PARENTAL BONDING
It was a quiet Monday afternoon at the Fenton Works, well quiet as it can be for the moment. Danny and Dayla were starting to get full in control of their powers, Danny still struggled a little bit but luckily he always had Dayla right there to help him out.
Down in the basement, Jack Fenton was sitting on a chair in front of the ghost portal completely decked out in fishing gear. He even had a couple of soft drinks on top of his hat and he drinking them through a couple of straws in front of his mouth. Jack then cast what seemed to be a fishing line into the portal, Danny and Dayla came down to the basement and looked at the dad curiously. They both dropped their bags and walked over to him.
"Hey dad. What are you doing?" Danny asked, Jack then said, "Danny keep it down! You'll scare away the ghosts!"
He then pointed at the fishing rod he had in his hand and said while reeling the line in, "It's the Fenton Ghost Fisher! I'm fishing for ghosts"
"Check out this line. It's coated with a unique ecto resin that ghosts can't break" Jack said with pride as he showed his children the fishing line.
"Looks cool! Have you caught any yet?" Dayla asked while nodding her head.
Jack smiled and said, "Not yet, but I will. Now quiet, don't wanna spook 'em"
He then cast the line into the portal again, suddenly Jack's stomach began to rumble very loudly and then he said while placing the pole into Danny's hands, "Woah that soda runs through you like Sherman through Georgia! Here hang onto this, I'll be right back right after I use the Fenton Urinal"
"When's he ever gonna learn that he and soda's don't mix?" Dayla wondered, while smirking at her father's awkwardness.
Suddenly the line began to spin on the rod really fast, it stopped after a second, Danny and Dayla gasped as their ghost senses went off. Danny then tried to pull on the line, but found it to be difficult even though his sister joined in to try and help. The line suddenly became loose and out came a large blue dragon ghost, with a golden amulet wound its neck, it gave a wicked grin at the two and then roared in anger.
"I WANT TO GO!" It shouted, causing the twins to begin to run away in fright. They didn't get far when the dragon scooped them both up with its claw and shouted, "I HAVE TO GO!"
"You'll have to stand in line behind our dad" Danny retorted to it and then Dayla added as they both transformed into their ghost forms, "In the meantime…"
The two then phased out of the dragon's clutches, it was first surprised by the twins but then got angry again and began to swipe at them with its claws. The two of them dodged its attack from different directions, it then fired a green flame at Danny who managed to move out of the way in time. The twins then paired up and gave the dragon a really powerful kick to its chest, causing it fly back from the force, Danny and Dayla however didn't notice the amulet fall off its neck and land in Danny's school bag.
When the dragon landed it looked less angry and slowly transformed into a woman, which looked like she was from the dark ages. She had a blue dress on and her hair was tied back in a long braid, the two looked shocked at the sudden transformation, the woman then cried out, "All I wanted was to go to the Prince's costume ball and my horrid mummy won't let me!" and with that, she was sucked back into the portal.
Danny and Dayla then landed back on the ground. Danny then said, "If that dragon's suits her idea of a costume, I'm on mummy's side"
"I don't know Danny, she sort of reminded me of a mediaeval version of Cinderella" Dayla said and then the two transformed back into their human selves.
"Phew! That's a relief" Danny sighed out.
"I'll tell you what a relief is!" Jack exclaimed as he returned with two new soft drinks in his hand. He then had a look of realization on him, he tossed the drinks into Dayla's hands and ran off exclaiming, "Darn! I almost forgot"
The twins then gave each other a weird look, as they heard the sound of the toilet being flushed. Their dad was one weird guy, but they loved him anyway.
The next day at lunch time, banners and posters were hanging up everywhere around the buildings of Casper High indicating about the school's big dance happening on Friday night. Tucker stood outside by the doors leading to the outdoor lunch area, asking each girl that came out hoping to get a date for the dance.
