"YOU?! King of all ghosts? Preposterous! Why would anyone appoint YOU king?"

"You mean besides the fact that I defeated Pariah Dark, saved the zone oh...three or four times, need I go on?" Danny asked, rubbing his nails absentmindedly on his suit.

"But you are a mere CHILD! You don't deserve the honor!"

"Too young to rule? Seriously have you not been to foreign lands? They have Eight year olds calling the shots." Danny said folding his arms.

Vlad sighed "And where are the Crown of Fire and Ring of rage? You obviously don't have them, and according to Ghost Law you need them in order to be considered royalty."

Danny shrugged " Always trying to find a loophole. I'm wearing the ring. Its invisible. Clockwork said I'll get the crown during my coronation. Anyway wether I'm wearing them or not, whether I like it or no, the Ghost Council deemed me King. Every ghost in the Zone knows it. I'm suprized no one told you."

"No you aren't" Vlad muttered bitterly "You know how much everyone in the Zone hates me because I am an evil genius who brought more trouble than he's worth. The only thing I hate more than your father is false pity! ESPECIALLY from YOU!"

"We got off topic." Danny said raising his hands. "Look, Vlad...you spent years trying to get me to train under you and now that I actually...Willingly might I add...come begging for your help you give me grief?"

The villain thought a moment then closed his eyes with a satisfied smirk "I already told you I'd teach you, little Badger. Be warned though, it isn't going to be easy. Manipulation by itself isn't evil, but the method I developed uses life force energy gathered from anything nearby. I prefer plants myself, hence the reason my poor lawn is dead most of the time after our little skirmishes. You see, the energy it takes to manipulate drains me, so I have to replenish. During this training, your feeble form will whither away unless you drain things immediately and thoroughly to replenish it."

Danny gulped "So the drain on this form is huge. Terrific. I feel like an energy vampire."

Vlad laughed and roughed his hair

"Precisely my boy! Now you see how it's a tad evil!"

Danny sighed "Well, I asked for your help. Shouldn't have expected anything less. Let's do this!"

DPDPDPDPDP

"Training with VLAD?! Has Danny gone insane?" Sam asked, hands thrown up in the air. Sam, Tucker, and Jazz were all sitting at the lunch table eating.

"Yeah!" Tucker agreed, mouth full of meat "He has to be suicidal!"

"Actually, I support his decision." The redhead teen said, finger pointed up "Vlad is a more advanced ghost than Danny, and he knows it. While Danny may be more powerful than the fruit loop, Vlad has experience and practice. All in all, I think it's a wise move."

"Yeah assuming Vlad doesn't turn him into ecto goop." Tucker sneered

"I'm sure Danny knows what he's doing. Doesn't mean I agree with it." Sam muttered, folding her arms.

"Girl, you would have to be either mentally challenged, or sick minded if you agreed with Danny Phantom training with Plasmius." Valerie said, sitting next to Jazz. "Sorry I'm late guys. Box ghost."

They groaned.

Ever since Danny had revealed his secret to the world, he and Valerie had formed an alliance, and Danny welcomed her into Team Phantom. Valerie now hunted ghosts with the gang, and sometimes covered for Danny when the ghost boy had to be elsewhere. Since Danny was absent from Amity, the Red Huntress stalked the city for him.

"Wonder how he's doing." Jazz pondered.

The others agreed.