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"Danny… Danny!" Sam whispered urgently, after noticing that Danny had started drifting off. Again. Mr. Lancer had already threatened detention if he caught Danny sleeping in class one more time. The dark rings around Danny's eyes showed Sam that he had not been getting a lot of sleep lately. The ghosts had decided that their best chance of their attacks succeeding was to attack more at night, so that Amity Park's main protector would be either unconscious or sleep deprived. This of course hadn't worked. Danny was just as good as ever, though it was starting to take a toll on him. The day attacks had continued as well, so with school, evading his parents, fighting off ghosts, and now sleepless nights, Danny was getting increasingly more run down.
"Thanks Sam," Danny whispered back, redoubling his efforts to stay awake. "Skulker and the Box Ghost thought it would be nice to pay me a visit last night. I've got to find a way to get more sleep."
"Well at least tomorrow is the last day of classes before spring break," Sam replied. Maybe Danny could get some more sleep then.
Danny was about to reply but mercifully the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day. Mr. Lancer tried to say something to the students but most of the class was already out the door. Sam quickly pulled Danny out of the room and the building to avoid Dash and the other A-listers. The last thing Danny needed today was to have to deal with them and their bullying. They met Tucker outside and started walking to Fenton Works.
"So what are the plans for next week?" Tucker asked cheerfully while looking through his PDA.
"I don't know about you guys, but I think I just want to sleep all week," Danny replied. Of course, that wouldn't be possible for him. What with his parents and the ghosts, but a guy could dream right?
"Didn't you promise to visit Frostbite soon? He's wanted you to visit the Far Frozen for a while now, hasn't he?" Sam reminded Danny. Frostbite and the other denizens of the Far Frozen where on very good terms with the trio and were always happy to have them as visitors.
"You're right Sam," Danny responded. "Next week is as good a time as any. Though we'll have to make sure my parents aren't home before we go." Danny's parents were still clueless to the fact that their youngest child and his friends were frequent visitors of the Ghost Zone.
"I call driving the Specter Speeder!" Tucker shouts. The other two groan, last time Tucker drove they nearly crashed on Skulker's Island. For someone who is supposed to be good with technology, Tucker sure was a bad driver
Sam and Danny spent the rest of the walk home trying to convince him to reconsider. When they reached the Fenton residence however, their plans for the following week came to a screeching halt. The elder Fentons had a visitor. A visitor that Danny was not particularly fond off.
"Daniel, so good to see you. Your parents and I were just talking about you."
The visitor was none other than Vlad Masters, Amity Park's other resident halfa, and current mayor. Danny just new that this did not bode well for him. Or for his spring break plans.
"Sweetie, Vlad here has generously offered to send you to a camp next week," Maddie told her son.
"Ghost Hunting Camp!" Jack added excitedly. The pair had always wanted their children to get more involved with their profession. Neither of the Fenton children ever appeared to show any interest though. At least that's how it appeared. Both Jazz and Danny were very involved, the latter more so than the former.
Danny tried to stifle the rising panic that he was beginning to feel. Vlad had to be up to something and his plots never went well for Danny. Vlad's obsession with Maddie had led him to numerous attempts to get rid of Jack Fenton, leaving Danny to constantly stop him.
"Consider it a late birthday present, little badger," Vlad spoke silkily. Danny's parents nodded eagerly, conveniently ignoring the fact that it's been more than 4 months since he turned seventeen.
"I don't want to go to any camp. You know that I have no interest in ghost hunting. Besides, I already have plans with Sam and Tucker," Danny tried to argue.
"Nonsense, Danny. Vladdie has already paid for everything, including the flights and a ride to the airport," Jack responded.
"You're going Danny. It would be very rude to reject such a generous gift. The camp even has a tutoring service. You know you need to bring up those grades young man," Danny's mom said sternly. It was then that Danny realized that he was stuck. No amount of arguing would convince his parents. Danny couldn't even explain his real reasons for not going because then it could expose his secret.
Vlad smiled, knowing that he's got Danny cornered. "I have arranged for a car to pick you up tomorrow at 4 o'clock. You don't need to pack more than a small backpack. Everything will be provided at camp."
