WHAT YOU WANT
It was at Amity Park's local market on a Saturday. Danny, Dayla and Tucker were looking at some of the stalls, Danny noticed a packet of three sets of wheels for skateboards.
"Two for each of us?" Danny suggested, Tucker nodded in agreement and said, "Sounds fair"
Each of them then handed an equal share of money to pay for the wheels, they then walked over to a stall called Madam Babazita's Mystical Oddities. All three of them noticed all different kinds of items that looked like something out of an Arabian Nights story, Tucker picked up a bottle unimpressed by it as Madam Babazita told them it was a genie in a bottle.
"A genie in a bottle? I don't think so, thanks anyway" Tucker said and then they walked away to look at the other stalls.
On the other side of the market, a little girl with her mother walked past a woman selling fairy floss (A/N I know in America its called cotton candy, but in Australia we call it fairy floss), the little girl then began asking, "Please mummy! Can I have some cotton candy? Please, please, please?!"
The mother then shook her head and answered, "I think you've had enough sugar for today"
But the little girl continued to cry and throw tantrums as they walked past Babazita's stall, her balloon caught on the bottle that Tucker was looking at before and caused it to fall to the ground as it pulled on it. The bottle smashed and suddenly a green skinned ghost, with long black hair and wearing a blue Arabian harem's outfit floated in the sky, her name is Desiree the wishing ghost.
"And your heart's desire is my command" Desiree said smiling and then flew off.
Danny, Dayla and Tucker continued to walk through the market, until they stopped when Danny and Dayla's ghost senses went off, they turned around and watched as Desiree appeared before the fairy floss stall and cast her spell. Suddenly fairy floss began to sprout out of the machine and created a massive wave all over the market, everyone began to scream and panic as they were covered in the pink sugary treat, the little girl was definitely happy until she got covered in it as well.
After making sure nobody was looking Danny and Dayla shouted in unison, "We're going ghost!" and then transformed into their ghost forms.
They flew up towards Desiree, leaving poor Tucker to be smothered in another wave of fairy floss. They flew up and floated in front of Desiree ready to fight.
"I am Desiree, what is your wish?" Desiree asked placing her hands together.
"None of your business candy pants!" Dayla snapped back.
"Surely there must be something you desire" Desiree said, ignoring her outburst and then reached out her hand to touch her.
Danny then allowed his brotherly protective instincts to kick in, flew in front of Dayla and shouted, "Hey get away from her!"
Suddenly a green light appeared in Danny's hand, he then aimed it at Desiree and fired a ghost ray, and the blast sent her flying away.
"What was that?" Dayla asked completely amazed, Danny was confused as well as he looked at his hand which was still glowing.
"What's going on? I think this is a new ghost power" Danny answered.
"Let me try" Dayla said, she concentrated on her hand and suddenly a green glow came as well, she then raised her hand to the sky and blasted a ghost ray.
"WOW!" They both said in unison.
"That was slammin'!" They both heard Tucker exclaim, they then flew down to him as he continued, "Whatever that was. You two got another power?"
"I guess" Danny answered.
"That's the cool thing about your powers, there's no down side. Give me five!" Tucker said as he held out both his hands to give them a high five.
Danny and Dayla then did, but they accidently blasted Tucker away with their new power causing him to land upside down in a mountain of fairy floss. They gasped at what just happened and hoped that their friend was alright.
"I'm okay!" Tucker yelled out.
It was Saturday night and it was one of Casper High's annual football game. Dayla, Tucker and a very sick Sam were sitting on the bleachers watching the game, Sam was wrapped up tightly in a blanket and sneezing constantly. Apparently there was a bug going around and it looks like Sam caught it.
"I'm sick as a dog and I hate sports. Why am I here?" Sam asked in a nasally voice.
"Because Danny's here and he's got the best seat in the house" Tucker answered, Dayla then said, "Apparently Tucker convinced him to fill in for the school mascot"
Dayla then pointed at Danny right now who was in the mascot costume, waving his arms up and down as the announcer yelled out, "And now everybody here they are! Your very own Casper High Ravens!"
Suddenly Danny was stomped on by the entire football team as they came running out, causing Dayla, Tucker and Sam to cringe at the sight.
Danny lifted his head and muttered bitterly, "Fill in for the mascot, it'll be fun. You'll meet cheerleaders" and then he was stomped on by another team member of the football team.
