AUTHOR'S NOTES:
To avoid a bit of confusion with this chapter, I'm just reminding everyone that during season 2 I skipped the Fright Before Christmas because I couldn't figure out how to write it out so Danny and Dayla haven't met Ghostwriter yet. Enjoy!
THE TROUBLE WITH BOOKS
In the Ghost Zone where a large floating library was, a grey skinned ghost wearing a purple coat over a grey sweater, pants, a grey scarf was around his neck and black shoes, he had black hair and a small goatee on his chin. His name is Ghostwriter and he was busy typing away on his keyboard when he heard something bump at his door, he walked over and opened it to see it was the Ghost Zone News. He picked up the newspaper and started reading through it, he then turned to human news and saw that once again Danny and Dayla Phantom had made the paper by saving the day once more, but then suddenly his eyes widened in shock when he read the article.
Danny and Dayla Phantom had once again saved Amity Park from a ghost attack that happened at the Amity Park Library. During the fight two shelves that had contained a whole collection of novels and children's books were unfortunately destroyed but with the help of Danny and Dayla Phantom and the citizens of Amity Park, all the books will soon be replaced and hopefully that section of the library shall be restored.
Ghostwriter growled in anger at the thought of all the destroyed classics that Danny and Dayla had accidently destroyed, he then grinned as he thought of a revenge plan for all his favourite books.
"Well since those two children have no respect for great literature, let's see how they like it if they become trapped within the books they hate so much forever!" Ghostwriter shouted and then laughed evilly as he began to get ready to put his plan in motion.
It had been three weeks since Vlad Plasmius had returned from space, the summer was almost over and Danny and Dayla were starting back at school on Monday. There had been no major ghost attacks apart from the occasional attack from Box Ghost and Klemper and so everything was quiet for now.
That night Danny and Dayla were helping Jazz carry the last of her luggage to her car because in the morning, Jazz was leaving for Wisconsin to go to college.
"Is there anything else that needs to go in your car Jazz?" Danny asked as he came back to her room.
"Just that last box and then that's everything" Jazz answered as she placed one last shirt in her suitcase.
Danny nodded and grabbed the box and headed back downstairs just as Dayla came up. She looked around the now almost empty room and said, "I can't believe you're leaving tomorrow for college"
"I know. The summer seemed to go so fast" Jazz said. She then looked at her younger sister in concern and asked, "Are you sure you and Danny are gonna be okay while I'm gone? You know with all the ghosts?"
"We'll be fine and anyway you're gonna come visit every four weeks so it won't be so bad" Dayla said.
"Yeah I know it's just…." Jazz began but then stopped.
Danny then came in as he heard and asked, "What is it Jazz?"
"Growing up I have always looked out for you two and when I found about your ghost powers, I still tried my best to look out for you guys" Jazz said. "I knew this day would come but now….now I feel like it's come too soon"
They both saw she was about to cry and then pulled her into a comforting sibling group hug as her tears fell. Danny then said, "No matter where you go Jazz, you'll always be our big sister"
"And you'll always be a part of Team Phantom" Dayla then added.
Jazz nodded and smiled warmly as they stayed in the hug and then suddenly…
CLICK! FLASH!
All three of them turned to see Jack and Maddie in the doorway, a camera in Jack's hand. Jack then said, "Oh it's a Kodiak moment"
"Mum! / Dad!" All three siblings exclaimed with embarrassment while the parents laughed a little and then left the room.
The next morning, the Fenton's were up early as Jazz was having breakfast with her family for the last time before heading for Wisconsin. It was a tearful farewell as they all hugged each other and then headed out the door to Jazz's car, as soon as Jazz opened the door her eyes widened at the sight of Valerie, Sam, Tucker and Andrew all standing outside holding a large banner in their hands that said Good Luck Jazz!
Jazz smiled warmly at the sight and then turned to Danny and Dayla and then asked, "Did you…"
"We couldn't let you leave without a proper Team Phantom farewell" Dayla said.
"Guys this is…" Jazz said through tears of happiness. "This is truly amazing. Thank you all"
Each and every one of them gave her a hug goodbye and then she was in her car and off for college. Danny and Dayla changed into their ghost forms and flew behind her and then stopped as she drove out of Amity Park and started heading down the road in the distance. When they got back, Danny and Dayla headed for the Amity Park Shopping Mall to go buy any final stuff they would need for school the next day.
After doing a whole hour of shopping, they stopped at the cafeteria for lunch, everything was quiet until suddenly Danny and Dayla's ghost senses went off meaning there was a ghost attack.
"Ghost time. Can I finish your fries Danny?" Tucker asked.
Danny and Dayla stood up and changed into their ghost forms, they both then flew around the mall and then stopped as they saw people running and screaming from the toy store. They both flew in there and just stopped dead in their tracks and gave a groan of annoyance when they saw who it was.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST!"
It was the Box Ghost and he was taking control of the boxes in the toy store. He then shouted, "I WILL HAVE MY CORIGATED CARDBOARD VENGENCE AND THE WORLD SHALL TREMBLE BEFORE ME!"
"Alright Boxy put down all the toys and boxes and no-one will get hurt" Danny said.
"You said that last time and then you hurt me and stuffed me in your round cylindrical trap!" Box Ghost shouted.
"You mean the Fenton Thermos?" Dayla asked.
