Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School. I do not own the original story this is based on.
Time had passed, and things were going at a reasonable pace. Except the new ghosts were starting to drive people nuts. It wasn't that all of them were scary, it was the opposite with a few.
Their skills needed so much fine-tuning, some people actually called for the Box Ghost. And he took great offense to being called as a replacement.
Even Valerie felt bad for them, though that still didn't protect any of them from her wrath when they caused trouble.
The Red Huntress was also finding the new ghosts to be too much at times. It turns out some came just to meet her. Apparently, she has a fan base in the monster world due to her skills. Not to mention how her suit shows off her figure.
All that ghost fighting did wonders for her.
She even went to the Fentons for a ghost shied for some Peace from her fans.
Though they thought she had been joking when she mentioned ghost fans.
Danny arrived at Monster High a few minutes early. He took in the gothic architecture and spooky monster decor. Sam would have loved it, but she reluctantly had to refuse joining as she wanted to spend some time with her grandma. Plus, she didn't want to deal with Phantasma and Spectra in the same room. Tucker would have come but felt out of place in a monster party. Maybe the two could visit next time.
"Huh, I like this," the ghost boy thought out loud.
"Danny?" a voice caught him by surprise.
Danny was pleased to see his girlfriend had arrived early as well. And was impressed by her outfit as he took the time to study.
She wore a black leotard with a dark blue T-shirt and jean shorts that reached her knees. The shirt was a couple sizes larger leaving her shoulders exposed to a reasonable degree with a tattered look at the hem, sleeve length, collar, and neck of it. On her legs were some blue leg warmers with white boots, and she had white fingerless gloves on. Her hair was a bit wilder than usual with a hair clip that had his DP logo on it, and she had a line of eyeliner on.
But before Danny could say or do anything, a particular fatherly phantom had phased from the ground, his eyes beaming with ectoenergy.
"You!?" The Phantom shouted with rage and fury.
"You!?" Danny repeated in an equally angry tone.
The two stared down one another as Phantasma couldn't do anything but watch.
"What are you doing here, boy!?" The Phantom cried out.
Usually, Danny would answer and let him be, but after hearing the full story from Phantasma about this ghost scaring Dani to near death, the ghost boy would not give him any high ground.
"I was invited here," the ghost boy answered before he interrupted the older Phantom from retorting or threatening. "And guess what!? I heard what you did to my cousin. So if you think I'm gonna back down this time, think again!"
While The Phantom was angry with Danny at his tone, he did admit that the ghost boy had a point. But, he didn't back down as the older ghost got right in the boy's face.
Phantasma cringed at this.
She had feared this sort of thing since she and Danny went steady. Thankfully, before this could get ugly, someone came to break the two spooks up.
"Mr. Phantom!" came a voice from behind. A headless woman who was holding the head that talked. "I believed we agreed that if you were to haunterone the Christmas party, you wouldn't frighten any of our students or guests."
"Of course," The Phantom said with a surrendering tone as he 'patted' the ghost boy on the back. "I was letting this copycat know that he would behave."
"Copycat?" the woman looked to Danny while somehow moving her disconnected neck. "Ahhh...you must be Danny Phantom. I am headless Headmistress Bloodgood. Pleased to meet you," the lady introduced herself as the body held out a hand. Danny promptly shook it but didn't know whether to be creeped out or concerned. "The student body has been talking about your coming for a while. Especially your phanclub."
"I have a fan club here?" Danny asked with puzzlement and a Little wonder.
And lo and behold as Danny walked into the gymnasium, where the dance was held, he saw quite a few boys and girls wearing articles of clothing with his logo on it. The only thing Danny could say was, "Wow...just wow."
It was one thing with his human fan club, but monsters?
As he walked around, the ghost boy noted a familiar siren-like voice. He could have gone into shock when he saw Ember and her crew onstage. The diva didn't seem to notice him, and the crowd seemed mostly unaffected.
Danny, however, narrowed his eyes.
Oh-no! What's SHE doing here?! Danny thought. Who thought it was a good idea to hire her!?
He has not forgotten what had happened the last time they crossed paths.
"Maybe if I am quick, she won't notice me and I-"
"Danny Phantom!?"
"D'oh!"
The ghost boy turned around to see the source, only to see nothing. Studying the empty space in front and finding nothing, he resumed his business only to hear the voice again. Only this time, he could see the source.
