Thank you to all who reviewed! Yes, I know this idea is overused… but I have a feeling that it will end up being… VERY different than all of the other stories like this…
Oh, and by the way, it is Tuesday in the story…
DISCLAIMER: NO! I DO NOT OWN DANNY PHANTOM! STOP MAKING ME FEEL BAD BY ASKING!
Chapter Two:
Danny, Sam, and Tucker exited the classroom after getting their schedules and information packets.
"Dude, I can't believe your folks are gonna teach a class. I mean, maybe your mom can, but your dad is going to be a horrible teacher," Tucker commented when they had eventually reached a table to eat lunch.
"Yeah, I know," Danny agreed.
"Come on, it isn't that bad," Sam said. Danny and Tucker gave her an odd look.
"What do you mean!?" Danny exclaimed. "How can my parents teaching about ghosts be a good thing!?"
"Your parents aren't that stupid Danny," Sam told him. "They may not have connected the dots between you and Phantom, yet, but they have noticed your grades dropping."
"It isn't my fault," Danny defended.
"I never said it was your fault. If those ghosts could just leave you alone for some time-"
Sam began only to be cut off by Tucker.
"Sam, you are getting off topic. I still don't see anything good about Danny's parents teaching."
Danny and Tucker stared at Sam, waiting for her to explain.
"If your parents are going to give us a grade in Ghostly Studies, then you will surely pass. You fight ghosts everyday, you wouldn't need to study at all if we get a quiz or test. You know all their names, attacks, and battle strategies. What I am most worried about is for people to realize how much you know about ghosts," Sam explained.
Danny became visibly happier.
"You're right Sam. All I need to do is purposely get a few things wrong. Eventually, I guess I can slowly let myself get everything right, because that would make more sense then knowing everything right away," Danny said happily.
"Don't forget, dude. You are the son of the two best human ghost hunters, other than Valerie. It won't be too out of the ordinary to get most of the questions right, or even all the questions right if they give us a quiz," Tucker pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess so," Danny said, completely forgetting that he was going to discuss the giant ghost lizard with his friends. He even forgot to explain the nagging feeling that something was going to go wrong soon.
Far too quickly, it was the next day, with just a few regular ghost attacks, one run in with the ghost huntress Valerie, and no signs of the ghostly lizard.
"Welcome to Ghostly Studies! Oh, hey Danny-boy, aren't you exited!" Jack Fenton's loud, excited, and booming voice sounded throughout the classroom. Danny just slouched slightly in his chair.
"Jack, dear, please sort out these files on ghosts, please," Maddie Fenton asked her husband while holding out a box of untidy files. At seeing his fallen face, she quickly added, "I have some fudge at home that you can have if you do this."
Jack's face instantly lit up, and he grabbed the box of files from his wife, sat down at the desk, and got to work, determined to get his fudge.
"Hello everyone," Maddie began, addressing the class. "I am Mrs. Fenton, and that is my husband Mr. Fenton," Maddie gestured her hand towards Danny's dad. "I will be teaching you how to use the weapons, while Jack teaches you about the weapons that we will be using against ghosts in the future. I will also be teaching you other things that will be useful when you need to fight a ghost, or survive in one's territory. Now, Jack will begin by teaching you about the weapons."
Jack looked up with a huge smile on his face. It was easy to tell that he wasn't expecting to be able to teach this soon. He bounded up from where he was sitting behind the desk and stood in front of the class, beaming at all of them.
The class was, uncharacteristically, listening intently to everything Danny's parents said. They all thought that this class may actually be useful, for they thought all other classes didn't help them in any way at all. In addition to that, they all (except for a certain trio) were slightly afraid of getting into a situation where they would be trapped by ghosts with no way to defend themselves. Of course, no one would admit that fact. For these reasons, the entire class gave Jack their full attention as he began to speak.
"Now, I am just going to say it now, you may want to pay close attention, for where other teachers give paper tests, we are going to really test you and your knowledge that you acquire from this class," Jack began. He was about to talk again when Maddie interrupted him.
"Jack, don't give anything away. We want this to come as a surprise," Maddie said.
