Hi, folks. Not too many reviews, I need more please! No big deal, I suppose. But thanks to Darkdragon of death 13790 for putting my story's description in your fic. Could use a longer summary though. And fix your spelling, too! Anyway, onto Chapter 8! Danny and Sam still have a long way to go!

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As Danny and Sam continued through the Ghost Zone, they both had rather worried looks on their faces. Danny turned aroundto Sam.

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Inside Danny's thoughts:

I've always been there for Sam. She's always been there for me. That's what best friends do. Yet as time goes on, I continue to wonder…could we maybe be more than just friends? Maybe I do like her, but what if she doesn't like me the same way? It could possibly ruin our friendship. Well, for now, I can't worry about that. We're on a rescue mission.

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Inside Sam's thoughts:

Friends. Friends. The more time passes, the more I think Danny and I could be something more. And the more I think about that, the more I'm afraid to find out. Sure, I may like him, but I'm sure Danny doesn't like me the same way. He's all over that shallow witch, Paulina. I was so glad when I found out Paulina was being overshadowed by Kitty a while back. It's certain that she doesn't like his human form, but why can't Danny see that? Oh, well. Not the time to think about it.

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As Danny and Sam complicated their thoughts, they heard something.

"Hey, Danny," said Sam, "What's that?"

Danny looked around, "I'm not sure. It sounds like…sobbing."

"Who could be sobbing here?" asked Sam.

"There's one way to find out," said Danny, as he flew towards where the sobbing was coming from. After about a minute, they saw someone. It was a young girl in a princess outfit. Around her neck was a gold amulet. Danny gasped. It was the Cursed Amulet of Aragon, which, as they knew, turned anyone who wore it into a dragon upon becoming distressed or angry.

Danny said, "It's that girl who becomes a dragon," he turned to the girl, "Um, hi. Please be calm."

Just then, the girl began to grow. Like they've seen her before, she transformed into a dragon with blue skin and yellow horns.

The dragon shouted, "I want to go to the ball!" then threw fire at Danny. Danny countered with an ectoplasmic blast. The two attacks hit each other and pushed against the other.

Finally there was a huge explosion and the dragon was sent flying. But Danny quickly grabbed the Specter Speeder and held it and him to the ground, making them both intangible in the process. When the smoke cleared, Danny and Sam were unharmed. But the Dragon Ghost was lying on the ground.

Danny flew over to the dragon and pulled off the amulet. Instantly the dragon began to shrink back into the princess.

The princess looked at Danny and started sobbing, "All I want is to go to the Princess Costume Ball! Is that so wrong?"

Danny answered, "No, but trying to destroy me is. And as for your ball problem, maybe I could help."

"Could you? How?"

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Moments later, Danny gave the girl a big package, "Here you go. The 'Have your own Costume Ball' kit."

The girl smiled, "I don't know how to thank you. But where did you get it?"

"Internet," Danny answered.

"What is internet?" the girl asked with a puzzled expression.

Danny quickly said, "Uh, don't you have to try out that kit?"

"Oh, yes of course. Thank you very much."

"No problem," Danny said, handing the amulet back to her. With happiness in the girl's heart, she flew away.

Sam flew the speeder over to Danny, "That was sweet. But why did you give the amulet back to her?"

Danny answered, "If she thinks she's going to the ball, she won't have any reason to change into a dragon anymore."

"Great. Now let's get going."

Danny and Sam began to fly away, but they had only gone a few yards when they heard an elderly voice say, "But not on empty bellies, children. Would you like cookies? Milk? A super size order of death!"

The large Lunch Lady Ghost appeared in front of them. She shouted, "You're both going to pay! You," she pointed at Danny, "for trapping me in that thermos, and you," she pointed at Sam, "for changing the lunch menu that was always the same!"

Sam yelled at her, "Don't you know it's good to try something different once in a while? And we don't need meat. We always kill innocent animals to make it!"

