Chapter 1
It was just another ordinary day. Of course, for Sam Manson, being the girlfriend of a boy with ghost powers, no day was ever quite ordinary. In fact, in recent years and particularly in the past few months, extraordinary had become almost ordinary. However, on this particular night, there was nothing on her mind, no trouble, no signs of what was to occur. It was just another night at the movies with the best boyfriend in the world, Danny Fenton, also known as Danny Phantom, the ghost boy, or Inviso-Bill (she had no idea where that one came from).
The movie they were watching was Circus Gothika: Part 3. The Circus Gothika series was Sam's favorite, and she had dragged Danny to go see the third movie with the promise that he could choose the movie next time. Normally, Danny swore up and down that the Circus Gothika movies didn't scare him one bit, but as she looked over at him, she saw he was curled up in a ball with his popcorn, quivering in fright. Sam grinned maliciously, and considered taking a picture on her cell phone to be used for future blackmail purposes, but before she could reach her bag, a strange glowing light in the darkened movie theater made her stop.
It was coming from Danny. His chest, more specifically. As he lifted the bag of popcorn slightly, she could see it more clearly. It was a glowing sphere of golden light pulsing in time with his heartbeat, she realized. It was repulsive, yet beautiful to look at. But as she puzzled over what it could be or why it was there, a stream of blue mist floated out Danny's mouth. He was so absorbed in the movie that he didn't even notice his ghost sense go off. After kicking Danny several times in the shins to get his attention, Sam whispered the words ghost sense in his direction. He startled, dropping his popcorn. On the pretense of retrieving it, he slipped silently onto all fours on the sticky movie theater floor. A minute later, Danny Phantom was flying out the door. Not wanting to miss out on the latest ghost fight, Sam followed.
The ghost in question was slim and lean, almost catlike in his movements, wearing all black and carrying a golden bow with heart-tipped arrows that looked like they had been stolen from Cupid. For there was nothing remotely Cupid-like about this ghost-Cupid was fat, baby-like, and ugly. This ghost was almost handsome. As Danny shot ecto-blast after ecto-blast, the ghost dodged them easily, all the while keeping silent.
"What's the matter?" Danny shouted. "Not talkative like your friends?" Finally, the ghost spoke.
"I'm not a fan of splashing my identity all over the place like some other ghosts I could mention." he said dryly, unfazed by the questions. He maneuvered impressively around yet another ectoblast, and Sam could tell Danny was getting frustrated. Stay calm, Danny, stay calm, she mentally urged him. She knew if Danny lost his focus, it could be disastrous.
"But if you must know." the ghost continued. "My name is the Heart Snatcher." At that exact moment, Sam saw it, the concentration slipped from Danny's face and he left himself unguarded just long enough for the ghost to shoot one of his golden arrows at him. The arrow hit Danny square in the chest, exactly where the golden ball of light had been just a few minutes before. The boy began to fall, changing back to human form while still in mid-air.
"And I've just done my job." The Heart Snatcher grinned widely, and with a seriously sinister evil laugh, he was gone, leaving Danny Fenton motionless on the floor.
A/N: Yay! I did it! I finally finished the first chapter! And it wasn't too short, either! Anyway, this is for I.M.R Duelist's Phantom Cup Challenge. Hope you enjoy!