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Chapter 33: Make Friends Not Enemies
Well detention wasn't so bad. It was mostly quiet, and it gave me time to finish my homework. I also had extra time to try and work on my telekinesis. I wanted to learn how to use it in a battle soon, especially if Dustin decides to come back for Round 2.
I had my hand over my pencil while Mr. Lancer was looking at a book and the other students in detention were too busy with their own things to pay any attention to me. Concentrating, I imagined the strings of my ecto signature attaching to the pencil, trying to lift it. It was getting easier to lift the pencil with my power. I could move it around the desk, but I couldn't get too careless with the experiment with other people here.
I noticed someone dropped a rubber bouncy ball on the floor. Who brought something like that to school? But it was a bit further away from me, and I decided to see if I could move it from a distant. Like with the pencil I focused on my ecto signature trying to attach strings on it. It was a bit harder since it was further away from me, but I was able to get it to move a bit, and make it bounce on the floor. This, of course, caught Mr. Lancer's attention.
"Why is there a bouncy ball in my detention?" Mr. Lancer demanded as he grabbed the little ball in his hand. "Who brought this here?"
Hmm… I couldn't help but wonder what would Mr. Lancer do if the ball just 'moved on its own'? I was quite curious actually. I guess there is a mischievous part of me after all, but I decided not to do that, I didn't want to cause unneeded panic.
I also couldn't help but wonder why Youngblood had tried to attack me yet. Was he waiting for something? Or maybe he was busy with Danny. Another reason could be that there were other students here that could see him if he showed up.
Well it was a pretty quiet detention other than the bouncy ball incident. So I found myself going home without any real incident.
However, when I got home…
"A camping trip?" I frowned at Jazz while having a two pieces of paper floating in front of me. Yeah, I was still working on telekinesis.
Jazz stared at the the pieces of paper before nodding to me, "Yeah, I figured an actual normal family outing would be beneficial. Maybe that Youngblood ghost would leave us alone for a while."
I put down the pieces of paper and sighed, "So let me get this straight; you're planning to have our family go out into the woods, where ghost animals could still attack us, Youngblood could definitely still attack us, and not to mention insects and other annoying things, to have us relax?"
"Well study did show camping has a calming effects on troubled teens," Jazz answered.
I couldn't help but smack my forehead and slide my hand down my face. "Jazz, those books aren't always right, especially not for every single teen on the Earth. Besides, I hate camping; I'm not much of an outdoor type person."
"Well I've already suggested it to Mom and Dad, and while you were still in school, Danny… well he tried to shoot Youngblood down with one of the ecto guns, but it just made our parents think he's still crazy and agreed to go. We'll be leaving tomorrow morning," Jazz said.
Ugh… figures, I leave Danny alone for two hours and he makes a mess. The last time I went camping was when Mom, Danny and I got dragged into one of Vlad's schemes, definitely not the best impression for another one.
"Jazz, you know I hate camping. Remember that time our school had that week long field trip in the woods? … Well Tucker had it worse than I did, but still, I couldn't stand being out there," I said.
"Relax Andy, it's only for a day, we're not going to stay out there for a week," Jazz said. "Besides, it's probably a good place for you and Danny to battle it out with that little ghost brat, where you can't destroy people's properties."
She made a good point, at least out in the woods there's less of a chance of destroying somebody's house. I still didn't like the idea, but I guess I'll have to suck it up.
"Fine, we'll go camping, but I'm not going to like it," I grumbled.
"That's the spirit!" Jazz chuckled, before I gave her an annoyed look. "Sorry, Dad's starting to rub off on me."
After that, Jazz left to go start packing for our little camping trip in the morning.
I still wanted to try to talk to Youngblood and see if we can solve this peacefully, but I will admit that I think chances of that are about slim to none. It is as Dustin said before; in the Ghost Zone it's every ghost for him or herself. But… we're not in the Ghost Zone. And I've worked with my enemies before, twice now, so while the chance is small there is still a chance to get Youngblood to stop messing with us without having to fight.