The game started and so far Casper High was losing, it seemed every time Dash got a hold on the ball the opposing team always managed to tackle him down and stopped him from getting a single touchdown for his team.
"This is pathetic, our teams fading fast" Tucker said in boredom.
Sam then sneezed again and stood up to leave as she said, "Me too. I'm out of here"
"Want me to walk you home Sam?" Dayla asked concerned for her friend.
"No thanks Dayla, I don't want you catching what I got" Sam said and then left for home.
Back in the game, the team huddled to discuss strategies. Dash himself was getting really mad that the team was losing the game, he said, "I wish I could turn into the kind of monster, who could crush these guys single handed"
As soon as he said that wish, Desiree appeared and cast her spell on him. He suddenly became angrier, muskily than normal, he became larger in height and suddenly had green skinned, he became a monster version of himself. Danny and Dayla gasped as their ghost senses went off and they noticed what Dash had become, they then looked up and saw Desiree flying away from the scene.
The game then started again and suddenly Dash threw the ball right over the field at a fast pace, he ran over to it and then caught it, he then slammed into the ground not only causing a crack in the earth, but earning the team a touchdown.
Danny ran over to Dayla and Tucker. Tucker then said, "Can you believe this? Dash is a beast!"
"And getting beastier. I think he's running on ghost power, we're gonna need your help Tuck" Danny said.
"To kick some ghost bootie?" Tucker asked in excitement.
"Sort of" Danny answered as his eyes flashed green.
"I'm in" A determined Tucker said.
Before the next run off began, Danny and Dayla flew invisibly up to Dash. They both could feel the immense ghost energy coming from him, making them cringe at it. Danny then put his hand inside of him and pulled out Monster Dash from him, Dayla then opened the lid of the Fenton Thermos and sucked it in, they flew off leaving Dash who reverted back to normal and once again got tackled down by the opposing team and officially losing the game.
Unfortunately because the team lost the game, the guy in the mascot suit usually takes the beating for it. Which was bad news for Tucker since he filled in for Danny who was filling in for the guy who usually wears the mascot suit.
"Man every time those two go ghost, I get the short end of the stick" Tucker groaned as he was hanging upside down by the goal post. The other jocks then came up to him and made him their personal piñata, poor Tucker!
Danny and Dayla flew back home and phased into the lab, as they stood in front of the ghost portal they noticed some sort of Native American tent and some sort of giant glowing dream catcher. Ignoring it for now, Danny emptied the thermos into the portal. They then flew off, but they accidently went through the dream catcher and suddenly they dropped down as they felt all their powers leaving their body and left them on the ground in their human halves. They looked up and saw their ghost halves floating in the air and then their ghost halves flew back into their bodies as they heard sneezing coming from the tent.
"Is somebody out there?" A sick looking Jack asked as he opened the tent and then came out. A sick looking Maddie also came out as well.
"Are we interrupting something? That I hope were not?" Dayla asked as she and Danny stood up from the ground.
"Your father and I are purifying ourselves of negative ghost energy" Maddie answered after sniffling a bit.
Jack sneezed and then explained, "We're trying to ritually expel ourselves of any viral ghosts in our systems with the Fenton Ghost Catcher. It's like an Indian dream catcher, except it expunges ghosts and not dreams you see"
"You might just have a cold you know, it doesn't have to be a ghost cold" Danny suggested.
Jack and Maddie looked at each other, they then gave him a glare and then left as Jack muttered, "I remember when I was that naïve"
Danny and Dayla stared at the large dream catcher, Dayla then placed her hand inside to see what would happen and then suddenly her ghost hand started floating out of her own, she gasped at that and then pulled her hand out and held it.
"This one actually work. A little too well, we are filing this under must avoid. Agreed?" Danny asked.
"Agreed" Dayla answered.
The next day Danny, Dayla and Tucker were at the mall planning on seeing a movie. Dayla then pulled out her phone and called Sam to see how she was doing, poor Sam she was so sick and all cooped up in her house.
"I feel like I'm gonna die. I hate being sick" Sam said over the phone, she then sneezed.
"Hang in there Sam. We're gonna come visit you when we're done at the mall, you want us to bring you anything?" Dayla asked.
