Ghastly World

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Victorious now and never will

A/N: You will enjoy this, I know you will, so give it a chance my friends. Now I've decided to replace "New Life" with this due to a request, or really a point, made to me by a friend. Nobody was interested in the story due to certain elements. I believe this story will not fail to please, so enjoy!

Chapter 2 (Cravings)

Next to where Danny stood the following Monday was his school locker, it was decorated with a long pair of fangs on either side of the locker and a dark setting which came out to be a large, dark mansion in the center of the locker, resting on a black hill and standing beneath a midnight blue sky. This was set to be none other than Count Dracula's home. He leaned against the locker he was so proud of and watched Cat walking down a nearby hallway. Narrowing his eyes, he brushed his hands along his black shirt and tucked his thumbs into the belt around his black denim jeans. Hidden in his pocket was the weapon, which his master had been able to disguise as a silver pen.

Pushing himself from the lockers, he began to follow Cat in secret. He knew he couldn't get her with the weapon right now, it was illogical and at a poor time. He needed all of the powers together and in a secluded place. What he was doing right now, was learning all that he could about the people. He knew how to seduce a person, he knew how to hypnotize a person. The Angel of Death had not been his first master, his first master had also been ageless and able to change into a human form just like his current master could.

He trailed his cold brown eyes along Cat's slender body. "Master identified her as one of the powers, but what power did he say she was?" In the corner of his eyes, he saw a group of the AV students talking. They were trying to explain to Sinjin about how the lights were supposed to look for an upcoming play. Sinjin was dressed in a short sleeved, blue shirt and brown jeans, his hair was in its usual mess. Sinjin moved his eyes over to see Danny following Cat, this was suspicious to him. He looked at his friends and smiled apologetically.

"Hey guys, I have to check something out real quick, give me a minute." He then turned around and ran after the two, brandishing his hand in the air. "Cat!" Danny froze and quickly sidestepped to blend with some nearby students as his intended target turned around with sudden inquisitiveness.

"What's wrong Sinjin?" Sinjin jogged up to Cat, puffing hard and looking around to see if he could locate Danny. He couldn't. Evidently the boy was good at blending in. Cat tilted her head and waited patiently as Sinjin inhaled a few sharp breaths, quickly regaining the air he needed.

"I'm sorry for interrupting wherever it was you were going, but you were being followed so I wanted to alert you." Danny, watching now from behind the two, rolled his eyes and groaned out in irritation. He lifted his head up and his nostrils flared open. Freezing up, he realized what he had not before, there was a pulsing sensation in his head. An irritable pounding that would soon become a headache. He had a bloodlust. He couldn't keep chasing Cat or else he would kill her!

"Son of a bitch, Sinjin's got good timing then." He closed his hands up and quickly escaped the crowd. He usually had better control than that, considering his first master taught him to control his murderous rage. He rounded the corner, the pounding in his head continued on as he brushed through the thick crowds. His nostrils flared and closed, insane smells stinging them continually. However long he'd been running for, he was not sure, but his running ended when he found himself crashing into his master. With a shout, he fell to the floor and looked up to see the irritated eyes of his lord and ruler.

"Do you think I am not watching you, Danny? I do not want you to screw up. If you mess up, the whole plan is shot, you idiot!" The master reached down and grabbed his collar, then yanked him to his feet. He cried out again as he was shoved into the nearby yellow wall. His master leaned in closely and narrowed his fiery gaze. "Control that little issue of yours around the powers. I don't give a shit what you do to any other human on this pathetic Earth, but when it comes to the powers, you control yourself. You will do as I say."

"Yes sir!" There was silence for a brief moment and Danny soon felt himself yanked backwards. The master then released him and he stumbled back, falling onto the ground. His hands flew up and covered his head. "I'm sorry, I was not aware! I will be more aware next time and I will control myself!" His heart started pounding in his chest, he was ready to receive a thrashing that never came. Slowly he opened his eyes and looked up to see the eyes of his boss. They pierced him as though searching his soul, contemplating its destruction.

"Good then. Do what you must to get rid of your current urge now, then get back to work. Remember, do not cause error. If you create a mess, it will be you who cleans it up. Do you understand me?"

