AND IM BACK! Well I actually never left this is more of a continuation. Especially because I plan on posting these two chapters at the same time. That way you won't have to wait! Why don't I just write one really long chapter you ask? Because it would be a really long chapter and I find this is more efficient. SO! Time to get started! As I promised, HERES DANNY!
"How much longer will this take?" Jazz asked, annoyance evident in her voice.
"We're almost there kids!" Jack bellowed from the front.
"I think that's the fifth time he's said that." Jazz grumbled.
Danny leaned towards Jazz. "With our luck it'll probably be another hour till we even reach the next gas station." He whispered to her.
Her eye twitched. "I'm gonna listen to some calming music now."
Danny reclined his chair and took a nap.
"WERE HERE!"
Danny's eyes snapped open. "Huh? What? Already?" He asked surprised.
"What do you mean 'already'? You've been asleep for three hours." Jazz told him.
He cocked his head, looking like a confused puppy. "Three hours? It felt like a couple seconds."
"Good for you. I was awake the whole time!" She yelled exasperated.
Jazz got out and stepped on to the dirt, taking a big breath of fresh air. She started to stretch and Danny fell out, the door shutting behind him.
"As graceful as a ballerina..." Jazz mumbled sarcastically.
"Would you stop smirking and help me up? I think my legs are asleep." Danny said and she gave him her hand, pulling him to his feet again.
"Thanks."
"No problem baby bro."
Their parents had already gotten out of the car and we're now searching through the trunk for their luggage.
"Alright kids. Get your luggage. We're going to be staying at that lodge right across the street." Maddie said. Jazz and Danny turned around to see where they were staying.
"It looks kind of run down..." Danny muttered.
"Maybe it's nicer on the inside?" Jazz wondered hopefully.
Suddenly Danny's ghost sense went off and screaming was heard nearby.
Jack and Maddies instincts quickly kicked in and their faces were filled with determination.
"You two go check in. We've got a ghost to catch!" And they ran off.
Danny looked at Jazz and she smiled. "I'll be fine. Just go."
Danny smiled back, transformed, and flew up.
From an aerial view, he could see someone being chased by a green blob. His parents followed closely behind, going after the creature with ecto-guns. He knew his parents could take care of a simple blob and was about to fly away when he noticed that the entire town was filled with ghosts. There was a ghost on practically every street!
"So this is the reason I haven't been seeing many ghosts back home. But why are they all here?" He wondered out loud.
He looked rowards the forest enveloping the town. For some reason he felt drawn to it. 'It can't hurt to explore a little...' He thought shrugging and flew into the forest.
The next day, Dipper had finished packing a backpack of everything he needed; Mabel was still looking for the vaccum; Soos had chosen which shirt to wear; Wendy was handling her boredom in the exact same manner she was yesterday and waiting for her shift to end.
"GRUNKLE STAN!" Mabel yelled and he walked in the room. "Have you seen the vaccum cleaner? The small one!" She said.
"The vaccum cleaner? What do you need that for?"
"To catch ghosts!" She responded delightfully.
He smiled at her. "That's a relief. I thought you wanted it for something boring, like chores."
Mabel looked disgusted. "Blech! I would never!"
"Well, in that case, I'm pretty sure it's behind the couch. Haven't really needed it..." He trailed off.
Mabel looked behind the couch and pulled out the vaccum cleaner. It was a portable size. Perfect for catching ghosts!
"Thanks Grunkle Stan!" She thanked him before running off upstairs to find Dipper.
"Dipper!" She yelled, once he was in sight.
Dipper turned around to face his sister. "You ready?"
In response she held up her vaccum cleaner.
"Alright. Let's go see check in on Wendy and Soos."
Dipper put the backpack on and walked with his sister downstairs.
When they entered the shop Wendy waved.
"Hey guys."
"Hey." He said and asked, "You ready?"
"My shift ends in five minutes." She answered and continued to bounce her ball across the room.
"Where's Soos?" Mabel asked, seemingly the only one who noticed he wasn't in the vicinity.
"Over here bromigos." The twins jumped as they realized he was standing right behind them.
"Did you just teleport?" Mabel asked suspiciously.
"Maybe." He put his hand to his chin in thought. "Or maybe I was invisible this whole time!"
The door opened and someone walked in right as Wendy threw her ball.
Before anyone could even react, the mysterious person automatically caught the ball.
Everyones jaw was dropped.
The teen looked sheepish and handed over the ball to its owner. "Uh. Here's your ball back..."