Sam sneezed again and then answered before hanging up, "No please don't bother. My folks are taking pretty good care of me"
"She's gotta be sick if she's missing Dead Teacher 4" Danny said as they walked to the ticket stand.
"This time it's personal" Tucker added.
A few minutes later, all three of them saw everyone crowding over some sort of cute, short, anime version of Paulina. Everyone was gushing all over her and the more crowds that cheered, the bigger she became.
"Okay I know she's popular at school, but this is ridiculous" Dayla said.
"Tucker we…" Danny was about to say, when he was cut off by Tucker as he sighed, handed them the thermos and said, "Do what you gotta do, I'll get us seats"
Danny and Dayla then transformed into their ghost halves and invisibly flew Paulina into the basement. Meanwhile Tucker was sitting in a movie theatre annoyed and watching an entirely different film.
"Man I cover for them, my movie gets sold out and now I gotta watch this now. I'm tired of being left out all the time, man I wish I had ghost powers too" Tucker exclaimed loudly.
Desiree then appeared in the theatre, giving Tucker a bit of a fright and then she said as she cast her spell on him, "Your heart's desire is my command"
She flew off, leaving a confused Tucker and then suddenly he became intangible and phased through his seat! He smiled as he realized that his wish was granted and man was he going to enjoy this. Back in the basement Danny and Dayla placed down Paulina who smiled widely and said, "Hi I'm Paulina! I'm adorable, I'm small, I'm big headed and I make goodness!"
"Bye, bye kitty!" Danny exclaimed and then blasted a ray at her head, which cause her to scream for a second and suddenly the ghost energy was pushed harmlessly out of her.
"Cool it worked, I can't wait to tell Tucker" Danny said smiling at his achievement.
Dayla then opened the thermos and sucked up the energy, they then left a confused, now normal Paulina in the basement. They both transformed back into their human selves and entered the theatre room, they looked around everywhere but couldn't find him.
"I guess he took off Danny, let's head home" Dayla said and they both left the theatre, unaware that Tucker had just flew in and pulled some pranks on a few of the audience in the cinema.
Danny and Dayla went outside and suddenly their ghost senses went off, they both looked up to see Desiree flying off again.
"Geeze lady! Don't you ever take a break?" Danny said with annoyance.
"Ah Danny, are cars meant to fly?" Dayla asked as she pointed up to the now flying car in the sky.
"Nope, come on!" Danny answered and then they both went behind the ticket booth to transform. Once they did that, they flew after the flying car.
Once they reached it, the driver named Billy was panicking and screaming as he continued to fly.
"Hey slow down Jeff Gordon! You're going over the speed limit and the height limit!" Danny exclaimed to Billy, he just screamed even louder once he saw the two ghost twins and sped off.
Suddenly Tucker came up to them and told them, "Don't sweat this one guys, I'm on it" and then he flew off at top speed after the car.
Danny and Dayla then stopped in their tracks after realising who that was and exclaimed, "Tucker?!"
Tucker phased through the car and sat down in the passenger seat, he said to Billy with a smile, "Chill dude! Tucker Phantom is on the case"
"Tucker Phantom?" Danny asked as he and Dayla phased through the car and sat down in the back seat and then continued, "Okay ignoring the total originality of that, how did you get ghost powers anyway?"
"Who knows? And more importantly who cares! And now if you'll excuse me, I have some heroic exploits to attend to" Tucker said as he grabbed the wheel to the car.
Danny panicked and then grabbed the wheel also and then Dayla exclaimed, "Guys! We're too young to drive!"
The two began to fight over the steering wheel, flipping the car round in a full circle as Danny exclaimed, "Tucker let go of the wheel! This is serious!"
Suddenly Billy and Tucker began to scream as they headed right towards a building, Danny and Dayla then combined their powers to make the entire car and all of them intangible, allowing the car to pass harmlessly through the building. After making the car tangible, Tucker looked back out the window and then gave Danny and Dayla a glare.
"Oh sure phase the car though the building. You two had to save the day didn't you?" Tucker asked sarcastically.
"Ah yeah! Because a car smashing through the 28th floor of anything is bad!" Dayla exclaimed, not liking Tucker's attitude towards them.
"You two are just jealous because there's somebody else to grab the spotlight now" Tucker retorted back.
