Chapter Eight: Getting to Know Daniel
It was the next day, a Monday, and it was the first day of class. Sam looked at the uniform that they had given her and gagged. It was what you would expect a school of this type to give her. The bright colors were the worst, and it looked like the collar would cut off the blood to her brain. This was where Sam decided to have her first act of rebellion.
Sam walked to class in her normal outfit, earning stares from teachers and students alike. She returned those stares with a sneer and walked to her first class, History. She walked in a sat down with all the preppy students looked at her, like she had three heads and was spitting flames. At the head of the class the teacher, an old man named Morison, saw her enter and was most displeased with her choice of clothing.
"Miss…" the teacher began.
"Manson." said Sam.
"Yes, Miss Manson, you do know there is a dress code on this campus?" said Mr. Morison.
"I know, I just don't care." said Sam.
"Miss Manson, I will ask you to respect our rules and wear the proper uniform." said Mr. Morison.
"Try'en make me you old fossil." said Sam.
The teacher got enraged at this remark, as he was about to start yelling at her they noticed someone at the door.
"Personally, I think she looks just fine the way she is." said Daniel.
"Mr. Masters, so good of you to grace us with your presence." said Mr. Morison.
"Well I didn't have anything better to do, so I decided to come here." said Daniel.
"Well sit down while I take care of this troublemaker." said Mr. Morison.
As Morison was about to send Sam to the dean, Daniel spoke again.
"I said she looks fine the way she is, and if she chooses to dress this way she has the right too." said Daniel, his voice becoming dark.
"No see here Mr. Masters!" said Morison.
"No you see, if she wants to dress this way, she can, or would you like me to tell my father about this?" said Daniel.
The teacher visibly paled and started to shake a little.
"N-no, that won't be necessary, class lets begin today's lesson." said Mr. Morison nervously.
So the teacher dropped the whole thing like it never even happened. Daniel walked over to the last seat in class, which happened to be near Sam.
"I could of handled that just fine you know." whispered Sam.
"I'm sure you could, but I wanted to make sure the teachers still fear me, those long summer months make them forget." whispered Daniel.
"What? Even the teachers fear you?" whispered Sam.
"Yeah, I can't imagine why?" said Daniel jokingly.
"Mr. Masters, Miss Manson could you please pay attention in class?" said Mr. Morison.
It was the end of class and Sam was leaving, and so was Daniel.
As they were leaving their hands brush each other and they noticed. As they looked down at their two hands touching they looked back up and into each others faces, and they blushed. Now they say that some people are fated to fall in love, that neither time nor distance can break the bond they have. That no matter how far they are apart, and even if they forget the person, that this connection will stay strong. Well for Daniel and Sam the connection has been reestablished, and the flame of love has sparked.
"Bye Sam, see you later." said Daniel with a love struck look on his face
"Bye Daniel." said Sam, the same goofy look on her face.
Daniel left the class quickly, to go somewhere and think.
"My god, what just happened there, I felt so strange when I was touching her hand. Could it be I…like her? Well she is strong, smart, pretty, and has a dark fashion sense. Hmm, maybe I should spend some more time with her." thought Daniel as he walked to his next class.
As Sam was walking she was having similar thoughts.
"Wow, what just happened back there, I felt so weird when I touched his hand, but in a good way. I wonder if that's what liking some one fells like? Well I do have to say I don't hate him, he's not like the rest of these preppies. Maybe I should see what happens next?" thought Sam as she walked to class.
A few hours passed and it was time for lunch, Sam saw that the tables were organized into different groups.
"I guess some things never change." thought Sam.
Ali saw Sam standing there and waved her over to her table, Sam saw her and went over to take a seat.
"Hey Sam, I hear you almost got in trouble today." said Ali.
"Yeah, I was until that Daniel kid scared the shit out of the teacher, what is with that?" said Sam.
"Oh pretty much all the teachers' fear Daniel, partly because of himself and partly his father." said Ali.
"Why his father?" said Sam.
"Because not only is he the biggest donator to the school, he is pretty much the only donator." said Ali.
"Wow, you mean his father pretty much owns this place?" said Sam.
"Yeah, they even have a Vlad Masters appreciation day." said Ali.
"Wow, that must be embarrassing." said Sam.
"It is, and they make me give a stupid speech every year." said Daniel as he appeared behind them.
"Hello Daniel, we didn't see you come in." said Sam.
"Yeah, a lot of people say that." said Daniel with a wicked smile.
"Mind if I sit here?" said Daniel.
"Sure go ahead." said Sam.
