Shall we dance?

Danny was enjoyably dreaming in his bed. His hair was a mess and there was drool coming out of his mouth as he half hanged out of the bed. The mirror over his dresser starts to ripple and than Elaine appeared.

"Young master. Danny? Wake up!" she said emphatically

He just rolled over and said grumble " Please Mom I need five more minuets. Its Saturday!"

"Its Elaine! And I don't care how much beauty sleep you need, you have to get ready for the ball! So WAKE UP!"

He just fired an ectoplasm energy blast at her and shoved his head under his pillow.

"Ohh! " she huffed and with clenched fist she went from Danny's mirror to Danielle who already been up for hour. She was using her telekinetic to do a number of things and was shock when Elaine appeared.

"Elaine what seems to be the problem?" she asked

"Your boyfriend needs more beauty sleep, than a beauty pageant queen! I mean even Ripvanwinkle didn't sleep as deep as your boyfriend and he was asleep for 20 years!"

"Oh Elaine you just need to know how to work him. Come let go wake him." She grasped a piece of string and then went to his room. She twisted the string and placed it under his sheets and than used her powers to move it along his body. He began to squirm and than she began letting off her combustion and that got him up like a kid on fire. She began to laugh a little.

"Danielle that is so not funny! What the big idea waking me up from a great dreams?" he asked

"You overslept!" she replied simple

"OVERSLEPT! HELLO ITS ONLY 5:00 IN THE MORNING!" he shouted at the top of lungs.

"Well we have so much to do with the ball tonight so might as well get an early start! So get in the shower and I'll get everyone else up. Hopeful they won't be as cranky. Come we have a big day tonight. Because tonight we make history! I can just feel that tonight something going to happen that will change our lives for ever!" she said as she left

"I love that girl. But she has got to be kidding about getting up this early. I mean even the dead are asleep now. Who ever said "Early to bed ,early to rise makes a man happy, health, and wise" never obviously didn't sleep in like a normal person on Saturdays!"

"I don't think Ben Franklin need to sleep in on Saturdays because he was too busy with one of his million other ideas, little brother. And there nothing wrong with getting up early anyway you get more done. So get in the shower!" said Jazz from the door. She was in a bathrobe and a towel wrapped around her head.

He stopped fretting and took his shower and went downstairs. He had all his favorite things for breakfast and then found Danielle in the ballroom. She looks like a beautiful angel as she danced around in majestic room. She was also singing a song he never heard before but it was beautiful and she was just indescribable for words.

"Fair Lady may I have the honor to dance with such rare find." He said with a sweeping bow

"Only kind of heart would have that privilege Sir, and it is I who be most honored."

As they began to dance. It was like magic the way they dance as if the where gliding along a the clouds of Heaven in light of a full golden moon and diamonds stars sewn in to the deep blue blanket of the night sky.

"You have obviously been paying attention to your lesson this past week. You must remember it's of the up most importance that the Council must not find out that you're a Halfa. At least not right away. Come lets go for a quick ride. I'll send for the others."

The pair left and the Danny went ghost and said "Bet I can get to the stables faster than you!"

"You can be such a testosterone pumping idiot sometimes , But Daddy taught me never to back out of a challenge. Let do it! But don't think just because I produce estrogen I'll go easy on you!

The race going so fast that they really need to be more careful or they would damage the Palace. Danielle was about to win when she put on the brakes and came to a screeching halt. Danny overshot her. He did a U-turn and went back to her.

"Come on Danielle, we got to get going. We have about 45 to an hour at the most of free time before we got to get ready for this shindig. So lets go riding. Danielle? Danielle. Hey! Ahh!" he said as she yanked him by his shirt collar and shushed him.

"Shuu! Be quite for a moment and listen," she said gesturing to the ajar door that led to her father privet chamber.

Danny listen and could make out what sounded like quite a lot of voices. He couldn't make out what they where saying but they where full of worry and concern and a little angry.

"Danielle its not right to listen in on conversation not meant for a your ears. It always turns out to hurt someone. Come let's get going…" he said when clear as a bell he heard the words "Danny" and "Danielle."

Getting a determine gaze on her face she grabbed him by the wrist and went invisible. They enter the room and flew up to the ceiling and hid.

"Danny, make two micro phone/receiver. And keep quiet." She said telepathically

He clasped his palms together and then on a spider thread thinness lowers it about five inches over the circle of people.

