Sam returned a bit later carrying a box. She handed it to Danny, who opened it.
"What's all this for?" asked Danny as he pulled out a trench coat, a hat, some boots and gloves, and some sunglasses.
"You need to put those on just in case any other catlike parts start showing," she pointed out. "Even though we're going to be late, we're still going to school."
"What happens when I start growing fur?" Danny asked as he tugged on the new outfit.
"You're going to grow fur?" said Tucker.
"With the way this seems to be going, I might," grumbled Danny.
Sam sighed. "We'll worry about that later. Just hurry up so we can get going."
Danny finished putting on the outfit and stood up. The trench coat reached all the way to the ground. Danny buttoned it up a bit, so his tail wouldn't show. "Let's go," he said.
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At lunch, Tucker and Danny sat in the boy's bathroom. Sam stood on the opposite wall, watching the door and warning anyone who came by with any ideas about going in that Tucker ate the unidentifiable mass that the cafeteria called lasagna.
Danny peered into the mirror. His body was coated with white cat fur, and his feet and hands had become paws. His face was becoming more catlike by the minute, and he was shrinking slightly. He sighed. "This doesn't look good. I have to come out sometime, but I can't go out like this."
"Look, why don't you just transform and blow this joint?" asked Tucker.
"I can't do that," sighed Danny. "It wouldn't be right."
"Since when have you decided to do what's right when it comes to blowing off school for Phantom duties?" asked Tucker.
"Since now," said Danny. His face was completely feline, and he was level with Tucker's shoulder. His clothes were beginning to fall off as he shrank.
Soon, Danny was level with Tucker's knee and there was a flash of bright light.
When the light faded, there in Danny's place stood a white cat with black ear tips, paws, and tail tip. Around its neck was a black collar with a red oval dangling from it.
Tucker picked it up. "Danny?"
"Meow," said the cat boredly.
"OH NO HE'S SPEAKING CAT!" cried Tucker.
"Calm down," sighed Danny. "I can talk. And.... could you put me down? This is awkward. Even if I am a cat."
Tucker set Danny on the floor.
Danny took a few shaky steps on the floor before looking up to Tucker. "Okay, open the door- and don't forget my clothes."
Once the door was open, Danny walked out the door, followed by Tucker, who had stuffed his backpack with Danny's clothes.
Sam took one look at Danny and asked, "What are we going to do with you all day?"
"I know what you're going to do," said the voice of Mr. Lancer from behind Tucker. "You're going to spend the rest of the day in In-School Suspension, without the cat. You two know what the school's punishment is for letting stray animals in."
Sam and Tucker sighed as they were led off to In-School Suspension for the rest of the day.
Another teacher came and booted Danny out of the school.
Once he was outside, Danny made his way to and sat on the window sill outside the ISS room. He fell asleep there in the warm sunshine.
