Danny was beginning to leave for school when his father ran into him. Jack Fenton was carrying a rather large silver cannon of some sort. Green lights wrapped around the barrel and it hummed. "Heading to schools, son?"

"Yeah." Danny eyed the cannon with a worried look. "Didn't mom ban bringing ghost weapons into the main part of the house?" Danny was referring to an incident several months ago where Jack had accidently filled the kitchen with ghost goo after his Fenton Goo Launcher had self-destructed when the barrel had gotten clogged.

"Just wanted to show the family my latest invention, which will help us stop the horrible undead scum that is terrorizing this city." Jack held up the cannon like he was going to fire it. "Say hello to The Fenton Portable Gene Splicer! This baby will painfully rip a ghost apart atom by atom. That will show them that they can't haunt my city." Jack waved the cannon around and speaking as if he was blasting one ghost after another.

Danny ducked as the cannon was waved in his direction. "Is it safe to just swing that thing around like that?"

Jack smiled. "Of course it is. I put installed a safety trigger to prevent any accidents. There won't be a repeat of The Fenton Plasma Bomb incident again." As he spoke he pulled the trigger to make his point. A bright green light fired from the cannon and hit the living room couch. The couch sparkled and instantly disintegrated into a large pile of ash and fibers. Jack looked at the cannon and pressed a small red button above the trigger. "Which I forgot to turn on apparently." Jack reached into one of the pockets on his jumpsuit and pulled out a five dollar bill. "If your mom asks?"

Danny quickly took the money. "You took the couch out to be cleaned."

"That's my boy. Now I got some internet searching to do." Jack ran to the lab.

"What about the pile of ash?"

"What pile?" Maddie Fenton walked into the living room and looked at the pile and then to Danny. "What happened to the couch?"

Danny gulped. "Dad sent it out to be cleaned."

Maddie held out her hand. "What really happened?"

The teen sighed in defeat and gave his mom the five bucks. "Dad blasted it with his new invention."

"Again! What am I going to do with that father of yours?" Maddie patted Danny on the head. "At least you know it isn't right to accept money for lying to your mother."

"Yes mom."

"Well you get going and I am going to have a nice long talk with your father." Maddie went down the stairs to the lab. "Jack Robert Fenton!" Jack's full name, when Maddie used that, it wasn't good.

Danny shrugged. "Easy come, easy go." Danny headed outside and spotted his sister waving at him from her car.

"You need a ride?"

"Sure. Can you just drop me off at Tucker's?"

"Can do!" Jazz heard their mother yelling from the basement lab. "Dad bring another invention upstairs?"

"We lost the couch."

"Ouch! Well, mom was looking for an excuse to redecorate." Jazz started the car when Danny got in and buckled his seatbelt. "I heard you were talking a self-defense class."

"Yeah, I am getting a little tired of being beaten up at school."

Jazz turned away from the driveway. "You could have asked for my help."

"No offense, but having my big sister come and save me wouldn't exactly help my already lame social standing."

"I meant teaching you a few moves. I took judo when I was your age."

"Thanks, but I knew you were busy with your studies and selecting a collage. This is your last year of high school."

"Weird isn't it." Jazz turned the corner. "To think I still remember when I was in elementary school and you were wetting the bed."

"I try not to think about those years."

Jazz scratched her brother's head. "I'm going to miss you when I move out."

"I will too, but the fact I get your room will help out a lot."

"Glad you will have something to help you adapt."

As they continued to go along the street, a large object landed on the hood of Jazz's car. Through the windshield, all the teens could see was a whirlwind of fur and fangs. Jazz hit the brakes and spun the wheel. The car swerved and stopped as it skidded onto the sidewalk. Pedestrians took off running and other cars quickly moved to get away from the incident. The object that had been on the hood flew off and landed a few yards away from the car. For the first time, they were able to get a good look at it. It was a very large green glowing wolf. Danny recognized it as the one that had escaped from the park all those weeks ago. He had completely forgotten it was still running around. The wolf had grown and Danny didn't know it stood taller than him now and from the look in the wolf's red eyes, it remembered him. The wolf snarled at the car and slowly began to approach it.

"Don't move!" Despite everything, Jazz voice was still calm. She glanced down and spotted her purse. It had fallen into Danny's foot well. "Try and get my purse. It has a panic button in it that will summon Mom and Dad."

"When did you get that?"

"Dad gave it to me when I started dating. Said he would personally pummel any guy that tried anything."

"Thank god for dad's overprotectiveness." Danny managed to slip his foot through the shoulder strap and slowly raised his foot up so he could reach it.

The wolf howled and charged at the car. Both teens screamed as the wolf lunged at the windshield. Jazz reached under the steering wheel and pressed a small button. A small dome of energy formed around the car and the wolf bounced off of it.

"Hurry Danny, this shield drains the battery fast."

Danny fumbled around Jazz's purse and found a triangle shaped device with a button on it in the shape of the letter F. "Got it!" Danny pressed the button and the device beeped.

"Now let's hope they get here before my car battery dies."

The wolf repeatedly clawed at the energy dome and the teens watched in despair as the battery meter on the dashboard slowly dropped to E. With one last swipe, the dome flickered and vanished. The wolf seemed to chuckle as he started to climb onto the hood of the car. As it raised its paw to smash through the windshield, a dark skinned boy appeared from around the corner and yelled.

"Danny?"

Danny's heart sank deeper. "Tucker, RUN!"

