WoM- GNAH! I'm SO sorry!'crying' Computers hate me... (Mega crash yesterday. Thank God I back everything up...) I hope you'll forgive the late update!
Sam: (About Danny pulling a prank on Dash) Nice. Using your powers to stuff toilet paper into a locker. He's going to find out it's you.
Danny: Have you seen his grades?
Danny & Tucker: Never gonna happen.
Dash: Hey! This is Fenton Wipe!
Sam: "Never" is karma's doorbell. Ding dong! It's for you.
(Danny runs away after Dash starts chasing him)
New Face
'I am so glad Jazz isn't here to see this,' I thought dryly as I finished the dishes, 'She'd psychoanalyze the crap outta me about 'regression into old habits to distract myself from my present problems' or something like that…' Especially since before the dished I'd completely cleaned my room to the point where it was hard to tell anybody actually lived there and changed all my passwords on both of my computers.
Everything considered, I wasn't taking any chances…
"Don't they have maids around here?" Sam asked me just as I finished up.
"Yeah," I sighed, "But I like doing stuff for myself. It keeps me busy. Besides, I don't like other people messing with my things. My mom hasn't even set foot in my room since I was eight,"
That wasn't completely true. I'd actually started freaking out about that stuff when I was five, and Jazz only recently 'weaned' me of most of the habit when she told me I was dangerously close to OCD. Of course, the whole ghost thing helped too…
"Really?" Sam asked, finding something funny about that.
"Yeah, I think I got the neat freak thing from her. She goes nuts over the mess Dad leaves in the lab…" I laughed, remembering the lengths my mom would go to clean. "Jazz takes it to a whole new level, though. She even color codes her M&Ms before she eats them, and always eats the colors in the same order."
"You're kidding," Sam said sounding doubtful.
"Red, blue, yellow, orange, green then brown," I confirmed, grinning, "I've teased her about it since we were kids." Sam laughed at that, shaking his head in amusement.
"Well, we've all got our given 'weird thing.'" He said diplomatically. "It's what makes us unique. Like me, I can put mustard on anything and eat it,"
"Anything?" I said, both interested and grossed out at the same time.
"I especially like buttered popcorn and mustard," He continued, "it drives my mom up the walls,"
"Gross!" I laughed. Butter and Mustard were two things never meant to go together…
"What about you?" Sam asked me, "What's your weird thing?"
'You mean other then the fact that I'm a half ghost who frequently saves the world?' I thought dryly at his wording.
"Well, I do like to put Ranch on my pizza," I told him instead. "I like dipping French fries into it, too."
"Uugh!" Sam made a face at that, and I had to grin. "Okay, how about this; what's the weirdest thing anyone's ever said to you?" I frowned a little as I thought hard about that one. After all, there were so many to choose from…
"…Well, I did have someone threaten to lay my pelt at the foot of their bed before…"
I knew that Skulker's favorite way to greet me was probably a lot tamer then some of the other stuff without being considered too normal. At the look on Sam's face, though, I figured that I might've been a little too much after all…
"Don't ask," I told him dryly, "Trust me, you don't want to know."
"Noted," Sam nodded. I shifted around, trying to think of how to change the subject.
"So, what are your plans over break?" I asked. Not the best subject change, but it didn't seem to raise any flags to Sam.
"Don't have any," Sam answered, "I'm planning on just staying here,"
"That's no fun…" I frowned a little, "Why don't you come with me and Jazz to Vlad's?" Sam flinched at that, and my respect for him went up another notch.
"Uh, I dunno…" He said carefully.
"Aw, come on!" I pressured him. "I mean, it's better then sticking around here all alone right? And Liz is coming, too, so I can use another guy around to keep me company." Sam got a weird look on his face at that for a second, like what I'd said was funny or something.
"What about Tucker?" He asked.
"He's spending the holiday with his family." I answered, "Normally, I'd go with him, but this year Vlad is actually having people over for Thanksgiving so I'm required to attend." I made a face as I remembered that bit from my phone conversation with Vlad, "Apparently one is the daughter of some part of his company that he really wants to introduce me to." Sam's eyes widened at that, and his face paled for some reason.