"Sorry about," the teen said as he extended a hand. "Names Invisibilly. I heard you heard nice used a name like mine, and I've been a Phan ever since."
"Oh that," Danny said as he shook hands. "Sorry to say, but it wasn't my idea. The town thought it was a good name."
"I'm not saying it was."
"So...uh," Danny paused.
"Why couldn't you see me before?" The manster asked.
Danny nodded.
"My dad is the invisible man," Invisibilly explained as he went invisible again.
"Oh, I get it now..."Danny said.
Suddenly, more students, particularly female ones, noticed them.
"Look, it's Invisibilly and Danny Phantom!" Cooed a phangirl. "Double drop dead screams!"
The ghouls surrounded them, all giggling, and being excited.
"Ooh, Danny Phantom," One of them said.
"Can we get a photo of you two...with us?" Another asked.
"Hey, Phantom, let me know if ya need 'music lessons,'" Operetta said flirtatiously.
Danny stepped back. Ever since he met Phanty, he seemed to be popular with a lot of non-human girls.
And right now, that is a bad thing.
"Something tells me you're very popular with the ghouls," the ghost boy commented.
"This happen to you a lot?" Invisibilly asked.
"No clue. I'm just noticing it now."
That's when Meowlody saw the ghost boy and ran to her leader.
"Hey, let me introduce you to my girl," Invisibilly said as he presented a greenish girl with totally white eyes and black hair.
"Hi, I'm—"
"Danny Phantom, but your human name is Danny Fenton," Scarah said.
"Huh?" Danny questioned how this girl new that. He had told Spectra to delete anything on her blog about his human half.
"Danny Phantom, meet my girl Scarah Screams. She's a telepath," Invisibilly introduced.
So she's a banshee...just like Phanty. I wonder where she.
You two are dating? Danny heard a voice inside his head
"What was that!?" The ghost boy looked around.
"Sorry," Scarah said. "I tend to communicate telepathically. Otherwise, people thinking they're near death. It's a banshee thing."
"It's... OK," Danny replied nervously. "Though I don't think I'll have any trouble with being near death."
The telepathic banshee smiled, as did Billy. It had been a while since people were OK with her talking.
Just don't let The Phantom know I'm dating his daughter. The guys not exactly sane. Danny added in thought.
Scarah nodded with a giggle as her boyfriend wondered what was going on. But he figured it was the telepathy and was proven right when Scream sent him a message.
But before they could continue, the music turned slow as couples were now dancing very closely.
"Hey, a slow song. Scarah?" Billy asked with his arm out. Something his girlfriend was more than happy to oblige. But before they left, he said, "it was nice talking to you, Phantom. We should do so again."
Danny waved as he walked around the dance floor, but avoided The Phantom.
He couldn't see everything due to all the monsters around, and that's when he bumped into someone.
"Sorry didn't see you there," Danny apologized to the girl, a purple vampire.
"It's alright—hey! You're Danny!" the girl said as she eyed him head to toe with a blush. "Wow! You look—I mean...excuse me."
She left without saying another word as Danny shrugged. So many girls had been admiring him, it was nothing new.
Huh? Last year, I would have loved this kind of attention, but Phanty is the only girl I want attention from. The ghost boy thought.
More monsters came to him, chatting him up or revealing to be fans of his.
"Yo, Phantom! Kudos on stopping that meat monster! Guess she wasn't the right cut!"
"It was CLAWSOME"
"Uh, thanks," Danny replied, still getting used to the slang.
"And thanks for not hurting those monsters at the mall. That Howler guy had them under something, I think." Another said as a Minotaur walked up to the ghost boy.
He had big build, and Danny could tell this guy did sports. Expecting the worst, or at least some name calling, he had his guard up but hoped for no fight.
"Thanks...half-normie," the monster said before he walked away.
The hero was confused until a cyclops girl tapped him on the shoulder.
"Sorry about Manny. He's working on somethings," she said.
"Like...normies?"
"Don't take it personally. He's really grateful you didn't hurt his friend back at the mall."
"No problem, as long as monsters don't TRY and hurt people, I have nothing against them," Danny said, "by the way, I'm Danny Phantom."
"Iris," The cyclops girl introduced herself.
"Hey, Iris, come on. I wanna dance," Manny called for her.
"Coming. It was nice meeting you," Iris said before going to her boyfriend.
Danny blinked as he saw the two dance.
