Chapter Two: The Darkness Begins

We rejoin Vlad and Dan as they continue to plan their attack on Danny and the world. Vlad was sticking to his old plan( from the Ghost Scepter and Vlad Strikes Back), he was just explaining it to Dan now.

"Ok, once we capture Daniel, Alicia, Jazz, and Maddie..." said Vlad.

"Don't forget Sam, she is a danger too." said Dan. "not to mention she got hot." he thought to himself.

"Right, right, once we have captured them and destroyed Jack and Amity Park, we will march our ghost army upon the capital of the United States, Washington D.C. Once they see that their pathetic armed forces(no offense to any soldiers) are no match for us, we will demand their surrender. Once the nations of the world see that not even the most powerful among them can stop us they will bend to our demands." said Vlad.

"Why can't we just blow then up anyway?" said Dan.

"Because we want something more then a rubble pile to rule over, you can destroy any of the nations that resists however." said Vlad.

"Excellent." said Dan.

"I'm glad you agree, now we need to get a army together, the Fright Knight is currently in the Ghost Zone doing just that, in fact I think I hear him returning right now." said Vlad.

The Fright Knight flew into the room.

"Lord Plasmius, I have bad news, all th ghosts I talked to said they will not join your army to conquer the human world." said the Fright Knight.

"What! Why the hell not!" said Vlad

"They say they do not trust you." said the Fright Knight.

"If I may make a suggestion, maybe I should go and talk to them." said Dan.

"What good will that do?" said Vlad.

"I can be every persuasive." said Dan as he punched his fist into his palm.

"Ok, you can give it a go." said Vlad.

"Good, I'll be back in a while." said Dan.

Dan flew out of the room leaving Vlad and the Fright Knight to wait. Two hours past and no sign of Dan, Vlad was about to give up when he heard noises come out of the hall way. Suddenly Skulker, Technus, Ember, Spectra, Bertrand, Desiree, Walker, his assistant Bullet, Johnny 13 and Kitty, and the Lunch Lady are pushed into the room. They are followed Dan, who is giving a "I told you so" smirk.

"See, I told you I could convince them." said Dan, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Yeah, some convincing. He gathered us all together and told us to join your army or else, then to prove his point he grabbed some random ghost and pummeled him, saying he would do the same to us." said Ember.

"I'm sorry if my associate methods are a bit...harsh, but what I have to tell you is very important." said Vlad.

"I, the Box Ghost, want to know why we have been brought here." said the Box Ghost.

"What is he doing here?" said Vlad.

"I won't go anywhere with out my little porkchop." said The Lunch Lady., as she and the Box Ghost kissed.

"EW!" said everyone else in the room, this greatly upset the Lunch Lady.

"HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME AND THE MAN I LOVE, PREPARE TO TASTE MY CHICKEN OF DOOM!" said the Lunch Lady.

"Ladies and gentlemen, can we please not fight and get down to business." said Vlad, glad he had transformed before they arrived.

"Fine." everyone said.

"Good, the reason I called you all here is because of a common enemy, a enemy that has defeated us time and time again, a enemy that gets more powerful by the day, I of course speak of Danny Phantom." said Vlad.

"So why are we here, what's your angle?" said Walker.

"I propose we banned together to take down Daniel and his friends once and for all. Once he and his friends have been defeated we will march on the human nations and take them over. Without Daniel and those other brats messing up our plans it will be a walk in the park." said Vlad.

"And why should we join you?" said Skulker.

"Because I have the money and resources to make it happen, think about it, Daniel and his friends as our slaves, that blasted town of Amity Park reduced to rubble, the people of the world bowing at your feet, you know you want it." said Vlad.

"I have one question, what is with tall dark and creepy over there, he has that emblem on his chest, the one the ghost kid has." said Spectra.

"I'm Danny's evil self from the future." said Dan.

"Woah, Dipstick turns evil." said Ember.

"Yes, he defeated me when I tried to make my future happen by killing his friends and family, it almost worked too." said Dan.

"See what I mean, United we shall rule, and with Daniel and his friends divided they shall fall." said Vlad.

All the ghosts sat around thinking about it, then Technus is the first to speak.

"I, Technus, say that if it means the complete defeat of that meddling ghost child and his friends, then I will join." said Technus.

This got the ball rolling, pretty soon everyone was had agreed, while they were doing that Ember leaned over and whispered to Desiree.

"Is it just me, or is the future Danny hot." whispered Ember.

"Its not just you, he does seem to be hotter." whispered Desiree.

"I wonder if he's seeing anyone." thought Ember, licking her lips.

"Excellent, you all agree, we will begin our plans soon, Skulker and Technus, I want you to go down to my lab and begin to build us some fighting robots for our army, I want them in mass production immediately, you will find all the resources you need. As for the rest of you there are guest rooms set up, you can go now." said Vlad.

All the ghosts left to go to their rooms, Dan left and followed Technus.

"Hey Technus, can I talk to you?" said Dan.

"What do you want future ghost child?" said Technus.

"Please, call me Dan. I was wondering if you could build something for me on the side." said Dan.

"What is it?" said Technus.

"I want you to build a ray gun that turns people older, and another that turns them evil." said Dan.

"Why do you need those?" said Technus.

"What, can't the great Technus build two simple ray guns, I understand if it is beyond you..." said Dan.

"Nothing is beyond Technus! I will build those ray guns, and they will be the best in the world!" said Technus as he flew off.

"Good old, egotistical Technus, I knew he would fold if I used the right bait, soon I will have what I want, and Danny will lose what is most precious to him Mwhahaha!" said Dan.

"What are you laughing at?" said Kitty, who was in the hall with him.

"Uh, I was just remembering a joke I heard." said Dan.

