I apologize for the delayed up date, I had the flu, and then got grounded, so here is the next chapter!

I don't own DP.

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Sam looked Danny directly in the eye, her hands placed loosely on her hips. "Danny, what is she talking about?" She questioned her secret crush, her tone too calm for comfort. Danny shifted nervously.

"Heh… well… It is a really long story…"

"That I would love to hear," Sam moved closer to Danny, narrowing her eyes in suspicion as she cut him off.

"Sam trust me, I don't even understand what happened," Sam was getting annoyed that Danny was trying to procrastinate the time before he actually told the story. She sighed and put her hand on his arm, silencing the ramble of words she didn't even realize were coming out of his mouth. She felt him lose some of the tenseness in his shoulders; his facial expression softened in sync with hers.

"Excuse me," the maid spoke up again, reminding the teens of her presence, "but dinner is prepared, and the King doesn't enjoy when people are late to see him." She floated to the door and gestured for the lovebirds to follow her. Danny half-supported Sam as he did his best to stay with the maid as she expertly navigated the twists and turns of the castle.

"I never realized the castle was this big," Danny whispered to the Goth next to him; she nodded in agreement as the three arrived at a pair of over-sized doors.

"Wait here," the maid vanished down the hallway before entering a door at the end. Danny and Sam found themselves in an awkward silence, for neither could even look the other in the eye. They stood like that for what seemed like eternity before the doors before them opened to reveal a large, dimly lit room with a long table covered with elegant platters in the center.

Sam made a disgusted face at the roasted pig in the middle, while Danny glared at the ghost heading the table. Pariah Dark sat tall and proud, dressed in expensive looking furs and silks. He motioned to the seats to his direct left and right. Sam shot Danny cautious look before taking her seat. The three sat in silence before the Ghost King boomed,

"Well, are you not going to eat? This food is directly from the Human Zone, in fact, the Whipping Ghost and the Fright Knight retrieved it themselves." The teens then noticed the exhausted minions in the corner. The gleams in their eyes spoke menacingly, saying 'you better eat that food and like it'. Sam started nibbling on a strawberry while Danny took some ham. Suddenly, Danny felt a sharp pain in his side as he unintentionally blasted the food in his hand sky high with an ecto-blast.

"Crap," he muttered under his breath, Danny had been trying extremely hard to not let Pariah know that he was currently lacking control over his powers. The Ghost King sighed, and closed his eyes as he leaned his head back. When he opened his eyes, he said something that caught Danny completely off guard,

"I told you that if you wanted to play fight with the Whipping Ghost and allow him a hit, that you better be ready for the consequences." Danny stiffened, shocked still by Pariah's false statement. "By the way, do not enjoy when you lie to me, especially when it forces my loyal servants to act. Samantha didn't come as willingly as you said she would, she didn't even seem informed of our agreement." At Pariah's second false claim, Sam's eyes narrowed.

"Danny, whatever happened to 'I don't even understand what happened'? You better not be playing a trick on me." Sam hissed, darkness filling her already dangerous voice. She was fuming, who did Danny think he was?

"Sam, I…"

"Daniel, you didn't tell her did you? If I'm going to be your advisor someday…"

"What?" Danny cut him off.

"… then you mustn't tell me stuff that isn't true, especially about who is informed of you current position." Pariah wore a disapproving look on his face.

"I…" Danny was at a loss for words, and Sam had had enough of being left out (A.N. Sound Familiar?). She stood up and marched over to the door. "Sam…"

"Save the lies, Fenton." A maid appeared and followed her out. Danny rose to go after her.

"Child, if you say a word to Samantha before tomorrow evening, she will be killed immediately," Danny turned and glared at Pariah, "so have a nice rest." A pair of guards took Danny by his arms, leading him out of the room. The room became eerily silent.

"That went well," the Fright Knight's voice came from the back of the room.

"Yes, it did," the Ghost King agreed, "when I learned that Clockwork had tipped the Ghost Child off, I knew I needed a way to distract him. What better than his dear love being mad at him for a lie he didn't keep?" The three ghosts began to laugh, before Pariah silenced them with a raise of his hand. "Prepare for tomorrow, I shall retire." The minions bowed to their king as he left. The Whipping Ghost followed him out, but before he was completely out of sight of his partner, he turned back and held three fingers up.

The Fright Knight smirked and nodded.

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In the next chapter, I'm thinking of adding a Tucker faces the Fenton's and Manson's about Danny and Sam missing. Review and tell me what you think. Also, check out a short one shot I co-wrote with KlaineLovelies (an amazing fanfic writer for Glee) for Dora the Explorer. Summary: Dora and HITLEr judge American Idol… enough said.