Danny POV

I smiled to myself as I walked away from the throne room to let Rex talk with his friends and so they can catch up. My smile turned into a frown as I began to wonder how this is going to affect Rex. It's great that he was able to see them again, but they're ghosts now, they already died.

How is going to affect Rex when he realized that they are dead. They must have been dead for at least a years since it always takes a while for their ghostly body to materialize. I looked around the castle and once I saw the purple doors of the ghost zone through the window. I thought of Sam and my heart sank at the thought of her. Those three years changed me, especially since the agents would often visit my cell in the late hours of the nights. What they did to me, it depended on their mood.

I held back a shiver as I shoved those horrible memories to the back of my head, where hopefully they would never rear their ugly head ever again. The thoughts went back to Sam and I sighed as I was once again reminded that I have yet to tell her.

"A penny for your thoughts?"

I looked to the side and speak of the devil. I saw Sam leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. She walked forward and wrapped her arms around my waist and pulled me closer to her. I resisted the urge to flinch away from her touch. Ever since I got back from Providence, I stopped looking at Sam in a romantic way, I stopped looking at anyone and everyone in a romantic. I can tolerate friendly hugs but nothing else.

"Hey, Sam, it's nothing, Neo was able to see his friends again."

"Aww, that's sweet, how are they doing?"

"They're ghosts."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"Well, I'm glad that didn't happen to you, sweetie."

She stood on her tippy toes to kiss me on the cheek but I separated from her before she could. I grabbed her hands gently and held them. She looked confused, betrayed and heartbroken all at the same time. It pained me to hurt her like this, but it isn't right that I keep on leading her on. I looked into her eyes and opened my mouth as I felt a lump in my throat forming

"Sam, I'm sorry, but, I don't love you that way anymore. And I don't think I will ever love anyone like I loved you. Those three years... they changed me. And, I don't think I will ever be the same again. And..."

I paused as I saw big fat tears streaming down her face. I gently wiped them away with my thumb.

"No no no, Sam, I'm sorry but it's not your fault, it's me, I promise, it's not your fault, it's just, you deserve so much better than me, you deserve a life where you can get married to someone who loves you just as much, you deserve to have kids that you'll raise to be ultra-recycle vegetarian."

She gave a small laugh at this but still had tears streaming down her face.

"And you deserve to live a life of peace and love. But Sam, if you stay with me, I can't give that to you, I can't anymore. If you stay with me, the only thing you'll be doing is waiting for me to love you again, but I can't Sam, I can't. I can't love anyone as I loved you but you deserve a man who can give you everything you deserve. I hope you understand."

She stayed still for a little before nodding her head. I pulled her into a hug.

"I'm sorry Sammy."

I walked away from her quickly before she could say anything. I hope she can understand why I had to tell her that. I quickly walked back to the courtyard. Where I changed and trained until I almost collapsed from exhaustion.

I slowly walked to my room, pausing as I heard Rexs excited voice coming from behind the door of the study. I smiled to myself, at least he's having a good day. I continued walked and went straight to the shower. I stood under the streaming hot water as I tried to relax. This day could have gone better, but I wasn't complaining, I've had worse, much worse.

I took my time as I scrubbed my body of sweat, trying to somewhat massage my muscles to relax as I did so. As soon as I walked out of the shower, I felt much better. I slowly walked out of the shower and got changed into my pajamas. I looked at the time and realized that it was already almost 11 at night. I walked down to the study where I could still hear the voice of Rex and his friends coming from behind it.

I knocked on the door and opened it when I heard Rex's voice telling me that I could come in. I peeked my head in as all of them stared at me. I let myself completely in and looked at Rex.

"Hey, Neo, it's getting pretty late, I have some extra guest rooms your friends could borrow if you want."

"What do you mean you? Doesn't this place belongs to the king?"

I looked at Bobo with a surprised look. Didn't he figure out that I was the king since I was the one who met them in the throne room? I heard the whisper of Rexs voice.

"Um Bobo, he is the king."

"Oh."

His face made me start laughing.

"No it's fine, Neo, you have to go to sleep soon, we have training tomorrow and since you skipped over half of it, you're gonna get it from Fright."

I finished with a smile and Rex fell back into the sofa groaning.

"Dude, can't you just tell him to go easy on me."

"Will providence go easy on you?"

He stayed silent for a little bit and pointed a finger at me

"You have a point."

"I know you do, now don't go to sleep too late and don't forget to show your friends where to go to sleep."

"Got it, goodnight Igris."

I waved goodbye to everyone.

"Goodnight Neo."

I closed the door behind me and went up to my room where I quickly fell asleep.