Me: Good news people! I might be getting a part-time job.

Darth: Go Anime! I'm happy for you! Wait… where is my little ghost bunny?

Danny: Yeah, where is Gore?

Vlad: I believe he has found the cookies Anime hid from him.

Me: Damn it Gore, I said no sugar!

Gore the plot bunny: 0 SUGAR! *starts jumping up and down really fast*

Me: *Face palm*

Darth: Hey Danny, V-chan! How are you guys? …Gore please calm down. Do you think you can be a good little bunny for little old Darth?

Danny: Hi Darth.

Vlad: Don't call me V-chan!

Gore the plot bunny: *giggles*

Me: Oh calm down V-chan, the nicknames not that bad or would you rather be called a fruitloop?

Vlad: I hate you all.

Everyone: Whatever…

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Darkness Lurks Where Magic is made

March 13, 1962

-Mary tried to expose the evils Abigail hath brought unto Salem in court today. They all turned on her (the poor thing). I've had enough of Abigail (that Devil!) May God have mercy on her… and me.

…

"Pleased to meet you."

"Well um… Gore… it's nice (?) to meet you too. I'm…."

"I know who you are." Gore cut Danny off. "You're that annoying little ghost boy that save the world right? What was it, Danny something?"

Through gritted teeth Danny replied, "Phantom, its Danny Phantom."

Gore waved his hand dismissively, "Whatever, I didn't really come here to chat anyway." With a wicked grin the specter charged up a ball of energy and shot a barrage of ghost rays at the couple. Danny and Vlad just barely managed to doge the attack in time.

"What the hell Gore?!" Danny screamed.

"So sorry," Gore said batting his lashes innocently (as if he hadn't just attacked Danny and his date unprovoked). "It's just that, everyone days you're oh so powerful and I thought that I would discover for myself just how powerful you really are. I never imagined that you'd be about to 'get it on' with a hot date." Gore sent a flirtatious wink in Vlad's direction as he said this.

Danny's eyes flashed a brighter green in anger. Having already transformed, he conjured ice shards from the moister in the air (a trick he learned from combat training with Nami) and sent them at Gore. The bunny-like specter dodged the attack by teleporting to a different tree. (It was a good thing Sam wasn't here; she'd throw a fit if she saw what the ice shards did to the poor helpless tree.) Gore brought his hand to his face and faked a yawn. "C'mon ghost boy, I thought you were stronger than that. Or were those rumors just that, rumors?" Gore shot another ray at Danny, which he easily dodged.

"I'm just getting warmed up Gore." Danny smirked as he drew energy from the surrounding plant life (another trick he learned from the sorceress). He breathed it in slowly, just as Nami showed him. Danny could sense Vlad backing away (makes sense since Vlad has been on the receiving end of this attack many times already during training). The cocky specter Gore even had enough sense to look frightened. After absorbing the energy, Danny took an even deeper breath and unleashed what he called his 'Banshee Howl'. Basically a stronger and more controlled version of his 'Ghostly wail'. (A/N: The credit for this idea goes to Jeanette9a. Thanks for letting me use it. ^-^)

The howl was one technique that Danny had been working on months before Nami came to town and while he was managing it well enough on his own, Nami's input got the job done a hell of a lot faster.

*** Flashback ***

"What…?" Vlad panted heavily. "What the hell…. Where'd you… learn to do that, Daniel?"

"Yes Daniel, do enlighten us. I for one do not recall you possessing that particular technique." Nami supplied.

"It's my 'Banshee Howl'." Danny stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. He sighed at Vlad and Nami's confused expressions and elaborated, "You see, it kinda started with this theory Jazz had. About my 'Ghostly wail'. She thought that if I learned to sing, I might be able to control it better. And so far…"

"So far her theory has been proven true." Nami finished for him.

"Yep."

