The winner of the poll is here!
This fanfic was requested way back when and I think it was my first request. So firstly, I'm so sorry it took so long to write. I have so many stories going at once that I've actually told myself to finish the ones I'm doing before taking new stories on. But… yeah, I doubt that will last long.
Anyway… this is based during the third season of Danny Phantom, so Danny has his ice powers but no one but Team Phantom knows his secret. Randy Cunningham… hm, well I couldn't really figure out when I wanted to base this so Julian hasn't gone to the dark side wearing white. So your choice whether it's before the power ball thing or after. The Norrisville Goth doesn't feature but he is mentioned in passing.
I don't own Danny Phantom or Randy Cunningham 9thgrade ninja.
So I hope you enjoy the story after such a long wait…
Danny huffed a tuft of black hair out of his eyes. Sam glanced at him.
"You're still sulking aren't you?" she smirked.
"No! I just don't see why our entire class has to come to cheer on the team. Amity Park needs Phantom. And Valerie can't cover for me since she's here. You know my dad can't hit anything," Danny muttered.
"But your mom can," Tucker interjected softly, looking up from his PDA and leaning forward into the conversation. Danny bobbed his head.
"Alright, yeah. But that's one decent ghost hunter in the most haunted town in America. That's not enough," Danny retorted.
"Ah Danny, it's just a day. Stop worrying so much," Sam assured the teen, and glanced out of the school bus window.
"Is this Norrisville Tuck?" Sam asked, nodding to the town the bus had entered. Tucker shuffled closer to the window, having the two seats behind Sam and Danny all to himself.
"Looks like it. There's the mountain, Mount Chuck. And hey look! McFist Industries pyramid! Oh man, I wish-" Tucker exclaimed.
"Don't finish that sentence!" Danny interjected quickly. Tucker clamped a hand over his mouth and turned to Danny.
"Sorry dude, I forgot for a sec about Desiree. I mean it's such a normal thing to say," Tucker apologised. Danny nodded slowly.
"I get it Tuck. Just… I don't want to give any ghosts any ideas or openings to attack here. We're so far away from Amity Park that if Phantom had to deal with anything it could seriously endanger my secret," Danny replied softly. Tucker and Sam nodded in understanding.
"Now listen up people! When we get to Norrisville High, I want you to behave and get off the bus in an orderly fashion! Any pushing or shoving will be rewarded with detention!" Mr Lancer called from the front. Danny sighed.
"As long as you're not on the team," he added softly. His friends sighed and agreed. It was well known that the jocks in Casper High were immune to punishment for any wrong doing they did. Up to and including bullying, food fights and the occasional skipped class. Homework was optional as long as their average grade was above Ds.
A few minutes later, the bus trundled to a stop. The doors opened and the students began to file off. They stood outside a large angular white building. There was a crowd and a stage on the lawn outside.
"Casper High! Welcome!" a slight man with glasses and a squeaky voice called through a microphone. Then a man with an impressive blonde moustache and a mechanical hand pushed the man out of the way.
"Yes yes, Principal Slimovitz. Thank you for the kind introduction. I am proud to announce that Norrisville High and Casper High are the first schools to avail of the McFist School Network. This enables easy student transfers and an internal championship in sports such as football, soccer, basketball and the like," the man announced and paused to grin at the applause.
The Casper High students made their way closer and Mr Lancer went up on the stage to stand next Principal Slimovitz. Danny sighed and folded his arms.
"Who is this guy?" he asked no one in particular disinterestedly.
"Dude! He's Hannibal McFist! His company is one of the foremost companies in designing technology!" Tucker exclaimed, appalled that his friend hadn't known that.
"Okay, so why's he here for this?" Sam inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Guys, he does tons of stuff like this. He's a philanthropist and he's into tons of stuff. Whoopee World. Sweets. He funds this school! He has robots that manage the town's cleaning," Tucker listed. Danny frowned.
"How come I've never heard of him then?" Danny challenged curiously. Tucker shrugged.
"He doesn't do much of that stuff outside of Norrisville. He beta tests his tech here too so there's a ton of stuff you can only get here that never makes it to the wider market. But the stuff that is released outside this town… Man, it's some sweet stuff," Tucker answered with a distant longing expression. Sam smirked.
"You're gonna sneak off to go shopping aren't you?" she remarked softly.
"You can come too," Tucker offered. Danny and Sam laughed.
They politely applauded when the crowd started to clap as Mr Lancer shook hands with McFist.