Box Ghost didn't say anything and then shouted, "I AM THE BOX GHOST! FACE THE TERROR OF…"
He looked at one of the boxes he was controlling and read the label, "PIKACHU PLUSH TOYS FROM THE CLASSIC ANIME POKEMON!"
He grinned and then threw all the boxes of Pikachu's at them, but Danny and Dayla merely went intangible and then Dayla blasted him to the wall. He then looked at them nervously as they smirked at him.
"Should've put down all the toys and boxes?" Box Ghost asked nervously.
Danny and Dayla then nodded and said in unison, "Should've put down all the toys and boxes"
Dayla then pulled out the Fenton Thermos and sucked the Box Ghost. They both then returned to the cafeteria and changed into their human forms.
"Who was it this time?" Andrew asked.
"Take a guess" Danny said.
Sam, Tucker, Valerie and Andrew all then said, "Box Ghost"
All of them then went home, well except Tucker who had to quickly run to the Town Hall to take care of one final matter before the first day of school the next day. Ever since Tucker became mayor of Amity Park, his friends had sometimes rarely seen him during the weekends and during ghost fights, they didn't mind though, they thought it was cool that Tucker was the mayor and they knew how busy he was going to get.
During dinner time, it felt really weird for Danny, Dayla, Maddie and Jack since Jazz was no longer sitting down with them having dinner but they managed to find stuff to talk about.
"Mum has there been any word on Vlad?" Danny asked.
Maddie shook her head and said, "No and the police along with your father and I had searched his estate from top to bottom, nothing. The police in Wisconsin even checked at the old ruins of his old home in Wisconsin since the underground lab was still there but there was no sign of him"
Jack looked down at the mention of his ex-best friend. After the Disasteroid and even after Danny and Dayla revealed their secret to them, there was a time where he felt really guilty and blamed himself for the accident that gave them their powers, but after giving him some time and then talking to him about it, Jack was back to his old self in no time.
"Dad are you okay?" Dayla asked.
Jack gave her a small smile and said, "I'm fine baby. Sorry I was just thinking about Vlad and the past again, don't worry"
"Hey whatever happens dad we'll take care of it together" Dayla said. "Besides you managed to take him down one time remember? That was just awesome!"
Mentioning how he beat Vlad into the Ghost Zone during that time where Vlad had hired a bunch of ghost hunters to try and capture Danny and Dayla cheered him up. He reached over and gave Dayla a hug around her shoulders.
They were just cleaning up from dinner when suddenly the door knocked, Danny walked over and opened the door to reveal Mr Lancer standing there with a suitcase in his hands.
"Mr Lancer. How are you sir?" Danny asked. Mr Lancer smiled and said, "I'm very well. Sorry I know it's late but may I come in and discuss something with you and Dayla about school this year?"
"Oh sure come in" Danny said and then allowed the vice principle inside.
Mr Lancer sat in the living room and then was joined by Danny, Dayla, Jack and Maddie. Mr Lancer then said, "I just wanted to make sure we had everything prepared for this year concerning you two"
"As you know we have made some new policies last year when it came to you two ghost hunting and school work and I had just finished the schedule I had planned for our after school sessions for missed tests and classes and I just wanted you two to look it over in case I need to make any changes" He finished explaining as he handed them a piece of paper.
When the Disasteroid crisis was over and Danny and Dayla had revealed their secret, the school made a bunch of policies for Danny and Dayla to make their school life easier. Whenever they had to fight ghosts during classes or tests, they would have after school study sessions with Mr Lancer to make up for them, if they missed a study session with Mr Lancer it was made up during lunch time or whenever they were free during the week and with homework, if they need more time to complete it due to ghost fights the teachers would give them an extension to complete it.
They looked over the schedule of what Mr Lancer had written out and saw that he had organised after school study sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
"Looks good to me" Dayla said. "Right Danny?"
He nodded in response and then handed Mr Lancer back the piece of paper. He stood up and said, "Excellent. Well I'll see you two tomorrow"
"Thank you Mr Lancer" Maddie said and then he left the house.
Danny and Dayla then went upstairs for bed, hoping that there would be no ghost fights during the night so they wouldn't be tired for their first day of being juniors, however they didn't know that their first day of high school was about to turn to chaos.
They woke up the next morning bright and early, thankful that there weren't any attacks during the night, they both had showers, changed and then headed downstairs where Maddie had just finished making breakfast for them.
"Morning kids" Maddie and Jack both said.
"Morning mum, morning dad" Danny and Dayla both said in unison as they sat down and started eating their breakfast.
"Oh kids guess what? Last night I just finished my latest invention" Jack said with a proud smile as he pulled out a pair of high tech black and silver watches from his pocket.
Danny and Dayla looked at them in awe as he explained, "These are the Fenton Watches. Not only do they make phone calls straight through the Fenton Phones but they also detect any ghost who might be invisible in the room, has navigation and it detects any ghosts or anything with a spectral reading besides you two in the area within a hundred mile radius. The only thing is that these things don't tell the time"
"How come?" Danny asked. Jack shrugged and answered, "Well there was so much stuff to put into these babies that there wasn't enough room to put the time in"
"Anyway I was hoping you two could test them out for me during your next ghost fight and then let me know how they turned out" He finished.
