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Cursed at Casper High
Chapter 7: The next day
Danny had spent hours going over the basics of common courtesy, human decency and just general niceness with Dash Baxter who was still have trouble breaking his jerkiness habits.
"Once again, from the top...A guy loses his wallet and do you A)Take it for yourself, B) Do nothing and go away or C) Return to him or to the police station's lost and found..."Danny asked his 'student", who is really proving that his sister is right that he is un-tutorable.
"I still think finders keepers is the way to go...'Dash muttered only for Danny to blow the air horn again.
"NO! Dash! For the 4th time! The answer is C, you give it to the owner if you see them and if you don't, you take it to the cops so they can find the owner..." Danny said.
"This is stupid..."Dash whined.
"You want your bad luck to stop, so just try and pay attention..."Danny said as he dragged his hand down his face.
"Remind me never to give Mr. lancer a hard time, if he has to deal with this every day, no wonder he's so grumpy..."Danny muttered under his breath.
"Huh? What did you say?...'Dash asked, having not heard that clearly.
"Nothing...Let's try another one...Okay...You are walking by and you see a cat stuck in a tree, do you A)Ignore it, B) Through a rock, C) Call the fire department or get a latter to help it down...'Danny asked, hoping that he won't have stroke or something with all of the stress Dash is giving him...
"Well, I don't like cats but...Call the fire department or help get it down?...'Dash asked.
Danny blinked and then smiled widely.
"Dash, you actually got that one right!...'Danny said, actually happy for even a little bit of progress.
"Really?...'Dash asked hopefully.
"Yeah and here are the chips to prove it...'Danny said as he proudly handed some to him, which the jock ate...
"What are you waiting for? Do more?...Uh...please?..."Dash asked and Danny smiled, feeling hopeful.
"Okay, next one... and then we are going acting way again...Okay...lets start again...'Danny said as he tried to think.
"Okay once again, you see a crying baby, do you A)Ignore it, B)Tell it to shut up or C)Give it a bottle to calm it down..."Danny asked.
"C, bottle...;'Dash answered and was soon handed a bag of pretzels as his prize, which he started eating.
"Awesome! Let's keep it up..."Danny said, feeling very hopeful.
After a few more questions, which Dash miraculously managed to get right, it was time for acting again.
"Come on Sam..."Danny called Sam who was refusing to come down.
"No way Danny, I am so NOT doing this..." Sam said from up stairs.
"It's part of the testing Sam, and it can't be any more painful than what I had to do for the last five hours...'Danny yelled at her.
"Sam, just come down... we won't laugh at you...'Tucker said.
"No!...'Sam shouted and Dash, despite his progress, got impatient
"We have a contract Manson, one you made too, you have to do whatever it takes to help me, so do it...'Dash yelled at her and then can all hear a groaning.
"This is so humiliating...'Sam said as she finally appeared, wearing a white wing and an over pair of shades, making her kind of look like a little old lady.
"Uh, no wonder she didn't want to come down stairs..."Dash commented.. .'What's the point of this again?..." Dash questioned.
"A practice for school tomorrow...we are going to see if what you just learned actually stick...'Danny replied.
"Now Sam is going to pretend to be a little old lady who is having trouble crossing the street, what do you do?..." Danny asked.
Dash sighed as he decided to get this over with. He approached the dressed up Sam, gave her the nice smile he had been working on and secretly wondered if this is going to work.
"Hello ma'am, would you like some help?..." Dash offered in a polite tone.
"Why thank you sonny..."Sam said in a fake granny voice and Dash pretended to help her walk the street.
"Okay, once again but with a different response...'Danny ordered after the first one was a success.
"Hello ma'am, would you like some help?...'Dash offered again in the same tone.
"That won't be necessary, but thanks for asking sonny...'Sam said in the same kind of way.
"Alright, have a nice day...'Dash said as he walked again.
"Perfect..'Danny said as he handed Dash another snack as his prize.