Danny came into our room, looking a little worse for ware. He seemed to be in a pretty bad mood.
"Hey Danny… uh… is everything okay?" I asked him while trying to get three papers to float.
"Ugh… do I look okay? Mom and Dad think I've lost it! And that brat keeps teasing me. When I get my hands on that little snot nose, he's going to be sorry!" Danny growled.
"Danny, calm down," I said, putting the papers down. "Youngblood is angry that we trapped him and his friend in that ship for months. Ghost or not, he's still a child in his own mind. Maybe we could try talking to him first."
"Talk to him? Andy he's a ghost, he's not going to listen!" Danny argued.
"I beg the differ. You and I are half ghosts, yet we still listen to reason. I managed to bring our enemies together to fight back against Pariah Dark," I said. "And they even helped me when you really did lose it that one time."
Danny gave a sigh and said, "That's different. The ghosts only helped us because it would benefit them too. Why would Youngblood just sit down and listen? He has no reason to."
"He's also still a kid, or at least he thinks like one, so I'm sure we can work something out," I said.
"Alright, you want to try that? Fine, but if he starts attacking you then we fight back, got it?" Danny said.
"I get it, Danny," I said.
"Good. Now let's get some sleep, that is if Captain Snot Nose doesn't decide to attack us in our sleep."
I nodded as we got into our bed. I'll find a way to talk to Youngblood. I closed my eyes and let myself drift off.
I opened my eyes again to see Vlad's mansion was destroyed. I didn't know if Vlad got out alive, but… I stared at the body that used to be my brother.
"Danny… how could you have done this…?" I felt tears streaming down my eyes. "You destroyed yourself… literally…"
I could hear it… the laughter of someone who's lost on a psychotic path. Danny's ghost had just fused with Vlad's ghost. He's going on a rampage.
I closed my eyes again and opened to find myself standing in front of the screwed up ghost that was once Danny Phantom. His skin was pale blue, his ears were pointy, his white hair was moving around like flames and his irises were blood red.
The evil ghost boy roared at me, showing off his fangs and forked tongue, showing how much of a monster he's become.
"I get it… this isn't just about our friends and family anymore, is it? You'll destroy everyone and everything, won't you? Humans… ghosts… everyone… your bloodthirst knows no end. Hopes, dreams, our future… they'll all be vanquished in an instant. If only I hadn't ignored you when you were suffering, but now it's come to this. Danny… no… WHATEVER you are, I will strike you down!"
I transformed into my ghost form and attacked him. Evil Danny just laughed as he dodged me. He was fast. Evil Danny strike me with electricity sparking in his hands. I blocked with a shield and threw three ecto balls at his face. He flew back and hit a building.
For two years, Danny and I had been suffering after the explosion from the Nasty Burger. And yet I did nothing to comfort my brother, I allowed this to fester within him until it eventually destroyed him. Now I have to try and destroy this evil version of him before he kills everyone.
I summoned my strength and created blue fire surrounding my body. I twirled them around as if they were just simple little toys. Evil Danny charged at me angrily before I tossed the blue flames at him, causing him to scream out in agony.
I got down on all fours, almost like a quadruped animal as the blue fire cloaked formed around me, turning into a familiar shape. I strike at Evil Danny like an animal, slashing and biting him, wrapping my fiery cloaked tail around his waist, burning him, before slamming him into the road. Then I used telekinesis to summon two giant fox skulls made of pure blue fire, they shot out intense beams of heat and melting the metal cars it past, before it combust into an explosion when it hit Evil Danny.
Evil Danny was barely conscious and he weakly looked at me. I floated in front of him with the foxfire skulls beside me. I was more than ready to destroy him, but Evil Danny wasn't going out without a fight. Floating in front of him was a big mistake on my part. He lunged at me, tackling me to the sky and made my fiery fox skulls dissipated.
