Dreamscape Alternate: My Life Going Ghost
Chapter 5: Scream Trip
Yet another normal day at Casper High…
Well…in case it is particularly normal to be a cartoon character who hangs out with the main characters of the series…
So far I thought this was going to be how I was going to spend the rest of the time in Amity Park until I get Desiree back into the portal and wish myself out of here. But there was something else I didn't count on.
"Attention all freshmen, remember tomorrow is the trip to Wisconsin!" Mr. Lancer said through the intercom. Upon hearing this, I lost my grip on my salt pretzel while Danny's sandwich landed back on his plate.
Of course there had to be a twitch in the 'cartoon episode plot line'…
Wait…isn't that where Vlad Plasmius lives! I thought as I looked at the intercom. That did not sound good. What if he knew I was from 'somewhere else'?
"I didn't know we had this scheduled…" Tucker commented as he checked his PDA. "But it would be cool to see Mr. Masters right?"
Danny didn't respond although I knew he wasn't too thrilled about it. I didn't blame him. It was a possibility that Danny didn't tell them about Vlad being the evil halfa. Evelyn probably didn't have a clue either. That just left me, the only person sitting at the lunch table who knew exactly what Danny had gone through.
"What's wrong Danny? You looked nervous when Lancer gave the announcement." Sam stated causing Danny to snap out of his daze.
"It's nothing…I'm fine…" He replied before picking his sandwich back up.
My thoughts were cut off when Evelyn suddenly shoved me out of my seat before a grilled cheese sandwich splattered on the wall behind me. I got back in my seat and looked at Evelyn who pointed to Dash who, in turn, yelled in frustration at missing his new target before sitting down quickly.
I took it he wasn't going to forgive me for that kickball accident (as recalled in the last chapter: I kicked the ball into his head).
"What? What do you mean you have a field trip?" Desiree yelped when I told her the news once I got back from another day at school.
"I know I should've told you but I didn't hear about it until the vice principal said it on the intercom!" I explained, clutching both her hands. "And I really need you to come along! I have this really bad feeling that something might happen…"
"Alright! I'll come!" Desiree grimaced before going intangible and reappearing, trying to get some feeling back in her wrists. "You know you have a really strong grip when you're nervous!" She asked bitterly.
"Sorry…it runs in most of the humans in my dimension…" I shrugged.
"Well since I'm coming along I don't know how I'm going to make it without being spotted." Desiree said before I spotted my backpack.
"I think I have a plan…" I smirked causing Desiree to give me a suspicious look.
"What plan?"
(Next Morning)
"I am not enjoying this!" Desiree shouted from within the confines of my backpack before I placed it on the ground and opened it to see her shrunken form glaring at me. "How long do I have to travel like this? I'm getting a cramp in my ghost leg!"
"Well…it could take a couple of hours since I don't know which state we're in. We could be in New York or New Jersey…" I replied as I tried to maneuver my CDs and drawing pad to create a makeshift miniature room for her to fit inside. "Do ghosts eat anything?" I asked suddenly, recalling I shoved a box of granola bars in my backpack earlier.
"The last time I had a gourmet dinner was at least five centuries ago…" Desiree replied with a dark look. I took that as an official 'NO'. It wasn't any of my business to ask…
"Hey Mona!"
I swiftly zipped the backpack closed, much to Desiree's dismay, and stood up to see my friends walking over.
"Hi guys! What took you so long?" I responded as I lifted my backpack up to my shoulder, noticeably rustling some of the things I had in there (I thought I heard some ranting from Desiree).
"Uh…I had to get something from my locker…" Danny explained. "You're here early."
"Yeah…I woke up at five in the morning…" I shrugged before we got on the bus. As Desiree (who was still in the backpack) and I walked past Danny, Tucker, and Sam to sit next to Evelyn, I noticed Danny's ghost sense had suddenly went off.
"What is it?" I heard Sam ask.
"My ghost sense was constantly going off two days ago." He replied as I sat down next to the window. "But I didn't see any ghosts…"
"They probably don't want to mess with you after you and Sampson kicked Skulker back into the Ghost Zone." Tucker replied.