Danny and Dayla grabbed the watches and placed them on their wrists as Dayla said, "Sure we'll test them out and thanks dad"
Jack smiled and then Maddie said, "You two better get going. Don't want to be late for the first day of school"
"Let's hope that no ghosts attack that make us late for the first day of school" Dayla said as they stood up from the table and grabbed their bags.
"Bye mum! Bye dad!" They both called out as they changed into their ghost forms and then phased out the front door, flying through the air and heading for their first day of school.
Both of them were unaware that Ghostwriter was watching them in a nearby alley, waiting for the right moment to strike. He knew he wouldn't be able to get near them without setting off their ghost senses, so he consulted with Technus in creating a device that would mask his ectoplasmic signature so he could follow them around without them noticing.
Danny and Dayla landed near the school and then changed into their human forms, as they came up to the front of Casper High they saw Tucker, Andrew, Sam and Valerie waiting for them. They all smiled and waved at each other before Danny and Dayla walked over to them.
"Hey guys" Danny and Dayla both said in unison and then kissed their individual partners.
"How's it going?" Tucker asked.
"Pretty good and the best part so far is there hasn't been a single ghost attack" Danny said with a bright smile. "We might even make it through the day without one either"
"Well guys it's our first day as juniors" Valerie said. "Think things will be different?"
"Hopefully Paulina has finally come to her senses that Danny is not interested in her anymore" Sam said hopefully. "Last year she asked Danny out so many times that I lost count"
"Sam this is Paulina we're talking about. She found out that the boy she rejected all the time turned out to be the hero she had been crushing on since the first time he saved her" Andrew pointed out.
"Plus it still hasn't stopped her from calling me a freak or teasing me either but, at least it's not too bad now" Dayla said.
"And speaking of Paulina…" Valerie said and then pointed behind them.
They all turned around to see Paulina Sanchez walking towards the front doors, she wore a pink singlet top that stopped above her midriff, a light blue skirt and her usual white flats, her long hair was tied up in a ponytail and her usual small pink hairclip was placed on the right side of her hair.
Before going inside the front doors, she saw Danny and smiled romantically at him, she then waved at him and then went inside. Sam then said, "I stand corrected, Paulina has definitely not changed at all"
They all then went inside and headed for the basketball court where they would collect their class schedules, books they would need for the year and their locker number. After standing in a long line, they had collected their schedules and materials and stood in the hallway to compare their schedules.
"Well we have English, history and maths together" Tucker said.
"Andrew and I have advanced art class together and music I'm on my own" Dayla said. Sam nodded and said, "Actually Valerie and I have got music with you Dayla and it looks like I'm on my own with science"
"I'm alone in astrology but I'm with Tucker in science and technology" Danny said.
Valerie then said, "Hey looks like we all got Drama together"
Her eyes then widened when he saw who was teaching it and said, "Mr Lancer's teaching drama this year"
"What?!" They all asked. Sam then said, "I thought Mrs Hailsburg taught drama"
"Well according to the schedule, Mrs Hailsburg has left and they haven't been able to find a replacement yet so Mr Lancer is taking over until they find a new teacher" Valerie said.
"Oh come on it shouldn't be so bad" Dayla said. "Mr Lancer's not a bad teacher and he has helped Danny and I a lot last year with all the tutoring sessions after school. Plus he's our homeroom teacher once again so let's try and grin and bear it"
They all went to their individual lockers and got the materials they would need for their first class and then entered the classroom for English with Mr Lancer, they sat down at their desks as the out of shape vice-principle walked in the classroom and stood in front of the blackboard.
"Good morning everyone" Mr Lancer greeted. "Now for the next two weeks we're gonna look into the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and we're gonna start by reading the book The Hobbit"
Danny perked at the sound of the lesson plan and raised his hand as he asked, "Isn't he the guy that wrote the Lord of the Rings?"
Mr Lancer smiled and answered as he began writing on the chalkboard, "Indeed Mr Fenton. The Hobbit was the sequel to the Lord of the Rings and was written as a backstory to what happened before the events of the Lord of the Rings"
Mr Lancer then handed out copies of the book to each of them and then sat down at his desk opening his own copy and said, "We're gonna read the first three chapters together and then have a discussion about them. Mr Fenton would you please begin reading the first chapter aloud"
Danny nodded and then began reading the first page. He was halfway through the first chapter when suddenly his and Dayla's ghost senses went off.
"Looks like we got some ghostly company Mr Lancer" Danny said.
They suddenly heard screaming coming from the hallway and then Mr Lancer said, "Danny and Dayla you two are excused"
They both nodded and ran out of the classroom to see Johnny 13 driving down through the hallways, they both changed into their ghost forms and then flew after him. Dayla flew beside on the right side of Johnny and said, "Excuse me sir I'm gonna have to ask you to pull over"
"Better keep away punk if you know what's good for you" Johnny threatened.
"Hey! Pull over or we'll make you 13!" Danny shouted.
"I accept your challenge" Johnny said with a smirk. "Shadow attack!"
Shadow came out from underneath Johnny's bike and then rammed right into Danny and pinned him against the lockers while Johnny slowed down for a second until he was riding behind Dayla and then sped up and started shooting blasts at her from the headlight of his bike.
