Darkzdragon: Hyaaaaah!

DarkFoxKit: Whaaaaa? What are you doing?

Darkzdragon: Hyup! *Throws a pot against a wall*

DarkFoxKit: … Oh boy… you're imitating Link, aren't you?

Darkzdragon: Hya! *Nods and picks up a sparkling green gem from the wreckage of the pot*

DarkFoxKit: Oy… you've been way too obsessed with Tears of a Kingdom.

Darkzdragon: *Hurt gasp*

DarkFoxKit: Sorry, Tears of the Kingdom.

Darkzdragon: Haha! *Smiles*

DarkFoxKit: Okay… let's get into the story before someone mistakes you for the hero of the Legend of Zelda.


Chapter 13: The Student President Campaign

Juliette almost couldn't believe what she was doing. She was willingly going to Anise, and have her put her into a disguise.

"Hey, Anise? You mind coming here?" Juliette called out. "I'd like to call in a favor."

It only took a second before Anise appeared in front of Juliette. "Yes? What is it, Juliette?"

"I need two things from you," Juliette stated. "One, I need a metal mask that is perfectly shaped to fit my face but on the outside it will have less details. And two, I need a head to toe powdered latex outfit that makes my two tails looks like I have a singular tail. Powdered because I need it for stealth reasons and I know that if you apply powder to latex, it won't squeak loudly."

"Oh? Is there a reason why you need to be stealthy?" Anise asked curiously.

"I need to do something to stop a bad future from coming," Juliette vaguely answered. "Actually, three, you can't get involved in my mission besides helping me with the gear I required."

"Awww," Anise whined before perking up. "Look at that, you're becoming a time agent for Echo, how adorable~"

"I'm not becoming a time agent," Juliette replied. "I'm simply preventing something that I don't want to happen. I'm not working for Echo. If anything, he's working for me. In this situation, I'm Batman and Echo is my Oracle. And yes, I know about Batman and all that. I may have been running for my life, but I have read a couple comic books. Now, will you make me the items I asked for?"

"Yeah, yeah, just give me a moment," Anise stated before snapping her fingers.

A fox-shaped iron mask appeared in one of Anise's hand, and a white powdered latex suit appeared in Anise's other hand.

"Thank you." Juliette smiled before she reached forward to take the items. "I need to slip these on quick."

Anise gave a playful smirk, making Juliette back away, knowing Anise was planning something. Anise lifted her hands, and the white powdered latex suit came alive, before it jumped at Juliette, forcing itself onto her. Juliette heard her clothes ripping as the latex suit forced itself onto her. The mask came to life as well, straps extending from it, before it shot out at Juliette's face. The straps, which were a white powdered latex, wrapped around the back of the now latex covered head of Juliette.

"Really?" Juliette asked, the mask opening and closing in sync with her maw, letting her talk. At least she gave me the ability to talk… "Did you have to destroy the clothes underneath? I was planning on going to the opera house and changing into this so I could keep the clothes in a nice condition."

"Yup. Don't worry, I'll put more clothes in your closet so you don't have to worry about running out of them~" Anise reassured.

"At least 90% of them have to be non-kink clothing." Juliette softly growled.

"Come on, Juliette, when have I only given you kinky clothes?" Anise questioned innocently.

Juliette raised a brow behind the mask, which she could see out of despite there being no eye holes. "Do you really want me to answer? Because if you do, we may be here a while."

"Nah, you should get going. You got a time job to do," Anise said in a teasing tone.

"Before that, I do have to ask, how am I able to see out of this mask without holes for my eyes?" Juliette asked, reaching up and poking the mask where there would be holes for eyes and feeling only solid metal.

"It's a specially designed mask that covers your eyes, but allows you to see through the metal as if it were translucent." Anise grinned. "In fact, your eyesight is probably better while wearing the mask as it gives you a wider field of view."

"Well… that's interesting," Juliette remarked. "I'll probably be keeping this mask anyways for other reasons. I assume when I need to I just pulled it forwards and raise it off my head? The straps looked like latex, so I assume they stretch."

"In the future that's how you'll take it off, yes~" Anise grinned. "But this time, when you're ready for it to come off, you have to come find me~"

"Oh come on…" Juliette groaned.

"You know… since I'm in a good mood, I'll actually make it easy for you to find me," Anise replied. "I'll be somewhere in the opera house and you'll have to come find me."

Juliette rolled her eyes. "I guess that's better than the entirety of Amity Park."

"Oh and just so you know, the collar I put on you when you first got to Amity Park goes over everything, in case you were wondering why it doesn't feel like the latex is choking you by pushing down on the collar," Anise informed.

"I guess that's a little bit of a relief, wouldn't want to black out or be strangled…" Juliette sighed, wishing the collar could just be off of her. "I better get going now, I'd rather not make Echo wait for long."

"Have fun with your Oracle boyfriend~" Anise smirked before disappearing.

"He isn't my boyfriend, you immortal troll!" Juliette hissed before she sighed. I should get going. Hopefully this outfit is stealthy enough… though I am slightly worried about the whole… white latex part… I might give Echo a heart attack as I currently look like a Void Creature.


Echo was looking at his reflection on the school's second window. For some reason, only a few spots, like Danny's bedroom mirror, and this school window, allowed him to see his reflection, other than water of course. Echo would've never known he looked like Danny if he hadn't seen his reflection in Danny's mirror one day, and that freaked him out quite a bit. Echo thought Danny was somehow dragged into the Void with him for the split second he first saw his reflection. Echo couldn't help but chuckle at the memory of it, he didn't often look at his reflection since he felt unworthy to have a face so similar to the one he admired the most, but sometimes he couldn't help but look as he was curious as to why he looked like Danny.

"Huh… Juliette's right, I do look awful. At least I don't need sleep, otherwise I'd look thrice as bad…" Echo noted, seeing how messy his hair was. "I look like Albert Einstein did on a bad hair day."

Hey Echo, I just want to brace you that I'm almost there. Echo heard Juliette's thoughts. I'll look a little… startling, but I assure you that I'm me.

Echo blinked, wondering why Juliette felt the need to warn him. Echo was trying to straighten out his hair, which was hard to do without a comb.

"How did my hair even get this way just from writing a few notes?" Echo questioned himself.

After a few minutes, Julitte finally arrived. Echo hadn't noticed her as he was still busy trying to fix up his hair.

Hey, Echo, you should slowly turn around after you take a chance to put it in your mind that I am standing behind you. Juliette spoke up mentally.

"What the heck are you talking abou-" Echo began to say when he turned around and saw Juliette.

Echo stared at Juliette.

Hey, Echo… Juliette hesitantly chuckled, noting that Echo took no time to brace himself or remind himself that Juliette was standing behind him.

"Juliette… why do you look like a masked Void Creature?" Echo questioned slowly.

"This is my disguise," Juliette answered. "I was hoping for a color other than white, but this is what Anise gave me… I probably should've been more specific. And I already told you I was going to get a mask so I could fool the masked Void Creatures. I just happened to get a perfect one from Anise."

"You most certainly did," Echo groaned. "If you hadn't warned me, I would've freaked out. I've been keeping my future visions off, because if I start looking again, I'm worried I'll get lost in the future once more."

"Perhaps from now on you shouldn't look too deep into the future unless you have someone with you to go over ideas," Juliette suggested. "The person would also be able to keep you from going down the rabbit hole of variables and futures."

"No promises," Echo chuckled. "I mean you can't be with me all the time, and sometimes the visions just come on their own. And with that vision rises more questions, which leads me to look into more futures. The Guys in White aren't even aware I can see into the future. And Anise… she goes everywhere and anywhere. I'm usually on my own."

"Well perhaps write down the questions and only explore them when you're with someone else," Juliette responded. "Now, let's not dilly dally." Juliette began looking around for ways to get into the school without breaking in as it would undoubtedly be locked on the weekend.

Echo frowned a little as he looked at the school, then back at Juliette. "You know, this might be easier if you just go into Void Mode, then come out when you reach your destination."

"Remember, takes an hour for me to come back out of the Void after I go in," Juliette reminded. "And I'd rather not just sit around in the Void for 45 minutes."