"I don't know…it's a bit weird that they would do that…" Sam responded. "I'm just wondering why Lancer told about this field trip to Wisconsin on a short notice."
I continued listening to their conversation as I watched the Amity Park scenery roll past us.
"Aren't you excited to see Wisconsin?" Evelyn asked having me look towards her.
"Sure but…I'm not too excited about how long this bus ride is going to be…" I said before spotting Paulina and Star sitting down in a seat.
"This is going to take too long…I wish we were in Wisconsin already!" Paulina complained.
I paled once I noticed Desiree's familiar green mist creeping out of my backpack and the bus beginning to pick up speed.
"I…must…not…grant…wish!" Desiree moaned as my eye twitched from dread of what was to happen next.
"Oh…poop…" I muttered under my breath.
The short story: the bus somehow broke the land speed record of getting from Amity Park to the Wisconsin border in ten seconds. The bus returned to its original speed of 55 mph then causing everyone in the bus, not counting Evelyn who had enjoyed the sudden speed boost the entire time, to sit in their seats in a daze of complete confusion.
"Desiree!" I grumbled as I side glanced the ghost in my backpack and spotted what seemed to be really deep skid marks in the road behind us.
"Sorry…it's what I do…" Desiree shrugged with an embarrassed grin on her face.
"Who's Desiree?" Evelyn asked.
"I didn't say that…I meant to say: 'that was really weird'." I replied in a hurry. "I have a habit of talking fast."
"Oh…never mind…" Evelyn replied before turning just as I rummaged through my backpack for my CD player, being careful not to mess up the makeshift room I made for Desiree. I had a feeling she was onto my secret.
Almost four hours of enduring boredom we had arrived at a mansion. Mr. Lancer had us all stand on the sidewalk in front of it before he went to the door and rang the doorbell.
The door opened and an old woman came out before smiling at the vice principal. I saw a resemblance between her and Babazita from an earlier episode.
"Billy! You even brought these nice children!" She smiled before hugging him. "You said you wouldn't make it!"
"Iknowgrandmother…" Mr. Lancer fidgeted causing Tucker to stifle his smirks. "And will you PLEASE stop calling me Billy? It's embarrassing!"
"Okay Billy…"
Mr. Lancer shot a dark look at Tucker who immediately straightened up.
As we all walked in, I couldn't help noticing the inside of the mansion was filled with painted canvasses and strange statues. As I stared at a portrait of two strange looking clowns I saw them turn towards me and grin horrifically. Out of fear I hurried back to the group not noticing Dash had a very evil idea.
"Now kids, before you explore the house remember to travel in groups of two or more. There have been strange things going around here. Many of the visitors here ran out screaming that the clowns have gone crazy." She shrugged. "This is just a precaution just so you know."
Danny's ghost sense went off again before looking around and back to Sam and Tucker.
"Guys…I'm going to check things out." He said before running off.
"Fenton! You have to be in a group of two or more before exploring the house." Mr. Lancer said in a commanding voice causing Danny to stop in his tracks.
"Oh stop being tense Billy! He can explore early if someone volunteers to go with him." Lancer's grandmother smiled as he cringed at being called "Billy". Right at that moment a cold and wet hand plopped right down on my shoulder.
I let out a yell before jumping and latching onto the nearest thing I could find. Immediately I realized who I had a good grip on.
"Uh…sorry Danny…" I apologized, releasing my grip on his leg, before glaring at Dash who was grinning at me before taking a swig out of his water bottle. Kwan, Paulina, and Star were laughing as well. Jerks…
"Well it seems you have your volunteer Fenton!" Dash laughed before Evelyn's newly sharpened cleats dug into his shoe. "YEOWCH!"
I took it I was going to owe Evelyn two things so far.
Later…Danny, Desiree (still in backpack), and I continued walking through the hallway. I saw a strange shadow behind me before turning to see nothing. I had also noticed Danny's ghost sense going off, which made me continue wondering how long it would take until he saw Desiree.