However he had no luck as every girl said no, they even rejected him before he even asked! Tucker then walked over to the picnic table where his other friends were sitting at eating their lunch and sat down in defeat.
"Strike three Tuck?" Danny asked him and then Tucker grumbled out, "Try strike three thousand"
"I don't see what the big deal is about going to some stupid dance. I don't need to be asked to some dance to know I'm special" Sam said and then Dayla said, "I know what you mean. Although no guy has asked me, I'm still going anyway just for fun and to be social"
Sam smiled at her friend, but they then noticed the boys giving off really wide smiles at something. Sam then asked in annoyance, "What?"
"Paulina" Danny and Tucker both said dreamily in unison. The other two then looked at who they were talking about. Paulina was the most popular girl in school and to every single boy, the prettiest girl ever. She was Spanish, wore a pink top and ¾ pants, she walked over to a tree and sat down to eat her lunch.
Sam and Dayla didn't like her one bit, especially Dayla because there were times that Paulina was really mean to her. Just like how Dash always seemed to target Danny mostly, Paulina always targeted her by calling her names like art freak, loser, ugly, etc. She never told Danny, her parents or her friends.
"Paulina" Danny and Tucker repeated dreamily as they sat back down in their seats.
"Oh please Paulina? Girls like her are a dime a dozen!" Sam said while frowning her eyes at the girl.
Danny and Tucker then started going through their pockets, pulling out some coins as Danny asked, "How much change you got?"
Dayla then chuckled a little bit and said, "Very funny. Remember you can't judge a book by its cover"
"Dayla has a point, looks can be deceiving" Sam added while agreeing with what Dayla just said.
"Well there's only one way to find out. Go on Danny! Go to that library and check out that book" Tucker said encouragingly.
"I can't, I get weak kneed when I try to talk to cute girls" Danny said looking down. Sam then got offended and asked, "Oh and you have absolutely no problems talking to me?"
Danny then fell silent as he didn't know how to reply to that question. Sam then stood Danny up and pushed him towards Paulina while saying, "Go give your weak knees some exercise"
Danny then walked over and tried to introduce himself to Paulina, but then became the laughing stock of the school when his pants became intangible and fell down, revealing his boxer shorts. Sam, Dayla and Tucker looked on his shock while Paulina merely laughed and said, "A gentlemen usually tips his hat, but I'll give you points for originality"
Sam then frowned and then walked over to Danny placing a hand on his shoulder and said, "Kudos Danny. You just set an all-time speed record for drowning in the shallow end of the gene pool!"
Dayla laughed quietly at this, this is what she liked about Sam, she wasn't afraid to stand up to people like Paulina.
Paulina then got mad and asked, "Oh no! You did not just call me shallow did you?"
"If you mean that girls like me and Dayla could stand in a puddle full of you and not get our feet wet? Then yeah!" Sam answered.
"Shallow? I am not shallow!" Paulina retorted back, Sam merely shrugged and pulled Danny away back to their table.
"On the other hand, I'm not so deep that I couldn't pull away a boy from a Goth geek! And I will!" Paulina said in her head, while showing a determined look on her face.
Later after art class, Dayla ran into Paulina and accidently dropped her sketchbook. Paulina snatched it away from the ground and opened it, she then gave put on a smile and ripped out her latest drawings and threw her book on the ground.
"See you later art freak!" Paulina said while laughing and walking away. Dayla picked up her book, trying her best not to cry but she couldn't take it anymore. After putting everything back in her locker, she went into the girls bathroom and began to cry not caring if she was going to be late for her last class.
She then heard the someone knock on the door to the stall she was in, she remained quiet at first but then heard, "Dayla open up. It's Sam"
Dayla quickly dried her eyes and opened the door to see Sam standing there.
"Are you okay Dayla?" Sam asked. Dayla then put on a fake smile and said, "Oh yeah totally fine. Everything's great"
Sam then sighed and said, "Look Dayla I know about Paulina picking on you. I've known about it for a while. Why didn't you say anything?"
