I'm back! I know what you're thinking. What?! Two chapters two days in a row? Better believe it. I wanted to write so I did so. I have so much school work and am writing when I can but I have 3 essays, have to take notes for the Canterbury Tales, math homework, and science stuff just to let you know.

Before you all jump into the chapter I got a question about the language that Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Valerie were speaking in the last chapter so I figured I would give you some background information about it and other languages there might be (there's a few mentioned and said so it'll be best).

Ah, so a history lesson for the students. In the last chapter it mentioned something called 'Old English' that Mr. Lancer remembered teaching a bit about. This is not a language I made up. Old English, also known as Anglo-Saxon, was the language of Britain from 500 AD to the 1100 AD. Basically, the Roman Empire was in control of Britain where they protected it from invaders. In 476 AD the Roman Empire fell and retreated and at around 500 AD the Angles, Saxons, and the Jutes invaded Britain, bringing their language (which is germanic meaning they came from there area that is Germany today) with them. Over time words evolved and changed and new languages were introduced (such as French) which would make Old English somewhat recognizable and Middle English (which is from 1100 to 1500 AD) even more understandable. Right now we live in the era of Modern English, which is what is spoken. Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Valerie were speaking Old English and switched accidentally to Middle English every so often making it easier for the rest of the class to notice what they were talking about.

If you have anymore questions about Old English or what I'm talking about just PM me or ask in the reviews. More about this will be said later on in the story.

They do speak other languages in this story (there will be translations). What I know for a fact that will be in is Esperonto, Ancient Greek, Spanish, a few words in Italian and Japanese and maybe French, and Latin (which is the official language of the dead). Many cultures and races are in this story and there will be mentions of their customs and languages so heads up.

Now that's out of the way, you may continue to the main event!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot. ...What? You though I was going to say something sarcastic and witty? I already wasted enough of your time. Read!

Chapter 6

The moment they went through the portal that class had their faces pressed against the windows, even Mr. Lancer was sneaking glances in and tried to look teacherly though in his head he was just as excited. Jack, who was driving (which is a bad idea in the first place since he can barely drive in the human realm) was staring in awe at the ghost zone while trying to stay focused enough not to hit anything. Maddie was doing the same thing as her husband but instead was taking notes about what she saw, the small flip notebook in her hand was quickly being filled with observations. Everyone was excited.

Except for, of course, the infamous four at the back of the bus.

They were looking out the window, of course, but instead of the excited looks of the rest of the bus, there's was more of a keen, watchful eye on the endless swirling ectoplasm that twirled around the bus, rock paths, and the occasional purple door in a silent, smooth dance as if being controlled by nonexistent wind.

Now, this behavior could be excused if there was a ghost around. Yet that was the thing. Just like in the human realm, there were no ghosts. Now this made no sense! It was called the Ghost Zone for a reason! What would the Ghost Zone be without any ghosts? Danny and Sam would have sensed something once they went through the portal as well or at least a minute or two afterwards, but it had been almost an hour and there had been zero signs of any form of ghost, ectopuses, or even the Box Ghost! Danny swallowed thickly and tightened his grip on his backpack, his knuckles turning white.

It was about an hour or so later that the class began to grow restless. They wanted to go outside the bus! They wanted to see how stable the weird rock paths were or if they could breath the air here. No one paid attention when Maddie was talking really, or if she talked about what lied on this side. Even though they were restless, they were also quickly growing bored. The jocks had begun to through around a football one of them had brought, Paulina and her friends (translation: satellites) were doing their nails with the mini spa they had brought, and the nerds were either taking notes like Maddie was or playing countless game of Eye-Spy. Mr Lancer had tried to play off that he was 'reading' but the seat that was partially leaned back and the book over his face said otherwise. The jocks had seen this and had decided to scare their teacher, but they never got to. Just as they were going in for the strike, Danny and Sam's ghost sense went off.

And then the bus began to plummet.

Screams sounded from around the bus and the class were gripping onto their seats completely forgetting the seatbelts, some students had even closed their eyes. Mr. Lancer woke as soon as the bus lurched downward and was doing this same thing as his students. Maddie and Jack were panicking, trying to figure out what was wrong and stop the bus's steep plummet into the void below them.