"You don't actually believe this place is haunted do you?" I asked nervously before trying to keep up with Danny. Oh Mona! You know very well creepy houses in this show are ALWAYS haunted! I managed to keep myself from stamping on my foot.
"Not really…" Danny replied. "But sometimes it's a bit hard due to my parents being obsessed with ghosts." I nodded, pretending I didn't know that information already. I had turned to look at a portrait of a girl that looked quite similar to Desiree before suddenly bumping into Danny who had suddenly stopped.
"Sorry about that…I didn't mean to shove you." I apologized before following his gaze and seeing glowing clowns in front of us. "Are…are those what I think they are?" I twitched. If you didn't figure it out, they were exactly identical to the two clowns that had grinned at me earlier.
"Yeah…you know…if we back up slowly maybe they won't follow us." He said. I turned and had realized the second ghost had reappeared behind us. I stared at it with a petrified look before it had both its eyes stick out as its tongue extended. At that point I did the most obvious thing any average person would do: scream and run.
The setback was that the ghost that freaked me out started chasing me down the hall, and I had left Danny with the other ghost. How idiotic…
Desiree flew out of my backpack just as we reached a door.
"I wish the ghost following us can't go intangible!" I shouted as we both ran inside before slamming the door closed. We heard a loud thud as the ghost chasing us crashed into the door. I breathed a sigh of relief before slouching against the door and going into a sitting position. "That was close…"
"You're going to be alright?" Desiree asked.
"Yeah…I'll be fine…" I gasped before seeing an ominous shadow loom over me.
"Not for long."
I restrained a frightened yelp once I found it belonged to a certain ghost hunter. Believe me, Skulker is a heck of a lot creepier in 'real life' than he is on television.
(3rd Person POV)
Danny continued staring at the ghost clown before clenching both his fists.
"I'M GOING GHOST!" He shouted before transforming into his alter ego and floating up in time to spot the second one coming back. It looked dizzy as if it had crashed into a wall.
Both ghost clowns flew towards each other before facing Danny and grinning. Both suddenly threw popcorn cernels towards him only to have Danny become intangible to avoid them.
"Popcorn Cernels?" Danny picked one up and stared at it before it exploded causing him to fly backwards into a wall, literally. "Oh! POP-corn! FUNNY! HAR-HAR!" He remarked sarcastically, his voice a bit muffled from the wall he was tossed in, before getting back in the room and aiming a punch at the first. It went intangible and flew back. The second ghost he delivered damage to crashed into a wall and slid down painfully.
Seeing this as a perfect time, Danny sucked the ghost clown into the Fenton Thermos which was slung over his shoulder. The second ghost flew at him, aiming a punch only to have the halfa kick it into a vase creating a loud crash.
"I hope I don't get detention for that…" He commented as the ghost began to stand up unsteadily before it got trapped in the thermos along with its partner. Danny flew close to the ground and changed back before landing and looking around. "Okay, now that I know the ghosts inhabiting this place are trapped in the Fenton Thermos…where can I find-?"
Danny's thoughts were cut off when he heard a loud yell.
"Okay…that'll work…" He muttered before running in a direction.
(Original POV)
Right at that point, Skulker had held me up by the wrist after he had sent Desiree crashing into a wall. I had let out a yell of pain and shock once I was face to face with him.
"What do you want!" I grimaced from the pressure being forced on my wrist. Jeez, he had a grip tight enough to stop the blood flowing to my arm!
"Isn't it obvious little girl? Tell me the weakness of that ghost child!" He demanded. I wasn't about to tell him…not even if he had aimed a cannon at me. I was that big of a Danny Phantom fan so I had to play stupid/innocent…which I stink at…
And he called me "LITTLE"… I'm past fourteen for crying out loud!
"Ghost child!" I yelped as he applied more pressure to my wrist. "What the heck are you talking about!"
"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!" Skulker yelled. I had to endure his artificial bad breath although I began to cough from it."Either you tell me, or Plasmius would be happy enough to destroy you!"
