over and a girl screaming for help. They ran around the corner as fast as they could.
Paulina was thrown up against the wall by a shadowy figure. He held her mouth closed and began to pull up her shirt.
Danny pushed the other two back and held out his hands.
"I'm going gho…" Was all he could get out before another shadowy figure approached the first from behind and slammed him with a pipe. The man went down, releasing his grip on Paulina, who quickly straightened herself and ran in the direction of her house.
Danny glanced back quickly to make sure she was alright, then looked to the person who had just saved her. The figure dropped the pipe, then began to approach the group. As he stepped closer, Danny dropped himself into a quick fighting stance.
"Whoa, there. I ain't gonna hurt ya." The person said as he stepped into the light. He was a fairly good height, around Danny's height. He had scraggly black hair and strangely red eyes.
"Who are you?" Danny asked, relaxing a little.
"The name's Jim. Jim Repoire. Nice to meet you." He said, extending his hand. Suddenly, the man who had attacked Paulina got up and rushed at the group. Before Danny could spring into action, Jim reached into his pocket, pulled something out, and decked the man in the face. The man fell to the ground holding his face, spitting blood.
"Holy shit!" Sam said, amazed that Jim had taken the man down with a single punch.
"Nah. It's not that amazing." Jim said, extending his hand again. This time to show the brass knuckles he had put on before the punch.
"I always keep these handy just in case. I get in a lot of fights."
"That's understandable." Danny said.
"So, where are you heading" Tucker said, finally getting a word in.
"Well, I just moved in down the street and this is my first day of school. Could you help me find it? I'm a little lost."
"No problem, you can follow us. We're headed there now." Sam said, motioning down the road.
"Sweet." Jim said.
The group began to walk down the road to school. Sam noticed that during the entire walk, Jim didn't take his eyes off of her. It was as if he were somehow drawn to her. What was strange, was that Sam didn't feel shy or ask him what he was doing. It almost seemed like she understood exactly why he was staring, but couldn't explain it to her own mind.
Soon enough, Casper High came into view. All four of them were slightly relieved to see the school.
"So, what class do you have first?" Tucker asked Jim.
"I think I have English first with some guy named Lamer or something."
"Lancer. That means you have the same first period class as me." Danny said, smiling at Jim's mispronunciation of Lancer's name.
"Sweet! Looks like we're gonna be classmates!" Jim said, hanging his arm around Danny's neck as if they were already the best of friends.
"Well, well. Looks like Fenturn got another loser to hang out with." A voice said from behind the group. They turned to see Dash with his usual smug smile on his face.
"Wow! I'm surprised." Jim said, looking at Dash with awe.
"Why? What is it?" Danny asked, wondering what could be interesting about Dash.
"I seem to have stumbled upon the missing link in the evolutionary chain. Jockimus Stupidious." Jim said, laughing a little at his own joke.
The rest of the group burst into laughter. All except Dash. He wasn't a particularly bright person, but he knew when he was being made fun of.
Dash waited until Jim had turned his back and threw a punch for his head. But Jim had been expecting something like this and saw it coming a mile away. Jim spun and Dash was flung forward onto the ground. Jim took the opportunity and grabbed Dash's right arm, twisting it behind his back. Dash screamed in pain.
Danny, Sam, and Tucker were completely awestruck. In a single move, Jim had taken down one of the schools worst bullies.
"Now, what's your name?" Jim asked Dash, twisting his arm a little.
"It's Dash."
"Alright, Dash. This is the deal. If I ever catch you making fun of these three again, I will not only tear this arm off, but I'll break both your legs too."
"You're bluffing."
"Am I?" Jim asked, twisting Dash's arm even further behind his back.
"Alright, I give!" Dash screamed in pain.
Jim let go of Dash's arm and let him get up. Dash didn't dare say anything as he walked away holding his arm.
"Dude, how did you do that?" Tucker asked.
"I told you, I get in a lot of fights. I can't help it. Must be my charming personality."
Tucker was about to ask if Jim could teach him a few moves when the bell rang for first period.
"Come on. We're gonna be late if we don't hurry." Danny said as he took off for Lancer's class. Jim made sure to keep close to keep from getting lost.
As they entered the door to Lancer's class, Lancer turned to Danny.
"You're late Mr. Fenton. And who is this you've brought with you?"
"The name's Jim. Jim Repoire. I'm just starting today and I asked Danny if he could show me around. I sorta held him up. Sorry." Jim said before Danny could open his mouth.
"Well, seeing as it was a good deed that kept you from getting to class on time, I suppose I can let it slide…this time." Lancer said, motioning for the two to take their seats. Danny sat down in his normal seat while Jim took the seat right behind him.
"Thanks for covering for me." Danny said.
"No problem. I got your back." Jim said.
"Could you two please stop the side conversation and pay attention?" Lancer asked Danny and Jim.
"Blow it out your ass, Teach." Jim said.
"What was that, Mr. Repoire?"
"I said you've got a nice class here, Teach." Jim said, hiding a smile.
"I'm keeping my eye on you Mr.Repoire." Lancer said, turning back to the chalkboard.
End Chapter 1
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Author's Notes
I figured I'd get started on my DP fanfic. I've never done a fanfic for Danny Phantom, so the results should be interesting.