Oak Leaf Ninja: I know! I can still see his little black tail swishing in anger as the girls dangle that damn string in his face, making him succumb to his new instincts.

CSIalchemist: Okay!

greekghostgirl: Yes, she is! What madness will happen now?

Foreverphantom014: And it's all because of that frootloop!

Jazz giggled nervously, tugging at her collar as Dan glared at her from underneath the sofa, twitching his tail madly.

"Now," she said, sheepishly, "When I called you ugly-"

"Mreow!" he interrupted, pressing his ears flat as he extended his claws towards her.

"Sorry!" Jazz shouted, jumping back, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't know it was you!"

Her apology was responded with a hiss.

"Will you two knock it off?" Danny scolded from his seat, "In case you've forgotten, we've got a major problem here! Now, Tucker, tell me again, what happened?"

"Like I said," Tucker replied, ignoring Sam's glare, "I was warning the girls about Dan after I saw him chase a piece of string."

"Mreow!" Dan growled, following his protest with a hiss.

"Sorry!" Jazz apologized again, "I thought you were really a cat!"

"Go on," Danny urged his friend, interrupting the argument.

"Anyways, I was warning them, but then Dan tripped me into Sam's backpack and I accidently broke her History project."

A growl came from the black cat sitting next to Danny.

"She got mad at me," the geek continued, "Chased me around, and then that statue let out another kitty curse!"

"A curse?" Jazz replied, rolling her eyes, "Tucker, please. There's no such thing as curses,

especially a kitty curse."

"Mreow!" the multi-colored tom argued.

"Mew!" Sam agreed.

"Okay," the older girl said, correcting herself, "Maybe there is a kitty curse, but there's got to be a way to reverse it, right?"

"You tell me," her brother replied, "You find anything out about those symbols?"

"No, not much," she sighed, shaking her head, "Dan came along and interrupted my studies when he tossed a pick-up truck into the library's reference room."

She glared at the culprit as he raised his ears a little and purred at the thought of his mass destruction.

"However," she continued, looking back at Danny, "What I did discover is that the symbols look very similar to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics."

"Wait," Tucker asked, "You mean Vlad got this cat in Egypt?"

At the mention of the cheese-head, Dan looked curiously at the geek.

"Mreow?" he asked.

"Mew," the other cat answered, curling up on the couch, "Meow mew."

"Meow?" he responded, looking taken aback, "Mrew?"

"Mew," the other responded, resting her head on her paws.

The three humans watched this conversation in complete silence, not exactly sure what was going on, or if they should say something.

"Anyways," Danny finally said, "If we want to change Sam back, we're going to have to find Vlad and ask him about this."

"Mreow!" Dan spat out, making his hair stand as he glared at the female feline.

"Yes, Sam," her friend replied, glaring at the outraged tom, "Do you honestly think I'm stupid enough to change you back, too? You tried to kill me, remember? Not to mention my family and friends!"

The cat quickly ran from his hiding space and sank his fangs deep into his idiot self's ankle.

"OW! Hey!" the hybrid protested.

"No!" Tucker shouted, taking a spray bottle from the table, "No! Bad kitty! No biting!"

Dan hissed as the geek continued pelting water droplets onto his fur. Swishing his tail furiously, the dampened cat ran back underneath the sofa, growling as he licked himself dry.

"In the meantime," Jazz said, helping her brother find the band-aids, "What are we going to do about them? You think Mom's going to let us keep them?"

"Do you think I will let you keep what?" a woman in a jumpsuit replied, walking into the living-

room.

"Mom!" Danny said, quickly shoving his pants leg back down to hide the wound, "You're home!"

"Well, of course I'm home, sweetie! I mean, after that terrible ghost destroyed our op center, you think I'm just going to keep doing what I was doing? Of course not! Now, what do you want think I'll let you keep?"

"Uh," her son answered, "See… What we're asking… well.."

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Dan got up from his spot and slowly walked towards his mother. He was going to hate what he was about to do, but he had no choice. He couldn't just live in the Ghost Zone in this condition. And Danny certainly wasn't helping his cause.

"Mreow," he answered, sweetly, striding up to Maddie, "Mreow."

"What the-?" the confused woman looked down as the purring cat started rubbing her leg.

"Mreow," he cooed in response, trying to look as sweet as he could be.