"Yes." With one last stern glance, his master started walking away and rounded the nearest corner. Danny quickly rose to his feet and peered around that same corner, the master was gone already. He swallowed hard and closed his eyes, attempting to relax his body and his beating heart. He would do anything to please his master, if that meant redeeming himself, then he would. Pushing his hands into his pockets, he fingered the weapon and narrowed his eyes. He could not mess up.

"Hey, are you okay?" A voice asked from behind. He jumped and quickly turned around to see a girl with soft brown hair flowing down to her shoulders and the face of someone who was clearly spoiled. He recognized her as the girl from the karaoke bar, Hayley Ferguson. He raised a suspicious eyebrow and stared into her eyes, as though searching for something.

"Yes, I'm fine. Why are you at this school? Don't you go somewhere else?" Perhaps she was still sore about losing to Jade and Cat, but that was so long ago. Danny closed his eyes and moaned inwardly, he needed to end the pounding inside but he had already let it go so far that he needed to kill someone in order to stop the throbbing.

"Yeah, I was just looking for Jade West, do you know where I might find her?" Her expression softened and a look of guilt flashed through her eyes. "I wanted to apologize to her and her friend for something I did to them a while back." His eyebrows rose as his eyes scanned her body.

"Yes, I do know where she is. I believe she's in class right now, so maybe I could take you there?" She smiled graciously and nodded her thanks for his generosity.

"Yes, you can." With a wry smile he held out his hand and turned around, gesturing her to follow.

"Right this way, then." She began walking with him and he would occasionally glance to her. She was wearing a red shirt with frills around the collar and chiffon sleeves that went down to her elbows. She had tight blue shorts that stopped just above her knees. All that skin was highly alluring and attractive to him. He smirked inwardly and turned the corner, Hayley followed him with unsuspecting trust. The moment their eyes made contact, she trusted him. She didn't know why, she didn't know how it happened, but it did.

Hayley bit her lip as they continued down a long corridor, she did not question the route they were taking. She eyed Danny closely, watching the sway in his step and the way the chain going from his belt to his left pocket jumped with every step he took. He had an insanely attractive aura, one that she'd never really got from a guy before. They passed through some double doors and turned another corner. "How much further?" Danny shifted his eyes to the side and smiled pleasantly.

She took note of their surroundings, they seemed to change. The lockers in this area of the school were brown, naked, and appeared busted up. The floors were covered in dust, along with the pale, cracked walls. The doors should have been locked, but the school kept them open due to the fact that sometimes students would go back there to rehearse, but sadly there were no cameras and the campus security only checked on it two times during the day, and that was during lunch time and at closing time when he locked the doors. "It won't be too much further, Hayley."

"Okay, if you say so…" Soon a wailing sound hit Danny's ears that did not breach Hayley's. He clenched his eyes shut and scowled.

"Cut that out, bastards." Several white apparitions slowly began to appear around the halls of this older building, all ghosts in this area were trapped. Each of them bore a red color that dripped from beneath their jaw and down to their chest, each of them a murder victim that died in these halls and these halls alone. Their faces stared at Danny in a twist of pure horror, wrath, hatred, and scorn. Because of a spell that the Angel of Death had done, the murder victims were confused upon entrance of this place and could never know how to escape.

Hayley rubbed her arms and shivered as the ghosts grabbed at her, trying to pull her away, trying in vain to make her leave. It was dangerous for her here. "Hey, it's cold, are you sure Jade is back here?"

"Yes, her class is rehearsing a play back here." He glared at the ghosts with a scowl and twisted his hand. "Back off you shit for brains before I call up my master and have him send all of you to hell!" The ghosts continued to brush both Hayley and himself, wailing with sorrow that they could do nothing. Some of the ghosts considered trying to get help from the ghosts that wandered the main school halls, or maybe even the ghosts of the old school halls that were not one of Danny's many murder victims. Such as the school's very first janitor, who had suffered a heart attack in these very halls.

"Okay. It's kind of creepy back here, though."

