Dude, I actually updated. O.o Well, this is getting fun! :D Sorry about the delay, it was an 'interesting' couple weeks at school. And as I say 'interesting' I mean the teachers made my life living hell. Ugh. But I'm alive, and now that it's winter break, I may actually get more writing done! MWHAHA!

Hehe, I needed that.

Anyway, onto reviews!

Jaded Jimmie: Wow, that was one crazy review! XD Yeah, if I was getting stalked, that would be my reaction as well. Hehe, I like you, you sound like some of the voices in my mind... :)

The Silver Radio: Aw, thanks! I'm glad I got the creepy part right, and yes, they are very cute. :D

Aras the crazy writer, and Hinata28h: Thank you for your reviews! You guys rock!

And once again, thanks to klrob, because without her prodding, I would never get my lazy butt to write... hehe.

By the way, is Sammy a bit OOC at the end of this chapter? I don't know... bleh. I think I messed up Valerie too, but I'm not very good at writing her yet... :/

I'll stop rambling now, onwards to the actual story! :D

Danny rubbed his hands together as he eyed the sun rising in the sky from his spot on the roof. The plan would start at noon. It was almost time, and he was stuck waiting. Danny felt worry and agitation make his stomach do flip flops. What if he accidently hurt Valerie? What if one of Valerie's shots missed and hit one of his friends? What if it hit Sam? His eyes narrowed and flared green. He didn't want anything touching Sam, and he was lost in his thoughts of how their plan would work. He started as someone spoke.

"Danny?"

He turned his head quickly around, and relaxed as he saw Sam, walking hesitantly towards him. He looked worried, and he forced himself to relax, which was much easier now that she was here. "Hey Sam." He said, grinning.

"Danny, are you sure about this?" She said, her amethyst eyes glinting worriedly. There were so many ways for this to go wrong, and apparently her Seer's sight had decided to show her every possible bad possibility, many ending with him getting badly injured, and in a few, killed.

Danny shot her a reassuring smile as he put his hand on her shoulder, comfortingly. "We'll all be fine, Sam. Promise."

Sam could feel the heat come from his hand touching her bare upper arm. She tried to repress the blush, but it came anyway. She said quickly, trying to distract him, "Do you know where you'll be flying yet?"

Danny had seen her blush, and blushed as well. He said, "Um, just around the castle a few times, and then, once Valerie follows me, to a nice camera viewed area."

The dark haired girl surprised them both by giving the halfa a hug. "Be careful. I have to get back to work." She said softly.

Danny, before she could back away, folded his arms behind her back and gave her a squeeze. "It will be ok, Sammy." He said softly.

Sam let the use of the nickname pass this time, and just stood there, enjoying being in his arms, when a camera flashed.

"Aww, the lovebirds are so cute!" Tucker said to Jazz as he saved the picture of Sam and Danny hugging to his PDA.

"WE ARE NOT LOVEBIRDS!" Sam and Danny yelled, as Jazz rolled her eyes and muttered, "Yeah, like anyone'd believe that…"

Sam shot a glare at Jazz and threatened, "I'll get you later, Foley." She turned and walked down the stairs to the main castle, fighting a blush and losing the battle.

Tucker shot a sly wink at Danny and said, "Well, Mr. Betrothed, are you trying to manhandle my maid?"

Danny glared and said, "Shut up Tuck." He didn't want Tucker to tease him about Sam, but he had teased Tucker about Jazz, when he had gotten over the fact that his best friend fell for his sister… Eww…

Danny was blushing scarlet, and he looked at the sky. "Time to start!" He said, relieved that it was noon at last. "Ready?" He asked Tucker.

Tucker smiled and said, "When am I not?"

"Don't be conceited." Jazz scolded him.

Tucker kissed her softly and then glared at Danny as the boy started gagging. "I'm gonna go fly, before I throw up…" He muttered as the white rings changed him to Phantom. He flew upwards, and flew around the castle lazily. It'll be alright. He tried to convince himself. It has to be. I promised Sam.

