OfficiallyNobody: No, he can't. He and Vlad are both stuck as ghost cats. They cannot change to "normal" cats.
Phantom Trainer: I suppose you'll have to find out in Chapter 11! P.S. Thanks for the review in The Ultimate Kitty!
Clear As Myst: Danny Furball! The Ultimate cure for boring summer days! Side effects may include split sides, gasping, wheezing, or any signs of hysteria. See your doctor before taking Danny Furball.
jeanette9a: Ah! I love sugar highs! I love coffee highs even more, but Mom says no more than a cup a day. Le sigh.
CSIalchemist: So many questions, so many answers that will remain hidden for a long good while. I hope you're comfy.
Fun Fact: Yesterday, my mom had me dust, sweep, and vacuum the entire house along with cleaning my bathroom, cleaning all the bed sheets, remaking the beds (including my sister's 'cause she's the Queen of the Universe), feeding the cats, taking out the dog, vacuum the cat hair off the furniture, bring in the mail, and all other fun stuff. I fell promptly asleep when all that was over, so as a bonus for not posting yesterday, you'll get two chapters today.
"The Box Ghost?" Dora stared at Sam, "Why on earth was the Box Ghost at my castle? And did you mention explosions?"
"He claims it was the TV," Sam rolled her eyes.
"I don't have a TV," the princess insisted, "What the hell is going on over there?"
"Only way to find out is to go."
"Before we do," Tucker asked, "Could we stop at school first?"
"What?" his friend stared back at him, "You actually want to go to school?"
"Oh," Dora cooed, "I just love it when children are interested in their education!"
"Uh, thanks," Tucker said, uneasily, "But I was thinking more about the collar."
He pointed to the strap in Sam's hand. She looked at the pendant and gasped at the picture.
"Is that the football field?" Sam gasped, "But, I thought Dan spread the pieces in the Ghost Zone. What's it doing here?"
"I don't know," Dora said, looking over the teen's shoulder, "But I suppose my castle is going to have to wait. Come on! To your school yard!"
She grabbed the kids as she changed forms. Tucker and Sam winced when her talons dug into their shoulders.
"Sorry," the princess apologized, taking off.
She landed them in front of Casper High. She dropped the children and looked puzzled at the screaming students and animals. Then Dora noticed a familiar face.
"Isn't that girl one of your friends?" she asked, pointing to a sullen redhead.
"Jazz?" Tucker ran over to her, "What are you doing here?"
"Some of the kids and teachers were screaming about a ghost in the school," she explained, looking irritated.
"GHOST!" her father bellowed, running towards the building, "Don't worry kids! I'll save you!"
"Come on!" Sam grabbed both Jazz and Tucker, "We have to follow him!"
As they both protested, the goth led her friends inside the building with the princess following them from behind.
"Good god," she muttered, staring at the various animals chasing the students down the hallways.
"Call of the Wild!" Mr. Lancer ran out from one of the classrooms followed by a snarling St. Bernard, "Haunted English room!"
The gymnasium doors made a huge bang as Ms. Teslaff and the basketball team ran out screaming. Cats and golden retrievers chased after them, snarling all the way.
"Haunted gymnasium!" she cried, leading the players out of the school.
Dash Baxter and Qwan led the football running down the halls with angry parrots and snakes close at their heels.
"Haunted football field!" the blonde boy cried, now noticing that several dogs had joined the chase.
"Wait," Jazz squinted her eyes, "Did anybody else notice all of the animals were glowing?"
Sam and Tucker stared too. A ghastly shade of green light surrounded the animals as growled at them and let out ferocious barks, meows, and squawks.
"Ahoy!" a childish voice commanded, "Who goes there?"
"Youngblood?" Sam looked into the air, looking for the junior pirate.
"That's Captain Youngblood, to you," the young boy appeared above the group's heads, completely attired in pirate gear, "Now, what are you landlubbers doing in my secret fort!"
"Dude," Tucker said, "It's not really a secret if you tell us."
"Told you," the parrot on Youngblood's shoulder muttered.
"Hey! Shut up!" the child screamed, making a golden shard dangle around his neck.
"Young man!" Dora gasped, "Where did you get that piece?"
"What this?" he held up the other half of the statue's face, "You like it? I found it in the Ghost Zone! I think it's part of some secret buried treasure!"
"Or it could part of some sacred statue," the parrot said, quite loudly in the child's ear.
"Actually," the princess smiled, thinking she could reason with the lad, "It is part of Bastet's sacred statue and we're helping her put the statue back together."
"So?"
"So, I'm sure Bastet would appreciate it if you gave the piece back to her."
"Oh, I see what you're trying to do," the child narrowed his eyes, "You're trying to take it from me! Well finder's keepers! It's mine! Guards, get rid of them!"
"You have a death wish, don't you?" his companion sighed.