They then continued all night and Dash kept making his progress...more or less...
The Next Morning
Wednesday
"I worked him and I worked him all night, but is he ready? is he ready?...'Danny asked himself as he paced as he waited for Dash to arrive to walk with them to school to test out the theory.
"He better be, I did NOT spend all night playing dress up for nothing...'Sam said as she paced with him.
"Where is Dash I hope he didn't get another bout of bad luck?...'Tucker commented.
Suddenly they saw the blonde jock arrived and he is smiling in a pleasant way.
"Good morning Danny, Sam and Tucker...lovely morning, isn't it?...'Dash said in a nice way, which surprised the other teens.
"Morning Dash, how have you been feeling?...'Danny asked, wondering if his positive reinforcement worked.
"I feel as fit as a fiddle, thanks for asking...'He said as he continued to smile.
"Okay, the reason I asked you to come here early is because we are going to walk to school and see if we can put your lessons to the test, if it all works, we will see if your bad luck changes for good..." Danny said.
"Okay...'Dash said cheerfully as he walked a little ahead of him.
"I don;t mean to whine, but nice Dash is kind of creeping me out when he talks that way...'Sam whispered to Danny.
"Don't complain, this may be our one chance to get him to leave us alone, so I am taking it...'Danny whispered hardly at her to be silent.
As they continued to walk, they noticed that at a street corner, a little old lady was carrying some heavy looking grocery bags and looked like she was having toruble crossing the street, Dash saw this and smiled, knowing what to do...
"Hello ma'am, would you like some help?..." Dash offered in a polite tone to the elderly lady who looked pleasantly surprised.
"That would be nice, yes...'She said as she handed Dash her grocery bags, Dash carried them as she walked to the other side of the street. Once there, Dash handed them back to her.
"Thank you young man ,that was very nice of you...'The old lady said in an appreciative tone.
"You are welcome..."Dash answered before she went away, he looked across the street and could see Danny give him a thumb up in approval.
"Maybe there is hope for him, yet..." Danny thought with a smile, getting a good feelings about this.
They continued to walk to school and on their way to school but they soon spotted a tree and to their surprise, there was a cat stuck in in. Wasting no time, Dash, using his athletic skills, quickly climbed it and got it down.
"Impressive...'Danny commented at how quick he managed to do so.
"Heh, all those pull ups came in handy..."Dash said as he looked around to find the owner of the cat since he didn't want to late.
"FLUFFY!..." A feminine voice was called.
Dash was surprised to see Michelle come with a ladder in her hand and she seemed pleasantly surprise to see the cat in Dash's arms.
"Michelle...Dash asked in a hopeful voice.
"You saved her..." Michelle Lynne Clark said as she took her pet cat.
"Yeah...I saw her and I couldn't just leave an innocent cat up there, it wouldn't have been nice...'Dash said and Michelle smiled at him.
"Thanks Dash, you know...you are a pretty okay guy...maybe I was a little harsh the other night...'Michelle said... "Call me..."She said with a wink to the tall jock before she walked away.
Dash was stunned but smiled widely unable to believe that he managed to get Michelle to like him again, even after that disastrous date they had. He then quickly turned to his three niceness helpers in excitement.
"Oh man, it's working...your experiment is working...'Dash said hopefully.
"Let's keep our fingers crossed until we get to school...'Danny said.
Once there, Dash put everything he learned to the test, he helped the lunch lady carry her trays to the cafeteria, held the door open for the janitor who actually seemed to have appreciated the gesture and didn't once bully or threaten anyone all day and he was awarded by not getting a tardy and his homework hadn't gone missing.
Looks like karma really is listening to his progress...
Later
During Free Period
Dash had been on top of the world, unable to believe that over six hours have passed and he didn't have a single bit of bad luck.
"Congratulations Dash, you have been nice all morning and look at what has happened...'Danny said proudly to the tall jock.
