Cordelia stood behind Tucker and glanced around the corridor as she watched her breath appear icy cold due to the temperature dropping abnormally cold (not that she was really phased by it. The cold never bothered her anyways). Aside from her, Tucker, Sam and Danny, everyone else was lying on the ground collapsed and unconscious, with a nasty bee sting on the spot where the ghost bees stung them. Unlike the time where she was snatched from a jack-o-lantern headed knight, these two ghosts were more ominous, and by the looks of their eerily creepy smile, nothing good was going to come out this.
"Who are you, and why have you infested our school with ghost bees?" Danny interrogated the two.
"Do you like it? It's a homecoming present from our Queen Bee herself. She wanted to make sure that your homecoming kicks off with a little- oh, what's the word?- flair," the girl smirked. "And as much as I want to play with you, I have duties to perform gifted from my queen, so Luka here will be keeping you entertained. Won't you?"
"Of course, sora mea," The boy, Luka, assured her. Lucia smiled deviously and phased through the ceiling, leaving the scene as quickly as possible. With that, Danny charged over to the two and blasted the two with his ghost ray. Luka simply went intangible and allowed the ghost ray to phase right through him and collide into one of the hallway fluorescent lights on the ceiling. "Don't tell me that's the best you got, Phantom," Luka taunted him, tackling him to the ground and pinning him down.
"Lucia and I have heard so much about from from our queen and all the other ghosts in the ghost zone, and I'm curious to know why you have such a high bounty on your head. You can go hard on me, I don't mind."
"Tucker, Sam, Cora. Go after that ghost girl, and figure out where's she heading. I'll take care of dead meat over here," Danny instructed.
"Uh, I'm not going anywhere with Miss Slutty America here," Sam retorted. "And we're not done talking here-"
"For fuck's sake, Sam! Just do as I fucking say!" Danny erupted in anger.
Sam flinched as the tone of Danny's voice, but she reluctantly complied and ran out of school with Tucker and Sam. She was far beyond pissed, and the fact that Cordelia was being all smitten and shameless about Danny taking her to the dance really irked her. What did Cordelia had that Sam doesn't? Here she was, gushing blood from her nose and Danny doesn't even have the decency to ask if she's okay or if she's wounded enough to the point where she has to see the nurse's office.
Eventually they reached the park, out of breath and examined the area. The park was vacant, only a few birds fluttering around picking up stray food up from the ground and strutting around the grass. "According to the Fenton Finder, that girl should be somewhere around here," Tucker said, staring at the beeping device in hand.
"Shouldn't we go back to help Danny? What if those bees come back and attack him?" Cordelia asked, a worried expression on her face.
"He'll be fine, Cora. Danny's dealt with a lot of ghosts before and he's gotten much stronger. It'll be like taking candy from a baby," Tucker assured.
"If I were you, dark chocolate, I wouldn't put too much faith in your buddy."
Tucker, Sam and Cordelia glanced up at the sky, and there was the ghost girl (Lucia, since that was the name used by the other ghost Luka), levitating above them in a lying position, a evil smile splitting her lips apart wide to reveal her sharp teeth. "Those bees we released were carrying a little venom in their stingers, and it won't be long until everyone in Casper High and all of Amily Park will be suffering from the bees' venomous effects."
"You must be out of your damn mind if you think those fucking bees are going to kill the Danny Phantom!" Tucker cockily promulgated.
Lucia's smirk only grew wider as she flew herself down to the ground and stood right in front of the trio. "I didn't say anything about killing, dark chocolate. If my queen wanted Danny Phantom dead, she would have killed him herself. But if that were to happen, she wouldn't have anyone to play with," Lucia said.
"Well, whatever you guys are plotting, we're not going to let you win!" Sam exclaimed triumphantly.
Lucia abruptly broke into laughter, throwing her head back and clutched her stomach. The clear blue skies suddenly became dark and cloudy and the breeze around became brisk and unsettling. "You sound so fucking stupid! Don't you get it? We've already won!" Lucia cackled, and with that, she fired two ghost beams at Tucker and Cordelia, sending them flying far away and knocking them to the ground. Sam ran after them, but was tackled to the ground by Lucia. Lucia snickered as she watched Sam struggle to get the ravenette ghost off of her and playfully nipped her right ear. "Danny's really cute, y'know. It'd be a shame if someone were to cheat on him with someone of a lesser status, don't you think, Manson?" she whispered.
At that moment, Sam's blood gone cold and her body was paralyzed with fear and anxiety. There was no way this girl knew about her and Dash's affair. Everybody was in the dark about the whole thing. But Sam knew that ghosts were always wandering around Amity Park just looking for a way to make a mess of things. Sam doesn't have a ghost sense like Danny, so she wouldn't know if there's a ghost around her area or not. "I didn't cheat on Danny, bitch," Sam snapped.
