(A/N: I am SO sorry for the late update! X_X I had writers' block, yet I can't send this to Fadey to help me, or else it would've given the game away!
Anyway, I have to say this: Wow. The reviews definitely came in fast O.o Here's what you people voted!
Results for the Ghosts:
Skulker: 5 (drewlovesaturday, aras the crazy writer, Gracie407, pyrongirl, Squeeze)
Lunch Lady: 1 (Codiak)
Johnny 13/ Kitty: 1 (epobbp)
Box Ghost: 5 (epobbp, Fadey, The Silver Radio, pyrongirl, turkehead987, Sunshine-Midnight123)
Technus: 1 (aras the crazy writer)
Yes, I even counted your second guesses xD Skulker was the original choice, but while I was writing chapter 9, I changed my mind. Box Ghost…hmm… That's interesting… I would love to have Danny beat the crap out of him for ruining his date with Sam, but I was already whipping up the start of this chapter…so yeah…
By the way, since none of you guessed right, the winners are those who guessed Skulker (closest)! Congrats drewlovesaturday, aras the crazy writer, Gracie407, pyrongirl and Squeeze! The five of you get Cyber Danny Phantom shaped cookies! :DD
Results for the Secret:
Yes! Charice & Tucker should know!—6 (Codiak, epobbp, Gracie407, turkehead987, Happy Cheerio, The Silver Radio)
No! Charice & Tucker shouldn't find out!—3 (Biisaiyowaq, aras the crazy writer, Sunshine-Midnight123)
I sincerely apologize to those who didn't want them to find out, but as I have mentioned before, majority rules, so they shall find out Danny's little ghost secret. So please, I beg the three of you who were on the 'NO!' side, don't send your angry cyber-mobs after me! X.x
My fantastic reviewers:drewlovesaturday, DaLite, Codiak,TheNamesTheyGiveAreStupid -Anonymous-, epobbp, Biisaiyowaq, The Silver Radio, Gracie407, pyrongirl, turkehead987, Fadey, Kpfan72491, Sunshine-Midnight123, Squeeze -Anonymous-, Happy Cheerio
Codiak: Actually, that wasn't so lame. It's a good idea… ;) Oh, and I think your profile picture changed, right?
TheNamesTheyGiveAreStupid: *Scolding myself* SEE! SEE! I knew they were overcharged x_x Anyway, thanks for telling me :)
Biisaiyowaq: I love her name too! :D But apparently spell-check doesn't like it. They see her name as a grammatical error xD
turkehead987: A dollar? Wow, that's cheap. Stuff sold in Singapore are super ex =.=
Squeeze: Sam as a shy girl was quite a challenge to crank out, but it was funny ;) And no, Charice doesn't like Tuck that way. The two are goofballs together XD Oh, and thanks for the praises! *Curtseys* Can you believe that this is my first multi-chapter story and it's goin' so well? I'm literally jumping for joy right now ^.^ One more thing: You can use Internet on your phone? O.O)
-Recap-
=With Sam & Danny=
1…2…3…4…5…
Her eyes cracked open.
And Danny was nowhere in sight.
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=With Charice & Tucker=
She walked in the direction where Danny Phantom ran off to. "Come on, let's follow him."
Tucker did not notice that she had moved off, for he was busy daydreaming about a certain head cheerleader from school. "Paulina…" He slurred, turning to his friend, only to find her gone. "Charice?"
He spotted his friend at a clearing a long distance away and pitched himself forward. "Hey, why didn't 'cha wait for meeeeeeeeeeeee…?" He wailed, attracting crazy looks from everyone around him.
Chapter 10—And So We Plan
=The Annual State Fair, With Danny=
~Normal POV~
Man, she must be thinkin' that I'm such a jerk for ditchin' her like that… Danny's insides were eaten by guilt as he ducked into a clearing behind a tent. Without shouting his usual battle cry, he transformed into his ghost half and took to the air, his neon-green eyes searching for the ghost.
"It's nice to see you again, little badger." A sickeningly familiar voice called out from behind him.
Danny whirled around so fast, he almost got whiplash. "Plasmius…" He hissed, venom spewing from each word. "What do you want now?"
Vlad smirked evilly as he formed a pick ecto-blast in his hands and shot it at the Fair randomly, causing a few hysterical screams from people on the ground. "As usual, to steal Maddie away from Jack and to get you to be my son, of course."
Danny felt his stomach lurch when he heard that sentence. "First off, eww. Bad mental images. Second, I will never in a thousand years be the son of a crazed up fruit-loop."
The red-eyed ghost glared at him and put both hands behind his back. "So you'd rather be with a bumbling idiot like Jack Fenton than to rule with the future King of the universe?"
