Hey! I'm Rainstorm and this is my first story. It's actually the first fanfic I've ever written, so I hope it's ok.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Danny Phantom or any of the characters associated with him, except for the ones I have made up, like Veclussier or Charlotte Renton.
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"I can't believe it! It's the first day of summer!" Danny Fenton shouted.
Danny was an average teenage boy. He had black hair and blue eyes, and went to the local High School, Casper High. He had two good friends, Samantha Manson and Tucker Foley, who were always there with him.
He was average, all right, except for one thing…after an accident in his parent's lab, he was half ghost. He then dedicated his life to fighting ghosts and putting them back in the Ghost Zone, where they belonged.
"WOO-HOO! No more Mr. Lancer!" Tucker said, jumping with excitement.
"Until next year," Sam added.
"I don't care! We're going to have fun from now on!" Danny said, definitely in good spirits.
"Until a ghost comes along," Sam added again sarcastically.
Danny suddenly changed his tone. "Why are you so glum all of a sudden? I mean, you're usually not bursting with joy, but I thought you'd be a little happy that it's summer."
"Oh, I'm -- watch out!" Sam cried.
All of a sudden, Danny felt someone shove him from behind. He fell flat on his face, landing in mud. He lifted his head to see who had done it, but he already knew.
"Look, it's the loser!" Dash exclaimed, accompanied by his friend Kwan, who doubled over laughing. "Loser! Hahaha!"
"Oh, yeah?" Sam said. And before he could do anything else, Sam punched him hard in the stomach. He fell over into a puddle of mud, getting brown splotches on the red and white jacket he always wore.
"Who's the loser now?" Sam said, a smirk on her face. "Getting beat up by a girl. Haha." Danny and Tucker were doubled over laughing.
Dash and his friend, Kwan, looked at each other with utter surprise on their faces. Dash got up and tried in vain to brush the dirt of his jacket, but no use. "I'll get you later, Fenton!" Dash said, running the other way.
"It was about time someone put him in his place," Tucker said. "That was so cool. Why didn't I think of that?"
"I dunno, but it was long overdue." Sam then suddenly seemed to realize for the first time that day that it was summer vacation. "Let's go over to the Nasty Burger, shall we?" she said, still smirking because Dash was beaten up by a girl.
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"It's the Fenton Ghost Detector," Jack Fenton said, proudly holding up a new invention. "Look, isn't it great?"
Jazz rolled her eyes, obviously extremely annoyed with her father. Danny just didn't want to find out what it did. But, of course, Jack told them anyway.
"You see, some ghosts are invisible – or can turn invisible. With this new invention, however, I can scan anything: a room, a place, a yard – and it will tell me all the ghosts in that place. Plus, it'll come up with an image of the ghost. Here, I'll show you how it works."
"Oh, I really have to go get some homework done --" Danny started.
"Now Danny, your father and I have been working on this invention for a long time. The least you can do is sit and watch us try it out." Maddie Fenton put her hands on her hips.
Danny still couldn't figure out why his parents hadn't found out he was part ghost yet. He thought it was pretty obvious. Every time they tried a new invention, it was always pointing to him. "Oh well," he thought. "Here goes."
"Here goes!" Jack said, pressing a red button.
A red laser scanned the room for a couple seconds. Then it proclaimed in a mechanical voice, "One Ghost in Room." He pressed another button. The machine beeped.
"A ghost! Quick, grab the equipment --" Maddie said.
Danny stepped around and looked over his father's shoulder, where he could see the image of the ghost. A very accurate picture of the Box Ghost was on the screen. He was then able to sneak out of the kitchen.
Danny sighed in relief. Their machine obviously needed a little tweaking. He didn't bother to catch the Box Ghost; there was no need, he never caused much harm anyway.
"We've got a ghost on the loose!" Jack proclaimed excitedly. "Come on, Maddie – we'll catch it this time!" They ran from the room, equipped with some inventions, leaving Jazz and Danny alone.
"There they go, talking about that nonsense again," Jazz said. She then muttered something under her breath and walked out of the kitchen.
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It was a couple days after the last day of school. Sam, Tucker, and Danny were living it up, happy to be free from the evil clutches of school. Even Jazz, being very studious, seemed much happier.
It was a beautiful summer day. Sam, Tucker, and Danny were heading out the door to hang out and get some ice cream, and then maybe go to Sam's house to watch a movie. They were halfway to the ice cream shop when Danny stopped in his tracks. A blue wisp of smoke came from his mouth.
"Hey guys, I sense a ghost…" was all he could say before he saw the Box Ghost smiling, holding a FedEx box.
"Oh man, can't I have better ways to waste my time?" he said, going ghost and pulling out the Fenton Thermos.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST! ONCE I HAVE THIS BOX IN MY HANDS, I WILL RULE --"
"Yeah, whatever," he said as though it was no big deal that the Box Ghost was floating in front of him, brandishing a FedEx box. He opened the Fenton Thermos and sucked the annoying ghost inside. "He never gives up, does he?" Danny said, yawning.
Then the FedEx box caught his eye, which the ghost had dropped before being sucked into the Fenton Thermos.
It was addressed to someone named Charlotte Renton, who lived on 51 Main Street – only a couple blocks from where they were right then.
"Should we return it?" Danny asked, shaking the box a little as if trying to guess what was inside.
"I guess so," Sam said. "Besides," she said, looking at the box, "it's only two blocks from here."
Danny started floating out of the alleyway, the box in his hands.
"Uh, Danny?" Tucker said. "You should probably turn back human, unless you want to give the poor girl a heart attack."