Mina: Here's the next chapter. Once again I want to remind everyone that if you read this all the way through you should review. It's always nice to know if someone has read your work and to know what they think of it. Alright then! I do not own Danny Phantom.
The next week of school flew by fast. On Monday the next school dance was announced. It would take place Friday night of that week in the gymnasium. Everyone was excited and naturally hurried about trying to get dates. By Friday every boy in school except Danny and Tucker had asked Cana out but had been rejected. Danny had decided to go with Sam, and Tucker had somehow managed to get Valerie to agree to go to the dance with him.
Cana stood in her room in front of the mirror and admired herself. She was wearing a beautiful blue dress and her hair was pulled back except for two thin strands on either side of her face in the front. She had not gotten a date for the dance although almost everyone had asked her to go. Still, she just didn't want to go with any of them. Instead she decided to go to the dance alone. It would be just as much fun to go there with out anyone as it would to go with someone.
Danny stood downstairs in the kitchen in his tuxedo. Naturally it was all black except for the white shirt and dark blue tie. Jazz stood in the kitchen with him while he waited for Cana to come down.
"Danny?" Jazz suddenly said.
"Yes Jazz?"
"Can you promise me something?"
"That depends what you're asking."
"All I want you to do is dance with Cana at least once tonight."
"But I'm going with Sam!"
"I know. But Cana is going alone and she probably wants to dance with someone."
"She could have gone to the dance with anyone so I don't think going alone is a problem for her."
"But Danny, did you ever think of why she refused to go with anyone who asked her?"
"Well, she didn't like any of the people who asked her. Isn't that obvious?" Danny said.
"True. But think about it! Who are the only people who didn't ask her to go with them?" Jazz prompted.
"That's easy me and Tucker!"
"So wouldn't it make sense that she is going alone because the person she wanted to go with never asked her out?"
"Do you mean me or Tucker?"
"You Danny!" Jazz exclaimed in frustration.
"Me? I don't think that's the reason she doesn't want to go with anyone. I think she just wanted to go alone in the first place. Besides, she could have asked me to go with her if that's what she wanted. It's not like I asked Sam the second I heard about the dance."
"Maybe you're right Danny. But dance with her at least once anyway. That way at least she would have gotten one dance in at the dance."
"Fine Jazz. I promise I will dance with her."
Cana then walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Danny just stared in shock at her and how beautiful she looked. Jazz gave a small smile and left the room.
"Come on! We don't want to be late and you still have to pick up Sam! There was no need to wait for me," Cana said.
They walked out the door and all the way to Sam's house. The extremely huge house loomed in front of them as they walked up to the door. Sam must have seen them coming because she opened the door before they could ring the doorbell. She was wearing the same dress that she had worn to the last dance. It was black with some purple and she had put her hair up in the same style that it was in for the last dance. Still, she was rather pretty.
"Come on! Let's go to the dance!" Sam exclaimed.
They walked the rest of the way to Casper High and then walked into the gymnasium. It was packed with teenagers dancing and talking and drinking punch. Danny was relieved that his parents were not chaperoning this school dance like they had the last one. It would make it easier to enjoy himself. A lot of people stared at Cana as she walked in behind Danny and Sam. They were surprised that she would show up dateless to a school dance. No one else ever had.
"Go on. You two have fun dancing. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine," Cana told Sam and Danny and let them walk out onto the dance floor to enjoy some dances together.
Tucker and Valerie were already on the dance floor so Sam and Danny went over by them. Cana walked over to the area where there were punch bowls and watched everyone else dance. She heard someone come up behind her and turned around to find Dash. Instead of his red and white jacket and blue jeans he was wearing a tuxedo. Paulina was standing a little to the side of him in a pink dress.
"Would you like to dance with me?" Dash asked Cana.
"No," Cana said and turned back around to watch Sam dance with Danny and Tucker dance with Valerie.
Dash walked away feeling rejected, but Paulina was smiling because she hadn't gotten dumped by Dash. Cana sighed and hoped that no one else wanted to dance with her. Everyone here had dates and she didn't want to steal anyone's date. Kwan came up behind her with Star in tow. Kwan was wearing a tuxedo and Star, who was also known as Paulina's satellite, was wearing a pink dress like Paulina's and had her blond hair down just like Paulina's hair.
"No," Cana said even before Kwan could get the question out. He and Star then walked away to dance.
The minutes ticked by and Cana rejected boy after boy who wanted to dance with her. The boys' dates were happy that they weren't being dumped in favor of Cana and Cana was happy that they were happy. She was still standing by the punch bowl when Danny walked up to her.
"Hey Danny! Having fun?" Cana asked.
"Yeah. This is a lot more fun than the last dance. How about you?" Danny replied.
"I'm enjoying myself. You wouldn't believe how many boys asked me to dance! They all had dates and I said no to every single one of them."
"Well, um…would you dance with me?" Danny asked.
"Danny! I couldn't do that! You're with Sam!"
"I know. She said it was alright…and I promised Jazz that I'd dance with you."
"Okay. I guess I can. After all, you promised Jazz that you would. But, why did Jazz want you to dance with me?"
"Um…well…you see, she sorta thought that you well, wanted to go to the dance with me and that's why you rejected everyone else," Danny finally got out.
"Jazz actually thought that?" Cana said and then started to laugh. "Danny, the only reason I said no to everyone is because I wanted to go to the dance alone. Heck! I could have gone with Tucker before he had finally gotten Valerie to agree to go with him! I just didn't feel like going with anyone."
"And that's what I told Jazz. She still made me promise to dance with you though. She wanted you to dance at least once tonight."
