Hey guys, I'm back to writing again… school starts tomorrow! AHHHHHHH! I'm going to die! First 2 hours of school, I have NO friends in my classes! That friggin sux! Anyhow, enough with my complaining. Here's the story…

PS: An old friend from Feared Parents will return in this chapter…

Chapter 8: Phantom Returns

I woke up, still in Danny's arms, but this time we were outside, under a tree, he obviously didn't want to wake me from resting. He was awake, looking out across the valley that was spread out in front of us, and I looked up at him.

"Where are we?" I asked him, stretching my stiff body.

"No place you would know of, wanna see something?" He asked me, and I nodded in approval, and released myself from his arms, so I could stand up. He stood up beside me, and I followed him into the valley. That was the only tree in the whole area, the rest of the place was just a vast plain of flowers, and grasses covering the earth. There was a light breeze brushing past, causing all the plants to sway, it was beautiful, warm, and sunny at this place.

"Look over in that direction," he said, pointing to the right of us, and I did as I was told, looking off, expecting who knows what.

He whistled, and out of the distance, I could see the faint structure of a horse, getting large as she ran closer to us. When she was close enough, I recognized the blue and green eyes, the distinct patterns on her coat and main. There was no other horse like her, Phantom. The white tips closing off at the end of her main and tail, the rest of her all black, except for a single white stripe that ran down her back.

"Phantom!" I called out, running up to the horse and she stopped as soon as we got near enough. I threw my arms around the horse's neck, and she set her head on my back, hugging me in return. She was a good friend, one that had saved my life from the fall, but was unable to come to Danny's rescue. I was happy to reunite with my old friend, tears ran down the side of my face in joy. I never thought I would see her again, but she must have stayed by Danny's side after he had died.

"Well, you happy?" Danny asked me, smiling at the site in front of his eyes, and I released the horse to turn to him, and all I had to do was show him the happy look on my face, and he had found his answer.

"I never thought I would see her again," I told him, and he came up to the two of us, grabbing ahold of me, and setting us both on her back.

"Well, would you like to go for a run?" He asked me, and I nodded, the last time I had rode on her, wasn't a pleasant ride, but things were different now, I could enjoy myself.

Phantom started to trot along the fields, but it brought back the memories of that horrid day, one in which I would never forget about. When Danny, Phantom and I had all fallen down off the bridge, 2 of us able to make it. All because of Sasha, what had happened to her anyway?

"You feeling any better?" Danny asked me, referring to the many injuries I had gotten from Vlad, and the fake Danny.

"Yea, I'm feeling just fine," I told him, but really, the injury in my back sent pain surging through my whole body a lot, almost all the time, but I wasn't going to let him know that, it wasn't as though I was going to die or anything.

"You know why Vlad was doing all that anyway? Just to make my life miserable?" I asked him, still curious as to why Vlad had dug so deep into my heart with all that stuff, and had caused me pain physically as well.

"Well, he knew that if I had you, me turning evil wasn't going to happen. He still wants me on his side."

"So, he figures just because you have me, that will change your mind?"
"Well, yes, and I guess he is right. If all the other ghosts wanted me to turn evil, I might have, without anything to do with humans anymore. If you had been taken away from me, what more would I have left?"

"A family, and a whole world full of people that you are supposed to be the hero to?"

"Yes, but as a full ghost, things don't exactly work out, the people don't have to enjoy me anymore, I don't really care, I would have been more encouraged to befriend the ghost side instead."

"I guess I can see what you are getting at… but who says you couldn't just stay with humans? Live here with us, and try to live a normal life?"

"A ghost in this world? It isn't exactly easy. I may have people thinking I'm a hero, but there will always be others that don't like me at all."

"But wouldn't it be worth it? Staying nice is better than evil, isn't it?"

"Yes, but then again, I have to think on my terms, as a ghost. I could make friends with Skulker, Ember, Vlad, Desiree, all of them, I would be safe then. I would never be able to tell when a human would turn on me, but I know you wouldn't."

"Well… it makes sense… because you are right, there are a lot of ghost hunters out there."

"Not only that, but then I would have the whole ghost zone against me pretty much, which would make life less safe for me."

"Ok, I get it now, thanks for the explanation," I said, a little angry with him. Why would he want to become evil? It has happened before… but I wouldn't want it to happen again. He is very strong, and a lot smarter than he seems sometimes, he would be able to harm a lot of people.

What happens when I die, and I become a ghost? If I become a ghost… would we both become evil then? Or would we both be friendly ghosts, wanting to help people, and keep people safe? I'm sure Danny would change my mind though, he would find a way for me to become evil, and if not, the other ghosts would.

"Your not very happy with me, are you?" He asked me, sensing my frustration. I was happy to be with him though, just a little mad for him almost becoming evil.

"No, I'm not mad at you Danny," I half lied. I would get over my anger soon though, because just being with him made me happy. I tightened my squeeze on his stomach, since I was sitting behind him, I had to hold onto him, which made me delighted. Holding onto him once more, as I did before when we were riding on Phantom, but the memories of before still lingered in my mind. Sasha chasing behind us after we had been riding together happily soon before that. Then falling down that bridge, then the hospital.

"Sam, you all right?" He asked me, staring into my frightened face, and I shook from the painful memories, and looked up into his eyes.

"Yea, I'm fine, just thinking," I said, and he smiled then turned to face back towards the front. Phantom was such a good horse, you hardly had to hold on, she pretty much kept you balanced on her back, in which made Danny not find in necessary to hold on, even if he did fall though, he wouldn't get hurt, and he could save me, since I was holding onto him so tightly.

