BVQA: Hmm, I wonder who can guess who's walking through the. . . hole in the wall.
Dani: Oh, real eloquent.
BVQA: Well, I wanted to say 'walked through the door' but there isn't a door, is there?
Dani: Real observant, Sherlock.
BVQA: Alright, that's it! I want a hundred page essay on doors! NOW!
It was the Guys In White. Oooof corse. Because they couldn't leave her alone, could they? Not even at school, where she thought they'd be intelligent enough not to follow her. But apparently not!
"You guys again?" She groaned, annoyed. "Who keeps sending you?"
"It's our job to track down evil ghosts. No one has to send us." Agent some-letter-of-the-alphabet said.
Dani rolled her eyes. "When are you going to get it through your head that I am not evil? I mean, sure, I can get kinda grumpy sometimes, but-"
"Were you grumpy when you broke into that museum?" Agent K said, in what was probably supposed to be a threatening tone of voice.
"To have robbed any museums, I would have to have cut detention, and since I clearly haven't, you must have me confused with someone else."
"You don't fool us." The other agent said. Dani interrupted him.
"Ok, this is really bugging me. What's your code letter? I honestly can't remember and it'll be awkward complaining about this to my friends if I have to keep referring to you as 'that one guy who's letter escapes me and is not agent K'."
"We don't have to tell you anything, but you do have to tell us what you did with it!" Agent K said, leveling his huge gun at her. Dani's eyes widened and she jumped up on top of one of the few desks left standing.
"Going ghost!" She shouted, a habit she'd picked up from Danny, and let the white rings of light wash over her. Her first-day-of-school outfit disappeared, to be replaced by her customary semi-jumpsuit. Energy crackled to life in her palm and she glared at the two Goons In White. They didn't look intimidated. They were idiots.
"Alright, I'll put it this way." She said, knowing her eyes were glowing brightly. "You can either back off and do something semi-intelligent for once, or you can stay here and get your butts handed to you."
Have we established that the GIW are idiots?
LINE BREAK DURING WHICH YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS WHAT HAPPENS
Dani sat on the couch back at home, her mother fussing over the scratch on her arm.
"Mom, I'm fine." Dani said. "I totally kicked their butts. It's just a little cut."
Maddy sighed. "Dani, I know you're a responsible young lady with supernatural powers far beyond my mortal comprehension, but you're still my daughter and I am determined to be overprotective!"
"Well, when you put it that way. . ." Dani said. Her mother smiled and pulled out the first aid kit. She quickly swabbed Dani's cut with antibiotics, then pulled out a length of bandages and wrapped them around the cut. Dani smiled. Vlad would never have done this. . .
"Dani-annie!" Her dad called from the entryway. "There's someone here to see you!"
No sooner had the words been spoken than Youngblood ran into the room.
"Hi Dani!" He said. "I heard you got attacked at your school. What happened?"
Dani smiled. "Same thing that always happens. I kicked butt." Dani noticed that Youngblood's hair was messed up and his cheeks were red from running. . . or flying, as the case might be. "What happened to you?"
Youngblood ran a hand through his hair embarrassedly. Dani couldn't tell if he blushed since his cheeks were already red. "Well, you know the Red Huntress?" He began. Dani nodded.
"Yeah, actually. She helped rescue me from Vlad once."
Youngblood's eyes lit up. Not literally, like in Dani or Danny's case, but with a hopeful glint. "Great! Then maybe you can tell her I'm not here to take over the world right now, and I just came to check on you!"
Dani's eyes widened. "She was chasing you?"
Youngblood shook his head. "No, she's right outside your house right now."
"She's outside?" Dani exclaimed, and jumped off the couch. She raced for the door and flung it open, greeted in an instant by a familiar red-clad figure. "Hi!" She exclaimed, and threw her arms around Valerie.
"Danielle!" Valerie exclaimed, hugging her back.
"It's good to see you!" Dani said, pulling back. Valerie smiled.
"You too, Dani." She replied.
Youngblood poked his head out of the door. "You do know each other!" He said, and Valerie pulled out a handgun. Youngblood ducked back inside the house shouting, "Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"
Dani smiled, noticing the joking smile on Valerie's face. "You really need to ease up on teasing him. He's terrified."
"Just makes it funnier, Dani." Valerie said. "I knew he was on the up-and-up when your dad let him inside."
"He just came to see if I was ok after the GIW came after me in detention." Dani said. Valerie's face darkened.
"About that. . ." Valerie said. "I really hate being the bearer of bad news, but after what happened, a large percentage of people decided that they didn't want you near their kids with your ghost powers."
Dani's eyes widened. "But I just started! They can't kick me out on my first day of school!"
Valerie sighed. "I said, 'with your ghost powers'. Now, I'm not going to pretend I like the idea of anyone running around with ghostly energy, but I dislike the idea of removing your ghost half even more. That's why I brought this." Valerie held out a silver ring and dropped it into Dani's palm.
"What is it?" Dani asked.
"It works as a sort of. . . off switch for your powers. I don't understand the mechanics, but basically it boils down to this: you keep the ring on and your ghost powers can't manifest themselves. You don't have to keep it on all the time, just when you get close to the school."
Dani sighed and slid the ring into her pocket. "Ok." She said. "I don't like it, but I'll do it."
Youngblood peeked out the door again and Valerie's arm snaked out, pointing the handgun in his direction. He gave a little whimper and hid again.
"We should probably tell him it's fake, huh?" Valerie whispered. Dani smiled. At least things were more interesting in Amity park.
Now if only she could figure out why she kept getting accused of all these crimes. . .
BVQA: Aaand now, here's Dani with her hundred page essay on doors!
Dani: Doors, an essay by Dani Phantom. Have you ever noticed those things in between rooms that keep you from proceeding in a normal fashion? They are called 'doors', and they are quite popular in the American country. Several styles of these 'doors' exist, including, but not limited to, wood, glass, and metal.
BVQA: Just keep going, Dani. I've got all day.