"A minotaur and a cyclops dating, huh?" the ghost boy remarked, before realizing that it's not so weird in this setting.
Soon more students approached him.
"Hey, you're Danny Phantom, it's nice to see you in person," a tall werewolf said. Joining him were a teen with snakes for hair and sunglasses and a fish monster with a glass helmet full of water.
The trio surrounded Danny as one placed his hand on the ghost boy's shoulder.
"Can I help you, gentlemen?" Danny asked with suspicion.
"Not really, unless you mind us thanking you for saving our ghoulfriends," the monster with sunglasses answered.
"Ghoulfriends? Wait a minute, you mean Spectra's friends, Frankie, Cleo, Clawdeen, and the others."
They nodded.
"Yep, the names Clawd," The werewolf introduced himself. "These are my pals, Deuce," Clawd pointed to the snake-haired guy.
"Sup."
"And Gill," Clawd pointed to the fish guy.
"Hi," Gill said.
"Hey," Danny waved to the monstrous trio. "By the way, Clawd, that sounds a lot like-"
"Clawdeen?" the werewolf replied, to which the ghost boy nodded. "You got that right. Clawdeen is my sister, and Draculaura is my ghoul. They told us about how you saved them, so I guess we owe ya one."
"You guys don't owe me anything. I was happy to help," Danny replied.
"Cool," Deuce said.
"Thanks, those Guys in White were jerks. It was only when the ghouls told us that we knew they were going after all monsters now," Gill explained.
"You're kidding?" Danny couldn't believe what he was hearing.
As Danny was mingling, he had no way of knowing that a certain werecat had her eye on him.
"Hmm...so that is the famous Danny Phantom, huh?" Torelai said as she eyed him from a distance.
He was younger and shorter than she expected but was still pretty cute for a guy with no feline traits that is.
"Meow," Meowlody said to her leader.
"You can say that again."
For the moment, the orange werecat seemed content with watching. Mainly with how everyone reacted.
"What is it about other people's things that makes me want them?" Torelai commented with a purr as she saw some other ghouls drooling over the ghost kid. "Well, that's certainly one of them."
The werecat watched as barely any of the girls went up to him. They were all star stunned to go up, though a select few asked if they could dance. Well tried anyway.
The feline ghoul chuckled as the others didn't get far or couldn't.
"Meow?" Meowlody asked.
"Why do I even want him, huh? Isn't it obvious?" Torelai answered.
Her were cat friends shook their heads, and Torelai groaned.
"He's the kid who fights back all the ghosts who invade his turf. He's not some nobody. There are a lot of fans, including the club here, and look at him, he's got a lot of look from the ghouls, and he's taken," Torelai explained as she stretched. "and that...will make it all the more fun when he's mine."
The lead cat took a moment as she eyed him like the rest of the ghouls.
"Besides, that snowy white hair, those glowing green eyes, the slight muscle build...he IS kind of cute, for a half normie."
Stalking her prey, the lead cat girl would wait for the right time. The moment when he is all alone, away from the crowd. Only then would she strike.
For now, it seemed to much fun to watch the girls go batty.
Danny was surprised to see how welcomed he was. He figured from the Fang Cafe and some of the ghosts from the haunting list that he had some fame, but the ghost boy didn't expect a full-on phan club at Monster High. They were all wearing something with his logo or likeness on them.
And all of them wanted to spend time with their hero. Phanboys wanted photos, autographs, and handshakes, while the phangirls wanted the same, but some were a little more flirty about it. But there were appropriate in how they acted, most of the time.
"Man," Danny panted as he phased away from the group. "I never thought being popular could get this exhausting. I mean, ghost fighting can be hard, but this has some real—"
"Punch?" Came a voice that was once again all too familiar.
Danny looked up to see a girl with blue eyes and long blonde hair. She wore a simple blue shirt with long sleeves that was open with a Pink underneath and blue jeans. The ghost boy recognized this girl instantly, as she was one of his perfect dates.
"Sabrina!? I haven't seen you since the summer!" Danny exclaimed.
"Danny!" Sabrina returned with the same happiness as she pulls him into a (somewhat) platonic hug.
Despite their past chemistry, Danny tried not to be awkward about it. Though hugging a girl, you went on a date with once, wasn't exactly the opposite.
"So, how have you been?" Danny asked.
"Oh, the usual. Studying witchcraft and trying to survive high school," Sabrina said. "And you?"