Dayla then looked down sadly and said, "I wanted to Sam, I really did. But I figured out there was nothing anyone could do about it. Maybe she's right, maybe all I am is some stupid art freak. Maybe I am ugly and a loser"
"Dayla let me tell you something right now as your best friend. You are not a freak! You are not ugly and you are definitely not a loser! A real loser is someone who gives up before he or she even tries and you are certainly one who never gives up on anything. That's the first thing you told me when I decided to go Goth. You are the most beautiful person I know, what makes someone beautiful is being who they truly are. I can tell you for a fact that your artwork is amazing and that is what makes you beautiful and unique and who else can say that they get to fight ghost's every day?" Sam said while grabbing her shoulders.
"Really?" Dayla asked. Sam then nodded her head and continued, "Who cares about what Paulina said? Paulina wouldn't know anything because she's not your best friend and she wouldn't know what she's talking about. The next time Paulina says something, stand up to her! Let her know who the better person is! You don't have to fight her anything but say something"
Dayla then began to cry again, but this time Sam pulled her into a hug and allowed her friend to cry on her shoulder.
Dayla finished crying, took a deep breath and said while smiling, "Thanks Sam. You're the best"
"No problem Dayla. But I think maybe you should tell Danny" Sam suggested.
"I will if it gets worse, I promise" Dayla said. Sam nodded at that and then the two left for their last class of the day.
The next day, Danny and Tucker were hanging out by his locker. Tucker smiled as he said, "Thanks to you, I know the quickest way to a woman's heart. Clean boxers!"
Danny rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Man I blew it yesterday. Paulina probably won't even look at me now"
"You-hoo! Danny!" Paulina called looking at the two boys.
"Or not! Hey Tuck…" Danny said while smiling and gesturing to his friend to leave. Tucker then nodded and quickly left, leaving Danny with Paulina.
"Hi you. I just wanted to…" Paulina began to say, but was cut off when Dash suddenly shoved Danny in his locker and shut the door while saying, "Meet me? Who doesn't?
"Dash Baxter" Dash said introducing himself. Danny then came out of his locker while remaining invisible, he placed his hands on Dash but then suddenly he fell inside Dash's body. The next thing he knew, he saw himself as Dash.
"In Dash's body?" Danny asked as he looked at himself.
"Exucse me?" Pauling asked completely confused.
"Oh right of course" Danny said, but then smiled as he got an idea. "I'm also the president of the Casper High geek club and I have every toe nail I've ever clipped! Wanna see them?"
"No" Paulina answered completely grossed out. Danny then continued, "Oh and you should get to know Danny Fenton. He doesn't scrub his mum's feet every night like I do"
"Eww! Get lost loser!" Paulina exclaimed even more grossed out than before. With his plan complete, Danny phased out of Dash and went back to his locker.
After Dash left, Paulina opened the locker and let Danny out, only for him to fall out and land on the ground. His backpack opened up and the amulet that fell in during the fight with the dragon ghost fell out.
"We have to stop meeting like this" Paulina said kneeling down to him, she then noticed the amulet picked it up and asked, "Oh my gosh! What's that?"
"That? It's uh…Do you like it?" Danny asked.
"It's beautiful!" Paulina exclaimed as the two stood up from the ground. Danny then continued, "Hey that's great! Because I got it for you! In case I got the nerve to ask you to the dance and you said yes, I thought I would wanna give you something and that's what it would've been. It's for you"
His pants were about to fall down again, until he grabbed them and said, "Whether you go with me or not"
"Well you are kind of cute and you have great taste in underwear. I'd love to go with you" Paulina said as she puts it on, earning a smile from Danny. As she walked away, her eyes flashed a different colour for a second and then went back to normal.
"What am I doing? That thing doesn't belong to me, it could be my mum's or one of my sister's. But I'll worry about that later, because she said yes! Whoo-hoo!" Danny cheered, but then stopped as his pants fell down.
