Okay so I lied when I said if you didn't review, I wouldn't upload the story. I just really wanted to upload this story. It's focusing on Dani more, so I understand if there are a bit of OCs involved here. But I think I like this old story. The plot line's interesting for the sequel which was originally going to be a short story. But I like this a lot more.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except my creative ideas at work here.
So afterwards I found myself going to Washington DC for the United Nations' Annual Winter Ball. The plane ride there was very interesting. Danny's black jet was very classy. It had room for everyone including Jake and Cassie (My best friend who was a girl.) But somehow despite my many voiced opinions to just sit with my friends ALONE, I ended up sitting next to Jake who was sitting across Danny and on the other side of me was Cassie. This was going to be extra pleasant because across from me was Valerie and Tucker and next to Danny was Sam as well.
Oh yeah this was great.
"So Jake, what's your favorite band?" Sam although was the only one who got along perfectly with Jake besides me and Cassie. Tucker was starting to get used to Jake as well as Valerie but Danny on the other hand looked at him like he did the first time still.
"Hard to say between Breaking Benjamin, MCR, Bringing the Horizon, Skillet, Flyleaf, Red, Pillar, Seether, Everyday Sunday, and Falling up." He nodded in response. I glanced at him to see that he was being honest.
"Good choices to be stuck between, though." Sam shrugged as she sat upwards and looked at Danny who was still studying Jake which made Jake very uncomfortable. Danny sighed as he followed Sam's eyes.
"Danny, don't give me that look. Behave. Dani can have whoever she wants to be a friend. And she couldn't be stuck with just us and your parents all weekend could she?" Sam sighed.
"Or be stuck with talking with the President's kids, or the Vice President's kids at the ball?" Tucker sighed with his face in his hands.
"Or be stuck without her friends all weekend? She was invited separately you have to remember that" Jazz entered the conversation. This was getting on my nerves because I could talk for myself.
"Uh Can me and my friends be excused from watching this conversation take place before I'm actually forced to take action while this plane is still flying?" I raised my voice, and Cassie was eyeing me nervously because I had an annoyed tone with each word. Meaning that I was pissed off and when that happened I was basically like the Marines in a tank.
"Or if I get mad enough? You guys are talking about us in front of us. Can you at least do it behind our backs?" Jake scoffed.
"Go ahead. We'll talk when we reach the airport" Sam waved us away and we took the next few seats in the back of the jet.
"This is cool you guys have to admit." Cassie I think was the only one excited about this little trip. It had been only just a month since the fight had happened. And since then, we (Jake and I. Other than Valerie, Sam, Jazz and my aunt and uncle everyone was against it.) decided to tell my secret to Cassie since I needed my only friend who was a girl with me that was my age because of the fact I wasn't going as Danielle Smith that was for sure.
My eyes made their way to my friend, Cassie whose tan skin looked flawless in the light. Her blue eyes were shining with excitement, as she flung a golden lock of her natural blond hair into place. She was really pretty, I didn't know why she wasn't popular. She always said that she'd rather hang out with Jake and I than to be at a party with a dumb jock which kinda made sense from the fact she was one of the smartest people in the school.
"So what's with the face?" Cassie saw my frustrated face.
"Danny, he's being impossible. I can't believe that he doesn't like you Jake" I scoffed as I turned to Jake.
"I know." He sighed with disappointment. It was a month ago that Jake and Danny met, you'd think that Danny would have learned to accept Jake by now.
"Maybe things will get better. I mean we are going to be spending a weekend as special guests in D.C!" Cassie squealed with delight.
"Yea, yay" Jake and I both tried to sound happy but it came out sarcastic as usual.
"Guys we're here!" Maddie's voice entered the atmosphere and we all rushed to our windows. There below us was the Washington Memorial, Lincoln statue, and the White House. Suddenly the White House was suddenly growing closer. It looked as if we were actually landing there.
"Dani change into a ghost. Jake, Cassie, here are your new names. Learn to love them." Danny came up to us and handed the two a piece of paper with names written on top. I nodded as I changed into Dani Phantom. I was ready as my eyes glowed a neon green.
"Kameron? Do I look like a Kameron to you?" Jake wasn't sure happy about his new name. In fact he hated the name Kameron which belonged to a jock at school who used to beat him up until I told Kameron that I would date him in freshmen year. It didn't turn out well was to say the least, only lasting a date.
"Just go with it!" Cassie whose new name was Rachel—a name that she always wanted slapped him on the back of the head.
"Guys here comes the President." Tucker hissed and we all stopped playing around as twenty secret servicemen came inside the jet. Along with the President of the United States of America.