Before I could react, Evil Danny fired electricity at me, causing me to fall from the sky and hit Vlad's destroyed mansion. I was weak… my power may have been strong, but my endurance was about the same as wet paper. I looked down at a broken Time Medallion.
Evil Danny was already charging at me. Not really thinking about, I used telekinesis to pick up the Time Medallion and had it in front of me. As soon as Evil Danny strike the Time Medallion, the Time Medallion cracked before it exploded with temporal powers. Evil Danny was pushed back, but I was caught up in the radius. I felt weird as my body felt like it was being split. I saw my own ghost half's horror filled face as he was forced out of my body, the temporal power was pulling him away from me. He struggled to get back into me, but he was pulled into a vortex of time, and I was left without my powers…
"Andy, wake up! Mom and Dad already have our stuff in the RV!"
I gasped and shot up from my brother's voice.
"Whoa, Andy did you have a nightmare?" Danny asked me in concern.
I blinked when I realized I was back in my room. I was having that kind of dream again… but this one was really vivid.
"I'm… I'm fine, Danny…" I said, though I don't think I really was fine. That dream… Danny was dead… and his ghost half was evil. And I… I was using powers I never thought was even possible.
"You don't look fine…" Danny frowned. "Did Youngblood attack you last night or something?"
"No… no… I just…" I sighed. "It was a nightmare, but I'll be fine."
"A-are you sure? Maybe we should cancel this-"
"No, we already went through the trouble of getting ready. Maybe this camping trip will help with the stress," I said.
"But you hate camping," Danny pointed out.
"Yeah well, at least it'll get my mind off of my nightmare," I grumbled.
"Alright… do you want to talk about it?" Danny asked. "You know I'm… always here for you… you know… when you want to talk about it…"
"Of course, thanks Danny," I said, smiling to him. "But I should probably go get cleaned up now."
I don't know if I could tell him about that dream… it was horrible, and it just didn't make any sense. I tried to push it to the back of my mind. I didn't want to think about it right now.
When I made it outside after getting cleaned up and dressed, I saw Jazz was already out there, while Mom and Dad were dressed in their… camping clothes. Dad really doesn't look all that comfortable.
"I still don't see why I couldn't wear my hazmat suit. These darn clothes are itchy!" Dad complained.
"Oh honey, we promised a normal family outing this time. So that's what we'll get," Mom said.
"Let's just get into the assault vehicle," Danny said.
"It's just a regular RV for this trip," Mom said. "All the weapons have been shut off."
"Awwww…" Dad moaned.
Yeah, a regular, big, metal, death trap of an RV.
"Alright, are you two ready to leave now?" Jazz asked me and Danny.
"Let's just get this over with," Danny grumbled.
"You better have some bug spray," I said.
"Close enough," Jazz rolled her eyes as we came into the 'regular' RV.
Dad drove off down the road, and I was glad Mom was sitting beside him. She could keep him in line with his crazy driving, otherwise I would fear Dad would drive us all off a cliff.
The road trip itself wasn't too bad. Youngblood hadn't attacked us yet, although our parents cranked up the tunes and were dancing to it like a bunch of crazy teenagers... the irony was not lost on me. We were already off the freeway and coming onto a canyon. I was playing on a handheld to pass the time. I couldn't practice with my ghost powers here, that would be stupid.
"I feel positively naked without my jumpsuit!" Dad complained after a while.
"Good thing I always pack plenty of Fenton Ointment," Mom smiled, giving Dad a bottle of ointment.
"Oh boy, Fointment!" Dad smiled.
Uh… what, do my parents invent ointments too? And I wonder why they're not at least millionaires by now.
"And I also remembered to pack Bearbert Einstein for you Jazz," Mom said, showing us the teddy bear of evil.
"Mom!" Jazz yelled in embarrassment before grabbing the little fluff of evil.
"You brought Bearbert!? Great, now I'm going to have to stay awake at night to make sure he doesn't turn into the Slasher," I growled.
