Author's note: So basically, I suck at updating. I'm sorry! I'm trying my best, I really am. But my parents haven't really been letting me do much without catching up on school.

Disclaimer- Do not own Danny Phantom.

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"So where are we going now?" Sam asks following Danny towards the old man's cabin.

"The old man wants to talk to us, and he probably wants to come with us and--"

"What? That old crack head is not coming with us!" Sam protests, Danny rolls his eyes.

"He'll grow on you, he's not...a bad guy," Danny says without thinking, but suddenly finding the words to be true. Sam shakes her head before walking faster towards Danny, the old cabin up a head. The old man stood in front of the cabin, Nil the owl flying around his head but suddenly placing itself on Sam's arm. She shivers at first, but suddenly finds a strange comfort to having the owl next to her.

"Hey, so we're here," Danny says walking towards the old man, he smiles.

"Good, now then you two. It's very brave of you to take on this quest. But...there is something you must know," the old man says, the owl jumps from Sam's arm and back to the old man. Sam watches as it flies around his head and sighs.

"What's that?" she asks, the old man takes Danny and Sam's hands and places them on top of each other, Sam and Danny frown.

"There is a possibility that one of you may not come back alive," the old man says holding their hands tightly.

"Not come back..." Sam repeats while Danny shakes his head.

"Well why!?" Danny asks confused, the old man ruffles his hair.

"If you two don't learn to get along...it'll be the death of the two of you. There's a truth in every lie, and there's love in every tear...remember that," the old man says throwing a backpack at Danny's face, who blinked and got slammed backwards by it. Sam laughs as he gets up, angrily.

"What the hell was that!?" He asks angrily, the old man smiles.

"I wanted to leave you on good terms," he smirks.

"Wait, your not coming with us?" Sam asks in disbelief.

"I'm afraid not, if I go any farther than this forest I will die. It's part of my own curse," the old man smiles, Sam frowns.

"Your own curse?"

"Well then you two had best be off!" the old man says pushing Sam towards Danny who catches her before she falls to the ground.

"Hey! Wait how are we supposed to--"

"Already arranged!" the old man grins snapping his fingers so that a large creature from the sky flies towards the ground. It's eagle like head pecking at the air around it and it's lion body clawing fiercely at the ground. Sam looks into it's golden eyes, somehow...she knew the creature could be trusted. It's blue exterior brought shivers down Danny's back but he agreed to climb onto it.

"Daniel!" The old man hollers, Danny turns to look at him while Sam climbs onto the creatures back.

"You may need these," the old man whispers giving him a golden ring and a small purple orb that looked exactly the same as the old mans. The ring was what caught Danny's interest the most, it looked battered and beaten, the small turquoise oval on the top of the ring reflecting Danny's eyes. They seemed to shine brighter in it's color...he put the ring on his finger, suddenly feeling power run through out his body.

"What are they for?" Danny asks, the old man shakes his head.

"For me to know and for you to find out...be careful. Protect Sam and...please...both of you come back alive. Break the dragon curse, and never take of the medallion," the old man pleads, and for the first time...Danny thought that the old man was going to cry.

"I promise," Danny says running towards Sam and the creature. He climbs onto it's back and straps the backpack to his back, Sam nods.

"Are you ready?" she asks shaking, he nods wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Let's go," Danny replies and immediately feels an intense amount of pressure on the top of his head as the wind attempts to set them back on the ground, but as they touched the skies, the creature launched itself through the sky...and away from the old man's cabin.

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"It's amazing how your handling this thing," Danny says sarcastically as he holds onto Sam for dear life, she glares at him...or tries too without crashing into anything around them.

"Look, like you could possibly do any better!" Sam yells over the roaring of the wind, Danny rolls his eyes and gets ready to say good bye to his life.

"Watch it! Watch it!" Danny yells, Sam screams at the sight of the large mountains up ahead, the creature flying straight towards them.

"TURN IT!" Danny hollers through the wind and yanks at the creature's feathers causing it to take a sharp turn away from the mountains, Sam grabs onto Danny's hands.

"ARE YOU CRAZY!" she screams pushing his hands away and looking back towards the sky.

"NO! I KINDA JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DYING! SORRY!" Danny yells back, she rolls her eyes.