*** End Flashback ***

The effect of the attack was immediate. The supersonic sound was louder than that produced by the 'Ghostly Wail' by at least twenty decibels and Danny could manipulate it to either cover a whole area or concentrate it on one point. This time he chose to concentrate it all on Gore. Perhaps it was a bit excessive but Danny had been dying (no pun intended) to test this technique on an out-of-control ghost; that and well… Gore pissed him off. So Danny didn't hold back.

Gore barely had enough time to shield his poor ears from the overbearing sound before he was sent flying from the old oak and through the air until his body connected with the children's jungle-gym. The specter shook off the trauma with some difficulty, but quickly got back to his feet. He growled with rage as he realized just how serious Danny was being. "No more games Phantom!" He shouted, "This time I'm holding nothing back!"

The ghost-bunny thrust his forward as if to tackle the halfa, only to stop midair 10ft away. His already unnaturally bright glow flashed even more brilliantly as the energy increased, making it look as if Gore's body was incased in bright green flames. Danny retreated a step. The specters emerald green eyes flashed acid green and he split himself into two. The two Gores soon became four, then eight. Then Danny's vision blurred.

The world swirled and shifted before his eyes. Colors became brighter, creating a psychedelic effect. Danny felt a sort of weird euphoria. How strange. Weren't there only eight Gores'? There's ten now. No there's thirteen. No… would you all stop moving! It's hard to count when you won't hold still.

"What's the matter… (matter) Phantom… (Phantom)?" Gore's voice echoed around him. "Can't see straight … (straight… straight)?"

"Shuddup," Danny slurred. It was getting hard to even stand up. The Gores all laughed cruelly at his pitiful attempts to stand straight. The laughter got louder. Too loud. Danny clamped his hands over his ears, attempting to block out the noise. Instead it made it worse, as if the sound was coming from inside his own head.

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Vlad's POV

Something was wrong. Vlad didn't like the way Daniel's eyes glazed over after Gore duplicated himself. He hated it even more when Daniel seemed to have trouble standing. "What's the matter Phantom can't see straight?" Gore taunted the boy.

"Shuddup," the way Daniel slurred slightly made (if possible) Vlad worry even more. Gore laughed at the poor boy's misfortune or maybe he was laughing at how Daniel seemed to be standing like a newborn deer. (A/N: Deer learn to walk within an hour of birth.) Daniel covered his ears, his face scrunched up as if the laughter was causing him harm. Vlad growled under his breath, thinking it was time to quit observing and show Gore exactly what happens when you mess with Vlad Masters (Vander Masterson).

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Danny's POV

"Stop it!" Danny yelled; the laughter was becoming unbearable. The laughter did stop. Unfortunately, for him, the peace didn't last very long. Not a second later, an extra powerful ecto-blast nailed him in his stomach, sending the halfa through the air. Danny just narrowly managed to avoid crashing into a billboard (one with his face on it) by turning intangible. Too busy celebrating the narrow miss Danny had yet to notice his fast approach to Nami's shop (Simple Magic) and as luck would have it, he wasn't able to turn intangible quick enough.

His body collided painfully with the roof of the shop. Danny let out a pitiful groan. His body protesting as he tried, unsuccessfully, to get to his feet. Danny only managed to lift himself onto all fours when the roof gave way beneath him. The wood splintered, ripping into his clothes and skin as he fell. Danny hit the floor …hard, taking at least three bookshelves with him. The books (thick, hardback bindings) nearly crushing him. Spots danced before his eyes, pain flooded his head. He'd be feeling the effects of this crash for the next few weeks; speed healing or no speed healing.

"Daniel…?" Danny groaned loudly, disoriented.

"Daniel, are you alright?"

"Vlad…?" Danny blinked, trying to dispel the lasting effects of Gore's attack and the crash. Slowly, Vlad came back into focus. Danny jerked up at Vlad's appearance. The former billionaire had transformed, and if it weren't for the blood-red eyes and blue skin, he would have been totally unrecognizable. Plasmius still had black hair, but instead of the hornlike hairstyle Danny was used to, it was styled in an A-line bob. The clothing was different too. In place of the old tunic and cape, Plasmius wore a sleeveless Chinese style top (it was mostly white with black and skintight to show off lean muscle), white hakama pants, black punk combat boots, and black fingerless gloves. His nails were even painted black!

