Chapter 11: Vlad's School of Witchcraft and Evil
It was another beautiful day in the town of Amity Park, the sun was shining and the...aw forget this, might as well get to the action, that's what you came here for, am I right?
Suddenly we see Danny being catapulted across the street into the wall of a convenience store. He quickly recovered and went back to join his friends, who were currently battling Walker and his goons. It seemed that Walker had recovered from the last beating they gave him and was looking to throw them in prison again.
"Getting up after I knock you down, that's against the rules." said Walker.
"Is their anything that isn't against the rules?" said Danny.
"No, except for this!" said Walker as he sent a blast at our heros, who barely got out of the way.
"Hey Valerie, how are Sam and Alicia doing with Walker's goons?" said Danny, as he fired at Walker.
"Last I checked they were doing ok." said Valerie as she took a shot at Walker, burning a hole in his hat.
"Ruining my hat, that's against the rules." said Walker.
"We'll ruin more then that when we're through with you!" said Danny as they keep trading shots with Walker.
Meanwhile Sam and Alicia had been getting bored of just beating on the guards, so they decided to play a game. They would see how high they could make them go into the sky after they blasted them. Sam was currently the record holder with one thousand feet. Unfortunately the guards kept coming back. Except for the one Tucker knocked out with a ghost blaster or sucked into the Fenton Thermos. There was also this thing where Alicia would zap the ghosts and they would disappear, and come back about 30 minutes later.
"Hey Alicia, where do you keep sending them?" asked Sam
"I'm sending them to a place of ultimate evil." said Alicia.
"Well it must be bad, the ones who come back seemed to be, if you pardon the expression, scared to death. They actually beg us to send them back to the Ghost Zone." said Sam.
"Don't worry, it isn't permanently scaring, but I wouldn't spend more then a hour there." said Alicia as she sent one of the guards to the Place of Ultimate Evil.
"Ok, you know what your doing." said Sam.
The Place of Ultimate Evil
The Guard suddenly found himself in the middle of a big field full of flowers. It was full of giant building blocks and kids toys, it looked like a for real kids TV show. Then the horror began, for the guard heard a high pitched giggling sound. It was horrible, it sounded like nails on a chalk board. It got closer and closer. Then the guard saw the hideous creature that was making the noise. If you were to cross Barney, The Teletubbies, and the Smurfs, (which I don't own, take that lawyers!) you would get what this creature was. A whole group of them was advancing on the guard. (AN: Try not to picture what the creature may look like, I did and I'm going to have nightmares because of it x Shudder x, the horror.)
"Look, we found another special friend, just like the last one." said the creature in a annoying squeaky voice.
"Oh goody, now we can play hide and seek, tag, and learn the value of sharing and friendship." said another.
"What are you freaks?" said the guard.
"Aw, someone is a grumpy ghosty, lets give him a big hug!" said one of the creatures.
"No! get away!" said the guard, who tried to use his powers, but they didn't effect the creatures.
"Special friend, special friend." the creatures started to chant.
"No! No! NOOOOOO!" shouted the guard as they surrounded him. (AN: I almost feel sorry for him...almost.)
Meanwhile back in the real world (thank goodness) our heros were mopping up the last of Walker and his goons. With one final series of blasts and punches our heros had Walker beat. Tucker ran up with the Fenton Thermos, after sucking up the last terrified guard Alicia had sent to the place of ultimate evil, and sucked Walker up too.
"I'll get you punks one day!" shouted Walker as he disappear into the thermos.
"Well that was fun." said Sam.
"Yeah, the ghosts always seem to show up just when you don't want them to." said Danny.
"Yeah, remember the movie Ember interrupted." said Sam.
"Or the study session Technus ruined when he stole the computer." said Tucker.
"Don't forget the trip to the amusement park Desiree messed up." said Valerie.
"And last but not least, all the ghosts showing up at once to ruin my birthday party." said Alicia.
"That was a memorable day. Remember when we hit Desiree with the cake?" said Danny.
"And remember when Skulker hit the table and crushed all the presents? Alicia went crazy." said Sam.
