HEY! What's this?! An update?! THAT'S NOT ON THE WEEKENDS!? WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO!? AHHHHHHHH! Actually, I'm on Fall Break (perks of being a early college student) so I had a bunch of time to write, which I did, in fact, do.

Before we jump into the chapter of Danny acting like a drunk idiot (you'll see what I mean in a little bit *smirks*) I just want to say thank you to all of you! You guys are amazing.

I have a VERY important message at the bottom after you read (the story is not in jeopardy, no worries)

I got my inspiration for this chapter from Strength by WildFireBurnsTheForest! Check their story out, and if someone can get them to actually finish the story I will find you and personally be your best friend. Please. It's a good story. Update dammit.

Born-From-Black-Lightning : Oh...no worries mia amiko. It will happen, and you shall know when it does. I have plans for this no worries. *evil laughter* *lightning flashes in the background while thunder sounds*

inyblast68101 : Pain? Oh, there will be pain. *more evil laughter and lighting* Yes, Danny will be in some pain this chapter, I have you covered.

I got some help for this chapter from Savirox who help me with the French in this chapter! Thanks! You rock!

Desiree? Desiree! Where are you? I need to make a wish that I owned Danny Phantom! Desiree!? Till she gets here and I can make my wish, I don't own Danny Phantom. DESIREE!

Chapter 12

Dash had many things on his bucket list; have over one hundred football jackets (so far he was at eighty-three), meet his favorite football player, win the high-school football championship four years in a row (the meet was in two weeks), become the best football player ever. However, being stuck in a carriage that apparently belonged to a ghost princess-queen (that he thought was kind-of hot but wasn't going to say) that was going who knows where and being lead through the Ghost Zone by Fenton and his gang was not on that list. Did he mention being lead by Danny Fenton? Seriously, Danny. Fenton. The nerdy little freak he's picked on for every day of high school; shoving his head in a toilet, into lockers, the girls locker room, sometimes even embarrassing him and his friends in the halls or the lunchroom for no reason. He gave the teen a day of rest when everyone found out him and the goth were going on, only to continue the next day. He had a schedule, and reputation, to keep after all.

Yet ever since this trip to disaster started, Danny...changed. It was so strange and sudden yet he almost didn't notice at first. And with what had just happened at the prison and all that, he felt-dare he say-concerned, for the raven haired teen that he had considered to be his punching bag.

Oh god, he was feeling guilt too.

And now there they were, sitting in a fancy ass carriage that was being pulled to Danny's supposed 'friend' that no one knew of. The four were sitting on the floor, Valerie had her head rested on Tucker's shoulder while he continued to mess with his PDA, yet his own head was slightly leaning on hers. She was fiddling with a piece of string that was dangling off his sweatshirt. Sam was sitting criss-cross and had Danny's head in her lap where she played with the strands in his hair and looked down at him. Her boyfriend's eyes were closed as he laid there, facing the ceiling as straight as he could so he didn't pull his new stitches. His body was tense, stiff even, and he look greatly uncomfortable in general. His closed eyes were forced closed instead of relaxed, and his muscles, which they could see due to his lack of shirt, were tight. Did Dash mention that the geek apparently had muscle? And a lot of it.

Sam leaned in a little closer. "Danny, you okay there?"

Danny didn't even try to hide his groan. "These bandages are itchy, and so are the stitches, and I'm hurting in places that shouldn't hurt," He said dryly, "But I'm good."

Sam chuckled a bit. "It's going to itch for a bit, you should be used to it by now anyways."

"I am used to it, but just because this happens often, doesn't mean I like it anymore than the last time."

"Dude, the only people who get wrapped up more than you are mummies, and you've gotten more stitches out of everyone we've known combined. And let me remind you, we know Jonny 13." Tucker said, not looking up from his PDA. Valerie laughed a little beside him.

Danny rolled his eyes, still laying down, and gave a mock laugh. "Ha ha. Well, why don't you try it then? And I'm being serious, these bruises are making it really uncomfortable to do anything." He said.

Sam pursed her lips, then saw something in Dora's hand from where she was sitting. "Dora, what is that?" She asked.

Dora paused and looked at the golden wine glass in front of her. Inside was a dark red liquid that resembled blood, yet tasted devine. "You mean the Vin de divine régénération?"

Danny cracked one eye open. "Wait, what?"

