Here is chapter 8, just like I promised. Ok, I know I promised more chapters, but I have trouble when it comes to remembering to write. So plz dont hurt me.
A quick note before we begin, a reviewer asked me how they got Sam's room clean before Danny got there. My original plan was for them just to have set it up to a point where they could quickly do it before they woke him. But the reviewer gave me a much better idea, the room Danny saw when he opened the door was an illusion, it was infact still the room that Sam was in, it's just that he couldn't tell becuase all he saw was an illusion of an empty room.I hope that clear's things up, and if any body else has a question, just ask, andunless it's about the plot, then I will answer it. (Sorry to the reviewer that gave me this idea, I have a realy bad memory and I honestly can't remember who it is,so plzdon't hurt me.)
I hope you like this chapter, I made it longer then usual to try and make up for there only being 2 new chapters over the weekend, and I know it's monday. This is the first chapter where I have both Sam's and Danny's POV, yay me. This chapter brings in 2 new(or old depending on how you look at it) charicters. It also give's a hint about what exactly is going on here, that's what I went for al least. Now on to the rest of the cra... junk.(that was close)
"talking"
'thinking'
'little voice in there heads'
reading
I do not own Danny Phantom. Oh how they will rue the day they made me say that, they will pay,they willpay dearly... man, I realy need to learn to keep thing's like that in my head.
Chapter 8: Room Mates
(Sam's POV)
I was staring out the snow plow's window, looking at the buildings as we passed them. There where a lot of different thing's there.We had already passed a book store, a movie theater, a museum, three convienance stores, a hospital, and a dark looking cafe. 'I gotta remember that cafe' I thought to myself. And every one of the buildings had Wolf Co.'s emblem on it, even the cafe, it was just a little thing in the corner of its window that I had barely seen.
We passed a large building that was in the shape of pyramid, but where its point should have been, there was a large, midievil looking tower coming out, it was huge.
"Hey Sapphire, what's that building?" I asked the lady beside me and pointed to the strange building.
"That's the main head quarters for Wolf Co. I know it looks strange, but That's the way Prof. Lunas likes it. His office is at the top of that tower there, only a handful of people have even seen it though." Sapphire told me.
"That is so cool. Is it possible to get a tour of that building?" Chase asked her in a cocky way.
"Yes, but only the lower floors, the higher ones are for authorized personnel only." She told him, frowning slightly at him.
'Weird, they are acting like they already know each other' I thought to myself.
Chase's face turned form cocky to shocked for a second, then it went neutral. He closed his eyes, leaned back into his seat, and took a deep breath.
'Don't be silly, how could they know each other? You are just tired and need to get some sleep' The voice in my head said.
'Ya, your probably right, I am just being paranoid' I thought.
Chase's eyes then reopened as he let out a sigh of relief and smiled again.
'That Chase is one strange guy though' I thought.
Chase looked offended all of a sudden, but he quickly went back to neutral.
'Very strange' I thought.
"Ok, we have arrived at the dorms." The driver said.
"Good. Well, I will show you to your rooms now." Sapphire said.
We all got out of the snow plow. I looked up at the building that held the dorm rooms. It was a three-story tall building and was made of brick. We went inside to a rather plane looking lobby like room, the only thing that stood out was a picture of a black skull with a green leaf in the middle of it that covered the white floor. There was an elevator on the back wall and halls leading in each direction. They looked like they led to common rooms. A young man walked over to us and smiled at Sapphire.
"Sam, your room is in this building. Chase, my assistant here will show you to the building your room is in." Sapphire said.
"Ok, see you around, Sam." Chase said as he followed the young man out the door.
"Umm, Sapphire, what's with the picture of the black skull on the floor?" I asked, being confused.
"Oh, that was done by the people of this dorm. You see, each dorm has a symbol that represents it, this dorm claimed itself the Gothic-Vegetarians, I know it sounds strange, but they choose it and there symbol." She explained to me.
