Chapter 3: the first battle
(Justin's POV)
"You want me to WHAT?" Principal Iwerks questioned. "make an all-vegetarian cafeteria for a day." I said "What the problem with that?" "Well it isn't in the budget!" he replied "Do you know what the school board would do if they found out-?" "I think I know why he wants this" said Mrs. Baxter, the school psychologist who was sitting in with us. She turned to me. "We'll talk about it."
The next thing I hear in the morning is an announcement – "Attention Student Body! Thanks to a suggestion by an anonymous student, we will be experimenting with an all-vegetarian meal today." "Do you think it was Ashley?" Tiffany asked Ursula "Nah" Ursula said back "She's a vegetarian, but not dumb, heck I don't even think she likes tofu."
(Ashley's POV)
It was history class with Ms. Cruise. We were learning about the cold war and oddly enough, I was starting to feel cold. Just as Ms. Cruise was fininshing up the Cuban missile crisis, I raised my hand. "Ms. Cruise?" I asked "Yes Ashley," she said in her romantic British accent. "Is it possible if we could turn up the heat?" the whole class howled with laughter. "Ashley its 64 degrees Fahrenheit in here, are you feeling okay?" Ms. Cruise asked. "Well yeah" I said "I'm just… cold." "Hmm…" Ms. Cruise wondered "maybe you should go to the nurse's office"
So I did. "This is bizarre" said nurse Wingham. "What is?" I asked. "Your body tempature's 20 degrees below freezing." She answered. "I'll call your parents. You go enjoy lunch. I hear there's an all vegetarian menu today."
I sighed. Technically I am a vegetarian, just like the rest of my family. But my dad and I still eat fish, and we both hate tofu. (IKR, a vegetarian who hates tofu. Go figure. My dad eats chicken too, BTW)
(Justin's POV)
"This isn't what I meant by 'all-vegetarian'!" I said to Pierre, the school chef as I stared down at the grass on a bun that faced before me. "Mrs. Baxter said she borrowed the cookbook from her sister-in-law" Pierre retorted "I only do what I'm told!" I walked over to where Ashley and her friends were sitting. Ryan and Kyle were there waiting for me. "This is DISGUSTING!" Sasha Foley whimpered. "Oh come on it's not that bad!" Ashley said. "Easy for you to say," Sasha retorted "you come from an omnivore dad and herbivore mom. I come from a carnivore dad and omnivore mom. My desire for meat is strong." "Well luckily it's only for today right, Justin?" Kyle said to me. "I hope so." I answered. "You DID tell principal Iwerks 'just for a day right?" Ryan asked. "Oh, so you're the one who changed the menu?" I turned around it was Jason Arnold. "Don't think you can get my girl by playing a shabby trick like that!" He was about to punch me when we all heard Pierre scream.
(Ashley's POV)
"Sacre Bleu!" We all heard. That's when a wisp of blue came out of my mouth. Suddenly, Tiffany Germonatta came running out of the school kitchen. "A hideous meat-loving witch just kidnapped Pierre!" I pulled Justin out of Jason's hands "Touch my man again and I'll Muck you up!" I threatened him. "Hey! Wh-where are you going?" justin asked. "to save pierre!" I yelled
(Justin's POV)
So, okay, I followed her. Little did I know she would transform from her ususal self to a virago with chalk-white hair and hi-liter green eyes in a form fitting black and white suit. Where have I seen this before? I asked myself. The I remembered seeing a man in the same black and white suit (sans skirt) with the same chalk white hair and hi-liter green eyes as her on Ellen last night. What was his name? Oh, yeah Phantom. Then I remembered mom had said our next-door neighbor was going to be on Ellen also. but I didn't see him. That's when I Put two and two together and realized what was going on. "Ashley!" I screamed out. "Huh?" she turned around. "how did you-?" "I saw your dad on Ellen last night" I smiled, she smiled back "My dad didn't want the world to know about Ashley phantom until now." She sighed "I gotta go save Pierre". "Wait!" I said I'm coming with you."
(Ashley's POV)
We caught the meat loving witch at (where else) the butcher shop. Where she had Pierre hogtied in sausage "Like EW!" I said Justin turned to the Lunch Lady "HEY!" he yelled "MY friends got something to say to you!" he turned to me "go fight her" I just stood there "Uh, Justin I gotta tell you something" I whispered "What?" he said "Um I've never fought a ghost before" "WHAT?" he screamed then suddenly I saw my dad drive up and phase his car through the walls of the butcher shop. "Ashley!" he yelled "Catch!" he threw a thermos at me. Wait a thermos? The Fenton Thermos! I sucked that witch up inside it. "You haven't seen the last of me." She shouted.
My dad drove us back to school. "Why did you make an all-vegetarian menu?" I asked "Well, um," he began "I kinda did it to impress you" "You DO like me, don't you?" I said "Well um yeah" he responded "I like you too." We bent over to kiss then stopped. "Maybe just friends first?" I suggested "You know to make sure it's the real thing?" "Yeah, you're right" he said.
Back at school we were greeted by Principal Iwerks, Ms. Mackelroy, Ms. Cruise, Mrs. Baxter, Nurse Winghan, and several other teachers and students.
They were all cheering. "Are they…?" my voice trailed off. "yes," my dad said "Yes they are. "Ladies and gentlemen" said the Principal "Miss Ashley Phantom"!
Later My parents introduced me to Morgan Bailey, the talent agent they were talking about. She told me I'd be performing at the planet Tokyo. I squealed. Then I noticed something. "Hey! Where's Spencer?"