"Of course, of course," Jack replied before continuing. "I am going to jump right into this by showing you the first weapon." Jack pulled out what looked like a silver thermos with what looked like a green "F" encased in something that resembled green flames. "This is the Fenton Thermos. When you unscrew the lid, aim it at a ghost, and press the button, it sucks the ghost in," Jack explained, unscrewing the lid as he did so, and showing the class the inside. "It looks small, but surprisingly, the Fenton Thermos can hold quite a few ghosts. Now, you may recognize this weapon as the object that the ghostly menace Phantom uses. He stole quite a few of these thermoses. Anyway, the thermos can only captured weak or weakened ghosts, otherwise they will be able to just escape the blue vortex that sucks them inside. This is a useful weapon, but you should always have additional weapons when fighting a ghost so that you can weaken them. Also, you need to be cautious for there is a release button, and when pressed, by accident or on purpose, all ghosts that are inside of it are released."
Danny was stunned out how serious his dad was about informing his class. He never thought it was possible for him to be serious about anything. This is definitely new… Danny thought.
Sam and Tucker were equally surprised. They couldn't believe how Danny's goofy, fudge loving dad was also somewhat serious and very good at informing people about things. They guessed that he could only be this serious when talking about something to do with ghosts… Possibly he could also be serious when talking about Danny's problems lately, for example his slipping grades.
"Any questions about the Fenton Thermos?" Jack asked the class.
Dash raised his hand.
"Yes?" Jack said.
"Can it hold soup? At all?" Dash questioned. This earned a laugh from the class.
"I would not recommend it if you would like your thermos to work properly," Jack said as his smile grew wider. (He had a smile the entire time he was talking, for he may be able to be serious… sometimes… but he can't stop being somewhat goofy.)
Next Paulina Sanchez raised her dainty hand in the air.
"Yes?" Jack asked.
"You have one that the ghost boy actually used, right? He must have dropped one or something. You know, one he actually touched and used in battle? Can I have it if you have one?" Paulina said dreamily. The last question she asked really wasn't a question, she stated it more as a demand as she glanced at the other girls in the room.
"Well, we don't keep track of who touches the thermoses, and I don't think we have ever picked up one of the ones that Phantom stole… I am going to get that ghost boy someday…" Jack added as an afterthought.
Paulina's face instantly fell.
Jack explained two more weapons before it was time for the class to leave, the first being the Fenton Wrist Rays, and the second being the Fenton Bazooka.
"Before you go, we have an announcement to make," Maddie said before the class left. "I would have liked to keep it a surprise, but we need to have your parents permission, and they may need to think about whether you can go or not for a little while. So, next week on Friday, we will be taking a field trip to the Ghost Zone!"
Danny felt the sudden urge to bang his head on his desk.
While Danny and his two friends hated the idea of the field trip, the rest of the class erupted into conversations amongst themselves. Danny heard a bit of what some people were saying.
"Wow, this is amazing!"
Do you think we will see the ghost boy?"
"I can't wait!"
"-so amazing!"
"Wonder if my parents-"
"I love this class!"
"Seriously, do you think we will see the ghost boy!?"
"Everyone, quiet down," Maddie said calmly. When no one paid her any attention, Jack spoke up before Maddie could raise her voice.
"EVERYONE QUIET DOWN!" Jack exclaimed. He then looked at Maddie when he had everyone's attention.
"Thank you, Jack," Maddie said before continuing. "Now, you may not be able to come on this field trip." This brought an uproar from the class.
"HEY!" Jack yelled to get everyone to quiet down.
"One, your parents may not give you permission. Two, we need at least $25 from each of you for food and water, and your parents may not want to provide that. Three, this is a privilege. If an individual person misbehaves in class or interrupts me or my husband too many times, they will not be able to come. If the majority of you misbehave or interrupt us, no one will be able to go on the field trip."
With that, Maddie passed out the information about the field trip. The class then left to continue their day. By lunch time, the trio of friends had a lot to talk about.
"I can't believe we are going into the Ghost Zone! My parents have never even been there! Plus, we are sure to run into at least one of my enemies!" Danny exclaimed angrily once he and his two friends had sat down at the table.