"Oh come on Andy, you know as well as I do that Bearbert isn't really alive! Isn't it time you got past this fear?" Jazz asked me. "Besides, you used him to help me once, remember?"
"That was a mutual agreement to help you. And besides, you never know in a world where ghosts are everywhere. That bear of yours could actually be alive and won't hesitate to kill any of us when given the chance," I said, glaring at the evil bear in her arms.
"You're seriously still scared of Bearbert, bro?" Danny chuckled from beside me.
"Laugh all you want, bro, but don't come crying to me when a teddy bear one day locks you up in a school when you have no ghost powers to use to get out of and forced to commit murder and get away with it scot free just for a chance to get out," I grumbled.
Danny looked at me, "I think you've been playing too many video games, bro."
"That's it, during this trip I'm going to get you to like Bearbert," Jazz said, her eyes filled with determination… and spelled bad news for me.
"You're not getting me to like that thing," I hissed.
"Come on, just give him a hug, I'm sure Bearbert would love a hug from you," Jazz cooed, stretching her arm with the evil bear at me.
"No! Cut it out!" I snapped, trying to lean as far away from Bearbert the Murderer as possible. "Jazz! I said get that thing away from me!"
"Come on Andy, just one little hug!" Jazz argued, still trying to get me to touch that evil thing.
"Mom! Why did you bring it!?" I yelled.
Suddenly there was a loud BUMP! The RV began to shake uncontrollably. What the heck is going on? But at least it made Jazz drop that killer of a teddy bear.
"Hey, is that a cowboy?" I heard Danny asked.
"Huh? Where do you see a cowboy?" Dad asked, looking around in curiosity.
I noticed a silhouette of someone riding on a horse right next to us.
"Wait, how is a cowboy able to ride right next to us at 70 miles per hour?" I asked.
"Oh no, not again…" Danny groaned.
Oh… that… cowboy must be… The entire RV shook again. What's that ghost boy doing out there?
"The tires lost their belt!" I heard Mom say in alarm. "Jack!"
Leave it to Mom and Dad to build an RV like a freaking TANK!
"I'm on it!" Dad pushed a button and the RV felt smooth again.
Oh boy, was I relieved Dad had an extra belt for the tank-like RV. I looked out the window to see Youngblood riding on a horse… I guess Parrot transformed himself into a Horse now, and they were currently chasing us.
"Uh… I have to go to the bathroom!" Danny said before unbuckling his seatbelt and ran into the bathroom.
"H-hey, Danny wait!" He already shut the door. Are you kidding me? He said I could talk to Youngblood!
Well I couldn't get out like this now, Danny locked the only door I could use to change into my ghost form. So instead I had to stay behind with Jazz and my parents. Dad was driving around the cliff, causing us to drift and turn a lot. It was like being on a bad roller coaster.
"Sometimes my family makes me feel like the only responsible person in the world!" Jazz groaned while hanging onto her seat.
"Hey! I'm pretty responsible too!" I argued.
We saw Danny flying around the sky shooting his ghost rays at Youngblood and Horse. Danny missed the slippery pira-... I mean cowboy ghost kid and almost hit the RV. I think he's getting pretty reckless here. Dad moved the RV and almost flipped the vehicle, and I fell out of my seat despite my seatbelt.
"Ugh… if we survive this, I'm going to have a serious talk with my brother," I growled as I pulled myself up on my seat.
"What are you worried about? At least you can go intangible on a dime!" Jazz said back to me, and it was then I was glad Mom and Dad were too focused on 'the ghost kid' to notice what we were saying.
"What's that ghost kid doing here?" Mom wondered.
"I don't know, but he must really hate that rock formation," Dad commented.
I saw Danny through the window was trying to shoot his ghost ray at Youngblood and Horse, but only ended up hitting a rock formation. Wow, now my parents think Danny Phantom's losing it.
"Shouldn't we be hunting him down or something?" Mom suggested.
"No! I mean you guys promised, no ghost fighting!" Jazz quickly said.
