In this chapter, Sam's going to discover the effects that vampire bite has on her. That's right, she's going to get powers like Danny...well, maybe not quite like Danny. She's half-vampire, not half-ghost.
Chapter 2: Out For Blood
After that peculiar incident in the tomb when she opened a book and something bit her in the neck, Sam was feeling a bit strange...but she decided it wasn't a big deal.
The rest of the night went rather well for her. She went to bed without a problem and was sound asleep.
But when she woke up in the morning, she noticed something quite peculiar.
As it turned out, she was sleeping on the ceiling...upside down.
How had she gotten up there? And why exactly was she sleeping upside down? Shouldn't she be sleeping...rightside up?
Suddenly, she lost her balance and fell on her bed.
"What's going on?" asked Sam. Was she simply imagining things? How did she even get up there?
Curious, she noticed footprints on the ceiling where she had slept earlier. Perhaps she WASN'T imagining things.
"OK, this is really weird..." answered the girl. Of course, at this point, she was quite used to weird things. She was living in Amity Park after all. Still, she was under the impression that she wouldn't try sleeping on the ceiling.
She wondered what was going on as she went down the stairs.
For some strange reason, she was feeling rather thirsty...but she didn't want water.
She decided to go check out her garden. Last time she checked, it was flourishing...and it still was.
At that very moment, Danny Phantom showed up.
"Hey, Danny." said Sam.
"Hey there, Sam." greeted Danny.
Curious, Danny noticed that the bite mark on Sam's neck had disappeared.
How did she heal so fast? It was really weird.
Suddenly, he pricked his finger on a thorn.
"Ow!" exclaimed Danny.
Immediately, a small amount of blood began to drip from it.
"I need to pay more attention to my surroundings..." noted the phantom boy.
Suddenly, Sam felt the urge to lick the blood off of Danny's finger.
She did just that.
"What the-" exclaimed Danny.
Much to her pleasant surprise, she found that the blood tasted rather delicious.
"Mmm..." stated Sam. She would love to have a second helping of that.
"Are you feeling OK?" asked the boy. Something told him that Sam wasn't quite herself.
"What? I'm fine." answered the girl. Why did she suddenly have a hankering for some tasty blood? She never recalled wanting to drink blood before. It was quite weird.
Since when did Danny's blood taste like cherry filling?
Shrugging, she decided to give Danny a band-aid...even if she wanted to suck on Danny's blood a little more.
Did it have anything to do with the book that she had read? It did say not to read it...but unfortunately she had noticed it too late.
Perhaps she should do a bit more research on that book. Was there anything written about it?
Alternatively she could try figuring out about the author.
She decided to visit the Amity Park Library. That seemed as good of a place for information as any.
"Let's see now..." stated Sam.
Eventually, she managed to find something.
"What can I possibly learn about Frank Romero..." questioned the girl.
She would find out soon enough.
"What's this? Hmm...it seems that Frank Romero hunted monsters...monsters that plagued Amity Park...hmm, it seems that ghosts aren't the only thing terrorizing Amity Park..." noted Sam.
Sam decided to take a closer look at the book.
Apparently, it was full of various different creatures. From the looks of it, Frank Romero had been hunting creatures for quite some time. In fact, he seemed to know all about them.
There were creatures of all shapes and sizes.
She started to wonder if Frank Romero had somehow managed to find a way to imprison them all. She had never seen any monsters in Amity Park...unless you counted the ghosts of course.
"How intriguing..." stated Sam. What kind of monsters used to plague Amity Park?
Suddenly, she remembered reading the text in the book saying not to read from it...she wondered if she had unleashed something by accident.
A few seconds later, something unexpected happened. Out of the blue, she grew fangs.
"What the-" exclaimed Sam. At least she didn't have a toothache.
She was starting to wonder if she was turning into a bat. That would explain a lot.
And yet, she still seemed to be acting completely human. For one thing, she didn't feel like going into a cave and sleeping there...though she could probably look for some livestock if she wanted to drink some more blood.
What exactly was SHE turning into? Was she becoming a ghost? She didn't die recently.
Perhaps she could ask Jazz, she was pretty smart...
...or maybe she could look into the book a bit more.
She found something that interested her.
Apparently, there was an article in the book about vampires...as she knew, vampires liked to drink blood. Also, they had rather sharp fangs.
It then occurred to her that maybe she was turning into that...but why?
She then noticed something else...vampires had the ability to infect others by biting them if they chose to do so.
She then remembered being bitten in the neck by what she believed to be a bat. Was it a vampire?
If so, it looked like she was going to be starring in a lot of horror movies. While she was at it maybe she should swap out her bedroom with a crypt.
Speaking of which, she was starting to transform.
All of a sudden, she had become a bat.
"Aah! What's happening to me?" asked Sam.
Strangely, she could still talk while she was a bat.
Frantically, she began to fly around the library, bumping into several different things in the process.
Oddly, she still resembled her human self somewhat, even if she technically wasn't human anymore.
On one hand, flying around was kind of fun. It reminded her a bit of Danny Fenton when he went ghost. On the other hand (or should we say wing?), she had no idea how she was going to change back.
Well, until it happened spontaneously.
"Oof!" exclaimed Sam. It felt so strange being trapped in the wrong body, but at least it was over now. But would it happen again? And if so, when?
Sam wondered if she could control it or not. It seemed to happen so suddenly.
Well, it seemed time to head home.
However, as she started to head back home, she noticed that she was moving really fast.
It was strange.
"At least I won't need to use the bus anymore." thought Sam.
Suddenly, she began to smell a foul odor.
"What's that smell?" asked Sam.
