Well, my muse returned ahead of schedule and I was able to finish writing this chapter! Yay! Also, my Fairly Oddparents story is up under a revised name: "The Apprentice". I've worked a lot on this story lately so expect more stories soon!

Chapter 5:

Vlad Plasmius Takes Notice

Danny signed onto his screen name that night. Instantly, someone replied.

ShadowOfAmityPark: Danny?

"Kyla?" Danny thought. "Oh yeah, I gave her my screen name."

MyParentsAreWeird: Hey, how are you? You know, after the fight and all.

ShadowOfAmityPark: Fine

MyParentsAreWeird: Great

TuckerTheSidekick: Hellooooo Danny! Who's that?

ShadowOfAmityPark: It's me, Kyla. Hey, sorry about blasting you earlier.

TuckerTheSidekick: Don't worry about it. Hey, if I'm lucky, maybe I'll get super powers!

ShadowOfAmityPark: LOL. So, Danny, who's this Vlad Plasmius guy?

HopelessSyndrome: A freak.

TuckerTheSidekick: Sam!

MyParentsAreWeird: Vlad's my archenemy. His real name is Vlad Masters.

ShadowOfAmityPark: Vlad Masters? I think I know him.

MyParentsAreWeird: What! You know him?

HopelessSyndeome: No way!

TuckerTheSidekick: You're kidding, right?

ShadowOfAmityPark: We used to live a few miles down the road from him. We'd met. He's all buddy buddy with my dad. You know how businessmen are.

HopelessSyndome: What did you think of him?

ShadowOfAmityPark: He always acted nice, but he gave me the creeps.

MyParentsAreWeird: Yeah, he's a total creep. Worst of all, he wants to marry my mom and kill my dad!

TuckerTheSidekick: We haven't heard from him in a while.

HopelessSyndrome: It's only a matter of time before we do.

ShadowOfAmityPark: So what else do you have to put up with?

"Danny, are you still on the computer?" Maddie called.

MyParentsAreWeird: Mom wants me off. I'll let Sam and Tucker fill you in on that. Bye!

Danny quickly shut down the computer. "No, Mom!"

"So there's a new ghost girl in town." Vlad Masters thought. "No doubt she has some sort of connection to Daniel and his friends. I'll have to check this out for myself." He paced around his library. "She's new at this. The only reason she beat that clown I released from the ghost zone is because little Daniel coached her through it!" He slammed his fist down on his desk. "And he will only help make her stronger! I can't have those two interfering with my plans! If I'm going to force Maddie to marry me, I have to finish everything by next Thursday! I'll also have to come up with a way to distract that oaf, Jack. But right now, my main threat is Danny and his little Shadow." He picked up an old yearbook and an old yellow paper fell out. He picked it up and looked longingly at it for a few moments. It was a letter of some sort, but it bore his own signature. The intended recipient never got the letter. After a few more seconds, he set the letter down on his desk and smiled. He spoke aloud. "And I know just the way to keep them occupied."