Wulf cut a hole through the two worlds and went through. Ariel drove through soon after. Her brother and sister still playing with the puppy form of Cujo. Wulf was waiting for them to come through. Ariel sighed as she realized how far they had been set back. It was already getting dark and they still had to fight Vlad. Ariel held back a yawn so Danny didn't worry about her. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
"We'll have to drive there." Danny sighed. He was in his ghost form already, just in case Vlad tried to pull that supersonic emission on them again.
"Wulf ride?" Wulf asked. Ariel thought about it and nodded. Wulf jumped on top of the vehicle as they drove off into the woods. The path they took was hard, and Ariel had to stop and turn back several times. Danny almost thought she had gotten lost until he saw Vlad's mansion, piercing the dark sky.
Thousands more ghosts than they had originally fought were waiting for them. Ariel almost cried out at the sight of so many. Wulf had said a lot, but they could block the sun from the sky if they wanted to, and make layers so the blocked sun couldn't shine through any of the ghosts' bodies. Danny tightened and grabbed Ariel without thinking.
Ariel felt his grip and looked down at his white knuckles that were cutting off the circulation to her lower arm. She touched it gently and he let go, reluctantly. He and Ariel opened the trunk and picked out a few of the items, they would have to set up by hand. Cujo took a liking to Ariel's siblings and stayed with them as Ariel, Danny, and Wulf made their way to the mansion with ghost-hunting equipment in their hands.
Wulf was worried about his old and new friends. He liked Ariel. When he had freaked at all of the ghosts, all of them swarming at him, Ariel had clamed him down. He liked the girl, even if he knew her for only a day. Ariel looked up and smiled at Wulf. He blushed under all of his fur and turned towards Danny. Danny was determined to destroy his greatest enemy. Wulf wondered why Danny wanted to destroy Vlad so much, but he guessed it was the same reason he had for wanting to get at Walker.
Ariel suddenly stopped and shivered. Danny stopped and did the same. Wulf looked at them with curiosity, he wasn't cold at all. Danny stashed the gear in a bush and phase into a tree. Ariel did the same and Wulf knew, somehow they could tell when danger was approaching, he slashed the air and jumped through. Wulf's portal disappeared just in time as a ghost flew by. Danny recognized the Box Ghost, but barely. The Box Ghost had grown older and stronger. Danny wondered if he could ever defeat the Box Ghost again after seeing his muscles bulge and veins appear on his arms. Danny pushed it away and watched as the Box Ghost left. Ariel was the first to come out. Danny came out after Ariel. Wulf appeared last, making sure that it was safe without being able to see the enemy was hard, but Wulf timed it right and saw Ariel and Danny picking up their stuff again.
The group knew that they were nearing the mansion after seeing several more guards and feeling like they were being watched, but they trudged on and then stopped a mile before the castle. It was too dark to see anything with the mansion blocking the moon from shining down on the group. They decided to stop and rest, but Danny couldn't shake the feeling like they were being watched, unlike Wulf and Ariel who let it pass soon after it arrived.