"Oh, the usual. Trying to stop ghosts from causing trouble, while trying not to flunk my classes," Danny remarked.
Sabrina giggled at that.
"By the way, have you heard of a Tim?" Danny asked.
"The witch smeller?"
The ghost boy nodded. "I saw him during Halloween and taught him a lesson about ghosts."
The half-witch was astounded to hear that. This was the first time the witch hunter was seen going after something, not a witch.
"Weird, are there any witches in your area?" Sabrina asked as she took a sip.
"Nope. The only witch I met was you, Ms. Spellman," Danny blushed as he said that little nickname.
Sabrina blushed as well, it was something they called each other on their date anyway. It made certain feelings resurface.
However, she knew that the boy did not pick her, and for a reason.
He picked someone else.
"So...are you here with anyone?" Sabrina asked, suppressing her emotions.
"Actually, yes. Phantasma's here too," Danny said as he searched the dance floor.
"Phantasma? That sounds like a ghost name," Sabrina said.
"Well, she is."
Sabrina was momentarily surprised, before letting it go.
"I see...well, I hope you both have a fun time," Sabrina said, wanting to be happy for him. She couldn't let her feelings get in the way.
As the teenage witch walked away, she and Danny had no idea that someone had been listening to their conversation.
"Pathetic," Torelai scoffed as she shook her head.
It's evident that witch had a thing for the halfa, but was letting something as insignificant as the fact that he has a girlfriend stand in her way.
Again, pathetic.
"Meow," The werecat twins both said, and Torelai smirk.
"Let me show you how it's done," Torelai said as she went to go work her charm.
The werecat was determined to come back, with one famous ghost boy on her arm.
Danny decided that he needed a break from all this popularity and went to the punch bowl, only to cringe when he saw that things were swimming in it.
"I don't even wanna know what this is," Danny groaned. He tried the rest of the food, but had similar assumptions.
The boy was about to leave and see if he could find Phanty, only to bump into someone.
"Sorry about that," Danny said as he got a better look and saw an orange werecat.
"Oh, oops! What a clumsy little kitty," Torelai said as she fell to the ground. From out her pocket, her iCoffin had down the same.
The ghoul gave the ghost boy a look. Innocent but still a bit hurt.
"Oh, uh, sorry about that. I didn't see you," Danny apologized.
The girl held out a hand, though the ghost boy wondered if it was paw-like.
"Mind helping a lady out?" Torelai asked in a seductive voice.
Danny raised a brow at that.
He wanted to leave, but at the same time, he did not want to be rude. Especially since this is supposed to be a party.
Danny said nothing as he helped the cat girl up and picked up her phone.
"What a gentlemanster," she giggled, taking the device.
Danny raised a brow at that, feeling uneasy. He was about to leave, but she stepped into his path.
"Hey, where are you going?" The catgirl asked coyly.
"Look, whoever you are, I-
"Oh, how rude of me. I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Torelai, Torelai Stripe," The catgirl introduced herself, flashing him a fanged smile.
"Danny Phantom," Danny said, still uneasy.
"Oh, I know you. The ghostly manster who is making the scream here lately," Torelai said before she placed her hand/paw on his shoulder. "Pardon me."
Within seconds, the catgirl had spun around with her face next to Danny's as she took a selfie.
The ghost boy blinked before making a casual face. Some ghouls had done the same when he got here, but this one gave off a different vibe.
"Hmmm...kinda cute. I like it," the catgirl purred.
The ghost boy, seeing as the ghoul was content, turned to walk away. As he took a step, a hand once again grabbed his shoulder.
"What's the rush?" Torelai asked as she went in front of the ghost boy.
He didn't answer and just stared at the werecat. His experience in life told him there was more to her than just a fan.
"Care to dance?" She asked in a flirtatious tone.
"I have a girlfriend...or I guess you'd call it ghoulfriend here," Danny said, correcting himself.
"I don't see her, and one dance won't hurt."
That made Danny frown in realization.
"No thanks," Danny replied flatly.
He was about to leave, but the catgirl blocked his path.
OK, this is annoying. Danny thought.
"Please move," Danny ordered while Torelai sent him another catty grin, however, and pushed him to the wall.
Now, he is mad.
"Hey! Paws off!" Danny shouted.
"What's the matter?" Torelai giggled as she pinned Danny to the wall. "Not a cat person? I promise I won't bite."
"Nope," Danny said as he phased through the cat girl. The action sent a chill through her entire being."I'm not dealing with you or your fish breath."
