Chapter 20
"Nice job, blowing our cover Bertie." Complained spectra.
"I DIDN'T MEAN IT! THAT KID IS SO ANNOYING." Screamed Bertrand.
Danny smiled and shot a beam at both of them. He trapped them in a new, pink Fenton Thermos. It was easy so Danny flew back into the dining room. There he saw that the two girls had left Tucker and Freddy alone. They were talking about Tucker not hurting his little girl when Danny entered.
"Ah! Get away from me ghost!" screamed Freddy, running behind the chair.
"Uh, I think you have it wrong." Muttered Danny.
"That's Danny Phantom ghost kid. He is also Danny Fenton, child of ghost hunters. He won't hurt you. Instead, he protects you. He is a good ghost." Explained Tucker.
"Oh, sorry." Apologised Freddy.
"Don't worry about it." Smiled Danny.
"So I see you have met Danny Phantom?" laughed Danielle walking into the room.
"I'm starved, lets eat!" said Sam, sitting down.
Danny changed into his human form and sat in the empty chair.
"Whoa, can everyone do that?" asked Freddy.
"Uh, no. See, I am half ghost so I have ghost powers. I could have used them for evil and tried to take over the world but I chose the good path." Explained Danny.
"Well, aren't we happy?" smiled Sam.
"Let's eat!" grinned Danielle.
They all ate tea and discussed Danny and his ghost powers. They had ice cream for dessert and stayed until Danny had to go home because his curfew was ten.
"Well, see you guys later!" Danny called out, running off towards his house.
"I better be going too," Smiled Sam. "Bye."
"Bye everybody!" Danielle yelled out.
"Bye, mum needs me at home." Tucker called out, running in the opposite direction.
Sam was the only one who walked home. She was lucky, she didn't have to be back until ten thirty and her house was nearby.
A week had passed and Danny was getting more popular for all the good things he was doing. For example; fighting ghosts that appeared anywhere. Danny was getting ready for school when he had noticed he hadn't heard his sister yell at him for singing. Danny walked downstairs to find a very tired looking Jazz.
"Jazz? Are you okay?" asked Danny.
"Danny, have you seen mom and dad?" asked Jazz, stopping in her footsteps.
"Nope, they probably went down to the park for a morning walk. Dad has been trying to get into shape." Laughed Danny.
"I guess. Well, hurry up. I am driving you, Sam, Tucker and Danielle to school this morning because it is raining." Explained Jazz.
"Alright, I just need to get my homework. By the way, last night… did you see or hear any ghosts?" asked Danny.
"The only ghost I heard was you, at one a.m. screaming "WHERE ARE YOU?" and rushing through all the rooms." Complained Jazz. "You kept me awake."
"Oh, sorry." Danny apologised for interrupting her much needed sleep.
Danny ran upstairs to get his homework. He put it in his bag and ran back downstairs.
"Danny, Tucker, Sam and Danielle all just called, they are going to be a bit late so they want you to go on without them." Jazz said, trying to grab her car keys.
"That doesn't sound like them. Oh well, I will see them at school. Then I will ask the questions." Danny said to himself.
Danny hopped into his sister's car and they drove towards the school without saying a word. Jazz had one month of high school left, after she was going to college. She still hadn't chosen the college she wanted to go to. They arrived at the school where they saw Tucker and Danielle walking towards the school and Sam by herself walking towards the school from the other direction.
"Hey, why are you late?" Danny asked Sam, who arrived before Tucker and Danielle.
"For some reason my parents are gone." Smiled Sam.
"Your parents are gone?" asked Danny, with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Yep, and because I like saying it, I will say it again. My parents are gone!" squealed Sam.
"This is serious; don't have a party just yet." Choked Danny.
"Hey Danny, hey Sam." Tucker and Danielle greeted.
"Hey, why are you two late?" asked Danny.
"This odd thing happened this morning. My parents weren't home and neither was Danielle's father. Such a coincidence." Muttered Tucker, not seeing the pattern.
"As I said, this is serious. Tucker, it isn't a coincidence, Sam, don't party. Something is wrong. My parents are gone too. And listening to the conversations in the background so are everyone else's parents." Said Danny.
"This is bad. We need to investigate. Maybe they all went somewhere. We can have a look after school today and if we don't find them well, we will just have to wait a couple of days." Explained Sam.
"OK." The other three answered.
The school day was long, tiring and there were the occasional ghost attacks. Nothing too scary. Nothing was different, so why had the parents disappeared? They looked around the town after school but nothing. Almost all the kids helped look for the parents. Not one single person found them though. So they decided to wait for a couple of days.