"Yeah, the yell she gave probably woke people on other planets." said Tucker
"Yeah, I never felt sorry for a ghost until then, what she did to him I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy." said Valerie.
"Skulker still shudders when you mention the word pinata around him." said Danny.
"Well he deserved it, he ruined the new cd I was getting, and the new guitar amp." said Alicia.
"We know he did, but the sledge hammer was a bit much, don't you think?" said Tucker.
"I guess." said Alicia.
"Well lets forget about ghosts for a while and go play some video games." said Danny.
"Yeah, combating evil villains is just what we need to relax after fighting evil villains." said Sam.
"I call it working out misplaced aggression." said Danny.
"Yeah, just try not to blast the walls this time when we beat you." said Alicia.
"Hey! That was a accident and you know it!" said Danny.
"Your so cute when your in denial." said Sam as she gave Danny a kiss.
"Come on, lets get going." said Alicia.
Our heros left to go battle the electronic forces of evil, unknown to them a mysterious figure had been watching their battle. He had been recording it for his master, who would be most pleased. The figure took out the communicator to contact his master.
"Did you get the recording of the ghost child and his friends fighting master?" said the person.
"Yes I did, you did a excellent job Fright Knight." said the voice.
"Thank you Lord Plasmius." said the Fright Knight.
"Come back to the castle, we have planning to do." said Vlad.
"Yes my lord." said the Fright Knight as he flew off.
Vlad's Castle, Wisconsin
We find ourselves in front of the home of the most evil halfa in the world, Vlad Masters, A.K.A Vlad Plasmius. We see the castle in all its evil glory, with its Packers color scheme, suddenly a flash of lightning illuminates the castle, giving it a eery glow. We go to one of the many rooms and find the evil, cruel, un-nice person who lives here. Vlad is sitting down drinking a cup of tea and looking over the reconnaissance the Fright Knight had sent him.
"Hmm." said the evil billionaire as he thought.
What he found in this files was most disturbing to him. Ever since the arrival of Alicia Szivos, Daniel and his friends were becoming stronger and better at fighting the ghost off. The power she had was what gave them a advantage over the ghosts, and it seemed she had been able to teach young Samantha some of her tricks. The new girl seemed to be skilled, but somewhat clumsy, as evidenced by the pictures he had of Daniel and his friends turned into half human half animal creatures. But still, at this rate they would be so powerful that no one might be able to stop them, and they could become a threat. Vlad sat thinking about this, then the Fright Knight returned.
"Lord Plasmius, I have returned." said the Fright Knight.
"Excellent, and what new information do you have for me?" said Vlad.
"Just some more battle and observation data my lord." said the Fright Knight as he handed it to Vlad.
Vlad looked at the new data and a scowl crossed his face. This new data just confirmed his previous findings, they were starting to become a threat. If he didn't do something soon they would be powerful enough to defeat him. He had just rebuilt his forces from the last defeat Daniel had handed him (read Vlad Strikes Back), and he did not want him and his annoying friends to ruin that. The girl was the key to the whole thing, he would have to do something about that.
"Fright Knight, what is the most important part of a team?" said Vlad.
"The power of the people you put in it?" said the Fright Knight.
"Right, and out of Daniel and his team, who would you say is the most powerful, besides him." said Vlad.
"That girl, the witch." said the Fright Knight.
"Exactly, so if we want to win we have to eliminate the girl, and while were at it we'll eliminate Samantha as well, since she has some power now too." said Vlad.
"How do we do that Lord Plasmius?" said the Fright Knight.
"Well it just so happens that I was able to convince some of my former associates to come back to work for me, Skulker, will you come in here." said Vlad.
"Yes, what do you want?" said Skulker.
"I want you to go to Amity Park and destroy the girls known as Ali Kazam and Samantha, you will have all the resources you need to accomplish this task." said Vlad.
"And?" said Skulker.
"And the money and equipment we agreed to has been sent to your lair." said Vlad.
"Good, those whelps pelts will be yours before the week is out." said Skulker as he flew off.
"I hate to have to pay him so much, but good help is so hard to find." said Vlad as he looked at the picture of Danny trying to scratch fleas after the animal incident, he gave a slight chuckle at this.