He then cringed at the shadow of Mr Lancer who said, "Pantless again Mr Fenton? Third time this week, I've caught you…how do you kids say it?" He asked and then pulled out a book that was titled, How To Sound Hip for the Unhip and continued while handing Danny a piece of paper, "Dropping trou. I think it's time I saw your father for a parent teacher conference"
"Oh man. My dad?" Danny muttered quietly and then was given a belt by Mr Lancer who said, "Until then here. It'll help you keep your pants up and out of trouble with the man"
When Danny got home, he quickly went down to the lab to tell his dad about the conference, but Jack was a little bit mad about not catching any ghosts during the day that he wanted to take his anger out on the first sign of bad news. When Danny thought it was going to be a problem, he decided to overshadow Jack and go to the parent teacher conference as him instead, at first it was a good idea, but then Mr Lancer asked Jack to chaperone the school dance on Friday and unfortunately he couldn't say no to it.
On Thursday afternoon, the four of them were at the mall getting stuff for the dance on Friday. The school had given students the day off to get ready and that. Dayla had to pick up her dress and that, while Danny picked up his suit for it. Tucker even though he still didn't have a date, he still picked up a suit for the dance in case something happened at the last minute.
The four of them were then eating in the cafeteria.
"So your dad is going to chaperone the dance?" Sam asked and then Danny answered, "Yes but he doesn't know he's going to chaperone, because he doesn't remember that I made him say yes"
"So let me get this straight, we can just walk into people and take over their bodies from the inside?" Dayla asked.
"Yeah pretty much" Danny answered and then Dayla said smiling, "Awesome! You got to let me practice that on you when we get home"
Tucker then asked the twins while smiling, "Hey Danny, Dayla if you two could just control a girl for just two minutes…"
"Forget it Tuck. You can get your own date to the dance, like I did" Danny answered realising what his friend was asking him to do.
"Does he have to take off his pants and act like a dweeb or will either one do?" Sam asked.
"Hey Sam you sure you don't want to come to the dance?" Dayla asked. Sam then answered, "Honestly Dayla I'm glad I'm not going to the dance. It saves me the embarrassment of wearing this lame dress my parents bought me"
"So no-ones asked you huh?" Tucker asked. Sam then got annoyed and retorted, "Maybe if I was pretty like Paulina!"
"Why are you so down on her? So she's pretty it's not a crime" Danny said.
"Looks can be deceiving Danny and believe me if you ask Dayla, you would know" Sam said.
Danny then gave a look of confusion and asked, "What do you mean? Dayla what's going on?"
But before Dayla could answer people began to run around the mall screaming in fright, the twin's ghost senses went off and realised that there was a ghost terrorising somewhere. The two then stood up and transformed into their ghost forms and flew around to find the ghost.
When they finally found it, they saw that it was the same dragon ghost from before in the lab.
"Say haven't we met somewhere?" Danny asked the ghost, the dragon however just got angry and fired some fire at him. Danny dodged out of the way and then Dayla said, "Let's try this again. Hi we're Danny and Dayla Phantom and you are?"
The dragon however just hit them both with its tail, knocking them into a café. Danny then said as they stood up, "Testy, got it"
They flew back up to it and dodged its fire again, they both rammed into its stomach but was suddenly grabbed and slammed into the ground. It then roared out, "MUST HAVE TEE!"
"Tea? Great idea right Danny?" Dayla asked Danny. Danny then answered back, "Yep after all, coffee can make you a bit jittery. Or better yet…"
The two then phased through the floor, leaving the dragon confused by their disappearance. The two then came out of the ground and shouted in unison, "HAVE SOME PUNCH!
The two then sent a powerful punch to its face, sending it away and disappearing out of sight. Danny and Dayla then went back to Sam and Tucker when they couldn't see any sign of the dragon.
