GhostWriterGirl: I'm back! And Nell, Owen, I am so, so sorry about locking you guys in there!
Nell:*grumbles*You really need to work on your hearing.
Owen: We've been shouting at you to open the closet door for, like…
Nell and Owen:*in unison*TEN FREAKING HOURS!
GhostWriterGirl: Okay, okay, that was my bad! I'm so uber sorry! Like mega sorry! Can you guys forgive me?
Nell and Owen:*look at each other*We forgive you.
Nell: Just don't lock us in there again and forget about us again!
GhostWriterGirl: Sure thing, Nell. *turns back to the readers*Anyway, here is the next chapter! Hope you enjoy and no, I do not own Danny Phantom, that belongs to Butch Hartman. Anyway, enjoy the chapter! GhostWriterGirl out! Now, come on you guys, I want to show you a really good show that may or may not have your adoptive brother in it. *walks out of the room, planning to show Nell and Owen the joy that is Danny Phantom.*
Nell: At least she's not forgetting about us. *Nell and Owen follow GhostWriterGirl out the room to watch the show, Danny Phantom, on GhostWriterGirl's iPad.*
Chapter 10
Chapter 9: One Month Later
Nell's P.O.V
It was a month later.
Me, Ava, Owen, and my ghost boyfriend and Ava's deceased older brother Dustin(or Dust Thornton, as he was known for his human disguise)were leaning on the basement wall, watching as my adoptive dad was trying to teach Danny, Sam and Tucker how to hunt ghosts.
"So, Danny," Dad started, "you and your little friends want to hunt ghosts?"
"Uh, actually Dad, I want to be an astronaut," Danny replied.
"Sorry Mr. Fenton, I was into ghosts, but they're so mainstream now. They're like cellphones," Sam refused, looking bored out of her mind.
"Waste all these looks and all this charisma hunting ghosts!? Criminal," Tucker responded.
I rolled my eyes.
"Oh please, you guys do know that Dad will still teach you anyway," I whispered.
"And it will be the same for us when it's our turn," Owen added as well before Dad started speaking again.
"Well, if you do want to learn how to hunt ghosts, there a few things you need to know," he said, turning back to where a bench covered in beakers and test tubes filled with ectoplasm was.
"See what I mean?" I hissed-before a jolt of electricity went up my spine and an electric white mist went out of my mouth, and I gasped at the same time Danny did and a blue mist went past his lips.
"Oh no, this isn't good," Danny muttered as the Fenton Ghost Portal opened and two ecto-pusses came out.
Grabbing Sam and Tucker, they gagged them before they had a chance to cry out and pulled them off their chairs while Owen pushed Ava and Dustin and himself deeper into the shadows as I stepped out to deal with the two ghosts. All the while, Dad just went on speaking.
"True, I have never seen a ghost. But when I do, I'll be prepared-and so will you, whether you want to be or not."
Me and Danny looked at the ecto-pusses floating there, with Sam and Tucker in their grip.
Narrowing our eyes in determination, we leapt up to face them, transforming into our ghost forms in the process.
I tackled the ecto-puss holding Sam while Danny punched the ecto-puss holding Tucker, our focus on trying to get the ecto-pusses to let go of Sam and Tucker.
Dad just kept on talking.
"It all starts with your equipment," Dad said, holding up a thermos. I sucker punched the ecto-puss holding Sam right between the eyes, forcing it to let go of Sam, while Danny slammed a roundhouse kick to the side of the head of the ecto-puss holding Tucker and causing the ghost to let go of our techno-geek friend.
Sam and Tucker fell back on their chairs and I quickly joined them, transforming back just before Dad turned around to face us.
"Sam, Tucker, Nell, this is the Fenton Thermos," he stated, handing Sam the thermos and turning back. "It's supposed to trap ghosts. But since it doesn't work yet, it's just a thermos-a thermos with the word 'Fenton' in front of it!"
Danny managed to finish off fighting the ecto-pusses, and the octopus-like ghosts, dazed and beaten, went straight back into the ghost portal and Danny changed back and jumped away as the portal closed-just as Dad came up to it.
"And that, that is the Fenton Portal. It releases ghosts into our world whether I want it to or not. And someday, I'll figure out that works too."
"Now," he finished, turning back to a seated me, Sam and Tucker, "who wants to hunt some ghosts?"
Sam and Tucker were shaking, I was sprawled in my seat, trying to catch my breath, Ava, Owen and Dustin had come out of the shadows and were standing near us, looking a bit frightened, and Danny was gripping the back of Tucker's chair, panting.
"You kids, look at ya!" Dad exclaimed. "You're too excited to speak-so I'll just go on speaking. I was born many years ago in a log cabin in the woods. I don't remember exactly where, but I do know I wanted a pony. Never got the pony; as a matter of fact, we had to eat horse meat during the war. I had a problem with that."
During this, we all looked at Danny, who had recovered slightly. He just hung his head as we figured out a way to slip out of there.
GhostWriterGirl: I think this'll be a two-chapter thing for "Mystery Meat". The next chapter will be the start of the episode after the titles. No, I don't own the wonder that is Danny Phantom. I only own Nell, Owen, Holly, Josie, Ava, Dustin and this story. Now, speaking of Nell and Owen, where are those two?
*meanwhile, in an abandoned room, under the covers of a bed, Owen and Nell are watching the first season of Danny Phantom on one of GhostWriterGirl's iPads.*
Nell: Can you believe how differently Danny's life would have been without us there?!
Owen: I know! It's like we're watching a reality show; except we're not in it!
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