"Wendy." She confirmed.
"Wendy." He repeated. "I'm Danny." He added, deciding to introduce himself.
She gave him a smile. "Nice to meet you Danny. That was a pretty cool stunt you pulled."
"Yeah, let's just say that I'm used to dangerous things following me around." Danny said rubbing the back of his neck.
Dipper was immediately suspicious. "Like what?"
"I- Uh...I Don't...I don't want to talk about that." The raven haired boy stuttered.
"Why not?" Dipper pressed. Mabel elbowed him.
"Leave him alone Dipper. I'm sure he doesn't want to share his life traumatizing experiences with someone he just met!" For a moment he was shocked. Mabel always had his back. The only time she didn't was when...was when there was a cute boy involved...
She then turned to Danny. "Hey! I'm Mabel and the paranoid one is my twin, Dipper." she introduced.
"I'm Soos!" Soos said.
"That's Soos. Also I'm totally single!" Mabel added.
Danny raised an eyebrow. "I'm, like, Fifteen." He told her.
"I'll wait for you." She whispered with her eyes sparkling.
Danny backed up. "And I won't."
His cold rejection only made Dipper dislike him more.
Mabel seemed to have deflated for a moment but then regained her confidence. "You'll change your mind sooner or later!"
"So, I haven't seen you around town. Where are you from?" Wendy asked trying to change the subject and keep everyone on friendly terms.
Before he could answer they all heard faint screaming.
"What was that?" Dipper spluttered.
"Oh, yeah. Most of the town is being attacked by ghosts." Soos spoke up. Dipper stared at him in shock, wondering why he didn't mention this before.
"There aren't that many." Danny said casually.
"You knew about this too?!" Dipper yelled and the screaming continued.
"Come on! We should go check this out!" Mabel said running out the door.
Dipper followed as did Soos and Wendy. Wendy however stopped at the door.
"You coming?" She asked Danny. He smiled and nodded.
The five of them ran to town and paused when they saw some people being chased by ghosts.
"The town is infested! We have to do something." Dipper said.
"Why?" Danny inquired. The four stared at him curiously.
"It's not like its your job to handle it." He added.
"Well who else would?" Dipper countered.
"GHOST!" They heard someone shout. It wasn't a terrified yelp, but more of an accusation.
Two people ran into view. They were chasing a ghost down with high tech weaponry.
"Oh no..." Danny groaned and hid behind Soos.
"I'll distract him honey! You get out the Fenton thermos!" Bellowed the man in an orange jumpsuit.
"You got it sweetie!" The woman in a blue jumpsuit and wearing red goggles answered.
The four stared in awe as the man shot at the ghost. He missed many times, but the woman took out a cylindrical container and the ghost was sucked into it in a flash of blue light.
Dipper ran up to the two, extremely ecstatic. The rest followed and Danny kept hiding behind Soos.
"That was amazing! Who are you people?!" Dipper asked.
"I'm Maddie and this is my husband Jack." Maddie said sweetly.
"We're ghost hunters!" Jack added in with pride.
"Ghost hunters? Wow! You guys actually catch ghosts for a living?" Soos asked.
"Yep! With our own ghost hunting gadgets we invented ourselves!" Jack told him.
Dippers eyes widened. "You made those? Can I see?" Dipper eagerly reached for the ectogun in Maddies pocket, but she covered it with her hand.
"I'm sorry, but you'd have to be highly trained to use one of our weapons. You kids might hurt yourself." Jack explained for his wife. Pretty ironic, considering his aim.
"I have a question! Is it possible to catch a ghost with a vaccum cleaner?" Mabel asked.
Maddie put her hand to her chin in thought for a moment.
"Well theoretically you could catch a small ghost, but they would be able to phase out using intangibility." She answered.
"Dang it!" Mabel yelled and threw her vaccum cleaner on the ground.
Maddie then seemed to realize something. "You weren't planning on hunting these ghosts, were you? It's very dangerous and you could get hurt."
Wendy decided to step up. "No offense, but we're all very capable of taking care of ourselves."
Maddie eyed them all for a moment and spotted a certain someone.
"Who's that behind the big fellow?" She suddenly asked.
Soos pointed to himself, and Maddie made a 'move over' gesture. They definitely did not expect to see Danny in the group.
"Danny?!" They yelled, causing him to flinch. Everyone stared at him in shock.
"Uh. Hi?" Was his intelligent response. Everyone watched the conversation go on in interest.
