I do not own Danny Phantom in anyway it's all owned by Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon!
Chapter 1:
November 21st, Tuesday, 2:20 pm.
"Finally!" Danny yelled as he, Sam, and Tucker walked out of Casper High School.
Danny was excited to be able to start his five whole days of no Lancer, no Dash, no school, and especially no Dash!
If it weren't for the constant annoyance of Dash, the rest of the A-Listers, and Mr. Lancer's class Danny wouldn't even really mind school, especially since usually his school days get interrupted by ghost business.
"So what are you guys gonna do to celebrate Thanksgiving?" Tucker inquired.
Tucker and Danny were eager to start their five day break from school, directly contrasting Sam who was dreading it completely.
"Well my parents are forcing me to go with them upstate to spend "quality bonding time" with the rest of my rich family," Sam explained sounding annoyed. Sam hated how her parents flaunted their wealth whenever they got the chance.
Eager to stop thinking about her dreary Thanksgiving break, Sam quickly asked the same question right back to Tucker.
"Well tomorrow and Thursday I'm gonna hang out with my fam then on Black Friday i'm gonna camp out all night to get my new PDA!" Tucker explained with joy.
"So what about you Danny?" Both Sam Tucker asked at the same time giving each other a slight glance then looking back to Danny.
"Oh I'm just probably gonna stay around town and ghost hunt. Thanksgiving isn't really my thing," Danny said remembering the time the Fenton's turkey had come to life and tried to eat them.
"Wow Danny do you like any holidays? First Christmas, then Valentine's Day, now Thanksgiving too? How could you hate all three?" Sam pestered Danny about his hate for Christmas and Valentine's Day every year and Danny wasn't eager for the addition of Thanksgiving to that list.
Danny had hated Christmas due to the constant bickering between his mom and dad over the existence of Santa Claus that dominated the household conversation for the fall months leading up until Christmas. He hated Valentine's Day because he was always alone on it and he hated seeing all the commercial lovey dovey items stores began to carry all over.
"It's just king of boring for me since my parents are either bickering about something dumb or working on ghost stuff. Plus none of our family lives close enough to meet up." Danny explained with a hint of annoyance and then sadness.
"Hopefully my ghost duties will keep me busy over the break though." Danny couldn't believe he had just wished for ghost activity.
"There probably won't even be any ghost attacks though," Tucker exclaimed "Ghosts can celebrate Thanksgiving too right?"
Just then the trio heard a huge explosion just a couple blocks down from where they were walking.
Tucker and Sam stood in front of Danny acting as a barrier so he could go ghost without anyone noticing.
Danny uttered his signature catchphrase and transformed from the raven-haired Danny Fenton, to the snow-white haired Danny Phantom.
He quickly took off and flew ahead to investigate the source of the explosion. He was unpleased to find out the explosion was the direct result of Skulker, the Ghost Zone's resident hunter.
Skulker was blowing up whatever was in his path. As soon as he noticed Danny out of the corner of his eye a small smirk creeped on his metallic face.
"Ah yes just what I needed, a whelp to take my frustrations out on!" Skulker yelled towards Danny. Skulker shot a couple blasts of ecto energy towards Danny and he effortlessly dodged them.
"Ah the Ghost Zone's resident loser! To what do I owe the (mis)pleasure?" Danny asked mockingly. Danny learned from years of reading Spider-Man comics to use humor and quips as a way to mask his fear during battle.
This only caused Skulker to become more enraged and he fired more and more blasts towards Danny. Danny again dodged the blasts bobbing and weaving all over the place. Skulker then readied up a rocket aimed right at Danny. Danny was too quick though and turned intangible right before the rocket could hit him. But all of that caused him to be caught off guard and found himself entangled in a ghost net.
Unable to free himself Danny was forced to listen to the ghostly hunter gloat.
"FINALLY! I've got you whelp, now I'll finally have your pelt." Skulker taunted.