Danny struggled against Shadow as it held him against the lockers, he then smirked and stood still as he closed his eyes in concentration. Shadow looked at him in confusion and then suddenly, there was a bright flash of light as Danny allowed his energy to come out in one burst and weakened Shadow in the process.
"Lights on Shadow!" Danny said as he pulled out his thermos and then sucked Shadow inside. "Well technically its lights out but who cares?"
He then flew off after Johnny and Dayla. Dayla moved left and right dodging each of Johnny's blast, she then saw a wall coming up ahead and thought of an idea, she turned intangible and went through the wall but as she did she turned invisible as well and stopped to watch Johnny go right through the wall intangibly.
She then phased right out of the wall and he looked back in confusion, using that to her advantage she sent and ecto blast and took out the back wheel of his bike and causing it to skid and fall sideways.
Johnny fell off as the bike crashed into a tree and groaned in pain. Dayla then walked up to him and held a hand of energy right in front of him and asked, "Care to explain why you were speeding down the halls of the school punk?"
He smiled nervously and weakly answered, "Uh…Kitty and I had another fight and I decided to blow off some steam"
Danny landed next to Dayla and asked, "Well what did you do to her this time?"
"I may have forgotten our…uh…anniversary of being a couple" Johnny said now sweating.
Dayla gasped in shock and said, "Seriously? You really need to step a bit man and start treating her better"
"What can I do? I don't have a gift for her" Johnny said.
Danny then thought of something, he conjured up his ice energy and created a small heart made of his Ghostly Ice and then used his ecto energy to create a chain for it. He kneeled down to Johnny and handed it to him and said, "Go back to Kitty, apologise and give this to her and also some roses or something"
Johnny smiled and said as Danny stood back up, "Thanks little man"
He then asked hopefully, "Uh it wouldn't be too much to ask not to suck me in the thermos would it?"
They both thought about and then both said in unison, "Bye Johnny"
Dayla pushed the button on the thermos and sucked in a screaming Johnny. Before closing the lid they both heard Johnny say, "Well it was worth a shot"
Dayla capped the lid on and then they both headed back to Mr Lancer's classroom, when they got back they had already finished reading the first three chapters of the Hobbit. Ghostwriter remained outside the window and listened in carefully as Mr Lancer asked, "Everything alright Danny? Dayla? Do you two need to go see the nurse?"
"No we're good" Dayla answered. "What we missed?"
"We finished reading the first three chapters and we're about to have a discussion but don't worry, we'll cover the first three chapters in your after school tutoring session with me today" Mr Lancer answered.
Ghostwriter smiled at hearing that and had finally thought of the perfect time to strike. He flew away from the window and landed on top of the classroom and said, "An after school study session huh? Oh I'll give those two a study session they will never forget"
The rest of the school day went okay with no more ghost attacks, Danny and Dayla were unaware of Ghostwriter's plot still and just continued with how they usually did throughout the school day; hang out with each other, eat lunch, Paulina asking Danny out again, all the A-listers except Paulina have become nicer to the other students and stopped bullying people like Mikey and Lester which surprised them all since Dash no longer stuffed them inside their lockers.
The last bell rang for the day, Danny and Dayla said goodbye to Sam, Tucker, Andrew and Valerie and headed for the library for their first after school studying session. They both sat down one of the study tables while Mr Lancer occupied the front desk, Danny noticed his Fenton Watch wasn't turned on and decided to turn it on just in case anything were to happen.
"Okay let's start with reading the first three chapters of the Hobbit and then we'll have a discussion about the story so far" Mr Lancer said and they all opened their copies of their books and were about to begin when suddenly Danny's watch went off.
"Mr Fenton what's going on?" Mr Lancer asked.
"It's the new Fenton Watch" Danny answered. "And according to it, there's a ghost or something with a spectral energy reading coming right this way"
The twin siblings both changed into their ghost forms and got ready to fight, suddenly a blast of wind burst right through the doors and in a bright flash of light Ghostwriter appeared with a large circular keyboard surrounding him.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Dayla asked.
"I am Ghostwriter" He answered with a grin. "And I am here to get revenge on all those books you destroyed during that ghost fight"
"It was an accident!" Danny exclaimed.
"Accident or not you two destroyed many classic stories and for that you two must be punished!" He yelled and then suddenly began typing away and before they knew it all three of them were grabbed in a white burst of energy and darkness fell upon them.
Danny groaned as he woke up, he suddenly heard the sound of waves hitting the shore in the air. He sat up and saw that he was sitting on a beach, he then saw Dayla still unconscious on his right and on his left was Mr Lancer.
He shook Dayla's shoulder and said, "Dayla wake up"
She groaned and sat up, she then saw her surroundings and asked, "Where are we?"
"I don't know but wherever this Ghostwriter sent us can't be good" Danny answered. "Better wake up Mr Lancer"
Danny shook him on the shoulders and he groaned as he woke up, Danny and Dayla both then helped him stand up as he asked, "What's going on?"
"We don't know. One minute we're all in the library, Ghostwriter attacks and now we're at some kind of beach" Dayla said.
They all then heard laughter in the air and Ghostwriter's face appeared in the sun as he said, "I see you have awaken, now your punishment can begin"
"Where'd you send us?!" Dayla demanded and was about to fire an ecto blast at him but her energy completely went out. "And what the heck did you do to me?!"
