Chapter 4

Secrets and Betrayal

Just as I was about to follow, I heard a voice say, "Hey Heather, you here with Morgan?" I turned and to my disappointment it was Drew. But he hadn't asked me in a cold way, just in more of a curious way.

"Yeah, what's it to you", I asked, glaring at my ex. Drew shifted uneasily.

"Well, uh, I don't know why, but all of a sudden I poured my punch all over Kelsey's dress, and she broke up with me", he informed me. I blinked, uninterested.

"So?"

"So, uh, I was wondering, if you wanna dump Morgan, and-um, come back to me", he said. The NERVE of that guy! There I was, having the weirdest night of my life, and he wants me to dump Morgan and come back to him after breaking up in the same day1 Would I do it? I don't think so!

"Oh, so you're like that, huh! Well, I would rather dance with a disease carrying snake then dance with you", I exclaimed. Sarah was nearby and heard it, so she gave me a pie from a table, and I smashed it in Drew's face, his face barely seeable in the goo of banana and cream. Everyone saw it and burst out laughing, as Drew's face turned red with embarrassment. I joined the laughing as Drew stamped off to the boys' bathroom to wipe off his face. I decided to see where Danny was so I walked out of the gym and turned a corner. But as I was about to turn another corner, I heard whispering. I cautiously watched behind the lockers as I saw Danny and his two friends.

"I'm telling you Danny, your arch enemy's not here, why in the world would he be", the Goth girl asked.

"Sam, you're just like everybody else I talked to, no one believes me", I heard Danny say angrily.

"Didn't that one girl believe you? What was her name", the other boy asked.

"Heather, Tuck. And no, Vlad already got to her", Danny told him. I gasped. They must've heard me because they all turned around. Then Danny did something I'll never forget.Two white rings formed around his middle and his raven black hair turned snow white, and his tux turned into a black and white jumpsuit with a DP symbol on the chest! I tried to hide when he started looking around. Danny was some kind of supernatural ghost! I had to tell someone! I looked around but no one was there. Then I turned back to where Danny had been but he wasn't there. Someone tapped me on the shoulder from behind. I yelped and whirled around. There stood (or floated) Danny. But instead of attacking me, he looked extremely scared and nervous.

"Danny, wha-what are you", I asked, looking at him disbelievingly. He was about to answer when his friends Sam and Tucker ran over.

"Uh, what's your name", Tucker exclaimed.

"Heather."

"Right, you can't tell anyone about Danny, it could get him in serious trouble!"

"Tuck", I heard Danny say, "it's okay, I think we can trust her, I'll tell her." I backed off a little as Danny placed a hand on my shoulder. "It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you", he told me. Then, he started explaining. Apparently, his parents are the world's leading ghost hunters, and they created a portal that connects the ghost world with ours about 3 years ago. Well, Danny went in and got ghost powers, like flying, invisibility and firing ghost rays out of his hands or eyes (although he told me he can't do the eyes yet). Even though it was a little weird, it was really cool at the same time. "So, can I trust you to keep my secret", he asked. I was still deep in thought but I quickly snapped out of it.

"Uh, sure Danny, you can trust me", I told Danny uncertainly. Despite my uncertainty, he smiled at me kindly. Then I realized I had left Morgan in the gym. "Uh, sorry Danny, gotta go back to the gym", I told him and raced off. The one thing I didn't know was somebody was watching the whole time.

"She knows", a dark voice whispered into a walkie talkie.

"Which means we have to make sure nothing goes wrong", another dark voice responded. I ran back into the gym and saw no one was dancing. I raced over to Sarah.

"Sarah, you seen Morgan, I gotta find him", I said. Sarah looked a little pale.

"Heather, I know this'll sound whacked, but a few ghost vultures flew in and took him", Sarah explained sadly.

"WHAT", I thought disbelievingly. That couldn't happen! It just couldn't!

"Heather, you okay", Sarah asked, placing a comforting hand on my shoulder. I recovered from shock and smiled weakly.

"Uh, y-yeah, I just got a headache, I need some air", I told her, walking into the hallway. Someone else was around the corner. It was a vampire like ghost with aqua green skin, evil red eyes, jet black hair, with a white outfit and the inside of his cape red. He was hunched over a box.

"She's coming, the trap's been set", the ghost said into his walkie talkie.

"Perfect", the other voice said, as the ghost disappeared into a puff of red smoke, just as I was about to turn the corner. I turned it and looked down, spotting the box. In big red bold letters on the box was: HEATHER. I looked cautiously at it and saw a note attached to it. I picked it up.

"Dear Ms. Beery, I'm sorry to hear your date to the dance ahs been kidnapped. But look inside this box and I hope this helps you find him. Yours truly, Vlad Masters", I read aloud quietly. Well, although this was really nice, it was a little odd. I had only known Vlad for about five minutes and Danny had mentioned he was evil. Still though, whatever was in this box could help me.

"Heather, ya okay", I heard a voice behind me ask. I turned around to see Drew standing there smiling weakly. I glared at him.

"What do you care, why don't you go running back to Kelsey", I asked angrily. He shifted uneasily. Then he spotted the box I was holding.

"What's in there", he asked, pointing to the box. I glared at him.

"That officially falls under the category of none of your beeswax", I told him coldly, turning to walk away. When I was walking away, I heard Drew sigh sadly. But I really didn't care though, because he was being such a nosy jerk. After I had left, someone behind Drew clicked his tongue.

"Oh this looks all too familiar I'm afraid", the person said sympathetically. Drew turned and saw Vlad standing there, frowning, concerned.

"Uh, do I know you", he asked. Vlad smiled, and placed a hand on Drew's shoulder.

"No my boy, but I just witnessed your attempt at charming Ms. Beery, nice try though", Vlad said.

"Y-You know Heather", he asked, then continued sheepishly, "And you saw that, huh?" Vlad nodded.

"Oh yes, I'm afraid I did. But the good news is that, I have a way to have Heather crawling back to you in no time, trust me", Vlad told me reassuringly. Drew smiled unsurely.

"R-Really", he asked, thinking it too good to be true.

"Of course, but first you have to do something for me", Vlad told him, leading him down the hall.

Reviews are welcome (seeing as how I haven't got any yet. Also, I forgot to add this;

Vlad, Danny, Tucker, Sam, and all the Danny Phantom characters in this story belong to Mr. Butch Hartman.