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Chelle Lee
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Danny took a deep breath and walked into the middle of the cafeteria. The chaos suddenly stopped and there was a cold silence. Danny coughed and cleared his voice, looking straight up at the ghost nervously.
"Um... excuse me, mister ghost... sir... thing..." he trailed off, wondering why he was doing this, and continued, "You need to stop now,"
His voice squeaked in the middle of his sentence, which caused the cafeteria to burst out laughing. Stupid voice changing teenage hormones. Danny suddenly felt like a total idiot. The ghost, apparently, had a distorted sort of face, which stared at him laughingly.
"Who are you to tell me to stop?" he snickered, "And if I didn't, and I obviously will not, what kind of threat would you impose on me? Puny little human! You're just like the rest of these weaklings, but without any common sense!"
At this the cafeteria stopped laughing. Except for Dash, who was a little slow to receive the insult. At this Danny also flushed bright red.
"Well, actually, I am not exactly just like the 'rest of these weaklings'," he said, trying to fly. Come on. Fly. Go up. Float. Up, up!!, he thought incessantly. When he was about to give up, he suddenly and unexpectedly shot up from the ground and hit the ceiling. Oh great. This is not going as well as I'd hoped.
"Owww..." he moaned as the crowd of students and teachers again to laugh. He lowered himself down and tried to regain control, managing to float uneasily in mid-air. Soon the laughter had eased to an awestricken silence. It wasn't everyday that you see a teenage guy floating in the middle of the air, facing a menacing ghost.
"Ah, so you think that you are tough because you have a few ghost tricks," the ghost sighed with apparent boredom. "So what are you, then? A ghost or a boy?"
"You know I'm not really sure," Danny said with a hint of humour. "Let's... find... out!"
He mustered up all of his strength and shooted himself towards the ghost, pummeling it to the wall with his fist. Everyone was surprised; the students, the teachers, the ghost... even Danny was amazed at his own strength. This ghost, though Danny didn't know the density of the thing, was at least five times his size. And Danny was not exactly considered the most athletic in the school. His new strength must have come with his ghost powers. Like a ghost/hero combo package. Okay that was a stupid analogy.
And while he was thinking of how stupid that analogy was, the ghost had recollected itself and grabbed Danny by the neck. The students watched in a dazed amazement as the green ghost dragged Danny down, soon both vanishing through the cafeteria floor. Soon after followed a long, awkward silence. Finally, one student said,
"Whoa. What was that,"
"Yeah, who was that weird ghost punk kid?" Dash's familiar annoying voice echoed through the cafeteria.
"I've never seen a ghost before," another student said, still in shock. Soon the crowd began to discuss the strange even that just occured, when Mr. Lancer interrupted.
"Listen. I know this was a shock to all of you, but I assure you, that it was most likely a prank by another student. Either that, or we are all dillusional. And, of course, we do have therapy for that, so if any of you would like to make an appointment with our school psychologist, please see Mrs. Brisham and she will certainly be happy to make you an appointment,"
At that moment, nearly all of the students rushed out of the cafeteria to schedule their appointment.
Meanwhile, Sam had suddenly awoken in the janitor's closet. Disoriented for a while, she stood up woozily and opened the door. She saw that the cafeteria, now left in ruins of broken tables and discarded food trays, seemed to be deserted of all human life.
"Did everyone die?" she said outloud, her voice echoing through the silence. What if it was an apocolypse, and that everyone on earth dissappeared except for her. And then she would have to find a way to repopulate and recivilize the planet. NO!
"I'm not dead," a familiar voice from behind her made Sam jump.
"Tucker! What happened??"
"Well, it is proven that I have not been acting dillusional today," he said, looking at his feet, "But I guess that you, being the loyal friend that you are, would never believe me if I told it to you,"
"Aw, Tuck," she sighed, "Listen, I'm sorry. It was just kind of too weird to believe. Now I'm willing to listen, so please tell me what happened,"
Tucker glanced up at Sam for a moment, then looked back at his feet.
"Why don't you ask Danny. I'm sure he'll have some sort of an idea," he walked away, making the cafeteria echo coldly as he closed the door. Sam's shoulders dropped. What if something actually WAS wrong with Danny? She sighed. Sam knew she should have at least attempted to believe what Tucker. Now she felt like dirt, and knew that he probably had felt the same way when she rejected him. Her eyes were still staring at the door that Tucker went out, her mind lost in thought.
