Because some people-*cough* geek *cough*- keep pestering me for updates, I'm willingly giving off my vacation time to write this, thereby cutting short (annoying) family bonding time.

You should all feel very ashamed :p

Any who, I am pleased to announce (god I sound formal) that I am doing a collab story with one of my friends on here, daniphantom149, or as she is now known as:

CATCHINGWIND! :D

She rocks. Seriously.

So, I won't tell you what the story will be able 'cause otherwise CatchingWind would slaughter me :p You know what's funny? The initials of CatchingWind are 'CW' just like CLOCKWORK! :D So therefore, CatchingWind, I now dub you…

STOPWATCH! :D

I've been wanting to include that little joke of calling Clockwork 'Stopwatch' in any of my DP fanfics for a long time XD

Disclaimer: If I owned Danny Phantom, Danny would've started going out with Sam in the second season, Valerie wouldn't hate Phantom, Paulina would've fallen off a cliff, Dani would be in way episodes, and Danny would have a… slightly different fate ;) Which will be incorporated in this story! XD

Also: This chapter will be in THREE parts (at the least)

After the -ahem- events of the last chapter, everyone was sort of walking in a stunned silence, still dumbfounded by WHAT. THE. HECK. JUST. HAPPENED.

It was mind-blowing, honestly. To put it in simple terms.

Anyway, for about an hour, everyone was just walking in silence, the only noise being sneakers/fancy shoes slapping against hard stone. The Ghost Zone still surrounded them, looking as green and ominous as before, but the group was quickly becoming used to it. (Much to the chagrin of several persons.)

"Like… are we there yet?" A whiny Hispaniola accented voice finally cut through. Of course Paulina would be the first one to speak.

Of course.

Moving on, everybody simply ignored the girl and kept moving on. So, Paulina Sanchez, the girl who could control armies of boys with her looks and body, was ignored.

What was to be broken next? The laws of physics?

Oh wait, too late, Danny was already here. Silly authoress, how could you forget-

(GET ON WITH THE BLOODY STORY!)

(ooh, perfect time, dear readers, to introduce my muse for this story: AN ENGLISH WHITE OWL WEARING A TOPHAT! :D Anyway, moving on!)

"I… am… never…. hiking again. I'm gonna convince my parents to excuse me from gym for LIFE once we get home." Tucker panted as he dramatically pulled himself to the top of a small hill.

Danny clapped his best friend on the shoulder. "Cheer up, Tuck! Think of it this way: Once you go up a hill, you have to go down it."

"Well then, could you roll me down? Please?" Tucker asked, giving puppy-dog eyes.

"With pleasure." Sam said in her usual monotone, before kicking her best friend onto his side and down the hill they were on.

"I DIDN'T *oof!* MEAN LIKE *oof!* THAT! *oof*" Tucker called as he flew down what seemed to him a mountain.

"Was that really nesse-" Danny let out a gasp when his ghost sense off.

"Ghost?" Sam asked, looking around. She stopped when Danny gave her a 'WTF dude?' glare. "Sorry. Standard question."

"Of course." Danny retorted, before getting into a defensive position. "Guys!" Danny called to the rest of the group. (Except for Tucker, who was lying at the bottom of the small hill exhausted) "I think there's a ghost nearby. Stick together, okay?"

There was some mumbled agreements, until Paulina suddenly raised her voice again. "Like, I wish we were there now!"

"NO!" Danny and Sam screamed in unison, as suddenly pink fog started to swamp the group, engulfing them.

The last thing anyone heard was a female voice saying; "So you have wished it, so it shall BE!"

Then, they were gone.

At that point, Tucker managed to climb back to the top of the hill, panting again. "Sam… that was a really nasty trick, you know that right…" Tucker trailed off when he realized that the group was gone. "Guys?"

Alright, I'll admit: When I first wrote this, I was originally just including the part about Tucker and the hill for laughs. Then, I realized this could be a perfect time for Tucker to be a hero, like in Doctor's Disorders. So, yayz! :D

Anyway, the next part will come out like… tomorrow. Or the day after. Depends on whether or not I passed Math XD DX If I got a C+ in tests/quizzes, then I'll have to get…

A TUTOR O_O D8

So yeah. Also, I'll be getting two new video games so… yeah :D *Sheepish smile*

~OHA