The Lighthouse
By: Prouddrakester
Summary: During the American Revolutionary War from 1775-1783, the British soldiers would go to a local Lighthouse in Amity Park and hang people from its rocks and into the ocean. Now as time went by, people have said that there are paranormal activities going on in that lighthouse such as furniture are constantly moving and someone has mysteriously poisoned a lighthouse keeper's drinks once. Danny, Tucker, and Sam has been dared by Dash to spend twenty-four hours in the lighthouse and come back with results. Only problem is that they cannot have food or drinks in that lighthouse in fear of getting poisoned as well and that they cannot leave before the 24 hours are up. Will they survive? Find out when you read, "The Lighthouse". Slight DXS
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the plot.
It is a splendid Friday in Amity Park. The sun was shining. The adults were at work. And the kids were at school. Speaking of school, there are three teenager in particular who were just finishing up a huge math test before the school bell rings for lunch time in a local high school named, Casper High.
"I got to finish up this test!" A young boy with jet black hair thought. "I have to finish up this test so I can make it on time and receive good food!"
The boy's name is Daniel Fenton but he would like to be called "Danny". He has jet black hair and crystal blue eyes. He is about fourteen years old and he attends to Casper High, where he is welcome with bullying by the jocks in his school. But fear not for he is not alone. He has two loyal best friends named Tucker Foley and Samantha Manson. Call her Sam, unless you have death wish.
As of right now, Danny is just randomly answering all of the questions on his math test as fast as he could, silently praying that he got them all right.
"Why couldn't I have gain a ghost power where I can just zap the right answer with just a point of my fingertips?" Danny thought, bitterly to himself.
Need more explanation? Thought so.
You see, Danny Fenton isn't just a normal, high school student. He isn't just another nerd that gets bullied by the popular kids at school. He is also a ghostly superhero named Danny Phantom. How is that possible, you may ask? Well, back in April 1, 2004 Danny Fenton was dared by his best friend, Sam Manson, to go into the recently built, ghost portal and check things out. Young Daniel was a little apprehensive at first however not wanting to look like wimp in front of his friends and his secret crush (not that he will ever admit that to himself), he put on a white and black hazmat suit and did as he was told. Everything was fine for the young and naïve teenage boy until he pressed a button, that was built inside of the portal, and a great, big flash washed over him, changing young Danny's life forever.
Now whenever Danny went ghost, his blue eyes changed into an electric green. His jet black hair changed into a snow-white. And his white and black hazmat suit transformed into black and white. Danny now has the ability to disappear from one's sight, walk through solid object without a problem, shoot green ectoblast from his hand, and shoot ice from his eyes. He also has a great scream that can destroy a whole area at once. Danny has the ability to destroy the world in his hand but he choose to use his powers to save the world by getting rid of the evil invaders from it. But of course, like any superhero there are those who cannot see it.
"Is it B or C? No, it's got to be a C." Danny thought as he marked the last question his test. Feeling relieved and worried at the same time, he got up and hand in the test to his math teacher.
He turned around to see Tucker, the techno geek, on his PDA and Sam is reading a book. He smiled softly to himself as he plopped back down on his seat. Just then, the school bell rings telling all of the school kids that it is, lunch time. Danny and Tucker got up as fast as they can and ran to the cafeteria to be the first few in line with their friend, Sam trailing behind with her bag lunch.
"I'll find us our table. You guys do what you need to do." Sam said, before heading off to find their usual lunch table. In the corner, by one of the windows in the cafeteria.
Danny and Tucker paid no mind to her however, as they were focus on the kind of meal that were handed to them. A big slice of pizza and a slice of chocolate cake. After they paid for their meals, the two best friends went ahead and sat down next to their other best friend.
"So how'd you guys think of that test?" Danny asked curious to know how his friends did on that math test that he most likely failed. This is good because sometimes he lets Tucker and Sam go ghost hunting with him and if their grades were dropped then that would be a good sign to leave them alone and go ghost hunting alone until their grades are brought up.
"That test was easy! I probably aced that with flying colors." Tucker exclaimed as he took a huge bite of his pizza.
"I probably aced it too but I give it a rate 8 on a scale from one to ten." Sam said before she took another bite of her salad.
The halfa smiled at this as he proceeded to eat his lunch as well. The three best friend ate their lunch in silence until they heard the A-list's conversation as they walked by them.