The wolf turned towards the teen, snarled and shot at him. Tucker wanted to run, but fear froze his feet into place. The large ghost wolf jumped to pounce him. As the wolf was about to land on him, it shimmered with green light and knocked Tucker to the ground. The form of the wolf melted away and the teen was covered in ash and burnt fur. He quickly leapt to his feet and brushed himself off. "What happened?"

Down the street stood The Fenton RV, Jack Fenton was in front of it with his Gene Splicer cannon in hand. He held it up and had a big smile on his face. "See, this baby works great."

Maddie walked up to her husband. "Yes Dear, but it doesn't make up for what you did to the couch."

Jack's shoulders slumped. "Right. I will never bring a weapon into the main part of the house or bribe our children to cover it up."

She kissed him on the cheek. "You go check on Tucker and I'll check on the kids."

Danny and Jazz quickly exited the car and ran into the tight embrace of their mother. Jack walked over to the still stunned Tucker and slapped him hard on the back. "How was it being so close the snarling maul of ghost?" Tucker mumbled a few words, but none of it understandable. Jack was sympathetic, but had no other way to express it but to slap him on the back again. "I know, words just can't describe it. But don't you worry. As soon as The Fentons are finished, no ghost will dare set foot or ghostly tail thingy that some of them have in this city again. So cheer up." Tucker managed a nod and walked towards his friend. Jack sighed. "Something ain't right with that boy."

The warm group hug broke apart. Maddie would give them a lift to school while Jack recharged Jazz's car with the portable charger. As the teens piled onto the RV, a cop car drove up. Before his story could get to be a tall tale from her husband, Maddie had Jack drive the kids to school while she gave the report to the police. Despite everything, they still managed to get to the school before classes started. Sam waved goodbye as she ran to her classes. Danny and Tucker walked through the front doors and walked down the hallway. Tucker's voice had returned to him finally.

"That was a close one, wasn't it?"

Danny had to agree. "I almost transformed, but even then, I wasn't sure I could handle that thing. How are you holding up?"

"Well, almost becoming a ghost wolf's snack, I'm alright."

"If you want to stop being my friend, I would understand."

Tucker managed a small smile and wrapped his arm around Danny's neck. "Hey, you don't abandon a friend in need. Plus I figure if the ghosts do invade, you're the safest person to be around."

"Thanks. I needed that." The pair laughed, but stopped when they reached Danny's locker. It had been covered in graffiti. Most of it insulting his family and telling him to leave. Danny was dumbstruck. "Who did this?"

"All those who know it is your family's fault these ghosts are here." The teens turned around and spotted a small group of students led by Valerie Gray. Small bits of paint from a spray can were on her fingers. One was jabbing at Danny. "Things were fine until you and your crazy parents moved here. Now our school was destroyed and there are ghost attacks all over the city."

"My parents are trying to stop them."

"Yeah right! I bet all this was caused by your parents. They were laughing stocks of the city before these ghost showed up. Now they are considered heroes. I bet they released all these ghosts just to boost their reputations." The crowd of students behind her chanted their agreement."

Danny found no words to use, but Tucker quickly stepped in-between him and Valerie. "None of this is The Fentons's fault. There is crime in this city too. Are you going to blame the criminals being here because we have cops? Danny's parents are helping to stop these ghosts. You're just looking for someone to blame." Before the agreement could continue, someone yelled teacher and the group quickly disbursed. Tucker turned to Danny and tried to cheer him up. "They are just scared. Heck, I am scared, but I know you and your folks can beat this thing."

"At least someone does." The two retrieved their books and went to class.

Paulina stood on top of a raised dais wearing a long purple dress that sparkled from the many jewels that were sewn into it. Around her were dozens of handsome and strong men in tuxedos. Each had an expensive gift in hand and was trying to get her to marry them. Each announced the lavished mansions they owned or the islands that they would dedicate to her. Paulina just blushed as each offer was more glamorous then the next. This was the perfect future for the most popular and pretty girl in Amity Park. As it continued, a dark voice filled her ears. "Such a vain and pathetic existence." Paulina looked around, but saw nothing beyond her admirers. "I wonder if they would be as interested if they saw the true you." The girl felt her face tingle and it started to feel different. All of a sudden, all the men started to back away with looks of disgust on their faces. Paulina touched her face and found her perfect little nose had grown to almost a foot long and had warts covering it. She started to panic as she touched the rest of her face and found it felt rough and deformed.

"What is happening to my perfect face?"

A dark laugh filled the air as a full length mirror appeared in front of her. "It isn't just the face."

Paulina screamed as her perfect beautiful body had changed to a twisted humpbacked version of itself. Her dress had changed into dark dirty rags and her face was the most hideous thing she had ever seen. She shoved against the mirror and it shattered on the ground. She tried to run, but found herself in the hallway of Casper High. All round her, the students laughed and jeered at her ugly looks. Ever her pool of friends jumped away as she tried to talk to them. The laughing intensified and Paulina screamed at the top of her lungs. "NO!"

Paulina jumped out of her seat. The entire class was looking at her and Mr. Lancer was tapping his foot as he stood in front of the chalk board. "Is there a problem Ms. Sanchez? Bad enough you sleep through my class, but the screaming really does hinder the few people who actually want to learn something."

Paulina checked her face in her pocket mirror and found it normal. "Sorry, guess I had a bad dream." She sat back down and Lancer got back to his lecture.