"You're telling me…" He muttered his words under his breath so that she could not hear. The pounding in his head had become so immense, that he stopped walking in place. Hayley and all of the ghosts stopped their movements as well, every eye watched Danny carefully and with suspicion. This had gone on enough, he had grown too irritated and the bloodlust was too much. He had a dangerous, murderous rage in his eyes. A look that all the ghosts knew too well. They moaned for fear as Danny turned around and locked eyes with Hayley. He smiled slightly and stepped close to her, saying nothing, but slowly enchanting her. "You know, like I said, Jade is still in class."

"Yes…" She closed her eyes and took in the heated aura coming from his body, it had grown stronger and slowly it was captivating her. The ghosts wailed in anguish as Danny slowly lifted his hand up and brushed down Hayley's arm.

"Then maybe we should talk and wait for her to leave." She would wait, she really did want to talk to Jade. She wouldn't mind talking to Cat either, but Jade was her biggest concern. Over time she'd relived that day over and over, thinking about the stuff that she had done. Flirting with Jade's boyfriend, acting like a selfish, spoiled bitch, and insulting her friends were just a few of the many things she knew she shouldn't have done but was too much of a spoiled brat to do it.

"Yeah, as long as I get to see Jade after this." Several of the ghosts ran for Hayley's body, trying to push it or even to possess her. Granted, none of them could possess her. They were cursed in that sense, plus they did not know how to possess. Hayley shivered as they ran through her body, but she did not notice her cold shaking, she was already lost into Danny's eyes. "I never got your name."

"Danny Marcus."

"Oh? You know, I once read a book with a vampire called Marcus." Why had she said that statement? It made no sense, but perhaps it was just statement and nothing more that had come to her mind. Danny smirked knowingly and breathed in her aura.

"Yes, my namesake. Tell me, Hayley, do you believe in demons?" The ghosts recognized the speech, the line. She was moments away from death.

"Run! Hayley run!"

"It's dangerous!"

"Run! Jade is the other way, she is the other way!"

"He's going to kill you!"

Their wails, their thoughts, they could not reach her for she was too far gone. She did not understand his question. Danny leaned close to her, wrapping his arms around her waist and gazing into her eyes, breathing her in once again. The ghosts cried out and fled, they wanted to find the janitor ghost, for he knew how to possess. It was he that had saved a victim once by possessing them and making them run. He only appeared at certain times, however.

"I am a dangerous vampire, my dear. My master was Count Dracula." Hayley opened her eyes, and for a split second the trance had been broken. He always broke their trance just seconds before killing his victims, he wanted them to know the fear and to know the pain. He opened his mouth wide and the fangs grew long from his gums. She opened her mouth and released a blood curdling scream as his head swiftly moved to her neck and his fangs sank in. He closed his eyes and drank of her blood, of her essence, clearing away the pounding in his head.

The ghosts wailed, all but one small ghost who stared at him. This was a young ghost, a child of just ten or twelve years of age. She too was a murder victim, for she attempted to save an older sister of hers when Danny stabbed her through the heart by shoving his hand through her chest. She eyed his pocket closely and pointed to it, she knew what the object hidden inside was. For her sister was a ghost on the outside, having escaped Danny and died shortly after, and so she spied upon him and the Angel of Death, bringing news to them about what was happening in the outer world.

"It's in his pocket, the weapon he wants to use." In a grave error, he brought Hayley into this area and come into an area where the ghosts knew him enough and hated him enough to make his life hell if they had the chance. The young ghost reached into his pocket without him knowing and grabbed the pen, shaking it up and clicking whatever switches it had. She was attempting to break it, but she could not, for it was unbreakable. In defeat and utter despair, she stepped away from Danny and looked up as he released Hayley.

Danny grinned maliciously as he watched her slump to the ground. Yes, while it was true that when someone died, their ghost would go to a random part of the earth, but these ghosts were different. "Sorry Hayley, you won't be seeing Jade." He wiped pulled a napkin from his right pocket and wiped the blood around his lips as Hayley's ghost started to drift from her body. The ghosts murdered in such a way by Danny had a spell, a curse, that automatically brought them here to their prison.

