The next day the team was standing outside while principle Ishiyama opened the doors leading them to the gym where there was an obstacle course set up "when was this put up?" Danny asked looking at the large structures that weren't there yesterday in class.
"I asked axion to build a device as a donation for the student's education it sets up nine different courses and collapses down to a box that can be stored easily" Ishiyama proudly said moving towards the control station.
"How much would this cost tuck?" Danny whispered to his techno wiz friend
Tucker thought for a moment "a lot I don't know if Sam or Mr. King could afford it"
Danny blushed his eyes darting towards Ishiyama who was too far to hear the tech geek "shut up I don't need our principle hearing that I'm M.S. King"
Sam snickered "what don't want anyone to know that your arts the biggest thing in town since Ember?"
"You're the one who convinced me to do it Sam" Danny replied.
"And you're the one whose too prideful to let us help you" Sam countered, the teens enthralled in their discussion didn't notice Ishiyama until she was right up next to them.
"Ahem" she said getting their attention they spun and faced her "good now that I have your attention again we can start"
"Start what ma'am?" Jazz asked.
"Training!" Ishiyama smirked "our dear Mr. Fenton and Foley here are barely passing gym, so I figured let's raise their grade while here"
"Fine" Danny and Tucker sighed while Jazz gave them a sad smile and Sam smirked at them.
"First up is Ms. Manson"
"Sam" Sam corrected "I dislike being addressed so formally"
"Okay then Saman…"
"Just Sam" She cut off.
Tucker chuckled "Sam hates being called that almost as much as Danny hates his name being shortened" Danny and Sam shared a look and punched Tucker at the same time. "Ow!" he cried rubbing both arms.
"Oh?" Ishiyama said surprised "and why's that?"
"I just do" Danny grumbled walking past "let's get this over with"
"alright then," Ishiyama clapped her hands "first up is Sam"
Sam walked over to the starting point and a countdown started she rushed through the gate the second it said to start.
"Go Sam!" Tucker yelled from his spot as she jumped over an obstacle with ease within moments she was a third the way through the course.
"Interesting" Ishiyama muttered her eyes watching Sam as she traveled through the course with ease running through the exit the timer stopped "excellent work Sam just what I expected of you next up is Jasmine"
"Just Jazz is fine" the perky redhead offered taking her place at the start.
The buzzer went off and Jazz took off into the depth of the course handling it with almost as much ease as Sam she slid through the final obstacle through the exit breathing slightly heavy "that was a good workout" she said giving Ishiyama a smile.
Ishiyama returned the smile "I'm glad you enjoyed it next up is Tucker"
Tucker gulped taking his place dashing through the entrance he raced through the exit a few minutes later looking exhausted. "Your turn dude" he panted handing the sensor off to Danny.
Ishiyama watched Tucker for a few moments before turning to the screen.
Danny took his place looking nervous.
"hold on Daniel" Ishiyama stopped him before he could go "this has to be properly secured or it could fall off" she said adjusting the strap more snugly.
"Thanks" Danny said rubbing the back of his head.
Danny got into position again before taking off into the course a few minutes later Danny ran out panting heavily "done" he wheezed.
Ishiyama looked at the screen before looking back up at the four "you four must take me as a fool" she sighed.
"Wh… what are you talking about ma'am?" Jazz stammered "there's no way we would think that about you…"
Ishiyama held her hand up "Jasmine there's no need to try and fool me your results speak for themselves" she tapped the device a few times and the jumbotron showed their results with Sam and Jazz under four minutes while Tucker and Danny took 8 and 10 respectively.
"Huh I thought it would be better" Tucker commented.
"This is not funny Mr. Foley" Ishiyama barked "while I can understand being lied to most of human society is built upon them I dislike being lied to so flimsily both you and Mr. Fenton we're not even trying in your run and I have doubts that Ms. Manson and Ms. Fenton were trying their hardest as well"
"I don't know what you're talking about ma'am we did our best" Danny said his voice quivering
"Mr. Fenton if that was your best I would hate to see your worst especially since none of your heart rates went up much, Ms. Fenton's being the only one that did and only by a small amount no more than a person going for a light run"
She walked in front of them "as I said when we started I am not going to push you on your secrets, I will trust you that you're not doing something bad, but I would like to be treated the same courtesy and be able to see you give it your all, I want you four to succeed in life."
Danny looked at the others and opened his mouth to speak when a cold breath of air rushed out of his mouth making him gasp.
"What was that?"
"Nothing" Danny said looking around "can I go to the bathroom?"
The ghost alert system started up sounding an alarm.