The A-List is a huge popular group in their school. The group mostly consists of cheerleader and jocks that participates in most of Casper High's event. They rule the school. They are the ones that most people look up to and want to be like. They are the ones that put other people down. Danny, Tucker, and Sam are unfortunately one of the many people, this particular group go after for even though, they don't want anything to do with them...well, Sam doesn't. Danny and Tucker however, dreams of a life being one of them. One of the few relevant people from this group are: Dash Baxter, who is the captain of the football team; Kwan, his best friend; Paulina Sanchez, leader of the cheerleading team; and Starr, who is considered as Paulina's shadow.
"I'm telling you that it is true! My cousin literally did go to that lighthouse and never came back! Why won't you believe me?" Paulina asked her friends, who seems to not believe her story.
"Oh I believe you, Paulina. I mean who wouldn't with the reputation that freaky lighthouse at the beach has?" Dash said, remembering the story that his father once told him when he was seven or eight years old.
This caught Danny's attention, of course. What about the 'freaky' lighthouse at the beach? Being a superhero, he has to be concern about anything that is freaky, unnatural, or paranormal.
"So why are you guys looking at me as if I should be in a mental hospital?" Paulina questioned her friends again as she stared at them with a raised eyebrow.
"Nevermind that. So what else happened while your cousin was at that lighthouse?" Dash asked Paulina.
"Well, he went into the lighthouse on last Monday night and he was supposed to come back on Tuesday morning. But he has called me, during the middle of the the night, saying that weird stuff was going on in the lighthouse and then the line went dead, just like that." Paulina explained her situation as she snapped her fingers.
"Whoa," The crowd responded to the story and murmured to themselves, concerning the lighthouse.
Danny was making up his decision to either intrude the conversation or not. If he intrude, he probably might get bullied now by Dash and the rest of the football team but he might get the story that he wants so he can save some people. If he doesn't intrude, he can get bullied later and worse, not save anybody. So he decided to go with option A.
He got up and was about to go to the A-listers, when Sam called out on him. "Danny, what are you doing?" She asked.
"My job." He responded before he cautiously walked up to his tormentors and his crush. He tapped on Paulina's shoulder.
"What are you doing here, loser?" She asked in a snobbish manner.
Danny tried not to look offended by that and asked, "Paulina, I hate to intrude but I overheard your conversation and I was wondering, what is the big deal with this lighthouse thing?"
"Well, will you look at this? Fenturd here is stalking us!" Dash exclaimed, obnoxiously with his "friends" laughing at his "joke".
"Yeah, so, Paulina?" Danny asked, looking desperately at the girl that he has lusted for since the second grade.
"Well considering you care, I'm going to tell you. So you know the lighthouse at Amity Park's beach, right?" Paulina asked, pausing to watch the young halfa nod his head. "So, there has been rumors that some British soldiers were hanging a bunch of people from its rocks during the American Revolutionary War. As years since the American Revolutionary War has ended, there has been another rumor regarding the lighthouse. They say that it is being haunted by ghost. And not the kind of ghost you see Danny Phantom fight everyday. These ghosts are legitimately, much more freakier than any of Danny Phantom's enemies. I heard one time that a lighthouse keeper was at his office and one of the ghosts from that house poured mercury in his water bottle which, put him into his grave. And just a few days ago, my cousin, who visiting Amity Park for a week, visited that lighthouse and he called me saying that there were freaky stuff happening there and then line went dead, just like that. And nobody saw him ever again since that day." Paulina said, explaining her story all over again.
There was a moment of silence between the geek and the popular crowd. Danny, who is still letting this mysterious story sink in, jolted in fear when he heard Dash said, "Hey, I have an idea! Why don't YOU and your nerdy friends go to that lighthouse for a day and come back on Monday with results?"
"I-I don't..." Danny stammered but was interrupted by his bully.
"You don't get it, Fenturd, I DARE you to in there, twenty-four hours in that supposedly 'haunted' lighthouse with your friends. Which means you cannot back out. And if you do back out before twenty-four hours, then I will make sure you'd get a beating of a lifetime." Dash threatened to his target.
Danny, who was scared out of his wits, nodded nervously at the demand that Dash put on him. He was obviously scared of Dash, not the task.
Dash sneered at him and said, "Fine then. See you on Monday. And don't forget."
Danny watched as the entire clique walked by him with their noses stuck up in the air.
"Now how will I tell Tucker and Sam about this?" Danny wondered as he went back to his seat.
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