Daniel sat down and began to eat lunch, for some reason Sam could not stop looking at him. She noticed that despite his thin looking body that there were some strong muscles underneath. His hair was all messy, but in a way that was intriguing. Also she noticed the tattoo on his left arm.
"Hey, is that a tattoo on your left arm?" said Sam.
"Why yes it is." said Daniel as he showed it to her.
"Cool, a wolf, I have one of a dragon on my arm." said Sam as she showed it to her.
"I see, where did you get yours?" said Daniel.
"I got it while I was juvenile hall, some girl had a machine hidden in the place." said Sam.
"Well I didn't have to get locked up to get mine. I bet your parents did expect that when you got home." said Daniel.
"Yeah, my dad nearly had a heart attack when he saw it." said Sam.
Daniel and Sam traded stories of their embarrassing parents, and had a good laugh. While they were laughing a group of boys walked up behind Daniel, and one tapped him on the shoulder. Daniel turned around and saw the face of Reginald.
"What do you want Reggie?" said Daniel.
"Its Reginald! We are tired of you and your attitude, so we're going to beat the snot out of you to show you who is really boss." said Reginald.
"We'll see about that." said Daniel.
The whole cafeteria went quiet as Daniel faced the five boys that surrounded him. Things were not looking good for him, he could not use his ghost powers here, there were too many witnesses. Sam noticed that he was in trouble, she looked around for something to help him. The only thing on hand was a plate of meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Ignoreing the grossed out feeling of touching something touching meat (Yes she still is a vegetarian), Sam hurled the plate into Reginald's face.
"Why you little bitch, throw food at me will you!" said Reginald.
Reginald picked up a plate and tried to hit Sam with it, but she ducked. The plate flew over her head and hit another student, then the two words that are heard at least once in a school cafeteria were uttered.
"Food fight!" said someone.
And with that the melee began. There was food flying everywhere, ham, turkey, coleslaw was flying through the air like bugs in a swamp. In the middle of it was Sam and Daniel, throwing things and laughing like maniacs. Ali was hiding under the table and saw them.
"God, those two are crazy." thought Ali.
It was then that the dean walked into the room and was shocked at what was happening.
"What in the name of God is going…" was all she could say before a pie hit her in the face.
The whole cafeteria froze and they all turned to see the pie covered and very angry dean.
"Who is responsible for this!" said Dean Harrison.
All the people in the room immediately pointed their fingers at Daniel, Sam, and Ali.
"Manson! Masters! Szivos! In my office now!" said the dean as she stomped off.
"Oh man, we are so in trouble." said Ali.
"Yes, maybe they will kick me out now!" thought Sam.
The three teens walked to the office to await punishment. As they sat there Ali was having a panic attack.
"Oh god, oh god, their going to expel me, and then my parents are going to kill me. Oh god why did they have to point at me, my life is over, my life is over." said Ali, holding her knees to her chest and rocking back and forth.
"Calm down Ali, I'll take the blame for this, I wanted to be expelled anyway." said Sam.
The secretary called them into the dean's office and they came face to face with the devil herself. They sat down as Dean Harrison sat there fuming, then she exploded.
"You three are in big trouble, this is the worst food fight we had in years, I should expel all of you for this!" said Mrs. Harrison.
Now Sam was regretting her actions, as she looked at Ali she could see the panic in her eyes. As Sam was about to speak up and take the blame Daniel spoke.
"Mrs. Harrison, I take full responsibility for what happened." said Daniel.
"You do?" said Sam.
"I do, but to be in all fairness the fight was started by Reginald, and Sam was only trying to help me. Its just that things got out of…hand." said Daniel.
"Well I don't know if I believe you." said Mrs. Harrison
"Well why don't we call my father and see what he thinks about this?" said Daniel.
"Y-your father, no no that won't be necessary. Since this a first incident I'll just make you uh, clean the cafeteria. Just don't let anything like this happen again." said Dean Harrison.
"Sounds fair enough." said Daniel.
The three teens then had to spend the next few hours cleaning the cafeteria. As they were scrubbing the floor Sam started to talk to Daniel.
"Why did you do that? I was about to get out of this place." said Sam.
"Two reasons, one if you were to take the blame Ali would most likely be caught up in the punishment and expelled too. I don't think you could have defended her from a hard head like Mrs. Harrison. But if I took the blame she would go easy instead of having to face my father's wrath." said Daniel.
Sam had not thought of that scenario, if it came to that there was probably little she could do to save Ali.
"But what is the second reason?" said Sam.
"The second reason is that I would hate to see you go so soon." said Daniel, blushing a little.
