Thank you, Greater Lights, for helping me checking this chapter.
Oh shit. I forgot to put up a history of the four teens in this story. Sorry! This chapter will be longer due to the history.
Chapter 9: Ghostly History
It was twelve o' clock in the afternoon in Amity Park. The normal time for everyone to take a lunch break while talking to friends or colleagues, even teenagers need a break from tests or critical thinking, from advanced classes in their junior or senior year. However, the number one hero in Amity Park and two famous hunters, who don't have anytime to change because of the crowded cafeteria, have no time to take a break because one of the teenagers' ghost senses going off.
Oh, right. There was a history of the three out of the four teens in this story. (AN: Sam will not be included because Sam is the main character of the story.) Valerie Gray, a.k.a. Red Hunter, was living in a middle class house with her father. Her old friends tried to get her back into the A-list group, but Valerie refused and stayed with her real friends. As stated before, she no longer hunts Danny Phantom due to knowing about Danny Fenton and became friends with Sam and Danny. Two months ago, Red Hunter joined the two and helped Black Hunter, who she is head-over-heels for, and Danny Phantom. She is dating Tucker and going steady with him. Sometimes, she has to dodge the enraged "Tucker" fan-girls when Tucker isn't around. Sam and Valerie were no longer rivals for Danny's affection and became best girl friends with slightly minor differences. Valerie is helping the Fentons for testing the new inventions. She also tries out the Fentons' equipment and upgraded ones by Tucker Foley.
Tucker Foley, a.k.a. Black Hunter, was a seventeen strong young man and took responsibility on his equipment and school supplies. He was one of the top 10 hottest males last year before he and Valerie were dating. Before Black Hunter appeared, Tucker had the guts to get Danny and Sam out of Skulker's cages, which caused Sam to rant about cages for trapping animals, and get Skulker into the thermos by himself. Sam and Danny were amazed by Tucker's courage and complemented him for becoming Danny's sidekick. Tucker thought about it and agreed to the term. Even though the two were kidding, Tucker surprisingly made equipment similar to Valerie's, except Sam spray painted his blue suit to black and said that black camouflages him in the night and his weapons are more advanced than what Vlad and the Fenton's had. When Technus came, Tucker appeared and aided Danny by hacking into Technus and using his weapons that were better than the Fentons' inventions. Then, he was officially known as Black Hunter and the Phantom's sidekick to Amity Park. Black Hunter appeared a year later to aid Phantom in his rescue and fights. Tucker, in his normal teenage clothes, helped the Fentons on their inventions and upgrading them after Danny's parents knew Phantom was their son and accepted him. At home, he upgraded his weapons first and tested them and then Valerie's if he was bored.
Danny Fenton, a.k.a. Danny Phantom, became the main famous hero after the unanimous vote whether or not Phantom, a.k.a. Invis-o-Bill, should be destroyed or not by the mayor two years ago. Yes, no longer the number one public ghost enemy in Amity Park. Danny's parents, as stated before, accepted Danny as who he is and was very proud that he was saving everyone from ghost attacks while getting his grades up. The Manson family no longer held a grudge against the Fentons anymore because Danny, as human, saved Sam from a Cyclops ghost. The Guys in White were still a threat to Danny Phantom, but the Hunters were not. Danny was known as the number one of the top 10 most wanted hottest guys in Casper High. However, Sam became the number one of the top 10 most wanted hottest girl, and bets were placed on the two. Half of the school betted that the two would get together, and half were enraged, betting that the two would not get together. This caused the jealous side to try and win Sam's/Danny's heart to win the bet and take the sexy thing back home and have fun. (AN: shudder violently Okay. I'm going to get a cold shower.) Sam and Danny have a crush on each other, but they were always delayed by fans of theirs. Danny still saved Amity Park from ghost attacks, catching up in school, running from fan-girls on the way, and thinking of a way to confess his feeling for Sam without getting mauled by her fan-boys and spotted by his fan-girls.