"Dude, calm down. Sure, it is possible for your secret to get out, and for you to be killed, but there is a good side to all of this," Tucker said. After getting confused looks from Danny and Sam, he continued. "Your parents are going to be teaching the class how to use weapons! We are going to have a better chance because, one, we'll have a class full of teens who know how to use a weapon against ghosts, and two, it won't be out of the ordinary for us to be good at shooting the weapons. We can just say that we practiced the skills your parents taught us in class.
"For once, Tucker has a point," Sam said.
"Yeah, I guess so…" Danny agreed.
After a week and a half of the "normal" life of Danny, Sam, and Tucker, and a lot of training in GS, it became the Thursday before the big field trip much too quickly.
Danny was packing a single suitcase with everything on the list that his parents had given the class, but he was also packing a few other things.
Sam was going to pack a first aid kit, Tucker was packing a bunch of PDA's and Danny was packing extra thermoses. All three of them packed extra ghost weapons wherever they had room.
"Danny? Are you packed?" Danny's mother asked from the hallway as she opened the door to his room.
"Yeah," Danny replied, quickly shutting his suitcase so that his mom wouldn't see the extra ghost weapons.
"This is so exciting, isn't it?" Danny's mom said as she sat on the bed next to Danny.
"Yeah…" Danny said, though he was thinking that it was definitely not exciting.
"Well, I have to go make dinner, you can just double check that you have everything," Maddie told him as she got up to leave.
"But I already have double checked everything," Danny complained.
"It wouldn't hurt to check just to make sure," Maddie said as she left the room.
I guess she is right. I could double check that I have the weapons that I will be needing… Danny thought as he opened his suitcase.
Before he new it, it was Friday morning. Danny was able to wait at home because his class would soon be getting there, and his parents didn't see the point in sending him to school when he was just going to come back home.
After talking to the school, Danny's parents had made it so that Jazz could come along. She was considered a chaperone, but Danny knew that his parents just didn't want Jazz to be all alone in the house. The school didn't need much persuading, because since Jazz was such a good student, she wouldn't even need to make up the things that she misses (while on the field trip) to get an A or A+.
Soon the class along with Mr. Lancer had arrived, and were standing in the Fenton's living room. Mr. Lancer was also a chaperone.
"Welcome, everyone, to Fenton Works. We will be departing shortly, but until then, you can sit on the couch, chairs or floor," Maddie told everyone.
"Danny-boy, can you help me load up the Specter Speeder with our supplies?" Jack asked.
"Sure," Danny replied.
Once they were down in the basement, Danny noticed something that resembled the Specter Speeder, but looked more like a bus that was built to fly with many weapons extending from the top. There were also slots in the sides of the bus where Danny guessed weapons were able to come out of.
"What is that?" Danny inquired.
"This? It is the new and improved Specter Speeder. Do you like it?" Danny simply nodded. Jack smiled and continued. "I call it 'The Fenton Bus'! Oh! And I made a new function. When a ghost is within ten feet of the bus, it will be shocked by those four special guns on the top corners of the bus!"
Danny silently counted how many feet away from the bus he was and took a step back just in case.
"Come on Danny-boy, help me load up the bus," Jack said as he opened one of the hatches on the side of the bus and began placing boxes inside.
Danny slowly walked over, freezing when he saw the guns on the corners whip around to face him.
They didn't shoot. Danny felt relief wash over him when he realized that they would aim at him, but not shoot him, at least while he was in human form. He wasn't so sure about when he was in ghost form. Taking a few more steps forward, Danny smiled as he confirmed that the guns would not shoot at him.
He walked over to his dad to help him pack up the food, water, and suitcases.
They finished rather quickly and were soon heading back up the stairs to the living room where Danny's class was waiting.
Maddie looked at them and Jack nodded, signaling that they were ready.
"Alright everyone, let's head down into the basement and prepare to leave," She told everyone.
Danny walked alongside his friends down into the basement.
"This is going to be a long week," Danny said to them.
Yes, the field trip is a week long. I may have done that so that no one would worry about them when they disappear. *Gives an evil grin*
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