Hello, readers! This story is dedicated to my mom and her obsession with the Ghost Radar App. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, Apple, or the Ghost Radar; those honors belong to several other people.
It was a normal day in the Fenton household when suddenly.
"AHHHH!"
"WHAT!" shouted Danny jumping off his family's couch into a battle stance.
"It came! It finally came!"shouted his friend Tucker hugging a package.
"What came?" asked their friend Sam as she came out of the kitchen holding a soda.
"Only the most advanced, most awesome, most… amazing, new piece of technology on the planet!" shouted Tucker enthusiastically.
"Which is?" questioned Sam raising an eyebrow as she sat down in the armchair.
Tucker then proceeded to dig into the brown wrapping and then thrust the shiny new box into Sam and Danny's faces. "The new iPhone!," he squealed.
"You sound like a Phangirl," commented Sam crossing her arms.
"More importantly why are you have stuff delivered to my house!," shouted Danny throwing his hands in the air. Tucker just shrugged petting his freshly unwrapped toy. Danny went over to his crazed friend and looked over his shoulder.
"I have to admit it is nice, but I thought you were a strict PDA type guy?"
"I am," confirmed Tucker, "It's more of a business versus pleasure thing. My PDA is my hacking and schedule keeping device, with a game or two, but the iPhone is a cell phone, an MP3 player, game station, and it has internet. This baby can do anything! Look I just downloaded the DOOM app!
"Awesome!" exclaimed Danny as he joined Tucker on the couch in a two player game.
"Boys," said Sam rolling her eyes.
"What's with all the ruckus, kids?" asked Danny's mom as she came up the basement stairs.
"Hi, Mrs. Fenton," greeted Sam, the only one to acknowledge the adult's presentence.
"What's with them?" asked Maddie.
"Oh the usual," she answered, "Tucker being Tucker." Maddie glanced at the boys and noticed the iPhone.
"What's that?" she asked.
"The iPhone, we're playing DOOM," answered Danny.
"The game on the computer?" she asked confused.
"Yep, you can play it on here too."
"You can?" Maddie questioned fascinated.
"You see, Mrs. Fenton," Tucker piped in," Apple sells these programs called apps that can basically do anything."
"There are game apps, cooking apps, book apps, etc. etc." added Sam.
"I even have my own app," said Tucker proudly.
"Really?" asked Danny.
"Yep! See?" he said pointing to an icon labeled Foley by Tucker Foley.
"Nice," said Sam rolling her eyes for a second time.
"So let me get this straight, you can create your own app and it can do anything you want?"
"Yep, basically," confirmed Tucker.
"Interesting," said Maddie, "How popular are these things?"
"Very," said Sam," They're like cell phones and laptops, if you don't have one you're a social outcast."
"Hmm" Maddie mussed before shouting "Jack!"
"Yeah, honey," came the distant call from the basement.
"Put those radioactive hydro-plasma cubes away. I have an idea," she shouted back before she went back downstairs.
"What was that all about?" asked Sam. The two boys just shrugged returning to their game.
"Man, what a night," complained Danny coming down the stairs for breakfast.
"Ghosts?" asked Jazz as he sat down with some cereal. Danny glared at her. "Sorry, just curious, which one?"
"Skulker, he really is a pain in the neck, he had this new lazar and…"
"Who had a lazar?" asked Maddie as she came into the kitchen.
"Ummm," said Danny and Jazz panicking.
"Tucker!" Danny said, "Yeah, it's a new app he got, a game."
"Yeah! Yeah! It's all the rage mom, all the kids have it!" Jazz added. Danny glared at her again.
"Oh ok," Maddie said paying it. Both Danny and Jazz had a sigh of relief. "Oh and speaking of apps," she added grapping a banana, "I need you two to keep an eye on the kids at school today, ok?" Jazz and Danny looked at each other.
"Um ok, why? "asked Danny.
"You'll see," teased Maddie smiling, "but your father and I need fed back, so just keep an eye out."
"Sure mom," said Danny confused as he got up from the table and put his bowl in the sink. "It's not like I don't do that every day," he muttered grabbing his backpack as he headed to school on what was sure to be a long day.
"That's weird," said Tucker he leading against the locker next to Danny's and he explained that mornings events.
"Do you think she knows?" asked Sam worriedly.
"Nah that's not it," said Danny grabbing his books," She was too happy."
"Will everyone is acting a bit weird," commented Sam looking around. The other two looked up. Everyone that was passing them would glance at them and then either stare or shake their heads, and continue walking.
"This can't be good," said Danny slightly disturbed by all the attention.
"Neither can that," said Tucker pointing down the hall. The other two looked to where he was pointing only to see Paulina approaching them with a determined look on her face. She was looking at her cell phone. When she was five feet from them she smiled and looked up, before frowning frustrated. "What a rip off!" she yelled.
"What? Your daddy just tell you can't go shopping in Europe this weekend?" asked Sam sarcastically crossing her arms.
"No my father wouldn't dare!" answered Paulina cluelessly, "It's this damn Fenton app!"
"Fenton app!" said the trio surprised.
"Yeah, losers," remarked Paulina, "How lame you can't even keep up with the latest trends, not that I accepted much." She then flipped her hair and marched away.
"Tucker search the app store," demanded Danny.
"Already on it dude," said Tucker holding up his iPhone, "and apparently your parents made an app."
"WHAT!" shouted Danny pulling his think dark hair.
"What does it do?" asked Sam.
"Let's see," he said as he read the description," The Fenton Ghost Radar; using the latest in ghost technology be amazed as this app uses satellites and noise filters to detect ghost and other paranormal activities." Danny did a face palm. "The Fenton Ghost Radar allows the user be lead straight to the ghost and will also translate paranormal noises into understandable words." Tucker and Sam looked at Danny, who was shaking his head looking incredibly frustrated.
"You have got to kidding me!" He yelled, "It's a combination of the Fenton Finder and the Ghost Gabber! And they made it available to everyone!"