Right now, Danny was thrown to the wall by…tons of meat? Great…
The Lunch Lady turned to the two teens. "Do you want chicken or meatloaf, dearies?" The Lunch Lady offered the teens. Tucker, who had dreadlocks on his head today, and Valerie, who cut her hair to her shoulders, looked at each other and looked at the Lunch Lady with a smirk.
"Actually…" Valerie started the word as the couples reached under their shirts and behind their backs.
"We don't want any." Tucker finished when they took out a pistol and shot the Lunch Lady. The ghost was thrown back and fell to the floor by one shot.
"Wow, Tucker. Did ya upgrade the pistols again?" Valerie asked as she examined the gun she was holding. Tucker shrugged while smirking.
"Yeah, I did. I was bored around seven a few days ago, so I upgraded them to get stronger. A few mishaps in my basement, but I got those fixed." Valerie rolled her eyes. That's Tucker. Bored as hell until he upgraded the pistols ten times.
"So, that explains tha bandage on your face." Tucker traced the bandage across his left cheek.
"Yeah, but I think I look like a bad boy." Valerie smirked and whispered to his ear, seductively.
"A very bad boy." Tucker blushed, even though his skin didn't show it but the temperature in his body was higher than normal.
"Uh, guys? How about less flirting and more shooting here!" Danny yelled while shooting ghost rays at the meat coming toward him. The two snapped back into the fighting.
"Phantom! Move out of tha way!" Valerie yelled at the ghost teen as Tucker took out the Fenton Thermos out of his backpack. Danny spotted the thermos and flew away from the Lunch Lady.
"Oh, dearie. Don't run away. YOU DIDN'T FINISH EATING YOUR LUNCH OF DOOM!" The ghost roared while Tucker skidded in front of her.
"Sorry, we're full." The African American boy turned the thermos on, and the beam shot toward the Lunch Lady.
"NNOOOOOO!" The ghost screamed as she was sucked into the containment. Tucker capped the cylinder tightly and sighed in relief. Valerie ran towards him and gave him a worried hug. Danny reappeared and transformed back into his human ego.
"Now, I know how Sam feels getting piled by meat." Danny covered his wound on his right arm. Somehow, one of the meats thrown toward him had a bone that was cut and had a sharp edge on it. Tucker rolled his eyes and took out a mini packet that had a Red Cross sign across it. He tossed it to Danny who caught it.
Danny opened the packet and took out the alcohol cloth. He rubbed over the wound as he winced at the major pain throbbing on his arm.
"Jeez, Tucker. What kind of new medicine did you buy?" Danny placed gauze over the wound and wrapped it with ace wrap.
"I didn't buy it. Sam did. She threatened me to put it in thirteen times just to put it in the first aid kit." Tucker defended himself. Valerie raised an eyebrow at him.
"What happens if you didn't?" Tucker sighed and sat on the counter.
"Then it's goodbye PS3." Valerie and Danny glanced at each other and back to the hot techno geek.
"You have a PS3?" They said in unison. Tucker gave them a confusing look before he mentally slapped himself.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot to tell you that she and I bet on whoever wins a dual game in Dynasty Warriors 4 get a prize out of them." Danny chuckled silently. Sam's first lost against Tucker? No wonder why she was very cranky six months ago. He thought it was her time of the month. Valerie pondered and a smirk appeared on her face.
"Let me guess. If she wins, you must eat vegetables and no meat for the next six months. If you win, you get to keep one of the new games of hers that were not released yet." Danny and Tucker gawked at their best friend with amazement.
"How did you…wait, did Sam tell you that?" Tucker asked. Valerie shook her head and still smirked.
"Nope, I got that from a different source."
"WHAT!" Valerie rolled her eyes and started to walk away with the boys questioning her but followed. As they started to irritate her with all the questions, Valerie used Sam's technique of a death glare.
"Shut up, and let's get Sam's homework." She spoke in a dead tone voice that gave a cold shiver down the boys' spines. Tucker and Danny swore that Sam's image was next to Valerie glaring at them. They quickly agreed before getting mauled by the feminine ghost hunter.