Danny was thoroughly bored when he finally saw Valerie. "About time." He muttered as he swooped towards the ground before flying upwards again. He could hear the loud beep from her equipment now, and the red suited girl looked in his direction.

"Damn ghost! Come here to annoy me, or my betrothed?"

Ick, betrothed… Urgh, I hate that word! Danny thought as he yelled, "I'm just flying. It's a free country!"

"For PEOPLE, spook! Not for you soul-sucking ghosts!" Valerie spat as she stomped on a button on her hoverboard. It zoomed forward, and Danny dove, turning intangible as a violet ghost ray shot past him.

"For the record, we don't suck souls!" Danny yelled as he turned tangible, and streaked away, hearing the annoying thrum of the engine of the hoverboard. She was right on his tail, and he darted around a few trees to give himself some room. He wasn't enjoying this, but it helped that the uneasy feeling seemed to diminish in his stomach.

Danny cursed as he felt a ghost ray blast right beside him. He was almost there… And there! He was in the camera spot. He turned and yelled, "Please stop! I don't want to hurt you!" Well, that was true. Even if he didn't like her like that, she wasn't that mean… Except when he was a ghost, of course.

"Shut up, spooky! Or I'll shut you up!" Valerie yelled. Spooky? What kind of a name is THAT to shout out in the middle of battle? Danny thought as he saw her aim at him. Valerie shouldered her gun and another bolt blasted out. And this was the part he hated. The ghost ray slammed into his ribs, and the breath whooshed out of him. Danny fell to the ground, landing heavily. He felt the white rings flash and he knew his white hair had turned black, and his emerald eyes were sapphire blue.

"What?" He heard a horrified gasp. He groaned. God, that hurt!

"Danny!" He heard Tucker yell. He ran to him and put his shoulder, "Are you ok, man?"

Danny blinked his eyes open and saw Jazz, his mother, Tucker, and Valerie with the mask of her suit open leaning over him. "Tucker?" He grunted, trying to get his breath back.

His mother leaned over, and pulled up the edge of his white and red T-shirt. She hissed as she saw the large bruise forming over his ribs. "Oh, sweetie!" She exclaimed. She turned her gaze on Valerie and said with suddenly cold purple eyes, "I'm sorry, Valerie, but it seems that your talents conflict. I will speak with your adopted father about undoing the arrangement."

Danny silently cheered for his mother, and Tucker shot him an evil wink. Valerie made them both stop short as she gasped out, "Danny, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! I didn't know it was you, I thought it was another damned ghost… Wait, you're a ghost? How is that possible? You can't REALLY be a soul-sucking ghost…"

"Val.." Danny started, "I don't think we can work together well. I'm half ghost, you're a ghost hunter. And I'm half ghost for the record. And as I said before, we don't suck souls. Seriously, I don't know how that rumor started… Don't worry, Val. Friends? "

Valerie looked sad and rubbed away a tear as she nodded sternly and said, "Friends, spoo-, ur, half-spook."

Danny let out a whooshing breath and Tucker and Jazz helped him up. He stood on his own after testing his balance. He glanced at Tucker with a smile as Jazz said, "We did it! You ok, little brother?"

"Yeah, Jazz. I'm fine. But seriously, I'm a ghost, and all she can think to call me is Spooky?" Danny said, with an easy smile. He looked around, but didn't see the raven haired girl he was looking for. "Where's Sam?" He asked, worry flickering across his blue eyes.

Tucker looked confused and said, "I don't know… She was supposed to meet us out here."

Danny felt fear pierce his stomach as he thought, Sam! Where are you? She was probably fine.. But it didn't make him feel better. The uneasiness in his stomach made him pale and he couldn't stop worrying. They had to find her, something was wrong. He knew it! Sam!

Sam looked out the window she was washing and bit her lip. She hated this plan. Where was Danny? Was he ok? She had seen a flash of white, followed by a flash of red go past a few minutes ago, and she was going mad with worry. What was WRONG with her? Danny would never like her like she liked him, and yet he haunted her thoughts. Even now, she was panicking over the idea of Danny getting hurt… She couldn't hold back to visions that flashed in front of her eyes. She blinked and saw… Danny misjudged where the bolt would hit, and it hit him in the heart. She could see his emerald eyes flare as he fell backwards and turned human as he fell. He landed hard, and he didn't open his eyes, or look up. He would never wake again. Sam snarled at herself as she threw off the vision. "Stop it!" She growled to herself, rubbing her head with one hand. Danny WOULD be fine. He had promised.

