Chapter 2
"Stop theif!"
Danny Fenton skidded to a stop as he reached the end of a rooftop, he almost dropped the piece of bread he was holding. He had a white, torn up t-shirt with a red oval in the middle and blue, baggy jeans with patches on them, he turned his head around, his black hair getting in his blue eyes.
"I'll have your hands for a trophy street rat!" Skulker exclaimed as he neared Danny, he pulled out a sword.
"All this for a loaf of bread?" Danny exclaimed, he got ready to jump off the roof, he hesitated. "Wait, did he say my hands? Normally it would be my head..."
Suddenly he tripped and he went flying towards the ground. He landed on two ropes strung across a building, he crashed into a window and started to head towards the ground again, as he collected pieces of clothing hung on ropes as he hit the ground, the bread almost dropped, but he caught it, he chuckled, satisfied.
"There he is!" Danny heard a voice, it sounded like a cluster minion, he looked up to see the guards shaking their fists at him.
"You won't get away so easy!" Another minion called.
"You think that was easy?!" Danny exclaimed in surprise, watching nearby, 3 16 year old teenage girls began laughing softly. Danny smiled sheepishly at them.
"You two, over that way and you with me. We'll find him." Skulker ordered the guards as they spilt up. Danny thought fast and drew a tablecloth over himself and walked towards the girls.
"How'd they get down so fast?" Danny wondered. "Morning girls."
"Getting into trouble a little early today, aren't we Danny?" Sam asked Danny. She one of the girls, she had red hair and green eyes.
"Trouble? No way – you're only in trouble if you get caught." Danny smiled, suddenly, he was face to face with Skulker, who had grasped his collar.
"Gotcha." Skulker said, victoriously.
"I'm in trouble." Danny said, nervously.
"And this time..." Before he could say anything, he short circuited and hurled towards the ground, on top of his head was Jake Spidermonkey.
"Perfect timing Jake, as usual." Danny smiled at his friend.
"Well, you did agree that you wouldn't yell at me for scratching my butt in public anymore." Jake told Danny.
"Whatever." Danny rolled his eyes, feeling disgusted. "Come on, let's get out of here."
Danny:
Gotta Keep one jump ahead of the breadline
one swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can't afford.
"That's everything." Danny whispered to Jake.
"Yeah, and i'm the one who blinds them." Jake told him, pointing to his butt.
One jump ahead of the lawmen,
that's all and that's no joke.
Danny climbed up to a high tower of barrels and looked down, disapprovingly at the soldiers.
These guys don't appreciate i'm broke.
"Whoops." Danny said innocently as he kicked down a barrel and made it knock the guards down like bowling pins. He jumped onto a nearby platform.
Cluster minions:
Riffraff! Streetrat!
Scoundrel, take that!
A bunch of fruit flew at Danny, he dodged it with no problem. He waved the bread around.
Danny:
Just a little snack guys.
He hid behind a pole to dodge the knives that were thrown at him.
"Now where did that come from?" Jake asked him, hiding behind the pole as well.Suddenly, the platform began shaking, Danny looked down to see the guards shaking it.
Cluster minions:
Rip him open, take it back guys.
Danny covered his eyes with his free end and jumped off the platform.
Danny:
Gotta take a hint, gotta face the facts,
Hey Jake, you're my only friend
"Really?" Jake asked Danny. "Maan, you must be lonely." Danny looked inside the room to see Star, Paullina and Jazz all freshening up.
Girls:
Oh it's sad that Danny's hit the bottom
he's become a one man rise in crime.
Jake began stuffing his cheeks with fruit until he looked like a chipmunk-monkey thing... Danny then ran into the Lunch Lady who began swinging a broom at him.
Lunch Lady:
I'd blame parents,
except he hasn't got them.
Danny frowned at her before heading towards the window.
Danny:
Gotta eat to live,
gotta steal to live
tell you all about it when I got the time.
Danny and Jake hid behind a cardboard cutout of the Crimson Chin.
One jump ahead of the slowpokes,
one skip ahead of my doom.
Suddenly, the cutout fell over and they were revealed.
Next time I think i'll use non-deplume.
Danny and Jake ran through a flock of sheep, the guards ran after them, throwing sheep in the sky randomly.
One jump ahead of the lawmen,
one hit ahead of the flock.
I think i'll take a stroll around the block.
Danny and the guards hopped over a man on a bed of nails. Unfortunately, one guard jumped on him...ouch.
Guards:
Stop theif!
Vandal!
Outrage!
Scandal!
Danny and Jake got backed up towards a doorway.
Danny:
Let's not be too hasty.
The door opened and Grandma Manson came out and hugged Danny tightly.