"We could play a game while you wait," Echo shrugged. "Otherwise, you're going to need to pick locks or steal a key from someone from the school staff, at their own house or wherever it is they are right now. You could try breaking through the windows, but I wouldn't advise it. You could try asking a ghost for help… though I doubt they would help you without a good reason."

"How about I just climb up to the second floor and slip in through that open window?" Juliette asked, pointing up.

"Who would be irresponsible enough to leave a window open?" Echo frowned. "And you're really going to climb all the way up there?"

"I've climbed up 5 stories buildings before to get away from Void Creatures," Juliette answered.

Echo gave Juliette a curious look. "Are you sure you're not part cat?"

"Kitsune are vulpines, not felines," Juliette informed as she walked up to one of the walls. "And yes, I'm sure I'm not a cat. I'm just the perfect combination of strong and light. This looks like the best way up."

Juliette was looking up at a wall with crack and bricks sticking out, giving her plenty of handholds.

"Okay, well while you do that, I'll go meet you in the room," Echo called up before he went through the closed doors after he walked up the steps.

Juliette focused on climbing up the building, thanking her lucky stars that nobody was near the school enough to notice a strange white masked figure was climbing up Casper High's building. Juliette soon made it to the open window, climbing into the empty classroom. Echo walked through the door, watching Juliette coming in.

"Ahh, that was a nice workout," Juliette chuckled. "I wonder if Anise enchanted this outfit to keep me cool, because I'm not sweating at all."

"Alright, no need to be a show off," Echo chuckled lightly. "The school is going to be a bit on high alert though, since the camera saw you coming in through the window. At least you won't have to worry about it hearing you speak."

"The school will only be on high alert if someone checks the security systems," Juliette chuckled. "I've found that most institutions with cameras don't really check the cameras all that often or that the cameras aren't even plugged in and are just for show to make people behave better."

"Wow, they are irresponsible," Echo rolled his eyes. "Whatever, let's just go find those helmets and their charger cords."

"Lead the way," Juliette responded.

Echo walked through the door, Juliette had to open it before she followed him into the hallway. Echo began to look at each room number, trying to find the room that had the helmets in.

"Mr. Lancer has two helmets, and a master helmet. Mr. Carbon said he'll get more for the rest of the class later, but currently these are the only helmets in school," Echo informed. "Likely Mr. Lancer will have a test drive with them with some of the school staff, to see if it works."

"So do I need to disable all of them or just the master helmet?" Juliette questioned.

"You'll have to disable all of them. If the master helmet doesn't work, the other two helmets will send them into a black void… well, not the Void, but just a black abyss, we don't want that," Echo explained.

"Ah…" Juliette looked around. "Perhaps I should give them the same treatment as the Mortifier and give them a burial at sea?~"

"Heh, I'm afraid not this time, Juliette. Nobody would notice something was amiss until they put it on and fry their brains," Echo informed.

"It would fry their brain?" Juliette frowned behind the mask.

"That's one possibility, but most of the time, it just won't work. Still shouldn't risk it though," Echo stated.

"So… what's the best option?" Juliette inquired. "Smash them?"

"Too sturdy to just smash them," Echo answered. "But you can de-power them by disabling the charger cords. The helmets need to be charged after all, and if the charger cords aren't working, nobody would know why the helmets aren't working. Mr. Lancer would come to the conclusion the helmets just don't work, or aren't as advanced as Mr. Carbon said they were. Hopefully this will stop that mind adventure future."

"So turn the helmets on and destroy the cords?" Juliette surmised.

"Don't outright destroy the cords, just make it so they can't charge the helmets. You want to make them look like they're intact. If Mr. Lancer knows what the problem is, he'll just ask for a replacement," Echo pointed out. "Right now he's skeptical, which works in our favor."

"How do I make it so they don't charge without breaking them?" Juliette asked as she kept walking.

"The easiest way is to find a needle or stapler and puncture the cords before dunking them in water. The punctures will be small enough to not be noticable," Echo answered. "This way nobody gets hurt, and the helmets won't have enough power to work on the day Mr. Lancer decides to test them."

Juliette gave a nod.

Echo looked up at one of the numbers on the classroom, before he stuck his head through the door. Echo pulled his head out and nodded. "This is the room."

Juliette walked over to the door before she opened it and walked inside. "Okay, stapler to the cords, I assume staple in a way that it punctures the actual wires inside."

"Yeah," Echo answered. "There should be a good stapler in Mr. Lancer's desk, one of the drawers. He doesn't like to keep it out on his desk because the students mishandle the staplers most of the time."

Juliette walked over to the desk, opening up some of the drawers, looking for the stapler. She found a big red stapler on the second drawer and took it out. Echo walked over to the closet, sticking his head through the door. "The helmets are in here."

Juliette walked over to the closet and opened it up before she looked at the helmets. "So how do I turn them on without putting them on so I drain the battery?"

"Let me look at the vision where Mr. Lancer turns them on real quick…" Echo's eyes dulled as he looked through the future.

Juliette waited until Echo came back to the present.

"Hold out one of the helmets for me," Echo instructed.

Juliette put down the stapler before she reached in and picked up one of the helmets before pulling it out and holding it in front of Echo.

Echo studied the helmet before looking to the side. "Okay, there should be a button over here. You can press it to turn on the helmet."

Echo was pointing at a small green button on the right side of the helmet.

Juliette reached around and pressed the button.

The helmet lit up all of a sudden, making a very very soft whirring sound to indicate it was powering on.

"Good, now go ahead and do that to the other helmets," Echo instructed.

Juliette gave a nod before she put back the first helmet and repeated the steps with the other helmet. "I assume the cords are the ones that were sitting neatly coiled up underneath the helmets?"

"Yup," Echo confirmed. "Once we get the master helmet on, we'll work on puncturing through the cords."

Juliette reached in and pulled out a black helmet. "I assume this is the master helmet as the other two are white?"

"Yeah, it's the master helmet," Echo confirmed. "You'll have to look in the back for the button. It's usually supposed to be turned on via remote."

Juliette turned the helmet around, looking at the back. She found a small red button there, and pushed it. The black helmet came on, just like the first two.

"Okay, now onto the cords," Echo said.

Juliette put the helmet back into the closet before she pulled out the cords, picking the stapler back up. Juliette used the stapler to puncture two small holes into the cords. She had to look close to make sure there were actually holes there since they were too small to make out.

Juliette then carried the cords towards the door. "I'm gonna take them to the chemistry lab to give them a nice bath~ If the chemical cabinet is unlocked, I might give them a little bit of a light acid bath to eat away the metal wires while the plastic remains unscathed."

Echo nodded. "Good idea."

"Is it unlocked? If not, is there a key nearby?" Juliette questioned.

"Oh…" Echo paused for a moment. "It's unlocked- wow, the staff in this school are really irresponsible."

Juliette shook her head. "Perhaps I should have Anise talk to the other staff about some things being left unlocked and open. Or perhaps… Nah, that probably wouldn't work."

"What?" Echo asked, now curious.

Juliette, who was now walking through the halls pointed to one of the signs on the walls. "I was going to say I could run for student council president."

"Huh… oh, that's right, the election starts next month," Echo realized. "Last year Dash won… and the year before that. I guess nobody could really run against the top of the food chain."

"I figured I would have little chances of winning," Juliette commented. "Hence why I said it wouldn't work."

Echo gave a thoughtful look. "I wonder though…"

Echo stopped thinking when they reached the chemistry lab. Juliette wrinkled her nose due to the smell of leftover chemicals.

"Okay, yeah… some serious conversations need to happen." Juliette frowned.

"What?" Echo asked, not being able to smell anything.

"Over in the teacher sink is a few beakers of mixed chemicals," Juliette informed. "They've been there since Friday by the smell of it."

"Yeesh, I wonder why Principal Ishiyama doesn't do anything about the laziness of the staff…" Echo frowned. "Is it because of the ghost attacks? Does it make the teachers just not want to lock doors because they think 'what's the point since ghosts can go through stuff?' Or something?"

Juliette walked over to the chemical cabinets and opened it up before pulling out a couple of chemicals.

