Hey all, Spakling Patronus here again with another chapter. Really not much to say this time, except thanks for the reviews you guys gave last time! Well, enjoy the chapter.

Danny flew away from his house at top speed, not slowing down or looking back until he was sure he was at a far enough distance that his parents couldn't follow him. He slowed to a halt over the park and sat down to catch his breathe. Even though he was in his ghost form, he was still half human, and retained all of the functions of the human body, even as a ghost.

Seeing that there was no else anywhere near where he was seated, he allowed himself to become visible once more, keeping his eyes open so he could vanish again should someone wander by. Deciding it was safe enough, he transformed back into Danny Fenton. As long as no one who could recognize him wandered through, he'd be fine.

Danny leaned back against the cold wood of the park bench. His legs were still shaking from the shock of that unexpected flight. He put a hand on his chest and took several long, deep breaths in an attempt to calm his racing heart. When he finally felt better, he relaxed and began to reflect on the days events.

He'd certainly had the most eventful day he'd had in quite a while. He couldn't believe what a shock had been generated from the mere site of his family and friends. Despite that however, he didn't feel as if he'd had much luck at all. He didn't know what he'd expected to find here in Amity. Maybe he'd expected the people to show signs that they missed him. He hadn't really comprehended the fact that even if they did, they probably weren't going to randomly shout it to the heavens.

Danny sighed again. He was feeling pretty down on his luck. Maybe he should have just stayed back at his apartment and left the matter alone. But then he thought about it again. He could have stayed at his apartment and what? Just stayed secluded until he died, cold and alone in some apartment on the edge of town, still wondering if anyone cared about him? No, he had resolved to come back, to prove he was not a coward, and anything he could possibly find here was better than the possibility of anything he could have found should he have stayed behind.

Sighing once more, Danny decided that the brief break was over, and that it was time to get up again. But then he reflected, where was he supposed to go? He'd already seen his friends and his parents, and it was already slipping into early evening. He hadn't exactly expected to patch things up and stay with his parents, but he really hadn't thought of where he'd stay come nightfall.

It didn't really matter anyway, he supposed. He could always find an old, abandoned warehouse or a partially destroyed building to reside in. There seemed to be many of them in Amity now anyway. He would have just stayed in the park overnight, but he didn't think he'd be able to maintain invisibility while he was asleep, and he knew there were cops on patrol in the park at night. Either way, he'd find someplace with a roof, it couldn't be worse than where'd he'd been living anyway.

Transforming back into his ghost form, he floated up off the bench. However, on turning back to the bench he'd been sitting on, he noticed something he hadn't seen before. There was a sign on the bench, and that sign clearly read 'WET PAINT'.

"This day just gets better and better," Danny mumbled to himself as he turned intangible to let the paint slide off himself. His voice was a bit horse and raspy from disuse, as he hadn't actually found the need to talk in quite a while. Even at work he hadn't talked, just nodded obediently at whatever he was told to do. All conversations he'd needed to have were held in his own mind. In fact, it actually startled him a bit to hear his own voice.

Now considerably calmer and paint-free, Danny rose up into the now darkening sky, turning himself invisible as he went. Then something happened that had not happened to Danny in quite a while. A thin wisp of blue smoke rose out of Danny's mouth, barely visible in the chilly night air. It was his ghost sense.

Quite startled by the sudden development, Danny spun around to look for the source of the disturbance. However, before he even had time to comprehend what was happening, something sped by in a rush of green and red, nearly knocking Danny out of the sky.

Danny looked around once more, trying to see what had nearly hit him. His eyes landed on a battle taking place very nearby. There was a small green ghost, Danny recognized as an ectopus. Ectopus? Since when did they come out of the ghost zone? He hadn't seen one of them since he'd been to Vlad's mansion for his parents' college reunion, and he figured they had not exited the ghost zone of their own accord since he'd fought them for the very first time. So why now, were they attacking Amity. Had the weaker spirits been drifting out of the ghost zone as well after they'd heard that he was no longer protected Amity.

Directing his attention back to the battle, he immediately studied the second figure. Dressed in a red costume and riding on a hover board, the figure looked all the more mysterious in the night. She wore a mask concealing her face, but Danny immediately recognized her.

It was Valerie Gray, the ghost hunter bent on revenge against all paranormal spirits. Danny had completely forgotten about her! How could he have? She was always after him when he was in his ghostly form, as he was undoubtedly at the top of her hit list. No doubt she had also contributed to keeping Amity almost ghost-free while he was away, which was obvious by the way she was preparing to eliminate the ghost in front of her.

So suddenly that the ghost had no time to get out of the way, Valerie pulled out a large bazooka and blasted it sky high. It exploded in a flash of energy, leaving its remains of ectoplasm splattered across the streets below. That certainly explained why a layer of ectoplasm practically coated the town. Didn't anyone bother to clean up this mess?

Valerie put away her gun. Danny didn't know where she pulled these weapons out of, since there didn't seem to be anything to hold them, but the weapon was gone all the same. She seemed about to take off, but she stopped.

Apparently the watch on her wrist was some sort of ghost detection device, because it had been beeping uncontrollably all through her battle with the ectopus, and had not ceased its racket now. She studied the watch for a moment, before the gun came back out.

Danny jumped, this time more aware of what was happening than he'd been in his parents' lab. Valerie seemed to have figure out where he was, but before she fired her first shot he was off. He flew fast, knowing that she was undoubtedly on his tail. He had one chance; he'd have to find a place to turn human. Those trackers scanned for large concentrations of ghost energy, but when he was in human form that was concealed. She'd lose the trail if he could only change back.

Danny kept flying, dodging an occasional blast from Valerie's gun as he went. He did not become visible; he didn't want to reveal himself. He hoped her tracker was unable to identify exactly which ghost she was chasing. He put on a sudden burst of speed and dodged behind the arcade he'd passed by earlier. Seeing his chance, he changed back. However he'd still remained invisible, as he was able to do in his human form.

Just as he'd hoped, Valerie stopped short in mid air and looked back down at her watch. She looked around for a moment, and Danny suspected that she was wearing a very confused expression beneath that red mask. Finally though, she put the weapon away and took off.

A few minutes later, upon deciding that it was safe, Danny returned to his ghost form. Deciding almost being obliterated by ghost hunters twice was enough for one day, he decided to find a place to rest for the night. He took off into the night sky and began looking for a suitable place to fit his needs.

However, he had hardly made it even a block away when that blue mist floated up out of his mouth once more, making him stop short. He looked around, but suddenly he heard a scream pierce the night air. He froze. That was not just any scream. He'd know that scream anywhere. Time seemed to go in slow motion as his mind screamed out to him. Sam!

Ok, and there's chapter five. I think things should start to become a bit more interesting after this point. Well anyway, please leave a review if you can take the time. Oh an just out of curiosity, who's everyone's favorite character (besides Danny)? I'd have to say mine is Jazz, because her character's developed a lot since the beginning of the show. At first she seemed annoying and nosy to me and I didn't like her much, now she'd the caring older sister and I think she's awesome. Dunno what brought this up, I'm just curious. Well anyway, that's all till next time!