Chapter 16: The Week Before Christmas
~~~SARALYN'S POV~~~
There was a knock at the door. Danny opened it and there was Aaron.
"Hey, Aaron." we said.
"Hi." Aaron said. "Man, you guys will NEVER believe the dream I had last night!"
"What? Did you dream about being a multimillionaire with a unicorn made of gummy bears and twenty wives that all look like Paulina?" Tucker snickered.
Everyone turned and stared at Tucker.
"Because... I certainly didn't..." He chuckled nervously and cowered back into the corner.
Danny pulled out a big green and red tub.
"Decorations, check!" he said.
"Let's get decorating!" I cried, pumping my fist in the air.
After a couple of hours, the decorating was finished. We stood for a while, gazing at the amazing lights around the house.
"Wow." I said.
Multi-colored lights surrounded the fireplace and following all around the room and up the staircase. Four stockings were placed over the fireplace. From oldest to youngest, it had the Fenton's names on them.
"Nice work, guys." Danny said.
"It's pretty." Aaron said.
"We should do my house next." I said.
Blue mist erupted from mine and Danny's mouths.
"Oh, great. What now?" Danny said.
The Box Ghost appeared.
"Really?" I said, crossing my arms.
Danny and I transformed into our ghost halves and stood there, waiting.
"What?" The Box Ghost said.
"There's a routine to this: You shout some stupid box banter, we pretend to quake in our boots, but then we turn around and kick your butt and suck you into the thermos... the usual." Danny said. "Of course, we could just skip to the thermos step and be done."
"I have no witty banter for you, peasants!" the Box Ghost said. "For I have found the ultimate box which will have the world bowing before me!"
The Box Ghost held out a small purple and black box with a skull on the front.
"What, you upgraded to jewelry boxes?" Danny snickered.
"Danny, that's not a jewelry box!" Sam said. "That's Pandora's Box! How did you get that?!"
"Hello? I'm the BOX Ghost." the Box Ghost said.
The Box Ghost smiled mischievously and opened the box. Colonies of bats flew out of the box.
"He'll try to destroy Amity Park with that box!" Tucker cried.
"Who cares about that?!" Aaron said. "It took me three hours to get these lights up!"
The bats charged for us. We ran outside.
"We have to stop the Box Ghost!" I said.
"We'll need the help of Pandora, the owner of that box." Sam said. "She's the only one who knows how to stop this."
"Well, where is she?" Aaron asked.
"She's in the Ghost Zone." Sam said, pulling out a book.
"How long have you had that book?" Tucker said.
Sam glared at him. "Three years. What's your point?"
Sam handed the book to me. "You guys find Pandora. Aaron, Tucker, and I will try to keep the Box Ghost from causing any real chaos."
Danny and I nodded. We put our hands in the middle. Danny and I turned around, phased through the walls, and into the Ghost Zone.
"So, where is Pandora's castle?" Danny asked.
I opened up the book Sam gave us.
"Hmm..." I said, skimming through the book. "I can't find where it is. Let's just keep flying until-"
All of a sudden, Skulker zipped past us. Three green, fire-spewing, human-sized dragons chased after him.
"We have to help him!" I said.
"What?! Why? Since when did he do anything good for us?!" Danny said.
"The guy's been through a lot. Come on."
Danny mumbled to himself. "Fine."
We flew invisible underneath the dragons. The dragons were blowing fire out like a volcano. We flew underneath Skulker. Danny grabbed him by the collar and yanked him down. We pulled Skulker down to a small ice island.
"Uhh..." Skulker said. "I guess I should thank you..."
"No need." I said.
"Just remember. You owe us." Danny said.
~~~TUCKER'S POV~~~
"What is taking those two so long?!" Sam cried, trying to shoot the bats.
"Sam, it's only been 5 minutes! Calm down!" Aaron said.
"How can ANYONE calm down at this time?!" Sam said. "Do you NOT see what is directly in front of you?!"
"Guys, stop fighting!" I said. "We just have to keep fighting until Danny and Sara get back!"
Two R.V.s exploded from the trees. Two people came out. The first R.V. had Mr. and Mrs. Fenton. The second R.V. had another couple that I didn't know. I think it was Sara's aunt and uncle.
"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton!" Sam said.
"Stand back, kids!" Mr. Fenton said. "We'll handle this!"
"No, there's too many, Jack!" Mrs. Fenton said. "We need all the help we can get."
"Fine," Mr. Fenton said. "but first, I get to try out my new ghost weapon!"
Mr. Fenton pressed a button and a big laser came out.
"I call it the Ghost-Destroyer-Inator!" Mr. Fenton said.
"Inator? Isn't that a little too-" I said.
"It's great, Mr. Fenton!" Sam said, covering my mouth. "Let's use it now! Right away!"
