Later, at Casper High, Kurai, Danny, and their parents were in the principal's office.
"Some might call this little act of rebellion a cry for attention, but I call it a cry for detention." Principal Ishiyama chuckled. "Isn't that clever?"
"Nice job, Danny. Maybe I should have cried "Hey! It's Inviso-Bill!"" Kurai snapped.
"I'm sorry! I don't know what came over me back there." Danny said.
"It was—." Kurai began.
"Bad judgment, that's what! Next time, think before you act!" Jack said.
"Now I declare as Kurai's legal guardian—" Lancer said.
Danny stared from Lancer to Kurai in shock.
"That you are grounded for a month!" Lancer said. "And absolutely forbidden from ever attending Circus Gothica!"
Xxx
That night, at the Circus Gothica fairgrounds.
"Slaves! Center ring!" Freakshow said.
The tall man in the skeleton costume pulled off the outfit. It was actually the dwarf ghost on stilts. The juggling man became the large ghost. The spider woman leapt down and is the eye-patched ghost. The heavily pierced woman revealed herself to be the tattooed ghost.
"For generations my family has controlled ghosts with this;" Freakshow held up staff. "untold power and all they could think to do was to entertain the masses, whereas I have found a much more profitable use for you minions—now that I have the ultimate power of the Ghost Princess—" Freakshow dug through chest of gold/money. "And as soon as the newest member of our cast joins us, this entire town will be mine for the taking."
The orb glowed and revealed Danny Phantom's face.
xxx
The next day, at the library at Casper High.
Kurai held up the Circus Gothica ticket. "I wanted to case the joint of a horrible unimaginable circus." She watched Lancer clip his toenails. "This was not what I had in mind."
"We can always go to the circus tomorrow. That is, assuming we're not grounded and your "legal guardian" allows it." Danny smirked, looking at Lancer.
"Shut up." Kurai snapped.
Tucker hid PDA behind a book. "Guess we'll have to settle for the live web-cast of opening night."
Freakshow appeared on Tucker's PDA.
"NO!" Kurai reached to turn it off; but too late!
"Creatures of the night, unleash your dark side at Circus Gothica!" Freakshow said.
"Oh no..." Kurai looked hopelessly at a now entranced Danny.
"Unleash your dark side at Circus Gothica..." Danny intoned, and walked towards the door.
Lancer jumped in front of Danny. "And just where do you think you're going, Mr Fenton?"
Danny's eyes turned red, he smiled and leapt into Lancer.
Danny, as Lancer, said, "Unleash your dark side at Circus Gothica..." He walked into janitor closet.
Danny phased out and locked Lancer inside.
"Cask of Amontillado!" Lancer banged on the door. "Let me out, let me out!"
"Danny, control yourself!" Kurai said. "Don't let that scepter control you!"
"Unleash your dark side at Circus Gothica." Danny phased through the ceiling.
"Man. We better follow him." Tucker said.
"We have got to shatter that scepter!" Kurai said, strapping on her weapons.