Hey everyone! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry it took so long for me to update this! I have school stuff to do so I had (& kinda still have) a lot to do & a lot on my mind...& i had writer's block! (stupid writer's block!)...but at least be happy that I'm FINALLY updating! & just a reminder this takes place after "Reality Trip" (as far as Danny Phantom is concerned at least (that way we all know how far along Danny is with his powers))
oh...and by the way, I have this all planned out differently than I had before! this one reviewer helped me realize something and I thought of a different way to end the story. so now there's gonna be a surprise twist at the end (well...maybe...). I won't reveal the reviewer or what they helped me realize until the end. anyway...now that that's outta the way...
And once again Thank you to everyone that reviewed!
Anyway…here's your disclaimer…
DISCLAIMER- I DO NOT OWN FILLMORE OR DANNY PHANTOM! FILLMORE BELONGS TO DISNEY (Scott Gimple (I think…))! & DANNY PHANTOM BELONGS TO BUTCH HARTMAN & NICKELODEON!
CLAIMER- I OWN THE PLOT!
CHAPTER 9……DAY FOUR AT THE CONVENTION…
TEAM PHANTOM...HOTEL...
"So," Jazz started, trying to end the awkward silence that was going on between the ghost-fighting team. "What are we going to do about Evil Danny?"
"You mean Dan Phantom?" Tucker corrected.
"You call him what you want to call him, and I'll call him what I want to call him," Jazz countered.
"Guys! Can we focus here? We have a couple of dilemmas on our hands here," Danny said, getting the attention of the other three members of Team Phantom.
"Well, we know about the Dan Phantom Dilemma, what's the other one?" Sam asked.
"Remember when Vlad was here?" Danny started, recieving nods from Jazz, Sam, and Tucker. He continued, "And remember when he was talking to me privately?" The other three just nodded again. "Well, he told me that Fillmore and Ingrid are on to the Fenton/Phantom connection," he finished, knowing that his sister and friends would understand what he meant.
"Wait, they're onto us?" Sam asked, just as shocked as everyone else. They were going to continue the conversation more, but they were interrupted by the sound of Danny and Jazz's mother telling them it was time to leave for the convention once again.
SAFETY PATROL HQ...
Ingrid and Fillmore still had a few minutes before they had to head down to the gym, so they decided to hang out at Safety Patrol HQ and talk about the events from the previous day.
"So," Ingrid began. "What did you think about what Mr. Masters said yesterday?"
"I'm not quite sure," Fillmore answered. "It could be anything."
"Like...?" Ingrid started, seeing what she would get from her partner.
"Like if Danny Phantom and Danny Fenton are the same people, then Mr. Masters must know somehow," Fillmore answered.
"And if he does know anything, the question is how does he know?" Ingrid finished the thought.
"That's what we're gonna have to find out," Fillmore replied, looking at the clock. "But we'll have to think about it more later. It's time to head down to the gym."
With that, Fillmore and Ingrid left Safety Patrol HQ, and made their way to the gym.
GYM...
The Fentons, Sam, and Tucker finally made it to X Middle School for the fourth day of the convention. They were halfway finished with setting up for the day when Fillmore and Ingrid had arrived to help. Everything went well, the only event that actually happened during setup was the Ghost Gabber going off (adding "Fear Me" after everything that it repeated) again.
AFTER SETTING UP THE GYM...CAFETERIA...
"How does that thing always start working again?" Danny asked, annoyed with the Ghost Gabber.
"You mean after it was 'mysteriously broken' last night?" Tucker replied.
"Let me guess," Ingrid started. "You got fed up with it last night and destroyed it?"
"Yep," Sam answered.
"And it still is mysteriously repaired!" Danny added, annoyed. "And in my defense, I destroyed it because I couldn't get any sleep last night!"
"But that could also be because the Box Ghost showed up last night too," Tucker responded.
"Yes, but it didn't help that the Ghost Gabber kept repeating 'I am the Box Ghost! Fear me! Beware! Fear Me!' all night long either," Danny said, doing his best impression of the Ghost Gabber repeating everything the Box Ghost said.
"Which reminds me," Tucker started. "Did we ever find out how the Box Ghost keeps showing up after Danny shoves him in the thermos?" he asked, adding "I mean, after Danny Phantom shoves him in the thermos," after seeing Danny and Sam giving him "you-better-not-give-anything-away" looks.
"No, we still don't know how," Danny answered. "Well, at least that ghost dog stopped bothering me."
"Ghost dog?" Ingrid asked.
"A while back, this ghost dog showed up and wouldn't stop bothering Danny," Sam answered before Danny could even speak.
"It was bothering just Danny?" Fillmore asked.
"Yeah, and I still don't know why me," Danny replied.
"Well, look at the bright side," Tucker started. "At least you solved the problem before Valerie's life was 'ruined' even more."
"While the ghost dog was loose, this girl that goes to our school, Valerie, her dad got fired from his job because of the ghost dog," Danny answered, reading the looks on Fillmore and Ingrid's faces.