Sam paid no mind to him. "Didn't you say that it could help heal any wound or injury when drunk?"

"Sam, don't do what I think you're going to do."

Dora nodded. "Yes, due to the special berry we use that grows along the edge of the Forbidden Mountains. I drank it often to not arouse suspicion for my brother's abuse." She stated.

Danny lifted his head a bit. "Aragon isn't hurting you again, is he?" Danny asked, his tone becoming slightly protective.

Dora shook her head this time. "Oh no. At the moment he is locked away, and is heavily guarded. I will let you know when he causes me trouble again, however."

Danny's head rested again, only for it to spring up again when he remembered what the conversation was originally about.

Sam turned back to the princess. "So…"

"Sam, no," Danny said, still laying down, "I know what you're wanting to do and it's not going to work."

Sam rolled her eyes. "Danny, come on! You're in pain, I know! If you just-!"

"Sam…"

"Danny…"

It was a bit of a stare down for a few seconds. Amethyst eyes locked onto baby blue. Nathan, who was sitting behind Tucker and Valerie, leaded forwards a bit. "What is she trying to make Danny do?"

Tucker looked over his shoulder at the nerd. "She's wanting Danny to drink the wine," He turned to Danny this time, "But he's to scared!" He said in a sing-songy voice.

Danny broke away from his staring contest. "I'm not scared! I know what ghost wine does to people like me and I would like not to relive that again!"

Jack was puzzled by this. "Wait, Danny boy, have you drank this before?"

Danny didn't respond, either because he didn't hear him or didn't want to answer. Didn't matter, Danny continued his stare down with his best friend. "It makes me all loopy and weird like...like…"

"Like a drunk person?" Valerie said dryly.

"Exactly!"

"Good news is you can't get hungover from it." Tucker provided.

"As true as that is, I'm not drinking it dammit!"

"Danny!" Sam said, leaning over her boyfriend's face. "We're about three hours away from Pandora and won't be able to do anything about your wounds till then and I know for a fact you're in a lot of pain right now so just drink the damn wine already! It's going to help you!" She said to him as if she was scolding a child.

Danny huffed, a pout settling along his features. The class blinked at the exchange and turned to the princess thinking she would be appalled at the situation, only to see her smiling and relaxed. Some swore she giggled a bit.

Sam turned back to the ghost princess. "Dora, would you mind…?"

Dora shook her head. "I do not mind at all. I agree wholeheartedly that Sir Daniel needs to heal, and if he has to, I will graciously allow it. You are my friends." She said, a kind smile on her face.

"Thanks Dora." Sam said gratefully. Dora took a bottle of wine out of a compartment at her feet and filled another glass, which she handed over to Sam. Sam took the glass in her hands and turned to face Danny, who was covering his eyes with his arm. Sam sighed. "Danny…"

It was Danny's turn to sigh. He sat up and turned towards his girlfriend, who then handed the still full glass to him. He bit his lip as he took it, staring down at the blood-red liquid. "I still don't like this." He said, continuing to glare at the wine.

"I know, but it's going to help you. We'll make sure nothing crazy happens." Sam said.

Danny nodded and steeled himself. He knew she was right, the bruises on his back were annoying him, the cuts on his limbs throbbed a bit, and the stitches were itchy and uncomfortable and ached. His head was pounding too, yet he was thinking that was because of nerves. He knew he had to stop slacking off on his secret, or he was sure his cover was going to be blown. Sure, only a few more days left then the end of that, but still, he would rather leave on a good note, not on...whatever it was going to be if his secret was discovered. That would not be good.

The wine casted ripples in the cup, bouncing along the edges of the glass surface and swayed gently in the movement of the carriage. The other occupants in the carriage, minus his friends and the princess, watched him, wondering if he was going to actually do it. A few of the jocks were even making bets on whether or not he was going to do it, most were going for 'not.' Maddie and Jack watched their son closely, wondering what he was going to do. The Danny they knew, or thought they knew, wouldn't drink some 'ghost wine' that could possibly poison him. Sure, he was just barely passing his classes with B's so he must have enough common sense not to drink it. They didn't care if it was going to help him or not, the ghost could of been lying, it was a ghost after all. They were sure he wasn't going to, but there was still the lingering thought that he was. The Danny they were just beginning to see while here showed someone completely different than the Danny they knew. They were going to have to decontaminate him when they got home, along with his friends, they obviously had been spending too much time with these ectoplasmic balls of slime.