"Yo! Hallucinations, focus!" Billy yelled out, trying to get their attention.
"When have we ever grabbed the spotlight?" Danny asked.
"How about right now for instance?!" Tucker asked back, really getting annoyed and angry.
Suddenly Billy screamed as they crashed right into a grain silo of a farm, forcing all the grain in it to fall out. Billy first popped out of it and laughed as a chicken sat on his head and then Danny, Dayla and Tucker phased out of the hay.
"Tucker please, you're our best friend. We're just concerned about you" Dayla said, trying to reason with him.
"Well don't! This town's big enough for more than two ghost kids" Tucker snapped at them and began to float away from them.
"Tuck wait!" Danny shouted to stop him, but Tucker ignored him and then flew off at a really fast speed, faster than those two could fly.
"Woah! We can't fly that fast, is he getting more powerful?" Danny asked.
"I don't know, but this has brought out a side of Tucker that I don't like at all. We better keep a close eye on him" Dayla said, suddenly she sneezed.
"Are you okay Day?" Danny asked.
"I think I might be catching the bug that's going round" Dayla answered.
The next day at Casper High, Mr Lancer walked over to the drinking fountain to get some water. Suddenly the water went out of control and sprayed all over him, causing his shirt to become soaking wet.
"Moby Dick!" Mr Lancer exclaimed as he wiped off the water on his face.
Suddenly his belt came undone by itself and fell to the ground, he bent down to pick it up only to be sprayed by the drinking fountain again and then his tie became undone by itself.
"Guliver's Travels! I'm losing my mind!" Mr Lancer exclaimed, suddenly his pants fell down to reveal him wearing pink and white boxer shorts. He then exclaimed as students laughed at him, "And my pants!"
It turned out it was Tucker who did that, as Danny and Dayla watched him phased through a wall and turn tangible. He then laughed at Mr Lancer, the two of frowned at him for his prank.
Danny sniffled and asked, "Nice trick. Do you do kid's parties?"
"Dude relax, I'm just having fun" Tucker said smiling, his smile dropped as he looked at them and noticed the bags under their eyes. He then asked, "Are you two okay?"
"I think we're catching Sam's cold, but that's not important right now. Tucker look…" Dayla began to say, but was cut off when Tucker said, "No need. You two can keep that superhero jazz to yourselves, I'm in this for the kicks"
"I was afraid of that. I hate to do this to you pal, but I need to see what's going on inside of you and there's only one way to do that" Danny said and then flew inside Tucker, in an attempt to overshadow him.
Tucker gasped at the sudden invasion, but then his eyes turned red scaring Dayla for a second and then he forced Danny right out of him, sending him straight into the janitor's closet. Dayla ran over and opened the door to see if Danny was okay, Tucker then came up to them and glared in full on anger.
"Don't ever do that again! Get it?!" Tucker yelled out at Danny.
"Got it" Danny answered in fright, Tucker then left in a huff.
"Okay he is really starting to scare me. Danny are you okay?" Dayla asked as she helped her brother up.
"I'm fine, thanks. Your right, he's starting to scare me too" Danny answered in agreement to her statement.
Throughout the day, Tucker pulled all different kinds of pranks and tricks on most of the students. At the end of the day, Tucker flew outside and overshadowed Paulina, Dayla decided to remain invisible and allow Danny to handle this one. She watched as Paulina kept switching to Tucker's voice and then to Danny's voice, it was kind of funny to watch.
Tucker then shouted, "Babazita's genie gave me these powers and I'll use them how I want!"
"Then maybe we need to have a chat to this Babazita" Danny said as he came out and flew off with Dayla behind him.
"Fine! But we're not friends anymore you two!" Tucker exclaimed angrily and then came out of Paulina.
Paulina looked baffled and confused, all the students looked at her weirdly and then she shouted quickly, "And I never was friends with you!"
That was their first argument between them and it really began to scare them, so they went to Babazita back at the market to find out more about Desiree. Babazita explained to them that Desiree was a harem girl that had been promised her heart's desires by the Sultan, she even had her own kingdom, but that all ended when she had been banished by the Sultan's wife out of jealousy. She died of a broken heart, after that her spirit roamed the world granting people's wishes, but at a great personal cost due to that she always had to watch men fall in love with women. Danny and Dayla then returned home to figure out what to do, the next day they went to a wishing fountain as part of Danny's idea.
