A/N: So sorry I haven't up-dated in like...the longest, but here's your chapter! Please don't pound me!
"Nothing," all three teens chorused at the same time. Timmy walked towards them and stood next to Tucker.
"I should probably start heading home now," Sam said suddenly, getting off the branch. "I snuck out since my mom wanted to take me shopping today." She shrugged and began to climbed down the tree. She wasn't too high up anyway. "I guess I'll have to see you guys another time. Bye."
Danny jumped off from where he'd been sitting and stopped. "We could walk you there," he suggested. "It's on the way to my house."
"And mine," Timmy added.
"Do you mind walking home alone, Tucker?" Danny asked.
"Of course not," Tucker said with a sly grin. Danny didn't know why he was grinning, but he had a feeling it only meant bad news for him. "You guys go ahead and walk Sam home. Be nice, now; and don't fight." With that said, Tucker left the trio of friends and semi-friends with some short, echoing laughter.
"I hate it when he talks like that," Danny murmured.
"No kidding," Sam said. "Well, let's go then."
The three walked out of the woods where they'd been and began to wlak in the direction of Sam, Danny, and Timmy's houses.
At first the walk was silent. Then, Sam broke the silence by saying, "So, Timmy, do you know where your new school is gonna be?"
"Actually, no," Timmy said truthfully.
"Do you know where it is?"
""No..."
"This is a problem," Sam said.
"Why?" Danny and Timmy chorused.
"Because, he needs to start school quickly. You know how fast Casper Middle likes to speed up the lesson. He could be missing a lot of stuff if he doesn't get enrolled fast enough," Sam said.
Danny sighed. She was right. They'd both gone to that school. If you were absent even one day during a lesson, the teachers didn't care and moved right along. Why do you think Danny gets C's?
"Maybe I can show you around tomorrow," Sam offered.
"Really?" Timmy asked. Sam nodded.
"You wanna come with, Danny?" she asked then.
"Tomorrow's my chore day. I won't be able to go..." Danny replied.
"Oh, that's a shame," Sam said.
"No kidding, but you guys go ahead," Danny said.
"Okay, then I guess it'll just be you and me, Timmy." Timmy smiled almost triumphantly. The battle between rivals - him and Danny - had just begun.
A day later. Monday. Second period. Casper Middle.
Timmy sat in his chair. It was the middle of his second period class English, and he was so bored! The two stick figures of Cosmo and Wanda were on his notebook. Then, an idea crossed Timmy's mind. He smiled inwardly and raised his hand. The teacher turned around and said, "Yes, Timmy?"
"May I go to the restroom?" he asked solemnly.
"Go ahead," the teacher said. Timmy stood and took his stuff with him. No one asked why and the teacher didn't notice anyway. He walked out the classroom and into the hall way. He made sure no one was around and then his fairies appeared in front of him.
"I know that look," Wanda said. "What's on your mind, Timmy?"
"It's boring here," Timmy said. "I wish I was at Sam's school!"
His fairy frowned, but with Cosmo granted his wish. POOF! Timmy found himself standing in a similar hall from before. He looked around. The place did look a little different...
"Get off me!" a male voice sounded. Immediately Timmy knew who it was. It was coming from the next hallway to his right. Peeking around the corner he looked on in awe. Danny was in his ghost fighting mode. He was fighting a ghost Timmy had never seen before. This guy was big and bulky, mechanical looking. He had a glint in his glowing green eyes that made Timmy flinched. He was currently holding Danny by the neck, Danny trying to break free of his hold.
"I'll have your pelt on my floor yet, whelp!" the ghost cried. Timmy mouthed out the word 'eww' and continued watching.
"Not...if I can help it!" Danny shouted and finally managed to kick the guy off. The ghost flew into the other wall with a loud thud. From one side, someone opened a door, then scurried back inside his classroom screaming. Timmy grinned. "You really know how to ruin my day, Skulker," Danny said, taking what looked like a thermos from a strap going across his chest and uncapping it. Skulker tried to get up and escape, but to no avail. Danny then pressed a green button on the thermos and a white-blue vortex of light spun out, capturing Skulker.
Yells of fury were heard, then zip as Danny capped the thermos again. The teen sighed and was about to fly off, when Timmy said, "Nice job beating up that ghost!"
Danny whirled around and looked upon the grinning boy. "Timmy what are you doing here?" he asked. The last thing he wanted was to see him there.
"Didn't come to see you, where's Sam?" Timmy asked.
"In class," Danny said. "That's where you should be too."
"It's boring there," Timmy said. "Besides, the teachers don't even pay attention to me. They won't even know I'm gone since I'm not exactly enrolled yet."
"Yeah, well you won't last a day here," Danny said.
"Have you seen my old school?" Timmy asked.
"A bunch of little kids. No big deal. These are teenagers," Danny said. "You think they're gonna care? When the bell rings, they're gonna pile in here and start knocking you around without even noticing."
"I'd be able to take them if I were a teenager," Timmy said, getting an idea in his head."
"You'll have to wait a few more years," Danny said. "You're still just a kid."
"Well you have no idea what being a kid is like," Timmy said.
"The oldest excuse in the book," Danny responded, using what his mom had told him when he said almost the exact same thing. "I was a kid your age a few years ago. I can still remember. And being me is no way easier than what you have to go through."
"Your life is probably easier than mine," Timmy shot back.
"You wouldn't last more than ten minutes in my shoes," Danny retorted.
"Let's just see abut that!" Timmy said, now infuriated. He really thought he could survive a day in his shoes? Well he had another thing coming. Without really thinking, Timmy shouted at the teen, "I wish Danny and I could trade places until one admits defeat!"
"Timmy, no!" his fairies sounded.
"What?" Danny asked, totally shocked and astounded. Wish? Who were those voices? What's going on!.?
E/N: Thanks for reading 'til the end! Nice cliffie, huh?
--Airamé Phantom
