School was out for the day, which left Danny with a whole morning to hang out with Tucker and Jazz before the festival started up that evening. They hung around and watched some of the last minute setups for the booths along the road for the festival.
"June Rapture" was just down the road from the festival, so they decided to check in and see if Leicia was there and if she wanted to hang out with them too.
When they arrived, they were greeted with a packed bar. They walked in to find "Cracked", a tribute band for "Dumpty Humpty", working hard to keep up with their lead guitarist on stage.
They asked the guy who ran the drinks at the bar if Liecia was in, but he said she had gone home early to prepare for the evening.
They walked outside and were deciding what to do for the evening, when suddenly-
"Incoming!"
They looked up just in time to see an object hit Tucker square on the head. The object then proceeded to suddenly stand up straight. When they realized what-or rather who it was, they tried not to laugh out loud, for Tucker's sake.
Leicia stood up and looked around, a confused look on her face.
"Hey guys. Where's Tucker? I could have sworn he was just here." She put her hand above her eyes and began looking around. "Man, he moves fast!"
Danny and Jazz snickered, and then pointed under her feet. She looked down to find herself standing over Tucker, who now laid face first on the asphalt.
"Oops," she blushed.
After cleaning Tucker off, and a successive flurry of apologies, the four headed off down the street.
"The bar-keep inside told us you'd gone home," Danny said, not even bothering to mention the whole falling from the sky thing. He probably didn't want to know.
"Oh, yeah, I did. I live right above the bar. It's really convenient when you think about it. It's really cool too. One of my exits is a window right on the wall overlooking the street. I can just jump right out of it to get to the road. Less work than taking the stairs, don't you think?"
Tucker gave her a dirty glance that let her know what he thought about it.
"What! I said I was sorry!" she muttered as they headed on down to the festival site.
By now, everything had finished being set up, and everyone was swarming in to check out the displays. The place looked awesome. Everything shone with a snazzy style that couldn't help but catch the eye.
And in the center of it all, massive bands were moving on and off the large stage set up for the entertainment.
Teddy bears and other animal mascots dotted the area, treating the little kids with gifts and piggy-back rides. Throughout all this, Danny couldn't help but wonder how much it was going to cost the town for something this big. Lately the mayor had made some crazy decisions, like having Redfield labs, a new company who claimed to be "bridging the divide between man and ghost", move their main offices Amity Park to run their "field tests".
He decided to put all those thoughts to the side for now and enjoy the rest of the night. He stopped briefly to buy some cotton candy, while Jazz and Tucker split up to check out the other stalls. Leicia stuck with Danny because she wanted to hang out with him a bit more.
The place was packed, and more people were arriving every minute. The bands were rotated regularly. At that time a band called "Dead Sprint" – comprising mainly of Dash and the Jocks- were playing a wild set, and Danny had to give them credit. They weren't half bad, despite his ability to be a massive jerk.
Leicia was concentrating on the crowd. The place was really crazy. She loved the party atmosphere going around, although the teddy-bears were a little out of place. And weirder still, their numbers seemed to have doubled since the night had progressed.
Danny was still looking at the stage while walking, when he accidentally collided with one of the bears.
"Oh man, I am so sorry!" Danny blurted out, attempting to brush the cotton candy stain off of the guy's shoulder. The guy in the suit just stared at him- at least he thought he stared(Danny couldn't see through the suit's eyes to tell)- and turned around and continued walking.
He didn't have to be a total jerk about it, Danny thought, as he walked off with Leicia to get a closer look at the stage.
The band that came up next was dressed in full masquerade costumes. And the light show they were doing along with it was really racy.
Just then, Danny's ghost sense went off.
Suddenly, everything went black.
The band onstage was glowing with an unearthly light.
And that wasn't the worst part of it.
The giant Teddy-bears in the crowd started to change. Their eyes glowed red and reshaped themselves, giving them a fiercer look. Fangs grew from under their noses, and claws from their hands.
They released vicious howls into the night air.
As the crowd began to scatter in terror, Danny wondered if he could just crawl under the stage and just wait it out.
One of the Bears crashed into a stall, stumbling menacingly towards an innocent bystander.
Guess not.
No rest for the weary, he lamented, as he stepped behind one of the booths.
"I'm going ghost!"
Liecia had lost sight of Danny when her necklace started to shine. When the lights went out and the bears started to trash the place, she took it as her cue to go to work. Her fun evening was ruined, and that really pissed her off.
She put on her headphones and ran for the restroom.