You guys are making me feel so special so far! I'm sorry to say though that Technus never makes an appearance, except being mentioned. I think. I've finished the story, and I don't remember seing him playing a big part. And Valerie starts making a large appearance in the next chapter, just to tell people who are wondering where she is.
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When class was over, Danny walked to the front of the room to see what Mr. Lancer wanted. During class he'd been made fun of, humiliated, and phased through his chair by ghosts a few times. It's not like he could fight back, either. Some ghosts had the wrong idea bout what April Fools Day was supposed to be about. It was supposed to be about harmless pranks, not practically killing a kid sitting in a classroom!
"Mr. Fenton, are you sure you're ok? When class started, you mentioned that everyone was out to get you or something. Normally, I wouldn't care, but seeing as you are one of my students that sometimes come into class late and covered with bruises, I worry about you. Would you like me to call your parents?" Danny shrugged.
"If you want. It's not gonna change anything with all these ghosts after me and such, but you can try." Lancer looked at his student, who seemed to be losing all hope.
"Why are those ghosts after you anyways, Mr. Fenton?" After all, even if it's the fact that he's Jack and Maddie's son, that shouldn't affect him that much. The ghosts don't try and kill Jasmine nearly as often as they do him. I wonder if she's having all the same problems…
"Well, Mr. Lancer, I think it's because I'm my parents' youngest kid. I'm also the most afraid of ghosts, though I don't show it. Though, from what I've heard, most ghosts can sense fear." And that's why sometimes, even if my ghost sense doesn't go off, I'm there, ready to save lives. It never hit me before that I just sorta know this stuff. Gotta remember to tell Sam and Tuck later.
"Has Jasmine had any troubles?" Well, since she started helping, yes. But nowhere near as many as Sam and Tucker. I don't want him to start watching her closely too.
"Uh, no Mr. Lancer. She's been quite lucky. The ghosts sometimes bother her, but nowhere near as much as they bother me. And Mr. Lancer, your shoe's untied." He walked out of the classroom before Mr. Lancer could answer. Looking down at his shoes, he saw that they were both tied. Great. Fooled by the kid with a C average. He shook his head and started grading homework.
In science, Danny's problems became magnified. One moment, he'd be looking at his textbook, and the next, he'd be on the roof, glaring at the ectopuses. "Dude, don't you know April Fools Day isn't about dragging your enemies onto the roof when he's trying to pass?" The ectopuses looked at each other and shrugged, pulling Danny back into the room. The class stared as the two ectopuses dropped him back in his chair and flew off, laughing. Well, I'd call it laughing, but it doesn't sound like the kind of laugh I know. Danny thought to himself. Soon after, Skulker appeared again, earning frightened looks from everyone but Danny, Sam, and Tucker, who just groaned.
"Haven't you scared and embarrassed us enough for one day? At least you know what April Fools' Day is about, the other ghosts just pull stupid pranks." Skulker merely laughed in the face of the boy.
"Yes, Child. I know. That's why I've come, come with me." He dragged a very annoyed Danny through the ceiling, leaving the class to sit there, staring.
"Is there something I missed here, or did Danny just get kidnapped? By a ghost? That means the ghost boy will save him, bring him back, and make out with me!" Paulina squealed. Sam glared very pointedly in her direction.
"Phantom isn't interested in anyone right now, otherwise I'd know. And I can't see why anyone would wanna risk diving in the shallow end of the gene pool like that. Now if you guys don't mind, I'm gonna go save my friend." She grabbed Tucker's arm and dragged him out of the classroom. Everyone just stared until they realized that two students had just went to single-handedly take on a ghost, and tried to go after them. Of course, by then, the two had already gotten pretty far ahead.
Outside the school, Sam pulled out her cell phone. She dialed a number and waited as the phone rang once, twice, three times. Please answer! She thought.
"Hello, Fenton residence, Maddie speaking. Wait, Samantha? Why are you calling here during school hours? Is it Danny?" Sam bit her lip.
