BVQA: Hello, welcome, and gummy bears!
Dani: Gummy bears?
BVQA: Gummy bears!
Dani: Why gummy bears?
BVQA: You'll find out! And thanks to Kern-Wolf for the first part of the story! I made some minor edits to fit with my plot line, but otherwise it's UNTOUCHED!
By lunch time, Dani was still fuming over what Dash did to Danny. What made it worse was the fact he did it in hopes of impressing her.
Yeah, right, like that would have worked. Dani thought sarcastically. She hated bullies and had no interest in them. She pushed these thoughts aside as she looked up from the cheeseburger she had just bought and smiled as she made her way to the table where Dani, Sam, and Tucker sat. Dani was glad she had lunch with them. She wished Jazz was there, too, but she had the lunch before her and Danny.
"Hey, guys." said Dani as she sat down next to Danny. Sam and Tucker were on the other side of the table, Sam in front of Danny and Tucker in front of her.
"Hey." Tucker said, taking a pause from eating his own burger. For him, that was a huge effort.
"Hey, Dani." Sam said, looking up from her salad.
"Hey, sis." Danny said. Dani liked him calling her sis, and she knew he liked it a lot too. It felt more right for him to call her his sister then his cousin.
"So, how are you liking your first day of school?" Danny asked. Dani sighed.
"Great, if you count being mobbed by Phangirls and Phanboys, endless questions, people wanting to know everything about me and my bother Phantom, and wanting to get the details on his human half." Dani said sarcastically.
Danny almost choked on his lunch. "Wait, why would people think Phantom has a human half?"
"Come on, dude, it's not that big of a jump." Tucker said. "At the assembly, Phantom introduced Dani as his little sister and that she was half human."
"Sooo that means. . ?" Dani asked Danny, waiting for him to catch on.
He sighed and said, "That Phantom must be half human also."
"Right, anyway, Dani you shouldn't be too surprised by how treat you, since you are the little sister of the town hero." Sam said, looking at Danny and causing him to blush a little.
"Yeah you should expect people to be ready to claw each other's eyes out to stand next to you and if you're anything like your brother here," Tucker said as he wrapped his arm around Danny's neck, "You'll have Phanboys lined up, waiting, willing, and wanting to date you." Tucker finished, sounding slightly annoyed. Dani figured he was probably jealous. As far as she was concerned, he could have the killer Phangirls. "Just let them just try and date my little sister." Danny said, eyes glowing and with a slight growl in his voice. Dani laughed a little at her bother's overprotectiveness and figured Jazz would probably be the same way. Of corse, Jazz didn't have ghost powers. . .
"Danny, I think I can take care of any Phanboy looking to ask me out, after all, I did deck Dash, remember?"
Everyone laughed after that, then Sam said, "Besides, I don't think Dani wants to date someone shallow who only likes her because she's Phantom's sister."
"Hey, Dani!" Said a ridiculously shallow-sounding voice. Sam scowled.
"And speaking of shallow, here comes the goddang queen of shallow, Paulina, and her lady-in-waiting, Star."
'Paulina' and 'Star' sat down next to Dani. "Like, hi! I'm Paulina!"
"Hi! I'm Star!" They said, looking at Dani. She tried not to gag and said:
"Hi, I'm Dani."
"Like, we know who you are." Star said.
"Yeah, you're Danny Phantom's little sister, we're like, your bother's biggest fans!" said Paulina.
(and cue my stuff. Thanks, Kern-Wolf!)
Dani leaned back and shut her eyes. Oh, God, no. . .
"We know, like, everything about him! Except for one thing. . ." Paulina said, pretending to be horrifically upset. Dani gritted her teeth. She was so not falling for this again.
"No, I'm not telling you who my brother's human half is. You know, Just because I'm a year younger than you doesn't make me stupid, got it?"
Dani opened her eyes for a lovely view of Paulina's gaping mouth. The poor girl was obviously stunned.
"What?" She gasped.
Dani smiled sweetly. "Let me spell it out for you. I. Am. Not. An. Idiot. I know when I'm being used. And let me tell you, I don't like it." Dani was spared having to elaborate further when the announcement bell went off.
"Dani Fenton/Phantom, please report to the office. Dani Fenton/Phantom, report to the office."
LINE BREAK.
