Out of Money

It was a sunny day at Lake Eerie, a special day at what was the closest thing to a home Danielle had.

She waited for her guest to arrive.

"Any minute now… any minute now…" There was a knock. "HE'S HERE!"

She hurried over to answer the door. Without even looking at who it is, she hugged his leg.

"Danielle? How'd you know it was me?" Danny asks.

"I can recognize your knock by now." She explained.

"Oh… well… I brought you stuff." Danny said.

He pulled out several bags and baskets. The sigh fo it made the little ghost girl look thrilled.

"ALRIGHT!" Danielle cheered, as her favorite cousin/brother brought it all inside the cabin.

The next half hour was spent catching up, having snacks and Danielle marveling over the food and presents her favorite person sent her.

There was at least one question gnawing at her.

"Not that I care about a creep like him, but any news about Vlad?" Dani asked, taking a sip of her soda.

"Good news, we haven't seen him since New York and we can only assume he's still being tortured and/or humiliated by Puck." Danny said.

"Puck is that fairy you told me about, the one who likes pulling pranks..." Danielle said.

"That's putting it mildly." Danny said.

"Just remember what I said in case you ever come across him..." Danny said.

"Yeah, don't pick a fight with him or set him off. The worst thing he does is pull pranks when he's in a good mood... and never make him lose his good mood." Danielle said.

"Smart girl..." Danny said with a thumb's up.

"So...any idea the kind of torture Vlad is going through now at the hands of that crazy fairy?" Danielle asked, intrigued to learn more.

"Believe me, I wish I knew. We're talking about the same guy who was willing to turn half the town into zoo animals and rummage sale rejects if Sam didn't act like a pretty pink fairy queen in the play...so, the Fruitloop is probably regretting ever crossing him by now..." Danny said, smirking.

"Whatever he's going through right now, he deserves worse..." Danielle said, wishing to see just what's happening to him.

"You said it..." Danny said.

One hour passed

Upon seeing what time it was, Danny stood up.

"I gotta go now..." Danny said.

"Aw, already?" Danielle asked while disappointed.

Danny nodded quickly.

"Sorry, I have plans this weekend..." He said.

''You do?" Danielle asks.

"Letting you know that tomorrow, I'm going with my friends and Star to an 80's cartoon convention." Danny said.

"80's cartoons?" Danielle asks in disbelief.

"Yeah… see, growing up… when Sam and Tucker are your only friends, and they're not around in the summer… there was always a TV with a bunch of stuff Dad watched that he had me sit through. I kind of… ended up glued to it." Danny admitted.

"Star's a lucky girl…" Danielle snarked.

"So, you got your monthly secret allowance?" Danny asks.

"Got it." Danielle said.

''Good. Don't spend it all in one place..." Danny teased.

"I won't..." Dani said, placing the money in a safe place.

Once done, her favorite relative sent her a smile.

"Okay, Later." Danny said as he headed out.

"Bye!" Danielle said, waving to him.

Once he was gone, Danielle decided to go behind his back and use the phone she was given to make an order.

Morning after

Wulf woke up in his cave, yawned loudly.

"Alia tago..." He said as he stretched.

Once he was done, he decided to go check on his friend and neighbor and get some breakfast for the both of them.

He was on his way with some wild fruit he found in his hand as he reached where she was staying

"Danielle, mi estas ĉi tie..." Wulf said as he phased inside the cabin.

Upon entering, he frowned upon seeing a certain little ghost girl sleep on the floor with lots of junk food wrappers and pizza boxes on the floor.

Danielle slowly sat up and took notice of him.

"Sup?" She asked.

"Vi estis sur la planko, ĉirkaŭita de malplenaj ujoj." Wulf said in Esperanto.

Danielle frowned as she stood up

"I don't get what the big idea is. It's my money to use..." She said.

Wulf grumbled.

"Not what I signed for..." He said as he helped clean up the mess.

"It's cool… I got it… or, I will after breakfast." Danielle said as she rubbed one eye.

As she was on her way to the bathroom, Wulf noticed something.

"Uh...Danielle?" Wulf asked.

"Yeah, Wulf?" Danielle asked.

"Where did this come from?" He asks.

"Oh… I ordered it. I used one of those delivery apps. Some of them you can pay with cash now." Danielle explained.

"How much?" Wulf asks.

"Oh… I have… uh… how much do I have?" Danielle asks.

2 Minutes Later

Danielle checked the small box she uses to store money.

To her displeasure, it was empty.

"Oh snap…" She muttered.

"You spent all of money?" Wulf asks like a scolding parent.

"You try making an order of a lot of food to a place so off the beaten path!" Danielle went before going back to the empty box. "But I couldn't have spent all of it! Unless, did I use it up in the past three days?…" Danielle thought back.

Flashback

One day, Danielle ordered 5 quadruple cheeseburgers, each with friends and a large drink she consumed.

Another day, Danielle ordered 8 boxes of fried noodles and broccoli beef..

A third, about 2 dozen pepperoni calzones, ravioli and linguine pasta from an expensive Italian restaurant.

Flashback over

"Nope… couldn't have…" She said.

"Danielle…" Wulf said with an unamused look. "I was there…"

Danielle then recalled during each other those moments, Wulf was standing there, crossing his arms and giving a scolding look she ignored.

"Uh… oops?" She went with a nervous smile.

Meanwhile

Jazz's car was going down the freeway, heading to the convention center in the city that was 40 miles away from Amity Park.

"Here it is!" Danny went, pointing at it.

"A week of looking at references to things before we were born. Yay." Sam muttered bitterly.

"Not to mention, really goofy ways they thought the future was going to be. I'd drop dead before holding a giant boombox, no matter how cool the robot it turns into is. Although... I'd kill for us to have cars that turn to jets." Tucker admitted.

"Goody... pollute the air in the air." Sam said with sarcasm.

"Cut it out." Jazz said in a scolding tone.

As that went on, someone else had another issue on mind.

"You sure Danielle will be fine with the money we left her, Boo?" Star asks.

"She'll be fine…" Danny said in encouragement.

To Danielle.

"This is so not fine!" Dani went, having gone ghost and started pacing back and forth on the ceiling. "Not fine! Not fine! Not fine!" She repeated as she walked while upside down.

"Ĉu vi havas ideon pri kiel replenigi viajn nerespondece uzatajn financojn?" Wulf asks.

"First off, that was not irresponsible! I gotta eat! Second… I have one…" Dani went as she left the ceiling and hovered rightside up.

"And?" Wulf asks.

Dani shuddered.

"If I don't wanna be broke… I'm gonna… have to…" She inhaled deeply. "... get a job…" She said with a loud groan.

And with help of Flower Princess11's help, the next side story is here. Broke.