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"I WANT TO GO TO THE BALL."

Rose came to a halt in front of the bellowing dragon. "So you didn't get asked out," she exasperated. "Do you have any idea how common that is?" Rose continued, with all seriousness. "Here's what I do: buy a tub of ice-cream, and rent a movie. I don't destroy the town."

The ethereal dragon blew a green fireball at Rose.

Danny sped in front of her, and flexed his arms. A glowing green dome of energy covered the two of them. The fireball fizzled harmlessly against the shield.

"WHAT are you doing?" Rose shrieked, looking at Danny, utterly horror-struck.

"Helping," Danny quipped. "It's a hero thing." He dropped the shield.

Rose was only distracted for a second. That's all it took.

"Look out!" Danny yelled.

The next thing Rose knew, she was on the ground, watching the dragon give Danny a vicious back hand. He sailed up through the broken skylight and out of sight. The dragon didn't even spare Rose a second glance; with a flap of its wings, it took off after the ghost boy.

In the back of her mind, Rose knew if Danny hadn't of shoved her out of the way, she would have been knocked through the skylight. However she was too mad and concerned to care. The ghost-girl picked herself up out of a destroyed planter. She wobbled unsteadily on her feet for a second. Shaking her head she said urgently, "I've got to go save Phantom." In a burst of speed she was airborne.

Danny knew everything was going according to his plan. Okay, so technically being sent sailing uncontrollably through the air, not part of the plan, but luring the dragon out of the mall was. Danny shrugged. Meh, he thought, I'll take what I can get. Now all Danny needed to do was get the golden necklace set with an emerald off of the dragon. The necklace gave the dragon the power to shape shift, when it got mad. No necklace made it easy prey for the Fenton thermos. Now that I'm not in the mall, and can use my speed, Danny thought.

"ROAAAAAAAAAR!"

Danny smiled. Right on cue. He was standing in the middle of an empty street. With a crunch of asphalt the Dragon landed right in front of him.

"Easy girl," Danny said soothingly. Danny advanced towards the dragon cautiously.

Rose saw the dragon move towards Phantom. With no time to think, she charged. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," she screamed like a banshee, electricity crackling from her fists.

At that exact second, Danny took flight in a burst of speed, aiming for the necklace.

The dragon looked at the source of the shrieking. When it saw Rose, it sidestepped.

With a sickening thud, the two ghosts collided in midair; they both fell towards the ground, hitting hard.

Rose and Phantom both got to their feet at the same time. Rose was livid.

"You are just IN THE WAY!" She howled at Phantom, the veins bulging out of her slender neck.

Danny's eye started twitching again. "Really," he hissed. "Well saw-ree for saving you back in the mall."

The Dragon glanced between the two feuding ghost kids, as if not sure which one to squash.

"SAVE ME?" If possible Rose raised her volume even louder. "No, no, NO. YOU distracted me." Now Rose's eye was twitching. "Then you had to go ram me out of the air, when I went to save you."

"You made the…" Danny looked up in the middle of his tirade. "WOAH!" He exclaimed, jumping back.

Rose looked up and mirrored Danny's movement.

CRASH.

There was a giant clawed hand where the two ghosts had been standing.

"Do you mind?" Rose huffed, yellow electricity flaring out of her hands.

"Yeah," Danny added as both his hands and his eyes began to glow an icy blue. "You need to chill." With that Danny extended both his hands towards the Dragon. Energy raced at the ghost, like a blast from a fire hose. Snow and frost began to form on the dragon's scales.

The dragon bellowed in rage and pain.

Rose made a finger gun, pointing at the dragon's pendant. A thin bolt of yellow energy shot out, striking the necklace of the dragon.

The still howling dragon began to shrink. Its scales softened, and turned green, its horns began to lengthen and turn yellow.

Rose didn't wait. Whipping out her thermos, she sucked the still transforming ghost inside. She aimed it at the pendant on the ground, and vacuumed that up as well. She then glared at Phantom. "I don't care what witty banter you have based off of ice." Venom dripped from her voice. "You are done with ghost fighting until I say otherwise."

"You're freezing me out?" Danny asked, with a slight smile.

Rose's eye resumed twitching as He continued.

"You sure can give a guy the cold-sh-"

"STOP-TALKING." Rose snapped in one breath. Electricity flared out from her fisted hands again, dancing wildly, as Rose started breathing through her nose. Compared to her eyes, the light show was tame.

Rose unclenched her hands, letting the energy dissipate as she took a deep breath. When she started talking again her volume was softer, but her tone was still acidic. "Remember what we talked about. You are in danger, and I can't protect you if you won't listen to me."

"In danger from what?" Danny asked. There was no scorn in his voice, just confusion. "What exactly are you protecting me from?"

Rose was shaking her head. "I can't tell you."

"Can't, or won't?" Danny questioned.

"Can't Phantom," she said regretfully; her eyes softening, her shoulders drooping. "I can't. Even after all you've done-" She stopped suddenly.

"What've I done?" Danny interrupted.

Rose paled. "Nothing," she said too quickly. Her eyes hardened, and her voice grew militant. "Look, please stay out of my way. Let me do what I came here to do." With that she turned invisible.

Danny looked at the darkening sky. "I don't understand girls."

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