This is where the story starts.

Danny met Tucker and Sam outside of the mall. The Saturday they had planned that week, was to be spent in the movie theatre watching Dead Teacher X then maybe some trawling the mall for inspiration on what to do next. As he has so greeted his family that morning, Danny repeated the sentiment to his friends, "Goob morbin."

Sam fixed a deadpan stare at him, judgement without comment. Tucker, with all his tact and without missing a beat immediately responded, "Danny, you look terrible, go home."

"Nahh, I'm goob guys. I peel pine." It was a lie but the friends decided that in this case, the matinee prices of Dead Teacher X was just a bit more important than instilling a healthy respect of bacteria in their tried'n'true stubborn halfa of a friend. The matter dropped the trio bought their tickets and went into the cinema. If there was a buffer seat between the sniffling Danny and his friends it was left unmentioned.

It happened during the romantic climax of the movie, (a controversial and contested new subplot to the Dead Teacher series.) Danny felt a cold start within him and crawl slowly but perceptibly up his throat to materialize in a gasp as a will of the wisp. A ghost was nearby.