"Yes! Let's!" Mrs. Fenton said gleefully.
Mr. Fenton pressed and the Ghost-Destroyer-Inator started to charge up. A giant ball of ectoplasm formed. When it was big enough, a gigantic ecto-ray shot at the bats and the other creatures. Every creature that was touched by the ray disintegrated and disappeared.
"Wow. It actually works!" I said.
"Pardon?" Mr. Fenton said.
"I... just said that this is an awesome invention! Uh... just like every other wonderful invention you have!" I smiled nervously.
"Why, thank you!" Mr. Fenton said before he charged off with Mrs. Fenton to fight the creatures.
"Wow..." Aaron said, shaking his head. "Just... wow."
~~~SARALYN'S POV~~~
"You have GOT to be kidding me..." I said.
My mouth dropped as I gazed at the gigantic labyrinth in front of us.
"We have to get through this?!" I said.
"Yup." Danny said.
We stepped into the maze. "But this thing is HUGE! How will we get out?"
"It's easier than it looks. Besides, what could go wrong?"
Danny bumped into something. We looked up and saw a big purple monster with one eye on the center of his head.
"A cyclops?!" I turned towards Danny and hit him on the arm. "Really?! 'Oh, what could go wrong?!' Danny, you... you blockhead!"
"Hey!" Danny said, rubbing his arm. "Whatever, let's just get past this... thing."
"But how?" I asked.
Danny rolled his eyes. He went intangible and went through the cyclops.
"Oh..." I said. I did the same and we continued.
We passed many mythical creatures such as centaurs, Minotaurs, things like that.
We made it to the end of the maze and a giant yellow and white building appeared. We knocked on the door. A large green dog greeted us with its three heads, barking and gnashing its six rows of teeth. Danny and I screamed and jumped back. Fortunately, the dog was bounded back by a leash, but it still attempted to grab us with its paws.
"Cerberus! HEEL!" a woman's voice screeched.
Cerberus growled and stalked back into the building. Danny and I looked towards the door. A tall woman stepped out. She had a bronze breastplate and helmet on. Underneath, she had a long blue skirt and blue shirt. Her hair was purple and... flaming. She carried a staff.
"Who dares to disturb Pandora?!" the woman said.
"Uh... down here?" I said softly.
Pandora looked down.
"Oh, it's you." Pandora said to Danny.
"Uh, hi, Ms. Pandora." Danny said. "Listen, the Box Ghost has gotten hold of your box."
"That blue ghost that screams "BEWARE" all the time?" Pandora said. "Oh, he has been a pain in the neck lately. Always trying to get my box and take over the world. I guess now he finally succeeded."
"How do we get your box away from him?" I asked.
"I'll take care of that." Pandora said, a small grin curling on her face.
"Okay, then. Let's go back to Amity Park." Danny said.
~~~AARON'S POV~~~
"Okay, it's almost been an hour! Where in the world are Danny and Sara?!" I cried, smacking away frogs that jumped at me. Sam was trying to collect spiders into a box and Tucker was running around being chased by ravenous snakes.
"I don't know," Sam said. "But I hope they get here, like, RIGHT NOW!"
I felt something tap on my shoulders, and I thought it was a frog. I spun around, spasmodically swinging my arm behind me, but Sara reached out and grabbed my wrist before it accidentally smacked her in the face.
"Did you miss us?" Danny asked.
"You have no idea..." I said as a frog leaped onto my head.
A tall woman adorned in armor with blue skin and purple flaming hair stepped next to Sara and Danny. Her eyes traced the Box Ghost as he flew around on a black Pegasus, unleashing evils from her box. Her hair crackled and sparked in anger and her eyes flared up.
"Hahaha! Pathetic mortals! You cannot defeat the awesome power of my EEEEEVIL box!" the Box Ghost said, riding around on a black Pegasus.
"Your box? YOUR box?!" Pandora cried.
"Oh, crud." the Box ghost said, his eyes becoming overwhelmed with fear at the sight of Pandora.
"That is MY box! You stole it from me!" Pandora said, smacking Box Ghost off the Pegasus. "And now, YOU WILL PAY!"
As Box Ghost was falling through the air, Pandora shot a fireball from her hair at him. Box Ghost took it hard and went crashing into a wall.
"I will now PLOT MY REVENGE!" Box Ghost said.
Pandora grabbed the back of Box Ghost's overalls and lifted him up to her face.
"You have an awful lot of cleaning up to do here, mister." she said. "And you have a LOT of apologizing to do. Both here and in the ghost zone."
Pandora lowered Box Ghost to our level. "I believe you begin with these children first."
"Ugh, fine." Box Ghost said. "Beware... my apology!"
"...Close enough." Pandora said and she flew off, dragging Box Ghost away with her.