Ghost King Danny: Book 1
A The Overlord of Fiction Production
Chapter 18
Author's Note: Hello Everybody! Welcome to the next installment of Ghost King Danny: Book 1! Well, I go back to school in 3 days, so let's make this count! Here we go!
Last Time
"Where's the food in this place?" Tucker groaned. He had been wandering around the kitchen, which was quite big, for thirty minutes, griping about food. Finally, Sam had enough, and stomped on Tucker's foot when he came near her.
"Ow! Jeez Sam, I need those! Why'd you do that!?" Tucker exclaimed.
Sam simply responded with, "You were annoying me with your constant griping. Vlad wouldn't let us starve, especially in his own house. So just calm down."
Danny, Tucker, and surprisingly, Jazz looked at Sam with wide eyes, confusing the goth.
"What?" Tucker then started whispering to Danny and Jazz. "She's being weirdly calm, isn't she?" Tucker said to the siblings. "Yeah, this isn't like her at all. I wonder what's wrong?" Danny pondered. "Oh come on guys. Just because she is calm a few times doesn't mean that there's something wrong with her! Is it so wrong to be calm every once in a while?" Jazz stated logically. The two teens looked at her, as if thinking about her explanation, before Danny said, "You know what? Maybe Jazz is right on this one." This statement caused Jazz to smile and swell up with pride, which was quickly shot down when Tucker ever so subtly exclaimed in hushed tones, "You're only saying that because you like Sam, Danny, so your opinion shouldn't count!" Danny, obviously had no reply to the comment as he was left sputtering nonsense as Tucker kept talking. Danny spaced out for the rest of the conversation, that is until he felt his arm being pulled. Hard.
In the span of one second, Danny whipped around, causing Tucker and Jazz to stop talking as well. Danny unconsciously began to rub the back of his neck. Why, you ask? Well the reason is simple:
Sam was standing right behind him, and she had this look which was borderline embarrassed and angry. And right now, she was leaning towards embarrassed. She then spoke.
"Danny, can I talk to you in private, please?" She seemed apprehensive while asking the question.
Danny looked her in her eyes. Her beautiful amethyst eyes.
"Sure."
Sam then walked away, Danny following her around a corner, to a velvet carpeted hallway, their soft footprints not making a sound. Sam was the first to break the ice.
"So, mind telling me what you guys were talking about?"
This Time
"So, mind telling me what you guys were talking about?"
Danny started unconsciously rubbing the back of his neck and smiled nervously. He had wanted to tell her about his feelings for the longest time, but was afraid she would reject him.
Sam noticed this instantly. In fact, it was nearly impossible to not see him do this. He did it every time he was nervous. The only question she had was why he was nervous. Danny then began explaining.
"What's been going on with you lately?" Danny asked curiously.
Sam was confused. "What do you mean, Danny?"
"I'm talking about you being so calm these past few days. It's so…unlike you. And frankly, I think Tucker is more afraid of you being calm than he is of you being loud and so…boisterous."
Sam smirked. "Loud and boisterous, huh? I was unaware of the fact that you knew such big words."
Danny had a playful frown on his face. "Hey! I study!"
"Oh, yeah? When?"
"You know. During my, uh, rest and relaxation period?"
Sam's smirk only grew. "Uh huh. Is your "rest and relaxation period" the day before or the day after you fight Skulker?"
Danny, once again, rubbed the back of his neck unconsciously and smiled as he spoke. "…After?"
Sam started laughing, and apparently her laughter was infectious, because Danny started laughing as well. And then Danny said something that would change both of their lives forever.
"I knew there was a reason I loved you!"
"What? Did I really just say that?"
"What? Did he really just say that?" Sam and Danny were both silent for a minute, before Sam spoke.
"Um, do you mind repeating that, Danny?"
Needless to say, Danny was unprepared for this question. After all, who is? So, Danny did the only sane thing he could do: backtrack his statements until she forgot.
"Uh…after?"
Sam looked at him. "No, just after that."
"Rest and relaxation period?"
"I said after, not before."
Danny then decided, "Screw it, I'm telling her."
"I knew there was a reason I loved you?"
Sam sat there, frozen for a minute, "He said it. He actually said it!"
"Sam? You okay in there?" Danny waved his hand in front of her face.
Sam didn't say a word. She did, however, do something Danny didn't expect.
She walked closer to him and kissed him.
Needless to say, Danny was speechless. As she pulled her lips away, Danny's mouth hung open like a fish, and Sam giggled a little before taking her hand and pushing his mouth closed.
"Are you okay, Danny? You didn't break on me did you?"