She pressed two fingers to her ears to switch on receiver. Danny did the same. It came in as clear as a crystal.

"Hey this is so cool! Hum! " He said as she casually slapped his wrist.

" Be quiet! Just picture your thoughts in your mind and I'll hear them. Now let see what this is all about! " She thought

"Ok, OK! Gezze Louise what a pain in the neck." He thought

"I "Heard" that!"

"Listen to me, my King I come to you now not as a Captain of the finesses P.D. in the Ghost Zone, but as your friend. With all the evidence that Plasmius and me have been collected in our stealthily exertion we really should have more security for tonight. The Princess and her Betrothed are in really jeopardy! I think with all the Renegades attack lately it would in good judgment to have a few of my top-notch operatives to work with me undercover tonight as a back up. What do you consider, Sire?" stated Roxy, as she looked him in the eye.

He rests his head on his closed hands and closed his eyes to ponder a moment. "What to you think we should do Kal? Do you believe that you and your brother Hector can handle this evening or would you like Capt. Damon here help? " He asked

"Dear King you know that my brother and I loyally to you and the Ghost Zone is unlimited. We have trained our men and dogs to be the best team they can be. But…" began Kal

"But?"

"But we be fools to think we could handle this threat alone. The only way we are going to put end to Renegades business is to work together so we be honored to have you Roxanne Damon on the team." Finished Hector.

"But the Renegades our not the only thing we should worry about tonight, Othello. " said Plasmius

"What do you mean, Vlad?" asked Desdemona

"I mean we should think of the possibility that even with the Royal Guard and the G.Z.S.T.P.D. We still may be outnumbered if they bring in there allies. It wouldn't matter how good our fighters are if we outmatch and outnumber 10 to 1!"

"He does bring up a good point, my love." Said Desdemona sympathetically

"We do know they have been trying to weaken our own allies, my best friend Robin is still grieving for the loss of his son to the Serpanterraions. I mean even your Spirit Walker Tala's colony was attack. And you have to be insane or crazy to go invaded a griffin territory!" spoke a large man with long light brown hair in spring green clothes

"Yes, we send our prays to your friend Mr. John but we can't think about death right now. I myself can't image anything more painful than losing a child to a war. But we must remain focused! Wulf can you keep on eye on Danny and Danielle? As their first line of defense?"

"I swear on my life to protect Friend Danny and his mate. He saved me so I will protect him forever!" said Wulf with such serious it blew everyone away.

"I see why Danny would like you to be his Spirit Walker. To think his and my little Filly destines. There fate was already decide for them 1100 years ago. They are the only ones who can safe the two world for utter annihilation!

"Personally I think it would be better if we went to the Black Tower and torture the Melchior till they admitted their treason! Come we all know its them. They had this vendetta with your family ever since Hasina predict greatness for Joseph Macry 's kids and not for their ancestor Mordred Melchior and his son Adonis. Is name did mean painful king. Which is what Kenneth going to be if he ascends to the throne of power. His son was just like his father Adonis was every much a snake and evil as his dad. He may have been like his name highly attractive, but it was a deadly kind of attractive! It is a cruel twist of irony that Mordred and Joseph were best friends till the War broke out and Mordred true nature was reveled. It very unfortunate out of jealousy and rage that one best friend killed the other. If only Hasina could have fore seen that. We must not let the children become a victim to this a cursed blood feud! We all swear to protect the princess and her love for all danger tonight or we all shall be sentence to oblivion I swear!" Said Roxy with such passion everyone felt the strong bond of unity and hope.

Danny and Danielle slipped out quietly and got to the stables. Everyone was complaining that they were 15 minutes behind schedule. But they all just saddle up and rode. Danielle was in such deep thought she didn't see a low hanging tree branch and wham she was off Acornia!

"Danielle! Go head guys I see you a few moments! Are you ok?"

"A few scraps and a bruised pride nothing serious." Sighing

"I can't believe my dad didn't tell me!"

"What didn't tell you?" he asked as he helped her back on her unicorn

"That Mordred and Joseph were best friends and that Joseph was murder by his best friend out jealousy. And that the reason our lives are in danger! We're supposed to save both the Ghost Zone and the Earth from danger! But I don't know what do. I mean what to you do when you have literally of not one but two worlds on your shoulders?