"How did you solve this problem?" Fillmore asked.
"It only got out of the Ghost Zone because it was looking for its toy," Danny answered.
"How did we get from the topic of the Box Ghost to the Ghost Dog?" Sam asked, realizing that they started talking about something completely unrelated to the Box Ghost.
"Good question," Danny started, trying to think of how they could've gotten from one topic to another. "The Box Ghost and the Ghost Dog do somehow manage to get out of the Ghost Zone a lot."
Just then, Danny's ghost sense went off.
"Speaking of the Ghost Zone..." Danny muttered to himself, Tucker and Sam. "I'll be right back," he announced, getting up and running off in some direction that lead away from the cafeteria.
"Does he do that a lot?" Ingrid asked Sam and Tucker.
"Only sometimes," Sam answered.
WHERE DANNY IS...
"I'M GOING GHOST!" Danny yelled, after making sure that no one was in the boys' bathroom. He transformed into Danny Phantom and flew off to find the ghost that triggered his ghost sense. When he got there, he saw an all-to-familiar face.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST!" The Box Ghost yelled, turning to a box that was on the floor nearby. "AND ONCE I EMPTY YOU OF ALL YOUR CONTENTS, YOUR SQUARENESS SHALL BE MINE! BEWARE!"
"Ugh! You again?" Danny asked, annoyed. "Seriously, how do you keep escaping? I mean you weren't even in the Ghost Zone last night!" Wih that he shot a ghost ray at the Box Ghost, sending the box-obsessed flying backwards.
The Box Ghost soon recovered and exclaimed, "I AM THE BOX GHOST! PREPARE TO BE SQUISHED BY THE BELONGINGS OF," he read the address off the box. "MR. CALLINGWOOD'S MATH SUPPLIES, X MIDDLE SCHOOL!" With that, the Box Ghost threw the box at Danny. Danny just went intangible to avoid getting hit by the box.
"I seriously don't have time for this," Danny stated, taking out his Fenton Thermos and capturing the Box Ghost. He turned around so he could go and change back to his human form, but he was stopped when he saw Dark Dan. "I was wondering when you'd show yourself!" He called out. Dark Dan didn't even turn around. "Hey! I'm over here! What? No witty banter? Or no attacks?" He tried again. Dark Dan just turned the corner, leaving Danny very confused.
Then he looked at a clock that was nearby. "I'd better get back to the others. I don't wanna make Fillmore and Ingrid anymore suspicious than they already are." With that he flew to the boys' bathroom so that he can change back to his human self and get back to his friends.
CAFETERIA...
"And that's why Sam chose to become a goth," Tucker his story that he was telling Fillmore and Ingrid.
"Tucker, why didn't you just use the long-story-short version?" Sam asked her friend.
"Which is?" Fillmore asked.
"I'm a creature of the night doomed to a family of morning people," Sam answered.
At that moment, Danny ran back to join his friends. "So, did I miss anything?" he asked.
"Not much," Ingrid responded.
"Except for Tucker's lame attempt at conversation," Sam continued. "Seriously, how many random topics did you go through while Danny was gone?"
"Not that much," Tucker answered, defensively. "What took you so long?" Tucker asked his friend, trying to change the subject.
"There was a ghost attack and my parents wouldn't let me come back until the ghost was gone," Danny answered.
"Makes sense," Sam said, knowing that Danny was lying to cover up for the real reason why he took so long.
"Who was the ghost anyway?" Ingrid asked.
"Just the Box Ghost," Danny answered. "...Again." He added, annoyed.
"How'd he get out? I mean this time he was trapped in a Fenton Thermos," Sam stated.
"Umm...yeah...about that..." Tucker started nervously.
"You handled the Fenton Thermos last night sometime, didn't you?" Danny asked.
"It's not my fault!" Tucker stated defensively. "Jazz thought that the thermos would be safer if we put it in your backpack. She was reading a book, and you two were sleeping." He explained.
"What did we say about handling the thermos?" Danny asked Tucker.
"Umm...I don't know," Tucker answered, hoping his friends would buy it.
"Wait," Sam started. "Don't you have a little reminder in your PDA?"
"Maybe..." Tucker answered, trying to stop Sam from taking his favorite device away from him. Unfortunately for him, Sam got it and started searching.
"Here it is," Sam said. "'Note to self: never let Tucker handle the thermos.'" She read.
"How long has he had that reminder?" Ingrid asked, slightly amused with the conversation going on between the three ghost fighters.
"A while," Tucker answered, reluctantly. He turned to Sam and added, "Can I have my PDA back?"
"Here," Sam said, handing Tucker his PDA back to him.
"It looks like lunch is over," Danny observed, seeing students leaving the cafeteria. With that, the five of them left to an empty classroom to continue talking.
A few hours later, it was time for Danny, Sam, and Tucker to go. The Fenton RV was all packed. The ghost-fighting trio got in the RV after saying their good-byes to Fillmore and Ingrid.
After Danny, Sam, and Tucker left, Fillmore and Ingrid started walking back to safety patrol HQ, talking on the way.