Echo watched in fascination, he was always interested in chemistry, and the curious minds of the students when they had to be involved while testing what each chemical did.

Juliette took the chemicals over to the area where there were a few flat containers on the wall. Juliette put down the chemicals before grabbing the container.

"The chemical I'm whipping up is actually completely safe to touch but has a caustic reaction with metal," Juliette informed. "Something that no high school chemistry teaches."

Juliette started pouring in the chemicals in certain quantities, making sure it was deep enough for the cords to be in.

"I'm still not going to stick my hands in though, and I'll wash the cords off afterwards," Juliette continued as she closed the chemical bottles before unwrapping the cords.

One by one, Juliette dipped the cords into the container, making sure to hold the two ends out so the damage wouldn't be visible. While she was dipping them, Echo saw tiny puffs of smoke coming out of the little holes made by the staples, which Juliette had removed.

Once all three cords stopped smoking, Juliette took them over to a sink and put them down before turning on the water. While the cords were washing off, Juliette grabbed the chemicals, put them back in the closet, and closed it. She then grabbed the containers and took it over to the teacher's sink where she began to safely dispose of the chemicals, making sure they were inert and diluted to all hell before pouring them into the sink. She then quickly washed out the beakers and the container before she put them on a rack nearby to dry.

When the last beaker was on the rack, Juliette walked over to where the cords had been getting washed and turned off the water before she pulled out the cords and dried them off.

"There we go, the wires should be pretty dissolved inside, so they won't work," Juliette informed after throwing away the paper towel she had used to dry off the cords.

Echo smiled. "Who taught you chemistry?"

"Nobody…" Juliette admitted. "I've… just always known chemistry and quite a few other scientific fields. I'm choosing to do badly in the class because I know I could easily get into the highest class possible in the honors course. Hell, I probably know a bit more about science than some college professors."

"You've always just known?" Echo blinked.

"Yeah," Juliette confirmed.

"And you called me abnormal," Echo muttered. "Perhaps I'm not the only one with missing information…"

"What?" Juliette raised a brow.

"Nevermind, it's not important right now," Echo sighed. "Let's get the cords back to the room."

"I'll go do that on my own," Juliette remarked. "Perhaps you can go around the school and see if there is anything else I can do before I leave out the window and close it."

"Fine, there shouldn't be anything, but I'll look anyways. There's always an unexpected variable just waiting to tip the future into a bad one," Echo sighed before he walked out of the classroom.

While Echo was walking, he looked at one of the signs about the student council election. Echo wondered if Juliette should run for school president, or if Dash would win again. Dash wasn't an awful president, though he did like torturing the outcasts and the nerds a lot, but that was something he did on a daily basis anyways. Dash did improve a lot with the school's sports, raised more money for the school, and help get volunteers to clean up any collateral damage that ghost attacks usually caused. Dash was an avid Phantom fan, if nothing else, so he was always willing to stick up for Phantom when people complained.

But what the school needed was someone who could do more than just raise money, clean up damages, and have better sports. Echo knew this. The school needed someone who knew what they were doing, to improve on the school itself, the staff as well, and a way to defend themselves from the ghosts better, or at least get the students to safety quicker and not panic whenever the Box Ghost so much as whisper his name in the hallway.

Echo knew a few people could improve the school like that. Sam was one, though she does have her cons, like forcing more of her agenda down the school's throats like turning the menu vegan, and banning all animal dissection. Tucker was a possible candidate, but he tended to have a bad history with becoming a megalomaniac when it came to having power. Valerie was also a good candidate, but her hatred for Phantom would cause her to stack the school to the brim with lethal ghost weapons, all design to hurt Phantom if he so much as breathed near the school. Echo wasn't entirely sure if Danny, in his ghost form, needed to breathe though.

Danny could've been a great candidate, but Echo could see that would just cause more stress and complications for Danny's mind, and Echo didn't want to do that to Danny.

So there was only one person left who could be the president Casper High desperately needed.

"Would Juliette be able to win though…?" Echo asked himself after a while of thinking, coming to the conclusion Juliette was probably the best candidate he had for the student council president.

"Though what challenges and hardships would she face if she did become the student body president?" Echo questioned. "Or what benefits might she get if she did win?"

Echo was tempted to look into the future for the answers, but he shook his head and decided not to. The future visions never gave him a definite answer, they only showed him possibilities. Echo didn't want to see a possibly bad future and decided it was best not to chance it. Logically speaking, Juliette was indeed the best candidate, and Echo didn't want his future visions to make him back down from it.

"So, I assume there was nothing else for me to do while I'm here?" Juliette asked as she walked over.

Echo jumped when he suddenly heard Juliette. "Oh, h-hey, Juliette. I take it that you already put the cords back?"

"Yup, and I closed the window that I climbed through as I remembered that the main doors can be locked on the outside but I can still exit from the inside," Juliette informed with a chuckle. "Why are you staring at the posters about people entering their names in for the student council election?"

"Oh… I was just thinking…" Echo hesitantly said. "I was thinking about who should be the next student body president. I don't think it should be Dash again."

"Oh? Did you reach any conclusions?" Juliette asked. "I get the feeling that Mikey might be going for it."

"Mikey is a good kid, but he would still get pressured a lot, and just do whatever the A-List wants him to do," Echo sighed. "The president needs someone with backbone, and someone who would improve the school, the staff, and be able to teach the staff how to better defend the students against the ghosts so Phantom doesn't always have to show up to take care of the weaker ones. I've thought long and hard with all possible candidates involved with ghost fighting… Sam is too hung up on her own agendas, Tucker might become a megalomaniac again, Valerie aims to obliterate the ghosts, not just defend the students. And Danny already has enough on his plate as is, being essentially the hero, the school boy, and the ambassador between the world of the living and the world of the dead, he doesn't need student body president on top of all that. So…"

Echo turned to look at Juliette straight in the eyes. "I came to the conclusion that you're the best candidate for the next student body president."

"Sorry… what?" Juliette asked. "Did you just say I would be the best candidate?"

"Yes," Echo confirmed. "You have experience with defending yourself, you know what this school needs, and you wouldn't just bend over and do whatever the A-List wants you to do."

"I doubt they'd let me run," Juliette stated. "I've only been at this school for a little time. I'm sure there's a rule somewhere that stops new students from trying to become the student body president right after they start attending the school."

"Nope. After seeing how irresponsible the staff has been, should that really surprise you?" Echo pointed out. "Besides, I think Anise would support you."

"There's still the problem that nobody would vote for me." Juliette sighed. "I'd get a few votes at most. Most likely 3; Danny, Sam, and Tucker."

"That would be the result if you keep doing what you've been doing," Echo replied. "That's why you would need a good, strong campaign to get people to want to vote for you. Just because you're not popular and part of the A-List doesn't mean it's impossible for you to win. Logic and facts can beat over what's popular, the students will know you're doing this with them and the school in mind, not just because you're popular. And if you explain your reasonings with Danny, Sam, and Tucker, they'll be more than happy to help you out."

"What about a campaign?" Juliette asked as she started to walk towards the stairs to go down to the first floor. "And a campaign manager? I can't both manage the campaign and run the campaign at the same time."

"Like I said, you'll have to talk to Danny, Tucker, and Sam. They have some experience with managing a campaign, they did help Tucker with his own run after all," Echo explained as he followed Juliette. "This isn't a job for you to do alone, and whether you believe it or not, you have friends who will help you out."

"I could see them helping me," Juliette agreed. "But I'll have to make sure they understand that this is my campaign. I get the feeling they'd want to try and push their own ideals into it if I didn't put my foot down."

Echo paused for a moment, thinking about how Danny and Sam treated Tucker when Tucker ran for student body president a year ago. "You… might be right about that. I like to think they learned their lesson after last time, but… they are still teenagers."

"So ask them for help and tell them I'm willing to listen to suggestions but they can't change my campaign without my authorization?" Juliette inquired.

"Yeah, you can do that. Danny is more likely to listen, Sam may give you suggestions of her own agenda a few times, and Tucker… just be patient with him," Echo chuckled sheepishly.

"I take it you saw that in a vision?" Juliette asked.

Echo shook his head. "No, I just know them that well."