"Wait, everyone in this dorm is a Goth and a vegetarian?" I asked, being surprised that there was a building just for them.
"No, there are a few of those, but it is mostly made up of people whoare gothic or people that are vegatarians. Actualy, they are Ultro-recyclo-something-or-another-vegatarians. I am not sure what it means though." She said.
"It means they don't eat anything with a face." I told her.
"You are one, aren't you?" She asked. I nodded. "Sorry, I didn't mean any offence, I just honestly had no idea what it meant." She said, sounding embarrassed.
"It's Ok, a lot of people don't know what it is." I said.
"Ok then, let me show you to your room." She said, smiling once more.
(Danny's POV)
This place was huge. We have been driving for only five minutes and we already have passed a book store, a movie theater, a museum, three conveinance stores, a hospital, and a creepy looking cafe.
'Sam would probably love that place' I thought to myself, 'I have to remember to check it out later'
We then passed a strange looking building, it had a midevil tower like thing at the top, and the bottom reminded me of an Egyptian pyramid, except it was white and blue and had glass double doors at the bottom.
I turned around to talk to Sage when I noticed him putting a little, blue circle thingy into his pocket.
'What was that and why does it look familiar to me?' I thought to myself. I know I had seen that thing before, but where I was not sure.
"Hey, Sage, is that the main building or something?" I asked him.
"Ya, it is, that was a good guess." Sage said back, just turning his head to see me. (Ok, incase you where wondering, Danny is sitting a bit further back in the bus and Sage is sitting sideways in the one of the front seats so his backpack isn't crushed)
"It is kind of obvious after hearing about Prof. Lunas and how different he can be. It makes sense that his main head quarters is in such a... unique building." I said back.
"Ya, I guess your right." He said, then turned his head to look forward again.
"Sage, why don't you just take your backpack off? It would probably make it easier to sit." I said to him.
"Are you kidding, this thing ways a ton. If I took it off then it would be almost impossible for me to put it back on." He answered.
"Oh, what's in it?" I asked, letting my curiosity get the better of me.
He looked panicked all of a sudden, then he put on an obviously phony smile.
"Oh, you know, just some stuff for my project I am working on. Nothing that would interest you." He said nervously while rubbing the back of his neck.
I could tell he was lying, but decided that I would find out later what he was up to.
"Your probably right, so where are we heading?" I asked him. He noticeably relaxed.
"We are heading to the dorms, you have been assigned to the Tech-Blade dorm building." He said
"Tech-Blade?" I asked him, being confused by its name.
"You see, each dorm here gets to name itself and come up with a picture or emblem that represents them. You got lucky, you could have ended up in one of the bad ones like the Coconut-Hedgehogs." He said, laughing at the last part. I let out a small chuckle.
"Ok, so what's the symbol of the Tech-Blade dorm?" I asked him.
"See for your self." He said, pointing out the window behind me.
I turned around and saw a brick building with a symbol above the door. It looked like a sword at an angle, but the sword was covered in binary code on the blade and the hilt looked like an upside down joystick. The blade itself was silver, the binary code on it was green, and the joystick was black except for a red button at the bottom of it.
"Cool, so that's where my room is?" I asked.
"Yep, now let's get out of this bus and inside so I can show you to your room." Sage said. We got off the bus and went inside.
(Sam's POV)
Me and Sapphire used the elevator to get to the top floor. She led me down the hallways a bit before she stopped in front of a black door that was on the left side of the building. On the door, there where two symbol things, the one on top was the same I had seen on the plane for my room. The bottom one was a white skull on fire that was blue. In the middle of the skull, there where the initials EM in black and red. For some reason, the blue flame looked really familiar to me.
"This is your room. Your room mate has been here already for a month, So, if you need anything, just ask her. If she can't help you, come see me." Sapphire said.
"Ok, that's cool. Why is her symbol thing so different?" I asked.
