Danny Phantom Fan Fiction:

Of Ghosts and Girls

"One. Freaking. Night. Just one night. Twelve hours. Half a day. That's all it is. And yet I can't trust two of my best friends to not get in trouble for that time! I'm used to Hunter doing that, but Octavia? I'm surprised," Alex began. Her friends stood upright like soldiers while she talked. Well only Octavia did. Hunter obviously couldn't care less, as her glazed over eyes and slouching posture gave away. "Octavia, please give me your side first," Alex said.

Octavia nodded, then went on to say, "Well, I was having a very hard time getting to sleep but I didn't want to wake you since you looked so tired after today, which really was yesterday, but was actually yesterday night-" "Tavi!" Hunter groaned. "Oh yes, and I thought Hunter might be awake so I flew up to her cloud. And I knew she was on a cloud since she's told me how plush they are. Anyways I went up to the clouds but she wasn't there. So I was very confused. Then I saw her, well mostly her hair since it's just so long, it's kind of like Rapunzel's hair really, but she was being followed. And she looked rather hurried but she didn't noticed who was following her. So, since you were asleep, and Hunter wasn't seeing it, I kind of went invisible, flew over and overshadowed the follower. I had no idea it was him."

"Okay, I get it. You overshadowed him without knowing. But we can't keep him here. We're a little short when it comes to shelter," Alex decided. All three eyes stared at the sleeping {Or knocked-out} teenager on the ground in front of them. It was hard to think that this teenager was the same species as Octavia. "No." Hunter said. "All we need is get a few facts from him, say, why he tried to blast Octavia into ecto-goop." "No, Hunter, that's cruel and inhumane," Alex reasoned. "Humane? We're not little Girl Scouts!" Her taller friend argued. "I'm not saying we should sell cookies to the guy, I'm just saying we should be kind enough to let him go!" Alex disagreed.

"He tried to hurt Tavi! I'm getting rid of this baddie, whether you like it or not!" Hunter yelled. "Girls?" Octavia managed. She noticed that a particular sleeping hostage was starting to wake. "No, you are not! You are being a brat!" Alex yelled back. "I'm the brat! Says the one person I know who do anything without reading a book about it!" Hunter screamed. "Girls!" Octavia squealed. Because they had been fighting, neither of the girls had noticed Danny Phantom rising from the ground and standing behind them. "We have a teeny problem," The scrawny girl managed.

"I was expecting to wake up on my bed. Not really expecting to see three of the most annoying Girl Scouts ever," He muttered. Hunter was taken by so much shock, she didn't even remark about the Girl Scouts insult. Alex started to walk back slowly. Octavia squealed before hiding behind Hunter.

"So, no banter? No smart remarks? No kicks?" Danny questioned,"What kind of bad guys are you?" That what was where Hunter answered. "We're not the bad guys. You are," She managed. "Me? You can't be serious." He said. "From mister public enemy number one, Danny Phantom." She retaliated. "Yes, from me. Responding to Hunter," He said. Her face went from the confident smirk to a horrified jaw-drop.

"How...how, do you know my name?" She managed. It was in that moment that Danny made a very bad decision. In her state of shock, he stepped forward on one foot, bring the other up right at the center of Hunter's chest. She was sent flying several feet back. Octavia phased through her before she too fell over.

Hunter got up quickly, her eyes still wide with shock. "Alex, now would a wonderful time to get us out of here!" Alex nodded hastily and started to back up faster. "How do you know my name?" Hunter repeated. "You say each others' names nearly every time you talk," Danny said,"You catch on pretty quickly."

"We don't want to fight," Alex said. Now her hands were starting to glow a faint silver. "Well I don't want to either, but sometimes you have to the right thing," Danny said. Hunter glared at him before grabbing Octavia by the hand. "If you're doing the right thing, Danny Phantom, then what are we, the good guys, doing?" Alex grabbed her friends hands and closed her eyes. "I wish..." She whispered. Suddenly each of the girls were surrounded by a faint silver light. Hunter smirked, the fangs showing again. "I hope you enjoy looking like you're crazy!" All three girls suddenly became nearly cloaked in silver light. Danny darted towards them blindly. The light seemed to engulf everything. There was a final flash, like a firework, and then he heard the sound of laughing. Not just one person laughing. Like the sound of three distinct little, annoying, bratty girls. "Ba-bye!" Hunter's voice came from the light and laughter. He reached out as to blindly punch the light but then he was alone.

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The next day. Each time he had met the girls it had been one the following day after he saw them last. But all through the day he searched for any sign of them. Hunter was right; He was more crazy than usual. Sam and Tucker were also worried but for a different reason. The next day was Monday – which meant school. They couldn't be with him the entire day even if he needed them.

Luckily, the girls didn't surprise him at school. And of course after school he was on full alert. But with his friends at his side he was a little better. "Go time," Sam whispered. She pointed towards a tall building. A lone figure stood atop the roof. Even from their distance, he could see her wavy blonde hair. Octavia. And before he could even dart off, Sam grabbed his arm. "You're not going without us," She said. And somehow that made him feel a little better.