"Are you two okay?" Sam asked.
"We're okay" Dayla answered and then Danny said, "But that's the second time we fought that dragon, we need to investigate. How are you guys?"
"Great. If you don't count me still being dateless for the dance" Tucker then pulled out his PDA and continued, "Sasha? No. Denise? No. I've hit every girl in school except…Valerie"
Valerie then walked up to the group and said to Tucker, "Yeah hi. The answer is no, unless something happens in the next five minutes that makes me dateless"
Kwan then ran up to them all excited and exclaimed, "You'll never guess what happened! Donna said she'd go to the dance with me so you're dateless!"
"You're on" Valerie said and then walked away leaving a happy Tucker as he exclaimed, "I'll take it. Some may call it the rebound, but I call it a yes. I got a date! Whoo-hoo! And the pants are still on"
Friday finally came and everyone was getting ready for the dance. Danny and Dayla were in the kitchen with Jazz and their parents, during the afternoon, Maddie was putting on a tie on Jack although the two were just going in their jumpsuits.
"I still don't understand why I have to wear this stupid thing" Jack complained and then Maddie said, "Because it's the twin's first dance Jack. If we're gonna chaperone this thing, we have to make sure we don't embarrass them"
"I think it's great when you guys do anything, that doesn't have to do with your sick obsession with ghosts" Jazz said happily and with relief.
"Funny, I don't even remember volunteering to chaperone the dance. It's all a vague blur" Jack said.
Danny then was drinking a glass of water when Jazz said, "By the way Danny and Dayla just so you both know, I'm on to your little secrets"
Danny then spat out his water in shock and asked, "Wha-What secret?"
"The clumsiness, the nervousness. I can't believe I didn't figure it out before, you both have a girlfriend and a boyfriend!"
"It's a lie! We're not ghosts!" The twins both said in unison, but then sighed in relief, realising Jazz was talking about something else.
"Paulina's not my girlfriend. She's just going to the dance with me" Danny clarified and then Dayla added, "Yeah and I don't even have a boyfriend, I'm just going to the dance to have fun"
"That's great! I can meet this Paulina and talk to her about ghosts!" Jack exclaimed.
"You better let her know that your family is insane now Danny. If you marry her and she find out later, that's entrapment" Jazz said.
Dayla sighed and said, "We both better go and get ready. Come on Danny" and with that, they both began to go upstairs to their rooms. Danny then said to Dayla, "Okay so I'm gonna have to dance with Paulina and keep my dad from embarrassing me. I can handle that" but then he put an unsure look on his face.
"Don't worry Danny, I'll be there to help you out. I practiced overshadowing and I've got it down pat" Dayla said, reassuringly which earned her a smile from her brother and then they went into their separate rooms to get ready.
Later on Danny, Dayla and Tucker were standing in front of a webcam talking to Sam. Danny was wearing a navy blue dress suit, along with a blue tie and black dress shoes, Dayla was wearing a dark blue sleeveless gown, her hair was tied up in a bun with a part of her hair tied up in a braid and had dark blue flats on and Tucker was wearing a similar suit to Danny's, only his was a dark green, had black dress shoes and still wore his red beret.
"Tie straight, shirt tucked in, and unbreakable ghost fishing line tucked neatly away just in case" Danny said as he placed the Fenton Fisher inside his jacket pocket.
"How are you going with the dragon research Sam?" Dayla asked. Sam then answered while typing on the keyboard, "I've definitely found something. Here I'm sending you the link"
The link opened up a page that showed the image of the same dragon they saw today, Danny then gasped as he recognised the amulet on its neck.
He clicked on the info button and read out loud, "Medieval ghostly legend, held that the cursed Amulet of Aragon could transform any wearer into dragon for, under states of extreme emotional distress or anger" He then zoomed in on the image of the amulet and said in exclaimed, "That's the amulet I gave to Paulina! It must've accidently fallen into my backpack. Wait, you mean I'm going on a date with a dragon?"