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The classrooms were always silent like death came over. It was so peaceful that if you dropped a pin in it, you could hear the echoes. Also, a few of the classrooms were open for studying or finishing up homework or tests. Most were closed due to teenagers trashing the inside of a classroom. Some of the hallways were closed due to the incident yesterday and were forbidden for examination by nosy teenagers. A blue haired martial arts teacher who was finishing up correcting the last page of the homework occupied one classroom. No one was in her room, and Tam was the only one occupying it. She sighed remembering the last four periods. It was hectic that she had to assign the first and third period extra homework. It was Wednesday for God Almighty's sake! The test was coming up in two days, and the class acted like it was already Friday. Maybe she should put the test up earlier to shut everyone up. Yeah, that's it.
"Ms. High?" The teacher jumped and squeaked, hit her knees under the desk, and almost had a whiplash as she faced the door. She sighed and placed her right hand over her heart.
"You three gave me a scare there." Danny, Tucker, and Valerie chuckled slightly. No wonder everyone's favorite teacher was Ms. High. She was a funny, sweet, forgetful, protective, don't-go-to-my-bad-side woman and definitely kicks ass when one of the non-students were trying to flirt to one of her female students. Thank God that Ms. High had a good side, and she taught the non-students about respect…the hard way.
"I thought you guys were one of the teachers who were screaming 'urgent' to get me over there and help out something unimportant." The three teens chuckled a little loudly. Tam took her glasses off and faced the three students who took their seats in front of her.
"So, what do you need?" Tam asked. Danny spoke first.
"We need the homework and any class work assignment for Sam Manson." Tam blinked and asked.
"Well, there is the homework on the board-"
"A'tually, some idiot eras'd tha homework already." Valerie interrupted. The teacher turned to her left and groaned. Damn fourth period. Always wanting to cause trouble. She took out her teacher's planner, pen, and a piece of paper. She clicked her pen and looked at her planner.
"Let's see…today's Wednesday…ah, here. Homework is…" She wrote down on the paper. "…page 456… numbers 1 to 18… page 461 … numbers 20 to 30 evens… test on Friday… and worksheet 8-4." She clicked it again and held out her paper. "Here."
The teens looked at her with shock and fear. Tam noticed this and raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"N-nothing. Ms. High." Tucker stuttered. "It's just that we're surprised that this Calculus class is so far ahead than we thought. I mean it's a week from Spring Break, and it's close to the end of the book. Is the Calculus class really that smart from what the rumors say?"
Tam gave the smile that gave the three chills. A new discovery was revealed to the four (actually two since Sam noticed this way before Valerie came in to the martial arts and Valerie had to learn about the teacher the hard way) that no matter how nice the woman was she was a sadistic, slave driving, hard ass teacher (in knowledge and training). "I don't know anything about the rumors, but the class has a higher IQ than I thought. So, I gave them challenges to keep their parents proud."
The three thought about this in another language and sighed mentally.
In other words, you gave them more homework if they act like asses in your class. For the smart part, it's actually an extra knowledge that you kept on forgetting the extra homework.
"Something wrong?" The three snapped back into reality to find Tam giving them the confused look. The three smiled sheepishly.
"Nothin'." The three spoke in unison as Danny took the paper from the blue haired teacher. The three looked at the assignment and inwardly shivered. They were so going to die mentally next year. Tucker looked up and asked.
"Ms. High? Where's the worksheet?" The teacher blinked and realized that she forgot to get extra copies. She groaned and let her head hit the desk.
"I forgot again." She stood up with her head held high, took out a workbook, and walked toward the hall. She stopped for a moment to look back.
"I'm going to get extra copies. While I am gone, do your homework or something." She turned back and walked away from her room. The three teens looked at each other and back to the door again.
"Well…what shou'd we ta'k about?" Valerie asked. Tucker pondered and looked at Danny who was bored as usual and stared at the Fenton Tracking Bracelet. The three wore one each for detecting ghosts. Danny didn't need one, but his parents said it's a special kind of Tracking Bracelet.
"I think we need to reflect on yesterday's discussion, and don't remind me the long night of setting up the ghost shield." Tucker stated.
