Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom.

I feel sorry for what I'm doing to Danny :( Oh well, its my own fault lol

dessyweird51: Lol, oh, I understand lol Sugar does that :) Ok, enjoy this one, and let me know your thoughts lol!

Illustriously Unsound: Hmm, do you mean if I kept this pace consistent, as in the one I'm using now? Sorry, lol, I just didn't get what you meant. lol Cuz you wrote it was too slow, but then you said to keep this pace consistent...lol I'm all confuzzled, can you clarify? lol But thanks for reading and giving a suggestion, it means a lot! I'm glad there's room for improvement:)

Tie-dyed Trickster: Lol Aww,thanks sooo much!! I'm really glad you like it, here's the next one!

broken0dream: Ya, he is terrified to death! Vlad's a really not nice guy! I didn't say what he did to him yet, but I will probably in the next few chapters, at some point. Anyways, I'm glad you could tell he was that scared, I wasn't too sure of that scene lol Once again, thanks for reviewing and enjoy!

blah blah blah: Oh, I think I know what hppened. Because, I started this story as a narration, in third person, but then I decided to change it to first person, from either Sam or Danny's POV. So I had to completely go over the chapters I'd written and edit them to make them in first person. So I may've forgotten to change a 'he' or 'she' to an 'I' here or there. lol Thanks though, I'll look over it and see what I forgot to change, and fix it. Thanks!

Ok, everyone enjoy!

Sam's POV
"STOP!! STOP IT! YOU'RE HURTING HIM! STOP!" I screamed, louder than ever before in my life. My voice cracked, but I didn't care.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry Vlad! I didn't mean to!" Danny's now-turned meek voice cracked.

Crack!

"STOP!!" I shrieked. That monster of a ghost, Vlad, was holding a brown whip in one hand, and using it to lash Danny, on his bare back.

"You're torturing him! He's getting weaker and weaker everyday! Don't you care? How heartless are you?" I screeched.

Crack!

The whip snapped on Danny's bare back.

"You're only making it worse for him, child. But that's okay, I'm enjoying it, keep up the good work," Vlad smiled wickedly.

Crack!

I looked over at Danny. He was hurt, that much I could tell, but, he wasn't screaming in pain as one suffering his torment would be expected to.

This was a sort of recurring scenario for the past week or so, almost daily. Poor Danny. He would occasionally flinch or wince, but only for a moment. That was it. But even so, I could tell he was in tremendous pain. It absolutely killed me that I couldn't do anything to save him.

"Mmm…" I heard a tired groan come from beside me.

I looked down to see Danny curled up like a cat and sleeping beside me. His head was laying on my lap. Ever since two days ago, Danny had forgotten me. I don't mean 'forgotten' as in the way he's barely remembered me when I'd first come to this place. No, I mean, real forgotten. He didn't even know my name. He didn't recognize me at all. It's too bad too… now I have to rebuild a confident relationship with him, so he'll trust me. I have a feeling that's the only way he will let me help him…if I can help him, that is. I bet Vlad gave him some sort of concoction to make him forget me. I wouldn't put it past him. But why? Who would be so cruel as to actually take away the one person left in a tormented boy's life? The one person they truly knew, and trusted? Was that why? Was it just torture for Danny?

I felt Danny squirm and wriggle in restlessness.

He must be waking up…

I heard a stifled yawn.

"Are you awake yet?" I asked gently.

He nodded innocently. He had become like a child. Innocent. Unsure of the world around him. He seemed like a little toddler living amongst a world of adults. He barely spoke (and when he did, it wasn't fluent the way a fourteen year old's speech should be), he was very shy, and he always did what Vlad told him to. His big blue eyes would look into my own eyes, so naively, so sweetly. If it weren't for his size, I'd have thought him to be a little boy, no more than five years old. Maybe it was that concoction Vlad had given him that had made him this way (assuming he had actually given him one…though I'm sure he must've done something to him).

I checked my watch. It was 3:00 am. Danny was supposed to get back to work in an hour. As for me? Well, honestly, I didn't do much. I just made the ghost's food (reluctantly). It made me feel awful that it was all I did, while Danny toiled away. I was just called when I needed, and later, banished back to this cell. Whenever Danny was awake, he looked as though he was about to collapse.

"Do you want some food?" I coaxed.

He looked at me hesitantly, cautiously, as though eating were something illegal.