"What!?" Torelai snarled. She turned with claws out, but a glowing green glare from the ghost boy stopped her otherwise unintentionally outburst.
"You heard me. I'm not gonna be a part of whatever game you're playing. I've been through that already."
Danny's ghostly green gaze gouged through Torelai's tough as nails glare. The catgirl stepped back in awe as did her crew.
"I'm gonna say this once. I'm not afraid of anyone here. Not even The Phantom. So don't think you can use me as your little ball of yarn to play with."
The ghost boy turned, bid her farewell, and left her as the other catgirls helped the now blushing Torelai up.
"Meow?" Meowlody asked.
Torelai said nothing, though she is still looking in the direction where Danny left.
She just stood there, still blushing, before a cat-like smirk formed on her face.
"Oh, he is SO mine!" Torelai said in determination as she went after him.
His rejection has not deterred her at all. In fact, it gave her a thrill and like a tiger stalking its prey, she would strike when the ghost boy Keats expected it.
The werecat twins saw this, look to each other, and sighed.
"This won't end well," They said in sync.
Danny returned to the dance floor, where the beat had changed. Looking at the stage, he noticed that Ember's band was gone, and someone else was playing.
It looked like another catgirl, but she is all black with pink.
"Alright, ghouls and monsters! Give it up for Catty Noir," Deadpool announced. "Raise some noise!"
Soon, a familiar blue-ish white arm had blocked the ghost boy's path.
Danny looked up to see Ember right in front of him with sultry eyes that had a predatory twinkle.
"Hey there, dipstick," the diva ghost spoke with a voice like silk. "Didn't think I saw you? Couldn't help but notice your not with your little ghoul."
"She is here, and so is her dad," Danny said flatly, stunning his flirting enemy.
"Wait, that Phantom guy is here!?" Ember didn't believe this as she scanned the room. Sure enough, the ghost in question was seen arguing with his daughter, who was trying to talk to Sibella and her cousin, whose boyfriend was around.
"Seriously!? What's that guy doing here?"
"Chaperoning," Danny bluntly answered. "Or haunteroning as the principal called it."
Ember looked him in the eye with a funny look before stepping away.
"Something tells me you're afraid of him."
"Not really," the rock diva answered back. "But you went on a date with his daughter."
"So?"
"So! The minute he sees me flirting with you, he'll attack."
"You're kidding me!?" Danny couldn't believe the audacity of the ghost's overprotective nature.
"Wish I was, baby pop," Ember sighed. "The Phantom has a rep in the ghost zone and not for being reasonable."
Danny recalled his blind date with Phanty and nodded.
"You can say that again," he mumbled.
"I'm not gonna be getting in any crossfire," Ember said as she tucked her hands in her pockets. She is willing to fight Phanty for him, but her dad is a different story.
One that could involve both father and daughter sandwiching her.
The diva ghost wanted none of that, so she left for the concessions.
Danny sighed as he dodged a bullet. Deciding not to press his luck, the ghost boy walked, or in this case, phased silently out of the gym. He needed some fresh air.
The halls were eerily quiet as the ghost boy took a breather.
"You know, for a school with like every kind of monster enrolled, this place is kinda nice," Danny commented to himself.
"Glad to hear the place meets your standards," came a purr.
Danny sighed as he realized who was with him.
"Torelai, right? What do you want?"
"Well now, besides being flattered you remember my name?" the werecat asked with a small blush. "I wanted to 'talk' some more."
"Funny, except we never 'talked' in the first place," the ghost boy groaned as he felt a claw under his chin. It didn't hurt, but the tickle was annoying for the ghostly hero. "And I will draw the line at this." He said, getting up.
"Hey!" the ticked Were-cat complained, but it was too late.
Danny phase back into the gym and walked alongside the bleachers. Not many people were there. Save for some unexpected but welcomed company.
"Enjoying yourself?" Spectra asked with a smile.
"Spectra! Hey! Sorry I didn't say 'hi' but—"
"Every manster and ghouls wanted a photo op with a certain halfa?" the ghostly girl finished with a question and a giggle.
"Yeah. I tell ya, I figured I was liked, but not by everyone in school," Danny commented as he caught his breath. "At this rate, I gotta ask, is there anyone who doesn't like me?"
"Well, it's mainly the current generations of monsters that like you. Most of the older ones aren't fond of you. They say you're a disgrace for siding with the normies. Some teenage monster cliques don't like you too," Spectra said with a straight face.
