Thanks for all the great reviews! I am so happy that you are enjoying it so far.

Oh, as far as the pink mist, it hadn't occurred to me that I was being bias towards Wanda or anything. I just like the color pink. I guess I could make it purple or white or some other color if you think it would make the story better.

Also, I just guessed at the names of Dash's parents. His father is Flash (ha ha) and his mother is Lisa. (I couldn't think of another name that rhymed.)

This part back-tracks a little to Timmy and co. as they enter Amity Park. I know you're waiting for Timmy to find out Danny's secret or vice versa, but you'll just have to wait.

Nah nah nah! (Actually, I haven't written it yet)

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As the van exited the ramp and entered the town of Amity Park, Timmy became somewhat more interested in the landscape. He couldn't help but notice all the interesting buildings, parks, etc. that passed by outside. One particular place grabbed his attention.

"Oh wow!" he exclaimed as he stared, beady-eyed, at an ice cream store. He saw people walking in and out with various flavored and colored treats, and his mouth started to water. He normally would have asked his own parents to stop, but knew better with Vicky sitting right in front of him. He also knew he could just wish for some ice cream, but that would expose Cosmo and Wanda. He slumped back down in his seat.

"Mommy, Daddy, can we stop for something to eat at that restaurant?" Tootie asked quietly, pointing across the street from where Timmy had been looking. He turned his head and saw a small fast-food eatery named "The Nasty Burger," and wondered to himself who would ever name a place that if they wanted customers to go in.

"Uh, no Tootie darling," her mother answered cautiously glancing back at her eldest daughter. "After all, we are almost at your cousin's house."

"Oh, okay," She said and became quite once more.

Timmy continued looking out the window, as he saw building after building pass by. He noticed a rather large one with the words "Casper High School" written in big letters over the front doors. "Oh great, at least there are more kids who are Vicky's age to come pick on me," he mumbled to himself. "Plus, they're all on summer vacation too."

"What was that, Timmy dear?" Tootie asked with a look of reverie on her face. "I didn't hear you."

"I wasn't talking to you," Timmy replied a bit angrily. Tootie was really getting on his nerves, but he backed down. He knew they would be at these peoples' house any minute, and he could then hide from her. (He hoped they wouldn't pinch his cheeks.)

"Five more minutes at most, kids!" Tootie's father said as they turned a corner. "That was the fastest time it ever took to drive here. At least that I remember," he chuckled with a nervous laugh.

As the van turned, Timmy and Tootie saw a looming building that they couldn't help but marvel at. Timmy sat transfixed by this oddity of a house as they got closer (at least that is what he assumed it was since it was in a residential neighborhood). It reminded him of some alien base out of an episode of Crash Nebula, and he could only imagine the type of people that lived in it. The house appeared as a normal, brick, colonial-style family home, until his gaze reached the roof. There he saw all kinds of strange machinery and something that vaguely reminded him of a humongous satellite dish (or perhaps a UFO) that towered above it. Pipes and wires meandered throughout it all, and they seemed to have no beginning or end. This morass of metallic equipment dwarfed the actual house which supported it all. In the parking lot was another big metallic vehicle that left the boy with more impressions of space ships.

"What is all that stuff?" Timmy pondered aloud and in awe. "And what's it for?"

"That's the weirdest RV I've ever seen," Vicky said both angrily and grumpily as she eyed the vehicle out the window. She had woken from her nap and was now sitting up, but hadn't noticed all the stuff on the house's roof. "ARE WE THERE YET!" she yelled a bit off topic.

"Uh, almost, h... honey," Her mother said wearily.

Timmy was looking through the rear window watching the house as it disappeared. He could have sworn he saw an alien walk out, dressed in a blue jumpsuit with huge bulging red eyes. "What is that place?" He asked aloud again to no one in particular.

"I'm not entirely sure," Vicky's father answered. "The last time I was here they were still building some of that stuff on the roof. They're some kind of crazy scientists or something."

Wow, Timmy thought. "Have you ever met them?"

"Well actually, come to think of it, I did. Before the kids were born we came to help my brother and his wife move into their current house. The husband came over and started talking to us. I think his name was Jack or Joe or something. Anyway, I seem to remember him rambling something about his work, but it was so long ago. Honey, do you remember what he said he did for a living?" He turned to his wife.

"It was something odd. I talked to his wife, who had brought over a cake as a housewarming gift. Right as she gave it to your Uncle Flash, he asked why it was glowing. She was surprised and grabbed it away. She then ran back to her house yelling something about it being contaminated with something."

"Oh yeah, ectoplasm, I believe she had said. I remember now because they were so odd." Her husband replied as the van turned another corner. "Wait, I remember! As soon as she ran off, her husband told Flash to call him if he saw a ghost. I think he hunts ghosts for a living. What weirdos. How could I have forgotten?"

"Ghosts! Cool!" Timmy cried.

"Big Deal." Vicky said. If that's how they plan to waste their lives, that's their own problem. What a waste of a city.

"Neat!" shrieked Tootie.

Timmy was somewhat excited as he glanced at his goldfish, who seemed perfectly content floating in their little castle. The van finally pulled into a driveway and both of the adults announced happily, "We're here!"

Timmy got out of the van to stretch his legs, when he noticed a strange spinach truck parked down the street. He glanced at it quizzically as if it jogged some memory of his, but he couldn't remember which one that was, or where he had seen it. Before he gave it too much thought, he saw Vicky's relatives come out. Her cousin was huge, and Timmy knew he'd better run if he was anything like her.

"Well hello there cuties!" Tootie's aunt said to both her and Timmy. Tootie gave them each a hug and then introduced Timmy to her aunt, Lisa and uncle, Flash. He, however, quickly escaped into the house, clutching his fish bowl, before he had to speak to any of them. He didn't see the boy and girl standing across the street staring at him in confusion.

"He's kind of shy," Tootie told her aunt and uncle as they went to greet to her worn out parents.

"Well, you must be my cousin Vicky," Dash said as he approached the van. He gave Timmy a quick glance as he rushed by. "I only remember pictures of you."

"Yeah, same here," Vicky said with a nervous laugh, trying to make a good impression. Dash however, eyed her again and didn't see how he could be seen hanging out with this obviously 'unpopular' girl (especially in front of Kwan and Paulina). Well, she was family and he would have to- that would be his excuse. It was only for a few days, right? He got out of her way as she left the van.

"Get out of my way, Tootie," Vicky barked at her sister as she carried her suitcase into the house, and pushed the little girl out of the way with her free hand. Dash noticed the meanness in her voice. Maybe they would get along after all.

"Dash, why don't you help them carry in the rest of their stuff," his mother suggested.

"But mom..." the jock whined.

"Just do it!" She snapped.

"Oh fine," he replied as he grouchily set about bringing in the luggage. Out of his peripheral he saw Danny and Sam across the street walking slowly. A crafty little smile crossed his face as he went in the house.

"Hey Vicky!" He said.

"Yeah Dash?" She replied. Her ears perked up as she heard her named called.

"How would you like to meet the geeks across the street?"

Vicky thought about the thrill of picking on someone new. "Geeks, you say," she said as an evil snicker came over her. "Let's go."