"Everyone here starts out with a basic symbol like yours, but then, if they want, they can custom create there own." She told me.
She opened the door and what I saw would have been a shock if I hadn't already seen a similar thing on the plane. The left half of the room was perfect. It had a dark shag carpet, black walls with red trimming, and the furniture was black and red. On the walls, there where intricate paintings of fighting ghosts and skulls in red and black with a few other minor colors, and there was a bowl of fresh looking fruit on my nightstand.
"Hi there, you must be Sam." A feminine voice said. I jumped when I heard it and spun around quickly to see a girl. She was tall and pail, had long brown hair pulled back into a long pony tail and her eyes where green. She wore a dark outfit that looked familiar to me, the only thing that didn't look familiar was that she had on a black leather jacket as well.
"Ya, that's me. Do I know you from somewhere because you look really familiar to me." I said. I know I have seen here somewhere before.
"No, but I get that a lot, probably because of my twin sister though." She said, smiling slyly. Even her voice sounded familiar, but from where?
"Ok, who would that be?" I asked.
Her smiling face fell and her head dropped. "Her name was Amber, but everyone knew her better as Ember." She said sadly.
'Ember? No, it couldn't be' I thought.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories." I said, trying to apologize.
"No, its ok, I have moved on now," She said, perking up a little. "And by the way, my name is Emma, Emma McLain." She lifted her head and was smiling now. Her hand extended for a hand shake.
'MCLIAN! I don't believe it, how can she be Ember's twin sister?' I thought to myself.
I reached up and shook her hand limply, my face in shock the entire time.
"Ya, that's about the response I was expecting. Not many people knew that Ember had a twin." She said.
"I had no clue, I am so sorry for bringing it up." I said, still shocked and trying to apologize.
"It's ok, ever sense the accident, I have had to learn to live without her, and I have gotten over it for the most part at least." She said, sounding kind of depressed.
That's when I noticed the other side of the room, it was split down the middle almost exactly. Emma's side had black walls with blue trim and had designs of light blue and white fire on it. Everything on my side that was red, was a light blue and white fire design on hers. Her bed was a bit messy as if someone had been sleeping in it recently, there where a few pieces of clothing sticking out of her dresser. Then I saw it, sitting on a stand beside her closet was Ember's guitar, exactly as it was the last time I saw it. At first, it looked like it had the same glow as well, but then it faded away, leaving an ordinary guitar.
"That was my sister's guitar, one of the only things that survived the accident. I had to fix it up a bit, but it was worth it, it is all I have left of her." Emma said, sounding sadly calm.
I smiled at her and she returned a weak one. We talked for a bit when our conversation was interrupted.
"Well, you to better get some sleep, tomorrow is orientation, and you better not be late." Sapphire said, she was standing by the door the entire time. I looked out the window and saw it was getting dark out, we must have been talking for longer then I thought.
"Ok." Emma and I answered at the same time. I went to the bathroom we had and got ready for bed. I went to my bed and started drifting asleep. "Good night Emma." I was able to yawn out. I saw her smile in her bed. "Good night, Sam." She said, and I drifted off to sleep.
(Danny's POV) (during the time Sam had gotten to her room)
We entered the building and the same symbol that was outside was covering the white floor.
"Your room is on the top floor, follow me." Sage said.
We went to the elevator and went to the third floor. We walked down the halls a bit. As we went, I looked at the doors, each one had two different symbols on them with a pair of initials in each. Sage stopped in front of a black door on the right side of the building. The symbol on the top of the door had DP on it, just like the one on the plane.
"I thought you said it would be fixed on this door." I said to Sage, being slightly annoyed.
"Strange, it must have been the same guy that did it on the plane that made this one, sorry. I will send someone over tomorrow to fix it while you are at orientation." He said.
The other symbol was very flashy, It was a large silver TF that were kind of put together and where blurred like they where moving to the left very fast.