"So Daniel and Danielle Phantom, it's an honor to have you both here at the White House for the weekend. Just remember that this is your home as well" The President smiled as we shook hands. "And that goes for all of you. Don't forget, we're here if you need anything." He turned to everyone else and then after a few nods he turned around and went outside.
"Nice," Jake whispered in my ear as we passed through the jet's doors and three secret servicemen.
"I know right?" I sighed as we were escorted into the building, the secret service knew well that Danny and I could handle ourselves, so they let up but there were still a couple secret service agents around. A woman with black hair and Korean features came up to us. She looked professional in her suit dress outfit and high heels.
"I'm Liz, your guide for the weekend at the White House. Nice to meet you guys. Well, let's get to your rooms." She smiled and went into deeper of the hallway. We followed uncertain. She led us to a closed oak door, turning around and opening it to face us.
"So Dani, Rachel, Sam, and Kameron are going to room together in this room" She read off a clipboard. Of course me and Jake blushed, I mean I've spent the night at Jake's before but this was a rooming thing and since the whole battle thing. Well, let me just say that things have been very uncomfortable when it comes to Jake and I.
"Uh I'm a guy" Jake was blushing and looking nervous from Danny's glares which said if you try anything with her I promise to kill you and leave it looking like an accident.
"Oh yes, then there'll be some changes to be made to this. Kameron will have to room with Danny and Tucker. So that makes enough room for the rest of the girls to be there although we could do separate rooms for Daniel and Danielle to room-" Danny and I both cut her off.
"No!" We still had the same taste when it came to rooming without friends, if they're there and it's an option, we'll drag them into the room if we have to. That's the Phantom way.
"Okay then, well it looks like Dani, Rachel, and Valerie will be right next to Sam and Jazz. There's a door in between rooms so will you be happy with that?" She raised a brow. WE all nodded eagerly.
"Okay then I'll be seeing you girls tonight at the hero's ball." She motioned for the boys to follow. Valerie smiled as she grabbed the key.
"Don't worry guys we'll have serious fun. Besides we've got to do a lot of serious pampering to do before the ball." She smiled in kind of scary way. I hated beauty, it must have been because of Danny being a guy and all, but I almost have to restrain myself from hissing at the sight of makeup. I sighed as we entered the room. Carpeted red floors with a shade of pink on the walls made me nearly gag. The beds were very fancy. Beautiful frame work that was indeed oak with red beddings. I grabbed the middle bed to feel just a lot better about not being alone. Valerie and Cassie were looking into the closet, and since they were both in there. So it made me curious of where they had gone.
"Guys? What's so exciting about-" The sight cut me off. I immediately regretted coming into the closet. There were dresses of all sizes and colors on one side with shoes on the floor. On the other side was a giant mirror with make-up by the shelf. It even had a shelf for hair products. Suddenly Valerie and Cassie were looking at me really scary for a tomboy. I started to back away as they motioned towards me.
"Come Dani, it'll be fun" Cassie said carefully.
"And it'll be really good for you." Valerie said in a knowing tone as they motioned towards me.
"I highly doubt that" I started for the door.
"You're not getting away that easily" Valerie pressed a button and they closed instantly. I felt trapped, but then I realized that I had ghost powers! Duh!
"I think that you're forgetting something very important." I phased through the closet door and ran into Sam's and Jazz's room. It wasn't that different from mine. I instantly hid behind Sam.
"They found the closet?" She turned around and I nodded.
"Yeah" I whispered.
"Ugh! Dani! How could we forget!" Valerie groaned as she opened the closet door. I winced and turned intangible as they came in. Except I wasn't expecting Valerie coming in with a few pieces of equipment. A ghost scanner and some rope that was laced with ghost shield essence. She placed the scanner in front of me and it beeped.
Crap.
"Ah Hah! Not getting away this time!" She threw the rope on me and I turned visible instantly. I shrieked as I fell down.
"This goes against the Geneva Convention! You know!" I screamed. "I know my rights! This is so unfair" I shouted as Valerie tied me to a chair and took me into the closet in one millisecond. Right in front of the mirror. Jazz sighed and rolled her eyes. Valerie was getting out the mascara ready to touch me. So I screamed really VERY LOUD.
"Dani I hardly doubt that-" Jazz was cut off by the door being broken down by 13 secret service agents, Danny, and Jake who was armed with a small plasma blaster.
"Uh…" Valerie was looking pretty dangerous and targeted at the sight of her holding the mascara brush.
"Dani!" Danny groaned with annoyance.
"I blame you!" I hissed at him, making his face flash wounded. The guns then turned onto Danny which made him suddenly very nervous at the guns turned at him.
"Why do you blame me?" He hissed uncomfortable.
"If you weren't a little less guyish I would have to be tied up and forced to wear make-up!" I sighed and the secret service left at the word make up.