"Two words for you Skulker…" I coughed, half referencing from another episode I watched. "Breath-mints!"
"If you don't know his weakness…how come you know who I am?" Skulker asked. My eyes widened and I paled. I had to be the biggest moron trying to act stupid.
And that's reeeeally stupid...
"Eh…I go on the internet a lot?" I shrugged before another ghost collided into Skulker causing him to lose his grip on my arm. Lucky me!
The new player floated in front of the stunned Skulker. From what I could tell, she had the exact same uniform as Danny in his ghost form except the white was replaced with a jade green color. Her hair was a light grayish-blue and was styled in pig tails which were held by black hair bands and standing on end as if they had gone through static electricity. Her eyes were a glowing emerald color as well.
All of us in the room knew perfectly well what this meant.
"Another halfa?" I stared before she turned towards me.
"Get out! Hurry!" She pointed towards the door which was open. I nodded before Desiree flew back into my backpack. The halfa collided with the wall next to me before getting back up, holding onto her arm.
We both exchanged looks before I ran out the door and she flew back up and had a greenish ectoplasm blast collide into the ghost hunter. I know I saw her face from somewhere.
I shook the idea off remembering Danny. He was probably still on edge that I had ran off. Heck he might not want to talk to me and I'd lose the chance to send Desiree back. That would make my situation even worse now that I knew Vlad was going to be after me…
…and I just collided with him at an intersection…
Why me…
I held my forehead before getting onto my feet dizzily.
"Sorry Danny…" I groaned, getting the dizziness out of my head.
"I'm fine…" He replied, not sounding like he was as he held his head, I noticed his ghost sense went off since Desiree shuddered in my backpack.
"No seriously…I shouldn't have run off and left you back there." I apologized nervously. The last thing I wanted was for one of my favorite characters being irked at me. Whenever that would happen I would feel like the worst person on the planet.
"It's okay…I know anyone who'd see a ghost would run screaming. I just have a headache right now…" He replied. "You're okay right?"
"I just feel like an idiot and the ghosts just confirmed it." I sighed. "We should get back to the class. I wonder if Dash is still able to walk on that foot." A small chuckle came from Danny before I spotted the Fenton Thermos. Danny followed my gaze.
"Oh yeah…I forgot to tell you how obsessed my parents are." He said. "Anyway this is the…"
"Fenton Thermos…" I finished. I received a weird stare from Danny.
"How did you…?"
"You know…your last name is Fenton and that's a thermos…" I interjected quickly. "It traps ghosts inside right?" I asked, already knowing that as I tapped the metal with my pointer finger resulting in two resounding yells.
I caught one screaming something like: "I WILL DESTROY YOU!" before I replied. "Yeah, whatever you ectoplasmic hallucinations…"
"Yeah…uh…we should get going." Danny said before we walked to the main hallway where we rejoined up with the group. I paused as I stood next to Evelyn; she had a small amount of red on one of her sleeves. "Evelyn? What happened to you?"
Evelyn shrugged, "I must've hit something sharp…"
"Oh…okay…" I shrugged before noticing that she was glaring directly at Dash who cringed as he stood on one leg. "Did you…?" I turned towards Evelyn.
"I would but there's the Zero-Tolerance policy…" She replied. "I only got one day detention for injuring a student. I'll bet Dash won't be able to play football for a week."
"Costly but effective…" Sam commented. "With an injury like that he probably won't be able to try and get even with us."
I guess I owed Evelyn three things now…
About an hour later we were back on the bus, I continued overhearing the conversation between the three. It was mostly about those two ghosts that showed up but then it took a different turn.
"I don't get it…why did they show up only around you two? Lancer's grandmother said you two would be okay if you were in a group." Sam said aloud.
"That and my ghost sense keeps on going off whenever I'm around Mona." Danny muttered.