A deep chuckle brought Danny out of his reverie. "What?..."

"You're drooling," Vlad stated bluntly while smiling in amusement.

Danny's face flushed a bright red at the statement. "Shut up…" He said wiping at the drool with his arm. Vlad just chuckled again before offering Danny his hand. Danny gripped it appreciatively and allowed Vlad to pull him to his feet. He stood unsteadily for a moment before regaining his balance.

"Thanks Vlad."

"Anytime little badger."

"Oh Daaaaaaaaaaaannnny (Danny)!" The two teens turned at the sound of Gore's voice, calling out in mock playfulness. "Come out, come out wherever you are! What's the matter? Don't you want to play with me anymore?" The specter cooed.

"I'm gonna murder that bunny." Vlad muttered under his breath.

Danny chuckled, "You can't kill the dead Vlad."

"We'll see about that." Vlad said, not taking his eyes from where Gore was floating, oblivious to the two halfa's beneath him. Danny rolled his eyes, but still smiled fondly at the older halfa. Vlad tore his gaze away from Gore's retreating form and smiled down fondly at his 'little badger'. "Shall we?" He asked gesturing towards the unsuspecting ghost-bunny. Danny nodded. Busy preparing their strategy for their takedown of the annoying pest, neither halfa noticed the diary lying open amongst the other books, a faint glow about it.

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Nobody's (readers) POV

"Oh Daaaaaaaaaaaannnny (Danny)!" Gore called. "Come out, come out wherever you are! What's the matter? Don't you want to play with me anymore?" Gore was beginning to get impatient. "Where are you, you little shit," he muttered under his breath.

"Try looking behind you." Gore turned around fast enough to (if he weren't a ghost) give himself whiplash. Danny was floating right behind him, arms crossed, and a playful smirk on his face.

Gore returned the smirk, "Oh, so finally decided to come out of hid…?"

"No Gore, over here!" Gore twisted around again. Danny was behind him waving, a goofy grin on his face, as if Gore were an old friend rather than a new enemy. Gore looked back and forth between the two Danny's. How…? "I'm up here Gore!" Gore looked up at the Danny hovering above him. "No I'm here! No here! I'm here Gore! Gore!" TOO MANY DANNY'S! Gore charged up more ghost rays and shot wildly at the boys who all managed to doge.

"What the Hel…?"

"Not very fun being on the receiving end is it?" Plasmius whispered into the specters ear. Panicked Gore tried to put distance between him and his enemy only to have Plasmius grip his ankle and throw him to the ground fifty feet below. After hitting the ground painfully Gore weakly tried to push himself back up.

Back up in the air the Danny's all rejoined into one and accompanied Vlad where he hovered. "Ready Daniel?"

"Born ready Plasmius."

Vlad nodded, "Shall I start?"

"Just do it before he gets up." Danny said.

"Right," Vlad scoffed. His eyes glowed brighter with power and he spun, creating one of his more powerful attacks: The Ecto-tornado. Back on the ground, Gore gripped at the broken pieces of earth so as not to be blown away by the powerful torrent. Danny smirked. Time to finish this. He gathered his energy and unleashed his standard Ghostly Wail. Not his 'Banshee Howl', this way he would have left over energy to access his ice powers. It was another combat technique he learned from Nami. They called it 'The Blizzard'. And now all he had to do was combine it with Vlad's attack to take Gore down.

The combination was powerful. The supersonic waves mixed well with the winds, increasing the speed and power, and the ecto-energy swirled with the ice creating a pink snowfall. Gore didn't stand a chance. The menacing ghoul lost his grip and was swept away by the torrent. "Now Daniel!" Danny cut off the wail and quickly reached into one of his pockets; pulling out, what his dad had dubbed, the Fenton GIR-mos. It was nothing more than a tiny Gir keychain that Danny had bought from Hot Topic and his parents had tinkered with it to make a smaller version of the Fenton thermos. ("This way you won't have to worry about lugging that old thing around," his mother had said). He popped off the tiny head and aimed it at Gore, easily sucking the creep into the tiny device. (A/N: You know how the ghosts are always complaining about how small the thermos is? I'll bet they miss it now! ^-^)

Vlad stopped spinning; the raging storm calmed leaving behind a thick pink snow covering the ground and trees. Kind of looked like winter had come early. "We did it!" Danny said floating to the ground.

