"Danny? Danny are you there?" Sam asked as she stood in the door way that lead to his room.
"Sam?" Danny asked as he and Jazz walked towards the stairs, Dani and Tucker had turned back to stone.
When Danny saw Sam, his heart leapt for joy and relief while Jazz stood there smiling at the sight.
"Sam I'm glad you're okay" Danny said as he ran and gave her a hug.
"It's good to see you too Danny. I need your help one last time" Sam said as she let go of Danny and walked to the door.
"Of course Sam, anything you need" Danny said as he began to follow Sam, but then stopped dead in his tracks and his smile faded when he saw her and a ghost named Dora carrying an unconscious Valerie.
"This is my friend Valerie, she's wounded and now a fugitive like me. She can't go on much longer, I would've taken her to Frostbite to heal her wounds but because of everything that's going on all the ghosts are remaining underground. I knew she'd be safe here, please can you hide her?" Sam asked.
Danny had remembered Valerie from the last time they met and decided to help her.
"Bring her up here and lie her on my bed. Jazz get me some clean bandages" Danny said, leading Sam up the stairs.
As Pandora laid Valerie down on the bed, Jazz returned with the bandages and gave them to Danny. He then walked up to Sam and Valerie as she slowly came round.
"Sam" Valerie whispered.
Sam gently shushed her and said, "You'll hide here until you're strong enough to move".
"Sam turn Valerie around gently and I'll see if I can heal her" Danny said as he transformed into his ghost half.
Sam turned Valerie to her side and pointed where the wound was on her shoulder.
"Valerie you might feel a slight chill for a second" Danny said as he lit his hand with ice energy.
As soon as Danny placed his hands on Valerie's wound, she began to shiver like crazy and tried rubbing her arms for warmth.
"A SLIGHT CHILL? It feels like I just stepped into Antarctica and out! Thanks anyway" Valerie said while wincing from the sudden cold.
Danny and Sam giggled for a second and then Danny wrapped the now healed shoulder in new bandages, he then turned Valerie around on her back again.
"That family owes you their lives. You have got to be the bravest soldier/ghost hunter I've ever met or the craziest" Sam said.
"Ex-soldier/ghost hunter now. Thanks Sam and thank you Danny for everything" Valerie said smiling as she drifted off back to sleep.
Danny transformed back into his human half and then he and Sam both stood up and walked away from Valerie so she could rest, they then looked into each other's eyes and found them once again both being unable to stop staring at each other.
"Danny thank you so much for everything. I just want you to know that I'm so glad I met you at the festival and no matter how this ends, this ride we've been on together I wouldn't change it for the world, not one bit" Sam asked grabbing Danny's hand.
"Me neither. Because I don't want anything to happen to you, I couldn't imagine my life without you" Danny asked as he also grabbed Sam's hand.
DANNY (IN HIS HEAD)
I dare to dream that she
Might even care for me
And as I ring these bells tonight
My cold dark tower seems so bright
I swear it must be heaven's light
They both continued to stare until they begun to lean in, their eyes began to close and their lips were about to come together when…..
"DANNY, SAM LOOK!" Box lunch shouted.
The two then ran over to the window to see that Vlad was coming.
Danny gasped and said "Vlad's coming! Hurry you must leave! Quick follow me!"
He then quickly led Sam, Box Lunch and Pandora away to the other side of the room.
"Go down the south tower steps, no one will see you two that way" Danny said as Box Lunch and Pandora left, but Sam stayed behind for a second.
"Be careful Danny, I couldn't imagine my life without you either" Sam said.
"I'll be okay and I won't let anything happen to Valerie, I promise" Danny said as he gave Sam one last hug before she left.
Vlad was approaching and Danny began to panic.
"Jazz go hide somewhere while I hide Valerie" Danny said and Jazz ran to hide.
"Valerie I'm sorry about this but I need to hide you somewhere" Danny whispered as he carried Valerie.
Valerie groaned but nodded as Danny carried her and hid her underneath the table where his model city was. Once he had covered the bottom with the tablecloth, he quickly set his models upright just as Vlad came in.
"Oh Sir," Danny said, pretending to be surprised. "I didn't think you'd be coming".
"I am never too busy to visit you my dear boy" Vlad said as he sat down smiling evilly.
Danny tried his best not to be nervous around Vlad, but that was becoming difficult when he was hiding someone under the table.
"Is something troubling you Daniel? Are you hiding something from me?" Vlad asked suspiciously.
"No nothing at all sir" Danny answered with a wide grin but his eye twitched a little bit.
"Your eye is twitching" Vlad noted.
"Oh that's because I didn't sleep well last night. Maybe I should go to bed a little more early" Danny said still smiling.
Vlad raised an eyebrow and looked around and then he noticed a new figure on the table and picked it up.