"Like Dayla and I said, looks are deceiving. I'm sure you guys will have a wonderful evening" Sam said smiling and then logged off.
"She really wants to go to the dance" Danny said and then Dayla said with a groan, "Oh now you boys get it!"
"Dayla has a point, we're her best friends. We should've known" Danny said.
Tucker shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well there's nothing we can do about it now right?"
The twins got an idea and then looked at Tucker with their eyes glowing green and a wide smile on their face. Tucker then realised why they were looking at him like that for and exclaimed, "No way. Forget it. Absolutely not! No!"
Ten minutes late Tucker knocked on the door to Sam's house, Sam opened the door and was shocked to see Tucker standing there so she asked, "Tucker? What are you doing here? Where's Valerie?"
"She kind of cancelled on me" Dayla said through a now overshadowed Tucker's mouth, Sam was completely oblivious that it was Dayla controlling him. Tucker (Dayla) then asked, "Do you think we could go together as friends?"
Sam smiled at this and said, "Okay, but only because you got stood up. I'll go change into that dumb dress I wasn't gonna wear" and with that she ran off back inside.
Dayla then came out of Tucker and said before flying off, "See you at the dance Tuck!"
"That is so unfair! And as soon as Sam comes back, I'm gonna…" Tucker began to say. But when he turned back around, he stopped as he saw Sam in this really cool purple and black formal dress and her hair was done up that she had two spikey pony tails coming out and with that, he smiled instead of complaining.
"Come on we're gonna be late!" Sam exclaimed and then began to drag Tucker in tow to the school.
The dance was being held in the school gym, lights could be seen, loud music could be heard and students were dancing everywhere. Mr Lancer walked around the gym, still trying to sound cool by reading out the book he was carrying.
Danny and Paulina were over by the punch table, Danny grabbed two glasses of punch and gave one to Paulina and then asked, "Paulina? I was thinking, that amulet?"
Paulina then said while smiling, "Isn't it fabulous? I haven't taken it off since you gave it to me"
"Yeah well, a-about that. You see I shouldn't have given it to you in the first place because…" Danny said, trying to come up with a reason for the amulet and then said as he noticed Sam, "It belongs to Sam"
Paulina then got a little bit mad, a dragon tongue came out of her mouth and she drank the punch in two seconds, she then growled as she broke the glass by crushing it with her hand.
"But I wanna make it up to you. I'll get you something else, something more special" Danny said trying to reason with her, he then turned and panicked as he noticed Mr Lancer talking to Jack and then quickly said while walking away, "Like punch! I'm gonna get you some special punch!"
Danny then snuck behind his dad and then overshadowed him, he then said, "Yes Danny! What a fine boy he is! As his father, I get that all the time"
"Jack you sound kind of strange" Maddie said curiously.
"Oh it must've been something I ate. Hey how about I get us some punch?" Jack (Danny) said and with that he walked towards, Dayla, Tucker and Sam while exclaiming, "Excuse me! Excuse me! Adult coming through! I shave every day!"
"Hey guys! We got trouble!" Danny exclaimed as the other three just looked on in shock. Tucker then quickly said, "We had nothing to do with it Mr Fenton, it was all Danny and Dayla's idea!"
"Tucker it's me! It's Danny. Sam and Dayla, you two try to help me find Paulina. Tucker, you keep an eye on my dad. If he starts talking to anyone page me or Dayla" Danny said as he handed them walkie-talkies, he then walked away and then Sam commented, "This dance gets better and better with every passing minute"
"I'm never forgetting this dance" Dayla said and then she and Sam went off to find Paulina.
The two girls then saw Paulina walking towards the girls bathroom, Sam said into the walkie-talkie, "Danny we've got her"
"Stay on her. I'm on my way and girls don't make her angry" Danny said and then he phased out of Jack and invisibly flew off, leaving a confused Jack behind.