Dora quickly grabbed the teenagers and lifted them high into the air as the angry pets started to attack. She blew a small breath of fire at them, just to scare them off. They stopped, but continued their growling. Youngblood however, was completely startled and quickly flew down the halls.
"You stay here," the princess commanded, dropping them again, "I'll go after him."
Before they could say anything, she flew off after the child.
"Don't hurt him!" Jazz shouted after her, "He's just a child! He's only playing!"
"Haunted football field!" Dash continued shouting, changing directions.
His team had already left him, but that didn't seem to faze the star quarterback in the slightest.
"Well, now what are we supposed to do?" Tucker asked.
"GHOST!"
The children looked back and saw Danny's parents shoot at the ghostly creatures, still snarling.
"It's not working!" Maddie growled, furiously, "We're going to have to try something else. Quick Jack, hand me those nets the pet shop wanted!"
"We'd better help these pets," Sam announced, "Before they hurt these innocent animals!"
"OW!" Tucker screamed as a macaw bit his nose, "Yeah, innocent animals."
"Just grab a broom!"
Sam sprinted off just as Youngblood flew down the halls with the princess hot on his heels.
"Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah!" he teased, "Can't catch me!"
"Haunted football field!"
"For the last time," Youngblood growled, "It's not a football field! It's my ship's dock! Oof!"
His parrot flew away just as Dora had finally managed to tackle him. But the boy wriggled free.
"Ha!" he shouted before flying off again, grabbing his bird, "Guards! Get rid of them now!"
The animals' eyes glowed a crimson red before they increased their efforts. Sam, Tucker, and Jazz came running back only for a Labrador to knock the goth down.
"Oof!" Sam groaned, swatting the broom at him, "Easy boy! I don't want to hurt you!"
"Yoo-hoo!" Tucker whistled, holding a tennis ball high above his head, "He y boy! Over here!"
The dog quickly lost interest in the girl and panted happily at the toy.
"Fetch!"
He barked in joy and chased the ball out the front door.
"Well, that's one down," the goth muttered, standing up, "Only a thousand more to go."
"Jack! I need more power for the ecto-guns!" they heard Maddie cry out, still shooting at the pets, "Down, Rover! Down I say!"
"And it sounds like we're going to have to hurry it up," Tucker responded, looking at all of the running animals and students.
"Uh, Sam-" Jazz said, looking down at a black device on the floor, "I think your phone-"
"Oh, yeah!" she replied, noticing an angry flock of birds heading towards them, "Save it for me, will you? Thanks!"
Sam and Tucker prepared for the avian attack, making sure they had enough room for the birds to fly through out the door. When the parrots came, the two teens quickly swatted and batted at the birds, trying not to harm them, but trying not to get harmed, either.
"Tucker!" Sam shouted, "Parrot on your left!"
The geek turned his head towards the danger and shooed the bird away. Outside, they heard a mighty reptile roar out and wood splintering.
"Hey!" Captain Youngblood shouted, watching his ship flame up in smoke, "No fair! You can't do that to my ship!"
"I can and I did," the dragon merely snorted, "If you refuse to behave, then you deserve to have a few toys taken away! Now, give back the statue piece!"
She aimed for the shard, but he flew up and dodged the princess' claws.
"Look," the parrot scolded his charge, "If you want to die again, well that's all well and good for you. However, I quite enjoy my afterlife. So, if you'll pardon me, I'm taking no more part in this battle."
He flew off just as Youngblood growled angrily, "You never did anything in the first place!"
Still angry, the child summoned his animal guards to avenge his fallen fortress. Felines and canines growled at the giant lizard, but she rolled her eyes and blew the tiniest bit of flame in their direction. Startled, the pets ran off, taking out their aggression at the students and staff who dared to stay.
"The Jungle Book!" Mr. Lancer cried out again, devastated that his perfect hiding spot underneath the bleachers was foiled, "Everybody run for your lives!"
He heard his star pupil try to say something about a kid, but he was more concerned with escaping with what little hair he had left. He passed by Dash, looking completely lost.
"Haunted football field!"
"Dude," Tucker sighed, "We know. We get it already."
Youngbrat decided to go inside the school and settle things a few things with the teens.
"It's not a football field! It's my new dock for my ship!"
Tucker and Sam each glared at the boy and took out the Fenton Lipsticks they took from Danny's house.
"Sam!" Jazz stepped in front of the teens, "Be careful! He's just a kid!"
Sam glared at her, not noticing she was talking to someone on the cell when they heard a familiar cry.
"GHOST!"
Jazz looked at her parents, completely horrified that they found the poor child. Just as Jack was about to shoot, she jumped in front of them.
"Dad! No!"