"We haven't noticed anything other than that. Besides, the only thing we've seen her do is kick the ball into Dash's face." Tucker smirked and I heard a painful yelp from his PDA. He must've recorded the whole thing… "And the probably of her being a half-ghost is really low. Unless she was possessed of course…"
"Okay, I know we've been through those things but we can't start thinking about that towards her." Sam interjected. "I mean, Danny, you saw how she reacted to seeing those two ghost clowns."
"Yeah, I don't really blame her. Dash scared the crap out of her in the first place… You should've felt her grip." Danny said aloud, rubbinghis leg gingerly. "I'm just worried about what would happen if she sees me going ghost."
I was going to have to apologize for that too…
"So what band are you listening to?" Evelyn asked, jolting me back to "reality".
"The Bravery. Actually this is a mixed CD…" I replied.
Evelyn smiled. "So what did you and Danny find in the other parts of the mansion?"
"Nothing much…old paintings, two gho-…" I cleared my throat, "-stuffed gorillas and miscellaneous things dating back to the Stone Age…"
"Weren't you about to say ghosts?" Evelyn asked.
"Slip of the tongue…" I replied.
"Right…sorry…" Evelyn said with a small laugh before playing around with her cleats. I turned back to the window and kept a sigh from escaping.
Knowing that Vlad was going to be after me…I figured the ride was going to become more treacherous. I let my mind wander to other scenarios that seemed to ease my nervousness as the track skipped to a melancholy song. Some of them weren't so peaceful and I was plagued by those two most aggravating words What If.
What if I had been found by Danny and the others on the first day?
What if I had told them about Desiree sooner?
What if at the end of this adventure, our memories of this became erased by some mysterious cause?
What if I lose everyone's trust?
What would've happened if Desiree let me fall?
What if…
Feeling that the scenarios weren't working I continued rapidly pressing the forwards button before landing on some random song that had gotten itself mixed in between the tracks.
"Barney's on Fire? ALL RIGHT! Mwahahahaha…" Well…listening to a song that involved tormenting that purple dinosaur is very comforting… Especially in a situation like this.
Meanwhile in another area of Winsconsin...
Skulker had landed in a dark room that seemed to befilled with soveniers from the Green Bay Packers games.Vlad Masters, the big guy himself, was facing a fireplace, his eyes narrowed.
"Well?" Vlad asked as he sat on the armchair which seemed suited for evil villains like himself.
"She wouldn't say anything…but I do know she's with Desiree."
"I know THAT information, thank you very much…" Vlad muttered before standing up. "You could've brought her to me in the first place!"
"Uh…well…she did look weaker when I first saw her in the school with that ghost child."
"If it weren't for me, you'd still be trapped in the ghost zone…now you'd better get that girl or so help me I WILL…" Vlad was immediately up in Skulker's face and was about to raise his voice when…
(Insert beeping from PDA)
"Go to library to look up diet habits of Purple Back Gorillas." Skulker read before flying, oddly happy, to the library since he did NOT want to know what Vlad was going to say.
Back in the mansion, Vlad Masters continued standing in place, his pointer finger still raised, noticing the now destroyed roof.
"That stupid ghost hunter… do I have to do EVERYTHING MYSELF!" He muttered with his fists clenched and a dark look on his face before hearing a loud DING from the kitchen area and having his eyes narrow towards the audience. "Oh don't even start laughing…" Vlad glowered before storming off.
Imperfection07: Okay I tried to go into the Action/Adventure portion of the fanfiction. And you probably noticed that Vlad doesn't have any butlers in the first episode he starred in.
Vlad: (darkly) Information youdecided to takeadvantage from...
Imperfection07: Well I thought it was funny...
Danny:(confused) So does that mean he can clean that bookshelfwe accidentally knocked over?
Imperfection07: (teeth clenched) DANNY!
Vlad: What bookshel- (notices destroyed bookshelf that had been holding priceless first edition copies of Sports Illustrated covering the Green Bay Packers) You...little...brats...
Imperfection07: (nervously) Shall we run?
Danny: Let's...
(Both runas Vlad gives chase, throwing all his projectile ghost attacks at them)
Vlad: (in ghost mode) I"LL GET YOU FOR THIS!
R&R!