"You planted your feet, say your prays, and count your blessing, and just hope everything works out. Just do heart tells you. Think about all we have worth fighting for. Our families, our friends, our futures, and the place we call home. With all those reason not to fail we have a better chance at succeeding! Come let hurry the others are a mile a head of us!" he said gleeful as they blazed down the trail!

As day turn to night and evening came people were in full swing. The girls were with the castle stylist Boaz. He was Esther's husband and Ruth's father. "Another master pieces!" He said as he finished the girls' hair and make up.

The went into the other room with a three way mirror and a couple of change screens. When they emerged Sam was were her gothic dress she wore to the school dance with the two necklace Zekk had given her. Jazz wore her hair in an elaborated bun and wore a black silk off the shoulder dress with a beautiful red rose embroider on it. Gabby thin strap jade green dress with a V-neck line and leg slits. Tucker was allowed to come in after they were fully clothed. He was wearing a suit, no hat and a lot of cologne. Very awful smelling cologne.

"Ok ladies do you think that I the finest thing you little eyes every seen?" He said plucking his shirt.

They were all coughing and Gabby used her powers to pin him to the wall and get an air freshener. She sprayed for three minuets just to get rid of the obnoxious smell.

"Next time Tuck, heed the warning that less is more!" said Sam.

Jazz checked her watch and said concerted " It's five! Didn't the queen say our dates be here by that time?"

"Don't worry! Everyone in the Ghost Zone is very punctual and my date will be he in exactly 5,4,3,2,1!"

"Hey Gabby! How you doing long time no see! George you crazy dog get back here!" Cried out a boy.

"Mark! You're right on time. Oh its been ages since I've seen see you come I want you to me a some people." She said as she scooped up the Scottish terrier and pressed his nose.

"Jazz, Sam, Tucker, I like you to meet my friend Baron Mark! We meet at summer camp a few years back and we been e-mailing back and froth. He such a good friend. He love to write and he full of ideas!" said Gabby

The boy shook the hands. When the light caught his pretty blue eye they looked green which went well with his short blond hair. He was wearing a styles gold tux and gave her a box. Inside was a gold necklace and earrings.

"Well it been a pleasure to meet you, Mark to you know when our dates come?" asked Sam

"We are already here my, dark angel. But let this flower do the talking." Said a strangely familiar voice as a long stem red rose manifested in Sam hands. Whiling around she was staring in to the slivery blue eyes of the boy of her dreams in a gothic tux.

"ZEKK! OH ZEKK! "She said as she leaped into his arms and kissed.

"That was better than any dream. You are even more beautiful than I remember. Oh how I miss your lovely voice being so depressing and dreary but you have been retaining your unique like in your letters!" said Zekk

"You have been getting my letters? Oh that is so wonderful! But I felt so empty without you, Oh Zekk!" she said kissing him

"Well I have to say they are right when they say absence make the heart grow fonder. I have something very important to tell you later. But for now how do like these neon bat earrings? You can even get radio stations on them. And you also can record and take pictures! My sister made them for you on my request." Said Zekk blushing

"You know just what makes me tick! I love them." She said as she put them on. "By the way were is Melissa tonight?"

"Right here, Samantha. And I'm glad you like the present." Said Melissa

Everyone was gasping at her. She wore off the shoulder bright red sequence dress that did show quite a bit of her legs. Her hair was long and loose and she wore matching gloves. She had a chocker and make up on!

Walking up to Tucker she smiled and said, "You still owe me another game of chess but this time I think will play virtual. Here a holo file on what we are going tonight. So lets get going! I have got to go check on the secretary room and I need a geek of your expertness to get the job done." Dragging him out of the room.

Sam whistles and said playful " Tucker going to have a lot luck to melt that iceberg. She looks absolutes disgusted with him. She must have been force to be his date tonight and boy do I feel sorry for her!"

"Don't be Sam, she actually quiet love-struck with him. She just loves messing with peoples heads and testing them to see how they measure up to her standers!" said Zekk laughing!

"Where my blind date tonight? I can't be a wallflower!" said Jazz

"Sorry for being late. But I had to feed some raccoons and water hybrid flora. I hope you will forgive Me." said a tall young boy with long blonde hair in a cerulean tux "Here may this flower be apologized. I created it my self." He said as he pinned a beautiful six petals white and azure flower to Jazz's dress.

