And here we are, back again, at Time and Time, Fate Collides!
Forgot to mention, thanks, lipidcreeper, for pointing out something crucial!
This takes place before PP of Danny Phantom, and after episode 45 of American Dragon Jake Long. Sorry for the confusion!
Danny: Um... are we done here?
K: Huh? What? Oh, about the chains? Nope.
Jake: Aww man...
Disclaimer: I do not own DP or ADJL. All rights belong to the respective owners.
"So, as I was saying, this really weird ghost boy appeared out of nowhere and hit that robo on the head! I mean, how wack is that?" Jake cried as he got his food, eyeing the goop on it. Trixie frowned. Spud, well, he was eating whatever lunch was already.
"Dude, you shure you werensh jush dreamin?" Spud asked with his mouth full. Jake groaned. They didn't believe him alright. Who would, after that?
Needless to say, after that entire fiasco, he was back in school, with a confused mind. His grandfather and his mother managed to get Rotwood of his case, since he was busy with his dragon duties. Spending the morning getting your ass whooped by a robot was not one of them. Jake was still very wary of that ghost; it could be planned, and the magical creatures might just replace him. No way, he was here to stay. As suspicious he was, he could not do much. He had to find out what was the ghost boy's agenda. It had to be a plot to remove his status, then to enslave the magical world!
As he fumed, Trixie laughed. "Jakey, relax, man. We believe you. So a ghost just rescued you. What about it? I'm sure the American Dragon can take him on any day. You just weren't in your top form." Jake's shoulders sagged as they got to their table, his expression downcast. "Guess you could say that, what with Gramps passed out and everything. Well, I'll be ready next time!"
Trixie grinned, and patted Jake on the back. "Oh yeah, shove over, dragon boy." Jake looked at her strangely, frowning. Spud moved to the seat next to Jake, shaking his head.
"Dude, we got students coming over for a visit. Rotwood told us that while you were gone. They assigned us buddies. Or something," Spud explained, before devouring his food. Trixie grimaced. She whispered harshly, "Spud! They are coming! Stop eating like a pig!" Spud looked up, and immediately gulped down the food in his mouth, wiping it with his sleeve. Jake looked up to see a… goth girl, a bespectacled boy and another boy beside the two of them. For some reason, the boy… his ice cold eyes stared straight back into him, and Jake found himself staring back at those eyes. It was almost as if… Jake sneezed. The ghost boy was somewhere around here… but where?
The three sat down, and the bespectacled boy with a beret smiled at Jake. "And who is this here? I sure didn't see him just now. Is he Danny's buddy for the school?" Jake glanced at him, before sighing. Spud nodded his head rapidly. "This here, is Jake Long. His my best buddy, but I can share." Jake pushed Spud away, who had slung his hand over his shoulder. Turning to the three, he smiled. "Yo, Jake Long's the name. What's yours?"
The three glanced at one another, and the beret boy spoke again. "The name's Tucker Foley. I'm a tech genius, so call me whenever you need help with the tech." He seemed proud of it, but Jake already had a tech buddy. Spud. What would he do if not for the genius friend next to him. Well, other than slacking off with him.
The goth girl spoke next. "Sam Manson, pleasure to meet you." A goth, huh. Jake never knew one, but from the looks of her outfit, she might just get along with Trixie. And judging from her introduction, Jake figured she was the no-nonsense kind. Great.
The last one was silent, looking at his food. Sam nudged him, and he looked up, startled. Looking back at Jake, he shook his head, before a smile appeared on his face. "Danny Fenton. Nice to meet you too. I guess I'm your buddy for this school?" Jake shrugged. "Most likely, Fenton."
"Please, just call me Danny." Jake grinned, before tucking into his food. The entire conversation was almost non-existent, save for the occasional comment about the food and how Sam was an ultra-recylco vegetarian, or basically, not eating anything with a face. Most of the conversation Jake had with his friends were one, either dissing Rotwood or talking about school, or two, simply getting their advice on his dragon duties. With three new additions, Jake was not going to be able to talk about dragon duties now. The Dragon Council already overlook Trixie and Spud.
That was when it happened. A loud scream, and suddenly, a blue mist escaped from Danny's mouth. Jake looked at him strangely, and the other two, well, they were staring at the large woman dressed in a cafeteria lady style.
"NOBODY CHANGES THE MENU!"
Jake groaned. "Aww man… there goes lunch."
Immediately, everybody started to run for the door. Spud and Trixie pushed the three exchange students out the door, leaving Jake behind. Danny looked strangely calm, but Jake wasn't pushing it. He ducked under the table, and when everyone had left, he reared up. "Dragon Up!"
As his dragon form, he flew towards the lady. "Yo, lady! I think you need to chill out!" Grabbing a bag of ice from the fridge in the cafeteria, he flung it at the lady, which screamed as the ice pelted her. Jake flew up to her face, staring at her. "Well, too cold? How about a little heat!" He blew a flame at her, which resulted her shrinking down. "Bo- dragon, would you like a meatloaf?" She asked sweetly. Jake frowned. She was being so nice suddenly?
