Chapter 8

Angrey had never been happier in her life. Someone wanted to be her friend. Someone asked her to be their friend- not the other way around. She was so astonished by the adorable little ghost innocently smiling at her, she never noticed that her little lambs escaped. Gray and Danny ran away as fast as they could.

Angrey didn't even care. She had a friend- she had love. She and Kempler talked, and talked. Neither had ever had a true friend before. And now they did. Centuries of searching for the right person, and failing. Angrey almost laughed at herself for being so stupid. Why had she cared about her lambs anyway? She had love- and this time it was real.

Danny and Gray laughed as they took off into the ghost zone, leaving their kidnapper behind.

"That was brilliant!" Gray praised Danny. "How'd you know that would work?"

"Kempler wants to be everybody's friend- but no one wanted to be his friend. When you talked about missing love, I realized; that's all they needed. And when two people are alone forever, there's really only one thing to do."

"Get them together." Gray shook his head with a smile. "Damn, you're smart.

After that, they flew in silence. They had to go back into the darkest corner of the ghost zone, fighting the despair and cold. As much as neither of them wanted to be there, it was the only way to get home. Once they reached his door, Gray paused looking at Danny.

"Did you hear what Angrey said?" He asked, a bit awkwardly. Danny shook his head. "She said..." Gray scratched the back of his head. "She said that if we went home, we would basically screw over the universe."

Danny blinked. "Uh... what?"

"I know, it sounds crazy. But she was ready to kill us- or at least me- in order to keep us from going home. Doesn't that freak you out a little?"

Danny shrugged. "Ghosts say stuff like that all the time, I guess. Besides, she seemed a little on the fruit loop side."

Gray laughed and looked at the door. "So... this is it, right?"

"What?"

"I mean," Gray put a hand on the door. "That once I go home, we won't get to see each other again, right?"

"Oh... yeah. I hadn't thought about that, but I guess you're right."

"It'd be cool if you came with me," Gray joked. "I know my friends would love you."

"Sam and Tucker would like you too." Danny laughed. "But... I mean, it's bad to switch worlds and stuff and we both need to get home. I'd love to but-"

Gray held up a hand to silence him. "I hate goodbyes." He said. And he jumped through the door.

"Me too..." Danny muttered as he closed the door on his new friend.

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"GRAY!" Shouts of joy echoed as Gray walked into Fairy Tail. Immediately, he was surrounded by his guild mates, all demanding where he had been.

Lucy ran up and crushed him in a hug, soon followed by Wendy and Happy.

"I was so worried about you!" Lucy exclaimed. "I went to your house to see how you were doing and you weren't there! Mira said you hadn't take a job, no one had seen you, Natsu couldn't even sniff you out!"

Gray laughed and hugged Lucy back. "I missed you too, Lucy."

Natsu came up next, cracking his knuckles. "I owe you a kick in the teeth for making everyone worry like that!" Gray just laughed and half hugged the pink haired freak.

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry I made you worry so much, flame princess."

Natsu blushed. "I was not worried."

Gray just punched his shoulder. "Are you hurt, Gray?" Wendy asked. "I could heal you-" Gray ruffled her hair.

"I'm fine kiddo, thanks." Wendy wrapped her arms around his waist, and gave him a sisterly kiss on the cheek.

Gray winced as someone thwacked him upside the head. Erza glared at him. "If you ever disobey me again, so help me God-" she then cracked his skull on her armor as she pulled him to her.

"Ow..." Gray whispered.

"Are you hungry?" Lucy questioned.

"Where were ya anyways?" Natsu wanted to know. He wouldn't admit it, but he had been worried about his friend. Only because the other were, of course.

Gray shrugged, sitting down at a table next to Lucy. "Long story."

Lucy leaned forward and rested her head in her hands. "You know how I love a good story!"

With a smile, Gray agreed. "Ok, so I was kidnapped by a ghost."

Carla scoffed. "What nonsense!"

"No, really! And she took me to this place called the 'Ghost zone' in this place called New York. And that's where I met Danny..."

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Jazz practically chocked Danny, she was hugging him so hard.

"Jazz... Can't... Breathe!" Danny gasped, pulling away from his older sister.

"Where have you been?" She snapped. "I told mom and dad that you were staying with Uncle Vlad for a while, but they're getting suspicious! And Sam and Tucker didn't know where you were-"

"I was in the ghost zone."

Jazz folded her arms. "Did you get lost or something?"

"More like kidnapped."

Jazz gasped. "Oh my God, are you alright? Who kidnapped you? Did they hurt you?"

"Lay off!" Danny pushed his overbearing sister away. "I'm fine! Where are Sam and Tucker?"

"Daniel James Fenton! You have been missing for 8 days, and you won't even tell me what happened?"

Danny sighed. "Lemme call Sam and Tucker- see if they can come over. That way, I can just explain it once." Jazz, unhappily, agreed.

Sam and Tucker were over at Fenton Works as fast as humanly possible- both crushing their best friend with hugs.

"Where were you?" Sam demanded.

"Ghost zone- kidnapped; lot's of creepy stuff." Danny sat on the couch and his friends circled around him.

"You were kidnapped in the ghost zone?" Tucker clarified. "Was it Walker or Skulker?"

"Neither. New ghost. Her name is Angrey. And she lived in a part of the ghost zone we've never been to before. It's darker, colder. It was almost impossible to stay awake there- it was like it drained your energy. But Gray and I were fine, I mean we escaped."

Sam cocked an eyebrow. "Who's Gray?"

"A new friend. Angrey kidnapped him too. He's from a different dimension." No one found it surprising. Danny went on and explained the events that had occurred the past 8 days. At the end he paused.

"Angrey was a weird ghost, but she said something that bothered me."

"What's that?" Jazz asked.

"She said that if Gray and I went home, we'd doom the universe. She believed it so much, she was ready to kill us, just to keep us in the ghost zone.

After debating, they all decided that Angrey was just mental, and her word couldn't be trusted. Life went on normally after that.

Danny went to school, fought ghosts, and hung out with his friends. Gray went on jobs, fought with Natsu, and got stalked by Juvia. Their friends forgot the incident almost completely. Almost. There were days when Gray would look at the sky and wonder how there was a door into his world up there; think about how Danny was and how he was doing. Danny would space off in class and daydream about being in a world with magic and dragons. And while their friends insisted Angrey was insane, neither boy could forget her words of warning.

Both wondered if this really was the end.

THE END! :D HOPE Y'ALL ENJOYED!