Hey, all! Wrote this over November. I tried to make it as much like a real episode of the show as I could. Not related to any of my other stories.
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It was a typical Monday morning at Casper High School. First period was about to start and the halls were lined with students getting things out of their lockers and heading off towards their classes.
"Ah, morning," Mr. Lancer said as he strolled down the halls, "My favourite time of the day," it had been a good morning for him so far. The morning paper, a hot mug of coffee, his lessons all planned out, and a look through How to Speak Hip for the Un-Hip before heading to work. It had been a good morning indeed. So far. Had Mr. Lancer possessed ghost powers or a Fenton gadget, he would have noticed the snickering ghost resembling a gym teacher in invisible form place the banana peel in the hall. Humming to himself with his eyes closed, Mr. Lancer did not see it as his right foot landed on it and slipped.
"The Three Musketeers!" he exclaimed as he stumbled down the hall, crashing into an empty wastebasket by the janitor. He fell in face-first, and it began tearing down the halls.
"Frankenstein!" students were either running away screaming or backed up against their lockers, laughing. Things were about to get worse. It so happened that Principal Ishiyama had recently had her office decorated with delicate and valuable family fortunes dating back centuries. She was admiring her decorations when the wastebasket slammed against the door, sending Mr. Lancer crashing through the glass and towards the heirlooms.
"A Tale of Two Cities!" he cried. He landed on the table, destroying a chest and several china pots. One that survived flew into the air and knocked down the small chandelier. As he got to his feet he noticed the principal's furious glare. He smiled weakly.
(He's a Phantom)
(Danny Phantom)
Yo, Danny Fenton, he was just fourteen
When his parents built a very strange machine
It was designed to view a world unseen
(He's gonna catch 'em all cuz he's Danny Phantom)
When it didn't quite work
His folks, they just quit
But then Danny took a look inside of it
There was a great big flash
Everything just changed
His molecules got all rearranged!
(Phantom, Phantom)
When he first woke up It was then that he knew what he had to do
He realized
He had snow white hair
And glowing green eyes
He could walk through walls,
Disappear, and fly!
He was much more unique than the other guy!
He had to stop all the ghosts
That were coming through
He's here to fight
For me and YOU!
(He's gonna catch 'em all cuz he's Danny Phantom)
(He's gonna catch 'em all cuz he's Danny Phantom)
Gonna catch them all cuz he's Danny Phantom
The Good ol' Days
"Mr. Lancer, this is inexcusable!" Principal Ishiyama was beside herself with fury. Janitors were taking out the last of her ruined decorations as she lectured her vice principal and English teacher.
"I didn't plant that banana peel there!" Mr. Lancer said in defence, "I certainly didn't intend to destroy your office! A student probably didn't remember to dispose of garbage in the garbagecan!"
"Which student then!?"
"I didn't see them!"
"Then you should pay more attention when in the halls! You're always going on about how much you play by the rules! Now why don't you enforce them!?"
"Now, see here!" Mr. Lancer rose to his feet, "I've been plenty hard on these kids concerning conduct in the hallways! One little accident does not…"
"Little? Do you have any idea what those heirlooms mean to me!? What were you doing, walking around with your eyes closed?" Mr. Lancer opened his mouth to protest, but quickly realised he had indeed been walking around with his eyes shut.
"Look," the principal sighed, "I'm sorry if I overreacted. But you know as well as I do that we've had strange problems going on around here and the school district's putting me under pressure. Just make sure not to let this sort of thing happen again, alright?"
"You have my word," Lancer smiled in relief. Neither of them saw the invisible gym teacher ghost on the ceiling, laughing to himself.
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"Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York…" Mr. Lancer read aloud to his third hour English class. It had been two days since the accident in Principal Ishiyama's office, and everything seemed to be going fine. Several of the students actually appeared interested by the passage he was reading from Richard III. The gym teacher ghost, still invisible, flew into the room silently. He entered the body of a student, whose eyes soon became red. Grinning, the overshadowed teen began readying spitballs of various sizes and pulled out a straw. He fired the first at the board. Mr. Lancer, ignoring it, went on. The second was fired, hitting the book. A third nipped Lancer's ear. They came faster and grew inside, landing all over the English teacher's face. He stumbled back and fell out the open doorway and onto the floor. He could hear the students laughing and, through the spitballs, see Principal Ishiyama standing over him, looking less than pleased.
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The next day, Mr. Lancer was patrolling the halls in the morning again, more alert than he had been on Monday. Principal Ishiyama was still upset over the office and the incident in the hall had only strengthened her animosity. He was not going to let a student get the better of him again. Unfortunately, the gym teacher ghost, safe and sound in an empty locker, had other ideas. He sent out a wave of green energy with his hand, touching Dash, Qwan, and several of their friends. They all gained michevious grins.
"Hey Lancer!" Qwan called as Mr. Lancer walked by, "Is that your head, or did you get in an accident and need a bowling ball to replace your skull?" despite the mediocrity of the joke, Dash and the other jocks cracked up laughing.
"Now see here, Qwan…" Lancer marched over.
"We'll 'see here' when you catch us!" they took off, laughing like first graders who'd just pulled an amusing little prank.
"Come back here!" Lancer took off after them, moving surprisingly fast for a man in his shape. The jocks had a rope made from the remnants of shoelaces from the kids they had bullied ready. Lancer felt his feet catch on the rope and his body fly to the ground…right by the feet of Principal Ishiyama.
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On Friday it was Lancer's turn for lunch duty. Given the past events of the week, he was understandably cautious and stricter than need be. All these strange accidents were happening to him and him alone. Of course it was most likely mere coincidence. Still, it wouldn't hurt to keep a closer eye than usual open.
"Keep that food in your mouth!" he shouted at a junior nearby, who had accidentally let some of his mashed potatoes and gravy fall off his spork and onto the floor. The gym teacher ghost, invisible as always, flew up from the floor and overshadowed the boy's body.
"Food war on Lancer!" he shouted. Flinging his mashed potatoes at the vice-principal. The rest of the students, inspired by this move, began flinging their own food everywhere. Eventually, it became so great Lancer had to retreat from the cafeteria, holding the doors closed behind him. But something caught his eye. The gym teacher ghost had flown out of the cafeteria further down the hall, no longer invisible. Lancer looked closer at him. This had to be a hallucination. He was working too hard. But aside from the green skin, there was something familiar about this figure. The moustache, the red cap, the matching shirt…and then it hit him. No…it couldn't be…but it was!
"A Christmas Carol!" forgetting the chaos behind the cafeteria doors, he took off after the figure, who had flown down the halls after hearing Lancer's voice. Lancer was hardly aware of the person he ran into while chasing after the ghost. It was only after he realised that the spirit had vanished that he turned around to see whom he had knocked to the floor. It was Principal Ishiyama, who looked furious.
"Need some help getting up?" Lancer smiled weakly; judging by the lack of change in her expression, it was the wrong thing to say.
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And if any of you are still wondering about my DP/HP crossover; I have worked out some story issues and the next chapter will come soon!