"Allow me to explain, everything I type on my keyboard becomes real and since you two seem to have no appreciation for books I have trapped you in the world of books" Ghostwriter answered with his sickening grin. "There are two types of way to get out of here, I either type out the end but I won't be doing that and the other way if for all three of you to survive two stories I have chosen. In each story you will be given a challenge and with each challenge there will be my own creations you will have to fight oh and if you fail any of the challenges, you will remain in the world of books forever!"
"WHAT?!" All three of them shouted in shock. Ghostwriter then added, "Oh and I almost forgot to answer your second question young mistress, I have made it so you and your brother can't use most of your ghost powers, which includes ecto blasts, ice powers etc."
"How is that fair?! That gives you more of advantage than us?!" Danny shouted in anger.
"You two destroyed precious tools of knowledge! I don't have to be fair!" Ghostwriter shouted back. "Now welcome to the story of Treasure Island and here is your first challenge, to be free of this story you must find three items, a compass, a piece of eight and an object of someone who may have a dark heart but will not do something horrible to a friend"
Ghostwriter then disappeared leaving the three in shock, Danny and Dayla changed back into their ghost forms and then Danny exclaimed, "Treasure Island?! But I haven't even read Treasure Island to even know where to start to look"
"I think I read a few pages of Treasure Island but I wouldn't know much about the story either" Dayla said. "What are we gonna do? Where do we even start?"
"Danny! Dayla! Calm down!" Mr Lancer shouted causing them both to stop talking. "I have read Treasure Island"
"You have?!" Danny and Dayla both asked in unison. Mr Lancer nodded and answered, "I have read many classic stories and can remember most of what happened in them so I might be able to help but I don't know how to fight"
"We'll have to rely on our gadgets to fight, we can handle the fighting Mr Lancer but we're gonna need your knowledge of books to help us solve the challenges otherwise we're doomed" Dayla said.
Mr Lancer nodded and said, "I will do my best and I think the best place to start is work out what we have to find"
"Okay he said we have to find a compass, a piece of eight and an object of someone who may have a dark heart but will not do something horrible to a friend" Danny said. "Any clue where we can get these items?"
"Well the first two items are easy, we can get the compass from Jim Hawkins, a piece of eight from Captain Flint's treasure but the last one I'll have to think about" Mr Lancer answered. "I may have an idea on where we can get the last item but I'll need time to think it over to see if I'm right"
Dayla was about to say something when they heard shouting coming from the other side of the beach, they all ran over and hid among the bushes to see some men in a couple of long boats heading near the shore of the island. They all then watched as a boy about 13 years old jump out of the boat and was being held by two of the pirates.
"That was Jim Hawkins" Mr Lancer whispered and then they continued to watch the pirates land on the shore and climb out of the long boats. He then pointed to a man wearing a blue sailor's uniform and walking on a crutch due to the missing leg and said, "And that's Long John Silver"
"Okay where are they going?" Dayla asked.
"If I remember the story correctly, right now Silver and his men are making Jim read the map which will lead them to where the treasure is supposed to be" Mr Lancer answered.
Suddenly Danny hears a groan and turns to see three of the pirates they saw before were now a glowing green and had their swords pointed at them.
"Ghost pirates!" Danny shouted which caused the other two to turn.
Danny and Dayla immediately changed into their ghost forms and pulled out two small metal sticks from their belts, they pushed the buttons on them and they both turned into Bo Staffs and blocked the ghostly pirate's blows from their blades while protecting Mr Lancer.
"Well no one said it was gonna be easy!" Danny shouted as he kept blocking the swords.
"Now where's the fun in that?" Dayla retorted as she managed to knock one of them down with a sweep to his legs.
"Mr Lancer follow the others! We'll catch up with you once we deal with these buccaneers!" Danny shouted as he hit one of them in the stomach.
Mr Lancer nodded and immediately ran off to go after Silver and the others, Dayla placed one end of her Bo Staff into the ground and then spun around while kicking and knocking down three pirates in their faces.
Danny slid under one of the pirate's legs as he tried to slash him with his sword and then whacked him on the back and before the pirate could get back up, Danny hit him on the head with the end of the staff making him unconscious. The pirate's glow then dimmed and he was changed back into a regular human.
"Dayla! You need to knock them out!" Danny shouted as he ran over to help her deal with the last three pirates.
Dayla nodded and then suddenly thought of something and shouted as she kicked a pirate away, "Danny! Remember when Ghostwriter said he cancelled out most of our ghost powers?! Does that include our Ghostly Wails?!"
"I don't know!" Danny shouted back as he punched one of them in the stomachs. "Let's give it a try!"
He leapt over to her and then they both took a deep breath and unleashed two powerful Ghostly Wails and hit all the pirates dead on and knocking them all unconscious. They stopped their wails and changed back into their human forms, they both watched as the ghostly pirates were changed back into humans.
Danny then walked over and grabbed three swords from the ground and handed one of them to Dayla as he said, "Here we might need these"
"I'm still surprised that we managed to use our Ghostly Wails" He finished. "Guess he didn't really think everything through"
"We better get moving and catch up Mr Lancer" Dayla said and they both left in the direction that they saw their English teacher run off in.
