Hey guys! Sorry this chapter took so long, I had major writer's block. And I apologize for how short it is - the whole chapter itself was 8 pages but I wanted to split it up and leave you in suspense. ;) Enjoy!

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Chaos exploded all around her.

Her ears were assaulted with screams and the shattering of concrete and glass. Wrapped in Danny's arms, Sam gasped and spun around, her eyes widening as she took in the enormous onyx and violet dragon that was standing in the place Aaron had been just minutes before.

Her head was spinning, chunks of concrete falling around her ears as the audience screamed and shouted, trying to escape out of the too-few exits the school had to offer. Dust and debris choked the air as Sam glanced wildly around, trying to figure out what the hell to do. An enormous roar shook the auditorium, rattling her bones and setting her teeth on edge. She met the eyes of one pissed-off dragon, Aragon she realized, then he moved to strike them with a lightning-fast jab.

"Danny!" She screamed, squeezing her eyes shut and preparing for pain. When she felt none, she dared to peek one open. Her eyes shot open when she realized she and Danny were intangible and were floating in mid-air, Aragon's muzzle jammed into the wooden stage.

Danny looked down at Sam in panic while they became tangible. Aragon wasn't here just for him, he was here for Sam! He had to hide her, do something! Unfortunately, he didn't have time to contemplate this as Aragon tore free of the scaffold with another ear-piercing roar of rage, turning toward the pair sharply and lashing out with his claws.

Danny just barely dodged the truck-sized paw and quickly switched from holding Sam like a rag doll to holding her more securely bridal-style. The hero in him quickly calculated the damage to the school and where the audience was - they were outside, behind the school, where they should be. Wanting to subdue more property damage, Danny flew through the hole Aragon's head had smashed through and landed a little ways away from the school.

"Stay here!" He quickly ordered Sam as he set her down in the grass. He spun around quickly to go face the monster, arms out to protect Sam, taking a defensive step backward. Aragon flew and eclipsed the orb of the sun, his wings spanning the length of the school, the wind created by their flapping feeling like the beginnings of a hurricane.

"INSOLENT CHILD!" The dragon roared, scales glittering in the glow of the sinking sun. The pendant around his throat flashed, the green dragon's eye glaring maliciously down on them. "HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY BRIDE!"

"She wasn't yours to begin with, freak!" Danny shouted back, launching into the air and cocking his fists.

"SHUT UP!" A stream of blistering hot fire followed his scream. The ghost boy dodged quickly, hands lighting up with a dangerous blue energy. His eyes glowed the same sky blue as his human eyes, eyebrows pulling down fiercely. "Is fire the best you can do, you overgrown reptile?" With a flick of his fingers, a steady blue surge of ice barreled toward the violet dragon.

Aragon, having learned from his earlier fight with Danny, scowled and dodged the attack, treating the tree behind him to an instant freeze. "Seems that ice is the best you can do, impudent little brat!" The violet dragon bellowed, then turned and swung with his spike-tipped tail.

To Danny, it was like getting hit with a semi-truck. He cried out in pain as one of the spikes caught the edge of his cheek and ripped a line down to his chin, and then the force of the enormous tail caught him in the gut and knocked the breath out of him, sending him flying halfway across town.

As he flew through the sky, the world spinning around him, he took a deep breath and tried to get his scrambling senses in order and the screaming pain in his cheek to subside a little bit. He quickly lost it again when he slammed, back first, into city hall. Rubble crumbled into his hair and the swirling debris choked him. His chest and spine shrieked in pain and he gasped for breath, every contraction of lungs jarring his ribs and causing a bolt of pain to run through him. Unconscious tears of pain slid through the dirt and blood on his cheeks as he stood up shakily, ignoring the shocked bystanders around him, and used a broken piece of cement to stabilize him and take off into the sky, his flight not as steady as it should have been.

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Sam gasped as Danny was flung through the sky, hands flying to her mouth in horror. Then her eyes shifted to Aragon, who looked entirely too pleased with himself. His spiked tail caught her against a tree and she squirmed to get free, but the bond was too tight to escape. "Get away from me!" She shouted, pounding on his tail. She'd be damned if she'd let him hurt Danny and take her without a fight!

Aragon leered and leaned close to her. She winced at his hot breath and beady eyes. "That wasn't what you wanted when you said you loved me."

"I never meant it!" Sam yelled, and to her surprise he jerked back as if she'd punched him. Then, even her haze of panic and fury, she looked, really looked, into his horribly evil eyes and saw something she never expected - hurt.

No, something beyond even that. Betrayal.

Yet this betrayal wasn't aimed towards her. His eyes were glassy, lost in the past triggered by her words, and for the first time Sam wondered how he had died and why.

