Chapter 2: He's not a villain and he's not my enemy!
Vlad's point of view
"Oh butter biscuits!" Vlad mumbled under his breath still having not found the flaming headed pop star. He had been searching around Amity Park for 10 minutes now but the annoying diva seemed to have vanished completely.
Vlad let out a low growl as he turned around having no choice but to start back at point one. But it wasn't just Ember's disappearance that had the billionaire frustrated, oh no, it was the reason she had gotten away. Daniel.
"Fudge buckets." The man cursed again in snack language as the image of the boy flashed through his mind yet again. Daniel's bangs sweeping across his forehead, his pale blue eyes half lidded, his cheeks tinted pink and his soft little lips curved into an adorable smile.
The halfa forcibly shook himself getting lost in the thought. It was all just an act any way. After all, the boy had never tried to hide his disdain for the man in the past. It was obviously a trick. So then…
Why did he feel like this? Why did he feel like there was a weight on his shoulders slowing him down and a hole in his chest which was doing nothing to help lighten the load?
Vlad let out the tiniest hint of a sigh. He was no closer to getting the boy to join him as he was the day of the reunion, Danny made that clear to him many times. So what was with this whole, "Let me help you!" nonsense? Of course it seemed like a trick, but didn't the boy have too much pride for that? He certainly acted like he did. And why all of a sudden? He had been fighting the older halfa tooth and nail only moments before. The teen certainly hadn't given any indication that he was planning on fooling the man with the "good boy" routine.
Maybe the boy really had hit his head? No, that couldn't be it either. He would've felt a bump on the teen's head when he ruffled his hair. So then why did he…
Vlad stopped in mid flight. Could it be… Could it be that the boy truly meant what he had said? Vlad's heart thumped loudly in his chest before he finally shook his head.
No. He was reading too much into this. He wouldn't allow himself to get his hopes up for nothing.
But as he began flying Danny's words and actions continued to play in his mind.
Over and over again.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Amity Park
"Tucker look! There's Danny!" Sam pointed up in the air as the ghost boy slowly floated down to the ground, a crest fallen look on his face. "Danny what's wrong? Are you ok?" The goth girl asked already worried by the look on her friend's face.
"Yeah dude, you don't look so good." Tucker added. "Did Ember get away?"
"Huh?" Danny said looking up at his friends, finally giving them his attention. "Oh, yeah, she got away." He mumbled changing from Danny Phantom back to Danny Fenton. "And apparently it was all my fault." The teen admitted shamefully. "I got in Vlad's way."
"Got in Vlad's way? !" Sam and Tucker both said in allusion. "Don't you mean Vlad got in your way?" Tuck suggested.
"Tucker's right Danny." Sam agreed. "You could've stuffed Ember into the Fenton thermos in a snap if Vlad hadn't shown up and-"
"STOP IT!" Danny nearly shouted. "I am the one that got in his way! He even said so! I should've just let him handle it! He's a lot stronger than me so he could've stopped her a lot faster than I could've."
"Danny what are you talking about?" Sam asked in confusion. "He's a villain! And he's your arch-enemy!"
"N-No he isn't!" Danny sputtered. "He's not a villain he just… just… He's just misunderstood!" The teen defended folding his arms across his chest. (Lol. How many of us have used this excuse for villains we like? They're not evil! They're just misunderstood!) "And he's not my arch-enemy!"
"Since when?" Tucker asked innocently.
"Since… Well, since a few minutes ago." Danny replied honestly. "Besides there's no way I could be Vlad's enemy." He stated matter-of-factly.
"And why is that?" Sam asked now completely worried about her friend and questioning his sanity.
"Because I love him." Danny answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, like asking if the sky was blue.
Sam and Tucker stood gaping at their childhood friend like two fish out of water. Danny easily noticed their shocked expressions and innocently said, "What?"
"Ummm, could you hold on for just a second?" The goth girl asked grabbing hold of the techno geek's arm and turning him around.
Once their backs were facing Danny Sam whispered, "Ok, something is seriously wrong with Danny."
"Either that or we've entered the Twilight Zone." Tucker whispered back.
"Do you think Ember's music has something to do with this?" (Wow! She's good!)
"What do you mean? Do you think it messed with his mind or something?"
"How else would you explain his new found affection for Vlad Masters?"
"A bump on the head?" Tucker suggested with a jesting smile. Sam only frowned. "Wait, you don't think Vlad might've done this to him do you?"
"I don't think so." Sam replied glancing back at Danny. "If he had he wouldn't have left Danny alone."
Sam and Tucker both turned to face their friend only to find the raven haired boy kneeling on the ground drawing a heart with "VM + DF forever" inside it with a stick.
"And something tells me Vlad wouldn't want this kind of attention from Danny." Sam said looking unimpressed.
"He sure has nice hand writing though." Tucker commented.
Sam let out a sigh. "Come on Inviso-Bill." She said pulling Danny to his feet. "The sooner we find Ember the better."
"Ember?" Danny repeated as if he had completely forgotten who the girl was. "That's right, Vlad said he was going to look for her. So the sooner I find Ember," the teen paused for a moment as white rings stretched out over his slim form changing him into Danny Phantom. "The sooner I'll find Vlad!" The ghost boy jumped into the air and took off like a shot.
"Danny wait!"
"Dude! Wait for us!"
Sorry this one was kinda short. I'll make the next one longer. Also, does anyone have any requests for what should happen next? For what should happen between Danny and Vlad maybe?
I'm open for suggestions if you have them. Please review~!