The entire room turned their heads as the beast roared. Still processing the size, color, and oddness of the creature, Danny was slow to respond to the sound. It was obviously there to cause havoc, which it did. Quite well actually. Danny turned away from the purple shape and spotted Jake among the panicking students. Danny dashed to his buddy and came to a stop next to him.
"What is that?" Jake asked before Danny could, "Can't be a troll. It's the wrong color and they wouldn't expose themselves to public places."
"My ghost sense didn't go off. Can't be someone from beyond the portal."
"SMOKEBOMB!"
Both teens turned to the voice and spotted the orangey cloud disperse, revealing the ninja they had been encountering lately.
"Stand back civilians! This is a job for The Ninja!" The ninja had been standing on the table as he said it, but a second later he was whipped across the room via monster arm.
Danny and Jake took this opportunity to run into hiding and switch to their alter-egos.
"Jake wait." Danny said to Jake before the boys changed, "You shouldn't dragon up."
"Why not?"
"School. Kids. Witnesses. Secret." Danny listed off the reasons using his fingers as the counter. "I can be seen, only because everyone already knows something about me. Plus, your whole thing about protecting not revealing right?"
Jake visibly deflated, then nodded. Danny sighed and changed into Phantom. As soon as he did, a bunch of crayon words appeared in front of Danny. "Do you see those?"
"See what?"
"Those crayon words!"
"Danny, I don't see anything. Well, minus that ninja guy getting pummeled by a purple monster."
The halfa shook off Jake's words and read the text the crayon spelled out loud, "When one is not human but in control, the text is revealed to the chosen soul."
"Wow, it rhymed."
"That it did Jake." Danny replied and pondered the words themselves. It seemed obvious, but it was written weirdly so he couldn't be positive what it meant. This kind of writing always seemed to have a double meaning. Suddenly, the words danced off and rapidly pointed to the ninja, urging something.
"Nomicon! Why you pointing to me? What do I destroy to destank Bucky!" The ninja responded to the text, who then turned to the monster stating there was... nothing. "Well then how do I destank him?" The ninja pulled away from his intense beat-up session and watched the text point straight at Danny.
Danny immediately jumped when the text revealed where he was and the ghost waved, nervous. "Hello."
"Hey... your that... ghost kid!"
Danny then facepalmed, "Yes yes, it's me. Call me by my name, Danny Phantom, would you?"
The monster suddenly ignored, the conversation was handed back to the ninja, "Wait, you're Danny Phantom. you?" He asked, disbelief in his voice, "I thought the famous ghost from Amity Park be taller." He paused, "And not an actual ghost. Just a tourist attraction."
"Oh, so he's heard of you but not me." Jake complained next to Danny.
"Well, that's a good thing right?" Danny whispered back to the teenager.
Jake choose to remain silent on this one, which Danny was happy about.
The ninja kid gestured to the monster in blue, catching the attention of Danny in the process, "Ideas?"
