Chapter 3

Star glanced up at her clock. It was four in the afternoon, here she was, at home, alone. This wouldn't have bothered her so much if she weren't worried about Rosa. She had skipped the last two classes and Danny was frantic. When he found out he immediately ran home and called her house multiple times. No one answered. Danny then called Star and they both went out in search for Rosa. After a while, they had given up. Star said, "When Rosa wants to be found, we will find her."

They both knew she was safe for now. Danny told Star how strangely Rosa had acted, and at first Star was stumped. Then suddenly it hit her. Rosa was under too much pressure by her emotions to tell Danny how she felt. But instead of telling Danny, she ran away, confusing and worrying her friends. But still, she should have composed herself by now. Also, something else must have driven her out of school. Star's green eyes gazed up at the ceiling. Star just hoped Rosa called them soon. Danny was really worried, and she had to admit, but lately she had been concerned too. Time sure flew as she was thinking. The next thing she knew was that the phone rang. She glanced at the clock that read 8:24 P.M. Star snatched the phone and pressed it to her ear.

"Hello?" Star said.

"S-star?" A sniffly voice asked.

Star's eyes widened.

"Rosa! What happened to you? Me and Danny have been worried sick!"

"I'm sorry....I'm so sorry...." Her voice was drifting.

"Its alright Rosa, what happened?" Star asked.

"I....I Cant tell you.."

"Why?"

"I just cant!... Is Danny really worried about me?" Rosa changed the topic.

"Of course he is! Rosa....what's going on?"

"He said he will kill you if I tell..."

"Who?!"

Silence.

"Who Rosa?!" Star demanded.

Dial tone, Rosa had hung up.

"Rosa? Rosa! Darn it!" Star slammed the phone down in a huff. She took a deep breath, then picked up the phone and dialed Danny's number.

Ring..

Ring...

Ring..

"Hello?" Danny's voice filled the earpiece.

"Danny! It's Star!"

"Hey, how is everything?"

"Rosa called. Danny I think someone is threatening her.."

"WHAT?!"

"Calm down. She seemed upset and hesitant to tell me something. She said that 'he would kill you' if she told me."

There was silence on the other end.

"Danny?" Star asked.

"Someone's threatening Rosa?!" His voice sounded angry and worried.

"Danny, chill. Lets just go ghost and fly over to her house and ask what is going on."

Danny sighed. "Alright. See you there?"

"You got it."

Rosa sat on her bed with her arms wrapped around her legs. What had she just done? He would hurt them now, she knew it.

She sighed and glanced at the darkness in her room. The sun was setting and as it was, it created dark shadows around everything in her room. The carpet, the dresser, the posters on her walls, even her mirror disappeared into darkness. Like she once was. Like Aries is now. But he seemed confused, almost like, part of him didn't want to hurt him. His eyes...once turned green. She had seen them. She also exposed herself in front of him. She knew he would use that against her. She had to keep quiet. She closed her eye and sighed. She was frightened to go to school. He was there, and so were her friends. God she wished she knew what to do.

"Rosa!"

Her head snapped up, Star and Danny were in her room. Both were looking at her worried. She would have too. Her face was stained with long gone tears, her hair was messy and her clothes were wrinkled and dirty. All in all, she looked like a girl who had been severely abused. Danny walked over to her and sat next to her. He went to give her a hug, but she flinched and pulled away from him. He blinked. Rosa had never been this cold to him before.

"Get out.." Rosa said softly.

"Rosa what happened to you?" Star demanded. "Who did this?!" Her fists were forming yellow plasma residue and her eyes almost seemed like they were exploding.

"Get out!" Rosa yelled.

Both were taken aback by her yelling. Star turned her shocked expression, to one of anger. "Fine! You think you can deal with this yourself? Well then you don't need me!" Star flew out from the room.

"Star.." Danny sighed and looked at the broken Rosa. "Rosa...why...why are you being so cold towards me?"

"You know.." She said bitterly.

"No, I don't." Danny was rather confused.

Rosa suddenly snapped, everything that happened finally got to her, she transformed into Rosa Specter and tried to punch Danny. He gasped and dodged.

