Ok, so I have a confession. I forgot it was Mavis' birthday week. It wasn't until I was working on the ending to this story that I remembered that it's supposed to be during Mavis' birthday. Also, I was going to start a schedule where I was going to post new chapters every Friday but I actually hate waiting to post as much as waiting for other writers to post so that won't be happening. I'll be posting new chapters when they're done. If you want new chapters or want me to update it, post a comment. It would more remind me to stop neglecting my other stories than annoy me. Anywhoooo, to the chapter.
Chapter 6:
The clouds seemed more puffy than usual today. Maybe it was that Danny was surrounded by them and couldn't see past his hand. He could hear Mavis' laughter echoing through the sky but he couldn't seem to find her little bat body through the sky. Turning, he met a pair of bright blue eyes on a small bat, who giggled and disappeared into the clouds. This happened quite a few times before the ghost boy decided to focus a little more and flew towards where he had last seen the vampiress, not noticing the red eyes that glowed behind him.
As Danny flew through the clouds, a sudden familiar voice yelped and he froze.
"Mavis?" He called, turning to look around. "You ok?"
When greeted by silence, the ghost tried to ignore the panicked feeling as it spread through his body. She wouldn't have left him alone up in the clouds. He refused to believe that. The yelp proved it. The feeling of worry replaced panic and Danny started hoping that she had left him behind willingly, that way it hadn't been what he was thinking.
"Mavis!" He yelled, squinting through the white puffs that were beginning to get annoying.
Her voice echoed through the sky after an agonizingly long wait and Danny rushed toward where he thought he'd heard it from.
"Danny!" Mavis cried and Danny was relieved to see her bat wing flying rapidly through the air, only to freeze, knowing only one wing was moving.
The other wing was being held in the black gloved hand of man who floated easily in the sky. He had blue skin and pointy black hair. He gave a fanged smirk and his red eyes glowed in the darkness. He was dressed in all white besides his boots and gloves and the underside of his cape was a blood red color to match his eyes.
"Greetings, Daniel. It's been a while." he said, pure satisfaction in his voice.
"Who are you?" Danny demanded, clenching his fists as his eyes glowed more intently in the darkness.
The man only grinned before he laughed, letting go of Mavis' wing to lunge at the ghost boy faster than he could react. Danny found himself flying backwards, his cheek hurting from the mysterious ghosts fist. Mavis tried to go to him before another copy of the man grabbed her wings.
"Danny!"
"Danny! No!"
The white haired boy groaned and sat up from his spot, ignoring a headache that was beginning to form. He got up, allowing his body to float about the tree he had used as his cushion. He guessed if he didn't stop this man and saved Mavis, there would be less trees to this forest. Eyes narrowing in determination, he took off, causing a gust of wind along the ground, and shot up to the man. He froze again when he noticed there were two of them.
"Oh great, there's two of you." Danny couldn't help but point out. "Nice that you have a friend. You seem like the kind of guy who would need a cat."
The man's grin turned into a frown and the one who wasn't holding Mavis spoke.
"Still with the witty banter, dear boy. I assumed you'd left it behind with everything else when you died."
Once again, the ghost boy couldn't help but freeze. Did this guy know him from when he was alive? If so, what kind of life did he have?
'If I'm dealing with guys like this, I wonder if there's any others I had to fight... Why did I fight them anyway? Was I some kind of hero? Or... a villan?' Danny found himself thinking.
He couldn't defend himself from the man as he sent a swift kick to his stomach, making Danny bend over in pain only to be forced to straighten as the man clutched his neck with one hand. The man began to speak but Danny's mind was racing. No, he wasn't afraid for his unlife or even for Mavis' life. He felt that if he had time to be scared, he had time to think. To make a plan. A memory flashed in his mind.
"Wait, Masters? As in Vlad Masters, who was named Affluent Magazines second billionaire of the year next to Bruce Wayne?"
It was rushing back to him. That night. The ghosts. What was this ghost's problem? Danny racked his brain for answers.
"My vultures were supposed to bring the big idiot to me, but you'll do. Danny Phantom, right?"
"You're the ghost boy who uses his powers for good. Oh, quaint."
Danny remembered being so confused. So scared. So worried for... who?
"How are you doing this?"
"Years of practice, which you unfortunately have no time for"
"Vlad." Danny sneered. "I do remember you... or at least some things..." The teen let a smirk grow on his face as Vlad's grin fell. "Still haven't got a cat?"
In his moment of shock, Danny was able to kick the older ghost away. The ghost boy instantly thought of his trick he'd discovered back when he'd only been at Halloween town for a year. A green energy gathered in his hands and Danny smiled slightly, remembering how Dr. Finkelstein hadn't been able to explain how he could do this and how frustrated the small man had gotten over it, claiming he had to do experiments. Experiments... Danny shook his head, he didn't have time to be thinking about that word right now. He let his hands glow as the ghostly energy gathered before becoming more solid and more like a laser. Danny looked at Mavis and met her eyes, as if telling her to get out of the way. She nodded in understanding and Danny aimed at both of the Vlad's before letting his energy go.
