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"I'm going ghost!" Danny said as changed. He opened his eyes and floated through his window. The moon was full and bright.

"Okay, then...where's the ghost?"

"Perhaps over here..." a disembodied voice said. Danny whipped around. A green ghost with armor plated over his body floated about 10 feet from him.

"Skullker..." he said. "Don't you need to check out a book on purple-back gorillas or something?"

As if on cue, Skullker's wrist rang.

"Right," he mumbled as his rocket boosters sped him away from Danny.

"That was easy," Danny said, smiling. Just then, snarling and barking from below him made him check it out. Two dogs were locked in a life-or-death fight.

But as he got closer, to his surprise, and his horror, they weren't dogs. One, as he could see, was a black wolf with yellow eyes.

'There aren't any wolves around here,' he thought. Just as he thought that, he was able to see the other one. It wasn't a dog...and it wasn't a wolf either. It was a werewolf. It was eerily human-like, and it had pure white fur and red eyes. It was standing on its hind legs and was three times bigger then the wolf. The werewolf's jaws were huge. It could have swallowed him whole.

Just then, the black wolf emitted a high-pitched yelp as the werewolf grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and flung it five feet away, and then struggled to get up on its feet. The werewolf stalked toward it. It was clear that this wolf needed help.

"Hey, you!" Danny yelled at the werewolf. "Buzz off!" He sent some ectoplasmic blasts at it. The werewolf snarled and dodged the attack. It lunged at Danny. He easily dodged it.

"Aw, c'mon!" he said, shaking an accusing finger at the werewolf. "You got to do better then that!"

Suddenly, something oddly like a smirk crept up the monster's face. It crouched in a cat-like way, and sprung at Danny. It looked like it was about to lunge to the left, so Danny dodged to the right. Unfortunately, the werewolf was just feinting and lunged to the right instead. Its jaws grabbed Danny by the arm before he could react. The werewolf pinned him to the ground. Danny could smell its rancid breath. The same menacing grin played on the werewolf's lips. Danny tried to phase out from under it, but for some reason, he couldn't. The pain from the bite in his arm didn't help.

Just then, a snarl came from behind the werewolf. The black wolf attacked it by lunging for its throat. The werewolf leapt from Danny. The two circled each other, both growling. Then, as quick as lightning, the black wolf lunged again for the werewolf's throat, and successfully took hold of it. The werewolf yelped, and struggled to throw the smaller canine off. The wolf finally let go, and the werewolf took off.

Then, to his amazement, the black wolf stood up on its hind legs. It started to slowly change. First, the fur started to thin, then the yellow in its eyes shrunk until it just rimmed the now gray eyes. The wolf became human.

"C-Cassie?" Danny stuttered.

"Danny?"