Disclaimer: I do not own Gravity Falls or Danny Phantom.
Tucker called back after about an hour and the second Danny picked up, he knew he was going to hear some weird shit.
"Northwest Manor? Isn't that why you guys are up there in the first place?"
"Yeah, my parents were drowning in phone calls and emails about the place. Apparently there was a ghost attack during a party there and they were called to check it out. Other than that, I know nothing about it."
Jazz had left the room they shared about twenty minutes ago, shouting something about meeting the people that lived here before slamming the door and causing one of the framed photos to fall off the wall. The place they were staying wasn't the best but the Fenton family had stayed in worse places. But, he was alone and that meant he could talk freely.
"Tuck, I know you are itching to tell me something so let's just get this over with." Danny was laying on the bed, his summer homework strewn about and his laptop open to a blank word document. He hoped the event was nothing big so he could actually start his junior year with good grades but luck never seemed to be on his side.
"You should appreciate this man. I had to filter out everything about Kayne and Kim's baby just to find this stuff. Gravity Falls isn't exactly a well-known place and –"
"Tucker."
"Right." Some clacking sounds were heard from his end, probably him typing on the computer. "Okay, the mansion was built over the course of many years by a bunch of lumberjacks. Once the mansion was built though, a landslide occurred since they used all the trees on the hill. Many of the men who build the place died in the disaster. Most of them drowned in the mud, cause it had been storming, but one guy was killed when an ax buried itself in the guy's head."
Danny winced and sat upright, shutting is laptop. No work was being done today, that's for sure. "Ouch. That's violent."
"Danny, it gets worse. The man didn't die instantly, according to a witness that survived. He struggled to stay about the mud until he was too weak and was carried away."
"Wait, how'd the other dude survive?"
"Climbed a tree."
"Oh that makes sense."
"Anyway," Tucker drawled out. "His description matches the ghost that attacked the manor, which is understandable since he died because of it being build, but exactly 150 years after the fact? That's what doesn't make sense. Also, the Northwest family has some weird history. Apparently, for years people believed that a Northwest was the one that founded Gravity Falls but in reality it was some crazy dude named Quentin Trembley, who was aslo apparently the 8 ½ president of the United States. Okay." Tucker snorted and continued. "It seems their family made a name for them by painting a better picture of the things that they have done. Maybe the ax man was angry about that."
Danny was silent for a moment, thinking over what Tucker had just said. In the silence, he heard a door slam and a loud voice.
"Shit, Tuck. Lemme call you back." Without waiting for a response, Danny ended the call and quickly opened his laptop, just in time for his dad to slam the door to the room open.
"Danny!" His mom was behind his father, smiling softly. Both were dressed in normal clothes, a very rare occurrence, and his dad had some ridiculous hat on his head. Oh god, they wanted to take him somewhere. His phone went off a few times but he ignored it.
"Weren't you guys supposed to be meeting with the Northwest family today?" Danny asked, swinging his legs off the bed and one again closing his laptop. Nothing of importance there anyway.
His mother maneuvered around his father and sat on Jazz's bed. Danny had to hold back a laugh when he noticed the look of discomfort on her face as she readjusted her jeans. Yep, normal clothes were a very rare occurrence.
"They didn't want to meet with us today, something about their daughter. We were told later in the week would be a good time so we are planning on heading over Friday. In the meantime, we are just going to hang around. Want to join us?"
"Uh -" Danny's phone beeped again. Glancing down at the screen, he saw four new messages from Tucker. His tone quickly changed. "Oh, yeah. Why not? There is this place that seems pretty cool that we can check out."
His mother grinned, probably happy that he was spending time with them. "Great! You can tell us about it during lunch. There's this little diner up the road. C'mon."
Danny grinned and scooped up his phone, glancing once more at the screen before heading out of the room and locking the door behind him.
Tuck: dude this man claims he was attacked by zombies at this place called the mystery shack
Tuck: police responded and they found human bones along the property miles away from where they were buried
Tuck: One Attachment
Tuck: I dont think hes lying