No Secrets

By: emeeem

Disclaimer: If I owned Danny Phantom, Vlad would not be as much of a seriously crazed up fruit-loop. But, he is, so I don't. I don't own Simon, either. Or any other copyrighted materials you may find mentioned here.

Chapter Two: Fruit-Loopiness

The door was opened by (guess who?) Vlad Masters not ten seconds after Danny rang the doorbell. "Danny," he greeted seemingly happily, "What brings you here?"

Danny pulled out the note he and Jazz had found yesterday. "Oh," said Vlad.

"So," began Danny, "Where are they?"

"Someone's eager today, isn't he?" Vlad was acting extremely confident today.

"And my sister, too. Did you at least keep her and my parents together?" Danny was beginning to wonder how long this would take.

"All in good time," said Vlad. He brought Danny into the house and lead him through what seemed like an infinity of hallways. Danny checked his watch every ten to fifteen minutes over the course of almost three hours. He could've sworn that they passed through some of the halls multiple times.

Finally, they stopped. Only it seemed to be the most random of places: a fireplace. (A/N: I bet you all see where this is going.) Vlad did something with the four Packers trophies above it that resembled playing Simon. He finished and stepped back. For a couple of seconds, nothing happened. Then, the fireplace started to open inwards, leading to a flight of stairs that led into total darkness. Vlad clapped his hands twice and the stairway was instantly lit. The two of them proceeded down.

Another five minutes passed before they reached the bottom of the stairs. Vlad went into his ghost form. A large metal door opened for them automatically. Danny saw his parents and Jazz trapped in a large, metal cage.

"Now then, Danny," he said, finally sounding more evil, "Why don't you join them?"

Vlad threw Danny into the cage with the rest of his family and quickly shut it. All was going according to plan.

"HEY!" shouted Danny as he grabbed the bars.

"Do you want out?" asked Vlad. "Then go ahead. Get out. What's stopping you, hm? It's only a metal cage. It's not like you can phase through it. Or can you?"

"Danny," asked Jack, "What is he talking about? Is he suggesting something?"

"Mom, Dad, do you guys remember that accident I had in the lab a few months ago?" Danny knew he had no choice. It was this, or starve to death in a cage.

"Of course, how can we forget?" responded Jack.

"Yeah, we found you unconscious on the floor," added Maddie.

"Well," said Danny, not looking at them, "It changed my life. I've kept this from you guys until now, but-" He stopped talking and transformed into his ghost form. When the transformation was complete, he turned around.

"Danny?" gasped his mom.

"You're the ghost kid!" Jack sounded like he had just found out that the sky had turned orange.

"Yeah," he said, looking down. "I am. I'm sorry I deceived you guys, but now I'll make it up to you." He went intangible and exited the cage.

"Thank you," said Vlad, "Danny, you've just put phase one of my plan into 'completion' status. You play along very well."

"Wait," said a confused Danny, "was that all? You just wanted me to reveal myself to my parents? I've said it too many times now, but I need to say it again:"

Jazz joined in this time, saying:

"You are one, Seriously, CRAZED UP FRUIT LOOP!"

Vlad then spoke again. "And I've told you every time: I AM NOT A FRUIT LOOP!"

Jack and Maddie exchanged looks, wondering what the exchanged insults meant.

Danny tried a new trick he had been working on since their last meeting. He put his hands together, materialized ectoplasm between them, made a long beam out of it, and grabbed one end. The ecto-rod now resembled a sword. Vlad quickly proved he could do the same thing. And so started the climactic battle.

ALRIGHT! I left myself enough room for Chapter 3! YAY, ME! W00T! 1 4m n0t 4 n00b! 1 4m teh 1337-n355! Back to reality: Sorry the update took so long. Hopefully, the next update will not take as long. I promise this story ends soon. And thank you to all the people who gave me positive reviews. I hope this chapter is just as good.