"Wow…we're actually going to be on that?!" Danny exclaimed.
Everyone was standing in front of the ship in awe. Crowds of people were gathered in front of the ship, waiting to board it. Meanwhile, Larry and Barry tried their best to load all the luggage bags off the bus, which was hard because both of them were stick figures. Hui Hua tried to help out, unfortunately almost being crushed by one of the luggage bags.
Sky, being her angel of light, rolled her eyes at how naive her friend was and helped unload the luggage. Dixon tried his best to keep his incredibly hyperactive imaginary friend under control.
"CUBBY, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND STILL FOR AT LEAST ONE SECOND?!" Dixon exclaimed, Cubby just blurted out some random gibberish. "I know, you had too much bamboo juice, but could you at least try to be like all the other red pandas and HOLD STILL?!"
As June and Jake long tried to help Dixon get cubby under control. Tiffany sadly sat down on one of the luggage bags and looked into the distance. She promised her friends that she would have fun along with them, but it really wasn't easy to ignore the situation she had just gone through. Her father had called her a 'stupid, selfish brat who didn't care about her family, but only about herself'.
That wasn't true. Tiffany had been taking care of her family most of her life. She made sure that her mum ran her company with few problems. She made sure that her younger brother had passed most of his tests and avoided grounding. Believe it or not, the whole family despised her father and wanted him out of the house. She was the one who convinced them to let him stay and dispose of the divorce papers.
The worst thing was that her father knew that, and still had the heart to say those cruel sentences about her.
Tiffany hid the buckets of tears that were about to stream down her face. Danny, finally making sure that Cubby had calmed down enough for June and Jake Long to catch him, turned over to Tiffany. She looked miserable. For the whole period that Danny had known her, she was always hyperactive, random and unnaturally happy. As one of Tiffany's best friends and most beloved cartoon characters, seeing her like this was heartbreaking.
Danny wasn't the first to reach her side, actually, Jake was. His cool blue eyes were full of worry now, and he couldn't seem to have fun without her until his friend was ok.
"Hey." He greeted as he floated beside her.
"Hi." She muttered softly.
"Forget about it, you know for a fact that whatever your dad said was wrong." Jake told her. "You aren't selfish, you aren't a brat. You're an awesome girl."
"He's right. That guy is an idiot for saying those things." Danny told him.
"Danny, chill. That 'idiot' is still her father." Jake hissed.
"No, Danny's right. He's an idiot. And for all I care, my parents could just sign those stupid divorce papers. I want him out of my life forever, and I'm going to make sure that he'll be gone once I get home." Tiffany told Danny and Jake, who just looked at her in shock. Apparently this 14 year old had no clue how divorce could affect people.
"Tif, you know that divorce…" Jake started, before he heard a horn honk behind him. Everyone turned around to see a black 1995 Chevy Monte Carlo Z34 pull up behind them. A dark figure then emerged out of the car. Everyone looked at the man in surprise and confusion. The man in question had messy dirty blonde hair and piercing light blue eyes. He had a small silver hoop earring in his left ear, a gold chained necklace with a small gold cross on it and a home-made looking necklace on black thread that had a pewter skull on it. He wore a black T-shirt with a light blue dragon on the front that said "Fear me" in bold light blue Gothic letters under the dragon, black designer jeans with light blue stitching, a light blue hoodie tied around his waist with the sleeves, and black combat boots. All in all, he looked like a 15 year old Goth and seemed too young to drive. (A/N here's GothicChevy)
"Hey, does anybody know where..." The guy said, and then he took one look at the gang's surprised faces. "Oh great, another group of kids. I actually thought that you were tour guides...oh well," sarcasm just dripping off his voice.
"Wait, wait, wait a second...aren't you about our age as well?" Danny asked the guy.
"Dude, seriously, you're totally 15." Jake told the guy.
"I'm not 15! You know how annoying it is, especially when someone pulls you out of your own car and asks you for your I.D. I'm 18! Jeez..." The stranger ranted.
"So he says..."
"What was that?" June asked. Everyone looked around for the source of the voice. The man shot the car a dirty look that, if looks could kill, would've reduced the black coupe to scrap metal.
"What was what?"
"That! See, there it is again!" Tiffany's eyes shot open, she then turned to the guy. "There was a voice, didn't you hear it?"
"Well, duh? I made it?"
Tiffany looked at the man, who just gave her a mysterious smirk. She then turned to the car, which just stood there, not moving at all.
"It's just my car, ignore it." The man told her.
"Um...your car?" Hui Hua asked the man.
"Yeah, his car."
Tiffany then turned her head towards the car. She could've sworn that she heard that voice. And it was coming from that Chevy.
"Little girl, are you going to stare at my car all day?" The guy asked.
"Oh, um...sorry...Mr..." Tiffany muttered nervously.
"Tom, just call me Tom." The man smiled. Suddenly, his car gave out a loud engine rev. "Oh right, and this is my Chevy, Shadow."
"He names his cars..." Sky turned to Cubby.
"And you guys think that I'm weird?" Cubby asked.
Suddenly, the crowds all started to board the ship. Larry and Barry tried their best to lug the bags over to the group, both of them sadly failed. Sky and Jake then took a few luggage bags each and carried them over to everybody else.
"Dude, our cruise has officially begun. Now let's…well, cruise." Jake Long told everyone else, rushing up to the crowd and trying to board the ship along with the rest of the crowd.
"I BET THERE'S BAMBOO JUICE ON THAT SHIP! WHEE, BAMBOOS!" Cubby exclaimed, rushing after Jake.
"SDFGJKLLWOPOIR!" Larry blabbered and ran after Cubby, with Barry trailing behind him.
"You heard them, let's go have fun." Danny said. June then walked off with him towards the crowds.
"You know what, I have a shortcut. Hop in guys." Tom told Hui Hua, Dixon, Jake and Tiffany.
"Wait, are you sure we want to enter a 'talking car' with a total stranger?" Hui Hua asked, standing in the way of all her friends. Suddenly, the car let out a large honk and squeezed past the front seat into the back seat of Tom's Chevy. It was cramped in the 2 door muscle car.
"Spare me. If I wanted to hurt you, it would've been done already and you'd be six feet under," Tom muttered in a tone that said mess-with-me-and-you'll-pay with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"This is so cool!" Dixon exclaimed, reaching out to touch a button. Tom slapped his hand away.
"Don't touch anything." He warned as the Chevy made its way through the crowds, revving its powerful V6 engine at anyone stupid enough not to move, and onto the ship before the rest of the gang did.
"Trust me. You wouldn't want to touch that button anyway." The voice came again. Everyone looked around, shrugged, and went back to looking out of the tinted windows of the car. Everyone got out and looked around the ship.
"Tif, don't worry, you'll have fun. I'll make sure you do." Jake told his friend.
"Sure…I'll be ok." Tiffany said weakly.
Meanwhile, Danny and June had watched the Chevy already reach the top of the ship. They were still stuck in the crowd. June smirked.
"See? I told you it'd be faster to fly." She teased.
Danny just rolled his eyes. "So do you think it was a good idea for them to go with that guy? He gave me a creepy vibe. Ya-know, like he's hiding something?"
"Danny Fenton, you think too much." June told her friend. "Now come on, Cubby's probably going to go nuts again and without us around, Dixon's gonna lose control."
Danny laughed softly as they still made their way to the ship. But for the record – Danny didn't know how right he was about Tom.