Meanwhile Ghostwriter growled at the result from the fight, it wasn't going as plan and he didn't think about their teacher having knowledge of various novels. He looked down at the next book he was going to send them after Treasure Island which was Romeo and Juliet but then decided against it since he figured Mr Lancer would know it already.
"There must be something that out of shape teacher hasn't read which they will fail at" Ghostwriter mumbled.
He turned to another screen and looked up all the books that Mr Lancer has ever read in his life and the ones he hasn't read but none of them seemed challenging enough until he spotted one book on that long list. His frown turned into a grin and he selected the book of the shelf ready to go and laughed as he shouted, "There is no way that they will beat this one! And even if they get the correct answer, they will be finished in a matter of seconds!"
Back in Treasure Island, Danny and Dayla continued to follow the tracks of feet that went into the vast jungles of the island but then suddenly…
BAM!
They heard a gunshot and then a pair of hands pulled them into the bushes, they were about to scream when they saw it was Mr Lancer. They both sighed in relief and then Dayla asked, "Are you okay sir? We heard a gun"
"That was Long John Silver's gunshot you heard" Mr Lancer explained as he kept an eye out of the bushes. "They have just discovered that the treasure wasn't where Captain Flint buried it and he had just told Jim to run away"
"So why are we hiding?" Danny asked. Mr Lancer held a hand up for him to be quiet and then suddenly he grabbed something and pulled Jim Hawkins with his mouth covered into the bushes.
"Listen to me. We're not going to hurt you" Mr Lancer said quietly. "We're not pirates and we're not here for the treasure, but we do need your help"
Jim calmed down and stopped struggling, Mr Lancer then let him go and he asked, "Who are you strangers?"
"My name is Edward Lancer and these two are Danny and Dayla Fenton" Mr Lancer answered.
Jim looked at them strangely and said, "You're all dressed oddly. You don't look like pirates or even sailors. We're you marooned here with Ben as well?"
"Uh…" Danny stuttered but then Dayla answered, "No. I know this is gonna be hard to believe but we're not from this world and we really could use your help"
Jim looked at them in confusion but then said, "I don't fully understand but I will help you all. What do you need?"
"We need a piece of eight, a compass and the last item…we don't need to worry about that yet" Mr Lancer answered.
"Well I have my father's compass that you can borrow but you must swear to return it" Jim said as he pulled out his compass.
"I swear to you we will" Danny said. Jim nodded and handed Danny his compass.
He then said, "As for the piece of eight, maybe Ben can help us"
"No need. I know where the treasure is" Mr Lancer answered.
Suddenly they heard several gunshots and walked out of the bushes to see two dead pirates on the ground and the ones holding the guns were Livesey, Gray and Gunn leaving Silver alive.
"Jim are you okay?" Gray asked in concern. Jim nodded and said, "I'm fine but the treasure chest was empty"
"It's okay Jim. It seems Gunn had the treasure all along in his cave" Livesey said. He then looked at Mr Lancer, Danny and Dayla and asked, "And who are these three? More pirates?"
Jim shook his head and said, "No. They're friends and I promised I would help them"
"Are you sure we can trust them Jim?" Gray asked.
"I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for them" Jim answered with confidence.
A few minutes later all of them were led by Gunn to his cave where inside was Captain Flint's treasure, Mr Lancer quickly grabbed a piece of eight and added it to their items they had found. They all then helped grabbed all the treasure and placed them into bags and loaded most of them onto the ship, they were about to head back to the ship with the last bag of treasure that was loaded onto one of the long boats when suddenly Silver grabbed Jim and held a pistol to his head.
"Nobody move or the boy dies!" Silver shouted.
Danny and Dayla were about to do something when Mr Lancer grabbed onto them and shook his head, Silver then placed Jim into the longboat that had the last bag of treasure and started sailing off with it.
"Stay here. We'll help Jim" Danny said and then he along with Dayla and Mr Lancer followed them using the trees for cover.
They kept following Silver and Jim and then stopped as they watched him stop near another side of the shore and threw Jim out of the boat. Jim quickly stood up and was about to blow a whistle to signal where he was but stopped as Silver aimed his gun at him.
"I will shoot lad" Sliver warned. "Don't blow it matey"
Mr Lancer held Danny and Dayla back and whispered, "Wait"
"For what?" Danny and Dayla asked in confusion.
"You'll see" Mr Lancer answered.
Jim was about slowly getting ready to blow the whistle, Silver sighed and then lowered his gun and said, "I can never harm you. You're honest, brave and true"
As he rowed away, Silver tossed his hat to Jim and said, "It's a shame. We would've made a great team Jim"
Mr Lancer, Danny and Dayla then came out of the bushes and then Mr Lancer gently took the hat from Jim and said, "And this is the object of someone who may have a dark heart, but would never do something horrible to a friend"
"YES WE DID IT! One book down and one more to go" Danny cheered.
Ghostwriter's face then appeared in the sky and he said, "Well done but don't expect the next one to be very easy"
Everything then went to black and then Danny, Dayla and Mr Lancer woke up lying on the ground, they all sat up to find themselves in a forest. They all stood up and Dayla said, "A forest? Where did he send us that has a forest?"
"Well there are several books with forests, Robin Hood, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table for example" Mr Lancer answered.
BAM!
They all jumped at the sound of some sort of cannon. Mr Lancer then exclaimed, "To Kill A Mockingbird!"