'TF? It couldn't be, could it' I wondered.
"Your room mate has been here for the last 4 years, so if you need anything, ask him." Sage Said.
He knocked on the door and in a few moments it was opened. The man standing there had dark skin, glasses, and a red beret.
"Tucker!" I said loudly.
"Danny! No way, you're my new room mate!" He said excitedly.
"You know each other?" Sage asked, smiling.
"Ya, we were best friends back in Amity Park." Tucker said.
"Well that's interesting, talk about a coincidence." He said, smiling all the time. "Well I will let you to catch up, if you need anything, just go to the dorm supervisor. I will see you tomorrow in class, Mr. Foley."
"I'll be there Prof. Johnson." Tucker said, waving as Sage walked away. Tucker went back into the room and I was about to follow when I saw something fall out of Sage's bag. I ran over and picked it up.
"Sage, you dropped your... feather?" I said, the thing that fell out of his bag was a blue feather.
'That's weird, why would he have a feather in his bag?' I thought.
"Hey Danny, are you coming in or what?" Tucker asked me. I quickly pocketed the feather and went to the room.
'Something is going on here, and I am going to find out what it is.' I thought as I entered the room.
(?'s POV) (a few hours later)
A mysterious man sits in his chair in his office. One wall of the room is has four large television sets in a square on it.
The one in the top left is a picture of Sam's room, the two girls in the room say good night and go to sleep. The one in the top right shows a picture of Danny's room, they to are just going to sleep.
Emma's face pops up on the bottom left screen. "Gothgirl is secure. She couldn't even tell it was me." She said.
"Good, that is all for now, we will commence with phase 2 tomorrow." The mysterious man said.
"Affirmitive, this is Rock Girl signing off for the night." Emma said. The screen faded to black.
The bottom right screen came on all of a sudden. On it was a shadowed face, making it impossible to tell who it was.
"Tech here, Ghostboy is secure." Tech said.
"Good, I was just informed that Gothgirl is also secured. That is all for tonight, go to stand by, we move on to phase 2 tomorrow." The man said.
"Tech, over and out" Tech said and the screen went dark.
"You know, I would feel bad about this if it wasn't for there best interest." Chase said, stepping out of the shadows and smiling at the man in the chair.
"Same here, but it is for the best." Sapphire said, stepping out as well to stand next to Chase.
"I am just doing it because you paid me. You where right Storm Wolf, that kid is smarter then he looks, we are going to have to be carful around him." Sage said as he to stepped out of the shadows.
"Storm Wolf, Blue Moon, Falcon, good to see you are well. Shall we continue as planned, Storm Wolf?" The man said.
"Yes, tomorrow will go ahead as scheduled. I trust that you know what to do, Artic Wolf." Chase said.
"Of course. Red Fox, prepare for phase 2." The man now identified as Artic Wolf said in his now undistorted voice.
A tall girl with long red hair steps out of the shadows and next to Artic Wolf's desk.
"Of course, I am only doing this for Danny. I hope he appreciates it." Red Fox said.
"Don't worry, he will. Now, get to position, I am sure he is going to be shocked to see you." Chase said.
"Right away." Red Fox said. She left the room.
The girl called Red Fox got back to her room and looked at the picture by her bed.
"It's going to be good to see you again, brother." The girl said before going to sleep.
So do you know whoTech and Red Foxare? You do... well, I expected at least, darn, why do Ikeep makingthings so obvious.
I bet the feather stumped you though, if it didnt, then you are very smart. Anyone that can guess the signifigance of the feather gets a five pound brick of virtual fudge, it fudge without those darn calories and fatting junk. (Note: downsides include that it is not acctualy edible, and if it was, there would be no flavor.)
I am trying to make it so you have to think who realy is in charge near the end, you know what I mean. I have no idea what I am going to have for Ember's "accident" that she mentions, but I will think of something.
Thank's for reading so far, and keep reveiwing
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