The next day in Amity Park, our heros were dealing with one of those little announces in life, well at least their lives.
"I am the Box Ghost!" shouted the Box Ghost.
"God, doesn't he ever take a break?" said Sam.
"No, I think he's very work oriented." said Danny.
"Well you got to admire a guy who loves his job." said Alicia.
"Ok guys, can we please take care of this, schools starting soon." said Valerie.
"Fools, you will not stop me, for I have power over all things square and made of cardboard." said the Box Ghost.
"Gah! Why don't you just take a vacation." said Danny.
"I can not! The resort is too full right now!" said the Box Ghost.
"Ghosts have a vacation resort?" said Danny.
Meanwhile in the Caribbean on a supposedly haunted island that no human ever goes to, we find a resort with many ghosts in it, including some of Danny's enemies. We see Ember lounging on a chair in a bikini, suddenly Walker shows up. Ember lifts her sunglasses to look at him.
"Let me guess, dipstick and his friends beat you up." said Ember.
"Yep." said Walker.
"Well pull up a chair and sit awhile." said Ember.
"Don't mind if I do." said Walker as he lay down.
Back in Amity Park.
"Whatever, its time for you to go." said Danny as he sucked the Box Ghost into the thermos.
"I will trap you in a box of doom someday!" shouted the Box Ghost.
"Well now that that's over with, lets get to class." said Sam.
Our heros just made it to class as the bell rang.
"Well, well, it appears that Mr. Fenton and his friends managed to make it to class on time, the world must be coming to a end. Well now that you're here we can begin on the fascinating world of mid-19th century English literature. Said Mr. Lancer.
The class gave out a collective groan as Mr. Lancer began the class. But several minutes later he was interrupted by a knock on the door. The door opened to reveal a teenage boy standing in the door way. He had red hair with green eyes, and some freckles on his face. He wore a black tee shirt with the words "I'll be nicer if you stop being an idiot" on it, he was wearing jeans and dark grey sneakers. He was also very handsome, this fact was quickly noticed by all the girls in the class, including Alicia. (AN: Can you say future romance?)
"Uh, is this Mr. Lancer's class?" asked the boy.
"Yes, and you must be the new student they told me about. Class this is Alexander Gladstone, Alexander, why don't you tell the class a little about yourself." said Mr. Lancer.
"Ok, I'm from Chicago, and my parents moved me here to get me out of the city. I prefer to be called Alex, and I really like rock and roll." said Alex.
The boy then fell silent and just stared at the class, seeming to scan them. As he got to where Alicia and her friends sat he stopped and stared at them, like he had seen something strange. As the silence continued, Mr. Lancer spoke up.
"Mr. Gladstone, if your quite done, would you please sit down." said Mr. Lancer.
"Uh, yes sir." said Alex as he sat down.
"Now that was weird, why did he just stand there for so long? Better watch him, he might be a ghost." thought Danny.
"Hmm, something is up with that new kid, I better keep a eye on him." thought Alicia.
"That new kid was staring at us, I better watch him to make sure he doesn't hurt Danny or the others." thought Sam.
"That new kid was giving us the weird look, I better keep a eye on him." thought Valerie.
"I wonder if we're having hamburgers for lunch today?" thought Tucker. (AN: Good old Tucker)
That new kid is hot, I better catch him before the losers do." thought Paulina (AN: Yeah right, like I would let someone fall into your hands.)
Mr. Lancer had no idea of the scheming going on in his class and the lecture continued. A few hours later the lunch bell rang and our heros went to eat in the cafeteria. They sat down and began to discuss what had happened earlier.
"Did you guys notice something weird about the new kid?" said Danny.
"You mean the fact that he was staring at us." said Sam.
"I don't like the way he was looking at us, its like he was sizing us up." said Valerie.
"You don't think he may be a ghost, do you?" said Tucker.
"No, if he was my ghost sense would have gone off." said Danny.
"Maybe the ghosts have started to get wise to that trick, and found ways around it." said Valerie.
"I hope not, because if they do it will make life a lot harder." said Danny.