"We thought you were with Jazz."
"I-I was but she told me I could go explore if I wanted to."
"You weren't about to go ghost hunting with these kids here, we're you? We thought you hated ghost hunting!"
"I just met them! I had no idea that they wanted to hunt ghosts!"
Dipper thought it was finally time to interrupt and ask the question everyone was thinking. "Uh, You two know Danny?"
They momentarily paused, staring at him. Then they continued being gregarious.
"Well of course we know Danny!" Jack exclaimed.
"We're his parents!" Maddie continued.
Everyone looked at Danny for a moment before shouting,
"WHAT?!"
Dipped turned to the Jack and Maddie. "You're his parents?"
He turned to Danny. "They're your parents?"
"Wait. So, your family hunts ghosts?" Wendy questioned.
Danny rubbed the back of his neck embarrassed. "Yeah. Your looking at the son of the world renown ghost hunters, the Fentons."
"Dude that's totally cool!" Soon exclaimed, shocking Danny.
"And totally hot." Added Mabel.
"Really?" Danny asked, pretending he didn't hear Mabels last statement.
"Well, yeah. I mean, ghost hunting? That sounds awesome!" Wendy responded.
Danny smiled at their reactions. Most people thought his parents were crazy. It was nice to have somebody believe his parents for once.
"You kids seem pretty interested in ghosts..." Maddie noted.
Jack jumped as a lightbulb appeared above his head. "We should show them our new invention!"
"New invention?" Danny wondered nervously. They hadn't mentioned a new invention.
"We've been working on it for a while! It's a-"
"Jack! Don't tell them it's supposed to be a surprise!" Maddie scolded.
"A surprise? But I already told Jazzy." Jack said and Maddie sighed, turning to the kids again.
"Well, if your curious to what it is, your welcome to come." She told them.
"That's be great! Come on guys let's check it out!" Dipper enthused and everyone shrugged as if saying 'why not?'
Maddie gestured for them to follow but Danny stayed behind.
"Danny? You coming?" His mother asked.
Danny looked to the side and bit his lip. Dipper quirked an eyebrow. "Actually- uh...I told Jazz i'd be back soon. You guys can go ahead." He said. They all were suspicious of his nervousness but carried on going their separate ways.
They all stopped as the neared the Fenton Family Assult Vehicle.
"Woah. Nice treads." Complimented Soos.
"This is our Fenton Family Assult Vehicle! It has a bunch of weapons built into it designed for the purpose of hunting ghosts! It can also transform into other vehicles, but most of the time it's just an RV." Jack informed them.
The four stared wide eyed at the RV.
"So, what's your invention?" Dipper asked.
"This!" Maddie pressed a button on the side of the vehicle.
The side of the RV was replaced with a glass containment unit about ten feet tall and a small cylindrical slot beside it.
"May I present to you, the Fenton Ghost Neutralizer!" Maddie continued. "I'm sure your all wondering what it does-"
"It melts ghosts into pure ectoplasm! So they're gone for good! Plus, the ectoplasm makes a perfect energy source for our weapons!" Jack intercepted, before Maddie could finish her sentence.
"It melts ghosts? But...wouldn't that hurt them?" Mabel asked.
Maddie laughed. "Of course not! Ghosts are just manifestations of ectoplasmic energy and post-human consciousness! They can't 'feel'."
Mabel shied back, a little embarrassed by being laughed at and still worried they were wrong.
"Don't worry sweetie. We'll give you a demonstration." Maddie soothed when she saw Mabels expression.
"We get to test it out? Yes! Let's use the ghost we caught a few moments ago!" Jack said and pulled out the thermos.
"Great idea honey! It's the perfect demonstration since it's a weak ghost." She took the thermos from his hands and put it into the cylindrical slot. The blob was then transported out of the thermos and into the glass containment unit. It tried to phase through the glass but ended up smacking its face into the glass.
"Now as you can see we have ghost proofed the glass casing so the subject can't escape. And for extra measure, we also included a feature to cancel out its powers." Maddie pressed a blue button on the panel next to the containment unit.
Abruptly, the ghost dropped to the floor, losing its ability of flight.
"And this is the button that turns it on!" Maddie said pressing the rectangular red button that said 'On' on it.
Once she did that, the Ghost started to scream as it turned into goop.
The twins jumped back at its scream of horror.
"I thought you said it wouldn't hurt it!" Mabel squealed.
"It's not. You see, ghosts sometimes act as if they're in pain to trick us humans into thinking they can feel." Maddie explained.