"Skulker kidnapped him out of science class, but I don't think he'll hurt him. This morning he paid Tucker, Danny, and I a visit, as I'm sure he told you. At least, he told you Skulker visited him. Well, anyways, he mentioned a truce in the ghost zone, so I doubt he's going to do anything bad to Danny. We all know what would happen if he tried, anyways." She had a few of Danny's battles on tape, and most of the battles ended in less than 5 minutes, with Danny winning. "The only thing I worry about though, is that I don't think he has a thermos with him. Tucker and I managed to get out of school, but now we've got to go back before they find out we left school grounds."
"Ok, then, I've got a few gadgets I can use to find him in less than 20 minutes. Thanks, Samantha. If you get in any trouble, we can get you out of it. But you should probably head back anyways. Bye." They ran back into the school and managed to find their class easily enough. By this point, news of Danny's capture had spread all over the school, and Jazz was panicking.
Meanwhile, Skulker and Danny were on the other side of town, Danny glaring at him with green eyes. Just before he went ghost, Skulker shook his head. "No, I brought you here for a temporary truce, Ghost Child. I too have been distressed at these "April Fools" jokes my prey…I mean other ghosts have been pulling. They seem to have forgotten that this day is about harmless jokes, not kidnapping children, hybrids or not." Danny rolled his eyes at the irony in that statement.
"OK, so how does "kidnapping" me help?" He asked, going ghost. He brought his hand back and started to charge up an ectoblast when Skulker grabbed his arm.
"I couldn't talk to you during that class of yours, I had to get you somewhere else. If you want, you can use that technology, cell phones I believed they're called, to communicate with your fellow humans." Danny nodded at this. Well, even if I was just ghost-napped, at least he's not trying to kill me. He took out his cell phone and dialed Jazz's number, since he was positive she'd be the one freaking out the most.
"Hello? Danny? Where are you? Are you ok? What happened?" Jazz was frantically asking questions, and Danny knew she wouldn't leave him alone until he answered all of them.
"Ok, in order. I'm on the other side of town, I'm fine, and apparently Skulker wants me to help him with April Fools' Day pranks. Tell everyone in school I'm fine and will probably be back within an hour, but don't tell anyone where I am or what I'm doing. Say that you heard I was in the midst of escape, and it didn't look like he'd find me. Oh great, I'm gonna be thought of as a scaredy-cat." He muttered that last sentence with a groan.
"Don't worry Danny, just promise me you won't get hurt. Can I tell Sam, Tucker, Mom, and Dad? They seem like the others you'd want to know."
"As long as you keep Val from racing after me, nothing's gonna happen to me. And yes, go ahead and tell them. At least they know me." Skulker started tapping his mechanical foot against the ground, getting impatient. "Listen, Jazz, I gotta go, bye!" He hung up before she could let in another word.
"So, now about your issues with April Fools Day, what do you want me to do? And I'm really gonna have to learn about these ghost holidays and stuff, before I wake up one morning to find it's "kill Danny Phantom" day." Skulker looked thoughtful about Danny's holiday idea, and smiled.
"Well, we'll have to see about getting in that holiday, just for you, Whelp. But until then, this is what I need you to do…" Five minutes full of discussion on pamphlets, teaching, and spaghetti later, Danny looked about ready to fall over laughing.
"Ok, but I don't see how the spaghetti will help. I don't think I can do any teaching in my spare time either, but I can certainly hand out pamphlets. That is, if you made them already." Skulker smacked himself on his mechanical forehead. I knew I forgot something. Still, it'll only take about 10 minutes to make enough pamphlets for a section of the ghost zone, and having the Ghost Child help me will make it easier to hand them out! I'll bring him back to that learning building, and stop by when he's not in class. Then, I can give him pamphlets to give the other worthless excuses for ghosts. Danny blinked as Skulker sat there, deep in thought. He waved a gloved hand in front of his face, then smiled.
"If you get those pamphlets made, come find me, and we'll work something out!" He yelled as he flew back to his school. Even though this was not the most fun day in his existence, things were starting to brighten up and get a lot more interesting…
Well, now you just have to wait until tomorrow for the next chapter. Thanks everyone for reviewing, you guys rock!