"Dani do you really hate make up that much?" Jake chuckled as he made his way over to me and untied me. This was my chance to escape.
"No!" Cassie and Valerie screamed as I grabbed Jake's hand as I turned intangible and phased through the floor. To turn up in a dark room. This wasn't my day.
"Uh Dani?" Jake sighed.
"I know" I snapped as I flipped a switch to reveal a large empty room with a pair of doors at the side.
"What is this place?" Jake stood up.
"I'm not sure" I murmured as I opened the doors to reveal a closet filled with costumes. My eyes sparkled; I mean this was really neat.
"So are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Jake fingered a suit while I marveled a beautiful dress that reached a few inches above the knees. It was a dark blue that sparkled and twinkled with each movement. It was the kind that you would see in movies.
"If you're thinking what I'm thinking. Then let's get started." I grabbed the dress and a pair of silver ballet shoes. I changed in the first room while Jake was changing in the closet. I twirled around to have the dress follow perfectly. It was like I was at a fancy ball. The dress had wrapped around the right curves and showed off my legs. I had a little cleavage showing but it was the right amount. Nothing more or less. The doors opened to reveal Jake wearing a pair of jeans with a white shirt that fit perfectly showing his muscles under a black dress jacket.
"Ready?" He smiled.
"Almost" I replied as I grabbed a silver top hat from the closet and wore it at an angle. I smirked as I saw Jake's face.
"I thought that guys were supposed to only wear this." He spun me around and grabbed the hat.
"And since when do I ever follow the rules?" I rolled my eyes as I snatched the hat back and tipped it at him to tease him. I did this while kicking out my foot in an act of defiance.
"Oh! That's it!" He tackled me. I rolled him over and he rolled on top. This continued until he somehow landed on top of me. In this light his Amethyst eyes were like the color of lilacs. They were alluring, addicting. A drug almost, a drug that I never wanted to end. His shoulders suddenly looked very comforting, very strong too. I guessed that the training exercises with Danny and Valerie were paying off. My ponytail fell out and my white hair was spread out on the floor. I hated my ghost hair being loose. It made me feel like a witch, a really old and scary looking witch.
"Dani? Are you okay?" Jake looked concerned as he got off my body.
"Yeah. We should probably try and find our way out. The ball's at eight" I managed to say as I got up. I looked at my watch.
7:40 PM
"Yeah, or we could just skip the whole thing and go out to see the town." He smiled. I froze, Danny would kill me if I missed this ball.
"What? Jake! It's the PRESIDENT'S ball! We can't-" I stammered at him and he just kept a calm face which was really surprising.
"Yeah and?" He just rose a brow in a way that made him look really sexy and continued. "Dani, I'm sure that you'll be invited next year and the year after that." He stated calmly which caught me off guard.
"Yeah but-" I couldn't come up with anything to remark back. Jake was right, I was on the invite list of the Heroes Ball for life. I just sighed as I looked down.
"See? Come on, it'll be fun. Dani, how many times do we get the chance to do something really fun?" He put his finger on my chin and raised my head upwards to look at him. Never, the answer was never.
"Not enough." I settled for.
"Exactly. Dani do you trust me?" Jake's eyes sparkled as he smiled. He was making complete sense, we both knew my schedule. It really didn't allow for us to have a night together to hang out at all after this weekend until summer which would be a while since it would be New Year's Eve in a week or so.
"Yes, let's go" My eyes glowed as I took his hand and phased us through the white house. I flew us upwards and found an alley way for me to change into Danielle Smith. We landed and I changed into my human form.
"Ready?" Jake smiled at me.
"Where to first?" I grabbed his hand and smiled.
"I think that we already found where." He pointed to a club entrance line. Uncertainly I followed him and we both got by the security guards. Wow that was a shocker.
We entered into the club to find it very exciting. There were people dancing on a real multi-colored disco floor with the lights changing colors. On the sides of the dance floor there were tables and booths for people to eat at and on the nearest right there was a guy next to the bar with a table facing the entrance. It had a sign that said free samples with drinks on a tray. This made me stop and raise a brow. The sample guy smiled.
"Would the lady like to try a sample of a new drink? My company's been wanting the people's opinions on this new drink. It's nothing deadly or lethal. Just try it" He noticed me and handed me a drink. It was a dark shade of purple. I looked at Jake who was also handed a cup too.
"Just try it. I grantee it's great." The sample man nodded.
"Okay." I said uncertain as I opened my mouth and let the drink slip through my mouth. It was fruity, yet strong at the same time of an unknown taste. The taste was very strange to my tongue, but it was somehow very addicting to my taste buds. The taste was blended perfectly. All I knew was that I wanted more. Jake who had also tasted the drink had the same reaction as mine. And with each drink taken I found the night to become more and more blurry.
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