"Dad! Can you please not almost drive us off the cliff!?" I yelled when he came close to driving right off said cliff.
"Well I'm not going to drive us off the cliff!" Dad argued.
Okay, that's it. I don't care if it looks suspicious, I'm going into the bathroom to go ghost even if I have to break down the door! I stood up and ran towards the bathroom door, when Dad swerved the RV so hard that it caused me to lose my balance and forced me towards the front with the controls. My elbow hit a button. Looking back, I noticed it was a turbo boost button… Uh-oh…
The next thing I knew the RV had rockets on the side and flew over the canyon! I grabbed onto my chair to keep from being pulled back into the wall. At this rate we're going to crash! I forced my eyes open to see we were literally flying over the canyon and going towards a forest-like area. We were going to hit the trees at this rate! I had to do something, or we won't have a ride back home. I shut my eyes and focused on the intangibility. I had to make this work.
I've never had to make an entire vehicle intangible before, so I wasn't sure if this was going to work. I soon felt that tingly feeling of intangibility overcoming my senses. I managed to open my eyes to see the entire RV was becoming see-thru, good, it's working. As soon as I made everyone here intangible, we flew through several trees, before landing on solid ground near a river. I let go of my intangibility, returning us to being solid before Mom and Dad could realize what happened. I panted a bit, it took quite a lot out of me to make the RV and us intangible.
"Jack… what…?" Mom was pretty much speechless.
"That was… pretty dang cool!" Dad smiled. "Let's do it again!"
"Thanks, Andy," Jazz whispered to me. "That would've been a nasty crash if it weren't for you."
I nodded to her.
"This uh… looks like a perfect spot to set up our camp, right?" I asked.
"Yeah, we're in the middle of the woods alright," Jazz said, looking out the window.
"Alright, you, Mom and Dad set up camp. I'll go look for Danny," I said.
Jazz nodded to me before picking up a certain little demon.
"Please leave that thing in here. I am not sleeping in the same tent as you if you're going to be cuddling with him all night," I growled.
"Chill Andy, I was just going to put him on my seat," Jazz rolled her eyes. "Now go find our brother before he destroys the canyon."
I nodded to her before turning to Mom and Dad, they were already unpacking our stuff.
"Mom, Dad, hey, you guys don't mind if I stay here and wait for Danny, do you?" I asked.
"Well sure, if you don't mind waiting for him," Dad said.
"We'll go ahead and set up your tents, sweetie!" Mom smiled.
I looked over to Jazz and said, "If they ask where we are, tell them we went exploring."
"Just try not to take too long coming back," Jazz said. "Otherwise they'll think you two got lost."
"Heh… yeah…" I chuckled sheepishly before transforming into my ghost form.
Jazz was looking at me as if amazed. "You know, I don't think I'd ever get used to you and Danny transforming like that."
"Heh, join the club," I said before turning intangible and flying through the roof and into the sky.
It looks like the RV flew out pretty far from the canyon, but thankfully it was easy to see where Danny was with all his ghost ray blasts he was blasting at Youngblood and Horse.
I managed to catch up to them. Youngblood's hand was in the shape of a branding iron, burning with ghost fire while Danny was about to fire his ghost ray again. I quickly summoned my Plasma Rod and swung it right in-between Youngblood's branding iron and Danny's ghost ray, causing both attacks to clash into my Plasma Rod.
"Andy!" Danny yelped in surprise.
"Hey! I was about to burn him!" Youngblood complained.
"And leave your mark on his skin," Horse added.
"Okay, that's enough! Danny stop fighting him, and Youngblood, we need to talk," I said.
"What do you want?" Youngblood asked impatiently. "I was having fun driving you both crazy, especially in front of your parents!"
"Alright, why don't we all just calm down for a bit? … Youngblood, why do you feel the need to torment us?" I asked the cowboy ghost kid.
"Oh like you don't know. You and your brother not only ruined my plans to kidnap and use adults as fuel for my pirate ship, but you totally destroyed my crew and locked me and my friend up underwater for months!" Youngblood spat. "Of course I'd seek revenge for that!"