"Alicia, you've been quiet, what do you think about the new kid." said Sam.
"I was thinking about what he did, scanning the class and looking around, especially when he stopped on us." said Alicia.
"And what do you think he was doing?" asked Danny.
"I think he was looking at the classes auras, that's why he was scanning the class." said Alicia.
"You think that he might be a magic user." said Sam.
"I do, remember when I came to the school for the first time. I did the exact same thing, even the part where I stared in your guys direction." said Alicia.
"So you think he might be suspicious?" said Valerie.
"I was, so he might be too. I think it might be a good idea to talk to him before we end up fighting him, like we did when I first came here." said Alicia.
"Don't look now, but he's coming this way." said Tucker.
The five teens stopped talking as Alex approached the table.
"Hey, do you mind if I sit here?" said Alex.
"Uh no, go right ahead." said Alicia, as Alex sat right next to her.
"So is that Mr. Lancer guy always so boring?" said Alex.
"Yeah, pretty much, but let me introduce myself and my friends, I'm Danny, and these are Sam, Tucker, Valerie, and Alicia." said Danny.
"Nice to meet you all, so what do you guys like to do?" said Alex.
"You know the usually stuff, play video games, goof off, that sort of stuff." said Danny, trying to not give to much info.
"I like to play guitar." said Alicia.
"You do! That's great, I like to play the drums. I bet you play the guitar like a rock goddess." said Alex.
"Uh well, I'm good but not that good." said Alicia as she blushed.
"Nonsense, I bet your spectacular, maybe we can play together sometime?' said Alex.
"Yeah, that would be great." said Alicia, still blushing.
Just then Danny's ghost sense went off.
"Oh no." said Danny, as a huge hole was blasted in the wall. The students quickly left the room and only our heros, plus Alex were left. Then the robotic figure of Skulker appeared out of the dust cloud.
"Alicia Szivos, Sam Manson, I have been hired to destroy you." said Skulker.
"Uh, why would you want to do that mister ghost." said Alicia, trying to act dumb in front of Alex.
"Because you and your magical friend there are a announce that must be eliminated, plus Vlad's paying me a ton to do this job." said Skulker.
"Uh we don't know what your talking about." said Sam.
"Why do you deny your true identity? No matter, if you refuse to fight it just makes it easier." said Skulker.
He fired a blast at the two girls from on of his wrist lasers. They quickly dived out of the way. Alicia quickly got up and started to change into Ali Kazam.
"Alicia, what are you doing?" said Danny.
"I'm going to fight him that's what." said Alicia.
"But what about Alex?' said Danny.
"Forget that for now, we have to take care of Skulker first." said Alicia.
"Ok, if you insist." said Danny as he transformed into his ghost half.
"You! Your Danny Phantom, and you two are witches." said Alex.
"Yes we are, now if you excuse us we have a ghost to take care of." said Danny.
The super powered teens flew up to confront the ghost hunter.
"You think you can stop me, I have a few tricks up my sleeve, literally!" said Skulker as he fired a new weapon at Sam and Alicia. The weapon managed to hit them.
"Ahhhhh!" screamed Sam and Alicia, who fell to the floor.
"What did you do to them!" said Danny.
"I short circuited their powers, they will be out for a hour, long enough for me to beat you and kill them." said Skulker
"You'll have to go through us first, ghost!" said Valerie as they began to fight Skulker.
Meanwhile Tucker had managed to drag Sam and Alicia out of harms way, he was joined by Jazz, who came to help, and Alex.
"What do we do? Without Sam and Alicia Danny and Valerie might not be able to beat Skulker." said Tucker.
Tucker was not far off, without Sam and Alicia for back up, Danny and Valerie were having a hard time beating Skulker. The fact that he came fully loaded with every weapon he owned didn't help either.
"I don't know, Sam and Alicia are out cold and we don't have anyway to revive them." said Jazz.
"Maybe I can help?" said Alex.
"What can you do? Unless you have some smelling salts." said Jazz.
"Lets just say they aren't the only magic users here." said Alex, as he brought out a bottle with a blue potion in it.
"You mean you use magic too, Alicia was right." said Tucker.
