Alright, I'm actually ready to get this plot going! Now, you won't be able to get this chapter unless you read my previous fic "Calling All Angels". Unless you have read it, go back and read that thing! Because you're gonna be pretty dang confused!

PhantomAL

Chapter 1

The Bet

Here's what the Encyclopedia Specter has to say about the subject of love: "Love" it says, "is a debilitating psychosomatic illness that is caused by production of various hormones in the victim's body that they are either unaware of or unable to control." It then goes on to list the various medical treatments available, how to deal with your parents' unwanted support, and the different kinds of love. The Halfa's Guide to the Ghost Zone has this to say on love: "Mostly painful. Avoid at any and all costs." However, Danny Fenton has read neither book.

(Danny's POV)

It all started on a Thursday during spring break. Usually during spring break, we teenagers rule the streets. But that particular Thursday, it was raining. I had invited my girlfriend Sam over for a movie marathon. Yes I said "girlfriend". We got together about a month ago during the time that we had help to get together from an angel and two stoners. (A/N: Reference to my previous fic) And I have to tell you, it feels great having a girlfriend. I've been able to concentrate more on my schoolwork because my mind was no longer filled of thoughts about Sam. Plus, since we got together, there had been less ghost attacks. Call it coincidence, call it a miracle, but I call it… something. I don't know.

I already got everything ready; snacks, soda, pillows, it was all there. I was ready. Then the doorbell rang. I ran to the door, already knowing who it was.

"Hey, Sam" I said

"Hey, Danny" she said, giving me a kiss.

"I got everything set up in the living room" I said, grabbing her hand.

"Great" she said, grabbing MY hand.

We started to watch one of our favorite movies, "Mallrats". It's your basic Kevin Smith movie. And though it didn't do any good in the box office, that doesn't stop us from watching it, AND laughing our heads off at it.

We were at the part when Brodie was talking about the time when his cousin, Walter, got a cat stuck up his ass, (A/N: If you don't get it, SEE THE MOVIE!), when the electricity went out because of the storm.

"This HAS to be a Thursday" I said, glumly. I then looked at Sam. "But at least I'm spending it with you".

"I love you, Danny" she said

"I love you too, Sam"

So, Sam and I then started talking. We basically talked about each other, and pretty soon, we ended up kissing.

"Hey," I said after a well-received make-out session. "Wanna see something cool?"

"Sure" Sam said. "What?"

"Follow me"

I grabbed her hand and got out the emergency flashlight from the kitchen. I then led Sam down into the lab.

The lab had aged well over the past year. It had gotten messier and there was a lot more scrap metal on the ground than usual. I brought Sam down here to show her my parent's latest modification to the Specter Speeder. It was a big button on its dashboard.

"What's this?" Sam asked.

"This," I began, "is my parent's latest invention: the Ghost Zapper. It sends the Specter Speeder anywhere into the Ghost Zone. Point is: you never know exactly where you're gonna go."

"And you wanted to show it to me, why?"

"Because I wanted to test it out. I'm gonna see if this thing actually works. Besides, we've got nothing better to do."

"But Danny," Sam said, "what if it works out as "good" as the Fenton Portal?"

"Aw, come on!" I said playfully. "Like anything's gonna happen."

"I don't think so, Danny"

"I'll bet ya 5 bucks that it'll work"

"Deal" she said quickly. I have NEVER seen Sam walk away from a bet that I've ever made.

So, we turned around and looked at the button. I held Sam's hand for good luck, and then I slammed the button down hard. We waited for 5 seconds and… nothing.

"I told you it wouldn't work" Sam said.

I then admitted defeat and got out my wallet. But right when I was about to fork over a 5, the portal opened. And out of the portal came two huge green arms that grabbed the Speeder and flung it into the ghost zone.

"I think that this is supposed to happen!" I screamed over the noise of the Speeder hurtling through the ghost zone at light speed.

"What do you mean?" Sam yelled back.

"My parents said that the Fenton Zapper, once activated, was supposed to literally throw the Speeder into the Ghost Zone really fast! But I never guessed that it would be THIS fast!"

By this time, Sam and I were hanging on to each other for dear life. We looked through the window at the light speed blur that was the Ghost Zone in the front window. I noticed something coming towards us. It was flat, square-like, and it rhymed with "mall".

"Sam" I screamed

"Yes, Danny?" she screamed back.

"I love you"

"I love you too"

We then embraced for what we thought was going to be our final kiss. And we awaited our impending demise.

"Only on a Thursday…" I thought

The introduction of The Halfa's Guide to the Ghost Zone is this: "The Ghost Zone is big. REALLY friggin' big." And so on. The Guide also sys that if you're in a flying craft like transportation device and it's about to crash, it says that, being that the Ghost Zone is really, really, big and all, that the chances of you surviving that crash are two to the power of two hundred and seventy-six thousand, seven hundred and nine to one against. Although The Guide is hardly EVER wrong, we must point out that exactly 1 second before the Speeder's impact into the wall, Danny and Sam were rescued. And so the story REALLY starts to kick in...

Yeesh! Took a while for me to update, eh? Well, read and review please. NO FLAMES! Plus, any ideas of how I should continue this train wreck, or Speeder wreck, would REALLY be appreciated.

PhantomAL