"What kind of suggestions do you think they would give me?" Juliette questioned with a chuckle before she started to walk down the stairs to the first floor.

"Likely they'll try to give you the best general suggestions on how to be a good leader," Echo replied.

"I meant for their personal stuff," Juliette clarified. "If they were going to try and put their own points into my campaign, what do you think they would be?"

"I can't predict everything… well maybe I can, but that's beside the point," Echo remarked.

"Give it your best guess," Juliette urged. "I just want to hear what kind of ideas they might have or what kind of ideas you think they might have."

"Well… for Sam, she might suggest you add more vegan choices for the cafeteria menu. She might even try to have it where it's banned to dissect feral animals at all," Echo explained. "Tucker most likely would give you somewhat petty suggestions, like bring more advanced technology into school, or have 'mini-skirt Fridays', or add more meat to the cafeteria menu. Danny… he's a bit harder to say. He rarely ever says his own opinions these days, he'd likely give you advice on what kind of ghost equipment the school should have, and how to train the staff to defend themselves and their students from the weaker ghosts, and how to get everyone out quickly if a strong ghost should attack."

"Surprised Sam wouldn't try for any kinky things…" Juliette chuckled.

"Why would she do that? I know she's got some kinks, but she's still restrained from giving public kinks," Echo asked. "Most people in Amity Park are, that's why Anise came here, remember?"

"Because in KQ she's super freaking kinky," Juliette answered before she frowned. "Hey Anise… can you do something to hide my real life identity on KinkQuest? Raven, the Dominant who owns me there, is most likely going to try and track me down IRL through my user name and I want to make sure she can't. She might look through my username."

"Oh? Okay, I'll get started on blocking your identity and address," Anise answered back.

"Thank you," Juliette gratefully said. "Also I'm done with the mission, so I'll be heading home soon."

"Good to know, glad you had fun~" Anise teased.

"Didn't have fun, it was just a mission," Juliette responded. "Also, you need to have a conversation with the chemistry teacher or teachers because they left live chemicals sitting in their sink and they didn't lock up the chemical cabinet. And yes, before you ask, my mission was at school."

"Super freaking kinky, huh?" Echo repeated what Juliette said. "So that's what I've been hearing in Sam's mind lately…"

"You couldn't tell before?" Juliette questioned.

"Well, she wasn't thinking with words exactly," Echo sighed. "She was picturing things in her head. It's a lot harder to read a mind that has pictures instead of words. The pictures are blurry and vague to me."

"Anything you could make out?" Juliette inquired.

"I think I saw some pictures of her walking a white furry creature. And pictures of her feeding, grooming, combing, petting, and riding on it," Echo answered. "But I could never tell what that white furry creature was, which I think has some kind of pink stripe on it. It might've been a dog…? Or maybe a cat? Or… maybe a coyote? A wolf? Some kind of fox maybe? It was hard to tell. I just know it was furry, and can walk on four legs."

Juliette blushed a little, grateful she was wearing a mask. "Hmmm, perhaps it's that dragon fox thing she bought recently. It was all over the news of KinkQuest."

"Huh… I remember Sam and Tucker saying something like that. But I only know about KinkQuest through vague terms and pictures I see in people's heads," Echo chuckled. "Seems like an interesting game though."

Juliette pushed one of the main school doors open, making sure it closed behind her. When it closed, Juliette gave a tug on the handle to make sure it was locked. Echo walked out, standing beside her as she let out a sigh of relief.

"At least they locked the doors," Juliette chuckled.

"Yeah, at least we know they're not that irresponsible," Echo agreed.

"Now, what do you plan on doing?" Juliette asked. "Because I'm gonna head to the opera house to get this outfit off."

"I'll probably come with you and try to relax. Ghost Zone knows if I'm alone I'll start looking into the future again," Echo chuckled sheepishly. "I'm especially bad with it when I'm with Danny, always trying to make sure he's safe and all that."

"Make sure you grab your backpack then," Juliette responded, pointing out at the backpack that was on the ground near the school's doors.

"Right, thanks. I'm still not used to having something other than my clothes in the Void," Echo stated gratefully before he went over to the backpack and picked it up.

"You still haven't told me how you got that backpack, the notepads, and the pens," Juliette reminded.

"Right," Echo remembered before he walked with Juliette down the streets. "Well, Andrea is back. Apparently Danielle forgot something in Amity Park. I told Andrea I wanted to write stuff down, so she showed me that she was able to create what should've been an ecto pen, but became a normal pen in the Void. The same went for the notepads and the backpack."

"Interesting…" Juliette commented. "Sounds similar to Void Create."

"Really? There's a name for that too?" Echo exasperated.

"Yeah, it's the power that lets me make weapons in the Void," Juliette responded.

"Wow, you and Andrea get to create stuff in the Void," Echo grumbled. "I'm looking forward to that training even more."

"Perhaps she can help me create things permanently," Juliette pondered. "It'd be nice to be able to make permanent things in the Void. Like a spear or sword I can keep using instead of having to summon one for every attack."

"You can't create things permanently?" Echo blinked, not having expecting that.

"Not with Void Create, no," Juliette answered. "Currently whenever I use it, it drains a lot of my energy and will constantly drain me until I make said object disappear. I know it's possible to have it where it consumes only a tiny bit of energy and doesn't continuously drain me after I make it. After all, my teacher back in Japan showed me a bonsai tree they had created in the Void that has been around for 50 years and can grow."

"Wow, Japan's got all sorts of neat things, both in and out of the Void," Echo whistled.

"Japan is currently the hot spot of magic," Juliette commented. "They're building entire academies simply for training and advancing magic."

"I'll have to go there someday," Echo chuckled. "If Danny ever goes there. After all, he has travelled to different parts of the world before, so Japan would just be another place on his list."

"It'd be nice to actually explore different parts of the world instead of simply running through them…" Juliette sighed before she reached up and tried to tug on her mask. "Really wish I was wearing something different, something that I didn't have to go to Anise to get taken off."

Echo frowned a little. "You probably shouldn't say-"

"So you have wished it, and so it shall be~" A feminune voice spoke up.

"What… was that…?" Juliette asked before she began to look around for the voice, seeing something floating above her on the edge of her vision.

"Oh… crap…" Echo groaned.

Juliette was suddenly surrounded by a misty pink energy, and she felt something different about her latex suit. She was suddenly wearing fancy robes, robes that covered very little around the chest area and was made of the same powdered latex that the suit had been made of.

"What?!" Juliette cried out.

"No, no, noooooo, why did she have to be here?" Echo groaned more.

A young woman-looking ghost flew down to Juliette. Juliette could see the maiden had a darker shade of green as her skin, her eyes had red pupils and black irises, which was rare among ghosts. The maiden ghost also had long, thick black hair, and she seemed to be wearing blue and gold robes of her own. She didn't have any legs, instead she had a blue wispy tail.

"Are you the one who put me in this?!" Juliette shouted angrily.

"Yes, I am," The ghost maiden answered proudly.

Juliette growled. "Undo whatever you did then, because I will not wear a slutty outfit like this!"

"I cannot. For you have wished to wear something else, and I granted it. I cannot take back a wish once it has been granted," The ghost maiden responded.

Juliette took a breath before letting it out. "It feels like you're trying to goad me into making more wishes…"

"Her name is Desiree. She's a ghost who's Obsession is to grant any wish she hears, but she will always twist it," Echo warned. "If you say the words 'I wish' or just 'wish', she will grant it."

Am I right in thinking she wants me to make more wishes? Juliette mentally asked.

"Sort of. Wishing does make her stronger, but she also finds it selfish when someone wishes for something," Echo informed.

"I'm not asking you to grant it, let me be very clear about that, but if I asked you with those words to undo my first wish, would you do it?" Juliette asked, knowing to be careful around wish granters.

"Not quite. If you want to undo your first wish, you'd have to wish another way to change it," Desiree answered.

"Can you alter the past?" Juliette questioned, only now noticing she was still wearing the metal mask.

"Not exactly. I can alter someone's perception of the past, however. Changing memories is easy for me," Desiree replied.

"So, theoretically, if I wished that you had never heard me make my first wish, it would be undone?" Juliette inquired, making sure to phrase it in a way that wasn't an actual wish.