"Its beautiful. Who are you and what do you call this bloom?" she asked as she gazed deep into his stormy indigo eyes.

"My is John, Little John Jr. I'm named after my father. I call that flower "Tear of Love Water". Unlike my father I'm more of a scientist than a guardian. I've study botany, biology, and ecology, medicine as well geology and many others. You look like a very bright girl come lets get downstairs and talk."

She just smiled and said dreamily "I like that a lot!"

Danny and Danielle were getting ready in separated chambers. Ester was taking care Danielle and Ruth was trying to get Danny to wear what she had made for him.

"It stupid! I'm not some fairytale prince! I'm not wearing it! Forget it!" he cried.

"Please the Council will expect you to wear something like this so please put it on. Its not like blue isn't your color! If you aren't going to do it for me to it for Danielle! Please I slave a week to get this done!"

"All right!" he said as he hurriedly to put on the outfit. He stepped out from behind the screen "Well how to I look?"

Ruth eyes start at the feet and worked their way up. Knee high leather boots, blue tights, a long blue shirt with red and gold trim at the end, belt, cuffs, shoulders. A red brooch pinned a long blue cape. "You are defiantly Prince Charming tonight! Just remember don't go ghost. Now go Danielle is waiting for you."

He walked outside and to the staircase he found everyone but Danielle. "Where is she?" he thought out loud.

"I don't know myself. But she better hurry! The Council will be arriving any minute and you do not stand them up!" said Othello.

"Here she comes! Oh she just so beautiful!" Desdemona said.

Danny whirled around and gasped. First he couldn't make out her outfit till she gilded into the light and she was just beyond stunning!

She was wearing gold slippers with a lavender petty coat, which had a dreamy pink skirt over it. Pinned at the elbows, waist, and to part the skirt to show the petty coat where little pink roses. She had long pink sleeves with a lavender stripe down the middle between the breasts. She had a chocker and hair pinned up wonderful and a tiara was on her head.

"Nice to meet you, Prince Charming."

"Same to you Cinderella. Come lets take you to the ball and you can stay past midnight."

They took their places on the staircase. All the ghost form all over the ghost zone where they're already. Even Tala and his family had arrived. They waited till the Council had been announcing before the speaker start to call their names. Silence fell over the group as he began to announce them.

"Ladies and Gentleman welcome to the Ghost Zone Independence Day Ball. And now for our special guests of honor. From the Enchanted Forest Sir Little John Jr. and his date the marvels enchanting Lady Jasmine, Next the princess of technology Melissa Hacker and her date Sovereign Tucker, following Assistance Captain of the G.Z.S.T.P.D. Zekk Hacker and his black angel Lady Sam. Here comes Princess Gabby and her date Baron Mark. The King and Queen and finally Crowned Princess Daniellela Anastasia Fantana and her escort Sir Daniel Fenton.

He took a few deep breaths and walked with Danielle to the Council and bowed. "Council is honor and privilege to meet you tonight. I swear you won't be disappointed. Now if you excuse me, it's our responibitly to open the ball with a Phantom Waltz. Come Danielle."

They went to the center of the room and began to dance just like they had that morning. Soon everyone else joined in. Only three people behind the stairs didn't dance. Kenneth and his family were on the lookout. They had one shot and have more than a thousand they weren't going to blow it.

After dancing for about an hour the gang retreated to the buffet table to rest.

"So tell me, Zekk how does it feel to be in such important position? Your parents must be very happy!" said Sam as she drank her juice and nibble on carrots.

"I don't know they most likely be happy for me and Melissa. But they died when I was just nine. I never forget it. Skulker was chasing a ghost bear. He went through my town and destroyed anything or anyone in his way. My mom was a social worker and dad was a premedical. They were having dinner and the bear hid in walk in fridge and well he just came and blew up everything. Just to get that bear. The G.Z. S.T.P.D. finally stopped him. They took care of me and Melissa and we felt we owed to our parents to protect the innocents for the resistless Renegades. I learned a long time ago to live for the moment and never take anything not even air for granted. Come lets get some chocolate soy milkshakes!"

"So how smart are you? I mean what's your IQ. And do you ever just do you know normal things?" Asked Tucker as he ate his tenth little winner.

