Vlad Masters, the former mayor of Amity Park was sitting in the back of the restaurant when Danny Phenton walked in with an lovely young lady on his arm and sat down. Vlad instantly zeroed in on his long time enemy and watched the young man laugh and joke with the woman as they ate, and felt an intense surge of jealousy and hatred towards the younger man.

Here he was a lonely and bitter man in his fifties. And there was Phenton, the half ghost boy who had ruined his life and exposed him as the evil person he was. Why it had taken years just for Vlad to be able to show his face in Amity Park again, and even upon having Danny agree to let him return to his former home...

He'd placed a specially made ghost shield bracelet around Vlad's left wrist and then used some of his ghostly energy to make the bracelet intangible so that Vlad couldn't touch it or pull it off. Or smash it against something. Or short it out...

And in turn it kept him from going ghost and using his powers in any shape, form or fashion. All but rendering him powerless.

"Oh, I hate that boy!" He growled in irritation as he found himself slowly getting to his feet and straightening his shirt and tie before he walked over to Danny's table and none too nicely kicked the boy's chair to get his attention just as Danny was taking a bite of his food.

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Danny thought his date was going well. Shara was proving herself to be a charming, sweet, and somewhat twisted person with a quick sense of humor. They traded stories about growing up (he of course kept things about being a halfa to himself, if the topic ever came up later then he'd tell her something).

He told about the time he and Tucker and Sam had done a report on purple back gorillas, then how Sam had freed the eight hundred pound monster ape and how they had had to run like hell to keep from being caught by it. Which was only a half lie since the gorilla had helped them with Skulker.

He told her about his family and their hobby of chasing and capturing ghosts and had been surprised by the fact that Shara herself had indulged in a little bit of paranormal stuff herself when she was younger.

He was so entranced by her latest story that he didn't notice anyone coming up behind him and went ahead and took another bite of his food just in time to nearly jump out of his skin as his chair was kicked.

Causing him to choke for a moment as Shara got up out of her chair and thumped him on the back while she glared at the person standing next to their table now.

Danny coughed a few more times as Shara thumped him on the back harder to help him get his food down and finally he lifted an arm up to let her know that he was fine and turned angry glowing green eyes towards the person who had almost caused him to choke to death and inwardly growled, Vlad Masters, you sorry son of a bitch!

"Hello Daniel. Having a nice time?" Vlad asked in a mocking tone. An devious little smirk curving his lips as he noted the color of Danny's eyes. Oh-oh, it looked like Daniel was itching to get back at him for his stunt just now. His ghost half was showing.

Danny used his napkin to wipe his mouth then set the cloth aside and slowly stood to his full height and towered over the older man by a foot. "Vlad Masters, it hasn't nearly been long enough since I last saw you."

"How you wound me Daniel-"

"My name is Danny, shit for brains. Call me Daniel again and I'll make it so that you leave this place a few teeth short." Danny growled, his whole body practically vibrating with rage.

It didn't take a genius to realize that Danny and the man speaking with him didn't like each other. The two gave off this mental image of a pair of wolves baring their fangs at each other.

Shara stood there listening to the two of them snarl at each other and sighed, wondering why they didn't just piss on each other's pants legs and get it over with when the elderly man looked at her, his lips curved up in an evil little smile and asked in a chilling tone, "Why Daniel, who's this lovely creature? She couldn't be your girlfriend could she?"

Shara waited a heartbeat and was suddenly grabbed by Danny and pulled flush against his body and said in an enraged tone, "I swear to god Masters- if you so much as breathe the same air as her... I'll rip your lungs out."

Shara tipped her head back and looked up at Danny, the cheerful and gentle man she'd been on a date with mere moments before was gone. Replaced by a furious and angry young man who looked pretty much capable of murder as he and the elderly man stared each other down. After a moment or so the elder smirked at them. "Sure you would Danny." He said in that same mocking tone that he'd used before as he turned and walked away.

Danny kept her in his arms, his expression remaining dark until the other man was gone. Only then did he seem to relax enough to slowly let his arms drop from around her and asked her to retake her seat.

She did so though she wanted to ask him what was wrong and when he picked up his fork again she noticed that his hand was shaking almost violently. He ended their dinner a while after that and asked her if there was anything else that she wanted to do- seeming almost apologetic for having their date disturbed and when she said no he got a crestfallen look and nodded his head and went to pay their check then walked her out to the car.

Effectively ending their first date.