"Whatever," she sighs, even though she knew he was right. They soared through the sky, feeling the violent wind blast past their heads and rushing through clouds as the misty spray splashes them all over. Sam smiles as the creature dives towards the ground, Danny shrieking slightly behind her so that he grabs Sam so tightly he was knocking the air out of her stomach.

"You big baby he just needs some water," Sam says pushing his hands back, Danny frowns.

"Maybe next time you can warn me before we take a nose dive towards the ground," Danny mumbles, Sam rolls her eyes as they finally land on the safe ground. It was strange being back on land after such a long flight, the trees all looked different. They were all so much taller than the one's back at Danny and Sam's home, and the weather was so much colder.

"We're definitely not in the Fenton kingdom anymore," Sam says kicking at a stone near the lake, Danny nods looking around. The creature was taking big gulps out of the lake like some weird fire hose that only sucked in water, the sun was setting. How long had they been traveling?

"Where do you think we are?" Danny asks, Sam shakes her head.

"No idea, this thing has a mind of it's own," Sam says pointing towards the creature, Danny nods. A sudden howl from behind them brings them both to a jump, Sam quickly runs towards Danny's side.

"Did you hear that!?" Sam asks, panicking.

"Yeah, maybe it was a wolf or---"

"A WOLF? ARE YOU KIDDING--"

"Shut up!" Danny yells smacking his hand over her mouth, the howling grows louder and Sam quickly grabs onto Danny's hand.

"Danny, what do we do?" Sam says, shaking.

"I...I don't know," Danny whispers, the sound of something flapping away quickly caught his attention. He turns around to see the creature flying through the sky once more, only this time, Danny and Sam were still on the ground.

"SAM! IT'S FLYING AWAY!" Danny yells running after it, Sam runs behind him. They race against the speed of the creature's wings, flapping their own arms to catch it's attention.

"COME BACK!" Sam screams, jumping over fallen trees.

"NO!" Danny yells as he falls over into the lake, Sam quickly helps him up.

"It's...gone..." she whispers, they sit and watch as the creature flies it's beautiful wings up towards the sunset, and out of sight.

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"Wonderful! You know this is just fantastic! I'm stranded in some stupid forest, and I have no damn idea on where we are! And the only person I have to talk to, is none other than you! Danny fenton. Oh just shoot me now," Sam shrieks falling to the ground, Danny rolls his eyes slamming the back pack the old man had given him onto the ground.

"Don't blame me for this! You we're the one steering the damn thing! I bet he couldn't take your stupid whining all the time! I'm surprised I haven't sprouted my own pair of wings and flown away yet!" Danny retorts quickly standing.

"Oh please! If it weren't for your stupid dragon heart we wouldn't be here! And don't forget...YOU CAN ALWAYS FLY AWAY! JUST TAKE OFF THAT STUPID MEDALLION!" Sam screams, Danny shakes his head.

"I should just turn into a dragon so I can eat you," Danny says sitting himself down on the forest floor, his back against a tree. Sam slides down to her knees, staring up at the starless night, the moon creeping over them with a grin that brought shivers down Sam's back.

"I wouldn't like that," Sam whispers.

"Like I care," Danny spat back, ignoring her glum face.

"Look Danny, we can't keep doing this," she finally says. She crawls towards him in the dark, sitting back to back with him against the tree.

"Doing what?" he asks.

"Fighting! Why are you so--'

"Stop fighting Sam, we can't keep doing that, remember?" Danny says mimicking her, She shakes her head at him and angrily gets up.

"I don't even know why I bother! Stupid jerk!" she yells kicking dirt at his shoes and quickly walking away.

"Where are you gonna go! You're a stupid girl in a forest! You're gonna get eaten Sam, and I'm not gonna be there to save you!" Danny yells back at her.

"I'd rather be eaten than to stay with you Danny! Go to hell!" she hollers running into the darkness, Danny watches her leave. Feeling the medallion begin to pound against his heart, a sudden stinging sensation goes through his body.

"Damn it..."

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"Stupid Danny, thinks he can get the best of me like that. We'll see how far he gets without me, I'll show him," Sam mumbles under her breathe. She climbs over a tall rock, the scratches of tree branches stinging her entire body as she walks farther. There was barely any light to follow in the forest, everything seemed to move as she walks, and everything seemed to watch her.