"You are quite the cautious one, aren't you?" Desiree chuckled. "No, I can't alter my own perception."

Juliette frowned. Then how can I get out of this skimpy outfit and back into regular clothes without her twisting my words…?

"What's the matter? You don't like the clothes you're wearing right now? How about wishing for something else?" Desiree suggested.

"I'm trying to think of how to phrase it without the wish being possibly twisted…" Juliette explained. "I've… unfortunately dealt with a genie before, so I tend to think that all wish givers are going to try and twist my words in their own ways."

"Heh, you're not wrong there," Desiree admitted without shame. "Although being super specific is also hard to do. You could be here all day trying to figure it out, and by then someone else would have made a wish and I'd be long gone."

Echo glared at Desiree. "It was because of her that Danny got into a second accident. Why Sam had to make him go through it again. How the world came close to losing Danny Phantom."

Juliette gave a thoughtful expression. Perhaps 'I want to be in clothes that people in high school normally buy from the store'?

Echo didn't respond, which made Juliette shrug a little.

"Alright, I wish to be in clothes that people in high school would normally buy from stores," Juliette wished.

Desiree's hands glowed a bright pink before she released a pink mist on Juliette. Juliette felt her clothes changed again. She didn't get to take a look at what it was as she felt herself losing balance. Juliette fell forward, landing on her knees and elbows.

Juliette growled angrily. "A bitchsuit isn't something high schoolers would normally buy from stores!"

"On the contrary, in this world, kinky high school students often buy things like what you're wearing from stores~" Desiree corrected.

"Gah! They wouldn't normally buy this crap though!" Juliette responded.

"Are you sure about that? I've seen many students buying this kind of thing all the time. What do you define as 'normal'?" Desiree questioned.

"A loose fitting fabric t-shirt with perhaps a design on it, and shorts made of breathable material that go down to at least one's ankles," Juliette answered.

"Maybe you should stop making wishes and just head back to Anise," Echo suggested.

I can't head back like this… Juliette sighed. "I wish for the outfit I was wearing before you granted my first wish with no additional add ons and that the outfit would replace this bitchsuit."

Desiree gave a look at Juliette before she shot the pink mist at Juliette. Juliette frowned when she saw her powdered latex suit was only in her hands, not on her, and she was buck naked.

Juliette sighed again. "I wish this outfit in my hands was on my body properly."

Echo was trying not to laugh as Desiree finally put the outfit on Juliette.

"Thank you…" Juliette grumbled. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to get going." You laugh, you pay the price, Echo.

"You seem like you'd make an interesting pet," Desiree chuckled. "You might want to watch yourself the next time you go walking out in public~"

"Next time I'll carry a sword with me…" Juliette muttered. "Or maybe a gun…"

Before Desiree could answer, they heard Danny's annoyed voice.

"Oh come on, Desiree! Again? We talked about this!" Danny grumbled. "No leaving the Ghost Zone until you can control yourself. Meaning no granting every single wish you hear to cause trouble!"

"It's a part of my Obsession, Danny, you can't expect me to stay cooped up in my lair and not get to grant any wishes," Desiree argued.

"You can do that when you find someone you trust and who trusts you to grant wishes for, but you know how dangerous it is when you start granting too many wishes at once; you not only get stronger, but you start to become power hungry," Danny warned. "We don't want a repeat of last time, do we?"

Desiree scowled. "Of course not."

"Then go back home, or just grant a few wishes without turning them catastrophic," Danny stated firmly.

Juliette began walking away, hoping to avoid any conversation with Danny as she didn't want Danny to know it was her under the metal mask and latex suit.

Echo was smiling as he watched, before noticing that Juliette was walking away. Echo was a little torn, but he decided to go after Juliette.

Juliette was relieved when she made it home. She opened the door, seeing the Guys in White were discussing some things. They turned to her for a moment, then took notice of Echo. They looked at Echo, who just gave a sheepish wave. Then finally, the Guys in White decided to ignore them and go back to discussing on what to do. Echo quickly followed Juliette upstairs to her room.

"Surprised they didn't question my outfit…" Juliette chuckled before she began to look around. "I have to go find Anise now, she's somewhere in here."

"Didn't they see you wearing that when you came downstairs? Or did Anise put that on you outside of your house?" Echo asked.

"I didn't come all the way home when I contacted Anise," Juliette informed. "I was actually in an alley."

"Oh… then I guess they have better ways of telling it's you, because you opened the door, and I was next to you," Echo shrugged. "Plus… considering some of the stuff Anise makes you wear sometimes… I guess they're used to you wearing strange outfits."

"They haven't been here for long enough to know Anise makes me wear things," Juliette pointed out. "Would you mind helping me look around for Anise? I'm gonna go check the bathroom and closet.

"Where could a giant cat goddess even hide?" Echo questioned.

"She isn't in her giant form," Juliette stated as she walked into the bathroom and began looking around, having seen Anise use her 'Goddess Form' before. "As for where she might be, go check downstairs."

"Uh… yeah, are you sure you want me to be alone with the Guys in White? I get the feeling they don't like me very much," Echo remarked.

"Yes, Echo, you'll be fine. Remember how I went drill sergeant on them earlier? I doubt they'll be messing with you again," Juliette assured.

"Fine, but if I start getting tossed around again, I'm going to give you the cold treatment," Echo pouted before he headed downstairs.

"If they even try, remind them that I'll yell at them again," Juliette responded.

"Sure thing, Commander Kitsune!" Juliette heard Echo called.

"Call me that again and I'll hurt you!" Juliette called out after Echo as she left the bathroom and walked into her closet.

Juliette couldn't find Anise in the bathroom or her closet. Juliette thought about where Anise could hide. Juliette checked under her bed, but no sign of the cat goddess there either.

"You are in the opera house, right?" Juliette asked.

"Of course I am, but I'm not going to make it easy for you to find me~" Anise answered.

"I do have to ask, is the prop storage room safe for me to enter?" Juliette questioned, having a feeling that it might be a potential hiding spot for Anise. "I don't want to enter it and get trapped down there because a prop falls over and pins me."

"It's safe. I did a sweeping on it while I was redecorating the opera house," Anise confirmed.

Juliette gave a nod before she began to head towards the stairs to the basement. She looked for a moment to see if anyone was messing with Echo. She did see a few annoyed Guys in White that Echo was moving around them, but Echo ignored them as he was searching for Anise.

Juliette made it to the basement, and slowly opened the door leading into the prop storage. Juliette saw the room was dark and reached in to try and hit a light switch, not finding a switch, she began to walk in.

Juliette felt like she stepped on something, and almost tripped. She let out a yelp. She quickly scrambled back onto the wall. She moved around a little more, before she felt something behind her. Hoping it was the light switch, she flipped it. The light blinked a few times before coming on.

Wow… this room is gigantic… Juliette thought to herself as she looked around. And… how didn't I feel that light switch before when I was feeling around?

Juliette frowned to herself before shaking her head. The room was a bit of a mess. Anise swept up the dirt, but hadn't picked up all the props. Luckily there wasn't anything dangerous on the floor, as far as Juliette could see. She began to look around for Anise.

"Anise? Are you in here?" Juliette called out as she moved further into the maze of props.

Juliette didn't get an answer, but she knew Anise wouldn't have answered anyways, and kept going. She looked through some of the props, trying to find Anise. She looked through where she thought a cat goddess would hide.

"Anise… are you hiding in the prop room?" Juliette mentally spoke up. "Because it's huge and will take until tomorrow morning for me to search though the entirety of this area… It's like a freaking underground warehouse."

"Ooookay, wow, it is really big down here!" Juliette heard Echo's voice echoing throughout the basement.

"Hey, Echo, you look in all the rooms upstairs?" Juliette questioned.

"Um… well actually, I saw a cat plushy sitting on a shelf among other animal plushies down here somewhere," Echo stated. "I wanted to see if Anise disguised herself as a plushy."

"You looked into the future?" Juliette asked as she began to look around for the giant cat plushy Echo mentioned.

"Kind of, I wasn't sure if Anise would be okay with that, so I didn't look too far ahead," Echo explained.