Sam had apparently caught on to what he was doing and quickly jumped off the couch to join in.

"Mew," she purred, following Dan's lead.

The tom got up on his hind legs and placed his forepaws on Maddie's leg.

"Mreow," he pleaded.

Danny, Tucker, and Jazz all stared in amazement at the cats. Sam they could understand, but Dan had them completely baffled. This gho0st was responsible for the misery, losses, hardship, and so much more in the past ten years of his timeline. He had tried to kill his own friends and family, including his past self, and now he was purring sweetly acting completely innocent. If Danny hadn't known better, he would have probably fallen for this charade. His mom certainly had.

"Aw!" she cooed, stooping down to pick up the purring tom, "Well, aren't you the sweetest thing!"

Danny didn't agree with his mom's opinion, but if he wanted Sam to stay as well, then he couldn't really say anything about Dan, who was currently purring with delight, whether it was real or not, Danny wasn't sure, as Maddie petted him.

"Mew!" Sam cooed, standing on her hind legs as well.

"Aw!" Maddie cooed to her, "Well, aren't you both the sweetest little things! Where did you two come from?"

She turned her head to her children as she asked that question.

"Uh," Jazz responded, trying to quickly think up a plausible story, "They came running in here when that ghost attacked the town, and they look lost."

"Mreow," Dan joined in, trying to make his face as sad as he could without bursting into a fit of laughter.

"I was thinking," his sister continued, "We could keep them until we find the owner?"

"We could keep what?" her father asked, bounding into the room, "A ghost?"

"Jack! Hush!" Maddie said, sitting on the floor, allowing the black cat to curl up in her lap, "You're scaring the poor kitties! That evil ghost scared them enough!"

"Mew," the one in her lap cried, rubbing against Maddie's leg.

Jumping out of his mother's arms, Dan walked over to his father to try to get on his good side.

"Mreow," he cooed, rubbing himself against the large man.

"Aw!" Jack said, bending over to scratch the cat's head, "Hey, there little guy! Did you see the ghost? I was going to shoot him with my new Fenton Laser!"

The multi-colored cat stepped back a little as Jack took out a shiny device from his pocket.

"Jack, I've already told you," his wife said, cuddling Sam, "That's a laser pointer. You can't shoot a ghost with it. Well, I mean you can, but it wouldn't harm him."

Feeling a little relieved, the tom went back to his cuddling.

"So," Danny finally said, "Can we keep them?"

"Well," his mom said, as the black cat purred away, "They're both just so sweet! I can't say no. I don't see why we can't help them. But it's just until the owner comes to get them. Oh, and somebody's going to have buy some kitty supplies."

She stood up after giving the female cat one last scratch.

"What's their names? Do you guys know?"

"Oh, yeah, we do," Tucker replied, "Da-"

"Derrick and Raven!" Jazz shouted, interrupting Tucker, "Yes. That's their names! Derrick and Raven!"

"What?" Tucker whispered.

"You can't use their real names," she whispered back, "If we tell her Sam's real name she's going to ask where Sam is and invite her over! Kind of hard to invite a human over here when she's a cat!"

"Now, then," Maddie continued, "I'll make a list of supplies we need for Derrick and Raven. What did I do with that notepad?"

"Oh," Jack replied, scratching Dan's head, "It's in the kitchen."

He turned on the Fenton Laser and pointed the beam at the kitchen wall. As soon as he did, Dan and Sam stared at the red dot on the blank surface.

"Oh! Look, Jack!" she said to her husband, "I think they like your pointer."

Dan ran over to the wall to smack at the dot, but Sam beat him to it. Maddie took the pointer from Jack and waved it around the room, laughing in delight as the cats took chase and tried to kill the evil dot.

"Oh, my gosh!" Jazz gasped as she laughed.

Even Danny and Tucker joined in with their snickers as both Sam and Dan glared at them. Dan was about ready to bite Danny again, only the sudden change in direction of the laser pointer distracted his attention. He cursed to himself as he chased after it and thought he heard Sam do the same.

"Dammit," Sam growled, smacking at the beam only to discover it was now in the opposite side of the room, "What the hell is wrong with me?"

"I don't know," Dan panted after her, following the light, "But if your pathetic friends don't stop laughing at me, I'm murder them in their beds with my claws."

"For once," she answered, smacking at the wall, "I wouldn't try to stop you."