"Hey Ingrid," Fillmore started.
"Yeah, Fillmore?"
"Remember the other day, when we were called because there was a ghost sighting?" Fillmore asked.
"Yeah," Ingrid started. "It was him. He fit the discription that the students gave us perfectly." She finished.
"Almost perfectly," Fillmore stated, hoping Ingrid would catch on.
"What do you mean?" Ingrid asked, not getting what Fillmore was talking about.
"Remember? The students that saw the ghost said that he had white hair and green eyes," Fillmore explained.
"What are you getting at, Fillmore?" Ingrid asked, still a little confused.
"They also said one other thing," Fillmore answered. He was about to continue when Ingrid cut him off.
"That the ghost had jumped up to fly, but fell flat on the ground, right?" Ingrid replied, catching on.
"Exactly. I don't think the real ghost is the one that's 'haunting' the school," Fillmore said.
"So you think it could be a couple of students playing a prank," Ingrid said. "Actually, it makes sense. But who would go to this extreme as a prank? And why would they choose 'haunting' the school as their prank?"
"Those are the two things we need to find out," Fillmore started, thinking of possible places that the "ghost" could strike next.
"Maybe we could find Danny Phantom and ask him to help," Ingrid thought.
"We could," Fillmore responded. "But we gotta find him."
"We could ask Danny, Sam, and Tucker if they know where to find him," Ingrid offered. "And we could see if Mr. and Mrs. Fenton could help us, but then again, they might not be able to since their talking at the convention."
"It's worth a shot," Fillmore agreed. When they got back to HQ, they started thinking or more ideas.
BACK AT THE HOTEL...
"So, what really happened when you went to find the ghost?" Sam asked.
"Well, after I caught the Box Ghost again, I saw Dan Phantom," Danny started his story.
"What did he threaten you with?" Tucker asked.
"That's the weird thing," Danny started. "I tried to get his attention, but he didn't even turn around," he explained. He was about to continue when they heard a knock at the door. Jazz answered it, and in walked Vlad.
"What do you want now, Vlad?" Danny asked, getting ready to fight if he needed to.
"I just stopped by to tell you to never mind my warning from earlier," the evil half-ghost answered. "Something about my warning was off so I went into the Ghost Zone and stopped by Clockwork's tower just to find out that your evil self never escaped. Apparently it was just a bad dream," Vlad finished. "Well, I ought to be going. Ta." With that, Vlad left.
"Looks like you don't have to worry about your evil self anymore," Sam stated, looking somewhat relieved.
"Yea," Tucker agreed.
"Wait a minute," Danny started. "That doesn't make any sense."
"Dude, what are you talking about? That's good news," Tucker said.
"It's good news, Tuck. But it doesn't make sense," Danny answered. "Remember a couple days ago? When the Lunch Lady ghost showed up? She said she was trying to hide from Dan Phantom," Danny recalled, trying to put the pieces together.
"Isn't she still in your thermos?" Jazz asked, while entering the room.
"How long have you been there?" Danny asked, surprised that Jazz knew who and what they were talking about.
"Long enough to hear which ghost you were talking about," Jazz answered matter-of-factly. "If you're confused about something let the Lunch Lady ghost go and ask her."
"That's not a bad idea," Danny agreed. He grabbed the thermos and pushed the release button.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST!" The Box Ghost yelled as he was freed from the thermos. "YOU CANNOT HOLD ME, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER! BEWARE!" After he made that tiny speech, the Box Ghost flew away.
"We can recapture him later," Danny told his friends, who were trying to catch the Box Ghost before he could escape again. "Right now we have to ask the Lunch Lady about why she was trying to hide."
"Is he gone yet?" The Lunch Lady ghost asked fearfully.
"He was never freed," Danny answered. "What makes you think that he was free in the first place?"
"Youngblood told me that he was free. But if he was never freed...that means..." The Lunch Lady ghost trailed off as she came to a realization. "He will pay!" She yelled, as she flew away.
"Well, at least we know at least some of what's going on," Tucker stated.
"Yes," Danny started. "But we still don't know the whole truth."
Sam started thinking. After a minute, she gave her insight. "Maybe it was a prank. Either that, or some student at X has a grudge against Phantom."
"My bet is on prank," Danny agreed. "But in order to know for sure, we're gonna have to ask Fillmore and Ingrid for help."
"To help us? Or help Phantom?" Tucker asked.
"Hmm..." Sam started thinking. "He's got a good point.Tucker and Icould always ask them with Phantom."
"Good thinking," Danny complimented. "We'll have to think of the rest of the plan tomorrow. For now, let's just all get some sleep." With that, the ghost-fighting trio all went to bed.
So...how was that? I'm sorry if it seems that it's just been skipping around. I'm HOPING that this chapter came out better than I thought it would. If not...oh well.
It WILL be a while before I update again. I've got school stuff and now I've got tennis practice (like all over the place. I don't even know when my practices (and games) will be yet.) Just thought I'd let you know.
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