"I'm afraid not Mr. Fenton"
"Please" Danny more forcefully asked his voice strained ever so slightly.
"No now we'll stay put until the ghost is taken care of"
Danny turned towards Tucker "who is it?" Tucker quickly whipped his pda out typing as fast as he could.
"Shit" he muttered looking up "Fright Knight"
"Principal Ishiyama you have to let me go!" Danny exclaimed looking towards the windows near the top of the room at the darkened sky.
"Daniel I can't just let you leave especially if there's a ghost attack" Ishiyama told him trying to calm him down
The teens were starting to panic "I'll do the stupid course in the fastest time I'll do whatever you want I just need to go" Danny was beginning to pace a sign to his friends that he was really panicking.
Ishiyama had never seen the teens acting like this or heard from any of the other teachers of this kind of behavior from them "I… I'm sorry Daniel but that's protocol..."
"Principal Ishiyama please just let him go, he'll be back" Sam worriedly said
"We promise that we'll stay here" Tucker added
"I can't let him out…" Ishiyama started
"Ma'am!" Jazz said cutting her off "I understand the protocols but right now Danny needs to leave if you don't let him go you're causing more damage than good"
Ishiyama bit her lip "fine but I need some answers when you get back" she relented. Danny took off like a bullet running so fast Ishiyama thought he was flying.
Turning back to the other teens she saw them gathered around Tucker's pda which was currently playing the news Ishiyama walked over and watched as Danny phantom speed up to the ghostly knight "knight!" he yelled getting its attention.
"Phantom good to see you've joined us" fight knight taunted
Danny growled "I'm not in the mood why don't we just cut the witty banter and skip to the point where i beat you to a pulp"
Fright knight was stunned by Danny's shortness "is there something wrong phantom?" most of the ghosts know that Danny wouldn't always banter but he wouldn't flat out threaten them normally.
"Just peachy, now are we going to do this or are you going to go back on your own" Danny growled energy building in his hands glowing brightly.
"If you're sure… then have at you!"
fright knight attacked swinging his sword at Danny's head, Danny ducked firing a blast in return. The battle continued for a while longer Danny taking more wounds than fight knight, the two split apart after a large clash "you are not yourself phantom"
"What're you talking about" Danny growled panting slightly.
"You're angrier than normal and are showing minor signs of your obsession being threatened" fright knight noted his eyes narrowed he shook his head sighing "this isn't worth the time to do, I shall return when you're more fit to be a challenge" fright knight got back on his horse and flew towards Fenton works leaving a stunned Danny floating there.
Coughing awkwardly Danny rubbed his head before turning and flying back to Casper high.
Arriving back at the gym Danny saw Ishiyama looking at him oddly "do you still want us to do the course again?"
Ishiyama shook herself and looked at the group again "yes and this time I want to see the best you can offer" she said giving a smile.
Sam went first again emerging with two and a half minutes as her time, Tucker went next bringing his time to just over three minutes, Jazz had three and a quarter and finally it was Danny's turn, Danny took some a few deep breaths standing at the starting point "ready whenever you are Danny remember I want your best" Ishiyama said calmly, Danny nodded and dashed into the course quickly emerging in a minute and a quarter breaking Sam's time and throwing his old one far behind him.
Ishiyama looked at her tablet and glanced up at him again "while I don't know why you two act like your unfit I did promise I won't pry into it I appreciate that you did not try to trick me again" she told the teens.
"What's next?" Tucker asked ready to do more, Sam glanced at him and chuckled "what?" Tucker asked crossing his arms.
Sam held her hands up still laughing slightly "nothing it's just I remember when you would complain about being made to exercise"
"Well that was the past, I realize that this will help in the long run and I honestly feel better than when we started high school"
Sam crossed her arms her face smug with victory "glad to see…"
"That and I have a larger appetite, so I can eat more meat!" Tucker added cutting Sam off.
Sam glowered for a moment before starting to rant at Tucker why he should eat less meat and more vegetables and fruits.
Danny watched the two argue a faint grin on his lips "do they always argue like this?" Ishiyama asked walking over to him.
Danny nodded "yeah but this is a relatively tame one, they'll stop once we're given something to do"
Ishiyama nodded quickly announcing the next part of the day this continued until one thirty when the team was free to go.
hope everyone likes the nod i'm giving to the four things in this chapter 1 the writers of the show and their naming sense, 2 stephen king (if you don't know who he is i'm Disappointed), 3 mary shelly (author of frankenstein) and 4 m.r. james (author of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, and Collected Ghost Stories)