Quickly they ran up the fire escape. Every step they made echoed on the thin metal. And any reassurance he might have had then quickly disappeared because of it. From what he could tell, Octavia wasn't a fighter. But that didn't mean he wouldn't need the element of surprise. And before he could freak himself some more, they were at the top.

Octavia shrieked just at the sight of them. After all, she was expecting one flying teenager. Not three teenagers. She was unprepared. And that was all they needed. One problem; He didn't have a weapon and he couldn't just exploit his secret like this. Luckily Sam had his back. She shot a direct hit at Octavia with her mini-laser. This time the ghost screamed. And two seconds later, Alex appeared at her side.

"Lousy teenagers," She muttered. "What do you think you're doing? You enjoy shooting little girls with lasers?" She shouted. Suddenly Hunter appeared behind them. Of course she had taken the fire escape. "Alex, don't even try that. They know us. At least the nerd and the goth do," Hunter said. In her hand was the sword. Up close, it glowed a faint but dark royal blue. "They saw me fighting the Phantom kid," She said.

Alex nodded. "Just tell me where you got that laser," She said to Sam. Sam narrowed her eyes. "Why should I?" She tested. Hunter came up closer behind the goth girl and tapped her slightly. Immediately she jerked back to see Hunter, who was holding up her sword, about ready to strike with it.

"Because, I have a sword. And you know what people with swords do to people who annoy them," Hunter said, her voice cold emotionless. And then Octavia came up behind Sam and looked at the laser. Her face paled dramatically. Then she returned to Alex. "Fenton Works." The ghost concluded.

"Fenton Works. That's where that ghost kid was! I bet they know him!" Hunter said. Accusations seemed to be pouring out of her mouth. "Now, now, Hunter, we do not jump to conclusions. But it is rather suspicious," Alex concluded. Octavia shook her head, saying,"Oh no. I don't think they're suspicious. I had been spying on the school and they just came to straighten me out. That's all."

"Oh for the love of – Octavia! We are the good guys. We do not need to be straightened out! If anybody does, it is the teenagers! And when we are spying on somebody, you do NOT say we are spying on them! Got that?" Hunter yelled, walking up to her friends. Octavia began a high-pitched whimper as she finished her statement. "Now look what you've done! I told you this was a stupid idea!" Alex shouted.

Sam nudged Danny with her elbow. "Now would be a good time to save us by going ghost," She whispered. Danny nodded and headed down the fire escape. "No, just because I thought of it does not make this is a bad plan!" Alex's tall friend barked back. "Girls!" Octavia screamed. She pushed her friends apart but being the least athletic of her friends it was a challenge. Hunter started a strange half-growl, half-bark that sounded like a large dog.

On the fire escape, Danny felt the change. After all it would be hard not to notice nearly everything about your physical appearance change in just a few seconds. With the new look, however, the three girls wouldn't recognize him at all. And he flew up right above Tucker and Sam. "Ahem!" He said.

Immediately three pairs of eyes stared up at him. Soft aquamarine, brilliant gold, and shiny silver. And though the silver and aquamarine eyes remained fearful, two seconds later the gold eyes were narrowed into what looked like slits. "Now look what you've done, Alex. One of 'em got away, and now the Phantom of the Opera is here!" Hunter said, her voice hard. "And I'm gonna have to get rid of him. Again!"

Hunter started to scream some more complaints but Danny never heard them. A helicopter roared overhead. It was sleek and seemed to vanish unless you looked at it head on. But Hunter didn't see the helicopter. Neither did Alex or Octavia. But he did. And judging by their expressions, his friends saw it too. But no one could have predicted or seen what happened next. The helicopter soared overhead of the roof. Someone in the helicopter dropped three circular packages from the back. Each were about an inch in diameter and nearly impossible to see like the helicopter itself.

They exploded. The explosion being a rapid outburst of smoke the color of clouds. Quickly everything was cloudy and impossible to see through. And just because you couldn't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Unknowingly to them, three cages fell from the flying machine. Each one was shaped like a large birdcage. They appeared to made of regular steel but a closer inspection revealed an electric lock. Suddenly the three cages closed shut with a metallic click. "Hunter! Alex!" Octavia screamed. Out of the corner of his eyes, Danny could just see the tiny girl trapped in the cage. "Danny!" Two voices. Sam and Tucker! He flew around dazed, unable to find them. Sam screamed as her cage rose from the cloud of fog. He flew up and reached to tug on the bars of the cage. As soon as he touched it, electricity shot through his body. Everything seemed to clear up despite what had just happened. He could see his friends and Octavia being hoisted into the air and into the helicopter. Alex seemed to be holding onto Octavia's cage, both girls eventually disappearing in the disappearing vehicle. The smoke cleared, the helicopter flew away, and he was left with was the sound of an inhuman scream.

And in that scream, he could hear the sound of a little girl crying.

I finished this one little sleep so it might be a bit more rough than the others. I might tweak it for grammar but otherwise I'm proud to say this chapter didn't come out bad.