Grandma:
Still, I think he's rather tasty.
Danny was about to vomit as he escaped her grasp.
Danny：
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to it
otherwise, we'd get along!
Guards:
WRONG!
The guards all piled on Danny, but he got away, the guards then all raced after him. Danny and Jake ran past a sword-eater, Jake paused and grabbed a sword out of his mouth and waved it like a maniac in front of the guards.
"He's a monkey!" The guards cried out in terror.
"You idiots – you're all monkeys!" Skulker said, irritated. The guards all raised their swords in the air.
"And I thought that would have worked..." Jake said, putting the sword down and running away.
Danny: One jump ahead of the hoofbeats
Guards: Vandal!
Danny: One hop ahead of the hump
Guards: Street rat!
Danny: One trick ahead of disaster!
Guards: Scoundrel!
Danny: They're quick, but I'm much faster.
Guards: Take that!
Danny ran up to a room and grabbed a carpet and waved it in front of the guards.
Danny:
Here goes, better throw my hand in,
wish me happy landing,
all I have to do is jump!
"WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" Jake exclaimed, but then noticed they were flying. "Oh...heh, nevermind."
The guards on the other hand, couldn't fly, so they just landed in a pile of horse manure.
Danny and Jake landed on the ground, while using the carpet as a parachute. They Hi-5ed each other once they reached the ground.
"And now, my esteemed effendi, we feast! All right!" Danny exclaimed, splitting the bread in half and giving one piece to Jake.
"Yes! My half's bigger!" Jake cheered, Danny just rolled his eyes.
Danny was about to take a bite out of his before he saw a heartbreaking sight, Billy and Mandy were rummaging through the trash for food. Danny looked at his piece and then at Jake.
"Don't look at me." Jake said, taking a bite out of his bread. Danny sighed as he got up and walked towards the kids, he held out his bread.
"Here, go on, take it." Danny said, smiling as friendly as he could.
"Did you dip it in toxic waste?" Mandy asked Danny, Danny shook his head.
"In that case, eat up Mandy!" Billy grabbed the bread and started eating the bread.
"Um...thanks." Mandy admitted.
"No problem." Danny said as he walked off, Jake looked at his bread like it as something disgusting. He stood up and handed the bread to the kids.
"Here you go, no need to thank me." Jake said.
"WOW! A MONKEY!" Billy exclaimed as he tried to hug Jake, Jake just screamed and ran towards Danny as fast as he could, suddenly, they heard a fanfare. Danny and Jake walked out into the street, where a huge crowd formed. On a horse, in royal Arabic attire was a kid with blonde hair and blue eyes, he was Dash.
"On his way to the palace, I suppose." Clockwork said.
"Another suitor for the princess." Frostbite groaned.
"He won't last for a day." Clockwork told him. Frostbite nodded in agreement.
Danny suddenly felt a brush on his leg, before he knew it Billy was running crazily on the street, he looked at Mandy.
"Aren't you going after him?" Danny asked her.
"Ehh...he'll live." Mandy shrugged, Danny ran on the street after the boy anyway.
"Out of my way, you filthy brat!" Dash exclaimed, holding up his whip and got ready to hit Billy.
"Hey look, it's a snake!" Billy exclaimed.
"Hey! If I were as rich as you, I could buy some manners!" Danny shouted, throwing Dash's whip in his face.
"Oh yeah? I'll teach you some manners." Dash shouted, pushing Danny and Jake into the mud, the crowd around him laughed.
"Hey, look at that, Jake, it's not everyday I see a horse with two rear ends." Danny said, Jake laughed hysterically while the crowed gasped in shock.
"You are a worthless street rat." Dash spat. "You were born a street rat and you will die a street rat and only your fleas will mourn you." Danny stood up angrily as he headed towards the palace door, before it slammed in his face.
"I'm not worthless." Danny said, angrily. "And I don't have fleas." Danny started scratching his head, he then realized what he was doing and stopped, he sighed. "Come on Jake, let's go home."
"You're not expecting me to wash your hair, are you?" Jake said, trying to make Danny laugh, Danny just looked at him with a sad expression and walked away. Jake sighed. "Nevermind."
Danny kept walking and he looked sadly into the distance.
Danny:
Riffraff, streetrat,
I don't buy that,
if only they looked closer,
would they see a poor boy? Nosiree.
They'd find out there's so much more to me.
Danny walked into his home and watched Jake tuck himself in and fall asleep instantly, he looked out of a big hole in the wall, which he took as a window and looked at the gigantic castle.
"Someday, Jake, things are going to change." Danny told a sleeping Jake. "We'll be rich, live in a palace and never have any problems at all."
Little did he know, things were going to change.