"Maybe...I shouldn't have left," she says, stopping in place. The darkness was suddenly becoming incredibly overwhelming, it felt like it was beginning to crawl towards her, threatening to swallow her whole the more she stood in place. Her lungs tighten up, and her heart races at the speed of light, her hands start shaking. What's going on?

"Danny...," she whispers, her voice losing her. She falls to the ground, gasping for air and help. The howling from before echoes around the forest. Sam immediately forces herself to stand, running from the sound of the howls.

"Help!" she screams at the top of her lungs, the howling was getting closer. She runs faster, her lungs screaming for her to stop. The darkness was tightening more around her, and the beating of her heart was running with her, getting ready to stop. The howls echo around her, jumping back and forth all around her, she falls to the ground, tears falling from her eyes.

"DANNY!" She screams again, grabbing the ground for support her hands scratching it and filling with dirt. Footsteps stomp behind her, the earth moving beneath her.

"No!" she screams in protest as she's lifted from the ground.

"Beautiful..." the voice of a boy, but it isn't Danny.

"Leave me alone!" she screams with little effort, she was now in their arms.

"Beautiful..." they whispered once more, she shakes her head no. But before she knew it, she was leaning against them and falling asleep...forgetting the world around her.

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The light of the sun suddenly pops through his eyelids as he quickly blinks into the morning, yawning he looks around.

"Sam didn't come back last night," Danny says quickly standing, he looks around for the raven haired girl, expecting her to jump out and yell, " hey jerk! good morning!"

But her cry never came...

"SAM!" Danny hollers through the wind, it carries his voice through the sky, without a reply.

"Damn it!" he cries grabbing his back pack and running around frantically.

"Sam!" he yells around the forest, losing thought on where he was before, maybe he was going in circles?

"Sam! Sam!---Sam?" Danny says suddenly stopping in place, he quickly hides behind a tree and watches as a boy places Sam over his shoulder. He looks about fifteen, his blonde hair and yellow eyes shouldn't be a good combination, and yet they worked perfectly. He looks like an average kid, but...there was something different about him, the ring the old man gave Danny suddenly begins to throb on his finger. Danny frowns and looks back at the boy, only...he was no longer a boy.

Danny watches in amazement as the boy slowly turns shorter and as if in pain, doubles over on all fours. His hands grasp at the ground and slowly turn into claws, his eyes turn into slits and white fur begins to sprout all over his body. Danny bit his tongue in order to keep him from screaming in shock, the boy...now stood on the ground as a white wolf, it's yellow eyes staring straight ahead of him with hunger. Sam was still sprawled on his back, her eyes deeply shut.

Danny watches in amazement as the wolf sprints deeper into the forest. Danny hesitates at first, but then suddenly finds himself in a rush to save Sam, as if all that mattered was her standing next to him again. His heart was beating faster, and the medallion was burning a hole in his chest, while his ring throbbed as if it had a heart of it's own. Too many things we're going on at once, it was too much to understand. The wolf sprinted through the trees, cutting through anything that got in the way, destroying every animal that dared step in front of him and Sam.

Danny was afraid for himself, he was afraid of what might happen to him if he didn't get her back, he was afraid of what was going on with the medallion...but somehow...he was more scared for her. He wanted her back...a little too badly.

"Forget it Danny!" Danny whispers to himself, blocking away the thoughts of her. The wolf suddenly approaches a tall white castle, Danny stares in amazement as the castle stands in the light of the sun, the draw bridge slowly opening and the wolf quickly rushing in, Danny manages to get inside along with him.

The stone floors around him brought cold through his body as the darkness of the room brought even more chills. Paintings hung all over the walls of wolfs, witches, and skeletons. All either fighting each other or being beaten alive, dead flowers brought a disgusting stench around the room. A pile of bones piled up in a corner on the right side of the room, four hallways were settled on the other side of the room.

"Where'd they go!" Danny stumbles looking around, he runs through a random hallway, listening for the howling of the wolf or the cries of Sam. The hallways were dimly lit, looking more like subway stations rather than an actual castle, what is with this place.