"Wow, and here I thought I was just a Phantastic hero," Danny quipped.
"I'd say you're more of a super fearo," Spectra laughed at her poor attempt at humor, but that didn't stop the ghost boy from joining in.
As she calmed down, the shy ghost girl took the time to study the ghost boy, from his laugh to how happy he seemed. She was unsure how much was because of her, but it made her happy.
Phantasma or not, she was happy to talk to Danny. Even more so by herself. But what goes up, must come down.
"Me-wow...that was sad," came a voice from up top.
Danny and Spectra looked to see Torelai on the top of the folded bleachers lying down as she studied them before jumping off.
The ghost boy had to admit, this girl was persistent.
"I'm gonna be honest. I expected more from you, Spectra."
"What do you want, Torelai?" the shy ghost asked.
"Can't really put my claw on it, but I just wanted to talk to Danny," Torelai said with a purr.
Spectra, despite being on decent terms with the ghoul, was not gonna let her ruin her time with Danny. She had just gotten some time alone with him, and the party had barely begun.
"Well, I'm talking to him now. So wait your turn," the ghost girl answered as politely as she could.
"Awww, but I've been trying to talk to him all night," Torelai 'whined' as she hugged the ghost boy's arm. "you know how hard it is to get some alone time with this manster?"
"As a matter of fact, I do," Spectra answered. In a fit of jealousy, the ghoul did the same.
The two girls locked off in a stare off as neither was willing to back down, making their 'prize' very nervous. Or at least confused even more as he forgot to phase out.
"What's going on here!?" Phantasma asked as she saw Spectra and Torelai intertwined with her boyfriend's arms.
"This isn't what it looks like," Danny answered quickly before going intangible and walking to his girlfriend.
"Isn't it?" Torelai asked for kicks as she gave the ghost boy a quick lick on the cheek. "Seemed like it to me."
Spectra was stunned, as were her friends who came to see the commotion before things got out of hand. Danny rubbed his cheek, unable to process what just happened. He never thought for sure that a girl would lick him.
Phantasma was just angry, but she couldn't do anything as her father was around.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Torelai chuckled as she felt the ghost boy through his suit. She blushed while feeling some muscle.
"Back off, you hussy cat!" Phanty finally said with charged fists.
"Alright! I want to know what's going on!" The Phantom demanded.
"Father, I-I can explain," Phanty stuttered.
"Really with all these...boys here!? Near you!? You promised!?"
"You to stay near you! There was nothing about being near boys!"
"They all want the same thing!"
"Hey!" Danny shouted in offense, as did some others in agreement. Though The Phantom ignored them in favor of the ghost boy.
"Quiet you! You're the biggest target I got my eyes on!" The older ghost said as he leaned into the ghost boy. To the surprise and admiration of the crowd, Danny didn't back down but stood up. "Don't think I hadn't notice you talking to girls!"
"I'm a target!? This coming from the guy who scared my cousin all because he jumped to conclusions! All she had was a name similar to mine! And you pull a poltergeist act loud enough to have her covering behind Ms. Grimwood! Who does that!?"
Their faces were mere inches as their eyes stared without blinking. Neither one would give any penance For anything they've done.
"Watch your tone, boy!" The Phantom sternly said with a low tone.
"I'm not. Afraid. Of you," Danny now butted heads with the agitated ghost.
The mansters and ghouls were amazed at his bravery. Phantasma, Spectra, Sabrina, Ember, and Torelai all stared with blushes.
This could go on forever, but no one, especially the school board, wanted any incidents so close to Christmas.
"OK, I've had enough of this," came a familiar voice as a collar was matched onto The Phantom. The device surged with energy as the menacing ghost fell in pain.
"AAAAAHH! What is this?"
Danny looked to the man who placed the collar and was surprised to see Skulker of all people in the room.
"A collar version of the Plasmius Maximus. I forget the name at the moment, but right now, you can do nothing." The ghostly hunter said sternly.
"This isn't over, boy!" The Phantom said before he turned to Skulker. "And you! I'll get back at you!"
The hunter knew of his power but brushed off the threat. He grabbed the depowered Phantom and walked away, but before he said, "don't think anything of this, whelp. I'm only doing this so I can hunt you down later."
"Thanks...I think," Danny said with a frown at the end.