Flashback
"So, mom. Who is Spirit? How do you know her?" Danny asked as his mom while she drove the RV. The Fenton parents told Mr. Lancer about taking Danny, Tucker, and Valerie to Danny's house to get the ghost shield and set up for school the next day. Now, they were on their way to the Fenton works while Jack was returning the Spectra Speeder.
"Well, there is a history in the Ghost Hunter book about Spirit. Twenty-six years ago, Casper Middle School was haunted. Jack and I attended there and were fascinated to see the ghosts. However, we couldn't even get a glimpse of one of them. Everyone was afraid to be alone in one classroom. Most of the time, chairs were blocking the doors, made into pyramids, or stacked on the teacher's desk. The staff thought about closing down the school because of the terror the ghosts caused in the school." Maddie stopped in front of the house and got out of the RV. The three teens got out and walked behind her as she continued the story. She opened the door and the three went in.
"However, at the start of our seventh grade, a girl ghost around our age fought one of her own kind that was trying to make a chalk fog in our science class. Her appearance and good side awed Jack and me. Everyone thought she was evil at first. They thought she haunted the school and made trouble in the school. One spring day, a snow ghost made the whole school cold and almost spread hypothermia to the principal. The girl attacked the snow ghost and was able to melt the snow. She also saved the principal with something that looked like healing powers. Later on, the whole school thanked the ghost girl and named her, Guardi-Ann. (Danny, Valerie, and Tucker snickered at the dumb nickname.) Everyone thought it was a good name until the girl told her real name. Her actual name was Spirit." Mrs. Fenton opened the basement and walked downstairs with the others following her behind. She opened a drawer revealing devices for the ghost shield. She took some out and handed them to the three teenagers.
"At our high school year, the ghost stopped haunting the middle school under Spirit's protection. Instead of haunting the middle school, they haunted our high school. Jack and I were very interested into ghosts and tried catching one. However, the ghosts we tried to catch were too strong. The high school staff was thinking about closing the high school down, but Spirit appeared and fought the ghosts invading the school with two other ghosts. She changed as well. At first, she was a seventh grader. Then, she became a high school teenager like us. Spirit could also teleport anything around her and herself behind others, open portals to other places, and was strong enough to take down a ghost army. The two other ghosts were also teenagers like her. One was intelligent, fast, and had the ability to freeze other ghosts, and the other was defensive, strong, and could locate a hidden ghost. We were grateful, but the staff members were not. Every time a ghost appeared, Spirit appeared and fought the ghost making sure the people were safe." Danny and Tucker swore that two ghosts that were mentioned were familiar to them, but who were they? Maddie finished taking the last one, and the four walked upstairs.
"Jack and I thought she was a ghost as well. Boy, were we wrong. We saw a flash of light in the coolers where the food was stored. We ran to check it out, thinking there might be a ghost. When we slammed the door open, we couldn't see the ghost, but a person inside. The room was too dark to see, but we could see a girl around our age running to the other side. We called out to her to stop, but she ran through the wall. There were footprints on the icy floor, but there was no print of a crash on the wall. That's when we discovered that she was a half ghost, half human." They went through the basement door to find Danny's father searching something in the fridge. Mrs. Fenton sighed and tapped her foot. Hearing the tapping, Mr. Fenton stopped rummaging the fridge and looked up to see an upset wife and three teens looking at the man in the orange jumpsuit with amused faces. Jack closed the door and smiled innocently. Maddie sighed and shook her head.
"No pie tonight." Jack's face fell as the teenagers chuckled.
"Also, no pie for you, Danny." Danny stopped laughing and protested.
"WHAT? MOM! WHY?" Danny whined as Tucker and Valerie burst into laughter.
"It's because you didn't clean your room upstairs, young man." Danny's bangs covered his embarrassed face and looked at the ground. This made Tucker and Valerie laughed even louder. The Fenton parents and the three teenagers got out of the house and put the devices in the back of the car. Maddie continued as they all got into the car.
