The next day arrived and everywhere trumpets were going off, announcing the arrivals of the archers, they walked in line in a parade. Dani and her friends just walked along behind the archers, children were given balloons and everyone everywhere waved their flags. In the large field, Prince Plasmius and Freakshow sat in the royal box, Plasmius smiled at the surroundings knowing that eventually a certain hero among the people would eventually turn up.
"Freakshow, this is a red letter day. A perfect day for an arrest" Vlad said as he sat down on his throne.
"Oh yes indeed sire. Your plan to capture Phantom in public is pure genius!" Freakshow exclaimed.
Vlad then gave out a satisfactory smile and exclaimed, "My trap is baited and set and then revenge will me mine!"
Freakshow then shushed him and whispered, "Not so loud sire! This is whole trap is meant to be a secret and we don't want anyone warning Phantom early"
"That insolent half-ghost! Oh I'll show him who wears the crown!" Vlad shouted in frustration.
"I share your loathing sire, that slippery scoundrel who fooled you with that silly disguise, who dared to rob you and made you so utterly ridiculous" Freakshow said, Vlad then got really annoyed and angry at him and yelled as he tried to hit him, "ENOUGH!"
Freakshow dodged his punch, Vlad then glared at him and said, "Freakshow, you deliberately dodged"
"But sire, please?" Freakshow begged him. Vlad then merely ordered, "Stop shaking and hold still"
Freakshow did what he was told and held still, Vlad then punched him on the head and he groaned out in pain, "Thank you sire"
Sam and Valerie then arrived at the tournament, Sam was pretty excited because she had a feeling she would definitely see Danny there.
"Oh I am so excited! And that's saying something for a Goth. But how will I recognise him?" Sam asked, Valerie then answered, "Oh he'll let you know somehow. That boy of yours if full of surprises"
They continued on their way, not realising that Danny was watching them in disguise. He was in his ghost form, wore a long black jacket, black pants and boots, a shirt that said Dumpty Humpty on it and a red cap on top of his head, he had his archery gear attached to his back by a strap. Frostbite was wearing royal clothing from the Far Frozen, disguising himself as a Duke.
"There she is Frostbite. Isn't she beautiful?" Danny asked as he began to walk out of the bushes and towards her, Frostbite then pulled him back and said, "Cool it lover boy! Your heart's running away with your head"
"Oh stop worrying! This disguise would fool my own parents if they were here" Danny said.
"Yeah but your parents aren't here, you need to fool old rule-loving Walker" Frostbite said as he pointed to Walker, who was walking towards the tournament parade line.
Danny winked at Frostbite and then went up to Walker and shook his hand as he said cheerfully, "Walker your honour! Meeting you face to face is a real treat!"
Walker smiled at the compliment and said, "Why thank you! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and win this tournament" he then continued on his way.
Frostbite laughed as Walker completely bought Danny's act and head out himself to fool Vlad while saying, "Well Danny's not a bad actor, but wait till he sees this scene I lay on Prince Plasmius"
He walked up to the royal box, then put on a fake look of surprise and bowed before him while saying, "Ah my lord! The head man himself! You're beautiful"
Vlad smiled at the compliments, Freakshow however didn't seem to trust the royal looking yeti ghost standing before him.
"He certainly has style Freakshow" Vlad said.
Freakshow then walked up to Frostbite and asked in a rude manner, "And who might you be sir?"
"I am Sir Icicle, Duke of the Far Frozen. And I wouldn't be so rude to me man" Frostbite answered, going more in character.
"Please have a seat" Vlad said as he gestured to Freakshow's seat. He sat down as he said, "Thank you your Majesty. You couldn't a better seat anywhere else than the royal box"
Freakshow became shocked at what Vlad juts did and then exclaimed, "Excuse me, but you have taken my seat!"
The two of them then laughed in humour and then Vlad said, "Oh with you around, who needs a court jester! Now get out there and keep your eyes open for you know who"
"You mean, I'm being dismissed?" Freakshow asked completely shocked.
"You heard his highness. Move it freak! Be gone dark one!" Frostbite demanded as he shoved him down the stair.
Freakshow then left muttering under his breath, "Who does that dopey duke think he is?! Freak! Dark one!"
As he continued on his way, Ghostwriter and Mr Lancer noticed him and became suspicious of what he was doing.
"He's definitely up to something Ghostwriter" Mr Lancer said, Ghostwriter nodded in agreement and said, "I think you may be right. Come on let's follow him"
The two then left to follow him around, to find out what he's up to, the trumpets then sounded for the archers to begin to make their way to the archery field for the tournament would begin soon. One by one in a straight line, all the archers walked past Vlad, Ghostwriter and Mr Lancer had lost sight of Freakshow, until they finally found him in the most recognisable disguise ever. He was wearing a trench coat and hat, he then began to walk around more to see if he could find Danny, with Ghostwriter and Mr Lancer following him behind.
Sam and Valerie then arrived at the royal box and sat down with Vlad and Frostbite, Freakshow hid behind a tent and then noticed Danny in his disguise, and although he doesn't know it's him first he still looked at him with suspicion. Danny then saw Sam and walked up to her to talk with her.
"Ah your ladyship! Begging your pardon but it's a great honour to be shooting for the favour of a lovely lady like yourself" Danny said, giving a confused Sam a black rose.
