Hey, 5 reviews all in one day! Not a bad start, though more would be nice. Ah, but I am too ambitious, aren't I? ;) Thanks alot for reviewing you guys! And as promised, here's chapter 1, ahead of time!
Chapter 1
Birds were chirping in the trees outside the Fenton residence. The clock in the study showed 7.03 a.m.
Somehow, out of habit, Danny knew it was time to get up for school, but he just didn't want to. He was feeling so comfortable...
He mumbled contentedly as he snuggled into the warmth of his pil –
Wait a second. That wasn't his pillow. That was –
His eyes flew open as he let out a startled yelp. Sam!
What the heck was he doing with his arms around her waist?
Super. They must've fallen asleep while trying to get his chemistry worksheet finished last night. And now he and Sam were all tangled up. How they'd ended up like this he didn't want to know. What he did know, however, was that they shouldn't have been sitting next to each other. It was a good thing they were still on the chairs - and sitting.
Tucker was there too, right across from him, his head down on the table top, snoring as he drooled all over it.
Danny snapped back to his present situation and began trying to untangle himself from Sam without waking her. But instead, she let out a soft sigh as she pulled him closer, burying her face into his chest, a peaceful, contented look on it as she did so.
"Uh...Sam?" He tried pushing her gently away, absolutely sure that if Sam knew what she was doing, she'd flip.
No response.
"Sam, wake up," He called, shaking her.
"Mmm... give me five more minutes," She mumbled as she tightened her grip around his waist.
"Oh great," Danny muttered under his breath. He tried again. "Sam!"
Oh... bother. She always had to get up when she was feeling the most comfortable...
Sam pried open her eyelids, blinking sleepily. "Huh? What?" She said groggily. Her eyes eventually focused on a pair of familiar sky blue ones. "...Danny...?"
DANNY?
Sam gasped and immediately let go. "Oh my goodness! Danny!" Her cheeks began to flush bright red in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry - I-I-I had no idea,"
"That's okay. Me too," Danny sheepishly flashed a smile at her, blushing as well. He sat up properly, finally able to do so.
"Hmm? Huh? What's going on...? Where am I?" Tucker's sleepy voice joined theirs as he yawned, stretched, pushed up his glasses and rubbed his eyes. They soon focused on his two best friends.
"What the – Danny? Sam?" Then he remembered. "Oh great. We fell asleep doing chemistry?"
"Yeah, apparently," Danny replied, frowning. He hoped Tucker hadn't noticed that he and Sam were -
"Hey! Are you two blushing?" Too late. Tucker was looking back and forth between the two of them, a devious look on his face. "Whoo-wee! Were you –"
"NO!" Sam and Danny yelled in unison, cutting him off before he could say it, both horrified that he'd even think of such a thing.
"We just –" Sam began.
"Fell asleep," Danny continued.
"And somehow – "
"Ended up – "
"In each other's arms!" Both finished.
Tucker blinked and stared at their flustered faces for a second or two. Then he burst out laughing.
"You mean," he gasped between his chuckles. "You two were actually..." He paused to catch his breath. "Hugging each other in your sleep! Oh man! I wish I'd seen that! See, I keep telling you two you're perfect for each other!" He grinned at Sam. "Oh, and it looks like we're even now."
Earlier that year, Danny and Tucker had fallen asleep while studying a rare purple-backed gorilla for a science project, and had ended up in quite a similar position. The worst part? Sam had snapped a picture of them hugging. Now at least Tucker had some leverage.
Sam crossed her arms indignantly, a scowl on her face. "Very funny, Tucker."
She couldn't believe she'd been hugging Danny. Danny, her best friend, of all people. How absurd.
Well, okay, so maybe it wasn't getting that absurd anymore. Lately, their relationship was always being thrown into one romantic complication after another- all of which were entirely unintentional. There'd been the school dance, and Ember- oh yes, and of course, the fake-out-make-out.
This was probably another one of those days.
Oh well, nothing had changed – they were still best friends – nothing more, nothing less...
Okay, okay, so maybe some thing had changed. More and more of late, she was strangely beginning to find it very difficult to look at Danny the way she always used to. And yes, Ember's spell had certainly brought some pleasant surprises… especially the way Danny had been acting and how she'd found him to be oh-so sweet...
But that didn't mean she liked him.
Did it?
Casper High - the school where Danny, Sam, and Tucker were studying as ninth grade students.
There were the average, normal people, of course, and there was the popular crowd- which consisted mainly of Paulina, Valerie, and a few football and basketball jocks like Dash and Kwan. On the other hand, there were also the losers- namely Danny, Sam and Tucker.
They weren't really "losers" though, just shunned by the majority of the school population for their weird practices and personalities.
Sam, for one, was a Goth and a strict vegetarian, and Tucker a regular computer geek, with thick framed glasses and a love for everything technological. And Danny? He was just an average shy kid- well, average at least until he got his paranormal powers, but still, people loved picking on him for some reason or other - especially Dash Baxter, quarterback of the school's football team.
Now a huge, excited crowd in the school hallway met them as they reached the entrance.
"Whoa," Danny remarked. "Who let the dogs out?"
"Danny, please." Sam shot him a disapproving frown. "Not your lame jokes again."
"Can we just forget that?" Tucker interrupted impatiently. "Let's go see what's going on,"
They went forward and managed to squeeze their way through the crowd.