Sam stopped Dayla for a second and said, "Dayla you don't have to go in there, I can if you want me to"
"No Sam, I'm coming in. I'll be alright, who knows maybe she isn't so bad anymore" Dayla said with a smile. Sam smiled back at her friend and then went into the bathroom.
"Hey Paulina, nice dress" Sam commented to her.
"Yes and it goes so nicely with your amulet. Don't you think?" Paulina asked with a sly smile.
"My amulet? That's not mine…right listen, my grandma gave me that amulet and…" Sam began to say, going along with Paulina just said but was cut off when Paulina said, "Forget it sweetie! I'm not giving up this trinket or your little boyfriend Danny"
"Her boyfriend?" Dayla asked and then both she and Sam laughed at this before Sam said, "And they say pretty girls can't be funny! Danny is not my boyfriend"
"He's not?" Paulina asked arching an eyebrow.
"He's my best friend. The same with Tucker and Dayla. Maybe that's why I was so hard on you, I didn't mean to call you shallow" Sam apologized to Paulina and then Dayla added, "Yeah maybe you're not so bad after all"
"What a bummer! I only agreed to go out with him because I thought I was stealing him from you! Here take your crummy amulet!" Paulina said while placing the amulet on Sam, she then picked up her glass of punch and said, "Here's something to go with your dress art freak!" and with that she threw the punch all over the front of Dayla's dress.
"I'm going back inside to dump your dorky friend!" Paulina said as she began to leave, Sam then got really angry and said as she transformed into a dragon, "SHALLOW LITTLE WITCH!"
Dayla stood there in shock, while Paulin fainted at the sight. Sam then grabbed Paulina and blasted a huge hole in the roof, Danny juts ran in as Dragon Sam flew off with her. Danny and Dayla transformed into their ghost forms and flew off after her, Danny then kicked the dragon to the ground and said, "Take it easy Paulina! You don't want to hurt Sam!"
"Uh Danny? I hate to tell you this but that dragon isn't Paulina!" Dayla exclaimed while pointing to them. Danny then looked and noticed Paulina in the dragon's claw and asked, "Paulina? Sam?"
Dragon Sam then rose up and shouted, "SHALLOW GIRL!"
Danny then nodded and said, "Yep that's Sam"
Dragon Sam then roared some fire at them, they went intangible and then Dayla exclaimed as they became tangible again, "Woah Sam! Two words: breathe mints"
Danny then flew over and grabbed Paulina out of her claw, she roared in anger and then hit the both of them with her towards the bleachers, Danny turned intangible and they both went right through the bleachers. Dash was standing there with some random girl and was completely shocked as Danny landed on the ground with Paulina.
Dragon Sam then lifted the bleachers off the ground and threw them away roaring, which caused Dash and the other girl to run off in fright. Dayla then grabbed Dragon Sam by the tail and tossed her away while exclaiming, "Sorry about this Sam!"
Danny and Dayla's walkie-talkies went off and Tucker said, "Guys, Lancer's getting close to your dad"
"I'll take care of it Danny, you wait here with Paulina" Dayla said and then flew off back inside the gym. She remained invisible and heard Jack ask with a little anger, "Hey! Who are you and why are you talking to my wife?"
"Jack this is Mr Lancer, from the parent teacher conference" Maddie said, curious as to what may be going on with her husband.
Dayla then acted quickly and overshadowed Jack and said, "Right of course. Sorry about that, it's just in this light, I thought it was George Clooney! Doesn't he look sharp mum…I mean Maddie?"
"Well thank you" Mr Lancer said smiling.
"Would you please excuse me? I would like to dance with my wife" Jack (Dayla) said and then dragged Maddie to the middle of the dance floor.
"Doesn't this bring back memories?" Maddie sighed happily as they both danced.
