"Oh, who am I kidding? My life is over..." Ervin soon mumbled after he saw nobody cared as he walked off the stage. 

"These aren't just the answers to the test, they're the answers to your future. So study. Remember, it's your future, do you want fries with it?" Mr. Lancer asks while putting the answers in a briefcase, locking it, and then handcuffing it to his wrist. 

I look over to see Danny spacing out as I ask, "Hey, Lover Boy, you ok? Danny?"

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"What are you waiting for? It's the perfect chance to take them out!" One of the observers points out. 

"That's the thing, the problem with you observants, all you do is observe," Clockwork stated as he went through his cycle of baby, elderly, and young adult. 

"You know our oath, to watch—" 

"And never act, which is why you bring me in to do your dirty work," Clockwork rolled his eyes. "He turns evil because he's under pressure for some test? Fine, then perhaps it's time for a test of my own..." Clockwork trails off as he skips ahead through the day. 

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Danny and I were in the kitchen studying, both of us taking the example test, when Jazz came in to see how we were doing. Danny goes in to fill a bubble when Jazz's objections could be heard, but she quickly stopped herself. Danny went to fill in a different bubble, and her objections were heard again. I look up from my test and glare at her, my silent way of telling her to shut up. Danny goes to fill in another bubble, and again Jazz interrupts, causing Danny to throw up his arms in annoyance.

"Okay, okay! I get it! You're brilliant, and I'm stupid, and I'll never be able to get as high a score as you! So far, I'm not even qualified to scrape the grease off the Nasty grill." 

Danny flicks his pencil away, and I set mine down as Jazz tells him, "All I want is for you to succeed, Danny, and doing well on this test will help." 

I then chime in with, "Besides, test scores can't accurately depict how well somebody's future will be and colleges will focus more on your class grades, GPA, extracurricular activities and the S.A.Ts which you've told me you do good on. Remember this," I gesture towards the sheet in front of him. "It's just a sample, not the real deal. We're taking it to see what we got wrong so we know what to study; it's okay to get a wrong answer, and it's okay you're not book smart like Jazz, but that doesn't mean you're stupid." 

I put my hand on Danny's shoulder to reassure him and he gives me a small smile and then Jazz opened her mouth.

"There are three things I've learned in life..."

We both know she cares, and we're grateful for it, but her comforting words aren't comforting, especially when she's tried to drill her words into our heads since school started.  

"Study hard, do your best, and—" Danny and I say with her while rolling our eyes when she suddenly shouts.

"DUCK!" 

A boomberang flies into the room and hits the back of Danny's head before hitting my forehead and falling on the table. 

"Ow," We both said simultaneously while rubbing the sore part of our heads. 

"A boomerang?" Danny questions as our parents run in, and Danny throws it.

"I call it the Boooooomerang. It locks in on a ghost or two's ecto signature and seeks it out wherever it goes," Jack explained as the boomerang came back and hit me and Danny on the head again. 

Maddie grabs it while our parents inspect it as Maddie states, "All though why it's keying into Danny and (y/n) is way beyond me." 

"What's that, Dan? One of those stupid cat tests? I failed that, and I didn't turn out to be a cat," Jack asked when he spotted our tests. 

Once they left the kitchen, Danny threw his book and test off the table.

"Oh, I give—" 

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"Time out!" 

Time started to slow down until it stopped completely, Danny standing up while throwing his stuff off the table, Jazz mid-sneeze, and (y/n) going to facepalm. Clockwork appeared with a small ghost girl next to him. 

"Ah, good...Parents are gone. He's alone with his sister and girlfriend."

Clockwork grabs a medallion and puts it on the ghost child that was next to him, waking her up. 

"Huh, what? Where am I?" She questions while looking around. 

"Amity Park, before you were born. Those kids there are part ghost," Clockwork explains while pointing at Danny and (y/n). "My employers believe him to be a threat and her to be a possible threat to the world. Could you be a dear and dance a little dance for us?"

 The ghost girl glares down at them as Clockwork disappears, restarting time.

"Time in!" 

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Our ghost sense goes off, and Danny yells at his sister while I spot the ghost and get out of the kitchen to go ghost. 

"Now get out of my room!" Danny shouted

"We're in the kitchen, "Jazz points out a minute later, saying, "But if that's your attitude, I don't wanna see you or anything you and (y/n) will do in here for the next several minutes!"

Old Author's Note -

Author: Forgot to say this in the first chapter, but this episode is dedicated to for giving me one of the ideas I'm using for this episode.

Last Edit - August 19th, 2020

Revised - March 12th, 2025