Chapter Five: 'Lil Danny Phantom
March 15, 2008, Friday
It was the end of another grueling week of school and Danny and friends. They had just finished a group project on the battle of Gettysburg and they were ready for a weekend of relaxing. Well most of them were, Alicia, Sam, and Alex had to practice for the up coming talent show, and Alicia was a little nervous.
"What if someone trips, or if we mess up our timing, or if they don't like the song, or if…" went on Alicia, as she had been for the last 10 minutes.
"Relax Alicia, we have been practicing for weeks, everything will go fine." said Alex.
"But what if Dash and Paullina sabotage our equipment, they are in the talent show too you know." said Alicia.
"Like they would actually do that…actually maybe we should but a spell on the equipment to protect it." said Alex.
"Already did it, it also will deliver a powerful shock if Dash, Paullina or any of their cronies try to touch it." said Sam.
"Ok, now I fell better, and maybe we will get some entertainment out of this." said Alicia as everybody laughed at the idea of Paullina's hair all frizzy from being shocked.
But back at Alicia's house a certain ghost was breaking into her room. Spectra had come back to reap revenge on our heroes and was looking for something in Alicia's room she could use.
"I can't believe Bertrand took his vacation today of all days. Well I will destroy those meddling kids without him. Now I just have to find something to destroy them." said Spectra as she searched through the various items.
"Damn it! Nothing that will cause any big explosions, no poisons, no nothing! What kind of witch is this girl?" said Spectra, but then she noticed something on the table.
She floated over to a beaker that was labeled Youth Potion. She picked it up and looked at it.
"Hmm, this might be useful, but everything else is junk." said Spectra.
What she did not know is that some of the magic gems had detected her presence since she entered the room, and were telling Alicia a ghost was in her room. Back with our heroes the sister gem to the one in Alicia's room started to go off.
"Oh my god! Some ghost has broken into my room!" said Alicia.
"Well we better hurry an stop them before they steal something important." Said Danny as they found a place to transform, and they then flew to Alicia's house.
We rejoin Spectra as she found the Youth Potion, as she was about to leave Danny and friends burst in.
"Spectra! What are you doing here?" said Danny.
"Uh, I'm not really here, your just dreaming it?" said Spectra, hoping they would buy it.
Well they didn't buy it and they prepared for battle. It was then that Alicia saw Spectra was holding one of her potions. She was so angry that Spectra dare to touch her stuff that without thinking she tackled her. Spectra did not see this coming and was knocked back. Unfortunately the beaker she was holding flew out of her hand. It flew through the air and landed at the feet of Danny and the others. The beaker shattered and a cloud of smoke engulfed Danny, Sam, Alex, Valerie, and Tucker.
"Guys! Are you ok?" said Alicia, worried about her friends.
The cloud of smoke cleared and Alicia gasped. Standing there were not five sixteen year olds, but five four year olds.
"My god! Are you guys all right?" said Alicia.
"Who are you miss older person?" said Danny in a much younger sounding voice.
"You don't remember me?" said Alicia.
"No, are you our babysitter?" said Danny.
Alicia realized that this was a very bad situation. Her friends were now very little and they had no memory of her or their teenage lives. She also wondered why their cloths shrunk with them, but she would leave that to later. She then remembered Spectra was still in the room.
"Hmm, that stuff does actually work, I think I can take advantage of this." said Spectra as she moved to grab the now mini heroes.
Thinking quickly Alicia grabbed on of the mini portal pellets she was working on and threw it at Spectra. It hit her and a portal to some place opened, sucking her in.
"Wow, neat magic trick, are you a magician?" said Sam.
"Yes, yes I am." said Alicia.
"Where are our mommies?" said Valerie.
"Uh, they had to go out for a while and they left you with me. But Danny's mommy is back so I am taking you over to his house." said Alicia.
"Yay, maybe mommy has made some more cookies!" said Danny as he and the tiny heroes raced from the room.
"Ok, this is bad, very bad. I have to get them back to normal." thought Alicia.