Sam blushed also and reached for a scrub brush, just as Daniel did so too. Their hands grabbed each other and they lifted their heads to look into each others eyes. The little flame of love that had started when they first meet grew some more. This flame was growing fast, and it had 11 years of absence to make up for.
Daniel and Sam withdrew their hands and went back to cleaning. A hour or so later they were done.
"Well that was my manual labor for the decade, I'll wiped, see you two later." said Ali as she went back to her room.
"Well I guess I'll see you later." said Sam.
Sam was about to walk away when Danny called out to her.
"Sam wait, there's something I want to ask you." said Daniel.
"Yes Daniel?" said Sam.
"Well, I was wondering if you would…like to go to a movie or something?" said Daniel, as he nervously rubbed the back of his neck.
Sam stood there dumb struck at the sudden offer, Daniel thought she was rejecting him until she spoke again.
"Sure, I would love to." said Sam.
"Great, I'll pick you up at about…five tomorrow ?" said Daniel.
"It's a date." said Sam, she then walked off.
So the too teens walked away from each other thinking their own thoughts on what had just happened.
"Wow, I can't believe she said yes, this is wonderful. But the weird thing is I felt so nervous asking her, that's never happened before. Also why do I feel so happy that she said yes, I've been on dates before and this never happened. Oh well, the important thing is she said yes!" thought Daniel as he walked back to his room.
"Wow, I can't believe he asked me out, and I feel so happy. But why do I feel so happy, and why did I say yes so quickly. Well I do have to admit he is better then most of the boys I've dated, most of them whined all the time. He's smart, strong, and doesn't back down when bullies threaten him. Plus he's easy on the eyes, if you know what I mean. Well to hell with the reason I said yes, I got a date!" thought Sam as she walked back to her room.
Little did the two teens now that in a castle not far away the evilest halfa on Earth was putting the finally phase of his plan into action. It had taken years of planning and the training of Daniel but Vlad was finally ready to take over the world and destroy that fool Jack once and for all.
"How long until the everything is ready?" said Vlad.
"A little more then a week." said Technus, Vlad's head of technology.
"Excellent, are the troops ready?" said Vlad to Skulker.
"Yes sir, all the ghosts are waiting for your order to attack the Earth." said Skulker, who had been rehired a year or so after the training incident.
"Good, the pathetic inhabitants of this world won't know what hit them. Soon I will have everything that I ever hoped of having." said Vlad, as he looked at a photo of Maddie in his hand.
It is one week until the end of the world.
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Rob: Sorry for butting in here but I just have to say, Yahoo! Two chapters in two days baby! I'm on fire! Go me, go me, its my birthday uh huh, oh yeah! Rob starts dancing around
Ember: That's great and all, but I don't think our readers want to see you shake your booty.
Rob: Uh right, sorry about that. Now to hand it back to Clockwork, who will show you something you do want to see.
Clockwork: Thank you rob, now for the moment you have been waiting for, it is time to pull the hurt Vlad lever. Clockwork pulls the hurt Vlad lever. The scene switches to Vlad sitting peacefully in his home. You almost feel sorry for breaking that peace, almost being the keyword. Suddenly Vlad is catapulted out of his chair and sent flying out a window. Suddenly a bunch of messy and disgusting items appear in his flight path. Vlad runs into a ball of ectogoo, a bucket of tar, and a bunch of feather pillows. Then he lands on a target looking like a giant ghost chicken.
Vlad: Yuck! This is horrible! Well its about to get worse, because at that moment the Fluffy Army of Doom appeared, and they had a hankering for some chicken.
Leader of the Army: Squeak, squeak squeak, squeak! Translation: Look, there is dinner lets get it!
Vlad: Oh butter biscuits! Then the Fluffy Army of Doom attacks, ripping up Vlad's clothes and making him run screaming over the horizon.
Clockwork: Well now that Vlad has faced his chickeny doom, it is time for the chapter summery.
Well it seems that Daniel and Sam are falling for each other pretty fast. Which considering they have 11 years of separation to get over is not surprising. But as this two are about to go out on a date evil is being planned for the world. What will happen next, will the plan work? Will Daniel and Sam kiss? And why am I asking you these things? The only way to find out is to read the next chapter of Daniel Masters.
Clockwork: Before we go there is a warning that Rob would like to give.
Rob: Warning: in one of the next two chapters there will be a scene where I imply that Danny and Sam "get it on". Now if you don't want to read that part skip over it, there will be a warning on the chapter as well. Now it is implied that they do the nasty, I will not actually write what happens, also don't come crying to me if you read it and are offended, I warned you, thank you.
Clockwork: Ok, now that that is over we can end the chapter, so until next time Danny Phantom fans, read and review.