"You mean the new kid is a wizard. Why didn't you guys tell me?" said Jazz.
"We only suspected it, we didn't actually know it." said Tucker.
"Uh guys, can we focus here. We need to give this restoration potion to them." said Alex.
"Right." said Tucker and Jazz.
"Ok, lift their heads and open their mouths, this should bring them back to normal." said Alex.
He gave the potion to Sam and Alicia, while Tucker and Jazz helped them shallow it. Finally they had taken all the potion. Several seconds went by and then it began to work, a blue glow surrounded their bodies. Just as quickly as it came it went away, then Alicia and Sam shot up.
"What happened?" said Sam.
"Guys! Your alright!" said Jazz as she gave them a hug.
"Yeah, but how did you revive us?" said Alicia.
"Don't thank us, thank him." said Tucker as he pointed to Alex.
"You helped us?" said Alicia.
"Yeah I did." said Alex.
"So I was right, you are a magic user." said Alicia.
"Yeah, I am." said Alex.
"Well thanks for helping us, I really appreciate it." said Alicia.
"Your welcome." said Alex.
"Now do you mind helping us with tall, dark, and ugly over there?" said Alicia.
"It would be my pleasure." said Alex.
The three magical teens went to help Danny and Valerie, who were not doing so hot. They were still fighting Skulker, but they were tiring out, and Skulker was landing more hits on them with each passing moment. Skulker finally knocked our two fighters out of the sky, being that they had left the cafeteria awhile ago. They fell from the sky and crashed to the ground, unconscious.
"Well, well, Vlad said noticing about the whelp and the hunter girl, maybe I can take them as a prize." said Skulker.
As he tried to grab them he was suddenly hit with a blast of energy, and sent into a tree. He looked up to see Sam and Alicia standing before him, and they looked pretty angry.
"You two should still be out cold!" said Skulker.
"Look like your weapon isn't as good as you thought." said Sam.
"Well I'll make sure it works this time." said Skulker as he brought the weapon out.
"I don't think our friend would like that." said Alicia.
"What are you talking about?" said Skulker.
"Their talking about me." said Alex, who flew into view and with a zap from his magic wand, destroyed the weapon.
"No! It took me forever to calibrate that! You will pay!" said Skulker.
"I don't think so." said Alicia as hers, Sam's and Alex's hands glowed with magic energy.
"Uh oh." was all that Skulker said before the pummeling began.
To make a long battle scene short, the three magic powered teens made quick work of the ghost hunter, and they threw him into a portal Alex opened up.
"Hey, where does that go anyway?" said Sam.
"It goes to one of the most horrible places imaginable, the perfume department of the underworld mall." said Alex.
"Ug, I fell sorry for him." said Alicia as she shuddered.
Meanwhile in the Underworld Mall.
"Get away from me!" shouted a terrified Skulker.
He was being chased by a bunch of diffrent mythical creatures, such as trolls, demons and other monsters. All of them were female and all wanted him to smell the perfumes and colognes they had.
"Come back sir! This new cologne will make you irresistible to the ladies!" said one of the sales women.
"You must try this new perfume, it has a hint of citrus!" said another.
"Ahhhh! Stay away you horrid creatures!" said the Skulker as he dodged yet another lady trying to spray him with perfume. He continued to run around with a large crowd of perfume ladies chasing him.
"You will bring him back, right?' said Alicia.
"Oh I will...eventually."said Alex.
"What happened?" said Danny as he finally came too.
"Oh nothing much, we just beat Skulker and sent him packing." said Sam.
"Sam! Alicia! Your all right" said Danny and Valerie as they ran up to see their friends.
"Yeah, thanks to Alex." said Sam.
"Yeah, it turns out Alicia was right, he is a magic user." said Tucker.
"Really? Well thanks for helping us." said Danny.
"Aw, it was nothing." said Alex.
"It wasn't nothing, you saved our butts, if you hadn't revived me and Sam we would be dead by now." said Alicia, putting a hand on Alex's shoulder.
"Yeah, I guess I did." said Alex as he blushed a little.