I can solve a Rubix Cube in under a minute and I can speak over 300 languages. I like to read Japanese comics and do computer animation. I'm the best jet blade in the ghost zone. Do you like to play Cyber Dueling Star Knights? She asked as she got a small calculator sized computer and pressed her earrings and a pair of goggles appeared.

"Cool! I'll have you know I placed second on the online tournament of CDSK. Only one kid scored higher and that was some kid called Cyber ghost Gal. Boy was she awesome she beat the Soulless NERCO Knight in just three moves! That was so amazing!" Tucker said goofily

"Why thank you nice to meet FyerTuck you were a good challenger but you needed to protect yourself more with the silver platinum shield and you need train a bit more if you ever want to get a Level 12 Laser zeo crystal sword. You see if watch here is if you want to defeat Soulless NERCO Knight, you need to attack him at exactly 95 degree angle on the left shoulder side but only after he been drained zeo energy. Now if you want to have some real fun watch this." She said as she began to blaze her fingers across the keyboard faster than one heartbeat.

"What are you doing?'' he asked as he watch the data steam go by at an incurability speed. Just than a hologram picture came up. "Well Mr. Foley what do you think of this?" she said as she showed blueprints and specs of building and vehicles.

"That looks like the greatest flight simulate jet ever. Ah what game does it belong to? I'll download it." He said eagerly.

"Uh Tuck? This isn't a game. These are real."

"You mean we're looking at actually U.S. Armed Forces jets and tanks. What are those blueprints of? And were are the from?"

"Oh I just hacked into the Pentagon, FBI and CIA mainframe. It's no big deal I've been doing since I was five. So" shaking her head and letting her ginger hair catch the candlelight. She sang to him. " Are we going take the time to get know? Because baby we been giving each other singles. So baby give me an invitation so I can tell if you are mine. Because I'm never giving up never giving in and when things go wrong and you fall down you can get up again. Come lets hit the dance floor I need to get my groove back on! Cause in life and death you need to have a little fun! Even in death you can work yourself to death! " Grabbing Tucker away from the cheetos and spicy nachos.

Jazz and LJJ were having a great time. They had talk about psychology and science and all things in heaven name.

"So you believe animals are more spirit orientated than humans. That they can sense things from beyond the grave? And that there can be ghost animal?" she asked

"You seen the animal in this Zone and you think they lack ghostly spirits? But living animals? If humans have souls, why can't animals? After all they are of God creation too. And their third eye is more active because they don't live with such materialist bounders. Their world is much more simple. All living things produce energy. And when they die does that energy not have to be dispersed so how? And its up to them to choose where that energy is focus into what shape. I love it if could go talk to more people like you. I can talk about things I'm normal not comfortable speaking about. So what to you think about me?"

"I think you are a sweet poetic soul who has a deep spiritual connection to the natural world. Who is a true pacifist and is one of the greatest minds I have every seen. You could be the greatest scientist where I'm from. Here my email and address for now lets get back to having fun. I want to end my vacation having fun."

Under the chandler walking on air were Danny and his lovely girl. Everything was melting away in the dream light. The fast paced music turn into a slow dance. And he just stared into her peaceful sky eyes and she did the same.

"Danny, I apologize for not telling you the whole story sooner. But right now this moment in time will be ours forever and I want to love this night forever. So when I die, I can die knowing for all the mistakes I made and all my regrets I don't have to regret the fact that we meet and found some real and true that will transcend death and time forever and entreaty. I love you Danny Phantom." She said in a spiritual voice just below a whisper.

"No matter what happens tonight I love you know and forever Danielle Phantasm." He replies the same.

Their touching embrace was being watch with nothing short of disgust by a small trio. Each looked like they swollen rat poison.

"That girl is about to wish she made the choice to marry me and not get betrothed to the little dung beetle. We are going to take what is rightful ours. Mother do you have on your toxin make up and have your Egyptian whip. And Father do you have a fist of iron and claws of gold ready to pound and slice?" asked the sinter Lord. They nodded with cold smile on their faces.

Then we are all se… Hey what that Dragon Ghost Princess doing out on the dance floor! She not supposed to be out for another 15 minutes!

"Her bloody mother let her came to the ball final. I'll get her sweetie don't you worry. Nothing is going to ruin this day!

"No, nothing going to ruin tonight!" he said with his eyes locked on the princess dancing in moonlight.