"I hope I win the kiss" Danny said and then winked at her, hoping she recognised him. She then gasped quietly as she recognised his icy blue eyes.
She blushed as she said, "I thank you archer. I wish you luck" and then she leaned in and whispered, "With all my heart"
Freakshow then started getting really suspicious of Danny and then walked off to the archery lines, Ghostwriter was about to grab him but missed him. Skulker then came up with a golden arrow on a pillow and handed it to Vlad as he said, "Your Highness, with your royal permission we are ready to begin"
"Proceed Captain" Vlad ordered.
Skulker then announced, "The tournament of the Golden Arrow will now begin!"
The crowd cheered at this announcement, the archers then readied their arrows, took aim and fired. Some missed and some hit the target, the crowd cheered for every archer on the field. Box Ghost took aim and fired, hitting the target.
"Go dad!" Box Lunch screamed, cheering for her father.
Walker then fired his arrow and hit the red circle just outside the bullseye, but nobody cheered for him. Freakshow hid behind a tree and watched Danny fire his arrow and hit a perfect bullseye, earning him cheers from the crowd and leaving a completely shocked Freakshow. Sam cheered for him, hoping that his luck continues.
"A perfect bullseye! Well, well" Vlad smiled suspiciously at the lucky archer.
"That's what you call pulling it back and letting it go my Lord" Frostbite laughed out.
"I'm gonna win that golden arrow and then I'm gonna get a kiss from that lovely Sam Manson!" Danny exclaimed excitedly to Walker, who was trying to concentrate on his own target.
"Listen punk, if you shoot half as well as you blabbermouth, your better than Danny Phantom" Walker said, glaring at him a little.
"Danny Phantom he says! Woah man! I'm good all right, but not as good as he is" Danny said and then fired another arrow, once again getting another bullseye and earning cheers from the crowd. Walker jaw just dropped that he got two bullseye's in a row, Freakshow then decided to check Danny out and got a device ready that'll tell him if he is right.
Frostbite laughed for a bit and said, "That boy is good!"
"Indeed he is Sir Icicle" Vlad agreed and continued to smile suspiciously at Danny.
"Oh by the way, I hear your having a bit of trouble getting your hands on that Phantom" Danny said.
Walker then said to him, "Punk's scared of me, that's what he is. You noticed he didn't even show up here today? If he was here, I would spot him in those phoney disguises"
"I'm sure you would" Danny said, laughing on the inside the fact the he was completely wrong.
Freakshow remained hidden in the bush, scanned Danny and waited for the results. The light blinked green and Freakshow smiled in excitement.
"It's him! It's Danny Phantom! I can't wait till I tell his Majesty!" Freakshow said in his head with excitement. He then ran over to the tents and began to head back the royal box, suddenly he was grabbed by Ghostwriter and Mr Lancer from behind.
Ghostwriter opened a large barrel of half-filled wine and Mr Lancer placed him in. Freakshow then was about to yell, "Unhand me you…" but was cut off when Ghostwriter slammed the lid down tightly, trapping him inside.
"Please! I don't drink!" Freakshow pleaded inside.
Skulker then examined all the targets as the rounds finished and then announced, "Attention everyone! The final contestants are, Sheriff Walker of Amity Park!"
Walker smiled and bowed in front of everyone, expecting cheers but only received boos. He was shocked and then gave a look of annoyance on his face.
"And Andy Nefton from Devonshire!" Skulker finished announcing.
The crowd cheered for Danny as he waved to everyone behind him, he then turned around and waved to Sam who waved back in excitement. Vlad noticed this and asked, "My dear I see you favour the young youth"
"Ah yes sir. Well at least he amuses me" Sam answered, hoping to not give Danny away.
"Coincidently my dear girl, he amuses me too" Vlad said and then laughed as his suspicions were getting close to coming true.
"For the final shoot out, move the target back thirty paces!" Skulker ordered.
Walker then ordered Victor a ghost vulture and one of Walker's men, "You heard him Victor! Get moving!"
Victor then panicked and got inside the target to move it back.
"And remember what you're supposed to do" Walker whispered to the vulture.
Victor then moved it back thirty paces and stayed inside the target, Walker fired his shot and when it was sure he was going to miss, Victor jumped the target in the air and made it hit the bullseye mark. The crowd booed, including Sam who hopes that Danny can win.
Walker gave a look of satisfaction and then Danny walked up and prepared to fire his arrow, Walker then knocked his bow up as he fired, Danny then fired another one at it, sending it soring to the target at top speed, hitting the target dead on and splitting Walker's arrow in half.
Danny did it! He won! The crowd cheered for their champion, Sam hugged Valerie and Vlad then gave Skulker a signal. Skulker nodded and then whispered something to one of the police ghosts on duty, Danny began to walk up to the royal box with a whole tail of police ghosts lead by Walker behind him.
Vlad then stood up and said, "Archer I commend you and because of your skills, you shall get what is coming to you. Our royal congratulations"
Danny then shook Vlad's hand and said, "Thank you kindly your highness!"
Vlad then smiled and made a sword appear in his hand, Danny bowed down as Vlad said, "And now I name you the winner, or more appropriately…"
Vlad then completely ripped Danny's disguise off and revealed Danny in front of everyone in his regular attire as he continued, "The loser!"