"Not quite Edward Lancer" Ghostwriter said as he appeared in the sky. "Welcome to your second challenge, I was going to send you Romeo and Juliet but where's the fun in that? So I have send you to the arena inside the book known as The Hunger Games"
Mr Lancer's face went pale as he heard that book title, he wasn't expecting this. Ghostwriter then finished, "This is your challenge, sing the first words to the lullaby that Katniss knows and say the words that is always said before the Hunger Games begin. Oh and just to make it more interesting you only get an hour and I have taken your ability to use your Ghostly Wails"
"WHAT?! But how are supposed to fight and defend ourselves?!" Dayla shouted in anger.
"Relax young Phantom. I am not a ghost without honour so I will allow you to have these" Ghostwriter said with a sickening grin and then started typing.
Suddenly in Dayla's hand she had a bow and arrow, Mr Lancer had a spear and Danny had a sword, with that Ghostwriter disappeared without a trace. Danny then asked, "Okay Mr Lancer what do we do?"
Mr Lancer was silent and didn't say a word. Danny then said, "Mr Lancer are you okay?"
"Uh…I'm not sure how to tell you two this but…I never have read The Hunger Games" Mr Lancer admitted.
"WHAT?!" They both shouted in shock. Danny then asked, "What do you mean you never read it?!"
"Well I just never really took interest in the book so I never read it" Mr Lancer said. "If I had known this was gonna happen I would have"
"Okay listen. We need to calm down, I think I remember Jazz reading the book over the summer and telling me about it a little. I think I can remember some of the stuff she told me but I need a bit of time to think" Dayla said.
They suddenly heard rustling in the bushes, Danny gestured for them all to be quiet and to get ready. The rustling stopped and there was nothing but silence, they all breathed in relief but the suddenly a wolf like creature jumped out from the bushes and landed in front of them.
It growled and then with a loud ferocious bark, it pounced at Danny who yelped in fear and barely dodged out of the way but it managed to hit his arm with its razor sharp paw and he yelped in pain as four slash marks were left on his arm and he fell to the ground holding the wound.
The creature was about to fully kill Danny when suddenly it was hit in its shoulder by an arrow, Mr Lancer then kneeled down to Danny and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Not really" Danny answered and then hissed in pain. "It seems that since Ghostwriter stopped us from using our powers, our healing abilities don't work as well"
Dayla fired another arrow at the creature in its other shoulder and shouted, "Mr Lancer carry Danny and let's get out of here!"
Mr Lancer nodded and he picked Danny up bridal style, suddenly the creature howled and they started hearing more ferocious growls and barks coming from the distance which could only mean that more was coming.
"We have to go now!" Dayla shouted and she and Mr Lancer started running while carrying Danny.
They could hear the monstrous wolf like hounds in the bushes getting closer, Dayla then saw a large tree that looked strong enough to hold them all and said, "Mr Lancer start climbing up that tree! It's safe and hopefully these things can't climb"
Mr Lancer moved Danny to his back and started climbing up, he felt his back feeling bad since he had a history of bad back problems but kept going, another one pounced at Dayla but she fired another arrow straight into its eye causing it to fall to the ground and howl in pain. She then climbed up the tree and sat down on the strong limb with Mr Lancer and Danny who kept his hand on the slowly bleeding cuts on his arm.
Dayla then thought of an idea, she removed her purple shirt from over the top of her blue long sleeved shirt and then smeared some of Danny's blood from his cut all over it, she then tied it to an arrow and shot it away from the area.
She then grabbed most of the leafiest part of the branches of the tree and covered them all with it, they all then watched as the creatures stopped at the tree but then one of them smelled a familiar blood scent and howled at the others to follow its lead. The creatures then left and all three of them let out a sigh of relief.
Mr Lancer took a look at Danny's arm and said, "I wish I had a first aid kit"
"Looks like we'll have to improvise" Dayla said and then ripped a bit of the bottom of Danny's shirt and then wrapped it around his arm like a bandage. "It's not exactly a bandage but it'll do until we get out of here"
"Thanks sis" Danny said with a grateful smile and then hissed in pain once again. "How much time do we have?"
"I'd tell you but unfortunately our watches can't tell time" Dayla said as she gestured to the Fenton Watch around her wrist.
Mr Lancer then looked at his watch and answered, "We have forty minutes left"
"I'm so sorry" He then said looking down. "This is my fault"
"Mr Lancer it's not your fault" Danny said. "We should have guessed he would've picked a book you hadn't read, but right now we need to figure out the stupid riddle"
"A lullaby that Katniss knows…A lullaby that Katniss knows….Katniss…Katniss…." Dayla muttered to herself thinking but then her eyes widened as she remembered something.
FLASHBACK TWO MONTHS AGO…
Jazz was sitting in the living room reading a book as usual. Dayla then entered the room and asked, "Hey Jazz you reading a psychology book as usual?"
"Not this time. I'm actually reading The Hunger Games" Jazz answered.
"What's that?" She asked.
"It's a story about a place called Panem and the government there forces the citizens of each district of the country to send one girl and boy each year to fight to the death" She answered.
"Wow. So how far have you gotten?" She asked.
"Up to this part where Katniss's ally Rue dies and she sings this song to her as she dies" She answered.
