Danny flew over the trees and scanned the forest below for any sign of Vlad or another ghost. Suddenly he saw a flash of white and he stopped and floated down towards the clearing.

"Vlad?! I know you're around here!" Danny yelled and the older half ghost appeared in front of him.

"Well done Daniel, you finally saw my invitation. I had thought that little attack on your college would have been enough of a clue but oh well. Better late than never right my boy?" Vlad remarked cockily. Danny scowled at Vlad.

"Uh huh. And this was obvious to you? Attack a bunch of random places with your new boss's escaped army. Not your best trap Vlad, and I know it's a trap," Danny retorted.

Vlad grinned evilly.

"My boy, you were meant to know that this was a trap. Just like your little wizard friends were meant to bring all those aurors," Vlad informed him. Danny frowned.

"What? How did you know about me working with wizards?" Danny asked with barely hidden worry. Vlad sniggered.

"Daniel, I know about your little teaching job in Hogwarts. Why they asked you to teach their students about ghosts is beyond me but there you are," Vlad commented. Danny scowled at the older halfa.

"How do you know about that?" Danny demanded. Vlad laughed mockingly.

"Daniel, you may have found those cameras I placed in your home, but there are other ways for me to keep an eye on you," Vlad answered. Danny grimaced in disgust.

"Do you have any idea how creepy that is? I think you need your head examined, V-man," Danny quipped. Vlad frowned in annoyance.

"I am not insane. And I'm done talking to you. I'm sure I've kept you here long enough," Vlad decided.

Danny's eyes widened. He turned back towards the chalet.

"Oh no. This was a distraction!" Danny realised. Vlad sniggered evilly and grabbed Danny's arm. He pulled it painfully back and held it in place.

"That's right little badger. And I must say, you are a wonderfully obedient pawn. And for your information, I'm an equal partner in this endeavour," Vlad whispered gleefully in Danny's ear. Danny struggled against Vlad but he had an incredibly strong grip on his arm and couldn't be thrown off. Danny turned his arm intangible but at exactly the same moment Vlad did the same and Danny couldn't escape.

"Come along Daniel. I wouldn't want you to miss all the fun. After all, you still have a part to play in all this," Vlad sneered and led Danny towards the chalet.

Harry didn't know what happened. One minute they were carefully searching the chalet for any sign of ghosts or, as many wizards believed, disguised wizards playing a dangerous joke. The next, they were being attacked by a lot of ghosts. It was complete chaos and Harry lost sight of Steven. They were chased out of the chalet and separated throughout the nearby trees. Harry leant against a tree and tried to catch his breath.

"Where did Danny go? We need him," Harry mumbled to himself breathlessly. He flinched as he saw a ghostly green tiger lunge onto a witch and began to mercilessly maul her.

Harry gasped and pointed his wand at the ghost before growling in annoyance. It was official, magic didn't work on ghosts, at least not duelling spells. Harry bit his lip and put away his wand and picked up a broken branch off the ground and threw it at the tiger. It hit the ghost on the head and the ghost turned to Harry. Harry gulped down his nerves and glared at the ghostly feline. It chuckled and slunk away from the bleeding, whimpering witch.

"Oh look what we have here. A hero," the ghost taunted. Suddenly Harry felt two very sharp clawed hands grab his shoulders from behind.

"I hate heroes," a female voice hissed.

Harry glanced behind him and saw a shadowy ghost with blood red eyes.

"Spectra," Harry gasped. The ghost blinked before grinning.

"Oh, I see you've spoken with the freak. I wonder, what did he tell you about me?" Spectra remarked with an excited glint in her eyes.

"Not much just that you usually work with another ghost, Bertrand. A shapeshifter," Harry answered stiffly, deducing that Spectra was referring to Danny as a freak. Spectra frowned, clearly disappointed.

"I see. Well, right now, Danny doesn't matter. You're who I'm concerned with. So, tell me… do you know what a psychiatrist is?" Spectra asked. Harry glared at her.

"Yeah, and I don't need one," Harry growled.

"Oh, do I detect a deeper reason for that hostility? I have a feeling that you've been called crazy before haven't you?" Spectra commented. Harry's glare intensified as he was forced to recall the Daily Prophet's articles when he was fifteen. Spectra grinned.

"Yes, I know. It's not easy is it? That kind of accusation doesn't go away. People might say that they believe you're not crazy, but you can always tell by the way they look at you. Am I right?" Spectra began. Harry suddenly felt a wave of misery flow over him and with it his will to fight reduced. Harry glanced at his hand and silently read the faint scars, "I must not tell lies" still there.

"Oh, and you were called a liar. But then again, the fact that you know about Danny being a freak, you are a liar aren't you?" Spectra pointed out. Harry's misery grew as he was forced to recall how alone he had felt during his fifth year of school and that led to remembering his second year of school and how no one had trusted him.

"Hmm, I wonder. Does anyone trust you? After all you are branded a liar and been deemed insane. Does anyone look up to you? Did she only marry you because she felt bad for you," Spectra whispered in his ear, noticing Harry's wedding ring.

"Perhaps, she's just waiting for the right moment to have you admitted into a mental hospital and taking everything. I mean, I can feel it. You're a mess. Who could ever love you?" Spectra continued, grinning greedily as Harry's misery grew even more. She drank it in. The tiger smirked at her and crept closer, enjoying the sight of Harry losing himself to his sadness and self-hate.

"Harry!" Steven shouted as he noticed Harry, having been checking over the witch, unnoticed by either ghost or the depressed wizard. Harry looked up at Steven and suddenly recalled that he'd asked if Steven trusted him. Did he really? Spectra was right. He was a liar and he was a mess.