"Is this one new? It's awfully good. It looks very much like that goth girl, that you helped ESCAPE!" Vlad screamed, slamming the figure of Sam down and making Danny fall onto the floor and cringe in fear.
"AND NOW PARIS IS BURNING BECAUSE OF YOU!" Vlad yelled at him.
"He was kind to me, sir" Danny protested.
Enraged, Vlad began to destroy Danny's model city as he screamed, "YOU IDIOT THAT WASN'T KINDNESS! IT WAS CUNNING! SHE IS A WITCH! SHE ASSOCIATES WITH GHOSTS!" He grabbed him by the shirt. "WITCHES, GHOSTS AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO ASSOCIATE WITH GHOSTS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF REAL LOVE! THINK BOY! THINK OF YOUR MOTHER!"
Danny trembled in fear and Vlad calmed down and let go of him, he then stabbed the figure of Sam with a knife and began burning it with a candle before throwing it on the floor.
"But what chance could a poor freak like you have against her heathen treachery? Well never you mind Daniel, she'll be out of our lives soon enough" Vlad said.
"What do you mean?" Danny asked as Vlad began to leave.
"I know where her hideout is and tomorrow at dawn, I'll attack with a thousand men" With that, Vlad left the room.
Danny stood there with a horrified look realizing that Sam was in danger, Valerie then emerged from under the table and Jazz came out from her hiding place.
"We have to find the Court of Ghosts before daybreak, if Vlad gets there first who knows what the fruitloop will do. Are you coming with me?" Valerie asked.
"I can't" Danny said.
"WHAT!" Valerie and Jazz said shocked.
"Vlad is my guardian I can't disobey him again" Danny said.
"She stood up for you, you have a very funny way of showing gratitude. Do you even care about her at all?" Valerie asked angrily.
"OF COURSE I CARE ABOUT HER! DON'T THINK FOR ONE SECOND I DON'T CARE ABOUT HER! I LOVE HER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" Danny shouted then blushed at the last thing he said.
Everyone stood there for a few seconds in silence.
"The truth is I'm scared. What if I mess up again and everything goes wrong because of me? Vlad was right I'm just a freak who isn't able to do anything, I'm tired of trying to be someone I'm not" Danny said sadly.
"I'm scared too Danny. Bu the one thing that keeps me going, is knowing that I'll do the right thing no matter what happens. Now I'm not gonna stand here and let Vlad massacre innocent ghosts and humans. You do whatever you think is right" Valerie said as she turned and left.
Danny then stood there and suddenly remembered what Sam told him that night on the roof.
"Well look at me" Danny said as he gestured to himself.
"I am and I don't see a freak. You're powers is what make you unique and being different isn't a bad thing. Now look at me, I was raised by ghosts since my parents died when I was ten years old. Do you think I'm evil?" Sam asked.
"No absolutely not. I think you're smart, fun and pretty" Danny said while blushing at that last comment. Sam also blushed too.
"See? Maybe Vlad is wrong about the both of us" Sam said as she pulled Danny to his feet.
He then pulled the talisman around his neck and stared at it before Jazz tapped him on the shoulder and handed him the jacket he had worn to the festival.
Danny sighed and left saying, "I must be out of my mind."
Meanwhile Valerie was the church. No sooner had she opened the door, Danny floated down in his ghost form nearly giving Valerie a heart attack.
"Valerie! I'm coming with you" Danny said.
"I'm glad you changed your mind. Do you know where she is?" Valerie asked.
"No, but she said that this will help us find her" Danny said, taking out the talisman and handing it to Valerie.
"Good, great" Valerie said examining it but then she asked, "What is it?"
"I'm not sure" Danny answered.
"It must be some sort of code" Valerie said as she continued to examine it.
Danny looked at it and then realised something that Sam said to him.
When you wear this woven band, you hold the city in your hand
"Valerie it's the city" Danny said.
"What are you talking about?" Valerie asked in confusion.
"It's a map," Danny said, pointing to the talisman before continuing, "See, here's the cathedral and the river and this little stone must be-"
Danny and Valerie began arguing, as Valerie said, "I've never seen a map that looks like-"
"I've lived in the bell tower for 14 years and I think I know what the city looks like from above"
The argument then culminated in them saying at the same time, "And this is/is not it!"
They both breathed deeply and calmed down.
"Alright," Valerie said. "If you say it's a map, fine it's a map. But if we're going to find Sam, we have to work together. Truce?"
She slapped Danny on the back.
"Well, okay" Danny said, repeating the gesture, but Valerie yelped in surprise when it turned out she'd gotten a blast of his ghost ice on her back.
"Sorry" Danny apologized as they both set off.
"No you're not" Valerie said childishly.