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Fantastic Bouncy Girl: Danny says he wants to be an astronaut in Episode 1: Mystery Meat (It's actually the first words you hear from him). And usually sophomores change from fifteen years old to sixteen when they're sophomores. At least they do at my school. Thanks for your review!
For all of you who asked/requested: I am sorry for all of the language and content I use. I honestly don't think about it when I write and I get carried away sometimes. So, this story, I am trying to keep it nicer. None of my characters will ever use the 'f word, so you won't have to worry about that. But I will warn you now, there is another smackdown between Paulina and Sam, and there is a small cuss word in that one. Other than that, the rest of the chapters will be with less profanity.
So, on to chapter two!
Disclaimer that I always forget to add: I don't own Danny Phantom; Butch Hartman does.
Chapter Two
Valerie
"Oh, no," I heard someone say. It was Danny's voice and I grimaced to hear a slight panic to his tone. The car engine made a sickening noise.
"What's wrong?" Paulina asked, sitting up straight.
"How come it won't start?" I asked.
"I don't know," he said.
"Turn the ignition key moron," Dash snapped.
"Yeah, cause I haven't tried that," Danny retorted angrily, turning the key. The van made a whining noise but didn't start.
"So not only did you get us lost, but you screwed up the engine too?" Paulina said, her face worried.
"I didn't get us lost," Danny declared.
"No, that's right, you just lost the bus," I said.
"You try seeing through that," he yelled, pointing outside the window. Snow falling out there made a literal wall. I guess he had a point. But still, the point that I was stuck here with them again still annoyed me.
"So we're stuck here?" Dash asked.
"Yeah, unless you want to get out and push?" Sam asked, looking back from the passenger seat.
"If you haven't noticed, I didn't ask your opinion," he snapped back..
"You don't need to ask, she gives it anyway," Paulina added.
"Shut up!" Tucker yelled. He was sitting next to me. Quite honestly, he'd scared the crap out of me. I didn't know that he had been there the whole time. He'd remained quiet….for once.
"So what are we supposed to do?" I asked. "We can't just sit here…together….alone…like we did last year, because I am so not doing that."
"What do you suppose we do?" Sam snapped. "The engine doesn't work. You can't hardly drive, let alone see. We have no idea where we are. And we're probably going to be stuck here for a while."
"If I wanted a commentary, I would have bought your book," I said, letting my anger get the better of me. It was just sometimes…she just annoyed me.
"Okay…okay…let's just chill….." Tucker said, leaning onto the seat next to me.
"What, let me guess. You want to play truth or dare again?" Paulina asked, sitting sulkily.
"If anybody gives him the same dare…(cough) as someone did last time, I am going to punch something," Danny warned.
"Oh, you didn't like Tucker running around—" I began, actually laughing.
"Stop right there! I cannot handle these visuals!" Paulina said.
"What exactly are you visualizing?" Dash asked.
"Ewww! That is not what I meant!" she said, slapping him flirtatiously and giggling. Everyone laughed, then realized how indifferent we were.
"So…"
"What are we really supposed to do?" Paulina asked.
"Can you guys just hang on a second?" Tucker asked, digging around in his pocket. He brought out a small silver cell phone and I sighed with relief.
"The Techno-Geek's taking care of it," Dash said.
"You brought a phone?" I asked. "Do you always carry that kind of stuff everywhere?"
"Yes," both Sam and Danny replied for him. I watched Danny tap nervously on the steering wheel and he kept looking out the windshield every once in a while.
"I don't go anywhere without it after what happened last year," he said. He pressed a couple of buttons, then put it to his ear.
"At least we'll get out of here," she said, brushing her long black hair away from her tan face. She stared at her fingernails again and I was actually starting to get annoyed with her too. Were her nails really more important than everything else?
"Shh!" Tucker hissed. He brought the phone down from his ear and looked at it, an odd expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked.
"Hold on," he said. He pressed down a few more buttons, the same pattern he had before and held it up to his ear again. He brought it down again and swallowed. "There's no signal."
Sam sighed. "Great."
"Well, we can't just sit here. Danny, didn't you take that Auto Body Shop Class last quarter?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah," he answered. For some odd reason, I couldn't imagine Danny Fenton in that kind of class. He didn't look too happy for a moment and I wondered if he'd been forced to take the class.
"So why don't you get out there and see what the heck's wrong?" Dash suggested.
"Because, I only took Auto Shop I. They only showed you the main parts of the car and what they do. If there's something wrong, I have no clue whatsoever how to fix it," he retorted.
"You could still see what's wrong," Dash continued.
"What is the point in going out there without being able to fix it?" he asked. I suddenly saw his eyes glow a vivid green…unlike his normal blue color.
I knew why of course. Danny Fenton was a ghost kid. He could change into a silver-white haired kid with a strange outfit and green eyes, and he had powers. I also knew that Tucker and Sam knew, because they were his best friends. I'd figured it out last year with our elevator incident. But I'd promised to keep his little secret. Considering he hadn't done anything lately to tick me off or prove me that he was evil.
Sam elbowed him and he turned back around, holding his hand over his eyes.
"What was that?" Dash asked.
"I have something in my eye," he replied calmly.
"Not that stupid, why did she just elbow you? I thought you were supposed to be boyfriend-girlfriend," Paulina said.