"You deserved it after kidnapping all of our families!" Danny snapped.
"Danny, cool it!" I said to my brother, getting him to be quiet before turning back to Youngblood. "Okay, I get you would be angry at us for that, but why were you taking all the adults in the first place? Surely you would know that people don't generally like having their parents and friends being taken away, right?"
"What's the big deal? I needed some kind of energy source for my ship. Maintaining it is a lot of work! Which is why I decided to be a cowboy this time… and anyways, I hate adults, I can't stand them!" Youngblood grumbled.
"Youngblood, I didn't like you or your… horse friend. Remember when I thought you killed my brother? I came close to obliterating your friend as vengeance, and you can't say I didn't have any right to do so... And yet I let him go. Youngblood, how would you have felt if I had taken your friend away from you?" I asked him.
Youngblood stopped at that as he looked at Horse. Horse looked back at him. Those two were like brothers, kind of like Danny and I are. I didn't know their story, but I knew they were close.
"I guess I… wouldn't have liked it very much…" Youngblood answered.
"And that's how everyone else felt when you were taking away the adults. A lot of those adults are people we love, people who raised and took care of us. Not all adults are bad, you know? Maybe the ones you've met were horrible, but that doesn't mean you should lump them all in the same category. What if I said you were the same as Walker just because you're both ghosts?" I asked him.
This got Youngblood thinking.
"Every adult is different, just like how every ghost is different," I said. "I had to learn that myself too. We only fought back and trapped you on that ship because we were scared you were going to take away the people we loved again."
"But you still destroyed my pirate career," Youngblood pouted.
"I'm sorry, but if you take a 'career' that involves looting and kidnapping people, you're usually going to get retaliated by some unhappy enemies," I said. "What about this cowboy gig?"
"It seems kind of fun, just riding out in the wild west with just me and my partner," Youngblood said, smiling at Horse.
"Then go ahead and do that, just don't cause trouble for people and we would leave you alone," I said.
"We would?" Danny questioned.
"Hey, did you attack every single ghost you came across, even the peaceful ones?" I asked him.
"Well..." Danny thought back for a minute. "I guess you have a point."
"We only fight ghosts who are causing trouble," I said. "Youngblood, if you still wish to have revenge then fine, fight us until you're satisfied, but ruining our lives would only make us want to get back at you, which in turn would make you want to get back at us again. It would be an endless cycle of revenge, and all it would do is hurt. Is that what you want to be doing for the rest of your… eternity?"
"No, getting revenge on you would only be fun for so long. I like to explore the world and see if I can run a saloon," Youngblood smiled. "Or maybe become a spaceman and shoot to the moon!"
"That sounds like it could be fun," Horse said.
"Then don't waste your time on us, go have fun out there. But remember; if you cause trouble for people, it's going to come back and bite you in the butt," I warned.
"Hmph… you have a point. I've been itching to explore this canyon since we got here," Youngblood said before he jumped on Horse's back. "Fine, we'll leave you two alone if you leave us alone."
"So are we going to explore?" Horse asked.
"Yup! Giddy up there!" Youngblood yelled excitedly.
Horse neighed like a horse and flew up into the sun set. I sighed in relief that they finally left us alone.
"Whoa, how'd you do that, bro?" Danny asked. "Youngblood just left!"
"Heh… it was simple, bro… I just talked to him," I said. "He may be a ghost, but he still has the mentality of a kid. I just wanted him to understand."
"Huh… that was pretty cool. But you know, not every battle can simply be talked out," Danny said.
"Yeah, I know. A lot of ghosts, like Skulker, won't give up just because we talked. But hey, sometimes it's good to avoid unnecessary battles," I said. "Now we probably should get to camp."
"Oh… uh… camp…?" Danny smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah, the RV kinda went sky rocketing off a cliff and landed in a forest," I answered with a sheepish smile.