Wendy shook her head. "That- that doesn't sound fake."
"Listen, you have to understand that ghosts aren't human. They're only the echoes left behind of the people they used to be. Ghosts are obsessive, malevolent beings. You should not feel sympathy for them." Maddie told them.
By the end of her speech the ghost had been fully melted and the ectoplasm spilled down the drain. A compartment then opened up and a bucket full of the ectoplasm was revealed.
"See? Pure ectoplasm! And now we can use this to power our ectoguns!" Jack exclaimed, holding up the bucket of ectoplasm.
"Uh...besides weapons, what else could ectoplasm be used for?" Dipper inquired.
"Great question! Sometimes, it's said that ectoplasm used to be used as a key component in most spells or curses." Maddie started and Jack continued for her.
"But, those things don't really exist. So, that just leaves the weapons!" He said holding one up.
Maddie hit the button on the side of the RV again and it returned it its original state.
"There." More screams were heard in the distance. "We've got to go. Ghosts to catch, people to save, it's all very time consuming. You kids stay out of trouble!" Maddie said and the two ghost hunters ran off to fight the specters chasing the towns people.
"oh shoot! We still need to close that portal!" Dipper realized, face palming.
"Its not night, yet. There's still time." Wendy said looking at the sun.
"Yeah. Chill dude. We can do this." Soos comforted.
Dipper sighed, straightening out his hat. "Your right. And I've got everything needed for the ritual in my backpack."
"Let's do this!" Mabel encouraged and they all headed towards the forest.
"This is taking a lot longer than I thought it would..." Mabel said as they walked through the trees. It had been an hour and they still hadn't found the portal.
"The sun is about to set. We gotta find that portal now." Wendy said.
"Guys, Wendy's right. The woods are a lot more dangerous at night than during the day. Once everything's gets dark, we're vulnerable to anything hidden in this forest." Dipper spoke.
Soos looked around, realizing they might have a problem. "Uh...anyone remember how to get back?" They all stared at him, then looked back at each other.
"We're lost?!" Dipper yelled.
"Oh, man. Oh, man. Are we gonna be stuck here all night?" Wendy asked rhetorically.
"Its your fault! Your the one who's supposed to be prepared!" Mabel pointed fingers at Dipper.
"My fault?! I asked you to remember where we were going! If this is anyone's fault it's yours!" He retorted.
"Guys! We're not getting anywhere by playing the blame game." Wendy reminded them.
"Why don't we all just work together to get out. Tomorrow we can come back and find the portal." Soos added.
The twins turned away from each other, still a little upset, but agreeing to work together to find a way out.
"Hey! There's light over there! That could be a way out..." Wendy said and they all ran towards the direction of light.
But as they got closer, they realized that the light wasn't an orange sunset color. It was more of a green.
They stopped when they saw what the light source was.
"Its the portal!" Dipper shouted.
"Cool. Now we can close it and die here." Wendy joked.
"Hey, we've gone through worse. I'm sure we can make it out of this." Dipper said, opening his backpack to get everything out.
"Woaaahhh..." Mabel said walking up to the green portal. She poked it and her finger went through. She then put her entire arm through.
"Hey, Soos, check it out! I lost an arm!" Dipper looked back to see Mabel messing around with the portal.
"Mabel! Don't do that! It could be dangerous!" He scolded.
"Pffft, it's totally safe! See-" she put her arm back in and she screamed. "Help! Something's got me!"
Dipper gasped and ran to save his sister. But she pulled her arm back out safely and started laughing. "Gotcha!"
"Mabel, you shouldn't do things like that. It scares us." Wendy told her. She froze not knowing what to do when Mabel was in trouble. She didn't want to think about what would happen if the event was real.
"What if that hadn't been real, huh?! What if you fell in? I'd never see you again!" Dipper said and Manel looked down. It was after all, a practical joke.
She rubbed the side of her arm. "It was just a joke, guys."
Soos shook his head, frowning. "If it were a joke, we would've laughed."
Dipper then went back to getting everything out of his backpack.
Mabel thought to herself a moment. If they reacted that badly to her joke, it meant they cared a lot. Of course, she knew they always did on the inside. But it was nice to see it on the outside for once. Now she knew how much her friends and brother loved her. Dipper yelled at her the most, which meant he cared more than she could imagine. And that's saying something considering how big her imagination is.