And maybe if his death had a part in his obsession for a bride.

"Get away from her!" A black and white bullet slammed into Aragon's thick hide, sending him sprawling and snapping him out of his pained memories. The dragon roared in pain, sending out a stream of fire that Danny blocked with a shield of ice. The force pushed him back and depleted his energy greatly, the ice melting from his hands as the fire receded.

Aragon goes to his feet and his chest heaved, old pains and new ones suffocating him. Desperately he tried to push the memories away, but Sam's words had triggered an onslaught of them and he was drowning in pain.

"But I love you! And you said you loved me!" The betrayal shredded his heart to ribbons.
She laughed, her voice cruel. "I never meant it!"

When he looked at Sam, he saw her. Long brown hair, hateful hazel eyes full of disdain. He didn't see the cheerful park they were standing in, but the remains of his castle, the mortar crumbling as flames burned it to the ground. He saw his villagers, his subjects, trying desperately to escape the vicious blaze. He saw him, the enemy, swing a white-gloved fist right at his face.

The hard punch laced with ecto-energy smashed Aragon squarely in the nose, sending the creature flying. Danny was surprised at the force of which he'd sent him sprawling, not knowing Aragon had been lost in his memories.

The dragon slammed into the ground, his brain jarred, shaking himself out of the past. With a growl he swung down at Danny with a meaty paw, connecting soundly with the ghost boy's jaw and sending him slamming into a tree. He was no longer fighting for power in the ghost zone. He was getting his revenge.

"You think she loves you?" He roared, not allowing Danny to catch his breath as he scooped him up in his claws and slammed him back into the ground. "You think she cares? Ha!"

Danny's lungs contracted as he was tossed into the air, then let it out in a painful wheeze as his back met the hard ground. Immediately he was picked up and thrown, over and over, his body shrieking in pain and blood dripping out the corners of his mouth. His vision swirled from green to blue to green as he was thrown from sky to earth, then the colors became edged with a grungy black. Need…to fight back…for…

"DANNY!"

Sam…

Sam watched in horror as Aragon beat the life out of Danny, the ghost boy not able to fight back with how roughly and quickly the dragon was throwing him. She saw the wildness and insanity in Aragon's eyes.

He was no longer in the present.

Desperately she searched for something to help. There wasn't any ghost-hunting equipment around, not since that bastard had put her under his spell. Stupid! She berated herself in her head, tears pouring out of her eyes. Because of you Danny's going to die!

"Aragon, STOP!" She screamed, helplessness washing over her in waves. He didn't hear her, couldn't see her, so lost in his memories that he just kept ranting, as if he'd held something in for a millennia that he had to let go.

"She doesn't love you!" Aragon continued in his thundering roar. "No one ever will! They'll all leave you to die, just like she did!"

He couldn't take it anymore. His heart was breaking for the second time as his second bride rejected him for another man…

…just like before.

Flashes of memory hit him like lightning with each hit he gave the ghost boy.

"I love you." Her lips brushed his as his knees went weak.
"I love you, too." He breathed, fingers brushing her silken cheeks. "I can't wait until we're married."

Flames shot out of his mouth and licked at the ghost boy, who screamed in pain.

"What do you mean she's not here?" His voice was panicked, green eyes searching for his bride.
"I apologize, your Highness, but she slipped away while she was in the powder room. We haven't been able to locate her as of yet."
"Slipped away! You stupid oaf, what if she's been kidnapped? Why did you leave her alone, on our wedding day of all days? I order you to find her!"
"Right away, your Highness."

A sickly satisfying punch, meant for the guard who let her get away, slammed Danny into the ground.

"How could you do this to me?"
The flames licked around her, never touching, as he stared at her in betrayal.
"Your kingdom needed to fall in order for ours to rise." His enemy's arm came around her as they both grinned wickedly.
"But I love you! And you said you loved me!" Hurt, his disbelief wouldn't allow him to see what she had done to him.
She laughed cruelly. "I never meant it!" She glanced around, hazel eyes glowing with triumph. "It's over, your highness."
They walked away arm in arm, past the dancing flames and crumbling buildings, not a care in the world.
Not even for a young prince's broken heart.

"SHE'LL BREAK YOUR HEART, YOU LITTLE TOAD!" Aragon screamed, about to land one final blow. "BUT NOT BEFORE I BREAK YOU, FIRST!"

Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. Sam screamed, "No!" and ran forward to save her phantom. Aragon geared up for the blow. Danny took a deep a breath as he could, and with his vision nearly fading to black with the pain of his efforts, let out a scream that rocked the earth.

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