As soon as the two adult ghosts were gone, Danny heard clapping, and before he realized it, the entire crowd was cheering him.
Meanwhile, Skulker had walked by Principal Bloodgood, with the complaining Phantom struggling over his shoulder.
"I see you decided to break our little agreement, Mr. Phantom. Consider yourself banned from the premises for scaring the monsters here at Monster High," the headless lady said sternly before glancing to the hunter as The Phantom complained. "Glad to see you were telling the truth when you wanted to haunterone. Well done, Mr. Skulker."
"Don't get used to this. Your school is a cornucopia of new prey," the ghostly hunter growled as he sported a predatory grin. "It may even be fun to hunt them one day."
The principal nodded in understatement. While she did allow the ghost to work here for the dance, she knew he could very well mean every word. Fortunately, she wasn't the principal for nothing. The monster world was full of craziness like that, so she knew what to do.
"THAT WAS TOTALLY CLAWSOME!" A student, who introduced himself as Heath, shouted.
"Fangstatic!" Sibella cheered with stars in her eyes.
"You are the ghoulest, Danny!" Gill said.
The Phantom was one of the most feared ghosts around, and he is at his scariest when Phantasma is concerned, so it was awesome to see Danny not even flinch.
"Now that's the lead man in a duet," Operetta said.
"Fangtastic!" Sibella phangirled.
"You really are the cat's meow," Torelai purred.
"Danny~" Spectra sighed romantically.
"Father," Phantasma muttered, torn she was.
She loves her father dearly, but he always goes too far. Not to mention, he is totally embarrassing.
She is just glad that no one got hurt, especially her haunting hunk.
Phanty floated over to him.
"Are you alright, Danny?" Phanty asked.
"I'm fine, no damage," He answered.
Phanty still looked embarrased.
"I'm sorry about Father."
"Don't be. It wasnt your fault. Besides, I've been through worse...I think."
That may have made the banshee feel better, but not by much.
"Come on," Danny continued. "I think we have a party to enjoy."
"You going to be Ok?" Phanty asked.
"Phans, A monster catfight, and your father threatened me...I'll admit, that was a workload, but it's gonna take a lot more than that to knock me out," the ghost boy commented as he walked to the dance floor. "Besides, it's a party, so let have fun."
Danny held his hand out for Phantasma, who cackled a squeal and dragged him with Spectra and the others following close by.
"Alright everyone! Let's kick things up a notch!" Deadpool said in stage as he took a over for the DJ. "Let's get FREAKY!"
The music blasted throughout the gym as monsters of all kinds grooves to their own beat. Danny found himself interchanging with the ones he was finding to be friends.
He wasn't exactly the smoothest but was a fast learner.
It wasn't long before everyone mixed it up, even Spectra, shy as she is, had a chance to dance with the ghost boy, without any jealousy from the banshee.
Torelai had danced over to make another move but saw someone else beat her to the punch.
"Hey! What gives—Ember!?" Danny was shocked to see the rock diva ghost grab him by the collar, her face reeked of trouble.
"Hey, hands off my manster!" Phantasma and Spectra said together.
"Now that daddy deadest is gone, I can finally have some fun," she quipped as she pulled Danny in for a deep kiss.
The monster audience gasped as Phantasma and Spectra were held back. Even Torelai was not happy with her lack of tact.
Phanty would have blasted her with rage had Danny not broken from the diva's grip.
"No," Danny bluntly said.
Ember didn't wipe that smirk off her face as she gave him bedroom eyes.
"Come on, dipstick, why don't we blow this pop stand?" Ember invites with her face almost next to the halfa's.
A response swiftly came as the ghost boy pushed her away.
"No, thanks!" Danny said sternly. The rocker ghost still had a coy look.
"Whatever, but if you change your mind, look me up," Ember said with a call me gesture.
She was about to leave, only for an ectoblast to nearly hit her. An ectoblast from a very angry looking Phanty.
"That's it!?" Phanty shouted as the rocker walked away. "You think you can just kiss my boyfriend and nothing happens!?"
"If you want to fight this close to Christmas, bring it! But you know how the other ghosts will look at you.
"It's better than what you are a lousy ghoul trying to take another ghouls manster!" Phanty yelled.
"If you want to fight after the holidays, you know where I'll be," the diva challenged as she walked away.
A couple of monsters tried to block her path, but she phased through them without a word or stopping. Phanty would have followed her but decided it wasn't worth it for now.