"Where am I?" Hayley looked around desperately, unaware that she was currently dead. "Jade? Danny?" She looked around frantically, and for the first time, she saw the ghosts around her. They eyed her with mournful eyes and tears dripping down their cheeks. "Who are you? What's going on?" She looked over and spotted Danny, now walking away. Terror filled her heart as he glanced back at her with a toothy smirk. His fangs were still present, but slowly reverting back into his mouth. With wide eyes, she looked down and saw her pale body crumpled on the floor.

"You're dead, Hayley." The words hit her as though a sledgehammer had just been slammed upon her back. She fell to her knees and quickly caught herself, placing her palms on the ground. In front of her trembling form, she eyed her lifeless corpse with shock and with disbelief.

"N-No, that's not right. That can't happen. This can't happen!" She clenched her eyes shut and cried, screaming out with terror, agony, and pain. What of Tara, what of her father, and what of changing her life around? Why did this have to happen now? She heard the doors open and her head went up sharply to see through the windows of the doors, Danny's departing form. "Y-You…You asshole!" She screamed and rose up, looking down to see the red color dripping from her neck and flowing around her chest. Tears dripped down her eyes and she flew after Danny, trying to catch him, trying to kill him for what he did to her.

Danny stopped walking and smirked dangerously as he heard a loud zapping noise, followed by an anguished scream from Hayley, she could not escape. She continued to pound on the door. He stood there, listening, waiting for her to give up. "I wanted Jade to forgive me! I wanted them to forgive me so I could live a new life! Please, p-please, tell me this isn't true!" The pounding stopped and Hayley was on her knees, her head bent and her closed fists above her, resting on the double doors. Her chest heaved with every silent sob. "Please…" Minutes later, she was silent.]

Hayley had given up.

"Accept that is your fate now, Hayley Ferguson. Perhaps I will say hello to Tara for you." He began his walk down the corridor until he came up to the classroom where Jade was. Class ended and students were filing out. Dale Squires was actually there today, visiting, so the class was in later than usual. He had a suggestion for another play, and this time, anyone who worked on it would get full credit. Danny tilted his head and waited as Beck and Jade came walking from the class. They looked at him and smiled slightly, they were still unsure what to think of him after the whole issue with Cat and Tori.

"Hey Danny." Beck was a bit wary in his tone. He held Jade closer to him, due to the unfriendly vibe he was getting from him.

"Hi there. So, Dale's making another movie?"

"Yeah, but none of us really care to be involved with it this time, so some other students are going to get involved." Danny nodded and folded his arms over his chest. He moved his eyes to the classroom to see Robbie walking out with Rex right in tow. Rex lifted his eyes up to Danny and froze, scanning his mind quickly. Danny met Rex's frightened gaze and raised his eyebrow. There was something about that puppet that gave him a sickening feeling.

"Robbie! Get me out of here!"

"What?" Robbie looked at Rex with surprise. Beck and Jade turned back and frowned. Danny tapped his chin, pondering whether or not he could recognize that damned puppet. He never thought about it before, but he had seen it somewhere before.

"Just do it. Beck, Jade, get the hell away from him! He's creepy as hell like that freak boy who puts gum on his locker."

"Sinjin?"

"Yeah." Danny let a chuckle out and tapped his lips, his tongue gently tracing his fangs. Now he remembered, Robbie was the Psychic power, it's what the master said. When Robbie was a child, his father faced Count Dracula, and at that time, Danny was still his master. Appearing as he did today, Danny fought alongside his master against Robbie's father just after watching him hand his kid that damned puppet and putting a stupid animation spell on it.

"There's nothing wrong with either Sinjin or Danny, they're just students here like we are…" Rex turned his head around and stared at a fire alarm. Danny narrowed his eyes and glared at the puppet. Robbie's father gave quite the fight, causing both Danny and Dracula to go into their vampire beast forms. He managed to kill Dracula, but was weak enough, that out of rage, Danny was able to tear the man's head from his shoulders.

"Son of a bitch, I can't believe I didn't realize that man was Shapiro's father!" Danny's throat tightened and his hands closed. Yes, Dracula made a mistake and tried to turn the man's wife into one of his victims, and that's where it all went wrong. The man knew he wouldn't make it, though. "He's the one who killed Master Dracula…Because of that man, I wandered alone until I met the Angel of Death. Robbie Shapiro…is his son?" Rex burned from Danny's fiery glare, he shuddered and closed his eyes.

