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The old man

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Now that Tucker was with him, Danny felt confident that he would be able to free Sam from Vlad. The group of four were only miles from the dark castle when an old man on the street corner stopped them.

"The chosen one." He said, "the sword is still new to you, Vlad is stronger with a sword." The man said

"Dude, that man just dissed you?" Tucker said to Danny.

"What do you mean? What do you know?" Danny questioned

"And you brought the Moon child with you." He said looking at Luna and ignoring Danny's questions. Danny and Tucker turned to look at Luna then back at the old man. "Your story is a sad one."

Luna looked down and turned away. "It's true." She said "Danny I have been trying to tell you something but you never..."

"Old man what do you want to tell me?" Danny asked but he said nothing and vanished

"That was weird...right Luna?" Danny turned to see that she had run off. "I need to stop ignoring girls."

"Look Danny you made her run like Sam." Tucker said "not so good with the ladies."

"Yeah well you're not so good either although that ghost fell for you at the dance...remember."

"I told you never to bring that up." Tucker said

Iggy was at their feet the whole time trying to get their attention, "what is it Iggy?" Danny asked as the fox lead him to a small tree. Luna was sitting on the top. "Luna, I'm sorry about back there, please come back down. We are so close to saving the world and your brother." Danny said

"Look Danny about saving my brother...that was a lie." She spoke as tucker walked up to the tree. "I was looking fro you the whole time so that I could fulfill my destiny. The part about my brother was so that you would take me with you." She said, "I tried to tell you before but I couldn't find the words."

"Luna what are you saying? What is your destiny?" Danny asked but before she could answer a dark vulture swooped down and took her away. Danny and Tucker ran after her as fast as they could but the vulture was too fast.

"That vulture looked familiar..." Danny said "Vlad." He breathed, "No, we have to save Luna and Sam."

"Look man I know we can beat him and save the girls." Tucker said "but first we have to find someone who can teach you to use a sword." He smiled

"You're right but who?" Danny asked

"Me." the old man reappeared

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"So babe how about you and me going to the game this Saturday? You can cheer me on." Dash said to Jazz as they sat in a cheese restaurant.

"Look Dash I don't think so, you insult my brother and his friends. I can't stand people like you. Maybe one day you will get better but for now I think we should stop dating." Jazz said as she stood up.

"So that's a no?" he asked as she stormed from the restaurant. "Oh Danny please be alright." She said, "I wonder what you are doing right now."

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Danny was knocked from his feet by a wooden sword. "Boy pay attention, we don't have much time. Stand up." The old man said

"Yeah Danny, what is going through your head?" tucker yelled from the sidelines.

Danny stood up from the ground and wiped the sweat from his brow, they had been practicing for five hours and it seemed that there would be no end. "I thought I heard Jazz's voice." He said as the old man's wooden sword came crashing down on his right shoulder causing Danny to fall to the grass once more, "hey I wasn't ready."

"Do you think Vlad is going to wait until you are ready?" the man asked "stand up and fight me."

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Sam walked through the halls of her prison and stopped when she heard crying form one of the rooms. Cautiously Sam walked to the room and opened the door. "Are you okay?" Sam asked the crying girl

"No, I was taken away from my friends." She said looking up at Sam with red eyes.

"So was I. but I don't think they miss me." Sam said

"My name is Luna."

"I am Sam" (Sam I am... sorry)

"Sam?" Luna's eyes lit up, "it's you! Danny is looking for you and so is Tucker." She said

"They are?" Sam asked

"Uh huh..." Luna began to tell Sam everything that had happened up until that point.

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After A whole day of training Danny was ready to fight Vlad and the next day he would save Sam and they would go back home. He would save Luna and everything would be right with the world. "Vlad is going down, tomorrow." Danny said as he fell backwards onto the grass.

"Danny!" Tucker ran to his side.

"Let him sleep, he still has much to learn but what he knows now should be enough, as long as his friends are behind him." The old man said before disappearing again.