Danny's love for Sam wasn't strong enough the night Circus Gothica left town. Sam died, Tucker was dumped somewhere along the tracks, and the entirety of Amity Park has been looking for the missing boy Danny Fenton and the criminal Danny Phantom while mourning Sam's death. Well, most of them are anyways.

One month after Sam's death; Amity Park, the Park.

The town is gathered in the middle of the park to watch and listen to the Fentons, the first time they've truly even cared.

Speaking into a megaphone with the word 'Fenton' on it Jack begins shouting, "It has been one month since that circus Freak came and went killing one young life and taking off with two others!"

Jack stops and Maddie picks up where he left off, "It has come to our attention that the ghost, Danny Phantom, only started stealing after the Freak came. Before than all his crimes were minor and far in between so he may be controlling him somehow."

"Though when we find him we will rip him apart molecule by molecule!" Jack interrupts.

A happy shout involving civilization is heard from near the Nasty Burger. Curious the Fenton's lead the group to where the shout was heard only to find one of the missing boys, Tucker Foley, running into the Nasty Burger and ordering some food.

Running in and hugging him Tuckers parents ask where he was, why he didn't call, why his clothes are so tattered and dirty, if he's alright, parental stuff.

"I was trying to find my way back here after getting literally kicked off a swiftly moving train on its way to who knows where. Now where's Danny and Sam?" Tucker responds managing to answer all those questions in one sentence.

The adults all look at each other silently before Jazz answers for them, "Sam's dead. She died when she was pushed down the gully as Circus Gothica left town, we don't know where Danny is. We were hoping you'd be with him."

"So he couldn't break the spell." Tucker mutters under breath looking down for a while.

"What do you mean?" Maddie asks. By now the town is being ushered out and back to their homes or to continue the search by Jack.

"I'll tell you if Danny isn't back in a year, or the ghosts come looking for him. Whichever comes first, though thinking of, have the ghosts continued attacking?"

"Yes, they're obviously wondering why Phantom isn't protecting the town anymore though." Jazz answers and Tucker nods though he's obviously wondering how much she apparently knows.

Tucker eats after the adults leave though Jazz decides to stay. "I know Danny's secret, that he's half ghost, where is he?"

"If he still hasn't been able to break the mind control he's with Circus Gothica. The whole group is ghosts, the only human being Freak Show and he controls them with his staff. All I really know of that thing is that it's a family heirloom of his."

"That explains quite a bit. Though I'm surprised it works on Danny seeing as he's half ghost."

"Actually he's not, not quite anyways. When he first turned Half Ghost I used my PDA to scan him and he was fifty percent human than, by the time the Circus pulled into town he was up to seventy-five percent ghost. I'm sorry to say that he's been dying."

"But what about Vlad? Isn't he also half-ghost?" Jazz asks.

"He's been dead for years now, only reason why he still transforms is because he doesn't know he's dead yet. I haven't even had the courage to tell Danny so please, when we bring him back don't tell him." Jazz nods in agreement. They sit in silence for a long time before leaving to their separate homes hoping for the best.

XxXxX

In the Ghost Zone a few months later a new door appears. It's a deep black with a spider and Danny Phantom's symbol being the only things decorating it. Within the newest addition to the GZ stirs ever so slightly as a few friendly ghosts take notice and approach the door.

A/N: Yes, I know I haven't updated my others, yes I know it's been quite some time, no they have not been abandoned. Well, most of them anyways, but still, I actually have no writers block for this one! For now, and it will be updated again soon, I'm hoping to update at least once a week, if not than oh well.