Juliette found the shelf with the animal plushies that Echo mentioned, and she started to dig out the plushies until she saw a black cat plushy that looked suspiciously like Anise. Juliette slowly pulled the black cat plushy out.

"Boo~" Anise smiled.

"You… turned yourself into a plushy…" Juliette commented. "Why…?"

"Hey, I did say I wasn't going to make it easy for you~" Anise answered.

Echo came up to Juliette, looking at the plushy himself, and jumped back a little to see the plushy waving at him. Echo gave a nervous wave back.

"But… why a plushy?" Juliette questioned, trying to wrap her mind around Anise's logic.

"Why not a plushy? It's soft, nice, and I get loved~" Anise answered before she gave a cuddling hug to Juliette.

Juliette didn't return the hug. "You're like one of those weird… care bear things."

"You are cold, you're supposed to hug back," Anise pouted before she jumped out of Juliette's hug and turned herself back to normal. "Just for that, I may make you wear those clothes for a whole day."

"Yeah… no…" Juliette replied coldly. "Knowing you, had I hugged you, I would've been pulled into you and trapped inside your plushy body with no control."

"You're no fun." Anise pouted.

Echo gave Juliette a look that said 'you're crazy'. Though that was nothing new at this point. Echo gave a small sigh.

"How about the two of you discuss this in Juliette's room? The Guys in White could come down here," Echo suggested.

"They can't," Anise chuckled. "I put up a barrier that stops them from coming down here as I have plans for this room and I don't want them spoiling anything~"

"A barrier? But I walked down here no problem," Echo pointed out, confused.

"Yeah, but you don't have a reason to come down here, hence why I didn't add you to the list," Anise pointed out.

"Add me to the list? I thought the barrier keeps all Void Beings out," Echo asked.

"Nope." Anise shook her head. "I can pick and choose who gets blocked."

Echo gave a nod of intrigue before Anise looked at Juliette.

"Well, since you found me, I guess I'll take off the outfit," Anise stated.

"I'd like to ask for a simple alteration of the mask so that there is only a singular band on the back that allows me to take it off and put it on quickly," Juliette requested. "Instead of the 20 latex tendrils you had shoot out and hold the mask onto my face."

"Of course, I aim to please, Juliette," Anise remarked, sticking her tongue out playfully.

"Before you take this off me, let's go upstairs so I can change into regular clothes," Juliette quickly stated, knowing Anise wouldn't hesitate to make her naked and walk through the opera house to her room.

Echo looked at Juliette, before looking back at Anise, who was pouting, but followed after Juliette. Echo gave a small sigh to himself.

"I wonder if anyone I actually meet would be normal?" Echo asked himself in amusement.

"DOUBTFUL!" Juliette called back. "Now come on before I turn off the lights!"

Echo grumbled before he walked towards the stairs. "You almost sounded cheerful about that."

"Not cheerful, just know it to be a fact," Juliette chuckled as she turned off the lights and headed up the stairs. "If anyone can see you while you're in the Void, they're definitely not normal."


On Monday, Juliette went to school normally; there were surprisingly no ghost attacks the entire morning. After having said quiet morning, Juliette went to the cafeteria, grabbed some lunch, and sat down at a table with Sam, Tucker, and Danny.

"So…" Juliette started, taking a deep breath. "Um… would you guys… support and possibly help me if I ran for student council president?"

Their reactions were immediate. Tucker choked on his turkey sandwich, Sam spat out the juice she was drinking, and Danny dropped the mac and cheese that was on his fork, splattering it on the table. Juliette sweatdropped at their reaction, they acted like she just announced she was a dragon or something.

"You want to run for student council president?" Danny asked since Tucker was too busy downing his juice, and Sam was still recovering from her spit take.

Juliette gave a nod. "Yeah… I've noticed a lot of… rough spots with this school and I really want to help… but I can't help if I don't really have any power."

"Huh… I never really took you as the president leader type," Danny admitted. "You always seemed so… shy and quiet."

"And you're asking us to help you?" Tucker asked, after finally getting his sandwich down.

"Well… I am shy and quiet… but I'm willing to push passed that in order to help the school," Juliette replied. "And yes, I am asking for you guys to help me. I need to start socializing with everyone, convincing them to vote for me. And that means I won't have time to really build much of the campaign. I have quite a few ideas, but I need some help putting it all together."

"Student body president, huh?" Sam spoke up, having recovered from her spit take. "We've been debating whether or not we should get involved with it this year. Dash usually wins, though he's not the worst student body president, he's certainly hasn't helped improve the school."

"I don't really… trust myself running this year, after a really bad disaster last year." Tucker frowned.

"I'm not asking you to run for me, I'll do that," Juliette responded. "I just need help with the management of the campaign. Though… if you want to help me, I do have a bit of a personal rule. That is, if you want to add any ideas to the campaign of your own, they have to be run by me first. It's not that I don't trust you, I simply want to make sure the campaign doesn't have any… promises that don't match the general theme."

"Sure, I'll help you out with your campaign," Danny quickly volunteered.

"You hardly even thought about it," Sam rolled her eyes. "You just do it. That's so like you."

"What? I think Juliette would make a great student council president. Sure she's still new here, but she really seems to care about this school, and she's one of the few people who doesn't panic at the sight of a ghost either," Danny pointed out.

Sam frowned a little, before looking at Juliette. "Yeah… you might be right about that. I'll… I'll help out too."

"Well, if you two are helping, then count me in. I may not want to be the president myself anymore, but it'll be fun helping out," Tucker admitted.

Juliette smiled. "Awesome. I should start by telling you my campaign promises. I want to better train the staff to both be more responsible as well as be able to handle ghost attacks better. I've walked by the school a few times and have seen windows opened, I've walked passed unlocked but empty chemistry classes after school and can smell chemicals that were left out and the teacher has been long gone, I don't think the cameras work considering they're covered in a layer of dust. I also want to help bring a better equality to the school. If I become student council president, I may be able to get rid of the whole ranking system. There are a few other things I have in mind, but I don't have them solidly phrased or planned out yet. What do you guys think of the campaign promises I have so far? I might not publicly share the idea of getting rid of the ranking system as that would prevent any possibly A-list votes."

"I'm definitely all for it." Danny smiled.

"Yeah, same here," Sam agreed. "Not only do the school staff need to be more responsible, but they need to learn to better defend themselves and us from the ghosts. Phantom can only do so much at once. And I'm definitely all for getting rid of that stupid, pointless ranking system."

"How could they neglect the security camera?" Tucker frowned. "They also need better security technology to defend the school from both human criminals and hostile ghosts."

"They just need better technology…" Juliette frowned. "In the library, I saw a few computers that looked like they were from the late 90s. The classrooms are still using those standing projectors instead of overhead projectors and… I think they're called smartboards. There are no computer or technology related classes. I definitely think a public high school should offer classes of all kinds. So I want to possibly start a programming class, a computer building class, and a robotics team. I've heard of robotics competitions for high schools all over the US and I think it would be another sport our school could compete in."

Tucker looked like he was about to reply before another voice beat him to it.

"Did someone say sport?" Everyone turned to see Dash was approaching them with interest.

"Y-yeah…" Juliette meekly confirmed. "I did. I was talking about trying to start a robotics team for our school and that team could enter the robotics competitions, which is a type of sporting event…"

"Robotics competition?" Dash blinked. "Like some kind of nerd sport?"

"Yeah." Juliette nodded. "The winners of the biggest robotics competitions get $100,000 cash prizes. Though most leagues offer between $5,000 and $25,000."

"That sounds… really cool actually," Dash admitted. "Robots are awesome."

"You think so?" Tucker hesitantly asked.

"Of course, why wouldn't I?" Dash asked.

"I uh… You've been student council president the last two years, is that right, Dash?" Juliette questioned in a nervous way.

"Yup, two years in a row," Dash admitted. "Why?"

"I uh… was thinking of running this year," Juliette answered. "I've… in my short time here, have already noticed a ton of things in this school… that I really want to help improve."

"Oh? You? As student body president?" Dash blinked, looking at Juliette in surprise. "Really?"

Juliette nodded. "Yeah, I'm… hoping that running will help me break out of my shell and also will let me try to help out the school."