Poor guy. That Vlad guy barely gave him food. Danny thought he wasn't allowed to eat. And according to Vlad, he wasn't. But as long as I'm around, he is going to eat something.

"Look," I tried to persuade him, though somewhat sympathetically, "I brought you some leftover chicken breast and pasta."

It wasn't really leftover (I'd feel bad giving him that). I always made extra of whatever food I was making for Vlad. I'd put it in a box and hide it in my knapsack, and then pass it on to Danny. He needed nutrition, after all, and it would kill me if I just ate, and left Danny without food.

I was allowed food. Apparently, according to Vlad, I was a growing flower who needed her proper sustenance.

Yuck. What a sicko.

Danny gingerly outstretched his arm, the way a baby reaches out for their mother. I smiled affectionately. I brought the food closer to Danny. He held the box in one hand, and his cutlery in the other.

He looked up at me, innocently and tentatively, from the corner of his eyes. It was as if he were asking if he were allowed to touch the food.

"You can eat it," I nodded my head coaxingly, "It's all for you!"

He stared at it awhile longer. Finally, he lowered his fork and knife down to the box of food, and attempted to cut the piece of chicken. I saw he was struggling, so I gently took away the box, while explaining that I would cut it for him, and then give it back.

I quickly cut the chicken into small pieces, and mixed it in with the pasta. I gave him back the box and watched as he timidly took a spoonful from the food. The more bites he took, the more confident he became, and he eventually started gulfing down the food, as if it were the first food he'd had in at least a week. It was.

Soon enough, my eyelids slowly began to lower. I tried to stay awake, just in case Danny needed something, but I couldn't help myself. The world slowly lost its colour as I drifted into the land of dreams.

I awoke with a jerk many hours later. I blinked at my still unfamiliar surroundings, until I finally remembered where I was.

I groaned, tiredly.

Where's Danny? was my first thought.

I quickly scanned the room, looking for my friend. But he was nowhere. And he wasn't out working, this was his break!

"Danny? Danny?" I called, after realizing he wasn't there.

Danny? Danny??!!" I called frantically. Only an echo answered.

I heard a creak. The large metal door of the cell opened. At first I was afraid it would be Vlad, but I soon realized that the shadow on the ground wasn't at all the shape of Vlad. It was Danny's!

I ran up to him and hugged him.

"Danny! You scared me! Where did you go? You weren't here when I woke up and I wa-"

"I'm sorry," he whispered quietly. He looked crestfallen. His eyes were red and swollen up. Had he been crying?

"No, no! It's ok! Don't be sad! I was just worried!" I replied quickly, not wanting to see him looking so down.

"I…I can…I can't-" Danny stammered, looking down at the floor.

"You can't what?" I urged, concerned at the seriousness of Danny's tone.

"I'm so sorry!" He broke down in sobs. I watched him as he fell down to the ground on his knees, unable to bear it all. He let his face fall into his hands, as tears rolled down his cheeks.

I was so shocked at the reaction, that I myself could barely react. I stood there, rigid, unable to move.

Danny, what's happening to you?

"Um, Danny…don't worry about it…All that matters is that you're here now…" I tried to calm him.

Obviously I didn't know what he was upset about. I'd thought it was because he'd worried me for not being in the room. Apparently, that wasn't it.

"No…not just that…It's that," He managed to say through his tears.

"What?" I asked nervously.

"Vlad called me-"

"Vlad?" I asked lividly. "What? What did he do to you? Tell me Danny!" I insisted.

I may be a little freaked by this Vlad guy, but that didn't mean I was going to let him do anything to Danny, if I could help it. If I could help it.

"He called me after work…He said…He said…"

There was a pause while Danny recollected himself.

"He said I was never going to see you again. He said you…you were making- making me softer…" he stammered.

WHAT??

I couldn't say anything.

"He said-"

But I cut him off.

"Danny! NO! I won't let you go! I've just found you! I'm not letting you go!" I screamed, flinging my arms around one of the few people in the world I truly cared about. I didn't care if anyone heard me.

Danny only sobbed harder.

And as if that wasn't bad enough…

Cliffie!! Lol! But I'm sure it's not hard to gess what happens next! lol I have the next chapter written out (I need to edit), but I don't have the ones after that yet. And I'm still thinking about what to write for them, so my updates may be a tiny bit longer.

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