"Rosa what's wrong with you?!" Danny cried, instantly transforming into Danny Phantom and blocking her next punch.

Rosa's fierce look was his only answer. She formed plasma blasts in her fists and threw them at Danny. He formed a shield and deflected the shots.

"Rosa!" He yelled. "Snap out of it!"

Her eyes narrowed at him. Then suddenly they softened. She could finally think clearly again. She floated to the ground and whispered. "I'm so sorry Danny.." She put her hands over her face.

Danny blinked and walked over to her. "Oh Rosa, what could have made you turn against me? Your one of my closest friends."

Rosa sniffled. "He could kill you if I tell."

"I don't care, let him try."

Rosa looked at him and sighed.

Star flew away from the house in rage. How dare she?! Rosa ordered her to go away! Well if that's the way she wants to solve her problems, leave her! Star sighed, then thought, but she's my friend, I can't just forget about her. Sure you can, you forgot about Holly. Star growled. I thought you were dead. Nope, I'm still here, ill always be here.

Star then noticed a strange boy flying. What?! Flying?! He had green eyes, red hair, and a suit with a black collar, a red shirt, black gloves, black pants with a single red line going up the sides of each leg, and red shoes. Star blinked. Was this, another halfa? She looked closer and saw he had a dark tinge to his skin and the hair not only was red, but curly? She floated over to him.

"Hello?" She called. The boy turned and gasped. Then looked at Star.

"Who are you?" He asked.

"Star, Star Ghost. And you are?"

"Aries Shadow." He replied.

Star's eyes widened. Could this be Aries Meedavo?!

Sam sighed and fiddled with her hair nervously. Danny was already twenty minutes late and she didn't feel like waiting anymore. She pulled out her cell phone and called Tucker.

"Hey tucker, have you seen Danny around?"

"Nope, I think he's still freaking because Rosa was missing."

Sam froze. "What?!"

"You didn't know? I thought for sure Danny would have told you.."

"I thought so too.." Sam looked hurt. She hated feeling sorry for herself with Rosa missing, but it seemed so unfair that Danny didn't even think of her to tell her. She blushed slightly, thinking of the past experiences with Ember and Valerie. The Fake out Make out and her own confusion when Danny suddenly was under a love spell and wouldn't let her out of his sight. She smiled softly, wishing she had that kind of attention again. But lately, her and Tucker had been out of the loop. She felt unwanted, like trash. Ever since the two new girls arrived, Danny seemed to need them more because of their halfa powers. Star, Rosa and Danny always seemed to be running into some kind of Danger. And they certainly didn't need humans to mess things up. Sam closed her eyes and sighed.

"Sam? You alright?" Tucker asked.

"I'm fine. Hey Tuck? Can I come over to your place and watch a movie with you or something?"

"Sure. We can watch 'Killer Zombies on 44th street!'" Sam groaned.

"Why can't we watch something normal for a chance?"

"What do you mean? This is normal! Normally Scary!" Sam rolled her eyes.

"That was very bad Tucker. But Ill be there in ten." Sam hung up and looked out the window. Her feelings for Danny were still mixed, even with this meeting. Sam closed her purple eyes and opened them again. She had to decide soon, before a love triangle formed.

Star glanced at Aries cautiously. "Is your real name Aries Meedavo?"

Aries looked stunned, he looked at Star. "Star Vost?"

Both nodded to each other.

"Hows Rosa?" He asked anxiously.

"That's hard to tell, she wont tell us anything.." Star eyed him wearily.

"She has to! Or he will destroy everything!"

"Who is this he?! How do you know what's going on Aries?"

Pain entered Aries head and he only looked pleadingly at Star.

"You have to find out what's going on! Before he destroys you all." With a cry, two red rings engulfed him and transformed him into Aries Meedavo. He opened his dark eyes at Star and she instantly felt a chill go through her entire body.

"Aries?"

"I have to go." He said simply. He floated to the ground and started to calmly walk away.

"Wait a minute..whats going on here?" Star demanded.

He turned and smiled at her. But it wasn't a pure smile, it made her blood run at a shockingly low temperature.

"You'll see.."