Needing to stall for time Danny decided to get to the bottom of why Skulker was so pissed off in the first place.
"Hold on you're not even gonna explain your evil plan or your motivations now that you have me tied up? What kind of evil villain are you?" Danny said adding a sarcastic tone to his voice.
"Honestly, I hadn't even planned on this encounter but it was certainly an added bonus. Truth be told, I came to blow off steam. My girlfriend broke up with me because she said I was a "lousy hunter" and "couldn't catch a fly". But now that I've got your pelt I can win her back." Skulker explained.
A smile crept onto Danny's face thinking of the fact that Skulker, the block head standing in front of him, had a girlfriend in the first place. Danny couldn't control himself any longer and burst into laughter.
"HAHAHAHAH. You actually had a girlfriend?!" Danny was genuinely surprised and couldn't think of that situation seriously. Sure he knew ghosts could date, like Kitty and Johnny 13, but he couldn't fathom the idea that anyone would feel anything towards the metal brute in front of him.
"What is so funny about my dating life whelp?" Skulker asked with venom in his voice.
"So does she know you're actually a small green snot and that you're just a dude in a giant metal suit?" Danny asked mockingly.
With that Skulker became more enraged than ever and prepared the final blow charging his ecto ray towards Danny.
Just as Skulker was about to execute his prey, he had suddenly vanished from the spot he was floating.
Standing where he just had been, was Sam putting the lid back on the Fenton Thermos.
"Maybe a little quicker next time? I had to stall and listen to his stupid problems," Danny complained.
Sam pulled out a pocket knife and knelt down to cut Danny out of the net that had constrained him.
"Sorry I wanted to wait for Tucker but halfway through I decided I didn't want to be on this street until Christmas," Sam said sarcastically.
Just then Tucker came up panting, completely out of breath. Tucker wasn't very athletic since he was more of the nerdy type of guy.
He couldn't even speak because he had to catch his breath so badly.
Danny just smiled as he got up to join his friends and quietly laughed at his friend's quirks.
The three of them then continued on their way to their respective homes ready to begin their long weekend away from school and responsibilities.
Meanwhile deep in the Ghost Zone
Two ghostly spirits glided towards their destination.
"I can't believe that low life, no good, piece of..." The one began to say only to get cut off by the other.
"Hold on why are you so mad about this? I'm the one who's single now! Right before the holiday season too." The second said with a hint of sadness towards the end of her statement.
"Because I'm your best friend and anyone that hurts my best friend has got to answer to me!" The first explained with pride.
The second was thankful to have such a good friend that cared about her and her problems so much. She was lucky to have found such a great best friend.
"I appreciate it Kitty," Ember thanked. It still didn't really take away the sting from what had transpired just thirty minutes before.
Ember wasn't eager to spend another holiday season alone as she had always done. Granted she didn't expect it to be great she would much rather spend it with someone she cared about than by herself.
"If it makes you feel better you can come over to my place and we can hang out for the rest of the night?" Kitty said trying to cheer up her bff.
Ember felt lucky that she had Kitty to turn to but felt like she would rather just go home and be left alone for the rest of the night. So she declined her offer, said goodbye and peeled off the opposite direction to head back to her realm.
"Wow I can't believe he would go that far," Ember said outloud to herself on her way home. Sure what Ember said about him being a lousy hunter was rude but everyone else agreed. What Skulker had said back hurt ten times more, after she broke up with the tool he told her that he always hated her music and that she's a lousy artist.
Ember was so hurt she didn't even know what she could say to retort so she stormed off holding back tears. She couldn't believe he would say that. She also couldn't believe she almost cried over that jerk.
When she reached her realm, she went straight to her room, lied down on her bed and went to bed wishing that the days events were just a bad dream.
So that's the end of my first Chapter! I'm definitely no Shakespeare so go easy on me. It would be awesome if you left a review and tell me what you like/dislike. Every criticism, good or bad, helps! Until Next time!