Disclaimer: I do not own any of the danny phantom characters

"Stop!" I yelled out as I held out the pumpkin and the Fright Knight's sword sank into it. My eyes widened at the chance and I took it.

"To cease the storm, to end the fear, the sword must sheathe, in pumpkin near!" I yelled out hurriedly. There was a bright green explosion and I was thrown back.

"No!" yelled out the Fright Knight as he reached out to the sword, only to be thrown back by another bright green explosion, green static generated from the pumpkin and spread near it, a bright green light appeared and began sucking up everything, including the Fright Knight.

"It's working! It's sucking everything into the ghost zone! " I yelled out excited. But that excitement only lasted for a second before I was lifted off my feet.

"AHHHH!" I yelled out in fear.

"Sam!" Phantom called and flew over, grabbing me and flying us out of danger.

"Thanks" I said as I held on.

"No problem. You can't listen can you? I told you to stay and not come out" said Phantom as he chided me.

"You did say that but I was in my room and you didn't say I couldn't help" I answered smugly.

"Well…we should get back" said Phantom as he flew me home and set me on the ground.

"And I should be going too" he added as he prepared to take off.

"Hello? I said you were going to stay here till your wounds heal!" I said as I grabbed his hand and pulled him down.

"But…"

"No buts!" I said as I dragged him down back to the ground.

"Plus its not like you have a curfew or something" I added offhandedly.

"Well…maybe I do…" dragged out Phantom slowly.

"I'll be going to the bathroom!" he announced and zoomed off. 'Boys' I thought as I went to my bookcase and randomly selected a book. "Ghosts of Past and Present" I read the title out loud. Well, this should be interesting; I thought as I opened the book and began reading.

"Ok done" Phantom announced as he came out.

"Shh" I shushed him as I continued reading the book

"What are you reading?" asked Phantom as he flew over and peered over my shoulder. I turned to look at him and noticed that he was even paler than normal.

"Hey are you sure you're fine? You're getting even paler" I asked, concerned.

"Yeah…" he nodded. I turned back to my book and continued reading.

"So ghosts have been terrorizing humans since long ago huh?" I asked casually.

"I think so…" Phantom answered, seemingly unsure. I sighed, went to my bookcase, selected a book and handed it to Phantom.

"This should help you get your mind off anything it's on right now" I said before sitting down and continuing.

"Witches and black magic" Phantom read out the title. He seemed to consider if it was a good idea to open the book. After a few moments, he shrugged, opened the book and began reading. We spent the next few hours reading, totally absorbed in our books.

'Ding Dong' the doorbell rang. I got up, not wanting to trouble my grandmother.

"I'll get it!" I called out and raced to the door. As I opened the door, I saw a most unpleasant sight. Vlad Masters stood there with an arm around a boy my age.

"Samantha! It's a pleasure to see you again well" he said pleasantly. I merely nodded and asked what they wanted.

"Why, I just wanted to see my future daughter-in-law. Nothing's wrong with that right?" at the words 'future daughter-in-law' I got angry. My parents had actually engaged me! And without my knowing or consent! Angrily, I slammed the door in Vlad Masters face and stormed back up the stairs to my room. As I walked in, I slammed the door so hard, I was sure the bang echoed around the house.

"Did something happen?" asked Phantom. I glared at him. It was obvious something had obviously happened to get me so riled up.

"Sorry, standard question. What happened?" asked Phantom as he flew over to me.

"Those idiot parents of mine engaged me to Vlad Masters son! Argh! How could they do this?" I yelled. I grabbed my pillow and began to bash my head repeatedly into it.

"They engaged you to Vlad Masters son!" yelled out Phantom. I looked up surprised. Why would he have such a reaction? It was me who was getting engaged, not him.

"Why are you yelling? You're not the one who's engaged against your own will. And when did Vlad Masters have a son! He's not married!" I yelled as I continued bashing my head against the pillow, muttering something along the lines of stupid, controlling, disregarding parents.

"Sam? You'd better stop that" said Phantom as he tore the pillow away from me.

"Give it back! I need to vent my frustration!" I yelled angrily.

"Look, I'll take you to a really nice place if you calm down. I swear you will love it" said Phantom as he desperately tried to keep the pillow away from me.

"Fine" I said as I crossed my arms and looked away. Phantom was floating, as a last resort of keeping the pillow away. There was no way I could reach that high without a little help or a ladder so I gave up. But not before chucking a few things at him, which he dodged and made me even more pissed.

"Alright, here we go!" announced Phantom cheerfully as he literally swept me off my feet and into the air.

"Hey!" I yelled out in protest, clutching tightly on to him.

"Sorry" said Phantom sheepishly as he set me down. We had flown in silence, with me still steaming over the whole 'future daughter-in-law' thing.

"Look" said Phantom as he turned my head. What I saw was something I was sure I would never forget. The sun setting in the horizon gave the sky a pink tinge, lighting up Amity Park which rested in the shadow of what I concluded to be a mountain. A few birds were flying in the sky, adding to the beauty of the sunset.

"It's beautiful" I said as I stepped forward, amazed.

"Yeah, I come out here to think sometimes" said Phantom. The scene before me calmed me down completely. All my anger and hatred, well…maybe just a little hatred had disappeared.

"Thanks" I turned to Phantom and gave him a smile, a genuine one this time. My gratitude came from the bottom of my heart. I was also glad he hadn't made fun or done anything that might have made it even worse.

"Sam…about Danny Fenton"

"Yeah, what about him?" I asked as I gave Phantom my full attention.

"Well…if he's keeping any secret from you, he doesn't mean it" said Phantom. I looked on confusedly. How would Phantom know anything about Danny? What was he implying? Before I could ask, however, I was once again swept off my feet by Phantom who flew me home and stayed with me, even though I thought he might have ran off once I was asleep.

sorry for the late and short update. its like lately ican't think of a good way to continue this story but i'll try. really sorry if its crappy and uninteresting and all.