"Uh yeah, since he is my dad." Danny shot back. "Besides, you need some serious therapy. Or you could always get a cat."
"I suggest you re-consider, Daniel." Vlad warned as he formed a bigger pink ecto-blast behind him. "The consequences are dire if you test my patience."
The younger halfa snorted. "Yeah right. And the consequence of testing my patience is a week in the Fenton Thermos!"
"I beg to differ." Vlad growled, shooting the ecto-blast at Danny, hitting him square in the chest. "And I am NOT getting a cat!"
The green-eyed boy screamed in pain as he was sent flying straight towards a metal pole. He smacked into it and landed onto the ground hard.
=With Sam=
"Danny?" Sam called out, searching the crowd for her currently missing date. Where did that boy go? She was worried for him; it wasn't like him to vanish into thin air without saying anything.
Suddenly a person behind her shrieked. Sam turned around just in time to see something pink hit the Fair, causing an explosion. All fun was forgotten when all hell broke loose, as more and more people noticed the two ghosts flying overhead.
Everyone had mixed reactions. While most people raced towards the nearest exits, few of them stayed behind to gawk and point at the two ghosts. Sam would have left with the crowd to head for safety like Danny asked her to, but she had gotten a glimpse of a familiar DP insignia. That's Danny Phantom!
(A/N: Okay, before we go on, remember: This is with Sam, so she thinks Danny and Phantom are two separate people. Hence, I write 'Phantom' instead of 'Danny' here. Oh, and because Danny calls him Plasmius, Sam thinks that's his name. Just to let you know first ;P)
So there she was, fighting against the rush of people to reach Amity Park's local Ghost Hero and the ghost unknown to her. Just then, Phantom let out a pained scream and crash-landed a few feet away from her.
"Phantom!" Sam cried out when she looked up and saw him. She quickly ran towards the Ghost Boy and kneeled down next to him. "Oh my God, Phantom, are you alright?" Realizing the stupidity of that question, she flushed in mild embarrassment. "Sorry, standard question."
The mentioned boy blinked slowly and tried to get up, but winced in pain. He had taken Plasmius' blow pretty hard. Argh… My head's spinnin'… Why are there two Sams in front of me…? Wait a sec, Sam? He gasped when he realized he was staring into the concerned amethyst orbs of his date. Oh no… Sam's in danger… Plasmius is around… Argh, my head's still achin'…
"Sam…" He managed weakly. "There's…a powerful ghost around…head for safety…"
The girl shook her head fervently. "I can't leave you here, Phantom, you're hurt!"
Argh, she can be so stubborn sometimes… It's attractive yet dangerous at the same time… But for now…It's most definitely dangerous! Phantom made another attempt to get up and succeeded this time. Before he could drag Sam away to safety, Plasmius had already swept to the ground with a loud thud.
The pointy-teethed ghost smirked when he caught sight of the small Goth with his nemesis. He floated towards the two. "Now, who is this young, defenseless little brat?" He hefted the girl up by the back of her faux-leather jacket with ease and stared at her unnervingly.
Even though she was scared out of her wits by this other ghost, that did not stop her from feeling beyond miffed at being called a 'young, defenseless little brat'. She shot him a death glare. "Let me go, you… you old fruit-loop!" She squirmed, hoping to make him loosen his grip, but to no avail.
He threw Sam a dirty look before letting it slide over to Phantom. "Apparently, you and your little girlfriend like to call me the same thing, Daniel."
Daniel? I thought his name's Danny Phantom… Sam frowned slightly as she continued to struggle.
"Leave her alone, Plasmius." Phantom barked as fiercely as he could in his weakened state. "This is between you and me, so leave her outta this."
The ghost known as Plasmius quirked an eyebrow. "Oh? And since when do I take orders from you, Daniel?"
Phantom growled and clenched his fists as his neon-green eyes flared angrily at his enemy.
Plasmius shook his head and clicked his tongue. "Tsk, tsk… There's that temper of yours again. You'll have to learn how to control it if you're going to rule with me one day."
"Oh? And since when did I say I was gonna rule with you, Master Fruit-loop?" Phantom mocked.
This seemed to have angered the red-eyed ghost, for he created a pink ecto-blast shaped like a knife with his free hand and held it right at Sam's neck. "Watch what you say or do, my boy, because one wrong move, and your precious little girlfriend gets it."
Right on cue, Phantom gasped, while Sam stopped struggling and let out an ear-piercing scream.
=With Charice & Tucker=
"Why…didn't 'cha…wait…for me?" Tucker choked out between pants when he reached Charice. This seems to be happenin' once too often… He grumbled mentally, as he toppled over behind his friend in a dramatic faint.