"Well…" Dash hesitated.

Danny, Tucker, and Sam all watched silently to see what Dash would do. Dash normally liked to tease, then tear into his opponents when it came to running for school president, often he'd threaten to beat people if they didn't vote for him, or he'd just make the opponent looked bad.

Dash, however, just gave Juliette a surprising supporting smile. "Well then, good luck with that. It'll be nice to have a worthy opponent in the upcoming election."

"Wait… really?" Juliette asked, surprised by Dash's reaction.

"Yeah. I want to see what you can do," Dash said.

"You're not going to try to make her look bad, sabotage her, or threaten to beat people up if they don't vote for you again, are you?" Danny asked, suspicious of Dash's behavior.

"No, I won't do that this year," Dash promised, looking at Danny, seeming to be contemplating something.

"I do have to ask, Dash… are you okay?" Juliette asked in concern. "You and Paulina have been… off lately."

Dash frowned a little. "I'm… not really… sure. Ah, don't worry about it, I'm sure it's nothing. Anyways, see you later."

Dash walked away quickly before anyone could say anything else.

"Okay… Dash has been acting weird lately, but this takes the cake. He was acting… nice," Danny remarked. "Dash and nice normally don't go in the same sentence, especially not with us."

Echo, who had been quiet for a while, was doodling something in his notepad. Ever since Andrea gave him the ability to write, Echo had been writing and drawing pictures in the notepads non-stop. Echo would watch something they would do, then start to draw it, almost like some kind of animal watcher, sketching the animal they're watching.

"Are we sure Dash isn't overshadowed?" Tucker asked.

"If he was, his eyes would've been glowing… right?" Sam questioned unsure.

"Some ghosts can overshadow people and keep their eyes look normal," Danny explained. "But it's pretty rare for a ghost to be able to do that. I don't think Dash is overshadowed, but he's definitely been… off."

"Wasn't it because some kid he really liked left the school without saying goodbye?" Juliette stated, knowing that it was her fault Dash and Paulina were acting the way they were. I'm surprised they haven't gone back to normal… I didn't think they would still be like this after the fact.

Echo stopped drawing before looking up curiously. "You think something is still bothering Dash? I did notice the change in attitude lately, but I haven't been able to hear his thoughts much. He was repeating something over and over in his head, but I couldn't make it out for some reason. I just gave up eventually."

Yeah… Juliette sighed, not wanting to tell Echo about her test. Maybe now it's something at home though.

"Dash's parents have been always pushing them…" Echo frowned a little.

"Well, regardless of Dash's strange behavior, at least he'll be a good sport about this… maybe," Tucker concluded.

"Once the election starts, we'll have to get a campaign ready for Juliette," Sam remarked.

"I… actually would like to start as soon as possible," Juliette replied. "The more time I have before the voting period, the more time I can campaign and win more votes."

"It's going to take some time, but I'm sure we'll be able to get you a lot of votes with the right campaign," Sam stated. "But you're probably going to need a few things first…"

Sam pulled out a box from her backpack and put it on the table.

"What's that…?" Juliette asked, tilting her head a little.

"It's a smart phone for you," Sam answered.

"W-what?" Juliette questioned, her eyes going wide. "I… I can't accept. It's too expensive a gift."

"It actually didn't cost me a thing," Sam informed. "My parents own a tech company, so I usually have a bunch of the product just sitting around at home. I noticed you didn't have a phone, so I felt like I could give you one of the ones that have been collecting dust."

"That's very generous of you… but I still don't know if I can accept." Juliette frowned.

"Please accept it? It's a gift and I'd rather it didn't just sit around when it could be put to use," Sam requested. "It's got unlimited calling, data, and already has Danny, Tucker, and my phone numbers programmed into it."

Juliette still looked hesitant.

"If I were you, I'd just accept it. Sam won't stop pestering you until you do, she's as stubborn as a mule, no, she'd make the mule seem compliant," Danny whispered to Juliette.

Juliette frowned again before she reached forward and took the box.

"I should apologize in advance," Sam chuckled as Juliette opened the box. "It's a pink phone and on the back it has the word 'Princess' on it. My parents were hoping that giving it to me would bring back their 'sweet little angel'."

Juliette blushed as she looked at the phone. "It's… definitely extremely girly… But… it's fine, thank you, Sam."

"If you're not sure how to use it, I could teach you a thing or two," Tucker offered.

"Great, now that Juliette's got a smartphone, we can start the planning phase," Danny spoke up. "I'm not sure if we can get a campaign ready before the holiday weeks though."

"We can work on it during the break," Sam responded. "The voting week is 12 weeks off, so we'd still have 8 weeks to actually do campaigning."

"Great, so we'll have plenty of time to plan, and get the campaign ready. We're sure to bring in a lot of voters." Danny grinned.

Juliette nodded before she picked up her empty tray to throw away her trash, but as she was heading to the trash can, she bumped into Paulina, who seemed a bit out of it.

"Oh… sorry, Paulina," Juliette apologized.

Normally Paulina would've snapped at the person she bumped into, but she just blinked, as if just noticing Juliette was there. "Oh, hey there, Juliette. I didn't see you there, I guess."

"How are you doing?" Juliette asked in concern.

"I'm fine, I'm…" Paulina frowned before sighing. "No… I shouldn't lie. I've been having a crummy week. I can't help but feel like all the progress I've made to be a better person just went down the drain. I don't even remember promising myself I would even try to… change…"

Juliette put down her tray. "Would you mind if I gave you a hug? You seem like you could use one."

Paulina looked tempted to say 'yes', but she shook her head. "No, I… shouldn't. Anyways, this isn't your concern. This is mine."

Paulina threw away her trash into the trash can before putting the tray on the counter with the other trays and walked away.

Perhaps she'll take me up on my offer later. Juliette thought to herself before she picked up her tray and cleared off the trash before putting the tray away.


After lunch, Juliette attended her afternoon classes and was sitting down for her study hall period. Then someone spoke on the intercom.

"Would Juliette Rosescale please report to Tom Carbon's office? Would Juliette Rosescale please report to Tom Carbon's office?"

Juliette raised a brow. I didn't think I had a session today. And at least I know the intercom system works.

Juliette stood back up, her backpack still on her back, before she left the library and headed towards Tom's office. When she arrived, she knocked on the door.

"Um… Mr- Tom? I'm here as requested," Juliette called out, nearly calling him Mr. Carbon.

Tom opened the door and gave Juliette a kind smile. "Ah, yes, Juliette. Please come on in."

"I wasn't expecting to get called in today," Juliette admitted as she walked into the room and sat down on the couch.

Tom closed the door before he sat down in an armchair. "I apologize for the sudden request, but I've been hearing you've finally joined KinkQuest lately, more than once even. And I wanted to know how you've been doing with it lately. Has anything changed?"

"It's been… a bit annoying for the most part," Juliette replied. "I accidentally chose a submissive start, not knowing where to select the different starts or that there was even an option. I was honestly expecting some kind of started walkthrough at first."

"Ah, I suppose that was unfortunate that the devs didn't make it clear on the differences between a Submissive and a Dominant character. The Free Games are much harder to select however, it's why they're difficult to find in the game, or so I've heard," Tom chuckled.

"I will say, a highlight of the game so far has been a mini-game I've played twice," Juliette informed.

"Oh? What mini-game is that?" Tom questioned, intrigued.

"It's uh… one where I'm a feral," Juliette answered. "Hunting and exploring. It's uh… actually been kinda nice."

Tom gave a knowing smile at that. "You see? I told you that it isn't so bad to let yourself go feral every once in a while, and just be free."

"I am still worried I might slip up in real life and will go… too far," Juliette admitted. "I'm worried there is a chance I could allow myself to go somewhat feral and then… I lose myself to my instincts and true feral nature."

"Of course there should always be a slight fear and self restraint on going too far," Tom agreed. "But that's the same with anything in life. Humans can go too far with drinking, or playing, and someone gets killed or hurt. As long as you keep enough self control, and remember who you really are, then it's fine to let yourself go feral."