As for the four in the back? Oh, they were terrified alright. Val and Tuck knew it would be too dangerous to put on their suits and Danny and Sam couldn't go ghost without someone seeing. Danny's ghost sense had been so sudden that he didn't even notice who it was, just that they were around a level six or something. That was all he could go on for now. Yet despite being scared like the class, they were more determined. They buckled themselves in without a second to thought and grasped their backpacks tightly, preparing to open if needed. As they began to near a path, Maddie and Jack tried even more to pull the Speeder out of it's nose-dive, and Danny noticed that his friends, along with his parents, had seatbelts on. On instinct, he unbuckled to stand up, somehow keeping balance.

"Everyone! Put on your seatbelt!" He shouted. The reaction was immediate. The class didn't register who said it, but the voice was commanding and they couldn't help but listen and do what it said. Seatbelts were on and the class had managed to stop screaming bloody murder, though they continued to grip their seats just as tight. Danny went to sit back down but an unexpected jolt from Jack yanking the steering column up enough to level it slightly caused Danny to be thrown back and his head to hit something behind him. Hard.

Danny heard Sam shouting his name before everything went black and the Speeder crashed to the ground below.

All Danny could see was darkness. An inky black in all directions and an annoying ringing in his ears. At first he thought he was fully dead, but when he seemed to move a bit his body flared up in an aching pain. A voice in the back of his head told him to open his eyes, so he did, only to find a large piece of metal overtop of him. He wondered slightly how it was not crushing him then he saw it had curved a bit forming a dome-like shape overtop of him. Ignoring the way his body protested, he lifted an arm and shoved the piece of metal over to the side and groaned. He didn't even register the person running over until they were on top of him. Literally.

Danny was taken back at first, but once he saw that Sam was gripping on to him like a vine he let her and while keeping himself propped up with his right arm used his left to wrap around his girlfriend. He felt something wet on his shoulder.

Danny looked up to see Valerie and Tucker smiling in relief at him. After another minute or so, Sam lifted her head, her eyes were red but her make up (thankfully waterproof) stayed where it was, if only slightly smeared. She had a band-aid on her hand which sprung Danny into his 'hero-mode.'

"Are you okay Sam?" He asked, his voice was calm but his eyes showed worry and slight fear.

Sam breathed a laugh. "Me? You're the guy who hit his head on the way down and we ended up looking for you for thirty minutes! I'm fine! Now what about you?"

Danny breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm okay Sam. A bit sore from the crash but I'll be alright...Wait? Did you say you've been trying to find me for thirty minutes?"

Tucker stepped in. "Yeah, the Speeder was jerked out of the dive at the last second and when you were knocked unconscious we crashed. The Speeder was broken apart in a lot of places but it was really only the walls and roof. We suspect when we crashed and that happened your body just kind of flew out from the force. And before you ask, everyone else is fine. A few bumps and bruises with a few scratches but we're okay. If you hadden told everyone to put their seatbelts on they would be a lot worse for wear. Saved everyone again dude." Tucker said, smiling at the last sentence.

Danny relaxed a bit more at this. He looked over at the class, which was about twenty or so feet away, and saw Tucker was right. The only one truly devastated was Paulina, but with the way she was looking down at her hand he could make a good guess it was a broken fingernail. Everyone else just seemed kind of somber, slightly fearful looks and the want to explore long gone. But the class was silent, even Maddie and Jack which didn't seem to notice Danny wasn't over there. It wouldn't be the first time though.

Danny shook that thought out of his and looked around. He recognized the area, he knew the ghost zone like the back of his hand, but to be able to determine their location he would have to stand up and Sam was still sitting on his lap.

Not that he minded.

Tucker and Valerie sat down next to him, their postures were ridged and the look of relief from finding him was gone and replaced with a new one. Danny knew that look and he knew what they were going to say.

"What are we going to do now?"

OMG THE SPEEDER CRASHED BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING! Haha, jk you knew I was going to do something like that, it was obvious. I know that it is kind of short but bare with me, the next chapter will definitely be longer.

This one was kind of a filler to be honest but still.

Questions!

Where are the ghosts now? (Not in the human realm just so you know.) And who might be the ghost that shot them down?

Anyways, make sure to review and stuff! And thank you to everyone who favorited and followed and reviewed! And yes, BloodiedCoreOfHope, I am slightly insane (ok slightly might be an understatement). Good job for being the first one to notice. Oh and fyi no one got the Spongebob reference. No more shoutouts.

PEACE!

~Kitty ='u'=