Dani propped her chin up on her hand, suppressing a yawn. She didn't see what the problem was. Dash shoved Danny, so she punched Dash. End of story. But apparently, Mr. Lancer didn't see it that way. Never mind the fact that Dash had only passed out from shock, not because Dani had actually broken anything, and forget the fact that Danny's shoulders and back were already bruised. Dani was still in trouble. What was up with that?
". . .disappointed in you, young lady!" Lancer finished. "We'll see what your parents have to say about this! Just because you're related to Danny Phantom doesn't mean you can do whatever you want, and you'll have lots of time to think about that in detention."
Only one part of that sentence had sunk in. "My parents?"
Lancer glared. "Yes. They're outside right now." He walked over to the door and let them in.
Maddy and Jack took up seats on either side of Dani.
"Young lady, I hear that Dash shoved Danny and you decked him!" Jack said.
Dani sighed. "Yeah, I'm sorry I-"
Maddy leaned in closer and whispered, "Great job, standing up for your brother like that. If Dash does anything else to him, you let us know. . ." Maddy noticed the glare she was getting from Lancer, and quickly covered her tracks. "And don't do it again!"
"But seriously, feel free to do it again." Jack whispered.
Dani smiled. It seemed she'd inherited the Fenton sense of right and wrong. Maybe she and Danny had more in common than DNA.
LINE BREAK
Dani rested her feet on the desk in front of her, toying with the cord to her earbuds. She wasn't allowed to turn her ipod on, but she was sure as heck allowed to wear her earbuds. Even if they weren't plugged into anything, she was determined to keep them in. Maybe it was childish, but she wasn't going to let the rules of detention kill her ability to have fun. Even if earbuds were only fun if they were plugged in. Sigh.
The rest of the room was deserted, except for Lancer who was sitting at the front desk and staring at her as if he could melt her earbuds to white goop just by looking long enough. Predictably, it wasn't working. Dani smiled and began to tap her feet to an imaginary beat, nodding in time and really annoying Lancer. Maybe there was a reason Lancer didn't like her. . .
Lancer sighed and stood up.
"Look, I realize I might come off as uncaring, but I'm just trying to help. In the long run, this is good for you." He said. Dani rolled her eyes.
"I didn't hurt him, so why am I in detention?" She asked. Lancer sat down on the desk in front of her.
"I'm not saying it's fair, but a lot of people are idolizing you. If you go around hitting anyone who gets on your nerves, we're going to wind up with a lot of kids that approach all their problems that way. Dash isn't here in detention because even if we put him in here he'd just leave. Besides," Lancer said, smiling a little, "I think getting decked by a girl two years younger than him in front of the whole school was punishment enough."
Dani smiled back at him. "One year. I just turned thirteen."
The buzzer signaling an incoming call went off, and Lancer sighed.
"Would Mr. Lancer please come to the office? Mr. Lancer, come to the office."
Lancer stood up, shaking his head. "Alright, if there's a ghost attack you may leave. Otherwise, please stay here."
Dani smiled, even though she couldn't tell if it was a joke or not. "Nah, I'll just leave the ghost fighting to my brother." She said.
The door shut behind Lancer with a definite click. Dani sat back and closed her eyes, imagining that her ipod was on. If she focused, she could picture her songs note-for-note.
Thanks for the memories. . . even though they weren't so great. . .
She briefly entertained the idea of sending the song to Vlad, then remembered that the rest of the song wasn't a sentiment she wanted to share with him. The song itself was awesome, though, with a large amount of edginess. Perfect.
Her imaginary playlist flicked through a few P!nk songs, then the wall blew in. Again. This was getting to be a common problem. I really need to learn to shield myself better, she thought as she dove to the ground. C'mon, shield! She glanced up and was met by an expanse of green.
Wait, what? I did it? I can never do that under duress! It's way too hard! She thought, then felt a small metal object digging into her collarbone. It was the necklace that Danny had given her. She ran her fingers over it, checking to see if it was damaged. It wasn't. Whatever it was made of was pretty strong.
Dani stood, still holding the tiny silver ghost pendant, and turned to face her enemy.
Dani: I still don't understand about the gummy bears.
BVQA: I know. I lied.
Dani: What?
BVQA: I kinda tend to do that. Anyway, for all you know you're getting attacked by mutant gummy bears!
Dani: Yeah, right.
BVQA: It's true!
Dani: I don't believe you.
BVQA: Why not?
Dani: Because you just said you tend to lie!
BVQA: No I didn't!
Dani: You're HOPELESS.