Exhausted, Danny stance went wobbly from everything as Phantasma and Spectra held him up. Walking over to the concessions, the ghost boy leaned on the table. He never thought a party could get so exhausting.
The two ghost girls tried to comfort him, but because they were silently fighting each other with stares, a certain half-witch had walked over to him.
"You OK?" Sabrina asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine," Danny sighed as he rubbed his head.
He did not know which was worse, The Phantom nearly killing him or the girl fight.
He is leaning on the second one.
Sabrina noticed his plight and was sympathetic.
"Seems like you still gonna have girl troubles," the half-witch commented as she pulled out her phone. "How about this, I'll give you my number. If you have too much unwanted ghostly attention of the admiring kind, then give me a text for some witchy assistance...and maybe with help from more supernatural stuff."
"Thanks, Sabrina," Danny said.
"No problem, Mr. Phantom," Sabrina said.
The two blushed as they stared for a moment.
"Maybe we shouldn't call each other that," Danny remarked as he broke eye contact.
"You're right. Besides, I think there's a ghoul who wants a private dance," the half-witch said, pointing to Phantasma.
The banshee was miffed at the moment, as were a few other girls, but dropped her jealously when the ghost boy held out his hand as the music went into a slow song.
"May I have this dance?"
Phantasma couldn't say no, especially to the smiling face of Danny. She felt her ectoplasm pulse as their hands touched and found herself with a mad blush. She followed him to the dance floor where everyone graciously gave the two some room. After what happened with the Phantom, Danny and Phanty deserved it.
The banshee ignored everything, even the looks she got Spectra and others. For right now, she was content where she was as everyone stopped to see the two dance. Especially with some of the jealous looks, she got, mainly from Spectra.
While it did make things awkward and had the two dance for a few minutes, it was terrific.
For a moment, it was just them dancing.
Save for the eyes watching with one in particular intrigued.
"Hmmm...not bad," Torelai commented.
Eventually, the two parted and walked to the snack bar, accompanied by some friends, mainly Sabrina, Spectra, and her gang, as the monsters went back to enjoying the dance floor.
While Danny was scaring the night away, Valerie found herself being called into the mayor's office.
By one very rotten half-ghost, who is still unaware that she knows exactly what he really is.
What is he up to now? Valerie thought as she mentally prepared herself for one of the best acting jobs of her life. And she didn't even want to be an actress.
Once she was in Vlad's office, the secret ghost turned to her with his usual smile. But ever since learning of his true nature, the huntress saw only an empty facade. Val groaned mentally as this job was becoming the biggest acting job of her life.
And she didn't even want to be one.
"You called Mayor Masters?" The girl asked professionally.
"Ah, Ms. Grey. So glad you could make it, I want you to meet your new teammates," Masters said as he pushed a button.
"Teammates!?" Valerie did not like the sound of that.
The door clicked open as two boys, and a girl entered wearing red and black color coordinated jumpsuits that covered their face, save for mouth and hair. Though one had a blue baseball cap on backwards. There was a taller and more muscular boy, most likely an athlete, with blonde hair and blue eyes, a girl with orange hair and purple eyes, and the boy with a cap had green eyes. Each of them had utility belts, shoulder pads, backpacks, and a blaster.
"You called Mayor Masters?" The girl asked.
"Red Huntress, meet Vid, Thrash, and Download. Or as I like to call them Master's Blasters."
Looks like things are heating up with new phans and an overprotective foe. I wonder how long those two can keep up the charade. Anyway, next time, we get to see the Master's Blasters and find out how they fare in this fic.
Special thanks to Flower Princess11 for all her help!
Special Thanks to Starlord master who wrote nineteen consecutive reviews!
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The Brod Road: While many girls like Danny, and previous dates still do at this point, I would like to point out that this not a harem fic, nor will it ever be. As for your idea, While it sounds interesting, Danny wouldn't have time to train two ghosts while balancing being a hero and a regular teenager. It's amusing, however.
Dreams Come True 996: Thanks! Answers: 1-Can't say for sure. 2-I would make up a monster species. I'm thinking something like a shadow monster. 3-I'm not sure yet. 4-Honestly that's hard to say. There was potential for many characters to show up. 5-Swat Katz!
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Artorias(Guest): Vlad will very much remain a threat until his comeuppance. Unfortunately, the dating site has added new players, so now he must play chess like Xanatos, who will NOT be appearing in this fic.