"What!?"
"What'd you think would happen when you kept shooting at the RV?"
"It wasn't like I was trying to hit it on purpose!"
We both argued about how the RV was sent off the cliff, but it was mostly playful than actual bickering. I lead Danny into the woods until we found our camp.
"Whoa…" Both of us were in our human forms and looking at the tents Mom and Dad set up for us.
"Yeah… I never knew Mom and Dad made tents that was a replica of our house," I said in awe.
"And yet we're not rich why? This is awesome!" Danny complained.
"It's Mom and Dad, don't question it," I chuckled.
"Oh!" Jazz noticed us. "There you two are. What happened with Youngblood?"
"Probably still exploring in the canyon," I said.
"What?"
"Andy talked to the cowbrat," Danny said. "So long story short, Youngblood and his horse friend are off exploring the place, probably to open a Saloon or something."
"Oh that's good! I'm glad we don't have to worry about them anymore," Jazz sighed in relief. "Now all we have to worry about are the C.A.T.s coming up."
"You mean the Career Aptitude Test?" Danny asked, suddenly looking nervous.
"Yes, the very same one that supposedly decides our future," Jazz said. "But you know that a piece of paper couldn't possibly decide your fate, right? It just makes it easier for you to succeed."
"That's easy for you to say... you've gotten the highest score in the history of the C.A.T.!" Danny frowned.
"All I did was study, it wasn't that hard," Jazz shrugged. "I'm sure you two would do fine."
"Yeah, fine as in scraping the grease off the Nasty grill…" Danny grumbled.
"Oh come on Danny, you and Andy are smart, I'm sure you could- Andy?" Jazz looked at me. "What's wrong? You look pale."
"H-huh? Oh it's nothing… just nervous about the test is all," I said.
"See!? Even Andy knows how bad it'll be if we bomb that test!" Danny said frantically.
I wasn't worried about failing… though that wouldn't look pretty on my college application… but I was more worried about what's going to happen during the C.A.T. I hadn't forgotten about that warning… something is going to happen to Danny… Why can't I ever catch a break from these stressful moments? And to make it worse… my future visions hadn't been activating for a while… did they just fade away? I guess I better enjoy relaxing out in the woods, because once we get back to school and Mr. Lancer announces the C.A.T. it's going to be a very stressful week for me.
Later that night, I couldn't sleep. I saw Danny and Jazz sleeping beside me, so I turned myself intangible to phase through them while I exit the tent. It was pretty peaceful out here now that I didn't have to worry about Youngblood attacking us out of the blue anymore. The night sky, the calming river, it was all very soothing.
That is until my hot ghost sense acted up. I stood up and looked around. Would Danny's ghost sense wake him up?
"So you've been out here playing with little Youngblood?"
I turned, knowing that voice. "Dustin. What are you doing out here? Were you following us?"
Dustin just gave a smirk before he said, "The C.A.T. test is coming soon, isn't it?"
"Yeah, so? What's it matter to you?"
"I suppose it doesn't. But for you, it could mean the end of everything. For your parents, your sister, your friends, your teacher, your future, your home, your brother, everything." Dustin gave me a sadistic smile as I had the feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach.
"And how would you know this?" I demanded.
"You know, for a guy who claims he can see the future, you sure are clueless to the biggest catastrophe in your life. All you ever care about is your brother, and that will be your biggest downfall. Your mercy makes you weak, and I had wanted to change that," Dustin gave a growl. "It looks like I've failed."
"What are you talking about?"
"Wouldn't you like to know? Heh, there are some people you just can't spare in order to save. You should remember that when the time comes," Dustin said before he disappeared, and I don't mean he went invisible, he literally just vanished. I guess he can teleport like Vlad can.
What does Dustin know that I don't? Who is Dustin? So much for a relaxing camping trip.