"I know...And...it feels kind of cool in a weird way being nice...especially since nothing bad has happened to me yet..." Dash said happily as he was about to take a seat with them on the outdoor picnic table to tell them more about his progress.
Until...
Dash suddenly tripped on his shoelaces and fell face first at the table, into his own lunch before he slipped again and fell painfully to the ground, but not before hitting the seat painfully, with the entire crowd laughing at him for his humiliating moment.
"What the heck?...'Danny questioned, surprised by the very sudden, random burst of bad luck.
When Dash came to, he was horrified before he looked at them in anger, at Danny in particular.
"You said acting nice would make my bad luck stop!...'Dash yelled at him accusingly.
"Dash, I...I don't know what just happened...'Danny said, wondering what went wrong.
"I have not said or done anything mean all day! For goodness sake, I even helped the janitor out!...'Dash whined as he got up to dust himself off.
"Is it possible that maybe you were thinking about something bad?...'Tucker asked, though even he knew how weak that sounded.
"No, I was thinking about my dob Pookie since he is nice..."Dash said.
"Look Dash, calm down...I am sure there is a logical explanation for this...'Danny said to the blonde jock who wanted to believe him.
Suddenly Dash felt something hit him on the head and he was sent to the ground again, groaning in pain...
"OUCH!..." Dash whined in pain.
Danny looked stunned when he saw that it was the Fenton Spectral Finder and then saw his father waving from the side walk.
"Hey Danny-boy..."Dad called.
"Dad, what's wrong, what are you doing here? Mr. Lancer said you still have two weeks before you can be on school grounds..." Danny reminded.
"I said I was sorry, how was I suppose to know the ghost shield we offered would have blew up the generator, that thing was old and poorly made anyway...'Jack said in a defensive way.
"Just what do you want, dad?...'Danny asked.
"My gizmo please, I thought I worked out all of the bugs but I think it's still malfunctioning, for some reason it keeps going after your blonde classmate over there..." Jack said as the ghostly gizmo kept hitting Dash.
And Danny processed that in his mind.
"Dad, you said that the spectral finder is suppose to track things that have a ghostly energy to it, right?...'Danny asked.
"Yep, or it will as soon as I fix it, so please can you give it to me before your teachers see me..."Jack pleaded.
Danny ran, grabbed the device and gave it to his father.
"Thanks son..." Jack said.
"Mr. Fenton, you aren't suppose to be on school grounds..." Mr. Lancer suddenly shouted and Danny took it as a sign to run before the English teacher saw him and punished him for association.
"I'm not, I'm on the sidewalk and that's city property...'Jack said in defense.
"Fine, technically but I am giving you five minutes to leave unless you want to add another week to your parental suspension...'Lancer warned.
"BYE!...'Jack said as he ran away with his device.
Danny saw this and sighed before he went back to his group.
"Dash, are you okay?..." Danny asked in concern as Dash was still on the ground with a dizzy look on his face.
"Can Dashy have a puppy for Christmas, momma~..." Dash said in a deliriously way before Sam slapped him ,snapping him back to reality.
Once then, Dash looked worried.
"I don't get it, I have been nice all day, why hasn't my bad karma gone away?.."Dash asked in a worried tone.
"I am beginning to think maybe we aren't dealing with Karma at all...'Danny said.
"What? So there is NO reason that my life is becoming bad..."Dash said sarcastically.
"No...I'm saying I think that maybe all the bad things that are happening to you are ghost related...'Danny said, surprising all three of them.
'What?...'Dash questioned.
"Are you sure, man?...'Tucker asked.
"Yeah, think about it...my dad's spectral finder is designed to follow ghostly energy and it kept hitting Dash yesterday and just now...and I don't think it's been malfunctioning...Danny whispered as he tried to think about ghosts and bad luck and then something came to him and he smacked his face in disbelief.