Alicia went over the list of ingredients she would need to make the potion to turn them back to normal. When she finished she realized in horror that she was missing one ingredient, Oldium. With out this magical mineral the potion would be useless. There was only one place in all the magical realms where she knew she could get some, the city of Mythopolis. This was a magical city that existed at the crossroads of all the magical realms and Earth, and the only place to get Oldium. She just hoped Mrs. Fenton wouldn't mind watching five little kids while she went to get it.
They made it to the door of the Fenton's house and Alicia rang the door bell. Mrs. Fenton answered the door and was surprised to see one of Danny's friends standing there with five small kids.
"Alicia, what are you doing here, and who are these small children?" said Maddie.
"Mrs. Fenton, these are your son and his friends, you told me to bring them back when you got home, remember?" said Alicia, hinting for Maddie to go along with it.
Maddie being the smart women she is quickly realized what Alicia was saying. She looked down and noticed that indeed these children looked like Danny and his friends.
"Mommy!" said Danny, flying up to his mom to give her a hug, but not realizing he was flying.
"Wow, he's a real good jumper." said Alex.
"Come on kids, come inside, I have to talk to Alicia in the kitchen." said Maddie.
Maddie sat the kids down in the living room and distracted them with cartoons. While they were preoccupied she and Alicia went into the kitchen.
"Ok, what happened? Why are Danny and the others little children?" said Maddie.
"Well, a ghost broke into my room and was trying to steal one of my potions. We tried to stop her but the potion flew out of her hand and hit Danny and the others. It was a youth potion so it turned them into little kids." said Alicia.
"You can fix this right?" said Maddie.
"Yes, but I need you to watch them while I get one extra ingredient." said Alicia.
"Of course, just hurry back." said Maddie.
"Ok." said Alicia as she opened a portal to the city of Mythopolis and stepped in.
Once she was gone Maddie had sometime to think.
"Ok Maddie, you can do this. You took care of two kids once before, five should not be so hard." thought Maddie.
Yeah, but three of these kids have super powers, which would make it much harder. Speaking of those kids they, as all kids do, were getting bored. They started to look away from the TV and started to explore the room.
"Hey, there is a ball stuck up there." said Tucker.
There was a ball on a small ledge at the top of the ceiling. It had been placed there when Jack had become convinced ghosts like to get balls from high places. it had sat there undisturbed, until today.
"I wish we could get it." said Alex.
"Maybe if I jump I can get it." said Danny.
He jumped up, but he immediately landed back on his feet. He jumped again and got a little higher off the ground, but nowhere near the ball. Finally on the last jump he began to fly up to the ball. Soon he was up where the ball was and he grabbed it, he then flew back down to the floor.
"Wow! You flew up and got the ball, are you a super hero?" said Valerie.
"I guess I am, and flying is fun! I'm going to do it some more!" said Danny as he began to fly around the room, having the time of his life.
"This is neat, but I wish I had some ice cream." said Sam.
As she said this her magic powers responded and an ice cream cone appeared in her hand.
"Wow, how did you do that?" said Tucker.
"I don't know." said Sam.
"Can you do it again?" said Alex.
"I can try." said Sam, as she made another ice cream cone appear.
"Cool!" said Sam as she began to make many ice cream cones.
It was only a short while later that Alex discovered his powers, then Valerie found her hover board. All the noise that was coming from the room finally attracted Maddie's attention. She entered the living room to see it was in chaos. Ice cream covered the floor and Danny and Valerie were zooming around the room. Sam, Alex and Tucker were currently diving into a huge pile of ice cream. Any way you sliced it, it was a mess.
"I hope Alicia returns soon." thought Maddie as she tried to get control of the situation.
City of Mythopolis, interdimensional crossroads
Alicia was still searching the city for a shop that sold Oldium. She had been to five shops so far and none of them had any. Alicia was beginning to lose hope, but she remembered that her friends need her, so she pressed on. She was turning a corner when she saw something that made here pause. It was several of their ghostly enemies, and they were shopping in the street market.
"What the hell are they doing here?" thought Alicia.
It was then that she remembered that the Ghost Zone had a link to this realm as well.
"I really should have remembered that sooner. Well maybe if I pull my hood over my head they won't notice me." thought Alicia as she walked down the street. As she passed them they took no notice of her. She was almost past them when she ran into someone who ruined her escape.