Danny stood there for a moment watching her, before doing something Sam didn't expect.
He kissed her back.
"FINALLY!" A voice shouted, and a flash was heard, along with scampering of feet.
"TUCKER!" the two yelled at the technogeek as they ran after him.
As the two turned the corner, they saw Jazz smiling at them.
"I was wondering when you two would get together. Unfortunately…" Jazz trailed off, causing the two look at her in confusion.
Danny voiced his confusion. "What is it Jazz?"
Jazz took a deep breath. In and out. "Unfortunately, now I owe Tucker at least 200 dollars.
Sam and Danny's eyes widened. "200 dollars?! Why?" Sam asked incredulously.
Jazz took in another breath. Here it is. The moment of truth. Sorry, Tucker, but you had this coming. "As it turns out, Tucker had placed a bet that you two would get together before graduating."
A minute of silence passed.
"HE WHAT!?"
Tucker gained a 'deer in the headlights' look as Sam stomped over to him. Wanting to increase his distance between him and certain full-death, he started running, Danny and Jazz simply watching Tucker run around screaming as Sam chased him. Danny leaned over to Jazz.
"So, who else did he involve in this 'bet' of his?"
Jazz pulled out a white piece of paper rolled up like a scroll. As it unfurled, it reached her knees and stopped. Same thing happened with Danny's mouth, which quickly corrected itself.
"Let's see, there was Mom and Dad, Mr. Lancer, Dash, Paulina, Valerie-which was surprising considering the circumstances-, Skulker, Ember, Kitty, Johnny 13, Klemper, Poindexter, Aragon, Dora, Clockwork-"
"Clockwork? But he's the Master of Time!"
"Meh, must've wanted in on the experience. Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes: Clockwork, Box Ghost, Lunch Lady, oh, and Vlad!"
As the last name was read, Danny's eye slightly started twitching. Vlad? Vlad was in on his love life now!? It's bad enough that he was the mayor of his town, it was bad enough that he was a crazy frootloop bent on marrying his mother, killing his father, and making him his son, now he had to deal with him in his love life too!?
Ohhoho. Tucker would pay for this!
Danny then started running after the two in the direction Tucker ran off in, chasing him now as well.
Jazz was simply standing there smiling. A small purple portal opened up next to her, depositing 1,000 dollars and a note before closing. The note, from Clockwork read,
Give my congratulations to the new couple-even though I knew this would happen, doesn't make it any less funny to watch. Use this to cover both yours and my debt, considering you were going to do that anyway. Tucker will be coming in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Jazz looked up from the note, seeing Tucker still running from Danny and Sam chasing him, his hand outstretched as he swiped the money from her hand, pocketed it, and ran around a corner. She looked back down at the note.
Tell Danny, the crown is closer than you think.
Eternally Yours,
Clockwork
P.S. Long live the Ghost King!
Jazz looked up from the note, just as Sam and Danny rounded the corner, both winded. The two dropped to the floor. Catching Tucker was hard work. Within a few minutes, they were out like lights.
Jazz smiled at the two. At least she didn't have to hear constant admissions of denial from Danny or Sam now.
Meanwhile, with Vlad.
'Shit! Vlad thought as he saw the two in the hallway on his way to the kitchen. I thought it would be at least another year, damn it!' A ping was suddenly heard from the laptop he planned on placing back in Daniel's room, signifying a new email was sent. Vlad picked up the laptop, opening it. What he saw slightly infuriated him.
Pay up Vlad. I told you they'd get together before graduation! My bank number is attached to this email, and if you even think of using this for your own gain, I will make this laptop self-destruct. I can always build a better one anyway.
-Tucker
PS: Bank number: 145667890865323446
PPS: This email will be automatically deleted from the computer, can't have people finding me, now can I?
Vlad scoffed. What would he need his bank account for anyway? He was Vlad Masters, multi-billionaire. But, unfortunately, he had given his word to pay up, those many months ago.
He quickly wrote the number down and proceeded to fuel Tucker's account with 1,000,000 dollars, as per their agreement. It wasn't really a loss, as his companies would more than make up the difference in his outflow.
He had work to do, anyway.
Meanwhile, deep in the Ghost Zone, a castle beyond the Realm of Time
A large castle, possibly bigger than Vlad's or Pariah's, floated in the endless green expanse of the Zone, and a ghost sat on a large obsidian throne twirling what looked to be a wine glass.
Soon, Dramascus would have his revenge against the halfa species. Starting with Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius.
Author's Note: Well. I'm here. As I finish this chapter, I am already in school, so simply disregard the first author's note. Review please! I don't want to have to milk reviews out of people. See you later, my friends!
