Disclaimer: I wish I owned Danny Phantom! Desiree: -turns me into Butch Hartman- AHHHHHHHHH! CHANGE ME BACK CHANGE ME BACK! -is changed back-

Sam smiled and relaxed in her seat as the show began to start. She always loved watching Circus Gothica whenever it came to her kingdom, mainly because her poor, yet very talented best friend lived in Circus Gothica. Her snobby parents refused to let Dani live with them, so Sam resorted to always visiting the show. After all, if the princess was going, then it must be a lovely show. And if the priness is such a big tipper, then they'll tip big too. She brushed off some dust of her black dress and purple dress before her violet eyes turned their attention back to the show. She smiled as Freakshow came onstage.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Freakshow said, pausing slightly for dramatic effect. "I give you...the gypsy girl Dani!"

The sixteen year old girl swung onto a rope, the momentary glare from the gold chain around her ankle glittered in the light. Her waist length black hair was tied into a ponytail before it was tightly braided. Beautiful blue eyes were accompanied with excessive amount of blue make-up that even Sam could see from her seat, due to her show. Her black sleeveless crop top had a V-neck, which Freakshow insisted in order for more men to attend. Long black skirt that would reach just a bit above her ankles, which she would put on in a moment. Right now she had on snow-white short-shorts for she was doing acrobatics at the moment. It was originally a mini-skirt, but there was too much harassment directed towards the young girl.

Dani expertly moved her way around on the ropes before her male partner, named Elliot, accompanied her. While him upside down from the wooden bar hanging from the ceiling, he held onto a rope that was tighting secured around his wrist with the other holding onto the bar. Dani held the other end, and spun around in circles while holding on. She put the loose hold around her neck, and spun more, her figure a black blur as she spun, her arms and legs out at different angles. She slowly stopped, and held onto the rope again with her hand. Sam watched in awe as her partner began to move the bar back and forth. Dani suddenly let go of the rope and grabbed a metal circle. She did a bunch of tricks with the said hoop.

The performance concerning Dani rarely changed, but it never ceased to amaze Sam. She briefly wondered if she heard footsteps behind her, but a strangely new daring trick preventing Sam from paying attention. As Dani was doing a trick with two long red, curtain-like clothes, an African-American man swung on ropes at her and grabbed her. Dani fought against him as he made her land with him off to the side. Dani quickly collected her long skirt as she was dragged off. Everybody watched and clapped a bit, thinking that it was part of the act, but Sam knew it wasn't, but before she could protest, another man grabbed her. Everybody quickly realized that they were witnessing a kidnapping and jumped up, but it was too late.

The princess and the star of the show had been kidnapped by Captain Plasmuis' Ghostly Crew.

"Sam...where are we?" Dani asked aloud, her voice filled with worry.

"I think we've been kidnapped," Sam whispered back.

"Well no shit," Dani growled back, voice dripping with sarcasm.

The best friends were suddenly roughly dropped onto the deck of a ship. Sam looked up to see the face of an African-American woman. She had long black hair with an orange banana holding it back and green eyes. She had a yellow corset with an orange skirt that reached her ankles with brown boots. On her belt was a sword and a dagger was hidden in her boot.

"Who are these two?" she asked, looking down at them.

"The princess and gypsy girl Miss Valerie," the African-American kidnapper said. He had a red banana over his very short black hair with green eyes. He wore a puffy yellow shirt with green pants and brown boots with a sword on his belt.

"Captain Plasmuis would be pleased," Valerie purred her pleasure in what she was told as she roughly pulled Sam to her feet.

"Where are we?" Sam asked her.

"Aboard Captain Plasmuis ship Your Highness," the second kidnapper said. He had snow white hair with green eyes. He had a sleeveless loose black shirt that showed off muscles with a white belt that held his sword and loose black pants with snow white boots.

"Who are you three! Why did you take us?" Dani demanded to know.

"I am Valerie, Captain Masters first mate. This is Captain Plasmius' son Daniel," Valerie said, pointing towards one of the kidnappers. "And that is Tucker. He's just a pirate."

The African-American kidnapper waved at Sam, but gave a flirty grin at Dani.

"Hey babe. I'm Tucker. Tucker Foley. That's TF as in Too Fine!" he said, using his line at Dani, who's response was to shiver in disgust and moved behind Sam.

"She'll come around. I think," Daniel told Tucker, who looked a bit depressed.

"Why did you get the gypsy girl anyway?" Valerie asked the two. "She's nothing but scum! A poor little beggar girl. Please tell me you merely took her as a distraction in order to take the princess."

"Dani's not scum! She's a human being!" Sam snapped. Valerie drew her sword out and put it to Sam's throat.

"Comments like that get you killed," she hissed. Sam didn't utter another word.

"She's the star of the show," Daniel explained. "Replacing her is impossible. Freakshow would give a lot to have her back. Just like how His Highness would give everything to have his little princess back."

"If nothing else," Tucker said suggestively, eying Dani's V-neck shirt and her short-shorts. Daniel took notice and handed the skirt that was still half-in the bag to her, which Dani eagerly accepted. "We can always use another slave on the ship. Or since this one is such a beauty, we can have her keep the men...entertained on long journeys."

Dani shivered and clutched Sam's arm. Sam pulled her into a hug, holding her close.

"Good thinking. Now prepare the ship. Captin Plasmius on his way, and he must come back to a clean ship and chained up prisoners," Valerie ordered. Tucker made a face.

"Why do we have to take your orders?" he asked.

"Because you are a part of this ship. And I am in charge when Captin Plasmius is gone," she replied coldly.

"Yes Sir!" Tucker squeaked.

"I'm a woman!" Valerie snapped at him as he ran off.