Phantom just stopped all the sudden, and Danny hoped off. It was as though she knew where he wanted to be, or either she just found this the perfect spot, right in front of a stream, just like we had stopped before in the past, right in front of water.

I hopped off of her too, and she walked up to a tree, Danny and I following her. She laid down on the other side of the tree from where Danny and I sat down, as though leaving us alone, but she was so big almost all of her was in our sight anyway. She watched us too, maybe thinking we couldn't see her, but she wasn't exactly dumb, she was just being goofy.

"You remember this?" Danny asked me, and I looked out, and noticed, this wasn't just a coincidence, we ended up under the same tree we sat before. I stood up immediately, and backed away from it a little, and looked at him.

"Why did you take me back here?" I asked him suspiciously, and he looked at me happily.

"Settle down Sam, I wasn't trying to be mean or anything. Come back over here," he smiled, and I walked back over, and sat down next to him, still wondering why he would bring me back here. Maybe just to let me know everything was all right now.

"The same sudden stop that happened before, but I was the one that brought us here," I said, remembering back on the time we had come here before, it was my fault we had come across that bridge.

"Yes, you did bring us here, and I'm happy you did," Danny said, and leaned up against me. I snuggled back up against him, but I was still thinking back on when we got here, how it was all my fault that it happened.

"I'm not, I was the one that got you killed," I sighed, and hung my head over, ashamed for what I had done.

"No, it wasn't you, it was Sasha that frightened Phantom, and caused her to run Sam, don't blame yourself. Let's stop talking about it though, Ok? I didn't bring you hear to remind you of the bad things," he said, and I nodded, it would be better to just stay off the topic. And maybe try to keep it out of my mind. I looked over though, and you could see the bridge from here, all fixed up, into a nice new one to replace the old one. They had done that probably because of Danny's death.

"Come on," he said, grabbing my hand, and walking me in the direction of the bridge. Phantom stayed in her place though, and I wasn't getting to close to it. I stopped after a little of walking, and turned away from it. The sounds of us screaming as we fell came back into my mind, the sight of Danny falling as I was being rescued, screaming for Phantom to go down and get him as well, but it was to late anyhow.

"Sam, come on," he said, dragging me even closer, and before I knew it, I was standing right in front of it, my feet almost touching the newly built, steel bridge. To me though, it looked like the same rickety bridge as my memories took over.

"It's Ok Sam, nothings going to happen to you, I'm trying to help you by doing this," he said, and I believed him, I was being stupid in a way, but then again, after watching your best friend die, it wasn't exactly the easiest place to return to. I took one step in front of me, placing my foot on the bridge, then the next one, and found out, it wasn't that bad. All I had to do was push out those thoughts, and think that at least he was with me again.

Danny stopped me in the middle of the bridge, and rapped his arms around me, hugging me close to him, and I rapped my arms around him too, returning the hug, both of us standing there in an embrace, our heads resting on each other's shoulders.

"Danny…"

"Yes?"

"How exactly can we stay together? It's not like I can get married to you or anything. I can't even hang out around you in front of other people, they would think I was nuts."

"Married? You're thinking a little ahead there. I dunno, disguise me as a human? Dye my hair black, wear blue contacts, wear normal clothes, it could happen."

"Yea… then why don't you just go back home? Be alive again?"

"Because, something would go wrong."

"Yea… but who cares? You know how happy people would be?"
"Yea, you and my family, that's about it Sam. And as soon as my parents find out I'm a ghost, they will kill me, they'll send me somewhere, do tests on me, I would rather keep my living a secret."

"Jazz would be happy to see you again, I'm sure she wouldn't say anything," I smiled, thinking back on how kind Jazz had been to me, and how much she was missing Danny, it would brighten up her day to see him again.

"Jazz, I could do," he said, "but first…" He lifted his head up off my shoulder, and I did the same, and we leaned in towards each other, our lips meeting in a passionate kiss. Then, I felt a nudge on my back, and I fell to the ground on top of Danny, and turned to look behind me, and there was Phantom.

"Phantom!" I yelled at her, and she neighed in excitement. I got up off of Danny, and he too stood up not far after.

"Well, it looks like we're headed back home," he told Phantom, and she bowed down to let us climb onto her back, I was in front this time though. I leaned down, and held onto her neck tightly, and she began to run, the fastest I had ever seen a horse run before.

There was no telling how far from home we were, I knew it was quite a ways, but it took us about 30 minutes to get back, after Phantom had taken to the sky. Danny dropped Phantom off in the park, and then we walked a familiar path, on our way back to his house.

"It's been a while since we've done this, huh?" He asked me, looking around, as though trying to see how much it changed, but it hadn't really changed at all.

"Yea, I missed doing this with you," I said, holding hands with him. Of course, Danny had us both intangible, because if people saw me walking around with Danny Phantom, they might find me a little on the strange side. They all thought he was gone by now though, since he hadn't appeared in a few months, compared to his every day appearances before.

"You think Jazz is gonna be happy? Or you think she isn't going to care much?"

"Danny! Of course she's going to care," I yelled at him, she cared about him almost more than his parents did, that of course might be because she knew him better than them, and knew why he was so secretive all the time.

"Yea, I guess your right," he said, and he sound a little on the nervous side, maybe afraid of what she was going to say?

"I'll go in first, Ok?"

"Yea, and I'll follow close behind you," he said, looking up at his house as we stood in front of it now. I too was a little nervous, what if Jazz thought I was playing a joke on her or something? Probably not, she knew he was a halfa before, so most likely she would be able to realize he had become full ghost. Then again, who knows until we go in?

All right… How will Jazz react? This story is getting a lot less confusing now, isn't it? It's kinda turning a little more normal compared to what it was before. Anyhow, please review! 5 reviews to continue!