"Absolutely! Hey how about you tell me all about it?' Dayla asked and then she phased out of Jack, leaving him a bit baffled and confused, but then smiled as he heard the crowd cheering for them and he exclaimed, "Thank you all! On behalf of me! Jack Fenton!"
Dayla arrived just in time, as Dragon Sam returned and Danny flew along with her to fight. More flames were thrown and the two dodged each assault. Danny then quickly whispered an idea to Dayla on what to do, with a smile she nodded and got ready. She turned invisible and flew behind Dragon Sam, while Danny floated in front of her.
"I hate to say this, but you throw fire like a girl!" Danny exclaimed which made Dragon Sam even angrier.
Dayla then turned visible and pulled out the Fenton Fisher and began wrapping the line around Dragon Sam while exclaiming, "The Fenton Fisher! It can capture ghosts and dragon ghosts! Way to go dad!"
Danny then helped Dayla tighten the line around Dragon Sam, with her wings now tied down she fell to the ground with large thud. Danny and Dayla then flew down and pulled off the amulet around her neck, Sam was then transformed back to normal and then the twins turned back to their human selves and then kneeled down to help Sam.
"Sam are you alright?" Danny asked as Sam got up.
"Wow, did I have fun at the dance?" Sam asked and then Dayla answered, "Well let's just say you had a roaring time!"
Sam smiled at that and the three fully stood up, Danny then noticed the punch stain all over Dayla's dress and asked, "Hey sis what happened to you?"
Dayla looked down and gave Sam a look that asked if they could be alone for a minute, Sam then said before leaving, "I'll meet you two back inside"
"What's going on?" Danny asked and then Dayla said, "It was Paulina. There's something I need to tell you, something I haven't even told our parents or even our friends. Sam found out on her own but I think it's time you knew. Ever since we started this year, Paulina has always targeted me for bullying. At first it began with simple name calling but then it got worse, she started calling me stuff like art freak, ugly, loser and that. Almost every time I come out of art class or run into her, it's the same thing! She even tears my sketchbook sometimes and I can't take it anymore!"
Tears then began to pour out of Dayla's eyes, Danny then pulled her into a comforting embrace and asked, "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I was going to, but then you and Paulina were going to the dance together and I thought that maybe she was changing. I guess I was wrong" Dayla answered as she cried into Danny's shoulder.
"Then I guess I was wrong too, if I had known Paulina was treating you this way I would never had taken her to the dance. I'm sorry Dayla. What kind of brother am I?" Danny said and then became sad himself.
Dayla then wiped her eyes and gave her brother a smile as she said, "Don't worry about it Danny. I should've said something in the first place. You are a good brother"
Danny smiled at that and then said, "Hey Dayla let me try something" and then he placed his hand on Dayla's dress and made the stain intangible, it then fell off and the dress was as good as new. Dayla smiled and then hugged Danny again. Danny then decided to call off his crush on Paulina, not only for his sister, but because he realised what kind of girl Paulina really is.
They both went back inside and a lot of the other students were leaving as the dance was nearly over.
"Dude, sorry your date didn't pan out. Where is Paulina anyway?" Tucker asked.
"Who cares? Look, the DJ is still playing and I think there's still time for one last dance" Sam said while smiling at Danny.
"Sure I'd love to. Hold this please Tuck" Danny said while giving the amulet to Tucker and then the two went to dance.
As they were dancing Sam asked, "Promise me you'll keep your pants up"
"I'll do my best" Danny replied.
Tucker eye's widened in realisation and said, "I'm dateless again! What does a guy have to do to get hooked up around here?"
"Come on Tuck, I'll dance with you" Dayla said, Tucker then smiled at his best friend and the two began to dance along with Sam and Danny. All in all, they had a great time and this was definitely one dance the four were never going to forget!
THE END
AUTHORS NOTE
Sam's pep talk to Dayla is something similar I once said to a friend of mine in high school when she was getting bullied and she once said the same to me when I was being put down.
I'm glad I got to add this to my story.