Danny and Jasmine enter the house, the first thing they notice is the light on the answering machine blinking.
"you know," said Jasmine "i am really glad I did not take that bet with you."
"whatever." said Danny as he went over to the answering machine.
Beep- "this is principle harris at am"-beep "message deleted"
"you know, if you let mom and dad know there was a problem.." started Jasmine
"it would only get worse" finished Danny.
It was just after that that there parents shouted up from the basement "Danny, Jasmine, come down and see!" "yeah, Danny-man, Jazzy-pants come down and see!"
"might as well" said Danny.
With that the brother and sister both went down to the basement.
The Fenton house was the most unusual house in Amity park. Not only did it have a bizarre structure on the roof (which, according to Jack and Madeline Fenton, could fly), it also had a basement laboratory that was dedicated one-hundred percent to paranormal research, mainly ghost. The most amazing part was how much they got in grants to run it. But the most unusual thing about it was the portal the had just been finished, a gateway to the land of the dead. Or as Jack and Madeline called it: the Ghost Zone.
That is, if they actually made it work.
"Danny, Jazz! Your just in time to see us turn this thing on!" said Jack.
"hey, didn't you bring any friends? We told you we'd make this a party!" said Madeline.
"i thought we could just keep this a family thing" said Danny.
"oh well," said jack, "more fudge for us!"
"well as you two know, we have spent the last six months constructing this portal to the ghost zone" stated Madeline, "and now it is finished!"
"Are you sure the ghost zone is the most appropriate name for this?" asked Danny.
"Well, we are going for a more politically correct term that would not freak people out, and its the one that got us the grant, so yes!" replied Jack.
"oh, enough exposition" said Madeline "on with the show!"
and with that they hit the switch, and the most surprising thing (to jack and Madeline, not so much to Danny and Jasmine) happened, nothing.
"what?" exclaimed Jack, "what gives?" he said, flipping the switch back and forth several times.
"Did we miscalculate somewhere?" asked Madeline.
"I don't think so..." Jack pondered "huh back to the drawing board again."
The two went up the stairs to talk it over and try again later. This had been a huge disappointment to them.
"you know" started Jasmine, "this would have been pretty cool if it worked" she then turned to go up the stairs.
"yeah, it would would have been pretty cool" said Danny, after he was alone. He looked around, back up the stairs, and then at the portal. "I wonder why it didn't?"
he walked up to the machine, it was about an eight foot high circle embedded into the far wall, he was going to take a look inside when he heard his mother's voice call down "Danny, get your butt upstairs now!"