"Well! We're going to head inside to the cafeteria for a buffet lunch provided by Mr McFist!" Principal Slimovitz began, interrupted by rowdy cheers. The teacher smirked.
"We'll have something to eat and then we'll have our basketball game in an hour," Principal Slimovitz resumed.
"Basketball?" Danny repeated.
"Yeah, it's a basketball match we're playing," Sam confirmed.
"You'd think our substitute mascot would know that," Tucker teased. Danny scowled.
"I can't believe you talked me into that in the first place. And I really can't believe that once you agree you are forever pinned with that job!" Danny complained.
Suddenly the earth shook.
"Woah!" Sam exclaimed as she nearly fell over.
"Tuck, is Norrisville on a fault line?" Danny asked worriedly, knowing already that it hadn't been an earthquake. Tucker shook his head.
"The mountain is a manmade volcano. No fault line," Tucker affirmed.
"Manmade? How can a volcano be manmade?" Sam muttered. Tucker frowned.
"I don't know! I'm not a tour guide. I just know about McFist Industries," Tucker hissed. Then a massive robot that towered over the school emerged from a nearby street. It was vaguely humanoid with large, thick legs and arms armed with a multitude of weapons.
Danny gasped and glanced around to find a hiding place.
"Now everyone, remain calm and-run!" Principal Slimovitz called through the microphone before screaming and jumping off the stage. The crowd began to scatter, the Casper High students running towards the school after the local kids. Danny scanned the area and bit his lip. He didn't know this place. He didn't know how many security cameras were around or where the good hiding places were. He couldn't use the old, "I was in the bathroom" excuse because he had just arrived. Danny Phantom couldn't just turn up without a reason either. But fortunately, his dilemma was solved as a teen in black and red clothes and a mask jumped off the school roof with a flip and unsheathed a sword.
"Ninja sword!" the ninja exclaimed and slashed the sword against the metal skin of the robot. A resounding clang echoed over the school grounds. The ninja cried out in pain and dropped his sword, shaking his hand.
"Ow! Ow ow ow," the ninja moaned. While he was distracted, the robot grabbed the ninja and threw him in to a car.
"My car! Not again," Principal Slimovitz yelled from his hiding place. Danny, Sam and Tucker exchanged looks. The ninja got to his feet and flipped away from the wrecked car and sprinted towards the robot.
"Ninja sprint!" the ninja shouted.
"I'm sorry, but a ninja that shouts all the time," Danny pointed out to his friends.
"Yeah, and he looks like an amateur too. I mean, getting caught like that," Sam added.
"Hey! That's the Norrisville Ninja you're dissing!" a short boy with red hair growled.
"Alright, still doesn't mean he isn't sucking in this fight," Danny retorted. The boy scowled angrily.
"I'd like to see you guys do better!" the boy challenged. Danny glanced at the boy before turning to Tucker.
"Reckon you could show them how to deal with a robot?" Danny inquired. Tucker grinned and pulled out his PDA.
Minutes later, the ninja was clearly running out of ideas and chucking anything he could think of at the robot. Bee balls, cold balls, sai. Everything but nothing made a dent. Tucker tapped on his PDA and then with a triumphant smirk, clicked the final button. The robot slumped where it stood.
"Huh?! I mean… I wore you out robot! Don't mess with the ninja!" the ninja goaded quickly. He grabbed his sword and struck a pose and took out a ball from his belt.
"Fear not students! The robot has been dealt with. Smoke bomb!" the ninja announced, dropping the ball and disappearing in a cloud of red smoke. Danny snorted. Tucker shoved his PDA in his pocket.
"You were saying?" he taunted, the red head boy gaping at the techno geek.
"How?" he began. Tucker grinned. Danny scanned the school and cringed. A large wing of the school was destroyed and the lawn was pock-marked with craters leftover from the fight.
"Wow. That's a lot of damage," Sam muttered, thinking the same as Danny.
"Hey! It trashed our bus too," Tucker pointed out.
"Man, that ninja doesn't know how to contain a fight," Danny mumbled with a shake of his head.
Any guesses who the Norrisville boy talking with the Phantom trio was?
And yes, the comment about signing up as a mascot is referencing What You Want when Danny was mascot for a game but had to leave because of a ghost.
In this fanfic, Danny is a lot more experienced than Randy is so the halfa does know what he's talking about.
Let me know what you think of the first chapter.
Until the next chapter.