A low creak interrupted her quiet cursing at herself.

Sam turned on her heel and looked at the door. A dirty cleaning cloth was crumpled in her hand, but as she looked, there was nothing there. Not a shimmer, not a thing. Sam shivered as she felt something near her, but she couldn't see it. It had happened earlier too. Something was watching her, and it gave her the chills. Sam said softly, "Who's there? Anyone?" She felt a puff of cold air on her neck, and whirled, staring around. There was nothing there.

Sam felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise as a soft, cold voice whispered to her. "Poor little Seer, so small, so weak… You don't even know, do you? Don't even know that your frightful visions are right. Poor little prince charming is dead, and you weren't even there when he died. Poor little Seer." Sam turned back to the other direction, and stared, wide eyed, at the thing standing in front of her. It was visible now, and its pure white teeth were bared in a fanged smile. Its eyes were black, flickering flames that seemed to draw her in, and try to drown her in its bleak gaze…

"W-what are you talking about?" Sam stuttered as she took a step back from the thing. It had to be talking about Danny, but it had to be wrong…It WAS wrong. It looked like a man, lean and predatory, but there was an air around it that showed that it was no such thing.

And it didn't have an aura.

Every living thing had an aura. Humans had the most pronounced, but everything DID have one, except this…thing. It wasn't human. She wasn't even sure if it was ALIVE.

"Poor Seer, don't worry. It's not your fault that you caused the death of your prince charming. He wouldn't have done it except for you. And now he lies, breathless and cold. The prince of this castle and your prince charming's sister are sitting by him, sobbing now. What's wrong little Seer? Are you cold? Do you feel the chill of death and the pain of grief?"

Sam felt pain rise in her chest. If this creature was right, her visions had been right. Danny was dead, and she hadn't even told him.. Had never told him that she had liked that kiss. Never told him why she had been so against the marriage as well. Sam felt cold and slow. She stared at the thing, and it raised its hand as if to cup her cheek and Sam felt dull pain from a needle flash in her neck. Her amethyst eyes slid shut on her held back tears as she collapsed to the ground. The crumpled up wash cloth fell out of her suddenly relaxed hand. The thing bared its teeth, and licked its lips. "Poor little Seer. Don't worry, you're not long for this world."

Danny darted into the castle, looking around desperately. He was in ghost form again, and Jazz and Tucker were hot on his heels, looking into rooms and opening doors. They didn't understand the gut wrenching panic Danny was feeling right then. What's going on? Danny wondered, but he knew that Sam was in trouble. Something was happening, and he had to save her! No doubt Tucker would call it his "hero complex", but this was different. Sam was in danger. He just knew it.

Danny flew into one of the foyers, and froze midair, staring. Tucker ran in and stopped short, staring at the cloth on the floor. It was a maid's cleaning cloth, that much was clear. It was unusual though. Instead of being white or cream as most maids preferred, it was light lilac color, stained with sooty dirt. Danny slowly floated to the ground and picked it up from the ground. He ran it in between his fingers, unable to feel it through his gloves, but knowing that it was simple cloth, not silk.

Danny turned it over in his hand and then stared at it, his emerald eyes widening. "Tucker." He breathed out, and his best friend came closer, looking at the cloth. Tucker's breath caught in his chest, and he finally believed that Sam wasn't just hiding in her room or something. She was really in trouble.

He reached out a trembling finger and touched the dark red stain on the lilac cloth.

"What-?" Tucker breathed, his bottle green eyes looking up into his best friend's distraught blue ones.

"We have to find her Tuck. Now."

Yeah, it's short. Sorry, my imagination refused to let this be any longer. Anyway, we get to find out what the heck happened to Sammy next time! MWHAHAHA!

Reviews would be appreciated, if you want. :D