"DANNY! HELP!" it was Sam! Danny sprints towards her voice, a door clearing up a head of him, he quickly bursts through the door.

"Hello Danny," barks a voice from behind him, he quickly turns around.

"SAM!" He yells, she stood chained to the wall, the boy standing before her with a knife to her throat.

"Welcome Danny," the boy says, stowing his knife in his pocket. Danny backs away from him, looking towards Sam who was desperately trying to get away from the chains.

"H...Hi...," Danny replies lamely, he knocks over a table behind him, the breaking of glass suddenly alarms him. He quickly turns around to face broken glass and fallen potions all around him.

"What is this? Some kind of lab?" Danny asks, the boy smiles.

"Indeed, you are here to watch dear Sam turn into a demon," the boy smirks.

"Demon!?" Danny repeats, alarmed.

"Well yes, you see...I am a demon. Half creature, half human, as you may recall. Anything half of something and half of something else...is a demon," the boy explains, Danny nods walking towards Sam.

"Leave her be Danny, I've fallen in love with her. I want her as my bride, I'll turn into a demon like myself, half wolf, half human," the boy laughs taking out his knife again and walking towards Sam.

"DANNY!" Sam screams again.

"TOUCH HER AND DIE KID!" Danny yells, the boy grins turning to look at him.

"And what...could a stupid teenager like you, do to stop me?" the boy laughs.

"I'll kill you," Danny says the ring on his finger suddenly growing on his finger.

"You? Kill me?" the boy repeats.

"Yeah, oh please kid don't tell me your half deaf too," Danny says exasperated.

"Fine then, it's a duel. A duel to the death," the boy says pointing his knife towards Danny.

"You really think you can do any harm with that puny thing?" Danny asks, shaking his head in pity.

"I don't know Danny, feeling lucky?" the boy asks, "Do you accept my duel?"

"I accept, and I'm sure as hell gonna win," Danny smirks.

"Fine then, hephastos!" he yells, Danny raises an eyebrow at him.

"No, me...Danny," Danny laughs, the boy frowns at him.

"I wasn't talking to you," the boy grins pointing towards his knife, it suddenly grows before Danny's eyes. The blade gleaming in the sunlight and looking ready to strike at anything that moved. It...was no longer a knife, but a full grown sword...damn.

"You...cheated! Hold on a sec!" Danny starts, backing away.

"No no kid, we do this now. You already accepted, still feeling lucky!" the boy laughs running towards Danny with the sword, he slashes at his head. Danny quickly ducks under the sword, feeling the sword scratch at his neck.

"Well then Danny, I guess this really isn't going to be much of a challenge. Tsk, Tsk, wanna say goodbye to her while you still can!?" the boy screams slashing his sword towards Danny once more, he jumps over a wooden table behind him, and the sword slashes right through the table. It falls apart, and Danny quickly grabs one of the wooden legs.

"DANNY WATCH IT!" Sam screams from the sidelines, watching in terror. Danny jumps aside and blocks the boys slash with the wooden leg, blocking the swords blast...but for how long.

"C'mon Danny! Let's see how long that thing can protect you!" the boy snickers pressing his sword against the wooden leg, it was slowly beginning to crack in half, the tip of the sword becoming more and more visible to Danny as he attempts to push the sword off of him. The ring on his finger was now shaking with anxiety...what did it want to do...

"STOP!" Sam screams.

"SHUT UP HONEY!" The boy yells, the wooden leg suddenly breaks in half, the tip of the boy's sword suddenly slashing at his face...a strange sensation suddenly surrounds his body...like being thrown into a lake full of warm ice...cold...yet hot...

"DANNY NO!" Sam screams, tears in her eyes.

Was this...the feeling of death?

"Wh...what the hell did you do?"

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Author's note: As I said earlier, I suck at updating. I'm really, really sorry! I honestly can't tell you when I'm gonna update anymore, I'm trying hard to keep a good balance of things, but it's not really working. I'll figure it out, but anyway. So Sam got kidnapped by this demon kid...and...now...did Danny just die or not!?!?!? Oh and sorry if you felt this chapter to be a little rushed, I was in a hurry to finish it!Until later readings you'll find out!! buhbye!