Hello, people! Did you all enjoy the Memorial Day weekend? For me Saturday and Sunday were pretty fun, but Monday was rather dull. I guess it doesn't matter, though.

I wrote this chapter on Monday, but because the site submissions and logins were down for a while, we all had to wait. But now, we have finally reached Chapter 9, seeing what no one else has seen! How can Neveah help Danny?

Danny walked over to Neveah, and she started to lead him across the dark room. The two of them walked for a while until Neveah stopped.

Neveah said to him, "We shall start here."

Danny responded, "Okay. What are we going to start with?"

"We shall begin by testing your reflexes. I am going to fire fast blasts at you, and I'm going to see how you can react to it."

"Alright," said Danny, "Let's get to it."

Neveah sighed, "Danny, do you really want to do this in your human form?"

Danny examined himself and realized he was still in his human form. He grinned sheepishly, then shook it off and shouted, "Going ghost!" With that, two rings formed at his waist, and split up and down. His red-and-white shirt and jeans disappeared and was replaced by a black-and-white jumpsuit. His eyes changed from blue to green, and his hair turned from black to snow-white as he finally changed into his alter-ego, Danny Phantom.

"That's more like it. Remember, you can't fly," said Neveah, "Okay, are you ready?"

Danny sighed and got into a fighting stance, "Yes."

With that, Neveah started firing silver-blue blasts at Danny. Quick on his feet, Danny jumped around the blasts. Some of the blasts grazed Danny, but not too many.

After at least fifty blasts were fired, Neveah stopped. She said, "Not bad. I see that fighting the ghosts you have seen has helped you some. But we still have a lot of work to do."

"Please help me learn fast. I want to beat these spells. I want to live. And I don't want to leave Sam."

"I understand," said Neveah, "Okay, then let's get back to work."

After a couple more reflex exercises, Danny wasn't improving too much. Neveah tried helping him out, "Remember, Danny. You've got to be able to sense your opponent's moves. You must know their attacks and counter with your own. Relax a little, and your senses will improve."

"Okay," said Danny as he took a deep breath and tried to relax.

"Ready?"

"Yes."

Neveah began to fire her silver-blue blasts at him again. Danny stayed calm and dodged. This time, thanks to his calmness and quick-thinking, he was able to dodge them all.

Neveah smiled, "Very good, Danny. Now let's move on to a move you've been trying to learn for a while. Do you know what that is?"

Danny thought hard. The training he had done, what had he been trying to learn? He asked, "Multiplying?"

"Correct. Now try and multiply for me."

"Okay," said Danny. With that, he began to strain in place. Neveah stood by and watched. Danny's face was starting to grow red from the effort after a few moments. Finally a second Danny began to form, but like in "Maternal Instincts", it stopped after making a second head.

Neveah smiled, "It's okay. All you need to do is concentrate. Feel yourself not as multiplying, but as dividing. Just concentrate and relax. Those are the two most important steps in learning your skills. Try again."

Danny sighed, "Concentrate and relax." Then he again tried to multiply. He concentrated with all his might. Divide, not multiply, he thought. Concentrate and relax.

As he tried as hard as he could to multiply, Neveah began to think, I know you can do it, Danny. You just have to want to learn. You have to really want to live. You have to really want to be with the girl you love.

After what seemed like forever, a second Danny began to form, and this time it formed all the way.

"Alright!" Danny shouted in delight.

Neveah gave a small clap, "Well done, Danny. You have mastered the first step in multiplying."

The other Danny chuckled, "Well, I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks a lot."

"Now, Danny," said Neveah, "There's no need to thank me yet. We have only just begun in your long journey back to full health. Think for one minute. How many of himself can Vlad Plasmius make?"

Danny's smile faded, "Four."

"Exactly. You still have very much to learn. Fire an ectoplasmic blast, please."

"Why and where?"

"Just fire, and anywhere in the room."

Thinking it would be rude and stupid to fire at Neveah, Danny fired an ectoplasmic blast to his left. It hit the ground and disintegrated.

Neveah said, "Your powers are still green."

Danny sighed, "You're right. I still have a lot to learn. So let's get back to work."

"For now," said Neveah, "We will test your target practice. Come with me."

Danny formed back into one and followed Neveah further down. After a few moments they stopped. Danny looked around. There were a bunch of targets and other gadgets.

Danny asked, "Target practice?"

"Indeed," confirmed Neveah, "We will test how your accuracy and speed is. These targets will be moving very fast, so remember to concentrate and sense their movements."

"Okay," agreed Danny.

"Very well," said Neveah, "On your mark, get set…GO!"

Just then, the targets began moving back and forth in a very fast manner. Danny's eyes even had trouble keeping up with them, how was he going to hit them? But he remembered what Neveah had said and concentrated.

Danny waited carefully, sensing the target's movements. Finally he fired an ectoplasmic blast at the target and hit it, and it disappeared.

Danny moved past the target and on to the next one. He again waited carefully, fired, and hit the target again.

Neveah was smiling as Danny proceeded to hit every target, getting faster as he went along.

After he was done, Neveah said, "That was good. But we're going to do it again."

"Why?" asked Danny.

"You don't really think you're going to have that much time fighting a real ghost, do you?"

"I guess not."

"'I guess not' is right, Danny. Try and hit the targets a little faster."

Danny sighed as the targets reappeared, currently stationary. Neveah again shouted, "On your mark, get set…GO!"

The targets again started to move very quickly. Danny concentrated and fired. It hit and disappeared. Neveah smile grew bigger as Danny destroyed all of the targets much faster than the first time he did it.

When he was done, Neveah gave a small clap, "Very good, Danny. Let's do it one more time. I want to make sure you are consistent."

"Okay," said Danny as the targets appeared once again.

Neveah once again gave the signal and the targets started to move quickly once more. Danny never hesitated. It was starting to become second nature to him as he kept firing at the targets, and kept hitting them.

Finally, Danny reached the last target. He fired at it. The blast hit, but Danny almost fell down in shock at what he saw. Neveah stood by, beaming at what had just happened.

Danny watched in awe as his blasts were no longer green. They were purple.

Wow! Danny is improving, isn't he? At the rate he's going now, the chance he has of surviving these spells are improving as well. But will he learn enough in time? And what about Sam, who may be on the verge of telling Danny's secret, and Tucker, who has currently been brainwashed? Wait until Chapter 10!