"I'll come," He said before I could as him about it.
"Great!" I said, relieved. "I know I'll need all the company I can get." The more humans there who didn't know anything, the less likely Vlad was to pull any of his tricks, after all.
Besides, considering the ghost thing, I didn't see too much of Sam recently, so it was probably smart to at least make an attempt to look normal. And I would defiantly use anything and everything I could to distract Vlad after that phone call I got after the dance…
"Having fun, Romeo?" Vlad asked me mockingly.
"What do you want?" I snapped, narrowing my eyes.
"Want?" Vlad's voice was full of feigned innocence and pain. "What makes you think I want anything?"
"Don't touch her, Vlad," I growled into the phone.
"Her who?" Vlad pressed, "The girl you were dancing with? Don't worry. I'm not one to crush insignificant insects like your little butterfly." I scowled, blushing slightly at that, partially annoyed and partially relieved. After all, since it was a masquerade, Vlad still didn't know who Sam was… "But I do have an offer for you to consider,"
"Not interested." I said bluntly.
"You didn't even hear it!""And I can already tell I won't like it," I glared into the phone.
"Very well…" Vlad sighed. "If your butterfly is really that trivial to you…"
"You said you weren't going to hurt her!" I yelled into the phone.
"I said I wasn't one to crush insects like her," Vlad corrected me, "But that doesn't mean I won't if she bothers me too much, or if killing her is beneficial to my plans…"
"…What do you want," I asked at last.
"There is a young lady I wish for you to speak with," Vlad responded, "Her father is a good friend of mine, and I merely wish for you to keep her company at the Thanksgiving feast I'm throwing,"
'…Vlad has friends?' After getting over my shock at this piece of news, I sighed.
"Fine," I said coolly, "But Liz is coming down, too. And I'm bringing one more person,"
"Yes, yes," Vlad said in a distracted tone, "Bring as many as you'd like. See you at Thanksgiving, Daniel." And with that my archenemy hung up, and I was left glaring sullenly at a dial tone.
The ringing phone interrupted my thoughts, and I jumped up to get it when I saw that Sam didn't hear it.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Danny!" Tucker said back, "Hey! I just wanted to call and tell you Tina and her friends are in. We're all down at the cyber café catching up, and I wanted to know if you wanna come meet them,"
"Isn't one of them supposed to be a gold digger?" I asked suspiciously.
"Yeah, but Liz is here too," Tucker explained, "And Valerie and Jazz. That means two witnesses, and since one is your sister, Megan will probably lay off and Liz probably won't kill her,"
"Thanks," I said sarcastically. Then I sighed. "Well, I've got nothing better to do… But Sam's coming with me!"
"Wow, you want your girlfriend really are inseparable…"
"The other Sam, Tucker!" I growled, "The guy one who happens to be my roommate!"
"Oh, I knew that…" I rolled my eyes, "Anyways, I'll tell the others you two are coming. Try to hurry, okay?"
"Got it," I said as we hung up. Shaking my head, I went back to rejoin Sam."That was Tuck," I told him, dragging him out of his thoughts. "He wants us to meet him down at the cyber café."
"Got it," Sam sighed as she stood. "Just don't force me to watch him consume another small farm."
"Deal," I laughed. The stark difference between Tucker and Sam made them all the more fun to be around. They bickered like cats and dogs, but it was obvious they were good friends all the same.
I frowned a little in thought as we walked down the halls in silence, wondering what had my opinionated roomie so quiet around me all of a sudden. I didn't have to ask, though. Sam beat me to the punch.
"So, Danny," He said in a casual tone, "I heard you took a date to the Masquerade after all." I blushed slightly, thinking about how ironic it was to be talking to Sam about Sam.
"Ah, sort of," I said carefully, a little uncomfortable. After all, who talks about stuff like this?
"Was it the girl from the drawing?" …Obviously Sam.
"Yeah," I frowned a little, and before I could stop myself, the confession fell from my lips, "Jazz is still mad at me for that," Sam flinched for some reason, but I was too busy hoping that he had a way for me to make things up to Jazz to notice.
