Chapter 15

The next morning, Danny felt less serious. He was just tired. Confused. Maybe a little annoyed. And concerned. The girl he had feelings for was taken from him by an enemy from his life. He sighed as Dani checked them out of the inn. The two walked through the busy streets and Danny felt some nostalgia from his life. Memories of walking through the mall and flying over the streets flooded his mind as Danielle curiously looked over the stands of food.

"Hey," She spoke up, nudging her brother's arm. "Remember that one time you caught me stealing using my powers?"

Danny stared at her as she held up an apple and he couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah. Back when you'd just appear in my room without my permission."

Danielle couldn't help but giggle.

"You don't care as much anymore, huh? Big brother?"

Danny nodded and smirked before he felt a pull on his chest. He froze. Being the prince of the ghosts came with more than just a title and a mountain of paperwork. He could sense when a soul joined his domain.

"Danielle, who did you put in charge of getting the souls used to the zone?" he asked.

"I think it was Kitten and Johnny who volunteered." Danielle replied, setting the apple back on its display.

"What? Why?"

"Well besides the fact that they volunteered. Johnny has his bike and can travel through the ghost zone faster than most ghosts and Kitten is the master of gossip so she can explain everything about the ghost zone easily." Dani explained. "Not to mention how intimidating she can be when she explains the rules."

Danny blinked a few times before coming to a realization.

"I guess that makes sense…."

Meanwhile, Vlad watched out the window at the ghost boy standing in the street. Mavis sat across the room in a giant glass cage with a control panel facing away from her.

"He's here isn't he?" She demanded. "I can see it. You're scared of him."

Vlad turned to her, a bored look in his eyes.

"Scared of him? A mere child? I'm as afraid of him as I am of you and your idiotic father." he said, earning a glare as Mavis' eyes turned red from anger.

He merely chuckled as he left the room with Mavis still glaring at him. She turned her gaze to the window, blinds closed so the sun wouldn't hurt her. She sighed. The night before, she had fallen asleep with thoughts of how she'd tell Danny about her feelings and woken up in this glass cage that was shaped like a pear and shocked her whenever she tried to break out using her powers. Vlad wasn't susceptible to her hypnosis and she was running out of options. She sighed again. She knew Danny was looking for her while her dad was having a panic attack.

Mavis frowned. Her dad was probably worried about being left alone. After her mom died, she had noticed whenever he was worried she'd leave him as well. Telling him about Danny was something she feared the most. Would he be approving? Would he be happy for her?

She shook her head at her own question.

Then there was the question of whether she'd be able to be with the ghost boy at all. He lived in Halloween Town. He was training to become the next pumpkin king and was already the prince of the ghost zone. He wouldn't have time to come visit her. She had never been traveling outside of the haunted forest and honestly didn't want to come in contact with the humans again. She shuddered at the memory of the village she had visited the first time out of the hotel.

Now she was in the middle of the human village, in a cage. She was trapped and she couldn't do anything to get out. She was brought out of her thoughts when her hand bumped against her necklace. She grabbed it and held it up to look at it closer. It was a small heart locket her father had given her when she turned 93, saying she would need it someday. She had always been curious about it because it wasn't really a locket worthy of holding anything since it had a mirror inside that was too small to actually use. Mavis sighed, she'd be stuck here for a while. She began to move the locket through her fingers in a way that she usually used to keep herself entertained.

Staring at the window, she let herself sigh again as she flipped open the locket and was startled by the sunlight hitting her eye. Falling back, she rubbed her head as she closed the locket.

Ok so I would apologize for making this chapter so short but not only has it been 1 day since I last posted to this story but I really wanted to leave this at the part it ended at! Leave you're ideas in the reviews for what you want to see in the story. There are only 3 chapters left to post and I'm so excited to finish this story! See ya next chapter!