Dayla sniffled a bit and said, "Okay so what are we doing here?"
"Simple if your trying snag a wishing ghost, then what better place than a wishing well" Danny said as he tossed a quarter in the water.
They waited for a second for something to happen, but nothing did. Danny then frowned that it didn't work and then sneezed, but just as they were leaving a man came up and said out loud as he tossed a quarter in the water, "I wish I had a million bucks"
A green mist came out of the water and then the voice of Desiree said, "So it is desired, so shall it be"
Danny and Dayla transformed into their ghost halves and sprang into action, Danny grabbed the man from the mist and said, "Oh no you don't!"
"Young intruders, you dare to interfere with my spellbinding?!" Desiree asked with fury as she appeared in front of them.
The man got scared and ran off screaming, "Money isn't everything!"
"Listen Desiree, I want you to take away Tucker's ghost powers now" Dayla said.
"I can't do that. By noon tomorrow, your friend's fate will be sealed! HA, HA, HA! Soon his jealousy will transform him forever into the most powerful ghost boy in the world!" Desiree exclaimed.
"Tuck? He's not that jealous, is he?" Danny asked.
"More than you know. Tomorrow his jealousy and frustration will turn to rage and rebellion, he will be complete" Desiree answered and then began to fly off, only to be stopped by Danny as he grabbed onto her spectral tail.
"You change him back!" Danny demanded.
"You dare lay a hand on me?! No man may lay a hand on me unless I wish it!" Desiree yelled in fury and anger as she turned to face them.
Desiree wiggled out of his grip and avoided a punch from Danny, she then transformed her hand into a lasso and grabbed him by the waist smashing him into a park bench. Desiree then charged at him, but Dayla stood in front of him in a protective stance.
"GET BACK!" Dayla yelled and then fired a ghost ray, which hit her dead on and sent her hitting the ground.
They both then landed in front of her, Desiree sat up and then held them down with her giant hand. The two tried struggling out of it, but found themselves unable to.
"Can't break free! Can't go intangible and escape!" Danny yelled as they struggled, he then noticed the thermos near them and got an idea.
"You two can't do anything unless I wish it!" Desiree exclaiming.
"Or I do!" Danny exclaimed and grabbed the thermos, he opened the lid and pointed it at her while saying, "I wish you would disappear inside this thermos!"
"What?! No! I must obey!" Desiree exclaimed in defeat, the light from the thermos then engulfed her and as she was sucked in she screamed, "You two will pay for this!"
Danny then closed the lid and said, "If I weren't a C student, I would've thought of that five days ago. Now what are we gonna do about Tuck?"
Dayla allowed the question to ponder and then smiled as she thought of an idea. She then said, "I have an idea that just might work, here's what we do…"
The next day, Danny was at the school while Dayla waited for them back at the lab. It was quarter to noon and there was no sign of Tucker and he had to hurry up or they'll be too late. He suddenly stopped as his ghost sense went off in front of the School Records department.
"Should've guessed" Danny said drawly as he realized that Tucker was in there.
When he opened phases through the door in his ghost form, he frowned as he saw Tucker at the computer changing his grades to all A's.
"Tucker your changing your grades? That's cheating!" Danny exclaimed.
Tucker turned around smiling as he said, "I like to think of it as academic enrichment. Want me to change yours?"
"No way! Tucker you're in real danger…" Danny began to say, but stopped when Tucker suddenly stood up and growled at him, his skin became green and he suddenly grew sharp teeth and claws.
"Take it easy Tuck, we're friends remember?" Danny said as he attempted to calm him down, but it wasn't working when Tucker angrily said, "We're only friends on your terms, but now I make the rules around here! And my first rule is, no more Danny or Dayla Phantom!"
Tucker then breathed out some sort of ghost ray out of his mouth, sending Danny flying out the room. Danny turned intangible and phased through the walls and then rammed right into a chalkboard of a classroom, he fell to the floor and then held his head from the pain.
"He's getting more malevolent, more ghost like" Danny said.
Tucker then phased in and took a fighting stance, Danny then stood up and said, "Tucker, listen to me! There's isn't much time!"
"You got that right! Your time is up and then it will be for Dayla!" Tucker exclaimed and then fired a ghost ray at him.