"I didn't say you did, now did I?" was Lucia's response.
After licking a stripe on Sam's cheek, Lucia hopped off of the goth's back and flew off. A loud groan was heard and Tucker sat up and rubbed his head as he stumbled up to his feet. "Ow," he grumbled. He aided Cordelia up and headed over to Sam. "Sam, are you okay? Did that girl hurt you?"
Sam didn't answer and stared at the ground with her hair draped over her face. All she could hear were Lucia's voice ringing in her head.
It'd be a shame if someone were to cheat on him with someone of a lesser status, don't you think, Manson?
Danny laid flat in the middle of the football field, pain rippling throughout his body. His suit was torn up and bruises were beginning to show up on his skin. Luka hovered to him and plopped himself on top of Danny, straddling the clearly wounded halfa. "You're fun to play with, Phantom. I can see why you're such a hot topic," Luka said, gyrating his ass over Danny's crotch.
"Gee, I'm so flattered," Danny groaned sarcastically. "Hate to break it to you, but I have a girlfriend."
"That's right, you're still together with that Morticia Addams bitch. How's that relationship going for you?" Luka questioned him.
Danny didn't answer and simply averted his gaze somewhere else. Luka smiled and propped his finger on Danny's chest and twirled it around. "Let's be honest, here, Phantom. Your relationship is a hot topic in the ghost zone, and every ghost knows that your current relationship is swimming in a pile of shit. Why stay with her when you can find someone better?"
"Because I love her." Danny automatically answered.
"Does she love you?" Luka inquired.
Danny opened his mouth to fire back a response, but paused to really think. No relationship was perfect, and his brief romance with Valerie was proof of that, yet Danny and Sam had been through so much, from his first fight with the Lunch Lady Ghost to the time he saved the earth from a giant meteor. It only sounds natural that they develop emotions for each other and begin dating. But where was that love now? What had started out as tender kisses and nights of sneaking out for a late night flight around town has turned into petty arguments and days of avoiding each other. Danny never really noticed how bad things have turned out between him and Sam until Cordelia walked in. With Cordelia, things were a lot less stressful and he could be himself. No fightings, no "Transform into Danny Phantom so you can help benefit me for my master plan to save the earth and whatnot". Just him, Tucker and Cordelia having a blast together at the Nasty Burger.
"Fratele Meu~"
Luka and Danny glanced up to see Lucia flying over to them with a big grin. "It's done. Let's go," she commanded. Luka looked down at Danny and winked, levitating off of him and flying over to his twin sister. "Want my opinion? If you can't say for sure that your girlfriend loves you, save yourself the pain and break up with her," Luka advised him. And with that, the two disappeared. Danny stared off into space blankly before he slowly got up and transformed back to normal. As much as Danny want to admit it, Luka had a point. Where exactly does their relationship stand? Danny can't even recall the last time they said "I love you" to each other. And with Cordelia added into the equation, the situation has gotten even worse. He shouldn't beat around the bush any longer than he already has. He has to find out where his and Sam's relationship before Homecoming. And if it means breaking up with her… then so be it.
Sam lied down on her bed that night, staring up at the ceiling with her mind swarming with thoughts and tears falling down her face. She couldn't stop thinking about what that girl Lucia said. The more she thought about it, the more guiltier she felt. At this point, the feelings of her wrongdoings were unbearable and no matter what she did to try to shake it off, her attempts were futile. She couldn't take it anymore, lying to Danny and not admitting to her sins. Just looking at him knowing that he's unaware of what she did made her feel beyond despicable. As much as she wanted to keep her mouth shut, the pain in her heart was too heart wrenching to ignore.
But she was also scared. Scared of what would happen if she did confess. Obviously, Danny would be upset, and she can't blame him. It's almost been two weeks since she and Dash hooked up and her mouth haven't said a peep since. But would he really break up with her? Would Danny be so upset with her that he'd really call things quits? He's already taking Cordelia to homecoming. What if he asks her out to be his new girlfriend? Sam grimaced at the thought. From the moment she saw Cordelia being all buddy buddy with Danny, she grew to despise the girl. She hated how close and low key flirtatious they were with each other, and hated how Danny was absolutely okay with it. But now that she knows that Danny is going to homecoming with Cordelia not her, she was beyond pissed. Even if she didn't want to go to the dance, she wasn't going to be okay with Danny taking some girl out on a date.
"Samantha! Will you come down here for a moment, dear?" Pam's voice called out from downstairs.
Sam sighed and rolled out of bed. She really was hoping it wasn't some stupid girly dress her mother had bought for her and wanted her to try on. She was really not in the mood for anything of such nature. She found her parents sitting in the kitchen with a laptop and a white parcel in front of them. Both of her parents held a straight face, which was unlike them since they were so cheerful and bright. It was very rare for them to see them bear such a stoic expression, which meant something wasn't right. "Take a seat, Samantha. Press play to start the video and tell us what you see," Her father instructed.