DarkFoxKit: Yes, there is a Danganronpa reference. I got it from a fanart I saw on Devianart with Andy dressed as Makoto facing with Monokuma. Oh and that dream of future Andy facing off against Evil Danny shows possible powers Andy himself may get later on in the series, so enjoy the sneak peek. ;)
OMNISENSE95: Yeah, I enjoy watching CinemaSins from time to time. XD
Anime lover3593: Heh, I'm glad for your support for the crossover, hopefully I can get it done at some point in the future. I also miss doing the Andy from MBAG, so that's another reason why I wanted to do it set in that timeline. As for when in MBAG, it's most likely before Andy tries to kill his brother as I think the story may benefit from before he accepted and knew Danny was only half ghost, but that may change depending on how the story turns out. Heh, someone once told me that Andy reminded them of Dipper, so their interaction would definitely be interesting. XD Thank you again for your support!
FriTik: Yeah, that video was fun to watch. :) The timeline is planning to be before Andy and Danny had their little talk. Bill would definitely be interesting to write for, especially if he's trying to tempt Andy. And what box thing?
ShiraYukiShadow: I already explained about the whole Box Lunch thing.
Blue: Hey! I haven't heard from you in a while. And wow, you're really pumped up about that crossover. XD
sjsreader: That must've been awkward for your roommate. XD The twin moments have gotten rarer, huh? It's mostly because of what happened in My Brother's a Ghost, they're no longer as in sync as they used to be, let's see if that'll change down the road. ;) Yeah, in the actual episode, I was rather surprised at how chaotic Danny was being with collateral damage. I mean I know there's always collateral damage whenever he fights with ghosts, but that was way more than usual, so Andy's trying to minimize it as much as possible. Gravity Falls is a very good series, and it could easily fit in with the Danny Phantom universe albiet with different art styles, it's why people like to combine those two fandoms a lot
Luna Lillyth: Yeah, but it didn't have to come to that.
ZAFT Prime: Well yeah, it wouldn't make sense if they suddenly couldn't. ^^'
Mana: It didn't really change much in the story, but I had to get Jazz to see Youngblood since she already saw him back in the Pirate episode in this story. You know, after seeing all the stuff the Fentons invented, I was actually surprised they never bothered to sell it. If they made them to be more conventional rather than for ghost fighting they would be sitting on a lot of money, but after seeing the Living Large episode... it kinda made me glad they didn't. ^^' They could've turned out just as bad as Vlad, sadly. You can't really judge a show from a commercial, I didn't think I would like Gravity Falls or even Danny Phantom based on commercials of it, but when I actually saw it I was hooked. Just saying don't judge a show by the commercials alone. If I hadn't given Danny Phantom a chance way back then because of the commercial well... this fanfic wouldn't exist right now.
Joltik12: Hee, hee, hee. :3 Youngblood isn't all that bad, though he can be annoying I still see him as a kid who takes 'play pretend' into a real twist. I know, poor Dash hadn't been all that prominent in the story lately. I was thinking about making him more important after a certain episode, but it's hard to when he has no business with the ghost brothers. Andy... never lost those powers, so I'm not sure what you mean by getting them back. ^^' Well Andy wants to avoid unnecessary battles, while Danny thinks the best way to get through ghosts is to beat them down. Christmas is long gone by now. ^^' And why would you think you've offended Mana? They said you didn't by the way.
RedHood001: The latest dream Andy had showed why and how he lost his ghost powers. ... Yeah, time travel is confusing. ^^' I already have some ideas for an 'Evil Andy'. :3
Guest: Well sorry if you're gonna hate me for making Andy lose his ghost powers so he wouldn't be able to take on Dan. Can't please everybody.
Just another fan: Hi! I'm happy to see a new reviewer here! :) So you're suffering from story withdrawal? Is that even a thing? If so, hopefully one more chapter will hold it off a little longer. I know how it feels though, when I get excited for something it's hard not to think about it all day. Seems Andy's gotten himself integrated into the fandom so much that people can't see the series anymore without feeling like he's missing from it, it's good to know I've done such a great job with him. :D