Chapter 37:
It was the end of summer vacation. Kids and teenagers if all ages were enjoying their last few minutes of freedom before facing the new school year in the morning. Unfortunately for the tears of Casper High, their vacation was already considered at an end as they were spending the day setting up their classrooms and preparing to greet their students in the morning. Currently the teachers were gathered in the teachers lounge, relaxing and chatting pleasantly before the stress of their job could truly affect them.
"It's hard to believe summer's over already," Me. Lancer mused while pouring himself a cup of coffee. "It went by so fast."
"Too fast," grumbled Mr. Rainer, absentmindedly playing a game on his phone. "I'm not ready to have to deal with all the brats yet."
"You are never ready for them," Mrs. Fletcher rolled her eyes as she drew in her sketchbook. "But it's only the first day tomorrow. The kids won't cause any trouble until they've been here at least a week."
"I wouldn't be so sure of that considering some of their track records," Mrs. Cassie replied, sipping from her mug."
"How much do you want to bet that Danny's going to be late for at least two of his classes?" Mr. Smith smirked, tapping his cup.
"More like all of them," Mr. Rainer snorted.
"Oh give him some credit," Mrs. Fletcher scolded teasingly, waving her pencil at Mr. Smith. "It's a new school year, he might have a better handle on his schedule this time."
"I'll believe that when I see it," Mrs. Cassie replied.
"Personally I'd just be happy if there aren't any ghost attacks on the first day," Mr. Lancer shrugged and several teachers nodded in agreement.
"Speaking of ghosts, how has you research on the GIW been going?" Mrs. Fletcher asked Mrs. Cygert, looking over at where she and Mr. Fulluka had papers on their table.
"Pretty well," Mrs. Cygert replied, still looking at the papers. "I've been gathering a lot of evidence and I'm hoping to get the support of Vlad Master in shutting them down since they've recently destroyed his mansion."
"I've heard about that," Mrs. Cassie said, tapping her chin in thought. "I think there was a report on the news last night about it."
"Right before his "unveiling", " Mr. Smith snorted, grinning widely. "It was a whole lot more then I wanted to see but it was hilarious."
"That's what a rich snob gets for coming to this ghost crazy town," Mr. Rainer laughed.
"I wonder why he came here in the first place," Mr. Lancer thought out loud. "I don't believe someone like Mr. Master would have many reasons to be in a town like this."
"Maybe he has an interest in the supernatural," Mr. Wolfe suggested with a shrug, still focused on his book.
"I doubt that's the reason," Mrs. Cassie replied with a role of her eyes.
"You never know, rich people can be into some really crazy things," Mr. Rainer countered before he stood up. "Well I think I've had enough social interaction for today. I'll see you tomorrow."
Mr. Rainer then left the room and the others began following his example. Gathering their stuff the teachers said their goodbyes and made their weary home, determined to get a good nights sleep before the new school year began.
(Time Skip)
"Hey I was right!" Mr. Rainer declared swinging his arm out in triumph. "Danny did get into trouble on the first day."
"Well, it wasn't really his fault so I don't blame him," Mrs. Cassie replied sipping from her mug. "He was actually the victim this time."
"Because of some ghost pulling a prank," Mr. Lancer sighed, running a hand over his head. "And I was hoping for a ghost free day."
"The only way that's going to happen is if you leave this city permantly," Mr. Rainer scoffed, typing on his computer. "Otherwise you'll never escape this madness."
"Speaking of madness, it's so weird how there's no one new running for mayor," Mrs. Fletcher commented. "I mean I hardly pay attention to politics, but this has got to be a first."
"It's actually not that surprising," Mr. Smith shrugged. "Whoever is mayor has to deal with all the problems having ghost attacks causes. No one in their right mind would want to deal with it."
(Time Skip)
"Did you hear that Vlad Masters is running for Mayor?" Mrs. Fletcher asked in surprise.
"More like who hasn't heard," Mrs. Cassie replied. "I'm pretty sure that's all that anyone's talking about."
"Well it is very unusual and unexpected," Mr. Lancer replied with a shrug. "Especially for someone of his status."