In the middle of all the commotion was a new girl, who was obviously attracting the attention with -
"Girl, your hair is so blue!" One of the girls in the crowd piped up in a shrill, excited voice. "And so pretty!"
Sure enough, the source of attraction had long, flowing, ice blue hair that glimmered and shined – too much. In fact, it was giving off a sort of glow.
"Thanks," the girl giggled sweetly. "I dyed it," Dark blue lips turned up in a shy smile, lighting up her pale, almost too fair face and complexion. Ice blue eyes that matched her hair perfectly, batted ever so slightly at a few of the boys, who then sighed dreamily.
Dash Baxter, taking that as his cue, sauntered up to her and took her hand, asking, as he wiggled his eyebrows flirtatiously, "And what would be your name, babe?"
The new girl laughed, her voice tinkling lightly, like water from a fountain. "That's Elle. Elle Electra. And I must say, you are a charming one," She smiled and playfully tweaked his cheek.
Love-struck hearts were practically floating up from a now weak-kneed Dash.
Paulina scoffed from within the crowd. "Puh-leeeeeze," But she was clearly jealous.
Just then, a wisp of blue smoke floated out on Danny's breath.
His ghost sense!
He quickly scanned his surroundings, bright blue eyes darting back and forth alertly. There was a ghost, somewhere...
Nope, he didn't see anything... but at that precise moment his eyes landed on the girl – the new girl.
He gasped. "Electra!" No wonder she looked so weird!
He grabbed Sam and Tucker and pulled them out of the crowd. "Listen guys. My ghost sense just went off, and from the way Elle Electra looks, I have a bad feeling she's it."
Both his friends raised and eyebrow at him.
"Are you sure?" Sam asked. "I mean, unless she's some sort of evil teen ghost girl who's planning on using someone or something in the school for some sort of crazed world domination purpose and is pretending to be a new student to throw off suspicion until she does so, she could just be a normal girl with dyed hair, natural fair skin, and dark blue lipstick."
Danny and Tucker blinked, trying to absorb everything she'd just said- without much success, of course.This particular special trait of Sam Manson- the one that allowed her to churn out a long, detailed sentence so smoothly in a single breath- never ceased to leave them dumbfounded. But Sam didn't seem to notice.
" My lips aren't naturally purple you know," She said, adding as an afterthought in order to explain the last thing she'd mentioned. It was then that she saw their confused expressions.
"What?" She looked at them innocently.
"Argh!" Danny finally slapped a hand over his face in frustration.
Before he could say or do anything else, however, the bell for the start of school rang, and the crowd dispersed as everyone went off to class, still chattering.
"Come on, Danny," Tucker said. "Let's get to class."
"Yeah," Sam agreed. "You can worry about Elle Electra and all other things ghost later."
Danny sighed. "Okay,"
But he couldn't help looking over his shoulder at the spot where Electra had been. He frowned once more before reluctantly following Sam and Tucker, who had already begun to move off.
He knew she was the ghost. He just knew it. Sam was right. She was up to something in the school. But what?
Ooo... what's she gonna do next? Hope I managed to keep y'all wondering. By the way, I did draw a pic of Electra, but I can't post it as fanart since she isn't really an original DP character, so I have it hosted at photobucket. Here's the link: ( u have to take out the spaces since this stupid thing won't let me type it out properly)
http/i7. photobucket . com / albums / y289 / kpkrazy / Electra . bmp
I didn't have any real intention to color it, so you guys will have to refer to the prologue to get the coloring of her clothing. And I know the pic is just WAY too small, but until I find a way to blow it up, hope you guys can bear with it. Oh, and I know too that she looks kinda like Ember... but that's how I actually pictured her at first, and the drawing did come outexactly like it (which is beyond my expectations, so I'm pretty pleased).
ANYWAY, thanks again to all those who reviewed the prologue, including Phantomslove and KawaiiKuki.
cakreut12: Whoa! Long review! I appreciate you taking the time for that. :) Umm... no, Electra is not a real DP character, heck, I don't even know the storyline for the last eppy, but this is what I imagine it to be like... as in, my own version of it, which of course will be completely different from the real thing - except for the DannyxSam, of course - I hope. (Yeah, if Danny and Sam don't get together for good in the real thing, I am gonna scream!) As to which part of Asia I live in, I don't really tell people over the net, unless they're my penpals. But to be more specific, I live in the South-East part of it. If you read my LotR fic, though, I think its gonna be pretty obvious which country.Oh, and lethargically means something like tiredly. And I did find out what went on in MB, even though I couldn't watch it! I found the screencaps, which are great. DS all the way! Thanks again!
Riverfox: Oh wow... are you asking for a sequel already? Yep, fortunately I am currently considering one... Of course no characters would... oh, sorry can't give that away. It's in line with the plot. all I have to say is, don't worry - that won't happen in a real episode sooo... And as for 3 Ms in Middle-Earth, well... Deeksha's doing the next chapter and I am still bugging her to hurry up. We'll try to have it up soon though! We do have a few hilarious things planned. Glad u took such an interest in it. Thanks for both of your reviews:) Do notify me what your pen name is when you get an account! Can't believe we have so many things in common...
onikaze: Oh, ok, thanks for the info on chem - I hope I don't scare anyone out of choosing it, if that's the case:)
Okay... look out for Chapter 2, coming next week, and do remember to review!
-FBG