"That's it! I know the song. I don't know the medley properly but I managed to see the words long enough to remember them when Jazz showed me the book" Dayla said with a smile. "I'll answer this one"
She then took a deep breath and began to sing.
Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Danny and Mr Lancer was shocked by how amazing Dayla could sing.
Lay down your head and close your sleepy eyes
And when they open again, the sun will rise
They all waited in silence and then they heard the voice of Ghostwriter announce, "Well done Miss Phantom but you still have one more riddle to solve and only half an hour to solve it. The clock is ticking better hurry"
And with an evil laugh there was silence once again. Mr Lancer said, "Miss Fenton that was amazing. I had no idea you could sing"
"Thanks. I didn't really know I could either" Dayla admitted.
"Well that's one down and one to go" Danny said. "Say the words that is always said when the Hunger Games begin"
Dayla groaned and then she rubbed her head in annoyance and said, "I can't concentrate with all that buzzing"
"Uh…I think stopping it might be a problem" Danny said and then pointed at a large hive hanging near them on a branch.
Flying around the hive was some sort of large wasp like creatures, they all remained silent and then started climbing down the tree very gently trying not to make the nest fall. Danny and Dayla made it down but then suddenly Mr Lancer missed a branch and fell right to the ground and caused the tree to some of the branches to shake on the tree, they all cringed in fear hoping the nest wouldn't fall but there was no attack.
They all chuckled in relief but then suddenly the hive fell and the wasp like bugs starred going in a frenzy.
"RUN!" Danny and Dayla screamed and then all three of them started running.
The hive started to chase after them through the forest, Danny then heard the sound of rushing water and turned to see a large stream on the right side of them, he then grabbed Mr Lancer and Dayla's hands and dragged them the other way just as one of the bugs was about to sting them but ended up hitting a tree instead.
Without hesitation he pulled both of them straight into the water and held them under, they then watched as the hive swarmed around the water and then flew off. They all then emerged and took very deep breaths as they went back onto the shore, night began to descend as they sat on land.
"Good thinking Danny" Dayla said.
"I remember in biology that wasps and bees don't like water" Danny said.
"I am really glad you were paying attention" Mr Lancer commented.
Their relief was short lived as they heard a familiar howl and barking from the bushed not too far from where they were.
"Oh no. We have to get moving" Danny said and all three of them started running.
The heard the barking getting closer and closer as they ran deeper and deeper into the forest. Danny shouted, "Dayla you need to think really hard. Was there anything else Jazz told you about the book? Anything at all?!"
"I….I don't know!" Dayla shouted in panic. "And we only have five minutes left!"
Suddenly they stopped as they found themselves blocked by a large stone wall and with no way of climbing it. They pulled out their weapons ready to fight the oncoming creatures, Dayla kept trying to think but then her eyes widened as she remembered something she saw on the back of the book as Jazz put it down that day.
As the mutts came out of the bushes and leapt in the air to attack Dayla screamed, "MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!"
The creatures froze in mid-air and then suddenly disappeared, their weapons then disappeared and the whole forest around them began to disappear. Danny and Dayla suddenly felt their powers return and Danny's wound began to heal, all three of them smiled as they realised they had solved Ghostwriter's riddle and cheered, "YES!"
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Ghostwriter screamed in fury, anger and defeat.
They all appeared back in the school library along with Ghostwriter who was on the ground feeling weak from using so much of his power.
"How….How did you solve it? None of you have read the book!" Ghostwriter exclaimed in shock.
"Because we're lucky to have an older sister who reads as much as Mr Lancer does" Dayla answered.
Danny then pulled out the Fenton Thermos from his backpack that was on the ground and aimed at Ghostwriter with a smirk as he said, "Game over"
With one final scream, Ghostwriter was sucked inside the thermos and then Danny capped the lid on. All three of them then sat down in chairs feeling relieved that it was finally over, they both looked at the clock and saw it was only six pm.
"That's weird. It felt like we were in there longer" Danny commented.
"I think we can skip the studying session for this afternoon" Mr Lancer said. "Just read the first three chapters of The Hobbit at home"
"Thanks Mr Lancer and thank you so much for your help in there" Dayla said.
"Your welcome and thank you two for saving my life" Mr Lancer said with a grateful smile. "I don't think though I'll be reading the Hunger Games any time soon"
"That's for sure" Danny and Dayla said in unison and then all three of them laughed a little.
Danny and Dayla arrived at home and told Jack and Maddie everything that happened, they both then went up to Danny's room and then Jazz started video calling them on the computer. Danny answered it and they both smiled to see Jazz on the screen in her college dorm.
"Hey guys. How are you?" Jazz asked. She then noticed their tired faces and asked, "What happened to you two? Was there a huge ghost attack?"
"Jazz have we got a story to tell you" Danny and Dayla both smiled with smirks and began to tell everything to her.
THE END
NEXT TIME ON THE PHANTOM TWINS…
While on patrol with Sam, Andrew, Tucker and Valerie, Walker captures them all and takes them to some sort of arena in his prison and is now forcing Danny and Dayla to fight ten ghosts in order to win their freedom and if they lose a single fight, all four of them will be locked in Walker's jail forever! But how are Danny and Dayla supposed to fight when Walker chains them together and cancels their ghost powers?! Will Danny and Dayla win? Will they earn their freedom? Find out next time on The Phantom Twins in: Fright Club!