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Danny sighed as the blue wisp exited his mouth once again. Shouting a 'Going Ghost!', he had flew out of his room into the night.
Locating the ghost that had been outside, Danny rolled his eyes, taking out the thermos.
"Hey Boxy!" The ghost turned around. "How about making this easy for me? I still have an hour to sleep..." Danny mumbled, shaking the container.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST! RULER OF ALL THINGS SQUA-" The Ghost got cut off when a blue energy field enveloped him, dragging him towards the device Danny was holding. "YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTAIN ME WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A C-"
Danny had capped the lid of the Thermos, and grinned in triumph. Checking the time, he groaned. He had half an hour left, and ten of those minutes will be used to get back to his house, hopefully without interruption.
"YOU CANNOT HOLD ME!" Box Ghost shouted. Danny had shook the container, much to the protesting Ghost's annoyance, and flew home.
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"Dude, you okay? You look pretty annoyed." Tucker looked up from his PDA, noting his friend's tense posture.
"Yeah Danny. You've been this way all morning. Did something happen last night?" Sam asked her friend, pushing around the slop on her plate.
"I'm fine. It's just, I've got a bad feeling, is all. Only one Ghost had shown up at all today, and it was Box Ghost."
Tucker nodded. "Think Clockwork had something to do with this?"
Danny frowned. "He could, but you know how the Observants won't allow him to interfere."
Sam chuckled. "Maybe with time, he can't. But with his own boyfriend, I'd be surprised if the Observants even tried to tell him no when it comes to you." Sam nudged him. "Sides', the Ghost's are probably on Holiday or something, right?"
"Yeah.. You're probably right." Danny nodded to his best friend.
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The bell had rung signaling the end of lunch, and the Trio got up, throwing their stuff away, which was left uneaten. They walked to their next class together, and sat down in the back like they always did, and started chatting like the rest of the class.
Mr. Lancer cleared his throat gaining all the kid's attention. "Thank you. Now, I'm sure you've heard by now, but we're going on a field trip!" Murmur's of excitement immediately broke out with kid's making excited guesses on where they were going and such.
"To Kill a Mocking Bird, people, Quiet!" Mr. Lancer shouted, before regaining his composure. "If we could go without interruption, I'd gladly give you the details." Everyone gave a hesitant silent nod. "Good. For our field trip, we will be going to the Ghost Zone-"
Excited whispers were heard, and a loud bang. Everyone froze, and turned around in their seats to see that Danny had banged his head on the desk. "And who's idea was this..?" Danny asked, picking his head off the desk.
"Well... The Fenton's.." Mr. Lancer stated slowly, as if afraid to break the boy.
Danny groaned. "Just.. continue what you were saying." Danny waved off his confused glance, before continuing to talk.
"We will be going to the Ghost Zone for a span of a week and a half, hopefully getting to study some of the Ghost's, and what they do in their spare time. We will be leaving today once we meet at Fenton works, and they will be driving us there. Any questions?" Mr. Lancer looked at the hand raised. "Yes, Dash?"
"Well we get to see Danny Phantom?" Heads nodded at his question.
"Well, most likely, he is a Ghost and we're going to the Ghost Zone." Paulina stated dreamily.
"The Fenton's are here to chat with us about the trip, so be sure to pay attention."
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"I can't believe their stupid enough to do this..." Danny mumbled, as Tucker patted his back in sympathy.
"All we can do is go and be prepared, Danny." Sam turned to look up from her doodling, her gaze sympathetic.
"And keep them away from Phantom's Keep... Which will be the only place they want to go...." Danny frowned.
"Which we will do. And let's not forget about your enemies, and away from anyone who know's you will become king in a few days..." Tucker whispered the last part.
"Oh my gosh! I almost forgot about that!" Danny groaned. "What am I going to do!" Tucker resumed patting his back in sympathy.
"Heh, try to see him avoid meeting Clockwork, Dani, Wulf, or Cujo there. I bet you Clockwork will show up to make things harder for Danny." Tucker grinned at his comment, as Sam smacked him. "Tucker!"
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Danny ran upstairs to his room, his two friends following behind. Throwing his backpack off to the side, he grabbed his extra one, unzipping most of the pockets.
"Tucker, probability of getting attacked and stranded in the ghost zone since I'm technically not ruler yet?"
"Pfft, do you have to ask? 100%, dude!" Tucker grinned as his friend groaned.
"Not what I wanted to hear..." Danny mumbled, before gathering 3 pairs of Fenton phones, placing them in his backpack.
Sam chuckled picking up two thermos's, and tossing them to Danny. "Yeah yeah, it's never what you wanna hear, is it, Danny?"
Danny huffed, instinctively catching the thermos's. "Not really, no." Danny frowned. "Are they planning something? Could that be why they haven't attacked today?"
Sam frowned. "No, they'd most likely be stalking you."
Danny tilted his head, then nodded in agreement. "True.." He turned to Tucker. "Wrist Ray's?"
Tucker threw him two rays, watching him catch them, then tossed him the last one.
After packing all they needed, they trudged downstairs for dinner. It was now 5:30, so people wouldn't start showing up for another half hour.
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They had finished eating, and at the moment Sam and Tucker were begging Danny to make cookies or brownies, when the Door Bell rang.
"Saved by the bell!" Danny grinned at his quip, before rushing off to open the door, his two friends complaining about not getting desert.
Danny opened the door, looking at the first group to show up. It was the other nerd's besides him and his friends who showed up, hands in pockets, and looking around nervously. Mikey waved hesitantly.
Danny waved them in. "Ma-Mom! Some kid's are here!" Danny shouted, before getting dragged back into the kitchen by his friends, then being forced to make the cookies.
"Hello there!" Maddie came out of the lab, waving at the children, who nodded absentmindedly. Jack ran up the stairs, grinning at the arrivals. "Who want's to learn about Ghost's?"