She then walked over to Dipper and hugged him. He was surprised at first, but quickly hugged back. "Thanks for caring so much." She told him, then let go. He smiled at her, then took the last thing out of his backpack.
"Normal Candles: check. Lighter: check. Red Marker: check. Red Candle: check. Tarp: check. Incantation: check." Dipper said listing off everything they had.
"Alright. That's everything." He picked up the tarp and layed it in front of the portal. Then he used the red marker to draw an upside down pentagram. He then placed the five white candles on each of the points and put the red candle in the middle. Using the lighter, he lit all the candles and started to read the incantation.
"brachialis vastus laterus, medialis rectus abdominis, trapezius gracilis oblique!" He shouted and for something to happen.
"Is that it? Or is it one of those delayed incantations that usually cut me-" Dipper was cut off as lightning struck the portal.
"So that's what it does...I just summoned lightning...cool." He said. The portal started to bubble from all the electricity.
"Probably not a good sign!" He shouted and Wendy yelled, "HIT THE DECK!"
Soos jumped behind a bush and Wendy hid behind a log. Dipper was the one standing closest to the portal and would've been hit if Mabel hadn't yanked him out of the way.
"MABEL!" Dipper yelled as the portal exploded right in front of her.
As soon as it was over everyone got up and ran to Mabel who was lying on the floor covered on green goop. She sat up and wiped the hoop off her face.
"Yuck. Green is not my color." She said standing up.
"Mabel! Are you okay?" Dipper asked.
"I'll be fine...as soon as I'm not the only one covered in this junk! She said flinging some goop onto Dipper.
"Hiya!" She yelled as she flung more goop off of her and onto Soos and Wendy.
"Aww gross!" Wendy said as they all laughed. She then joined them.
Dipper picked up his book and wiped off the goop on it. "I guess it wasn't that dangerous after all. Just very climactic." They all nodded agreeing with him.
"What are you guys doing here? And why are you covered in ectoplasm?" A new voice asked. They all turned and jumped when they saw Danny.
"What are you doing here?" Dipper countered.
"I-I was just...taking a walk." He stuttered. "Then I saw some lightning and was suspicious that it didn't cause a forest fire so I came here to check it out."
Dipper knew he was lying, but didn't question him any further.
"Hey, do you know the way outta here?" Wendy asked and he nodded. "Yeah. Wait you were lost?" Wendy nodded.
He smirked at her. "Well, I guess you're glad I found you then. Follow me."
"Yes! Go Danny!" Mabel cheered.
"You're our hero!" Soos added to her cheer.
He rubbed the back if his neck as they walked. "It's really nothing."
"But it must've been hard to remember where you were going. This forest kind of messed with your head." Wendy told him.
Not true. In fact, the reason he knew how to get out was because he had an aerial view one moment ago. "It didn't mess with my head at all...but for some reason I feel drawn here. Is that normal?" He asked. The four stared at him strangely.
"Actually, it's supposed to give people the opposite effect. Everyone is scared of this forest and tries to stay away from it." Dipper responded, now becoming suspicious of their new blue eyed friend.
He looked at them curiously. "Really? To me it feels kind of peaceful."
Dippers eyebrows narrowed. With all the monsters in that forest, it was impossible to feel at peace. He was always jumpy. Worried that something would come after him. Although, that might just be his paranoia.
By the time they had gotten out of the forest, it was dark. Everyone went their separate ways, heading home. Or so they thought. Danny had actually transformed back into his ghost half and continued with his peaceful flight. It wasn't long until he realized it was past curfew and headed home to his worried sister and angry parents.
Heres a fun little piece of information. The incantation dipper used? All of those words came from my PE test. XD most of the words were muscles. Can you guess what the rectus abdominis is? It's abs XD. Anyway, there's probably tons I have to say but I usually always forget one thing. Here it goes.
First of all, updates will be slow but I will try my very best at posting at least once a week. Turns out adhd runs in the family and its part of the reason I can never finish anything I start. That's why I plan on doing my best at finishing this fan fiction. Okay what else did I want to say...
oh! I planned on this fan fiction to just be humorous but then I watched something on YouTube that made me change my mind. I want to show how strong Dipper and Mabels relationship is. And the reason I don't use the term friendship is because they are more than just friends. They are family and they would do anything for eachother. So this fic might be a little sad. But I try to include something humorous as much as I can because that's usually how the show is when something serious isn't going on.
And thats it! I think... no wait. One last thing. PLEASE REVIEW!
Have a magnificent day and stay awesometastic!- C.R. (Y)