As it turned out, somebody was eating a garlic sandwich. That person was Dash...who would probably be jealous of Sam since she was faster than he was.
Quickly, she covered her nose.
"Ugh..." murmured Sam. Who invented garlic anyway? She hadn't liked garlic even before she had been bitten by a vampire.
She decided that she should get away from Dash to get rid of the smell.
However, her nose also seemed to be more sensitive as well. She was picking up a lot of smells, such as the bakery down the street.
"Now that's a nice smell..." noted Sam.
Suddenly, she noticed something right above her.
It was a grand piano.
"Look out below!" exclaimed one of the men in charge of the music store.
"I told you you should have been more careful with that!" bellowed another man.
However, much to her surprise, Sam was simply able to grab it and place it outside. Not only that, but the grand piano seemed to be falling in slow motion...though she supposed that she was simply imagining that.
Sam wondered if the vampire bite had affected both her muscles and her reflexes.
Well, the sun was starting to go down, so more than ever she should head back to her house.
Fortunately, she made it back before dusk.
Unsurprisingly, her parents were happy to see her.
"Glad to see you home!" exclaimed Sam's dad.
Immediately, he gave Sam a hug.
"Glad to be home too." agreed Sam, though not as enthusiastically as her father.
For some strange reason, Sam's parents were a lot more cheerful than their daughter was. Sam wondered if they actually were her parents.
According to the doctor, the DNA tests DID match up, so they SHOULD be related.
Perhaps she was simply a black sheep.
She decided that she was going to drink some soda.
However, though she noted that it tasted rather good, she wanted to drink more blood.
But she got the feeling that she couldn't simply bite on her mother or father's neck and start having her fill. That wouldn't make her parents happy...though she wondered if they ever weren't happy.
She decided that maybe she would relax in her bed, though she was still wondering if the effects that the vampire bite had would change her life forever.
Now that she thought of it, this was a bit similar to what had happened to her friend Danny, wasn't it? She seemed to recall him touching something that he shouldn't and he ended up having his DNA infused with ectoplasm.
Of course, she had decided against playing with the ghost portal. She was worried that things might not turn out so well for her.
Besides, she already had her own set of powers now. What would Danny think about that? He would probably start to feel less unique...
...but she figured that there wasn't much that she could do about it. Besides, having vampire powers could be rather interesting. She wondered what could she do with them.
She decided to take a look outside the window.
She noticed that the sun was starting to go down.
"That's a rather nice sunset..." stated Sam.
Suddenly, she started to feel stranger than ever.
"Whoa..." said the goth.
Eventually, she passed out on the floor.
When she woke up, she wasn't quite feeling like herself.
She decided to look in the mirror.
She gasped in shock.
As it turned out, she now had red hair, was wearing a strapless red dress, had red eyes, and she was wearing red gloves on her hands.
Much to her disappointment, her new outfit didn't allow her to expose her midriff.
"Awww..." complained Sam. She loved doing that.
Now that she thought of it...since when did vampires have reflections?
Then again, she supposed she still might have some humanity left in her.
Nonetheless, she was hankering for blood.
Perhaps if she looked outside, she would be able to find some.
She decided to climb out the window.
As she did so, she transformed into a bat once again.
"How do I turn this on and off?" questioned Sam.
She decided to try imagining herself as a human...or a vampire...or whatever.
This worked rather well, and she turned back into what she was before...well, technically, she had gone vampire as of now.
"There we go..." stated Sam.
As it turned out, Mr. Lancer was nearby, reading a newspaper.
She could simply walk up to him in her vampire form and suck out his blood, but he didn't want to give him a heart attack. That would be cruel.
So, she decided to simply transform into a bat and drink his blood from there.
Strangely enough, Mr. Lancer did not feel anything when she bit into his neck, though he rubbed it shortly afterwards.
"Huh. Must have been a flea or something." noted Mr. Lancer.
Sam noted that drinking Mr. Lancer's blood made her strive to do great things...like Mr. Lancer himself.
Next was Pauline, who was practicing cheerleading.
Sam noted that her blood tasted rather unpleasant. She might not want to try that again in the future.
Dash's blood didn't taste any better either, though she noted that it also made her feel rather energetic. Apparently that was why they called him Dash. He was currently out for a jog.
However, as she looked for more victims, she wondered if there was an easy way to track them down. Fortunately, she had a good sense of smell and hearing...but was there another way?
Suddenly, she let out a screech that alerted her of her nearby surroundings.
"Well, that was rather simple..." noted Sam. Echolocation was so useful.
Not only that, but when she tried using it in her vampire form, it was as effective as ever. Apparently, it didn't matter whether she was a bat or a vampire.
However, though Sam was actually finding being a vampire to be rather entertaining, she wondered something.
How was she going to change back?
Not only that, but she had a problem.
As it turned out, there was an angry mob that was aware that there was a vampire in the area.
And unfortunately, back in the old days, people would hunt vampires to prevent them from terrorizing their village.
Sam noted that unlike her, those vampires were most likely evil and therefore their actions were justified...but they probably wouldn't believe her if she told them that she WASN'T evil. The angry mob was probably crazy like that.
At that very moment, the angry mob noticed her.
"Uh-oh..." stated Sam.
"Get her!" exclaimed the mob.
And just like that, Sam found herself being hunted down.
Well, it looks like Danny Phantom isn't the only hybrid in Amity Park. Sam is now half-vampire! Don't worry, she won't drink your blood. Well, maybe she will, but not all of it.
And unfortunately, it doesn't seem like things are going too well for her right now.
In the next chapter, Sam is going to take on the angry mob...but is going to find herself facing a more challenging opponent.