Danny flew out of the way and then flew all around the room, avoiding his blasts and then he got behind him and flicked off his beret. That made Tucker even angrier and fired again, hitting the beakers and chemistry sets in the room as Danny avoided them, Tucker then picked up his hat and placed it back on, but while he was distracted doing that, Danny picked up the skeleton and threw it at him and then Tucker quickly turned intangible, allowing it to go through him.
"HA! Is that the best you can do?!" Tucker exclaimed.
"I better speed things up and get him to follow me. And I know just what could work" Danny said in his hand.
He came out from behind the desk and said, "Catch me if you can Sucker Phantom!" and then he waved goodbye as he phased through the floor.
"That's Tucker Phantom! Tucker!" Tucker said angrily and followed him, he found himself in the girls locker room.
Tucker then smiled and said, "So this is what it's like in the girl's locker room" and then suddenly Danny covered his eyes with a bra and dragged him out of there, phasing them both into the basketball court.
Danny then dunked him through the hoop and watched him slam to the ground. Danny then exclaimed, "HA! You got no game!"
Tucker stood up growling more and suddenly he became bigger in size, his eyes became a pupil-less red and let out a huge powerful roar in rage and fury. Danny then flew out of the school and headed towards Fenton Works, with Tucker following him behind. He turned invisible leaving a confused Tucker, Tucker's ghost sense then went off as he looked around.
Danny then appeared behind him and said, "What's the matter? Can't catch what you can't see?!"
Tucker then tried to grab him, but Danny disappeared again and continued on to Fenton Works. He finally arrived and noticed that Tucker was not behind him.
"Where is he? He has to have followed me, it's almost noon" Danny said and then suddenly Tucker appeared in front of him and grabbed him. He then phased the both of them into Fenton Works and straight into the lab.
"No! Don't throw me into the Ghost Zone! Please!" Danny exclaimed sarcastically and pretended to panic.
"I wasn't going to, but that is a great idea!" Tucker exclaimed.
Dayla then snuck up behind Tucker invisible and prepared her hands and whispered, "I'm only gonna have one shot of this"
Danny suddenly cringed and then sneezed right onto Tucker, causing him to let him go in disgust.
"Hey! Cover your mouth!" Tucker exclaimed.
Dayla then punched him into the Fenton Ghost Catcher and allowed the device to separate Tucker from the ghost energy, changing him back to normal. Tucker landed on the ground and then looked up wearily, he gasped as he saw the floating monster before him.
"Is that me?" Tucker asked terrified.
Danny then sucked the energy into the thermos and answered while sniffling, "No it's not you Tuck, not anymore"
Tucker then walked up to them in guilt and said, "Oh man! Guys I'm sorry, I…I couldn't control myself"
Dayla sniffled a little bit and said with a smile, "Tuck don't worry about it, you were under the genie's spell and you broke it"
"Yeah but none of that would've happened, if I wasn't jealous" Tucker said.
"Or if we had been less of a show off around you. Are we still friends?" Danny asked holding his hand out.
Tucker gladly shook it and high fived Dayla as he answered, "The best"
All three of them then walked out of the lab, with smiles on their faces. Jack and Maddie opened up the tent and looked out to see what was all the noise they heard, they looked around but couldn't find anything, so they shrugged it off and went back inside the tent.
Next Saturday at Tucker's house, poor Danny and Tucker we're so sick from the cold going around. Dayla became sick as well but, surprisingly she got over it quickly leaving her and Sam to look after Tucker and Danny.
The boys we're covered in lots of blankets and tissues, they both then sneezed very loudly. Sam and Dayla came in the living room with two steaming bowls of broth.
"Geeze! Do you guys have to share everything?" Sam asked.
Danny sniffled a bit and then said, "Believe me Sam, you don't know the half of it" and then he and Tucker smiled at each other.
"What exactly happen during the week while I was sick?" Sam asked.
"Sam have I got a story to tell you" Dayla said smiling.
THE END
NEXT TIME ON THE PHANTOM TWINS:
Some ghosts tried to waste Danny and Dayla's dad, now there off to their parent's college reunion in Wisconsin that's being hosted by their old friend Vlad Masters. But there is more to this man than meets the eye? And who's this new ghost Vlad Plasmius?
Find out next time on the Phantom Twins in: Bitter Reunions