It was a full minute before he actually did something besides glaring at an inanimate object. When he sighed, the class was sure he wasn't going to drink it, the jocks even nudging the few who had thought he was going to drink it, only to be shocked when Danny suddenly raised the glass to his lips and downed it in a few large sips. Eyes were wide and money was passed to the three who had betted 'for.' Danny's parents couldn't even comprehend what their son had just done, while Mr. Lancer continued his face of half shocked and half in disbelief.

Danny blinked. Once. Twice. Three times. His eyes were wide, but for a different reason. "Woah, that's a rush." He said, as he swayed a bit to the side.

Sam rolled her eyes. "That's because you're not supposed to drink it in one gulp, you idiot. It's wine." She said as she snatched the glass back from Danny and handed it to the princess, who herself was a tiny bit surprised at how fast he drank it.

"Dude, you would think you would of learned your lesson last time." Tucker said.

Danny only hiccuped, then chuckled. "Aww...Come on...Where's the fun in that?" He said, a goofy smile on his face.

Sam chuckled a bit herself at how her boyfriend was acting. Danny turned to face her and held his arms out as if asking of a hug. "Sammy! Sammy Sammy Sammy. Come here! I want a kiss!" He said, his voice was beginning to slur.

"Danny, not right now. You need to lay down to help your wounds and not reopen them." She said, trying to get the smile off her face. It wasn't working.

Danny inched closer and grabbed her in a hug. "Sammy!" He said as he planted a kiss on her lips. It was short, a kind of sloppy, but it was over as soon as it happened. Sam blinked and licked her lips. "Wow, that is sweet." She said, tasting some of the wine that had rubbed off on her lips from Danny's.

Tucker laughed and Valerie rolled her eyes and lifted her head. Danny had released Sam from his hug attack and was now at the center of the carriage floor, it was clear the alcohol in the wine was getting to him.

Danny turned towards Dash, making the quarterback confused (and slightly concerned but he wasn't going to say that). Danny had on a straight face as he stared at him, and the class only watched. Suddenly, Danny's facial expression turned into a sly grin. "Hey Dash…" He said.

Dash blinked, uncertain. "Uh...what?" He asked, pretending that he didn't almost stutter.

Danny grin grew. "Boo." Then collapsed on himself in a fit of laughter.

Sam, Tucker, Valerie, and Dora sighed. This was going to be a long three hours.

About twenty minutes had passed without much noise surprisingly, excluding the mindless babbling of non-coherent words Danny was making. The four had shifted around on the floor of the carriage, Danny's head was now in Tucker's lap, who was leaning against an empty spot on the wall, still trying to get ahold of Jazz, with Valerie leaning on his side again, this time messing with a strand of hair that was poking out of his hat. Sam was at Danny's side, lazily, yet surely, checking Danny's injuries. Most of the smaller ones had healed, like on his arms and legs, and the gashes on his chest were the finally process of healing. Even a few bruises had faded away. The class was somewhat astounded at how fast the wine worked.

"Do you think that people who have unexplained phobias in this life, have them because of something in their past life?" Danny suddenly said, his slightly dilated eyes staring into space and voice still slurred.

Sam gave a thoughtful nod. "It might be."

"And the reason some people might have anxiety is because they have new souls and don't know what the world is like?" Danny said, turning slightly towards her.

Maddie was uneasy by this. "Danny, sweetie, what are you talking about?"

"Reincarnation. Who would've thought Buddha was right about that? Not about everything, but still…" He said, looking back at the ceiling again.

Maddie's eye twitched. "Sweetie, reincarnation isn't real."

Danny just sat up and stared at Maddie. Tucker, Sam, and Valerie paused what they were doing and just looked.

"It is to," He said, as if he was a child.

"Sir Daniel is correct," Dora said, "In fact, I have lived many lives before this one. I believe you all know of Cleopatra?"

The class stared at Dora. Mr. Lancer was staring in shock at the ghost princess, almost not believing that he was in the same room-well, carriage really, as Cleopatra. The student sitting next to him carefully lifted a finger up and closed the teacher's jaw.

"Yep." Danny said, popping the 'p.' He began to laugh at what he said as if it was the funniest thing he ever heard. Sam rolled her eyes.

