Hello, people! How is everything? Sorry for the wait, I was busy working on a third story of mine, "The Phantom Storm." Review that one, please! As for the reviews here, thank you! Million Dollar Ghost was a good episode last night, wasn't it? I give it 8/10.

Anyway, let's get rolling along! Here's Chapter 11!

While Danny continued to train harder than ever with Neveah, back in the real world, Sam was currently in her bed, doing a lot of thinking.

Her thoughts were scrambled, Why did Tucker have to find me? I would have been gone, but at least Danny would be with me. But Danny's not even dead yet. But he will be. How am I going to cope with that? How did everything get so messed up? What went wrong?

Her mind drifted over to her and Danny's parents, as well as Jazz. I should tell them. But not right now. Tomorrow. It's going to be tomorrow. I have to tell them Danny's secret tomorrow.

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"For our next drill, we're going to see if you can make beams come out of your eyes. I trust you've seen Vlad do it before?"

"Yes," answered Danny, "Even when he isn't in ghost mode."

"Give it a try."

Danny grunted in place, trying to make something come out of his eyes. After a few minutes, all that came out were a few sparks.

Danny sighed. They had now worked on reflexes and ectoplasmic absorbers once again. Now that they were moving on to something Danny hadn't tried before, it would be getting more difficult for him.

Neveah smiled, "You're very eager, Danny. But you must also be willing to remain calm. I know your life hangs in the balance of your training, but you must be a true hero. True heroes excel in the face of adversity."

"I know," Danny said. He took a deep breath.

"Remember, Danny."

"I know, concentrate and relax," Danny finished for her. Then he tried again. Once again, only sparks came out. Danny rubbed his forehead in frustration. All the hard work that he was going through was really stressing him out.

"Danny," said Neveah, "You're not relaxing enough. You must remain calm."

"I know, I know," Danny groaned, "It's just that, the more I think about what I may be leaving behind, the more nervous and stressed out I get."

"I understand the turmoil in your life, young Danny. Let me see. What makes you calm?"

Danny thought for a minute, and then a thought sprang to his mind, "Sam."

Neveah smiled, "Indeed. I have seen that she is the one you truly love. So if you can picture your beloved Sam, alive and happy, that should be all you need."

Danny asked her, "What do you mean?"

"Whenever you try to use your abilities, all you must do is think of Sam. Concentrate on her, and things will work out."

Danny took a deep breath. Concentrate on Sam, Danny thought, She's beautiful, unique, friendly, independent, brave…

Without even realizing, energy suddenly sprung out of his eyes. Danny grinned, "Hey, it works!"

"Well done. Now try doing it without thinking about Sam."

"Why?"

"You probably won't have time to think that much in a real battle."

"Alright," Danny said, and then he tried again. After only a few seconds, the energy shot out of his eyes once again.

Danny smiled, "Sweet. I'm learning fast."

"Indeed, you are. Now let's try a practice duel. With me."

"You want me to duel with you? But you're so much stronger than me!"

"Do not worry. I will keep my fighting abilities down just to make it fair for now. Remember what you've learned so far."

Danny nodded, and he fired a purple ectoplasmic blast at Neveah. She calmly absorbed the blast and fired it back at Danny. Danny projected an ecoplasmic shield and it bounced off. Danny fired the energy out of his eyes. Neveah took a very deep breath, and suddenly blew icy breath out of her mouth. The eye energy was hit and frozen solid.

Danny growled, and he multiplied into three. One Danny fired a purple ectoplasmic blast, one fired an eyebeam, and the other flew right at Neveah. She absorbed the blast with one hand, froze the beam, and projected an ectoplasmic ghost rebounder.

Danny was in awe as he formed back into one. He had her outnumbered, and she was still kicking his butt!

Neveah formed a silver-blue flame in her hand, and threw it at Danny. Danny dodged it, then again. Danny raised his fist to punch Neveah. Neveah reached out to grab his fist, but Danny suddenly brought his fist back. As he did, he flipped over headfirst, and his foot struck Neveah right across the face.

Neveah stumbled backward. She smiled, "I'm impressed, Danny. I actually felt something there. Shall we stop, or do you want to continue?"

Danny grinned, "Let's continue, Neveah."

Neveah fired a silver-blue ectoplasmic blast at Danny. Without even realizing, Danny suddenly vanished.

Before he even knew it, Danny suddenly reappeared behind Neveah. Still confused, Danny fired and eyebeam at Neveah just as she was turning around. She was hit.

Danny shouted, "Whoa! How'd I do that?"

Neveah got up and answered, "You have just learned teleporting. Without even thinking, I must say. What did you do just before that?"

Danny thought for a minute. He said, "When I saw you firing at me, the first thing I thought was 'I got to get away from that.' Next thing I knew, I was behind you."

Neveah smiled, "For now, let's get back to training. I'll let you try and master teleporting."

Danny nodded, "Okay." Then he closed his eyes and thought, Move away.

Without even realizing it, Danny reappeared at least ten feet to the left of where he originally stood.

"Yes!" shouted Danny in excitement. He was so excited, he accidentally fired ectoplasmic blasts upward. The only thing was, now they were blue.

Sorry if this was a little short, but this seems good to stop at. Danny's getting better and better, isn't he? Danny's moving up in the ranks, and his odds are improving. And it looks like Danny's secret may come spilling out. Will he wake up in time to save it? Review, and there will soon be Chapter 12!