"I hate to interrupt this happy moment, but the school bell just rung." said Jazz.
"Well we better get back to class, but I want to talk to you guys later. Ok?" said Alex.
"Ok." said everyone else.
As the teens walked back to the school they failed to notice that the Fright Knight was watching them.
"Lord Plasmius, Skulker has failed to destroy the girls, and there seems to be a wizard who has now joined hem." the Fright Knight said into his communicator.
"Drat! I knew something would go wrong, that girl must have a lucky charm or two." said Vlad.
"What are your orders Lord Plasmius?" said the Fright Knight.
"Remain in Amity Park and keep observing Daniel and his friends, Vlad out." said Vlad as he cut communication.
This was bad, Skulker had failed to get rid of the brats, and now there was another magic do gooder. Vlad had to come up with a plan or he was sunk. Then it hit him, what if he offered a reward for their capture. He would offer a huge amount of money for the capture of the girls and that new boy, and maybe Daniel if they could get him. He would spread the word through the ghost community, one of them was bound to succeed. All he needed to do was make a phone call.
Meanwhile at the ghost resort, Technus was playing Marco Polo with the other ghosts.
"Marco!" shouted Technus.
"Polo!" shouted the other ghosts.
Just then Technus's cell phone rang.
"Hey Technus, your phones ringing!" said Desiree.
"What? It is, but who would be calling me here?" said Technus as he flew to where his phone was.
"Hello?" said Technus as he answered the phone.
"Hello Technus, long time no see." said Vlad.
"Vlad! What do you want!" said Technus, the mention of the infamous halfa's name caught all the other ghosts attention.
"Why I've just called to make a exciting new offer, if you would just put me on speaker phone.' said Vlad.
"Why should I listen to you." said Technus.
"Because this offer could be very financially rewarding." said Vlad.
"Fine, I'll put you on speaker phone." said Technus, as he put the phone into a device that would allow Vlad to speak to the others.
"You all may be wondering why I'm calling you?" said Vlad.
"Yeah, especially since we promised to destroy you after what you pulled last time." said Spectra.
"Oh that little incident, can't we just forget about it?" said Vlad.
"What do you want old man?" said Ember.
"Quite simply this, I am offering a reward for the capture of Alicia Szivos and Samantha Manson, and the new wizard that has joined them. I will give $50 million dollars to the one who brings them to me, the reward will be doubled if you manage to capture Daniel as well." said Vlad.
"Are you seroius?" said Walker.
"I'm dead serious, capture them and the reward is yours. Think of what you can do with all that money." said Vlad.
The ghosts began to picture what they would do with a potential $100 million dollars. Ember thought of how she could finance a new concert tour. Walker thought of all the improvements he could make to his prison. Technus thought of all the lovely technology he could buy. Spectra, Kitty, and Desiree all had pretty mush the same thought, the mother of all shopping sprees.
"Ok, Plasmius, I accept the offer, just have the money ready when I bring them in." said Ember.
"Not if I get them first." said Walker.
"The ghost child and his friends will be defeated by me, the money will be mine." said Technus.
"Not if I have something to say about it." said several ghosts at once.
The ghosts ran off to make plans to get Sam and Alicia. Vlad hung up his phone and smiled.
"Yes, soon they will be in my clutches Mwhahaha!" said Vlad. (AN: time to use the hurt Vlad lever. Author pulls the lever.)
Suddenly a bucket of rotten eggs fell on Vlad.
"Note to self: destroy Rob Phantom when this is over." said Vlad as he went to clean up.
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Me: Wow, another long chapter, and two in one weekend, I am on fire baby!
Ember: That's my little writer boy. Ember kisses Rob.
Me: What a great day, now a message from me!
Holy ghost bounty hunters batman! Vlad has turned up the heat on our heros now. He has all the ghosts chasing after them, and with $100 million on the line they will be fighting extra hard. Will our heros be able to fend off the greedy ghosts? Will the introduction of a new member of team Phantom help them? Or will Vlad's evil finally win? Read the next chapter of the Life and Times of Alicia Szivos to find out.
Ember: Lets go out and celebrate!
Me: Right behind you, until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!