I'm sick :( NO! not the week of Christmas! cries

Jonakhensu: I haven't seen Bitter Reunions (the episode with Vlad) yet, so I wouldn't know. I've seen all the other episodes though :)

DISCLAIMER: sigh I do not own Danny Phantom

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A ghost was being chased in the Ghost Zone by Veclussier, one of the worst ghosts there. He tried to hit her with balls of energy, but she managed to dodge them. "You can run but you can't hide, Charlotte!" he yelled behind her.

The ghost, Charlotte, was far ahead of him, but she could hear him floating closer. She didn't have much time to hide. If he caught her, he'd…she didn't even want to think about it. Then she saw something ahead of her.

It looked like a portal of some kind. "Perfect," Charlotte said to herself. "I can hide in there."

She disappeared into the portal. When she came out on the other side, she was in a lab of some kind. It was all dark except for the portal glowing behind her. The lab was filled with hundreds of mechanical gadgets, some of which were buzzing softly.

She floated over to a corner. "At least I can hide here for a while," she thought. Charlotte floated up a little, and sharply turned around, knocking one of the machines off the table. It landed on the floor with a huge clang. She gasped, hoping no one heard.

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Meanwhile Danny was in his bed, sleeping peacefully. He woke up with a start. Blue mist was coming out of his mouth in clouds. He quickly got out of bed, went ghost, and crept downstairs. He went to the lab first, opening the door and floating in.

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"Oh no," the ghost thought. She quickly hid behind a machine. She could see a boy, about 14, floating around the lab looking for the source of the noise. "I thought I heard something," he said to himself, shrugging. She held her breath, not wanting to be detected.

After a while, the ghost-boy finally gave up and left. Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief. She headed back towards the portal. "Maybe Veclussier is gone by now," she thought. "He's a very impatient ghost."

She floated through the portal, when a bright light zapped her. "AAAAAHHH!" she screamed in pain. She quickly reached out to hold on to something – which was the edge of the portal. She then went though it.

She was in the lab again, and could feel herself fading out of consciousness. "What happened to me?" was her last thought before she was totally unconscious.

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When she woke up, she could hear voices in the lab. She got up. She felt different somehow. She couldn't quite place it, but she definitely felt different.

The lab slowly came into focus. She was behind one of the machines, so she peeked around the corner to see what was happening.

There was a man working on something in one corner of the lab. There was also a boy, about 14, walking around the lab. He had black hair and blue eyes. Something about him looked familiar, but she couldn't really place it. He almost looked like the ghost she had seen the night before.

She went invisible; then she realized she couldn't. "What the heck --" She looked down at herself, and realized she was human. She stifled a scream. "I've got to get out of here!"

The 14-year-old boy had left, but the other human was still in the lab, still working on whatever he was working on. "Should I wait for the lab to be empty, or make a run for it now and hope he doesn't notice?" she thought.

She decided to wait. But when she waited for half an hour and he was still there, she decided to make a run for it. She came out of her hiding place and crept past the human. He didn't notice because he was fascinated with whatever he was working on.

She was in the stairwell. She started creeping up the steps when she heard someone coming back down to the lab. "Oh no!" she thought. There was no where to hide.

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"Okay, Dad! Be there in a second!" Danny made his way down the stairs, carrying a glass of water. He turned the corner…

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The ghost – or well, now the human – pressed herself up against the wall, hoping not to be found. She then suddenly fell through it just as the kid, Danny, went by. He stopped and looked at the wall quizzically for a second, and then continued down the steps.

"I don't know how I did that, but I can't really say I care," Charlotte said. She was in a different room now. She brushed off her dress, and then made her way to the door. But once she was outside, she had no idea what to do.