Maddie and Jack were forced to shoot upwards, away from their daughter. To Maddie's displeasure, the ghost kid had disappeared. She and her husband ran down the halls, but stopped in their tracks when they saw him fighting with a ghost dragon. They looked at each other in pure delight. Jack looked the happiest of all, though. His wife thought he looked like a kid being given the key to the candy store. Come to think of it, he probably would look like that if that ever did happen, anyway. Maddie and Jack prepared their weapons as they continued fighting.
"It's not yours!" Dora shouted, still trying to grab onto the piece.
"I found it first!" he kicked at her, trying to break through her grip.
The princess had managed to pin him down successfully and refute any attempts he made to phase through, but still he would not give up.
"Finder's Keepers!" he continued insisting, trying to pry her claws off, one by one.
"It belongs to Bastet!" Dora shouted, finally grabbing the piece and yanking it off his neck, "Ha!"
"Ha this, ghost freak!"
Both ghosts had no time to look startled before Maddie shot at them with her ecto-gun.
"GHOST!" the fat man continued bellowing, eagerly shooting at them with great vigor, "Surrender ghost scum!"
Dora groaned, roughly grabbing the boy and flying off. At first, Youngblood tried to wiggle free, but stopped when he noticed the ghost hunters hot on their trails.
"You see what happens when you pull stunts like this?" the princess scolded.
He whimpered, grasping tightly onto her neck. Dora spotted the teenagers still trying to fend off the animals. She noticed the redhead trying to break free from the poodle pinning her down.
"Tell the animals to stop so my friends can help you safely back into the Ghost Zone."
He spoke to protest, but stopped when he heard their enemies coming closer.
"Fine," he grumbled, "Guards! Stop! Return from where you came!"
At first, there was an eerie silence, then the pets went from aggressive to friendly. The cats stopped scratching Tucker, but rubbed on him instead. The birds had calmed down and sat on Sam's shoulders instead of nipping them. Jazz's poodle began licking her instead of trying to bite her. However, a corgi continued barking at Sam's phone.
"Whoo!" Sam sighed, wiping her brow, "Glad that's over!"
"Danny!" Jack shouted, "Son? Where are you?"
"You have the piece," Sam whispered, urgently.
Dora nodded, arching an eyebrow as the girl sprinted off and headed for her friend's locker. Quickly, she picked the lock and grabbed his clothes inside. She changed and restyled her hair just as Maddie and Jack spotted her.
"Danny, there you are!" Maddie went to hug her "son," but "Danny" refuted.
"No!" Sam said, hoarsely, "You can't! I'm still chasing a ghost!"
"Ghost?" Jack became excited, "Where?"
"Uh, at the Nasty Burger!"
She noticed Tucker and Jazz outside, running towards the Fenton house.
"Maybe I'll see you there!" she shouted as she ran down the hall as fast as she could.
"Seriously," Jack muttered to his wife, "Am I the only one who notices that Danny runs like a girl?"
"Nice outfit," Tucker snickered, as Sam joined them.
"Shut up," she hissed, glaring at Youngblood.
"I'm taking him back to the Ghost Zone," Dora announced, morphing to her normal form, "I'll meet you at this Rotten Burger-"
"Nasty Burger," Tucker corrected, "And thanks for the piece."
"Right," she nodded, flying off, "I'll meet you there."
"Why?" Sam looked at him with wide eyes.
"Because that's where the collar shows the next piece. You dropped it by the way."
Sam groaned as she saw the restaurant in the center of the pendant.
"Oh, Dan called, "Jazz said, "I don't know what he wanted, though. A poodle jumped on me before I could get any info. Why do you have his number?"
"Why did you go through his stuff?" Tucker asked.
"I told you!" Sam shouted, red-faced, "Shut up!"
She stomped off after Jazz gave her phone back. Dialing his number, Sam waited for the ghost to pick up.
"Not now, Sam! I'm in the middle of something!" he shouted as his greeting.
"What the hell was Box Ghost doing at the castle?" she ignored him, "I want to talk to Danny-"
"Get him, Johnny! Get him!"
Sam groaned in frustration when she heard the motorcycle in the background.
"Now what the hell is going on?"
"Goddammit, Sam! I'm in the middle of not getting run over, here!"
"Shadow! Attack him, now!"
"MEOW!" a cat shouted.
"Quit scaring Scooter!"
"You lost the cats, didn't you?" Sam sighed.
"No! I did not!" Dan insisted, "They lost their own damned selves!"
"Johnny! He's catnapping Scooter! Kill him!"
"Shadow! Grab the cat!"
"MEOW!"
"Will you quit digging into my face!" Dan demanded, "Wait a second. How the hell did you-"
A crash, a scream, and a hiss interrupted the call. Growling, Sam shut off the phone and joined her friends towards the Nasty Burger.
"Well?" Tucker asked, "What he call you for?"
She growled, "He's in the middle of a fight with Johnny 13."
Tucker sighed, "He lost the cats, didn't he?"