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Danny's POV

I felt a tingle go up my spine. My whole body was freezing- I felt as though my body had been frozen in a glacier. I couldn't feel or move my fingers. But suddenly, a small mass of warmth laid itself on my hand. I tried to open my eyes, unsuccessfully. Eventually, an obscure blur found its way into my vision. It was Gwen.

"What?" I mumbled. "What's going on?"

"You're okay! You're okay! Oh Danny! I was so worried!" her voice quivered as a tear dropped from her face and onto mine. She hastily wiped it off of me, embarrassed.

"Gwen, what in the world just happened?" I whispered hazily. Her quiet tears morphed into audible sobs as she attempted to speak and communicate her answer to me. My head was swirling and colored blotches were floating before me. My temples pounded and banged against the sides of my head. My body was still freezing as though I was on Pluto. But I forced myself to sit up.

"Gwen, what happened?" I repeated firmly, yet with a touch of gentleness, so as to be considerate toward her feelings and crying.

"I-I tried to break free from the ecto- the ecto-," she stopped and took a great breath of air before continuing, "I tried to break free from the ecto-rope, and I did…Right before Vlad was about to finish you off...I stunned him momentarily and grabbed you and Sam and tur-"

"Sam!" I remembered suddenly. "Where is she? Where did she go?"

Gwen shut her eyes tightly for a moment, and with a sigh pointed a small distance away from us. I saw Sam's body sprawled across the ground. I ran over to her. She had a bruise on her face and a few light cuts on her arm, but that was it. I shook her arm carefully. "Sam, are you there? Are you okay?" Her eyelids fluttered slightly, and she looked at me, a small smile forming one her face. "Danny…you're alive…you're really here."

"Of course I am Sam. I'll never leave you," I whispered, brushing a strand of her hair off from her eye.

I jumped a little when a voice whispered in my ear. "Daniel…I'm back. And this time…you're not getting away."

I looked around me and saw no one, but the voice echoed again, over and over in my head. Threats and promises reverberated in my mind.

I felt myself involuntarily getting up and running around, though I couldn't see in fromt of me. I felt and heard myself screaming. "Stop! You're not here! LEAVE ALREADY! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

A small sting touched my skin, and I blacked out.

Sam's POV

I was now sitting up, wakened by the commotion. I stared at the scene in front of me in disbelief.

"What did you do!" I yelled, not caring how loud my voice echoed through the woods. A stranger, a girl about my age was standing next to Danny, and had just slapped him. I ran over to him. I cradled his head in my arms. "Who are you?" I asked the strange girl defensively.

"Relax," she said, clearly annoyed about something. "He would've collapsed anyways, he was weak. I did him a favor by knocking him out. Now he won't be going crazy on us, or himself."

"Who are you?" I repeated, firmly. I was only vaguely aware of the fact that we were out in a forest, and not in that little room of Vlad's. I was only somewhat conscious of the fact that it had been a nightmare, and not real life. I felt a bit weary, but I decided my rest had to wait until after I figured out who this random person was.

"I'm sorry…that was rude…I just…" she sighed. "I'm Gwen. I met Danny while he was being held hostage by Skulker. See, I'm from Amity too." She concluded.

I looked at her suspiciously. After this whole episode, I wasn't too keen on the idea of trusting just anyone.

I didn't think she'd start talking again, but she did. She told me everything. About how they escaped the dungeon, about how they came back for me, and about how she's saved me and Danny. I decided she couldn't be all bad.

I gave her a short introduction about myself, and told her my story as well. In fact, before we knew it, an hour had passed, and we had actually become rather good friends. I'd almost forgotten about Danny, who was still next unconscious.

"Oh my goodness! Danny!"

"Hmm…yeah…you have a point; we need to get him to a hospital…quick. I can try flying us to Amity, but it'll be hard. I don't even know what direction to go in!"

Gwen had told me about her powers. I didn't like her idea too much…but I agreed that it was our only way out. We could always walk, but if we flew, we'd be able to see the towns and stuff below us.