Sam was confused and worried, but sat down in the empty chair and clicked play. What Sam saw made her blood stop circulating. There on the computer screen, was a video of her naked with her mouth wrapped around Dash's dick and bobbing her head up and vigorously while Dash had his fingers buried in her pussy while his free hand was nestled deep in Sam's hair and his head tossed back in pleasure. Sam has no recollection of what happened that night at Dash's place, but seeing this video and watching drunk her gleefully slap Dash's cock against her cheek and swirl her tongue around his tip made her sick to her stomach.
"I-I can explain-"
"Please do, Samantha. Please explain to me the meaning behind this video and these phallic photos!" Pam snapped, abruptly standing up and slamming a stack of large printed shots of Sam of Dash in a variety of photos, each more kinky than the other. "I was worried sick about you! Your father and I spent hours trying to find you because you didn't come home that night! I thought that something bad had happened to you, but here you are, having sex with some boy!"
"We've tolerated a lot of things from you, Samantha, for your sake- the Gothic lifestyle, your environmental vegan phase, your relationship with that Fenton boy," Sam's father chimed in as he gestured to the laptop. "But this right here is unacceptable, What were you thinking, young lady? You're seventeen years old, a junior in high school. The only thing that should be occupying your mind is your education and trying to get into Ivy Leagues, not fucking and- and sucking! What do you have to say for yourself?"
Sam was quiet. She didn't know what to say and didn't want to risk digging herself a deeper hole. Her eyes were pitifully fixated on the video, watching her drunk self play with her tits as she sits down on Dash's disk and erratically bounce up and down. Just how much alcohol did they drink exactly. "I'm sorry, mom and dad. I'm really sorry! It won't happen again."
"That's right, young lady, it won't happen again. Because your father and I have enrolled you in Académie du Cygne Blanc," Pam announced.
"What?!" Sam jumped up from her seat and screamed incredulously. Académie du Cygne Blanc was everything she feared. It was the most elite school in all of Europe and very hard to get into, but the worst thing about it was that it the private school was very much popular for its ability to groom girls into "perfect women of society." It was like the beauty pageant ordeal with Princess Dora, except far more worse. Pam and Jeremy always expressed their desire to enroll Sam in school like Académie du Cygne Blanc, due to their belief that Tucker and Danny were corrupting their mind and how unladylike she has become, and often threatened her to send her off abroad if she didn't straighten up, but up until now, they've never gone through with the threat. If the situation wasn't so lethal, Sam would have thought her parents were joking. But by the furious look in their eyes, Sam knew that this time, they were serious. "I'm not going to some fucking princess pageant school for girly girls in France!"
Pam held up her hand and glared at Sam, which prompted the teen to stay silent. "I have had it with your unruly behavior, Samantha. Just when I thought your ghost hunting hobby with that Fenton boy could not get any worse, this pops up and spreads across Amity Park like wildfire! You will be groomed into the perfect woman, and if your father and I can't do it, then we'll send you off abroad so that somebody else can!" Pam shrilled. "Next Saturday, you're leaving for the airport to catch your flight. I suggest you head straight to your room and start packing, and say all your goodbyes. We are beyond disappointed with you, young lady."
Sam's lips quivered and with hot tears welling up in her eyes, she ran up to her bedroom and threw herself into her bed, burying her face into her pillows and broke down crying. In just little less than eight hours, everything was falling apart. Danny and Cordelia, and now her cheating was out to the public. What next?
Sam was so caught in crying, she failed to notice two ghost loitering around her bedroom window. Luka and Lucia watched her grieve in her bedroom with delight etched on their faces. The twins flew off and headed towards the school, a sea of pink mist cloaking over the city. When they arrived, they spotted a figure with glowing pink eyes standing on top of the roof, deeply inhaling in the haze. Luka and Lucia landed right behind the mysterious figure and knelt down with their heads hung low.
"My queen, we've come with great news," Luka began. "The goth girl's parents are sending off her France. She won't be hindering in our plans any longer."
"And the bees' aphrodisiac venom worked perfectly, just like you planned. Every student who was stung are now getting off in bed in their sleep and are now secreting their sexual energies," Lucia added, gesturing to the fuchsia smog the figure was devouring. "It won't be long until you're fully charged."
A giggle echoed into the air and the figure licked its lips. "I expected nothing less from my two precious babies. With that goth bitch out of the picture, I won't have to worry so much about my plan being foiled. All that's left is for me to absorb Phantom's tantric energy," the ominous figure squealed in the delight, and gazed at the town. "Watch out, Amity Park. The queen has come to reclaim her crown."