"Don't call him stupid," Sam said.
"Please, don't start. Let's just avoid all confrontations," I said.
"How did you two get together anyway?" Dash asked.
"Last year," she replied, smiling.
"I didn't ask when, I asked how," he snapped.
I needed to end this quickly. I was not going to have another fight between them all. It was always Danny vs. Dash and Paulina vs. Sam. Tucker and I got the flames afterwards, trying to be the peacekeepers.
"I still remember when they got caught kissing under the monkey bars in first grade," I said suddenly. Sam laughed.
"Yeah...me too."
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"Hey, Tucker. Look over there!" I heard the girl yell. I watched, swinging a couple feet away from them on one of the newer swings the school provided.
He fell for it and the stole the chance to take the hand of one of her black haired friends and lead him over towards the metal monkey bars.
"Have you ever kissed someone?" she asked. I stopped swinging, watching them.
"No, girls have cooties," he said.
"We do not. But my mommy let me watch this movie the other day and they were doing something called kissing. And she and daddy do it all the time. It's where-"
"I know what kissing is. My mom and dad do it all the time." He twirled his finger around his ear. "They're crazy."
"But don't you want to try it?" she asked.
"Why?"
"I don't know. Maybe we will know why they like doing it. Maybe it's gross like they say."
"I don't know…" he said nervously.
"Oh, come on. Just once."
"Okay."
They both leaned forward and kissed and I watched as someone walked towards them. I recognized his no-hair head. He cleared his throat and pulled them away from each other.
"Sam…Danny, this is not a good influence on the other students," he said.
"What's an in-flu..whatever you said," Danny asked.
"Influence," Sam said for him excitedly.
"Yeah, that," he agreed.
"Now, I know that you two will probably get together later…when you're older of course, but right now, you're just a bit younger. Can I trust you to keep playing without—"
"Can we go now?" Danny asked, tugging his arm away from the teacher's grip.
"Yes…go," he said.
They rushed off together and back to Tucker. I shook my head and started swinging again.
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When I finished, even Paulina had a slight smile on her face. Tucker was in a fit of hysterical laughter, and Sam and Danny were sharing a grin.
"Man, that was freaking funny," Tucker said. "That whole time, I kept looking for that plane you said you saw."
I laughed. "You actually fell for it?"
"Yeah. Lancer ruins all the fun," he said.
"Oh, you're just angry because you got suspended for three days for—"
"Can we please not talk about that?" he asked, his eyes wide. "I did the dare, didn't I?"
"Now, that was hilarious," Sam said.
While the others were laughing and chatted quietly, I noticed Danny and Paulina were the only ones not really participating. Danny looked rather panicked; of course, that was reasonable, since he'd probably be blamed for this. And Paulina was watching Danny, an odd expression on her face that I'd seen her put on a fair few times.
"I never knew that you were so shy," she said.
"What?" Sam asked, her attention back to everything else.
"Nothing," she whispered.
Sam's piercing purple eyes gave Paulina a suspicious look, but then returned to watch Danny. "So…" she said, tapping her fingers together.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier, I'm just angry that we're here…again," I said sincerely, pulling my hair back.
"It's okay," she said.
"I just want to get out of here and actually participate on the field trip," I added. You know, considering I'd missed the last one.
"We could, if someone would go see what's wrong," Dash said.
I saw Danny's blue eyes flare with anger in the rearview mirror, but they didn't change colors. "Fine." He took off his seatbelt and opened the door. He stepped out and a blast of icy air flowed inside until he slammed it hard.
"What is your problem?" Sam asked. "You are such a… I can't believe after what happened last year you still treat him like hell."
"You don't even know what happened," he said.
"He saved your life. You should be grateful," she replied.
"For what? One good deed doesn't mean I have to treat him like a king," Dash said.
"Ugh. I can't believe you," she said. I actually agreed with her. Dash should be more grateful. I would have been.
"It's terrible outside. I can't even see the hood," Paulina said, peering outside. "What—"
She stopped and we all heard a squeal before a loud thud. And then silence.
"What was that?" Tucker asked, sitting up straight.
There was another squeal the sounded oddly similar to tires swerving.
"Danny," Sam gasped. She crawled over to the driver's side and opened the door. I followed her, moving past Dash and Paulina carefully. She stepped out and my hair flew all over in my face as well as a bunch of snow as I came out too.
"Danny?" Sam shouted.
Silence. She felt along the car, holding her hand in front of her face to block the snow.
"Danny?" she called again.
Silence again. The hood was still up, but Danny was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is he?" she asked.
"Danny?" I tried. Cautiously, I started walking out towards the road. "I'll look over—" I stopped as I almost tripped over something. Looking down, I screamed.
The thing I had tripped over was Danny. Lying unconscious on the ground, a trickle of blood running down the side of his head.
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No, Danny is not dead. I can't kill him off in a humor story. But what happened to him is described more in the next chapter and then even more in his chapter (if that gives you enough hint that he's not too badly injured). Basically, he was hit by a car, not a ghost attack.
And the rest of the story; Paulina might have a slight attraction to Danny suddenly?... Sam's not going to give her that chance, but Paulina's going to put up a fight. Dash is a total jerk. Valerie's being nicer. How did you like my flashback? Please R&R!
Lateraina Wolf