"Alicia, is that you?" said her aunt Vanessa.
"Aunt Vanessa? What are you doing here?" said Alicia.
"I'm here to buy some more magic gems. Look at you you've grown so much since I last saw you, give your aunt a big hug!" said Aunt Vanessa.
The large women enfolded Alicia into a crushing bear hug. This action knocked the hood off of her head and revealed her face. This combined with the very loud greeting her aunt gave her drew the attention of the ghosts in the market place.
"Look! It is that Alicia girl, the one who is friends with the ghost child." said Desiree.
"Yes, it is her, lets get her!" said Skulker.
Soon all the ghosts, which included Walker, Technus, the Lunch lady, and the Box Ghost, were all racing over to Alicia's aunt and her.
"Uh, Auntie V? I really need to go." said Alicia.
"Why, you just got here?" said Aunt Vanessa.
"Well you see those ghosts over there. Well they want to harm me and I have to get away from them." said Alicia.
"What! No one harms me niece and gets away with it! You run along now dear, Auntie V will take care of these delinquents." said Aunt Vanessa as she put herself between Alicia and the on rushing ghosts.
"Thanks Auntie V!" said Alicia as she raced off.
Auntie V turned to face the on coming ghosts. She took out her magic wand and sent a massive blast at them.
The ghosts stopped in their tracks and looked at the women who dared to fire at them.
"No one hurts my niece, no one do you hear!" said Aunt Vanessa.
The shop keepers, seeing a battle was about to start, quickly closed up shop and hid. Walker decided to walk up to Auntie V and talk to her. This would be known as mistake number one.
"Now see here, that girl and her friends have caused nothing but trouble and I'm going to see that she is put away for a long time." said Walker, wagging his finger in her face.
Now Auntie V is not the kind of person who likes having people say bad things about her relatives. But what she hates worse then that is when people wag their fingers in her face and talk down to her. In a spilt second Auntie V had seized Walker by his finger and was hurling him over her shoulder.
"Ahhhh!" screamed Walker as he crashed into a shop window.
"Who else wants a piece of me?" said Aunt Vanessa.
The ghosts paused for a second and then they decided to attack. The battle was fierce as Auntie V hurled the ghosts around like…things that are easily throw. What she did not see is that Desiree managed to get around her and take off after Alicia.
Alicia ran far from the scene of the battle. She stopped to catch her breath in front of a shop. When she looked up she saw a sign that answered all her problems. It read "Minklar's house of magic ingredients: We have everything from Aaanazz root to Zirnarium."
"Maybe this place has some Oldium?" thought Alicia.
Alicia was just about to walk into the store when a large, green hand grabbed her and dragged her into a nearby alley. When she looked up she could see she was face to face with Desiree.
"I have caught you witch girl, and now I will make you pay for all you and your friends have done to me." said Desiree, as she raised her other hand to strike Alicia.
"Wait! If you let me go I can give you something in return!" said Alicia.
"What could you possible give me?" said Desiree.
"I'm a girl with magical powers, all you have to do is ask and I can give it to you. What do you want more then anything else in the world?" said Alicia.
"Well, I've always wanted my own kingdom." said Desiree.
"Sorry, fresh out of kingdoms, what is the second thing you want?" said Alicia.
"Well, ever since I became a ghost I've really wanted a pair of legs." said Desiree.
"Really?" said Alicia.
"Yes, having a ghostly tail sort of limits the types of clothing you can wear. I've also always wanted to try those jeans I've heard so much about." said Desiree.
"Ok then, hold still and I will give you your new legs." said Alicia.
Alicia took out her magic wand, and with a few magic words she cast a spell. In a poof of smoke Desiree's ghost tail disappeared and was replaced by a pair of legs.
"My god, I have legs. I have legs!" said Desiree as she ran around celebrating, and she then fell flat on her face.
"Ouch! What the hell happened?" said Desiree.
"Well you've been without legs for so long you're not used to using them. I would suggest not running for a few days, other then that you are fine." said Alicia.
"Ok, I guess this is fine. Uh, thank you I guess…see you." said Desiree as she walked away.
With a warm felling in her heart that she had helped someone, and not been beaten to a pulp, Alicia walked into the magic shop.