Kitty looked at Dan for a moment, and a very brief, almost unnoticeable look of horror spread across her face. She quickly got herself back together.

"Uh, I need to find Johnny." said Kitty as she left.

"That was close, I better be more careful when I evilly laugh, now I wonder if old cheese head has some ghost proof rope around here? I think I may need it soon." thought Dan as he flew off to search the castle.

A few days later, on a Friday, in the town of Amity Park our heros were back in school from the Christmas holiday vacation, they were in Mr. Lancer's class talking. Now you may wonder how they could do this without getting in trouble? Two words, Telepathy potion, thanks to Alicia and Alex, who had made some this mourning, they could talk without Lancer being the wiser.

"So everyone, what's on the agenda for today?" thought Danny.

"Wow, I didn't know you knew the word agenda." thought Valerie, everyone laughed at this.

"Haha, very funny you guys, seriously, what's going on?" thought Danny.

"Not much, it appears that the ghosts are quiet right now." thought Valerie.

"Yeah, we used every type of ghost scan we have, even the magical ones, and there are no ghosts in the town at all." thought Alicia.

"I'm worried, the ghosts only lay low when something big is going to happen." thought Danny.

"What do you think it could be?" thought Alex.

"I don't know, but we better keep our eyes open." thought Danny.

"Don't worry Danny, we're ready for anything they can throw at use." thought Sam.

"Yay dude, we got your back." thought Tucker.

"Thanks guys, I don't know what I would do without you." Thought Danny.

The final bell for the day rang and our heros left to go home, on the way they started talking normally again.

"So it's the weekend, what do you guys want to do?" said Tucker.

"Lets play some video games, I still need to beat the score Sam and Alicia got last time we played." said Danny.

"I know, you two are like demons when you play." said Valerie.

"What can I say, I was born to play video games." said Alicia.

"I will beat you two this time." said Danny.

"Aw, isn't he cute when he's wrong." said Sam.

"Hey, that wasn't very nice." said Danny.

"Don't worry, I still love you." said Sam as she kissed him.

"Maybe we can go to the movies, Planet of the One Eyed Mole People is still playing." said Alex.

"Nay, I've had my eye on The Wind in the Forest." said Valerie.

"Ugh, a chick flick, do we really need to see that?" said Tucker.

"Yes, it's the perfect movie to go to when you want to make out with your boyfriend." said Valerie seductively.

"Ok, I'm there!" said Tucker.

"Me too." said Danny.

"Me three." said Alex.

"That joke is so old it was old to our great-great-great grandparents." said Sam.

"I know, but it is a classic." said Alex.

"Now you see why I love this guy." said Alicia, kissing Alex.

"Aw, isn't it touching, the young people are in love." said a voice from above.

They all turned there heads up to see Vlad Plasmius floating above them.

"Plasmius! What are you doing here?" said Danny as transformed and the others prepared to fight.

"Me and a group of friends just came to say hi." said Vlad, as all the other ghosts except Dan appeared.

"What the hell are you doing here with all these ghosts Vlad." said Danny.

"We have come to defeat you and your miserable friends once and for all. Once we have done that we will destroy this town, and then we will march our army across the world until everything belongs to us." said Vlad.

"You'll never get away with it, we defeated you before and we will do it again." said Danny.

"Oh I don't think so, for you see I have a new ally who I think you'll recognize." said Vlad.

With this Dan finally appeared.

"Hello Danny, long time no see?" said Dan.

"No, it can't be, you're supposed to be locked up in Clockwork's tower!" said Danny.

"Well my good friend Vlad was kind enough to free me, and now I will destroy everything you know and love." said Dan.

"Guys, run." said Danny.

"What, what about the ghosts, what's going on." said Alicia.

"No time, Just run!" said Danny.

Our heros, seeing how agitated Danny was, decided to flee the area. Dan began to follow but Vlad held him back.

"Why are you stopping me?" said Dan.

"Let them run, we will get them later, right now we have a army to lead." said Vlad.

Dan reluctantly backed off and he and the other ghosts followed Vlad back to the army waiting on the outskirts of town.

Meanwhile our heros were running back to Danny's house, on the way Danny was thinking.

"Oh god, he's back, what are we going to do? I hope mom and Dad have some ideas." thought Danny as they continued to run.

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Me: Well it appears the battle is about to begin.

Vlad: Yes, and we're here to get you out of the way.

Me: Vlad! Dan! What are you doing here?

Dan: We have come to destroy you so that you can't make the story go the good guys way.

Me: Over my dead body! Rob transforms into his ghost half.

Vlad: That's the idea.

Ember: She enters the room. Hey sweetie what is going on...Oh crap! They're here!

Me: Ember! Quick, pull the lever next to you! Ember pulls the lever. Suddenly a trap door opens and Vlad and Dan fall into a small underground lake.

Vlad: You think this will stop us?

Me: No, put this will. Rob pulls the hurt Vlad lever, and since Dan has Vlad's ghost half it works on him too. Suddenly the lake begins to drain like a giant toilet, Vlad and Dan zoom through a series of pipes and get shot out into a big mud puddle.

Dan: Well that wasn't so bad. Then he notices the Army of Fluffy Doom, made up of Cats and Ghost Weasels, is surrounding them. Then they attack

Dan and Vlad: Ahhhhh!

Me: Well that was close, on to the chapter summery.

Horror of unspeakable horrors! It seems that Vlad's plan is in action, he, Dan and the other ghosts are about to attack Amity Park. It also appears that Danny was not to happy ro see his future self. Hopfully Danny's parents have something that will help stop the army. Will our heros defeat the ghosts? Will the Earth be saved? Or are we all doomed? Just to be safe pack some bags and prepare to leave the planet, but don't leave before the next chapter of the Return of Dan.

Me: So until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!