"Move now, get away." Danny looked around with his eyes, nobody else was around except for Beck and Jade. He flicked his tongue along his fangs and pushed his hands into his pockets to hide the transformation his nails were undergoing. He was going to kill Robbie Shapiro, screw him being one of the powers. Rex's eyes found a fire alarm, flashed to human eyes as if he'd just been possessed by a ghost, and with sudden haste, the switch moved down. "Possessing this doll is difficult to do. This is for you my son."The alarm went off and the four jumped in surprise. How the hell just happened? Suddenly a flood of students ran through the hallway, pushing the four apart. Danny quickly stopped his transformation and started walking backwards amid all the confusion, keeping his gaze onto Rex's once more wooden eyes. He saw him, the ghost of Robbie's father, he had taken control of Rex and used the psychic power in him to flip the alarm.

"Goddamn bastard." He watched as Beck placed his hand on the small of Jade's back and led her down the hall while Robbie took off. He was actually about to leave, but stopped when Rex started whining, he never did trust Danny much anyway. He never liked him from the moment Danny dated Cat to the moment Danny kissed Tori. During the rush, Danny spotted Sinjin running through the crowd, stopping only when their eyes met. Within seconds they were the only ones left in the hallway.

"Hey I was looking for you earlier." Danny raised a curious eyebrow and turned fully to him, ignoring the wailing alarm that was beating his ears. Sinjin narrowed his eyes slightly. "I know you and Cat had a past, but the way you were following her earlier with that look in your eyes…"

"Predatory at best, right?"

"What was that about? Are you stalking her?" Danny shrugged his shoulders and looked up at the ceiling with a small chuckle, the school's sprinklers had gone off and were soaking through his clothing. "She's a friend, you know."

"Yeah, some friend." He turned his back to Sinjin and glanced back, he would be cordial if he had to be. "By the way, if that girl, Hayley Ferguson, goes missing then tell them to search the old section of the school." He pointed to the double doors down the corridor and Sinjin looked back. He turned his eyes to Danny and lifted his eyebrows, unsure what to think.

"D-Did you kill her?" He flashed a smirk and licked his lips as though he were collecting some missed blood.

"Yes. Desire to kill, fulfilled." Sinjin's eyes widened as he realized that Danny was an extremely dangerous man. The sadistic glint in his eyes, the way he licked his lips, even his vile demeanor gave it all away. "Surely you won't tell anyone, will you?"

"I won't…"

"Oh, and since I know you're close to Robbie Shapiro, Cat Valentine, and their friends. Do me a favor…don't let them know I'm trying to find out about their families. I'd hate to see what might happen." Sinjin frowned as Danny started walking away, he could have some real fun messing with the minds of the people around the school.

Five minutes later, he was almost out the door when his master stepped in front of him, arms crossed and in full Death form. "Do not get cocky, vampire." Danny chuckled nervously and stepped backwards. "You could throw everything into risk by telling someone of our plan."

"Geez, it wasn't like I was-"

"Silence! Just get to the Head Angel's house and learn what you can. Also, do not attempt to kill Shapiro or any of the powers before our plan. Do you understand me?"

"My apologies, master." Danny knelt down and bowed his head, the master was correct, he was getting cocky.

"Do not let your cockiness get in the way again, nor personal grudge. You have one mission, one goal, do not screw it up."

"Yes sir."

"Now go!" Danny lifted his head as the angel lifted his scythe and slammed the bottom of it on the ground. With a thunderous roar, the foundation of the building trembled, jarring Danny and throwing him to his feet. He let out a loud shout and charged from the building, the only way out. The angel narrowed his eyes and scanned the area, knowing not a single soul was left in the building, Danny was the last to leave. He lifted his hand, and with a flash, the school was returned to it's prior appearance before the alarms went off. After the flash dissipated, the Angel of Death was gone, leaving Danny to his orders.

A somewhat scary chapter for you guys, letting you know they're getting right into it. Pretty soon the group's going to be running into some trouble. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, drop a review and stick around for the next.