Gwen turned Danny invisible. "If he's invisible, he'll be lighter to carry. But I don't know how long it will last, so we'll have to be very alert." I nodded. She slung some air which I suspected was Danny onto her shoulder. I held onto her forearm, and we began our journey home.

The flying was beautiful. We could see everything from up in the sky, and Gwen could fly very high for long periods of time, though we would take breaks frequently. For awhile at first, all we saw were trees and forests. Eventually, signs of towns and buildings and other such things appeared.

We reached a town that looked like it was heavily-populated, and decided to ask for directions. Apparently, according to the guy at the gas station, we had to turn a mile back and turn left.

Gwen swooped down on a familiar looking landscape, and she, I, and an invisible Danny came face to face with what seemed like the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life: a large purply sign saying that read : AMITY PARK! A NICE PLACE TO LIVE!

Almost believing I was still with Vlad, and that he had put me in a room where my wildest dreams come true, just to make me suffer when I'd come back out, I looked around. It was almost dawn, and we'd been flying since almost midnight. The city was still sleeping, so no one could see us. I smiled as I recognized certain familiar buildings. Gwen had been taking care of getting Danny back to normal. I supposed it'd become a bit harder since she was so worn out from the travel.

Of course, it wasn't time to party or celebrate just yet; we were still confronted with a dilemma.

"Where do we go from here?" Gwen sighed.

"Uh…home?" I replied.

"We can't just appear at home. We've been lost for at least two moths…They'll freak out!"

"I think that no matter what our entrance, they'll freak out to see us anyway."

"Well…well," she seemed to be trying to think of an excuse, "What about Danny? He still hasn't woken up since five hours ago! And he's obviously in a poor state!" she pointed out hurriedly.

"The hospital is open 24/7. I think we should take him home, and let his parents…or maybe his sister, decide what to do with him. But I'm sure they'll want him in the hospital as well."

"Well…I think it's a bad idea to go home." She said bluntly.

Normally, I may've been offended, but for some reason, I decided to take a calmer tone with her, feeling there was something more than defiance underlying the problem.

"Come on Gwen! We're home! We've escaped. Aren't you excited? Don't you want to go to your house?" I asked, a little surprised.

She turned her back on me. "I don't have a home," she whispered, her arms crossed.

I didn't know what to say, but I didn't need to know. She spoke.

"My parents moved me here from Florida to live with my uncle. I hate it. I want to go back to my real home."

"Why did they move you out here?" I asked gently.

"Because they think I'll get a better education since he's one of my teachers. They think that this way, he'll be able to tutor me at home if I need help."

"Well, who is your uncle?"

"Uncle Lancer."

I almost jumped back in surprise. "You're related to Lancer?"

"Don't remind me…I try to forget that part," she said with a scoff that I suspected carried a laugh somewhere underneath.

"He's not mean or anything…it's just embarrassing at school…and people make fun of me all the time…"

"How come I've never seen you at Casper High?"

"I dunno…I just started…"

"Oh…"

"Anyways, I'm just being selfish…you should go home, and take Danny too…I'll figure something out."

"Hey, Gwen," I said as she turned to leave, "Here's my number," I picked up a pen from the ground and wrote my phone number and my cell number on her arm, "Call me anytime. And if anyone bothers you at school, let me know. I'll deal with them."

Gwen beamed, "Are you serious?"

I beamed back at her.

Then, out of nowhere, she ran up to me and gave me a hug. She reminded me of a lost little kid. "Thanks Sam, you rock!"

"Visit us at the hospital, okay?"

"Don't worry, I'll bet I'll see you there. Lancer's gonna definitely want to check out this whole ghost power thing. If I decide to tell him…that is," she smiled probably thinking of all the possibilities her new powers held.

With a satisfied smile, I slung Danny over my shoulder, (hey, he was a lot lighter now that he hadn't eaten in weeks), and carried him toward the Fenton's.