"You say that like it's a surprise." Vlad scoffed joining him on the ground. They transformed back into their human selves.

"Well he was kind of tough."

"Not as tough as we are," Vlad replied smugly. Danny rolled his eyes.

"Yes, well done gentleman."

The halfa's spun around. "Nami!"

"What are you doing here witch?" Vlad growled angry that their date kept being intruded upon. Nami chose to ignore his tone.

"Daniel, if you would be so kind as to release my friend."

"Friend?"

"You mean to say that you sent that nuisance to attack us!" Vlad screeched indignantly.

Nami nodded. "Why would you do that?" Danny asked shocked.

The sorceress chuckled, "It was just a test Daniel. I wanted to see how far your powers have come along since your training began. Also, I wanted to see how well you and Vlad worked together."

"And…?"

"You both did very well. I must say, I'm quite proud of you two. Now Daniel… if you please?"

"Huh? Oh… oh yeah. Right." Danny popped the head off of the GIR-mos again and pressed down on the tiny black tail that served as the release button. "Huh? Where is he?"

"Down here stupid!" Danny glanced down. There, standing where Gore should've been, was a twelve inch electric green, cartoonish looking bunny rabbit. Danny bit back a laugh (unsuccessfully) realizing that the bunny was Gore. "Don't laugh at me!" Gore shouted angrily in a high squeaky voice shaking his tiny paw like a fist.

"S-sorry." Danny stuttered through his giggles. Gore pouted and crossed his arms, grumbling under his breath. It was kind of cute in a funny way.

"That's enough now. Come Gore, I will escort you home." Nami said. "Besides, Daniel and Vander have a date to finish."

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Danny's POV

"I can't believe her!" Vlad ground out through gritted teeth. Danny just rolled his eyes. That was the tenth time Vlad had said that. Though in hind sight, shouldn't he be a little more upset that Nami purposely sabotaged his first date with Vlad? Yet somehow, he just couldn't find it in him to be angry with her.

"At least they waited until our date was almost over." Danny said wisely.

"Yeah, I suppose." Vlad grumbled under his breath. The two walked in silence the rest of the way to Fenton Works.

"Night Vlad, I guess I'll see you in a couple days?" Danny purposely phrased it as a question, to trick Vlad into setting up a second date. Vlad smirked, easily taking the hint.

"I'll call you first thing tomorrow 'little badger'." Vlad snuck his arm around Danny's waist and pulled him in for a goodnight kiss. "I'll take you out for lunch Sunday, okay?"

"O-okay." Danny closed the door. Sighing, he rested his weight upon the wood for a little bit. After getting his bearings Danny called out, "Mom, Dad!? I'm home!"

"T-they're not h-here Danny."

"Jazz?!"

…

Me: I got the first season of Beetlejuice on DVD. Woot! Got pocky too. Double w00t! XD

Danny: Anime's being weird again.

Vlad: She's always weird Daniel.

Me: In the words of Icona Pop, *starts singing loudly and badly*(I can't sing) "I DON'T CARE, I LOVE IT!"

Gore the plot bunny: *sings with Anime* 'YOU'RE ON A DIFFERERNT ROAD; I'M IN THE MILKY WAY…."

Darth: Readers! Listen, be sure to read and review. And will you two please calm down. *sighs* I feel like… like I'm babysitting kids!

Me and Gore the plot bunny: Awwwwwwwwwweeee.

Nami: You two are hopeless.

Me: Oh whatever! Anyway, sorry it took so long to update. Too many distractions, not enough inspiration. Oh and before I forget… Cliffhanger!