"Be quiet, you loon!" Charice chided from her spot behind the tent. She watched intently as Danny Phantom changed back into his ghost form after a bright light engulfed him. He launched himself into the blue sky, and seemed like he was looking for something.
"Uhh… Charice?" Tucker's shaky voice called out from behind her, but she was so absorbed in her observing that she did not notice. He eyed someone with a red cape in the air nervously and yelped louder. "Charice!" When she still gave no response, his trembling hands grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her back and forth violently. "CHARICE!"
The mentioned girl jumped in surprise and successfully broke free from Tucker's shoulder-shakings. Slightly annoyed, she hit him in the arm. "Jeez Tucker, quit shaking me like a maraca! What in the world is your problem?"
Ignoring the dull throb in his arm along with her questions, he tugged her brown hair backwards (gently of course, or else there might be Hell to pay later) and pointed a shaky finger at the red caped someone floating behind Danny Phantom.
Charice let out a soft gasp at the two floating directly overhead.. "Who the heck is that?" She gave the Techno-Geek a disapproving look. "And why didn't you tell me about this?"
Tucker gaped at her. "Excuse me? Who was the one who was observin' Danny Phantom so intently that she didn't notice me callin' your name? It certainly wasn't me!"
The girl paused, struggling to think up a good retort. She opted to change the subject instead. "That's not so important right now. More importantly, we have to—"
She got interrupted by a pink blast that hit nearby, causing the people around them to panic. Tucker, being his usual scaredy-cat self, had started to scream girlishly and grabbed his friend's arm. "It's another ghost attack! Let's get outta here!"
Charice, however, had other plans. She had just seen her Gothic friend dive backwards into the human stamped. Is that girl silly or just plain dumb? There's a ghost attack and she just went in the opposite direction of the exit!
She gritted her teeth and turned to Tucker with a determined expression on her face. "You head for the nearest exit without me. I have to go after Sam!"
"What?" The African-American boy squeaked out. Apparently he was so frightened that his voice had been raised by several octaves. "Charice, have you gone completely bonkers? It's really dangerous to go back durin' a ghost attack, ya know!"
The brunette scoffed. "Don't be an idiot Tuck, of course I know it's dangerous! That's why I have to drag Sam away from here!" When she saw his apprehensive gaze, her gaze softened a little bit and quickly attempted to reassure him. "Don't worry too much, I'll be just fine. I'll be back in no time at all." She started to move away. "See you later!" She called over her shoulder.
Wasting no time, she darted into the crowd, ignoring the frantic cries of her dark-skinned companion above other people's shrieks of fear.
=With Sam & Danny=
"I thought I told you to leave this girl outta this!" Phantom yelled. His eyes had turned a sickly-yellow colour as he glared at his arch-enemy.
"You're in no position to order me around, Daniel." Plasmius replied, a completely fake smile plastered across his face. "Besides, I did warn you of the consequences if you test my patience, did I not?"
As much as Phantom wanted to punch the smug ghost in the face, the fellow was right. He currently had the upper-hand. And Sam, too… The ghost boy thought bitterly, as he hung his head. I've gotta figure out a way to save her, pronto! Maybe I should just give in…in exchange for Sam to be released…
His mind made up, he looked up to make eye contact with Plasmius. "If I join you, would you let Sa—I mean, the girl go?" Please tell me he didn't hear that slip-up… Phantom prayed. He would never free Sam if he knew how close I am to her…
Luckily for the Ghost Boy, the red-eyed ghost did not notice his mistake. "I give you my word, little badger. You come with me, and the brat leaves unharmed." His tone was solemn, but he had an evil grin on his face. Without Phantom noticing, he crossed his fingers behind his cape.
Sam, in the meantime, had seen it. Oh no, the creep's lying! She became more frantic. If Phantom goes with him, we're both doomed! Just then, she got struck by an idea. If I could just distract this Plasmius away from us, I might be able to be escape…
=With Charice=
"Where is she?" Charice murmured to herself as she stood by the side of a random tent to avoid getting trampled on by panicked mobs.
If Sam's on a date with Danny Phantom's human persona, she should know who he is. The girl reasoned in her head logically. If that's the case, wherever Phantom is right now, is where I can find Sam… Her turquoise eyes quickly flickered up to look above her, in hopes of finding Amity Park's local hero.
Sure enough, Danny Phantom was hovering in the air overhead. There was also a red-eyed ghost holding onto something. Wait a second… Charice squinted. I know those combat boots anywhere… She gasped. Oh no, it's Sam!
The brunette tried to clear her muddled thoughts and began to devise a plan…
(A/N: Okay, I'm exhausted. Please don't shoot me… The next chapter will be better, I swear! Just be patient :D
~M00nlite Maiden :))