"At our college year, Amity Park never had a ghost attack. Also, no one could find Spirit or her two ghostly allies anymore in the school. The schools believed that the two ghosts were at ease, but Spirit still protects Amity Park. Some said that she appears in dreams that were either good or bad. Most indicated that if you did something good, she visits you kindly; Do something bad, she makes nightmares. Now, she is known as the legendary ghost hero and dream maker." The three were amazed to hear that this Spirit could actually appear outside and in dreams. They hoped that they wouldn't get any nightmares tonight. They jumped up a little to hear Jack whooped and drove the RV back to school. The three thought which was scarier: Spirit appearing in one of their dreams or trusting Mr. Fenton's driving skills.
End of Flashback
He smirked and glanced to Valerie who caught the smirk. She gave him a questioning look before she went wide eyed and bit her lip to not giggle around Danny.
"I wonder what happened to Sam." They caught Danny stiffed up and had pink tinted his cheeks.
"That's right. She was fine 'tis mornin'. I won'er why she didn' show up. Fent'n?" Valerie and Tucker trapped Danny in his corner. Danny tried to find an excuse to get out but couldn't get through their "lie-detector" eyes.
"W-what?"
"Fess up, Danny. What happ'n to her yesterday?" Valerie smiled.
"Yeah, what happened between you and her?" Tucker cracked a grin.
"W-what are you guys talking about?" Man, Danny was sweating bullets, even Tucker and Valerie could see through that.
"God, Danny. Are you still that clueless, or are you just acting stupid to get this one out of the bag?" The two were glaring Danny down, and the ghost hybrid was now sweating like a waterfall. If it was an anime world in Amity Park, he would shrink into a cute little chibi who would be shaking in fear and sweating at the same time.
"Spill it, Danny. What happened? There is no way to escape since we are Ghost Hunters." Tucker tapped his fingers on the wooden desk as they enjoyed tormenting their ghost friend. Danny couldn't find a way to make an excuse and finally surrendered.
"Fine! Oh my god… you two act like my parents who caught me trying out one of their untested weapons before you two come in." Danny grumbled and gave them a glare. Tucker and Valerie glanced at each other and back to Danny. Danny took a deep breath and sighed, internally pounding his nervousness to the ground.
"Okay, you know yesterday after you left. Sam called me at around six in the evening. She sounded like she was crying, so I got worried. I rushed to her mansion in my ghost ego. When I got there, I tapped her window to alert her that I was there. However, she didn't notice me, not even a single glance when I phased through. That's when I saw her. She was trying to fight her sobs, but Sam was losing." Tucker and Valerie's heart were softened a bit to hear their strong Sam crying.
"I was really worried and called her name. I asked what's wrong, and she told me something that shocked me." Danny skipped the part where Sam hugged him, and they had a tickle fight due to his gut feeling that he shouldn't talk about that or Tucker might cause the incident again. The room was silent with tension. Tucker and Valerie were getting uncomfortable from Danny making the room eerie.
"Well, what is it? What did Sam tell ya?" Valerie was getting worried. Danny looked at Valerie and took a deep breath.
"Sam is a ghost hybrid. She is a halfa." The room was silent.
"Danny, you're kidding, right?" Tucker hoped it wasn't true. If Sam is a halfa, then…
"I wish I wasn't, Tuck."
Shit… Lord have mercy…
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Sam took her medicine and drank her glass of water. Sam was getting better, but she couldn't get out of bed for the next day. She inwardly sighed and grumbled incoherent words. She wanted to see her friends, but no. The stupid ghost puberty had to mess up everything.
"Sam, are you listening?" Sam snapped back into her room with her grandmother who was going to tell the real history.
Sam nodded and listened.
"Well, since your parents only knew part of the ghost history, I knew the full stuff. So listen well because this is very important. Your life might change, and hardships will come underway. However, you must keep in mind that no matter what history you have, you are Sam. The greatest grandchild I ever have." Sam blushed a little. She wasn't used to praises from other people, but it made her heart soar a little.