Steven gasped at the defeated look in Harry's eyes. He'd given up on his wand as well, noticing that spells had no effect. The ghost tiger turned to face Steven.

"I'm sorry, Spectra's busy right now, you'll have to make an appointment," the tiger apologised mockingly and pounced on Steven.

"Steven!" Harry exclaimed.

"Why bother Harry? You can't help him. Those fancy little wood sticks can't do anything against us. And what can a wizard do without his wand?" Spectra reminded him. Harry frowned sadly before scowling in thought.

"No! I can still do things without a wand. Muggles can fight ghosts without magic. And so can I!" Harry realised and spun around on his heel, brushing Spectra's hands off his shoulders.

"I've never let anything stop me doing what's important before, and I'm not starting now!" Harry decided. Spectra shrank away from Harry worriedly.

"Bertrand?" she called nervously. The tiger stopped snapping at Steven's neck tauntingly and turned to Spectra. He gasped.

"Don't worry Spectra," he replied and leapt off Steven and ran to his partner's aid. Steven got to his feet and ran after Bertrand. He tackled the tiger and Harry punched at Spectra. She yelped in fear and flew away. Bertrand shapeshifted into a blob and squeezed out of Steven's grasp and chased after Spectra.

Harry leant against the tree again and sighed a deep breath.

"I don't want to ever come across her again. That was horrible," Harry muttered. Steven got up and walked over to Harry.

"Are you alright now?" he ventured. Harry looked at Steven and pushed away the worries about the wizard trusting him. He nodded.

"Yeah, I think so. How's she?" Harry replied and nodded to the witch Bertrand had attacked. Steven shook his head and ran over to her, pulling out his wand. Harry followed suit. Together they cast some healing spells on the more life threatening wounds. Steven then helped her to her feet.

"Let go!" Harry heard Danny shout from above. He looked up and gasped at the sight of Danny Phantom being held captive by a blue skinned ghost with black hair and wearing a white suit. Then the other ghost disappeared but Harry could tell by the way Danny was struggling, the ghost was still holding him. Suddenly Danny screamed in agony as pink electricity crackled around him. Harry's eyes widened in fear as he saw Danny's white rings appear around his waist and he unintentionally changed into Danny Fenton. Then he plummeted to the ground.

"Danny," Harry breathed and ran towards where the halfa was falling. He fumbled with his wand and repeated the spell in his head to use the moment he saw Danny through the tree canopy. Arresto momentum. He just hoped that that spell would work.

Steven's eyes widened in shock as he held the witch's arm around his neck and gave her support once she struggled to her feet.

"Harry, did you-" Steven began but Harry ran off before he could finish he thought, his question already answered. He frowned as he recalled how Danny had looked before he changed into Danny Fenton.

Danny lost consciousness as he reverted back to human. He woke a split second before he hit the ground. The air was knocked out of him and he groaned in agony.

"There he is! Grab him!" Danny heard a male voice order. Danny's vision was blurred as he looked up. The next thing he knew he was being dragged to his feet and his arms were pulled behind his back and held in place by four strong hands.

"Wha? What's going on?" Danny asked blearily.

"You're coming with us creature," the man informed him. Danny blinked, trying to understand what was happening.

"Coming where?" he questioned.

"Back to MACUSA," the man answered. Danny's head finally caught up with what was happening.

"Wait, no. You have to listen to me. You have to let me go," Danny attempted realising that the wizards were arresting him.

"Not likely. You're a dangerous creature we need to investigate," the man retorted firmly.

"No I'm not!" Danny argued.

"Checkmate Daniel," Vlad breathed in his ear. Danny jerked away from the voice and scowled angrily. The wizards began to lead him away.

"No! You have to listen to me! This is a set up! This is what they want! Don't you see, they want to get rid of me! Let me go!" Danny shouted desperately. Harry burst through the trees and saw Danny being arrested. He had a large cut on his head that Harry guessed was from the fall.

"Danny!" Harry called to him. Danny turned to Harry.

"Harry, you have to get them to listen! This is a set up! Vlad is trying to get rid of me! You have to stop them!" Danny yelled. Harry gasped and ran after Danny. One of the wizards broke away from the group surrounding Danny and intercepted Harry.

"Sorry, you can't interfere Mr. Potter," the wizard told him.

"You don't understand. Danny isn't dangerous. You have to let him go. Didn't you see that one of those ghosts caused him to fall?" Harry reasoned. The wizard shook his head.

"It wasn't a ghost Mr Potter. It was one of my colleagues. We saw that creature just floating up there and started casting spells and one of them worked," the wizard informed Harry.

Harry shook his head.

"Magic doesn't work on ghosts," Harry muttered in disbelief. Hadn't these aurors learned that by now?!

"Well, one spell did or a combination of spells did. Whichever, we finally caught one of them," the wizard decided. Harry shook his head. He attempted to run past the wizard but the man grabbed him.

"Danny! Danny! Listen! I'm going to help you! I promise, I'm going to get you out of this!" Harry vowed. The halfa paused his shouting to glance fearfully at Harry. One of the wizards picked up a large stone and cast a portkey spell on it. Before Harry could try to chase Danny again, they disappeared as the portkey took them back to New York presumably.

Harry stepped back out of the wizard's grip. He blinked at the now empty space where Danny had been. The ghosts had all disappeared and Harry knew why. They'd accomplished what they wanted. Danny had been arrested by the MACUSA. Harry shook his head and turned to see Steven and the wounded witch emerge from the trees. Harry bit his lip and stared at the last place he'd seen Danny, hoping he could follow through on his promise.

And Danny's worst fears come to life. Secret exposed and arrested. So let me know what you guys think.

Until the next chapter.