Sam tried to remember what last happened before she blacked out. A ghost... there was a ghost. Wait. Whoa. There was a ghost??, she said in her thoughts. No, that couldn't be. It's not possible. Maybe it was some sort of mirage or illusion... or... something... right?, she continued to think, though it didn't make sense. Okay, so let's just say hypothetically that there was a ghost. It was... trashing the cafeteria... and..., she tried to think, but her mind seemed to be blocked. She could only remember bits and pieces of what happened after. Another ghost... chair... it saved me... I fainted... Suddenly she could picture it in her mind. She remembered it's face; his face. Though it was still somewhat of a blur, she could picture it almost perfectly. Sam closed her eyes, and in her mind she once again saw a haunting image of silvery white hair and glowing green eyes.
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Danny felt both him and the ghost melt through the cafeteria floor into what seemed to be a storage basement. Oh great. Again, he had gotten himself into something he definitely couldn't handle. Yay for impulsive decisions.
Suddenly he felt himself being smashed against the wall with great force. Danny felt his spine crunch with great pain. Why can't I go invisible?? he wondered. At that moment he vanished through the wall and fell on his already-sore back, ending up halfway into another classroom. Oh, NOW it works...
"Owww... my back..." he groaned. The ghost laughed maliciously.
"You should have known not to fool with the paranormal," the ghost boomed, "And what do you call yourself? I have not encountered such a form of... human," he breathed the last word with distaste.
"Well, what exactly are you supposed to be?" Danny asked coldly. The ghost grabbed him with its tentacle-like arms and held him to the wall. Danny tried to turn invisible and slip through, but to no avail.
"I am Phantom 8662X. I have been sent here from the ghost zone. The door has been opened," he smiled a toothless grin. Danny realized that the portal that his parents had build must have been permanently enabled. Just wonderful. The ghost continued, "I have been sent to this dimension to aid in the conquest of the living world,"
"Why don't you all just stay in your little ghost world place and leave us alone??" Danny yelled, but the ghost only pushed him further into the wall. Come ON, disappear, disappear...
"Who are you to meddle in the affairs of ghosts?" he laughed, "Tell me. If you are indeed a phantom, what is your designated alias of which you were assigned?"
Danny thought for a minute. Oh. He means my name. But he couldn't tell him his real name. He was supposed to be a ghost. Let's see... his name is Phantom 8662X...
"Danny---," he stopped himself, "Phantom. Yeah. Danny Phantom,"
"Danny Phantom. That is an irregular form of identification," the ghost looked at him with sudden interest. "You are part human, part ghost, correct?" His eyes seemed to glow brighter. "Yes... yes... you will become quite useful..."
Danny struggled in the ghost's tight grip, but it was no use. Instantly, the ghost let him go and fall to the ground.
"Ow! Hey!" Danny got up slowly, bending in pain.
"I will be back, Danny Phantom, and I will find you!" Phantom 8662X's voice echoed eerily through the room, and soon the ghost had vanished from his sight.
"Wow," Danny said aloud. "So this is what I've gotten myself into," he sighed. "I guess I'm a regular Ghost-Buster now,"
Danny heard the door of the storage room open. He knew that he couldn't take the chance of becoming invisible... what if his powers still weren't working? He quickly hid behind a pile of boxes and changed back into his normal self.
"Hello... hello?" A familiar voice came through the doorway. "Is anyone in here?"
Suddenly, the pile of boxes that were in front of Danny tumbled to the ground. Danny then saw who had entered the room, and sighed in relief.
"Danny!"
"Hi Sam," he said wearily, remembering how he had left her in the supply closet.
"What are you doing down here? What happened? Is everyone okay?" Sam asked all of these questions furiously, not pausing long enough for Danny to answer.
"Sam!" Danny interrupted, "Everyone's okay..." He thought for a few seconds, and then continued, "There was... some... weird... school prank... in the cafeteria... but I don't think anyone got hurt,"
Sam looked at him skeptically, "Then why are you down here?"
Danny scratched his arm. "I... um... I got scared... and ran in here. Like a pathetic wimp," he sighed. It wasn't easy telling a lie, but it was more comforting than admitting the truth. No one... not even Sam would believe him. Besides, he didn't want to get her involved in all of this.
"So where were you," Danny said it monotonously, as a statement rather than a question.
"I was... I..." she trailed off, "I just don't know," she turned away from him. She walked towards the door, and then impulsively turned around.
"I thought that---" Sam stopped herself. No, he couldn't be. She sighed, trying to forget...
"Nevermind,"
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