"She's mad at you for liking a girl?" Sam asked, looking skeptical.
"She is when me liking anybody means they're in constant danger," I told him dryly.
"Danger of what?" Sam sounded a little annoyed now. He probably had a right to be, everything considered…
"Vlad, for one," I told him, figuring that the partial truth was better then blatant lies. "I don't even want to think of how he'd try to use anyone he thinks could be my weakness. He already tried with Jazz and Tucker, and I don't want him to hurt Sam." I raise and eyebrow when I saw Sam blush. What was he getting flustered about all of a sudden?
"Well, that doesn't sound as bad as it could be." He said.
"Trust me, it's worse," I told him honestly. He didn't know about Vlad's ghost powers, or the army of ghosts at his beck and call, after all… "Then there's the ghost thing…" Sam stopped a little at that.
"Ghost thing?" He repeated, "What ghost thing?" I felt my heart stop when I realized my slip.
'…Aw, crap.'
"Nothing," I said, at once, hurrying in hopes of escaping the subject. No luck, though. Sam just sped up too…
"It must be something, or it wouldn't be a problem." He said before his eyes narrowed suspiciously, "Wait, does this have anything to do with all those weapons in your room?" I mentally winced at the question. He just had to remember that…
"Those are just keepsakes," I said, keeping with Jazz's story, "What makes you think I'd even know how to use them?"
"The fact that both your parents are ghost hunters," Sam said with a glare, not dropping the subject. I was about to think of some excuse with my ghost sense went off. I felt my blood run cold when I realized Sam would be able to see it in this lighting, and hastily covered my mouth so he wouldn't.
"I've gotta go," I said as soon as the feeling passed, dashing away to find a place to go ghost.
'I seriously think the ghosts really are doing this on purpose…' I though bitterly as I ducking into a janitor's closet.
"Goin' Ghost!" I shouted, this time making the halos go vertical instead of horizontal. It saved time that way, and I didn't want to leave Sam alone with a ghost again…
Slipping through the door with my intangibility, I flew back to where I'd left my roommate, silent and invisible. I bit back a groan when I saw it was Ember again. She would be the one to attack today…
"Yeah right," I heard her snort at whatever Sam had said. "I just saw you talking to him!" I cringed at that.
'Crap!' I thought desperately, 'Maybe he won't make the connection…'
"Wait, you mean Danny?" Sam asked, brightening slightly with curiosity. "What do you want with Danny?"
'Okay, time to end this.' Flying up a little, I turned visible again in one of Ember's blind spots, powering up an ectoblast.
"Because he's the loser who- OOF!" I shot my blast as hard as I could before she finished what probably would've been something that ended with Sam finding out about the whole Fenton/Phantom thing.
With Ember now somewhere in the English Hall, I flew down to where Sam stood, startling him a bit.
"You might want to get out of here," I told him, "Ember's no joke, so this could get ugly."
"But I-!" I didn't listen to him as I left to chase Ember down before she could cause any more damage. She tended to be the most quick-tempered and destructive ghost, though Technus was up there too, and even the Box Ghost could to do a lot of property damage.
'Of course most of the damage he does is unintentional' I added dryly in my head. Shaking these thoughts away, I flew through another wall, preparing myself for the difficult fight ahead of me…
"Didn't you mom ever teach you any manners, Dipstick?" Ember growled as she glowered at me.
"This coming from the girl who puts people under spells so she can try and take over the world," I said dryly.
"Aw, what's the matter?" Ember cooed mockingly, "Mad that the other half ghost ruined your big date?"
"You know about that?" I asked, jerking back in surprise.
"Everyone knows about it, Kid," Ember rolled her eyes. "There are bets going around about how long his one will last. It doesn't look too promising for you so far, kid."
'So nice to know that my enemies take such a big interest in my personal life,' I thought sarcastically. Was a little privacy too much to ask for?
"As great as all of this is to know," I called out to the pop star, "Can we get back to business here?"
