GAH! I HAVEN'T UPDATED ALL YEAR!!!

Haha, I just HAD to say that :). Happy 2005! And as a new Year's present, here's another chapter.

Lavenderpaw: It's okay, these reviews suit me just fine. And i'll be sure to read the new chapters!

Chapter 8: Gonna Go to School

Danny woke up in shock again, but he didn't scream. He escaped from Sam's grip without waking her, and got out from under Timmy's bed. Nobody else was awake. It was 7:15. Knowing that the bus came for elementary schools at 7:30, Danny gently shook Timmy awake.

"Hi Danny!" Timmy said when he was fully awake. "Hey-WHAT TIME IS IT? Oh man-get the others up!"

So they woke up the others, opened up Help (who looked particularly tense today), and got ready. They raced downstairs uneventfully. Of course, Timmy's Mom stopped them.

"Hold up! The high schoolers can't come with you."

"But they're my show and tell!"

Mrs. Turner looked surprised. "You can't bring in HUMANS for show and tell-unless you get permission."

"It's cool," Danny said.

"Yeah."

"Sure."

"Well-okay! Have a nice day!" Mrs. Turner gave Timmy his lunch, and sent the little team out the door. They must have looked strange: a pink-clad little kid with three people two feet taller than he was, one of which was holding a hologram projector. "So-now what?" Sam said.

"Now-oh, this is going to rock! I've got three genuine high schoolers! Now maybe Trixie will like me!"

"Who's Trixie?" Tucker said.

"Trixie-" Timmy got a misty-eyed look on his face. "Trixie…is the most beautiful girl…in the whole school…"

"Does she have a haughty attitude, an annoying voice, ignores you, and is she popular?" Sam said angrily.

"Yes…"

Sam turned to Danny. "Well whaddya know-Timmy's even more like you than I thought." Danny rolled his eyes.

"Yeah!" Tucker said. "This Trixie character sounds a lot like Paulina. Oh, bus is here."

They got on. The second they got on, all the kids already on the bus screamed and moved to the safety of the back of the bus. The four took a front seat. "Why are those kids hiding?" Danny whispered.

"They're afraid of you," Timmy said. "Everyone thinks that high schoolers eat little kids, with a side order of junior high students."

Our heroes looked bewildered. "What?" Tucker said. "Who told you that?"

"Chester. He's my best friend. Hey- oy! Chester! A.J.!"

Sure enough, a short kid with straw-colored hair and a bald kid with dark skin got on the bus. When they saw Timmy, they looked shocked. "Dude!" Chester shouted. "Those are high schoolers! What are they doing here?"

"They're my show and tell," Timmy said. "Chester, A.J., this is Danny, Sam, and Tucker. Danny, Sam, Tucker, this is Chester and A.J."

"Hi," Danny said. Chester gave him a stare. "How'd you convince them not to eat you?" Timmy didn't answer.

"So…" A.J. said, "Where are we supposed to sit?"

"Over there." Timmy pointed to the empty seat directly across. By now, the bus had gone two stops. The driver picked up his intercom thingy. "Announcing the arrival of popular kids Tad, Chad, Veronica, and Trixie. Please feel free to bow down to them." After he said this, the four popular kids got on the bus. When they got to the place where our heroes were sitting, they stopped.

Trixie gasped. "Timmy! What are they?"

Timmy exploded into a smile. "High schoolers. They're my show and tell."

"Cool," Tad said. "Well, at least you got popular ones."

"A-actually, we're not that popular," Tucker said. "Well, we used to be, in junior high, but let's not talk about that." Sam smiled at Danny. Danny blushed.

"Well, if somebody with their good looks isn't popular, then high school must be a scary place! WAA! I DON"T WANNA GROW UP!" Veronica screamed and headed for the back. Tad and Chad followed her. Trixie remained.

"Although I hate to agree with Veronica's insanity, she's right. Well-see you Timmy!" Trixie went to the back.

Sam rolled her eyes. "Posers," she said under her breath.

A few minutes later, the bus went up to the school. The lawn seemed empty-except for one person.

"Hello Ti-" Francis started to say, but then noticed Danny, Sam and Tucker. At that, Francis screamed like a girl and ran.

"Wow!" Timmy said. "You guys made the toughest bully in school cry by not doing anything! Man, how do you guys do it?"

"I dunno," Danny said. As he said it, his ghost sense went off. He covered his mouth before anybody could see it. Why was it going off? He couldn't see any ghosts…

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Meanwhile, in a souped-up minivan was waiting in the parking lot. In it, two men were talking.

"There they are!" Crocker said. He turned to a screen. Our heroes were shown, walking into the school. "Now, lemme get this straight. I keep an eye on this crowd-" The camera zoomed in on Danny, Sam, and Tucker- "and you'll help me catch a FAIRY-GOD-PARENT!" He spazzed.

"Yes," a voice said. "Those fools. They need to be out of the way…" He laughed.

Happy New Year, everyones! -SP