Title: Curses and Cat Litter
Author: Razberry
Rating: PG
Genre: Humor
Warnings: None this chapter
Summary: After angering an Ancient Egyptian spirit, Danny finds himself going through some very unusual changes… and realizes he must rely on some very unusual companions for help.
Notes: Hey! Ish mah first DP fic! I'll tell ya guys, this is gonna be a fun one. Sorry to all you Sam and Tucker fans, but I don't think they're gonna be in here much. Some, yes, but not central characters. You can expect Jazz to show up sometime too.
A number in (parentheses) indicates an explanation/definition at the end of the chapter, kay?
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Danny groaned as a green glob of ectoplasm landed with a splat onto his nose. He swiped at it with a gloved hand and scrubbed harder at the stain on the side of the desk. It was a bright, sunny, totally ghost-free Saturday afternoon and Danny was inside. Cleaning the lab.
"I'm sorry, dude." Tucker's voice crackled sympathetically through the speakers on the lab's computer. "That's really unfair."
"Tell me about it," Danny griped into the microphone he was wearing. He scrubbed harder at the spot. "The one ghost-free day I've had in months and I'm spending it down here."
"Hey, me and Sam were gonna go see Bloodbath VII tonight- are you coming?"
"If this spot ever comes out- wha!" Danny jumped to his feet as he heard the telltale whoosh of the Fenton Portal opening. The mike dropped to the floor with a clatter.
"Danny? Danny! What's going on!" Danny heard Tucker's panicked voice call out.
"I'll be right back, Tuck." Danny hoped the other boy could hear him. "Going ghost! …Man, that always tingles." He shook himself briefly and turned to face the portal.
Danny didn't know what he expected, but what came out of the portal certainly wasn't it. A small black feline with a jeweled collar stepped lightly out of the green glow. Danny stood there, unsure of what to do. Was it a ghost cat? It didn't look like one, but it came out of the Ghost Zone so…
The cat seemed oblivious to Danny's dilemma. It stopped, licked its paw, examined the room for a moment, and settled itself in a chair, content to watch Danny.
"Um… here kitty?" Danny tried. The cat stared at him. Deciding that the cat was really no threat, Danny changed back and crept slowly over to the feline, who still watched him with luminous green eyes. "Where'd you come from? You look like a normal cat to me. Do you have a name?" Danny reached towards the jeweled collar and jerked back in surprise when the cat let out a loud lion's roar.
"Whoa, kitty! That's not normal!" Danny went ghost again and backed away from the roaring cat. It began to glow green and before Danny's eyes, shifted into a stunningly beautiful woman with a cat's ears and tail.
"How dare you treat me as some common house cat!" she thundered, pointing a finger dramatically at Danny. "I am the goddess Bast, the Lioness, Patron of Cats, the Perfumed Protector, sister of Horus-"
"I don't care who you are, you're going back through the Fenton Portal," Danny flew at her, hoping he could simply knock her back in and close the door. Of course, things were never that simple.
Bast threw out a hand and tossed Danny aside like he was made of paper. He crashed loudly into a pile of unfinished inventions and thanked whoever was listening that his parents and Jazz(1) were gone for the day.
"Do not presume to order me around! I have come to resume my place as the Lioness Protectress and to be worshipped as I should be!" Her cat eyes glowed with a powerful light and her dark hair whipped around her face. Danny privately thought she looked ridiculous as they were indoors and there was no wind whatsoever, but he kept quiet. "I have been locked away for far too long; these mortals have become lazy and arrogant. I will teach them respect and humility."
"You know, after all this time fighting ghosts, if there's one thing I've learned, it's that if something is locked away for a very long time, it's usually for a very good reason." Danny caught Bast by surprise as he fired off a series of ecto-blasts in rapid succession. She shrieked in outrage as she was sent tumbling toward the portal. Danny grinned in triumph.
His face fell as Bast managed to latch onto the portal's frame with one of her clawed hands. She bared her fangs and let out another loud roar.
"I curse you, child, that you may wear the skin of the power you have fought, and watch as I destroy your city for your crimes!" To Danny's amazement, she pulled herself free of the portal's grasp and began to stalk toward him, her tail lashing in fury. "This place shall serve as an example to all others who might think to defy me!" Her eyes blazed a bright green, incredibly bright; Danny threw his arms up to shield his eyes from their brilliance. When his vision returned, Bast was gone and the portal was closed.
With a sigh, Danny floated to the floor tiredly and changed back to normal.
"Man, that was weird," Danny let himself slump to the floor, not caring that the lab looked even worse than when he had started. He jolted up when he remembered the conversation he'd put on hold. "Tucker! I've gotta… so… tired…"
Danny felt himself sag again; his eyes burned as he fought to keep them open.
"…Why…? Sleepy…"
He fell to the floor in an unconscious slump.
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"Sam, something's wrong with Danny!" Tucker's frantic voice shouted at her through the phone.
"Ok, Ok, calm down Tucker, just hang on," Sam spoke soothingly. She shut and locked the door to her room and settled on her bed. "Now, what's wrong with Danny?"
"I dunno! I was talking to him, and I heard this crash, and yelling, and I dunno what's happened to him but there's something bad going on-"
"Look," Sam tried to keep her friend calm, though she was starting to panic on the inside herself. "Meet me at Danny's in ten minutes, we'll make sure he's all right. I'm sure he's got whatever it was under control." She wasn't sure if she was reassuring Tucker or herself.
"Yeah," Tucker agreed. "Yeah, you're probably right. Hurry though."
"I will."
They both hung up the phone with a click, silently hoping that Danny really was all right.
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(1)At this point, Danny knows Jazz knows about his powers, he just doesn't want her involved.
End Notes: Hey people! Just a not: that's a working title. It sucks, I know. PLEASE let me know if you think of anything better. Anyway, that was chapter one, whaddya think so far? Good? Bad? Stupid? Tell me in a review! (HINT HINT)