"Silence! It's lunchtime!" as a few of her meat minions appeared in front of her.

Danny divided into four and they said, "It wasn't funny last time either, but you're right." Two of them picked up two of the minions and flew toward her, saying, "You can have a sandwich." He smashed the minions against her sides, holding them there so she looked like a sandwich.

The Lunch Lady Ghost knocked the two away, only to see the other two flying at her saying, "And to drink, how about some punch?" as one punched her in the face, the other in the belly.

Sam sighed, "You may kick butt in ghost-fighting, but you still need some work on your jokes."

The Lunch Lady Ghost fell to the ground, but the five minions surrounded the four Dannys. She stood up and laughed, "What are you gonna do? It's five against four."

Danny grinned, "I beat you before with just one of me. With four, it should be a piece of cake!"

"Cake? Oh, that's a marvelous idea! I think I'll make a cake…out of you!" The five minions then jumped at the four Dannys.

The four Dannys suddenly smiled, then they joined hands. They then raised their legs up over their heads so they were pointed straight down. They then fired ectoplasmic blasts at the ground and the blasts built up on the ground. Finally they exploded on the ground, wiping out everything on the ground, including the minions.

"No!" shouted the Lunch Lady Ghost, "My minions!"

Danny formed back into one, and smirked, "Let me ask you something. How long did you work as a lunch lady?"

"Twenty-three years."

"Were you ever fired?"

"No. I died before that."

"Well, allow me to do the honors," said Danny as he threw a hard punch at her. She hit the ground and did not get up.

Danny opened the thermos, "Looks like this lunch period is over." She was sucked inside, shrieking, "Not again! I'll get you next time!"

Danny closed the thermos and said to Sam, "I don't think I'd ever buy lunch with her as a cafeteria woman."

Sam smiled, "Me neither. I couldn't stand all the meat. Alright, now let's go."

While they went on, very far behind them, Jack and Maddie flew through the Ghost Zone, wearing the Fenton Jetpacks.

Maddie said, "Jack, where exactly are we going to go?"

Jack smiled, "Fear not, Maddie. We'll use the Fenton Finder!"

Maddie stared at him.

Jack threw his arms up, "What?"

"Jack, there are millions of ghosts in the Ghost Zone. The Fenton Finder will go crazy! Let's ask for directions instead."

Up ahead, they saw the Box Ghost, who saw them and shouted, "Beware! I am the Box Ghost!"

Jack and Maddie pointed spare Fenton Peelers at them, with Jack saying, "Yeah, yeah. We've seen you before. But we want to know what you've been seeing lately. Anyone kidnapping anybody from the real world?"

"Indeed, I have! He goes by the name of Dilbert! I asked to be on his squad, but I was turned down! Can't imagine why. I am the B…"

"Shut up! Where is he?"

"I cannot reveal where…"

Jack began to squeeze the trigger, "I SAID, 'WHERE IS HE?'!"

The Box Ghost quickly said, "Uh, he is that way!" and pointed in the direction Danny and Sam had gone. He added, "Just keep going that way! But fear! You will not survive!"

"Whatever," said Maddie, then she turned to Jack, "Strange. It isn't Inviso-Bill."

"Don't be so sure," said Jack, "Maybe it is Inviso-Bill. That is just a name the town gave him. Or maybe he's working for this 'squad' this moron mentioned. Let's ask him." He turned back to the Box Ghost, "Do you know who is…"

But the Box Ghost was gone.

Maddie sighed, "Oh! How rude! Well, I guess we go this way." She and Jack then flew toward where the Box Ghost had directed them, and toward Danny and Sam…

Rather long chapter, wasn't it? The Dragon Ghost is on the road to peace, and the Lunch Lady Ghost has been kicked out of the kitchen, but there are quite a few more of Danny's old foes to come! But will Jack and Maddie catch up to them? And will Danny and Sam survive through their toughest battle of all? The battle between their feelings? Find out in Chapter 9!