"Well, when your great grandfather entered the portal and found the on button, he did turn into a half ghost. Yes, it was true that he destroyed the portal and said it was a failure. However, there was a cause for that. He destroyed it to ensure the safety of the human, ghost, and another world." Sam's ears perked up from this.
Another world?
"I'll tell you about the other world later. Well, after he told his friends about the failure, he began to not only fear about his power. He feared about the rejection from his family and friends. He feared for his descendents and their future as well. He kept his secret well hidden from others until the next generation had ghost powers. That was when your grandfather had them. Your great grandfather told him to keep this a secret away from others, but my best friend and I figured his secret out on day one." Sam inwardly burst into laughter. Her grandfather was caught on the first day? Ha! That's grandma for ya. Catching the culprit like that.
"You should have seen his expression. When we figured out he was part ghost, he already looked like a ghost in his human ego. It was so funny that we had to poke him if he was still alive. Well, he told us about why he wouldn't use his ghost powers. We understood why. He wanted to use his powers for good like his father. Your great grandfather and he always had to make up excuses to transform and fight other ghost intangibly and invisibly. Around his sixteenth birthday, your great grandfather told us why he closed off the portal. This is why it was important, and you may have to face challenges either alone or with other allies." Sam took a deep breath and nodded.
"Your great grandfather closed off the portal because in another world, there is a rift between the human and ghost world that keeps it connected. Your great grandfather is the ruler of humans, ghosts, and hybrids." Sam blinked and let every word hit her head. She was a princess? A halfa princess? How?
"Now, your mind is saying how you are a princess of the halfa kingdom. I understand. We, three, were also dumbstruck about this. At first, that was a joke. However, according to the seriousness your great grandfather was showing, we finally understood that it means it was both good and bad."
"Good and bad? What do you mean nana?"
"The good part is that you are the next ruler of the other realm that would become a peace contract to both the human and ghost world. Also, the ghost egos the Manson has are all kind-hearted." Her grandmother was silent and didn't mention about the bad part. Sam was getting worried about the bad part that would put Sam's life and her children in danger if it goes on.
Sam gulped. "And the bad part?"
"Your dead brother would come and kill you for the throne because he couldn't become a half ghost at the age of sixteen." Sam felt her heart stopped for a moment. Her older brother? Samuel? No, that can't be. Samuel was too kind to do that. Before he died four years ago, he was very kind to Sam. Sure, he didn't have any friends at his age, but Samuel was still happy and could be a Manson heir. He was three years older than her. She remembered images of him. His black hair that was held on mini rattail, amethyst eyes filled with kindness, and his concerned face that focused on Sam at all times. Then, he died of a strange illness that the doctors couldn't figure out. Sam tried almost everything for him to fight it: staying by his side, giving him comfort, but yet he was still suffering. In front of her eyes, he struggled for breath, saying something she couldn't remember, but it sounded like it was harmful to the family.
"Yes, I know that you are wondering how could Samuel, kind and caring? I know that from the very beginning, but there was something wrong about him." Something wrong about him? Did his ghost side became evil and fought Samuel for control?
"Sam, here's a warning. If you come across an image of Samuel or saying that he is your brother, stay far away from him. He's not your brother, but at the same time, he is your brother." Her grandmother started her moped and turned around to exit. Sam stopped her.
"Wait." Ida stopped and faced Sam.
"Is there anyway to get Samuel back?" Sam bit her lip. She knew it was dangerous, but she had to try and get help from her friends.
"I don't know. Only one thing I know is that our Samuel is still in there, struggling against the bonds of something that holds him away from his mind." Ida faced away from her and rode off. Sam sighed and plopped down on her pillow. So much information has been told, so much responsibility to handle. Sam knew she couldn't do this by herself. Then again, there were some things that she must do by herself. She looked at the clock. It was 4:30 pm. Wow. Did that speech take that long? Weird. Maybe, her friends are in.
And maybe, at Friday after school, I might have to learn how to control my powers.
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AN: I'm assuming that you all are still alive, correct? If you are, please review once so I know that you all still living. I also have the start of high school on August 17th so it's tomorrow. The updating will be slower.