"What else do you know?" Asked Mickey, curious about what they knew that no one else did.

"Oh, there's a lot of stuff. Different timelines, power levels, in Infinite Realm in general, lost souls-"

"Like, what are lost souls? I, like, have heard you say that, like, a few times or something." Star said.

Danny turned to Star. "Well, Stelo," Star didn't know what that meant, but couldn't stop the blush crossing her face, "Lost souls are ghosts that materialize in the human realm. There's not many, maybe one in every ten million or something, and try to find their way into the Ghost Zone. I help them a lot of times." Danny said, gesturing to himself at the last part.

Maddie glared at her son. "You've helped ghosts before?" She spat.

Danny nodded comically. "Yep," He said, once again popping the 'p.' "I've done it a lot of times. You all know some of them too. Sam Phantom technically is one." Sam facepalmed when Danny said this, which the class raised an eyebrow at. Tucker and Valerie only rolled their eyes while Dora just watched. She was interested in where this was going.

Before Maddie could say something, a jock named Craig spoke. "Really? Have you met her?" He asked, enthusiasm in his voice.

Sam quickly whispered something to Danny and he drunkenly nodded, both to Sam and Craig. The jocks high-fived one another.

"What about Phantom?" Someone said. Paulina perked up as she heard this, excited to hear about her 'soulmate.'

Danny bit his lip, which made a few girls giggle at how cute he was being. He opened his mouth to reply, but was cut off by Valerie. "Phantom is...different. He half materialized in the human realm, the other half in the Ghost Zone. We're not sure what he classifies as." She said. Danny nodded once again at her answer.

It fell quiet again. Danny giggled, actually giggled, at random times but the same silence as before fell on them. Sam did another check on Danny's injuries and had confirmed to herself that his stitches could be removed by the time they reached Pandora. Only a few bruises were left, all of them on the verge of fading completely.

"So…" Said Kwan, "Dora, how-"

Dora glared at him. "You are not to call me that. You, and everyone else in the carriage, are to address me as Princess Dorathea and nothing else." She said curtly.

"Wait," Dash said. "How come we have to call you 'Princess Dorathea,' yet those freaks call you Dora?" He said, pointing to the four on the floor.

"Hey! I resent that!" Tucker said to the jock. Danny only copied Dash's expression and pointed back at him. Sam and Valerie sighed.

"We," Said Valerie, "Are her friends. It's respectful. You aren't her friend and she didn't say you could call her Dora. Show some damn respect."

"I agree!" Danny slurred, sitting up, pointing in the air with the hand that had been directed at Dash. "I've only ever called her Dorathea twice." He said, holding up two fingers now. "Once when I was knighted," He said as he swung his arm around. "And the second time when-"

"Danny! Stop that! You almost hit me in the nose!" Sam said, holding his arm. Truthfully, he hadn't, but she had to stop him from what he was going to say next.

Danny drunkenly chuckled. "Sorry bela." He said before leaning over and kissing her nose, making her blush. "You're the best!"

Sam took a deep breath and turned to Dora. "How much longer till we reach Athens?" She asked, a small amount of pleading in her voice.

Dora peared out the small window behind her then turned back to the goth. "I would think another hour or so, Lady Sam." She said, her calm, regal demeanor back.

Sam sighed as she heard this and again when Danny began to drunkenly sing something in Esperanto.

I really hope we get to Pandora with this secret and me in one piece.

Done! I know I have some words that are in French and Esperanto that I didn't put translations for in the chapter, so here they are!

Vin de divine régénération - french - (I made this up, but basically it's a wine with healing properties due to the berry in it, thank you Savirox for the help!)

stelo - esperonto - star

bela - esperanto - beautiful

Hope you liked it! I have one question for you all:

#1: What did Sam stop Danny from saying? Why is this important? Dun dun dun.

Anyways, no, they did not reach Pandora in this chapter, but the will in the next one. Till then tell me if you liked Drunk Danny! That part was fun to write!

IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!

While I have you attention I just wanted to say in the spirit of Halloween I have written a Horror Story! *evil laughter* It is called Mama and is a short story and...well, you're going to have to read to find out! The link to it will put it on my profile for all of you! Hope you like it! Stay spooky!

I'm gonna go! Bye! PEACE! *even more evil laughter*

~Kitty ='u'=