"Well, if you're really in that much of a hurry for me to kick your butt…" Ember said with a smirk before hitting the destructive note on her guitar.
It hit before I could move, taking out me and half the wall behind me. I shook off my daze from the blow and shot at Ember with an ectoblast that she dodged easily.
"That the best you can do, Dipstick?" Ember taunted.
"Nope," I said, making a sweeping motion with my hand. The stray ectoblast stopped and started back in the direction it'd come from, nailing Ember in the back while she was off-guard which earned a yell of shock and pain from the ghost. "That is."
Ember only stayed down for a few seconds before blue flames erupted everywhere, which was usually a good sign that Ember wasn't happy. I frowned, knowing that Ember's reckless abandon of any and all care for property and personal life would only increase with her temper.
'Better get outta here before some student gets hurt,' I decided, flying up and away. Ember shot up after me, her pace steady and fast as the blue flames of her hair streaked behind her like some kind of comet.
About ten minutes and five destructive notes later, I managed to get Ember to a fairly secluded place where she could try to kill me in peace.
Key word there being 'try.'
"What's with the frontal all of a sudden, anyways?" I asked her as I dodged a blast, taking aim hand hitting her in the back before se could try again. "Usually, you're one of the sneaky ones."
"I wanted to see if all that junk about your new crush was true," Ember replied in an overly sweet voice, "But since she wasn't working today, I decided to kick your butt before you hunted me down."
"Gee, thanks," I said sarcastically. Inside though, I was a little worried. The ghosts were starting to go after Sam? After just one date? I made a mental note to add the Pharmacy onto my patrol list, and to put some of the ghost alarms Mom made on the building. Those would tell me if a ghost got in, even if it was through phasing in.
"Anyways, it's time to say bye-bye, ghost boy!" Ember said with a smirk, preparing to strike her guitar again. I tensed, ready to dodge wishing there was a way to counter the destructive note with my own…
'Oh, duh!' I realized, 'I am SUCH an idiot!' I relaxed and let Ember hit the note, waiting for just the right timing to let loose a ghostly wail.
"What the-?" Ember gasped as the attacks clashed. Both of our eyes widened as the two attacked made some freaky blue and pink ball of energy that blew up, sending us both flying in a brilliant white explosion. I only barely noticed I'd changed back into a human somewhere mid-fall before I hit the ground painfully.
'Okay, maybe that wasn't my best idea…' I thought blankly before blacking out.
"…Hey, are you okay? Hey!"
Groaning, I opened my eyes, blinking blearily up at unfamiliar blue eyes framed by long black hair. The girl who was leaning over me with a concerned look on her face was pretty. Actually she looked vaguely like Sam, with the only major differenced being the hair length eye color and the fact that this girl was in a Wendy uniform, which was a shade of pink Sam wouldn't be caught dead in.
"Wha…?" I moaned out, sitting up. The girl put a hand on my back to help me.
"Should I call an ambulance?" She asked, "My friends already went ahead to get some help…"
"No," I said automatically, "Thanks, but I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" The girl pressed, frowning around us, "It looks like a bomb when off here…"
'Close enough,' I thought dryly.
"I'm sure," I said, starting to stand. "Thanks, but I better-!"
Shooting pain cut me off, and I flinched and grabbed the girl's shoulder to steady myself as black dots swam in my vision.
"I'm calling an ambulance," The girl said, reaching for her purse.
"No!" I grabbed her hand, "Please, the last thing I need right now it to go to the hospital…" The girl studied me curiously for a second before she gasped, her eyes widening in recognition.
"You're Danny Fenton!" She exclaimed. I blinked.
"How did you- Aw, hell…" The press conference. This girl knew I was Vlad's heir.
'Crap…'
"I won't call an ambulance," the girl promised, "But only if you let me help you back to your home. You need some kind of help…"
"Deal," I agreed. It wasn't what I wanted, but it was better then nothing. I got to my feet, a little shaky but I didn't all this time thankfully. "Ah, thanks again… um…" I winced, realizing I'd never asked her name.
"Oh, it's no problem Danny," She assured me sweetly, "And by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Megan,"
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