She walked up to the counter where a troll like creature stood. Alicia assumed this was Minklar, that assumption was soon proven.
"Welcome to my humble shop. I am Minklar, how may I be of service to you today?" said Minklar.
"I was wondering if you have any Oldium?" said Alicia.
"Your in luck, I have one last jar of it right here. That will be 30 gold coins." said Minklar.
"Here you go." said Alicia.
She gave him the gold coins and he gave her the Oldium.
"Finally, I have it. I better get back to Amity Park, Mrs. Fenton is probably being run ragged by Danny and the others." said Alicia.
So Alicia opened a portal back to her room and stepped in. Once there she quickly got the potion together and ran over to Danny's house. When she opened the door she saw that Maddie had the situation well in hand.
"Uh, Mrs. Fenton, why are Danny and the others in what looks like a high security playpen?" said Alicia.
"Oh this is the Fenton Child Control Playpen, we built it when Danny was going through his terrible twos." said Maddie.
"Why does it look like it is made of steel?" said Alicia.
"They were very terrible twos." said Maddie.
"Ok then, well you have to let them out so I can change them back." said Alicia.
"Ok, but be prepared, here they come." said Maddie as she opened the Playpen.
"Hey look! It's the Magician! Lets tackle her!" said Danny as they all raced toward her.
As they were running Alicia threw the potion at them. They instantly turned back into their sixteen year old selves. Unfortunately they did not stop running and crashed into Alicia.
"What happened?" said Danny.
"Yeah, how did we get to your house? The last thing I remember is going to fight Spectra." said Sam.
"Spectra used one of my potions to turn you into kids, but I just turned you back." said Alicia.
"Really?" said Tucker.
"Yes, really." said Alicia.
"That's weird, I don't remember a thing about being a kid again." said Valerie.
"I wish I could say the same. Now you kids have to clean up the mess you made." said Maddie, pointing to the ice cream that was staining the living room from the floor to the ceiling.
"Did we do that?" said Alex.
"Yes, and now you are going to make this house so clean you can eat off the floor." said Maddie as she handed out the cleaning supplies.
"Oh man, we don't even remember doing it, do we have to?" said Danny.
"Yes now get to it mister." said Maddie, pointing with her finger.
"So Alicia, what happened to Spectra?" said Sam as she started to scrub the carpet.
"Oh, I sent her somewhere to make her think about what she as down." said Alicia, grinning evilly.
The Place of Ultimate Evil
We find Spectra in a world that looks like a little one of those children's cartoons on Nick Jr. A group of creatures that look like a cross between teletubbies and smurfs are forcing Spectra to participate in a game of hide and seek.
"I found you! Put the important thing is that we all had fun." Said the creature as it gave her a big hug.
"I will get that witch for this, even if it takes me forever." said Spectra.
"Let's play dress up." said one of the creatures as it brought out a pretty pink dress and makeup.
"Noooooo!" screamed Spectra as the creatures dragged her off.
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Rob: Ugh! Those creatures give me the creeps.
Ember: I know what you mean, it almost makes you feel sorry for Spectra.
Rob: Well we won't have to see those horrible creatures for a long time.
Ember: Isn't this the time we hurt Vlad.
Rob: Your right, so lets get this party started. Author pulls the hurt Vlad lever. We see on the TV screen that Vlad is watching TV. Suddenly he is transported to the top of a high mountain. He turns around and trips over a goat and begins to fall down the side of the mountain. He keeps falling and falling and falling and finally he hits the bottom and lands in a cow pie.
Vlad: I know you did this Rob Phantom and I will get you for it. Vlad then notices that the Fluffy Army of Doom has surrounded him.
Vlad: Why me? Why! Then the Army attacks Vlad with the fury that they are famous for.
Rob: Now that Vlad has been put into a world of hurt we can go to the chapter summery.
Well our heroes have had an unusual day. They got turned into a kids and Maddie got to relive the joy of child raising. Also Alicia got to see her aunt and she kicked some ghost butt. Now everything is back to normal. But what will happen tomorrow? Read the next chapter of 14 Days in the Life of Danny Phantom.
Rob: Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!