Danny started heading up stairs to his room, Sam and Tucker following close behind.
"Cheer up Daniel. You're going to have lots of fun at Camp Spook Away," Danny heard Vlad say. He sent him one last glare before continuing up the stairs. The trio settled in Danny's room before beginning to plan.
"What do you think he's up to this time? You don't think it's another plot to kill your dad and marry your mom, do you?" Sam asked the other two.
"Nah, he's not due for another attempt for a couple more weeks," Danny responded. Vlad was nothing if not predictable. Usually at least. This recent development was unusually unexpected.
"Well according to the city calendar, the mayoral re-elections are next week. Maybe he's trying to keep you away from that?" Tucker said while scrolling through his PDA.
"But I can't really do anything to affect that, can I? I mean I can't even vote yet," Danny sulked. He flopped on his bed face down. His exhaustion now not only physical but mental as well.
"Well, you definitely need to make sure you prepare for anything. I highly doubt this 'Camp Spook Away' even exists," Sam told Danny.
"It doesn't. I can't find anything online about it," Tucker responded, barely looking up from his PDA.
"And my parents just take Vlad's word for it," Danny mumbled into his pillow. He started drifting off to sleep. Sam and Tucker stuck around for another half an hour, before leaving to let their ghostly friend catch up on some sleep. Though they were also trying to evade Danny's mom's cooking. Neither was brave enough to try the Fenton matriarch's food.
After a surprising full night of sleep, Danny's last day of school before break went by in a blur. With only a short visit by the Box Ghost, the day was mostly ghost free. The other students were rowdy, anxiously anticipating a week without school. The teachers, as a result, mostly had movie days, knowing that the students wouldn't be paying much attention anyway. Mr. Lancer of course was the exception, having his students continue analyzing The Great Gatsby.
With only a half hour before he was set to leave, Danny was double checking that he packed the Fenton Thermos and his other supplies into his backpack.
"So I heard about this camp they are sending you to," Jazz said from Danny's doorway. She hadn't been home when Danny learned the news yesterday. "Any idea what's actually going on?"
"No idea. Tucker thinks it might have something to do with next week's mayoral re-election. I can't really do anything to affect that anyway," Danny responded without looking up.
"That makes sense. Vlad probably doesn't want to take any chances. Just try to come back in one-piece. You always seem get into trouble," she said, worried about Danny.
"To be fair, trouble usually finds me," Danny told her with a half-smile.
"Just be careful little brother," Jazz said before heading back to her room.
"Danny! Your ride is here! You don't want to miss your flight!" His mom called up the stairs.
"Yes, yes I do want to miss this flight," Danny mumbled under his breath. He slung his backpack over his shoulder and headed down stairs.
"Have fun sweetie!" Maddie called out waving as Danny opened the door to the black SUV that was waiting for him outside. Danny waved back half-heartedly before getting inside and closing the door. There was an envelope on the seat next to him with Daniel neatly written on it.
He opened it expecting a letter but a puff of green smoke came out instead. Before he got a chance to investigate or even wonder what the smoke was, Danny was out like a light.
When he woke up he realized that he was not in the car anymore. Instead, he was laying on the ground in a densely forested area. There was a pack of camping gear on one side of him and another bag with some food and water on the other. There was no one and nothing other than trees and foliage.
Danny stood to try to better orient himself. The first thing that he noticed was that his backpack was gone, which meant so was his ghost hunting gear. The next thing he noticed was that there was a strange bracelet on his left wrist with the DALV insignia on it. He tried to take it off to inspect it further, but it wouldn't budge. He tried to go intangible to take it off, but that brought his next problem to his attention. His intangibility wasn't working. He tried to turn invisible and then go ghost but it was no use. His powers where not working.
"Well crap," Danny said, realizing that he was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Hi to whoever has taken the time to read this. Hopefully you've enjoyed what you have read so far. I'm not the best writer, more of a reader to be honest. But I've been toying around with this idea for about a year now and decided to finally try to write as a form of procrastination. I know that not too much has happened so far but I hope to write more soon. Let me know what you think :)