'No,' Danny thought. 'Vlad and his copy.'
Releasing his energy (and thanks to Mavis transforming into a mouse to escape from Vlad's grip) both Vlad's were shot out of the sky. Danny rushed to Mavis, who had transformed back into a bat, and grabbed her, holding her close as he took off.
"Sorry, Mave, but we gotta get out of here fast and I'm not letting you out of my arms until we get back to the hotel." Danny said, already hitting speeds of 200 miles per hour.
It wasn't much longer until they were back at the hotel. They landed in Mavis' room and then he let himself relax a little before a wave of guilt spread over him. What had he just put Mavis through? She didn't deserve to deal with something like that. Vlad had been his enemy and she almost got hurt. Feelings of fear washed over him.
'She must be mad.' He thought. 'She must not want to hang out with me anymore...'
"Jeez, I'm sorry about this Mave." Danny said, running a hand through his hair. "I've only been here a few days, I wasn't expecting you to get involved in anything."
Expecting a scolding or yelling, Mavis shocked him by laughing. The bell like tone causing Danny to float on air (not that he already was but you know what I mean).
"Are you kidding? That was awesome! So much fun!" Mavis cheered, hugging the ghost, whose face was decorated with a light green blush, but it didn't mean he was ok.
"But Mavis, you almost got hurt! What if I'm not around next time? What if Vlad decides to attack you? I put you in danger and I don't even remember why!" He exclaimed, pulling her away and plopping down on her bed before putting his face in his hands.
Mavis sat next to him and set a cool hand on his back.
"Hey, it's fine. I know I can trust you to protect me and I can take care of myself. Just don't tell my dad." She joked, grabbing Danny's hand and pulling him up to stand next to her. "Let's go get something to eat. I'm craving some scream cheese."
Danny chuckled and nodded, about to stand and follow the vampiress when a tang of pain hit him, causing him to fall back to a sitting position and the startled vampiress to fall onto his lap.
"D-Danny?" Mavis stuttered, a blush lighting her cheeks when she turned and found her face an inch from his.
She couldn't breath. They were so close. His glowing green eyes reading her very soul.
"M-Mavis"
"Yeah?" She replied, her voice getting kinda airy.
"Could you get off? My side hurts and you're kneeling against it." Danny said, looking away.
Mavis gasped before standing and apologizing. She looked down at Danny's side to see the green liquid soaking through his shirt. She quickly began fussing over it as she made him lay back on her bed while she took a closer look at the cut. It wasn't too deep but it was deep enough to kill any normal person.
"Come on, Mave. I'm fine. I just need to eat something and I'll be all better." Danny said, trying to get up only for the vampiress to push him back down with her surprising strength.
As Mavis spoke, Danny couldn't help but think about Sam again. Or at least, try to remember what she was like. He remembered her face now which helped when he was sent into his memories of her constant worrying about him after fights. Fights with who? He couldn't remember.
"Sam, I'm fine. It's just a scratch."
"Danny, you were sent hurling into a building. I'm patching you up. Now stop moving."
How had Sam been important to him? He had other friends, right? And family? Why wasn't he remembering them? All he could remember was Sam, Tucker, a girl with long red hair and a boy with black hair. It gave him a headache, which the ghost boy regretted bringing his hand to his head when Mavis noticed and started fussing over it. She had eventually made him take off his shirt to inspect the wound, saying she would repair the cut when he made her promise not to tell his aunt. Mavis had wrapped his lower torso with bandages and the clueless ghost boy had failed to notice the light blush on her face while she did.
"There, you're done. Unless you have other scratches on you that I missed." Mavis said, her tone hinting that if he didn't tell her, he'd be sorry.
Danny couldn't help but laugh slightly.
"No more scratches that I'm aware of." Danny said before adding. "You know I'm a ghost. I'm already dead so this wouldn't be fatal."
Mavis stared at him before looking down at the bandages that wrapped around his wound, already showing signs of blood leaking through. She reached forward and set a pale hand over the cut, looking up when Danny winced, trying (and failing) to hide it.
"It still hurts though." Mavis pointed out. "You can't trick me."
Danny sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Danny! No!"
He winced as his head panged in pain and the vampiress stared at him, wondering if she really should tell his aunt and uncle about what had happened.
"I think we should get something to eat. I'm gonna go get some scream cheese. What would you like?" Mavis asked.
"You guys wouldn't happen to have some worms wart soup?" Danny asked, hopefully, having given up on trying to get up. "With frogs breath?"
"I've never heard of it but let me go see." Mavis smiled as she left.
See you next chapter!