"Uh, yeah, sure, why not?" The lady, grinned, before growing menacing again. "NOT FOR YOU, DRAGON!" Jake, taken aback from the sudden change, was buried under a pile of… meat? Eww. Jake got up, flapping away all the meat. "Now that is just gross. Tone down on the meat, will ya? You're going to get real hairy." He launched at her again, only for pass right through. Flying in the air, he placed a hand on his chin. "Here we go again."
The moment he said that ,he slammed against the wall. Getting up, he shook away all the dizziness, before flying up again. He spotted a redhead hiding nearby, and grinned. Seems like someone didn't escape.
Flying over, he swooped behind the table to find Nigel hiding there, cowering. He apparently didn't follow the others, it seems. Transforming, he landed next to Nigel. Nigel looked at him in surprise, before shaking his head. "Now, now, the American Dragon wouldn't want a civilian to be killed, right?" He asked, the British accent evident. Jake laughed. " Yeah, sure, why not? No, really, do you have anything to combat a ghost?"
Nigel's eyes widened, and he looked at the wreaking pile of meat. "Yes, I do, but I'll need some time. Distract her away from here, will you?" Jake groaned, before flying up again as a dragon.
"Lady! Enough with the meat! You know how unhygienic that is? Look, I'll help you do your job!" Jake blew a flame over the meat, burning all to crisp. Snagging the pot of 5-tier chilli, he threw them at the ghost lady. "Eat that, you munching pile of meat! Hah, howd'cha like that?" The lady was sploshed all over with chilli, and some of it got into her eyes. Screaming, she shook it all off, and the more meat came, forming little minions. Jake rolled his eyes, before cracking his knuckles. Taking a stance of a martial artist, he held out his hand, beckoning to the meat minions.
They charged at him, and he quickly dispersed them. Bad idea. They reformed quickly after that, and Jake flew up, shocked. One minion grabbed his tail, and Jake struggled to get free. One by one, the minions pulled him down and covered him with meat goop. Again. Burning them to crisp once more, he got up, flying towards the woman, who shot meat bullets at him this time. One slammed into him and threw him onto the wall. Dizzy, he glared at Nigel. "Is it done yet, Magician boy?"
Nigel stared at him and held up a chain. "The strongest thing I can think of. Wrap it around her. It affects the ghost, no matter what powers it has. I'll have to chant a spell to send it back from where it came from. Go, and hurry up, dragon!" Jake nodded and grabbed the chain, flying towards the lady.
He crashed into something, and he rubbed his head. The ghost boy! Jake growled at him. " What are you doing here, Phantom?" Phantom rubbed his head and glared back. "Trying to get her back home?" Jake snorted and pointed a finger into Phantom's chest. "Look here. I know what you are trying to do, so don't. You don't want to mess with the American Dragon. Now leave this one to me." With that, he pushed the boy away and flew towards the dragon. He was tired, he was weak, and he wanted to get this over with. Well, hopefully Rotwood released everyone.
He threw the chain at the woman, and slipped one end onto the apron. Grabbing the other as it fell, he was hit again with meat pies, but kept his momentum as he spun around and around and around. The ghost was affected, and his ears picked up the soft murmuring of Nigel. The woman screamed, and disappeared. Jake raised his hand in victory. "Scored! One for the Am Drag, Zero for the Lunch Lady."
The ghost boy was clearly not amused. "What did you do with her?" Jake turned around, putting his hands on his hips smugly. "Sent her back to where she came from."
The boy was clearly shocked. "Where she came from? You banished her? Look, that isn't very nice!"
Jake glared back. "I don't see anything wrong with it! At least I cleared her! And lunch can be restored!" The boy was clearly unhappy about this, which raised Jake's suspicion of him even more. "Look here, dragon. I don't care how you did this, but this is beyond unreasonable. Sure, she comes out every once in a while. But she has to go back to the Ghost Zone!" He was almost yelling, and his green eyes were pulsing. Jake snorted.
"I said from where she came. I banished her back to her original home, ghosty." The boy was taken aback, before putting down the thermos. "What?" Jake shrugged, before glaring at him. "As proven, I can do this on my own. So don't you think of any ideas of stealing this city away from the Am Drag! I'm the magical protector of NYC, so don't you forget it!" With that, he flew away, out of the door. Rushing to the toilet, he transformed back and raced out. Finding Trixie in the crowd, he panted. He was a mess, and was clearly tired.
"Jakey, what happened to you?" Trixie cried, putting his hand on his shoulder. Spud grinned. "You took care of that one, good for you!" Jake smiled weakly, before getting up and redoing his hair. "Sorry, it took quite a while. I had to get Nigel to help me." Trixie shook her head.
Jake frowned, and looked up. "Dragon Nose," he whispered, sniffing the air. Immediately, the nose disappeared and was replaced with the human one. The smell was coming closer, and their three buddies burst into the scene. Danny looked slightly battered, and he was giving off a foul mood. Sam grinned at Jake and the others. "So, uh, school's out?"
Jake stared at Danny, who was clearly irritated. The scent of the ghost boy, the source, it was coming from him. It was faint, but it was there.
Oopsey, Jake is on to something!
Well, R&R please? I don't live on reviews, but seeing them makes my day! And I wanted to ask, since we are going to have ghosts for attacking purposes (an occasional troll wouldn't hurt either), I was thinking if any of you wanted a specific ghost. Tell me which 4 ghosts you really want to appear in the story against Jake and Danny, and I'll put the most popular one in the next chapter!