A/N: It's about time that I updated. I was pondering on how long this story will end up being. It might turn out to be pretty long, hehe. Well, I hope everyone enjoys this latest chapter!

Note: Everyone get the title? I have a huge grin right now…lol. This is my best title I've made yet…I think.

The Best Gift Ever: Chapter 13: Whammy(1) of Bewitchment

Oh, what a lovely day at the amusement park. All of the students had gotten out at 1:30 PM today on account of Mr. Lancer convincing the principal to do so. It did cause the students to be wary about what he had planned to do with the extra time, and what he had exactly said to Ms. Ishiyama to get her to end school early, but they made no comments on it, for they could use the free time. Maybe they could catch that new ride at the local amusement park, which they did.

Currently, all the students, from all ends of the scale, were at the park, involved in their individual amusements. Danny, Sam, and Tucker had just gotten off the new ride.

"That was so awesome!" Tucker said.

"Oh yeah," Danny agreed.

"And then you guys are going to say…" Sam said, and then put up her hands to make quotation marks. "Let's go again!" She mocked how they would sound.

"Oh come on, Sammy? I know you liked it," Danny said, but failed to convince her.

"Are you joking? I hated it! It wasn't fun at all…I had to sit in the back where you guys weren't, and the guy that sat next to me kept trying to…" She trailed off.

"You're just mad that you didn't get to sit next to Danny," Tucker said, then immediately regretted it, and not mostly because of Sam's glare.

"Tuck," Danny said. "You know that's not it. You know as well as I do that any of us would not be comfortable if we were sitting with someone we didn't know, away from each other…exempting the fact that if it was a hot girl, you'd be very comfortable, Tucker."

Tucker blushed at that. "Not necessarily…" Tucker said to his defense.

"Ok, if you decide to go on the ride with us again, I promise that I'll sit next to you, ok?" Danny said, turning to face Sam.

Sam thought about it for a moment. "Umm…"

The two boys each gave her a pleading look, and went into the begging stance.

"Puh-lease?"

"Hm…ok. But you better keep your promise Danny."

"Of course. I wouldn't break it for the world."

"Hey Danny," Tucker said, looking around. "Where's Jazz, anyways? She dropped you off here, and promised she'd be back to ride with us around 4. And it's that time right now," he said, eying his watch.

"She's probably off again with that stupid boyfriend of hers…" Danny grumbled.

"Talk about pale. He's about as pale as a g-"

"Ghost? I know. And I think he is, but I'll have to make sure."

"You can't go suspecting everyone that gets close to Jazz, Danny," Tucker advised.

"I know that," Danny said. "But my ghost sense went off when he came through the door. And it doesn't go off for no reason at all. He has to be one."

"Ok Danny, I'll trust your feeling. Anyways, here they come now," Sam said.

They saw Jazz and her new boyfriend walking towards the ride.

"Jazz," Danny called. "Why didn't you call me? I was waiting for you…"

"Who's this?" her boyfriend said, scowling.

"That's my adopted brother, Danny," Jazz said emotionlessly. "Now let's get on this new ride, I heard it's great!" She said excitedly.

"Who knew Jazz was this rude?" Sam said under her breath.

"She's acting weird…" Danny said quietly to himself. "I'm going to see what's up with her."

Sam was close enough to hear him, so she said, "Be careful, ok?"

"Ok," Danny said, then saw them move further into the line where they were inside the building. "Be right back."

Danny dove into some nearby bushes and went ghost.

'I hope you do,' Sam thought. 'If he is a ghost, he'll be stronger than any of those other ghosts that you've faced.'

T-T-T-T-T

Danny Phantom, invisible, flew over where Jazz and her new boyfriend were.

"I'll be right back, Kitten. Save my stop for me," he said, and then walked out of the line.

Danny followed him until he went near a corner. There, he took a ring out of his pocket.

"What are you doing, Johnny?" A voice emitted from the ring, then a face of a female ghost appeared on its surface.

"I'm gaining the girl's trust."

"Hurry up and give her my stuff. I want to be with you. I want to have her place in this world."

"Be patient. After this, we'll go to the park, and there I'll give her the ring."

"Ok. You better do your job Johnny. And don't let Shadow get into any trouble."

"I know what I'm doing, babes. See you soon."

After that, the image on the ring swirled away.

'So either he's a ghost or he just has contact with ghosts,' Danny thought. 'And he and that ghost in the ring want to take my sister's body…wait, did I just think of Jazz as my sister? Oh well…I've gotta stop him before he does anything to hurt my sis-I mean Jazz!'

He darted in, still invisible, and picked up her boyfriend and took him through the wall.

"What are you doing here, kid?" he said.

"I've come to stop you!"

"What are you, the girl's guardian ghost or somethin'? I never knew there was such a thing…oh well. Shadow, fetch!" He said.

'Who's he calling, a dog?' Danny wondered.

Then he saw a giant shadow monster flying towards him.

'Uh…oh.'

He dodged it though in the nick of time.

"Is that the best you've got?" Danny gloated, then was unexpectedly hit to the ground by none other than Shadow.

"Shadow's more powerful than that," Johnny informed him. "Now face bad luck's wrath!"

Johnny focused his power, then Shadow grew five times its size. It roared, and then dived in for the kill. Danny barely managed to put up a shield before getting knocked back to the ground again.

'A shield…that's new,' Danny mused. 'Oh well, I've got to defeat that ghost!'

He got up and started firing ectoplasmic blasts at the shadow, but it just absorbed them and grew even bigger. It growled, then dived right through Danny's body, effectively paralyzing him.

"What…what the heck did you do!" Danny yelled angrily, constantly trying to move.

"Now, finish him off Shadow!" Johnny yelled, giving the command.

Shadow dove in again, swinging back and forth until Danny was battered and ragged. It then powered up a black matter blast and shot it, causing Danny to scream in pain. The torture continued on for a few minutes. After it was all over, Danny could barely keep his eyes open. He felt himself fading.

"You'll never be able to…save that girl…" Johnny said.

Danny could barely hear his voice now.

"Farewell. You are no match for my strength, weakling…"

The last thing he saw before he met the dark was Johnny's fading face…

Just in case one person or more doesn't know what this word means:

1. Whammy: It's a jinx, pure and simple. There's another meaning to this word that also works splendidly with the title, but unfortunately, I don't know it off the top of my head… (is vocab-deprived).

Thanks to crazyvi, dessyweird51, Karen Kano, Jessica01, Black January, Ghostboy814, Jenna Dax, and Spirit Rose for reviewing the last chapter. I appreciate them, a lot!

I will be in a position of being able to update as soon as I get at least 5 reviews…I'm sorry it was so short though…can anybody help me with the fighting scene for next chapter? I really can't write them at all…otherwise you'r going to read this lame fight scene & it will be all because no one helped me…have a nice day everyone!