"If I wasn't a C student, I would have figured this out sooner, wouldn't I?...'Danny commented as the pieces started to fall into place but he needed to be sure.
"Dash, do you remember that ghost attack on Monday? The one with the blonde ghost who was fighting with his girlfriend?...'Danny questioned and the blonde nodded.
"When exactly did your bad luck start?..." Danny asked, needing to be sure about this.
"I don't know...about 10 minutes after that...why?...'Dash asked not getting it but fortunately Team Phantom did.
"Of course, now it all makes sense..." Sam said, unable to believe she didn't see it sooner.
"Dash, listen to me, during that fight, did you come in contact with that blonde ghost or a black shadow like one that was with him? Did you speak to him or did he attack you?...'Danny asked
"No...I only watched the fight but I didn't talk to him...wait?..." Dash suddenly recalled something that he forgot due to worrying about his bad luck all week. He reached until his pockets and pulled out the ring.
"I remember that the biker ghost was wearing this but he lost it and I took it as a souvenir...'Dash answered,
Danny, Sam and Tucker looked agape at the sight of the ring, then at Dash and then they crossed their arms and looked at him in a mixture of disbelief and annoyance.
"What?...'Dash asked, wondering why they are getting like this.
"Okay, let me get this straight...You put your life in danger by watching a ghost fight instead of running for safety, and then you pick up an item you know belongs to dangerous ghost and you took it as a souvenir... and you didn't mention any of these details to us until now?...'Danny asked, feeling his patience long gone.
"Yeah?..." Dash questioned.
"You're an idiot, you know that, right...Sam said, making the jock growl at the insult.
"Dash, listen...that ring belongs to Johnny 13, he's a ghost who's main power is bad luck..."Danny questioned.
"You mean..the only reason my life stinks is because of this...'Dash said before he screamed loudly as threw it far away. Only for the ring to suddenly hit someone who was walking by, it was Michelle Lynne Clarke.
"OW!..." Michelle yelled in pain, and looked and saw that it was Dash who threw it.
"M-Michelle...sorry...I..." Dash stuttered but the girl glared at him.
"I can't believe I thought I could give you another chance...OH!...'She screamed before walking away in anger, once again dumping the younger blonde boy.
"WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?..."Dash shouted as he accidentally, in his frustration, kicked a rock and it ended up hitting a bee hive, causing the angry insects to start chasing him and the group.
"RUN!...'The four teenagers quickly ran inside the safety of the school, but not before Danny grabbed the ring and followed them. They barely managed to escape with only some bee stings, Dash getting the worst of it all.
"Why is this happening to me?..." Dash whined.
"For taking something you knew was dangerous...'Danny said as he showed him the ring.
"Get that thing away from me..."Dash said in horror at the sight of it.
"Dash, even after you threw this away, you still had bad luck...i don't think getting rid of it will do...Danny said.
'So I am stuck like this forever..."Dash said in a worried tone.
"No...I can't believe that I am saying this, but I think we need to find that ghost and get him to take the ring and all the bad luck back too..." Danny answered, surprising the others.
"Are you nuts? How the heck can you expect a ghost to help?...'Dash questioned.
"Yeah Danny, Johnny 13 isn't exactly a nice guy..." Sam reminded and sent him a warning glare.
"It's our only chance...'Danny said.
"What do you know about ghosts anyway?..."Dash challenged.
'You right Dash, why don't we ask the other kid who's family researches ghost and has access to tracking devices...'Danny said sarcastically.
Dash was silent as he finally registered the point he made.
"But what can we do, we are just kids, we can't take on a ghost!...'Dash said.
The members of team Phantom sent each other a secretive look and Danny got an idea.
"You are right, we can't but just maybe Danny Phantom can...' Danny said and his friends eyes widened.
"How the heck can you get Danny Phantom's help?..." Dash questioned.
"My parents have ghost tracking devices...and I also happen to have one in my locker...I'll track him down and I am sure I could convince him to help you in your hour of need...'Danny said while Sam and Tucker tried hard not to snicker.