Juliette frowned a little. "Maybe… I can find someone nearby who can help teach me how to control myself when I go feral…"

"Do you have anyone like that in your life?" Tom questioned.

Juliette shook her head. "I don't want to go to my mom… she would get super kinky about it and would make it hard for me to actually try."

"So you don't know anyone else who's possibly been a feral who could help teach you?" Tom asked.

Juliette shook her head. "No."

"Perhaps you could try talking to another anthro about it, preferably another predatory anthro," Tom suggested.

Juliette gave a thoughtful look. "The only other predator anthro I know about besides my mom is Hannah, who is my boss at PetSmart. But she's my boss… I don't know if she'd be willing or allowed to teach me."

"You could try asking her, I'm sure she wouldn't mind," Tom said. "But don't rush it, only ask if you truly feel ready to try tapping into your feral state."

Juliette gave a nod. "I'd like to try to learn to control it… as I have had times where I've nearly gone feral without being in control."

"Then you do what you feel you need to," Tom responded.

"Is there other things you wanted to talk about?" Juliette asked curiously.

"If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to go into the other activities you've been undergoing in KinkQuest," Tom responded, making Juliette blush.


For the rest of the school week, Juliette had been getting along great. She talked to Danny, Tucker, and Sam about her possible campaign ideas, while they also shared their own without trying to force it on her. Sam asked Juliette in the middle of the week if she wanted to go shopping with her. Sam insisted that she should take Juliette out for some 'girl time' at least once a week, since, according to Sam, Juliette was the first girl friend Sam had in their little group. Juliette was surprised at the offer, but decided to take Sam up on it. Echo didn't follow Juliette whenever she went out with Sam, likely because he'd feel awkward to watch them bond through girl stuff, and he wanted to stay close to Danny.

Juliette also logged in on KinkQuest whenever she came home from school and work. Juliette hadn't yet talked to Hannah about the feral training, she wanted to try it a little more in the virtual world. Nandy was still in training, but he was getting closer to becoming a Dominant player. Juliette herself had leveled up to level 13 by the end of the week. Due to this, Juliette, as Rose, knew she couldn't be too rough on the still level 2 Nandy. Nandy didn't mind, despite his weak level, he would still challenge her once in a while to prepare himself for Raven later.

Raven started spoiling Rose, feeding her more than she needed, giving her baths, brushing her fur, rubbing in her favorite spot. In fact, Raven stopped doing tons of kinky things besides keeping Rose in a diaper. It was nice, Rose decided, perhaps her talk with Raven affected her more than Rose realized. Which reminded Rose that she still had yet to test Echo's real name with someone else.

Juliette's days at work were normal, no weird screw ups, or falling asleep in the dog area this time. Echo had been right about the rats going on sale. She enjoyed grooming the cats and dogs, and feeding the animals, as well as cleaning them up. She managed to talk to some of her co-workers, who were always happy to chat with her.

There had been a few ghost attacks, which Phantom quickly took care of. There hadn't been any serious threats. The Void Creatures were few and weak, easily taken care of by her or Echo. It had been a nice week, Juliette concluded. Juliette noticed she got a lot more clothes, and food from her shopping with Sam that week. Sam really went out of her way to buy a lot for Juliette. Though Juliette wasn't sure why Sam would do that. Especially as some of the things Sam bought definitely didn't fit her taste, like a princess-like dress that she thought looked absolutely adorable on Juliette. And not to mention all meat products Sam bought, which Sam was usually against.

I wonder why Sam has been so kind to me recently? Juliette asked herself as she stood up before looking down with a smile. Looks like another dry night. I told Anise I didn't need these stupid diapers when I was sleeping. I only seem to need them when I'm playing KinkQuest.

Juliette went to the bathroom to freshen up for the day. I wonder why Hannah decided to cut my hours in half for the next two weeks. I mean, I'm grateful for the extra time as it gives me more time to do training with the Guys in White and Echo. But… I kinda liked having a job that I could work at and earn my own keep, so I guess not having as many hours is a tiny bit frustrating.

When Juliette was finished cleaning herself, she went into her clothes closet, which Anise somehow made into a giant walk in closet, trying to decide what would be best to wear for training today.

After looking for a bit, and putting on some regular underwear, including a bra which Juliette noticed she had begun to need recently, Juliette put on a pair of red shorts and a black tank top with a galaxy design on it.

"Hey Anise… isn't it strange that I'm suddenly growing breasts?" Juliette asked as she walked towards the second set of stairs in her room that lead straight down to the kitchen, which Anise had added to the building so Juliette wouldn't have to walk through the front area that had been all but claimed by the Guys in White. "I mean yeah, I'm getting more nutrients lately than I've ever gotten before… but I kinda question how eating properly now would allow my body to develop further as I had already fully developed."

"Oh, don't worry about it, Juliette~ It's natural for your body to finally start developing once you got proper nutrients in your system," Anise answered cheerfully.

Juliette reached the kitchen and saw Anise there. "But… it still perplexes me… I've only had a good amount of food for a week or so and I already have an A cup."

"I may have added a few things in your food to help your body gain much of the nutrients you've neglected over the years," Anise admitted.

Juliette frowned. "You're spiking my food?"

"That's an ugly way of looking at it. I'm simply just giving you more of what you need," Anise remarked.

Juliette let out a sigh. "How big are they going to get? Will they be unnaturally big for an anthro vulpine? And is there any way I can convince you to stop before they get too big? I don't want D cups or bigger."

"Your breasts will grow naturally, I'm not making them bigger than they were going to be anyways," Anise pointed out. "I can't tell you how big they'll get."

Juliette sighed once more. "Great… hopefully they won't get bigger than a C cup."

"Well, right now, don't you have something else to worry about?" Anise chuckled.

"Breakfast first, then I'll get to the training," Juliette responded. "How has your project in the basement been coming along? What is it going to be by the way? A shrine to yourself or a mortal home for you or something like that?"

"It's a secret," Anise replied. "Now you better eat your breakfast before our adorable little Void Boy gets here."

"What'd you make this morning?" Juliette asked as she walked over to the table and sat down.

At this point, Juliette had gotten used to Anise showing up at breakfast and dinner to make Juliette food as she couldn't cook for herself all that well.

"I made you some scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, blueberry waffles, and some orange juice. Better eat a bit light today, it's bad for your stomach to do intense activity if you eat too much," Anise stated as she began putting down plates in front of Juliette.

Juliette gave a nod before she dug into the food.

A few minutes later, she heard a bit of a commotion outside the kitchen.

"What are you doing here again?"

"I came to visit my friend, of course."

"On the day of training?"

"What? I can't train too?"

Everything went silent at that, before Juliette heard a lot of laughing.

"Are you serious? You're just a boy."

"Yeah, you wouldn't last ten minutes out there."

"Excuse me? I thought I told you people that you can't judge my age in the Void!"

Juliette gave a sigh through her nose, putting down her now empty glass before she stood up.

"Time for me to go drill sergeant again…" Juliette chuckled.

"Good luck~" Anise grinned.

Juliette walked out of the kitchen and down the hallway towards the stage to see a lot of the Guys in White, thankfully not all of them, were surrounding Echo.

"I told you to back off from the boy," Cobra hissed.

Juliette kept an eye on the situation while she walked over to the small set of stairs that went up to the stage.

"But Captain Cobra, sir, this boy is insisting that he's here for training!"

"He can't train with us, he'd be destroyed."

"Who the hell said you got to decide who gets to attend my training?" Juliette raised her voice as she walked out onto the stage and into the open.

Everyone got quiet when Juliette suddenly spoke up, all attention turned to her.

"Are you really going to let this kid train though?" One of the younger recruits asked, pointing at Echo.

"Yes, I am," Juliette firmly answered. "In fact, I was planning on training him long before I found you all."

"But he's just a child, how would he be able to face up to those Void Creatures?" Another asked.

"He may look like he's a child, but he isn't," Juliette responded. "As for how he is supposed to fight? Anyone, and I mean anyone, who knows Void Create and Void Barrier can defeat Void Creatures."

The younger Guys in White grumbled, but didn't say anything else.

"Now if you are all done, perhaps we may proceed," Cobra remarked. "What is the first thing we need to do then, Juliette?"


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