"Then what are we standing around here for? Let's dance!" Cana said and then dragged Danny onto the dance floor.
Cana and Danny danced together during the next song that was played while Sam stood over by the punch bowl. At the end of the song Danny's ghost sense went off and they both rushed off the dance floor. Danny ran to the bathroom where he changed into his ghost form and then came back into the gymnasium to look for the ghost. Standing by the DJ he saw Ember. She was a ghost with blue hair that acted like flames. She had green eyes and wore interesting black makeup around her eyes. She wore black and carried a guitar. She was about to strike the first note of a song when Danny flew down and hit her full force with his fists. They both went intangible as they went through a wall and then they were fighting outside.
Inside, a bunch of boys had gathered around Cana led by Dash.
"So! You won't dance with us but you'll dance with Fenton!" Dash exclaimed.
"Guys! Calm down! Danny's my friend and as a friend he asked me to dance with him because both he and Sam wanted me to dance at least once tonight," Cana tried to explain.
"You sure it's not because you like him?" Dash prompted.
"Of course I like Danny, but as a friend!" Cana yelled and then she thought of something. "Look, I'll dance with every single one of you if that makes you happy."
"Really?" all of the boys asked.
"Yes, really," Cana replied.
"Cana, what are you doing?" Sam whispered to her.
"If I dance with all of them they won't notice that Danny isn't here and well, it's a distraction," Cana replied.
"Got it!" Sam said.
Cana then walked out onto the dance floor and began dancing with Dash.
Meanwhile Danny was busy fighting Ember outside.
"How dare you interrupt me when I'm playing a song!" Ember yelled.
"I wasn't going to let you ruin my school dance!" Danny yelled back.
Danny fired a green blast from his hand at Ember who dodged it. Ember struck a chord on her guitar and pink waves came out of it and hit Danny. He recovered and threw a punch at her. She dodged the punch and struck another chord on the guitar. Danny flew backward from the blast and hit the school. Ember struck another chord but Danny was able to dodge this one and hit her with a green blast. Ember flew back a little but recovered quickly. Danny flew at her with his fists glowing green and hit her pretty hard. Ember flew back from the force of the attack and hit a tree. While Ember was recovering Danny whipped out the Fenton Thermos and sucked her inside.
Inside the school Cana had just finished dancing with all of the boys. She had danced with everyone from Dash and Kwan to Tucker and the nerds. In fact she had actually danced with every single boy who had showed up at the dance. She was walking back to the punch bowl where Sam was standing when she felt something grab her and pull her into the air. Once he turned visible Cana could see that it was Plasmius.
Danny saw his ghost sense go off again and went back inside the school. He immediately noticed Cana being held in the air by Plasmius. He started to head toward him when Cana somehow propelled herself over Plasmius' head and then hit him hard in the back with her feet. However, this meant that Plasmius was no longer holding her and she began to fall. Danny quickly caught her. Plasmius was now on the ground due to the force of Cana's kick.
"Danny! Throw me towards him!" Cana shouted.
Danny didn't know why she wanted him to do this but he did. He threw her at Plasmius and in mid air she stuck out one of her feet in a karate kick position. Plasmius turned around but didn't have time to avoid Cana who then karate kicked him hard in the face. She then landed neatly on the ground. Danny then fired a green blast from his hand at Plasmius which hit him. Plasmius still couldn't see because of the kick that Cana had delivered to his face and because she had been wearing high heels. Danny fired a few more green blasts at Plasmius which all hit him. Plasmius, who still couldn't see, went intangible and through the floor. Cheers erupted all over the gymnasium. Danny flew over toward Cana and thanked her for her help. Paulina then ran over to him.
"Danny Phantom! Will you dance with me?" Paulina squealed.
"Yeah, sure."
Paulina squealed with delight and got in her one dance with the ghost boy. Danny then retreated to the boys' bathroom and changed back to his human form. He then walked over toward the punch bowl where Cana and Sam still stood. Valerie and Tucker had now joined them.
"Look Valerie, all I'm saying is that Danny Phantom is not a bad ghost. I mean, hello! He just saved my life, again!" Cana was saying to Valerie.
"You can have whatever opinion you want to have about him but he is definitely not a good ghost. He's evil I tell you!" Valerie said back. "Oh hi Danny!"
"Hello Valerie," Danny replied.
"Come on Valerie! Let's dance!" Tucker said and then dragged Valerie onto the dance floor.
Danny silently thanked his friend for doing that and then he approached Cana. "Cana, that's the third time Plasmius has tried to come for you or do something to you or whatever he's up to! What does he want with you?" he demanded.
Cana stared into Danny's eyes for a minute before answering. "I have no idea," she said slowly and kind of sadly. "I wish I knew. I wish I could tell you but I just don't know."
Danny let Cana walk away to the girls' bathroom. "Sam, do you think she's telling the truth?" he asked her.
"I don't know Danny. Maybe she is. But then there's that small chance that maybe she isn't."
"I don't know if I should believe her or not!" Danny exclaimed in frustration.
"Have you asked her where she's from?" Sam inquired.
"No. I figured that if she wanted to talk about it she would. Whatever happened to her I'm guessing it's something bad, maybe something that's so painful that she doesn't want to talk about it. Her family could have been killed and now she has no home. But, whatever happened to her, I'm starting to think it has something to do with Vlad."
Mina: Another chapter done! The next chapter I am not entirely sure where I am going to split it up so it may be on the short side or it may be as long as this. I don't know yet. Chances are though that it's going to be long. Now I will thank my THREE wonderful reviewers! THREE! Yayness!
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