I don't think I need to say it, but we were in an enormous amount of trouble when Vlad got his powers back.

Danny and I had wandered around the castle, and I was getting kind of tired of playing babysitter. Sure, I might have grown attached to that bag of flower, but it wasn't my best friend, and it was slightly less awkward.

"Danny, this is the fifth time we've played hide and seek. I told you, I can't find you if you're invisible!" I said, sighing and sitting down.

He appeared next to me. "You boring!" He said, poking my side. I flinched, and looked at him skeptically.

"I've been keeping you entertained for days!" I said, exasperated.

"Play hide an seek."

"No, Danny, I don't want to…"

"Play!"

"No."

"PLAY!"

No!"

"PLAY!"

"NO!"

Vlad appeared next to me, hands glowing with ectoenergy. I glanced at him, surprised, right before Danny began to throw a tantrum. I ducked out of the way just in time.

"PLAY WITH MEEEE!!!!!" He screamed, a ghostly wail coming out of his mouth and knocking Vlad into a wall. "PLAYPLAYPLAYPLAYPLAYPLAYPLAY!" He blasted beams from his flailing arms, wrecking most of the room. Skulker came in, looking eager for revenge, and screamed as he was blasted away. "PLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!" The room froze over, and Danny finally stopped, exhausted.

Vlad sat there, stunned for a moment, before standing up. "No more games." He reached for Danny, who stubbornly… bit Vlad's hand. I frowned, surprised. Danny never struck me as a biter. Vlad screamed, and shook his fingers, glaring at the toddler. He turned to face me instead, and before I could kick the crusty old cheeselog with my combat boots, he had me tied up with ectobeams. He turned, and grabbed Danny roughly, shocking him and forcing him to revert back to his human form.

"No! Danny!" I cried, alarmed. Vlad grinned. "Finally, now I can get on with my plans." He turned human, the marker still evident, (though faded) on his face as he turned and walked away.

"Danny…"

There was a loud bang, and Jazz, Tucker, Jack and Maddie burst through the wall. I coughed, and glared up at them. "What took you so long?!"

"Well, we would have been here sooner if somebody hadn't decided to go to Ember's concert." Jazz said indignantly.

Flashback

Jazz, Tucker, Maddie and Jack stood near the stage, cheering and screaming loudly at yet another of Ember's concerts. Maddie yelled over the noise, "Maybe we should go get Danny and Sam now?"

"Not yet Mom, the show's only at intermission!" Jazz called back.

Tucker and Jack started singing Ember's songs, very loudly, and very badly. "Ember, you will rememberrrr! Eeeember, ONE thing re-mains! Embeeer, so wwwarm and tender!"

"Okay, let's go." Jazz and Maddie said in unison, dragging the two boys away.

End flashback

I shook my head, as Jack used some sort of device to break the ectobeams on me. "The Fenton Swiss Army Knife." He said proudly. "It has ten different functions, including a cheese slicer!" He showed me the slicer proudly, and Maddie giggled. "That's so groovy, Jackie babe…"

Jazz gagged, and Tucker snickered. I stood up. "We need to rescue Danny from Vlad before he ages him and brainwashes him!" I turned and led the way to the lab. I reached for the statue to open it, when Jack stopped me.

"No, not that way!" He blasted the fireplace. "The more dramatic, the better! But I still can't believe V-man is that horrible a babysitter. He loves kids!" Maddie nodded.

I blinked at them, grabbed a weapon, and ran down the stairs. Danny was strapped to some sort of machine, and it was on. He was unconscious. I lifted the weapon, and then blinked. "Er, hey, Vlad, there's a teenage Maddie upstairs! Meaning she hasn't completely fallen for Jack, so you still have a chance!"

Vlad turned and looked at me skeptically, then he heard Maddie's voice, and bolted up the stairs. I frowned, and worked on turning off the machine. Finally it released Danny, and he stumbled, falling against me. I grunted, and looked at him. "D-Danny?!" He was older… in his twenties, somewhere. I quickly averted my eyes, as he wasn't wearing much clothing. "I guess the aging worked…"

He opened his eyes, looked down, and then turned into Phantom. "Ugh… my head hurts. What's going on?" He looked at me. "Sam? Why do I feel like I've been trapped in pre-school for days?"

"Er… uh… I'll explain later!" I led him upstairs, to where a dazed looking Vlad sat on the ground, a large red slap mark across his face.

"This old dude tried to hit on me! He's totally rank." Maddie said, scowling.

Tucker frowned at his watch. "We need to hurry, Ember's probably got all of the adults in Amity by now."

Jazz stared at Danny, and then shook her head. "Right. We can fix my little brother being old though, right?"

I nodded, and the six of us climbed into the Specter Speeder. Vlad woke up, and yelled, "I'll get my revenge!"

"Soon, all of the world will be under my control! And with no Danny Phantom to stop me…"

Ember yelped and dropped her guitar as the Specter Speeder sucked her up into a containment chamber.

"Why didn't anyone think of that before?" I said, frowning. We watched as all of the adults in the crowd grew back to their normal ages, and looked shocked at the outrageous outfits they were wearing. Danny took my hand and phased us through the floor, letting us land on the stage. He handed me the guitar.

"I'd like to get back to my right age." He said. I blinked, and carefully strummed the guitar. He was hit with the beam, and became his normal, teenage self. I smiled and hugged him. Danny smiled back. "Er… Sam? I remember what happened when I was a toddler. I still love you."

I blushed ferociously, and dropped the guitar. There was a noise as its strings were hit, and it shot off a blast. There was a gasp, and then a young voice yelling, "Butter biscuits!"

Sorry guys… I had to end this. I'm out of time, and out of ideas. I hope it wasn't too disappointing. If anyone wants to write the sequel, with mini-Vlad, they can. Thank you all for your incredible amount of support. This story went over much better than I ever could have expected.