"Why would Danny Phantom listen to you, your folks are ghost hunters?...Dash pointed out.
Danny sighed and hoped Dash's gullibility will continue for the next five minutes.
"Listen Dash, between you and me, I don't believe that all ghosts are bad and I can safely say that I know that Danny Phantom is one of the good guys and I know he will help...Dash, you stay here with Sam and Tucker, make sure to protect him from any more bad luck until I get back with Phantom..."Danny said as he ran inside the school.
Dash however didn't so convinced, if anything, he looked positively hopeless.
"How naive can a guy get?...'Dash shouted in frustration.
"Even if he does have a device that could track Phantom down, it could take hours, maybe days before we can find him and the game is Friday and if I don't convince the team to let me in by tomorrow, I am totally-
"HELLO!...'Danny Phantom suddenly appeared.
"D-D-Danny Phantom..."Dash stuttered, unable to believe that his hero is here.
Sam and Tucker decided to get in on the act.
"Oh, wow...Danny Phantom...this is so amazing...'They said in sync.
"That nice kid Danny Fenton told me that you are in need of help, that you took a ring from the bad luck ghost Johnny 13 and you need my help...well, I will...'Danny Phantom said in his super hero vice.
Dash was stunned until he noticed something.
"Wait? How did Fenton contact you so fast and where is he now?...'Dash asked, and Phantom began to sweat.
Oh, I was just flying by and he tracked me and told me your problem and for why he isn't here...uh...he ran so quick to get to me that...Mr. Lancer got mad that he was running in the halls because he was trying to help you and took him away for punishment...he'll probably be in the office all day with that unreasonable man...'Danny Phantom quickly lied.
Dash was silent and Danny was hoping he would buy his somewhat lame excuse. Thankfully, Dash still isn't to bright and he nodded.
"Lancer is such a pain...anyway...what can we do now?..." Dash asked.
"Right now, you are coming with me, we will go find Johnny 13 and make him take the ring and the bad luck away and then you should be back to normal..." Danny said.
"You mean skip school?...'Dash asked.
"Uh...I guess..."Danny Phantom.
'Cool, so where can we find that ghost guy.?.." Dash asked the ghost boy.
BZZZZZ...
Suddenly Tucker pulled out his PDA and it was getting a ghostly news report...
"It says here that a ghost on a motorcycle is terrorizing down town even as we speak...'Tucker commented.
"That is totally Johnny, come on Dash, the sooner we get to him the better.."Danny Phantom said to Dash who looked relieved that soon his curse would be over.
"What about them?..."He asked as he pointed to Sam and Tucker.
"Uh, since I cannot have innocent citizens whom I don not know personally at all in harms way, I believe I can take it form here...So, boy and girl whom names I do not know, thank you so much for ALL of your help until now towards this boy but stay here and cover for your classmate...'Danny said with a secret message in what he said.
"Sure thing, Mr. Phantom...'Tucker said, feigning to not know him personally at all, mostly to convince Dash.
Sam however, quickly whispered to Danny when Dash wasn't looking.
"Are you sure you can handle this by yourself?..." Sam asked in concern.
"I have faced harder opponents that Johnny before, besides I have a feeling he will want his ring back...I'll be fine..." Danny whispered but when Dash noticed them talking, he had to fake something.
"Um...you are most welcome, human girl...Noe we must be off...'Danny said as he grabbed Dash by the shoulders and soon flew away, fazing through the ceiling in the process.
To find Johnny 13 and make him take Dash's bad luck away, one way or the other.
-To be continued-
Next time on Cursed at Casper High
Where's Johnny?
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
Invader Johnny and The Reviewer: Yeah, hard to be young and naive C student...but as Jack said, they all thought it was just malfunctioning the first time but now they know better...
Themetavoohres: Heh, maybe..
CutiePie120048: Thank you...
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