"Which is why I can't figure out his motives," Mr. Smith said, tapping his mug in thought. "As far as I can tell he doesn't have anything to truly gain from becoming mayor here. If he was really interested in a political career, he would probably gone a lot higher."
"The whole thing is suspisous in my opinion," Mr. Rainer declared. " and there's no way I'm voting for him. And from what I've seen online, the majority of people agree with me."
"I'm not surprised," Mrs. Cygert commented. "Especially since he's so late in joining the race. At the very least though, maybe I can use his interest to have him help me shut down the GIW."
"I guess we'll just have to see what happens," Mr. Lancer said.
(Time Skip)
"How in the world did he win by such a large margin!" Mr. Rainer exclaimed as he examined the results on his computer. I know I didn't vote for him. Did you guys?"
"No, …" Mrs. Cassie began before trailing off in thought, a frown forming on her face. "I actually can't remember. It's all a blur."
"It's the same for me," Mr. Smith added, scowling in confusion as several of the other teachers reported the same thing.
"Well there's not much we can do about it now unfortunatiantly," Mr. Rainer sighed. "At least he's taking a firm stance against ghosts."
"But by causing a lot of changes to things around here," Mr. Lancer groaned. "The amount of paperwork we've been getting is reddicullous."
"Hopefully things won't be too bad," Mrs. Fletcher said.
(Time Skip)
"This is too much!" Mrs. Fletcher exclaimed, pacing around the room. "All these new rules are stiflingly my students creative spirits."
"And how dare he cut down my budget," Mr. Rainer fumed, typing aggressively, "That man has no respect for technology."
"Tucker would defiantly agree with you," Mr. Smith smirked. "Lancer was barely able to get him to go home."
"I'm all for keeping students in line, but this is a bit much," Mrs. Cassie admitted, stirring her mug.
"It's like he's specifically targeting Danny and his friends with these laws!" Mrs. Fletcher declared. "We must put a stop to it."
"I wouldn't go that far," Mr. Rainer muttered.
"Unfortunately there is nothing we can do," Mr. Lancer sighed, running a hand over his head. "The school board fully supports Mayor Masters' descisions. We have no choice but to enforce them."
"Fine, but we have to speak out against his smear a pain against the ghost boy," Mrs. Fletcher continued. "Most of us have agreed that he's a hero or at least to give him a chance to prove himself, but now the town's turning against him once more."
"And it gets worse," Mrs. Cygert grimaced, rubbing her nose. "When I went to talk to him about shutting down the GIW, I learned he's now a major funder for them. They're almost like his personal army now."
"Ugh,.. Can things get any worse?" Mrs. Fletcher questioned as she collapsed onto her chair.
"Don't worry Mrs. Fletcher," Mr. Wolfe assured. "I'm sure things will work out soon."
(Time Skip)
"Well that was dramatic," Mr. Rainer commented after rewatching the news clip of the ghost attack outside the Nasty Burger. "But I'm glad it got those stupid laws revoked."
"I just hope Danny's alright," Mrs. Cassie replied, refilling her cup. "Getting blasted like that can't be good."
"Danny's tougher than he looks," Mrs. Fletcher assured with a smile before grimacing. "I'm more consred by that other ghost that was there."
"It did seem to be acting strange compared to other ghosts behavior," Mrs. Cygert agreed, tapping her fingers on the table in thought. "But this is the first time we've seen that ghost, so it's hard to say what's normal for it."
"Maybe the whole thing was staged," Mr. Smith suggested, only half serious.
"Now you're just getting into consperiouses," Mrs. Cassie scoffed.
"Well whatever it's going on at least things will be back to normal around her," Mr. Lancer shrugged.
"As normal as it can be in this crazy town," Mr. Rainer replied. "And it probably won't be long before something else goes wrong."
"Then well deal with it as it comes."
AN: In case you're wondering, Mrs. Fletcher still knows Danny's secret. Danny had only reset the world to how it had been before Freakshow's attack. Since he didn't know Mrs. Fletcher knew before the big reveal, he didn't erase it.