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Chapter II: Legends and Myths

Sam

After I got home, I went up to my room to pick something to wear for my dinner tonight. I looked through all my clothes (normally, I don't care about what clothes, but something told me that this was going to be special tonight) until I found a black dress with silk spider web gloves and a batwing shawl.

"There we go," I said as I placed the dress on my bed and went downstairs to watch some TV before it was time to get ready.

However, I couldn't concentrate on watching TV; emotions were welling up inside me. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest when Danny asked me to join him for dinner. I know he loves me but he hasn't the courage to tell me but now might be the time, or at least I hope so.

"Ah, cool The Shining is on," I said as I turned up the volume and watched the movie. The funny thing is this Danny's favorite movie too, but he never has time to watch it as he is always fighting ghosts or doing homework but hopefully tonight would be different.

Jack Skellington

"We've searched everywhere for that book and found nothing," the Mayor said combing through a pile of books worriedly. He was worried that if it was not found something terrible would happen like the last time it was stolen.

A vengeful spirit named Pariah Dark used it to make himself all powerful and overthrow the Pumpkin Lord. Soon a reign of terror ensued as Dark proclaimed himself king of ghosts and Halloween. Thousands of innocents were slaughtered as Pariah expanded his empire to the outside world.

It wasn't until a powerful witch was able to defeat Dark and banish him and his servant, a being known only as the Fright Knight, to the land of the dead that peace was restored.

"Calm down, it couldn't have got far," I tell him as I search through another stack of books.

"Jack, what if he has returned. The ghosts have heard stories that someone had awakened him. We don't have enough power to stop him," the Mayor said now frantically throwing books across the room.

I too had heard the story that Pariah Dark was freed from his Sarcophagus that the ghosts imprisoned him in and tried to take over the world. It was truly the end of the world as his Skeleton armies marched again, but just as hope was fading a mythical creature known only as the Halfa was able to repulse Dark's forces and send him back into tomb.

No one has ever seen him again; some say he only appears if Pariah is released others say he chooses to dwell among the living and might even have a family that he resides with. Many legends have emerged about this savior of the two worlds but no one is sure of the truth.

I was soon snapped back to the present as I heard the Mayor scream, "Are you okay," I ask him as I race over to him, thinking he was injured.

"No, it's the end of the world, the book's gone and who has it. I have to alert the town," he says as he races outside only to fall down the steps.

"Wait, we should keep this quiet for now, we don't know what's happening and there is no reason to start rumors," I tell him as I walk down and help him up as we go back inside hoping to find some clue of who took the book.

Danny

"Hey Sam, you look great tonight," I said as I looked into the mirror trying to think of what to say tonight when I see her. My mind was a total blank, I didn't know how to talk to girls (every time I tried to talk Paulina I would be a nervous wreck or my pants would fall down) let alone tell them that I love them.

I combed my hair back and sighed, "This is so stupid," I hissed upset at my klutziness. I took a deep breath and looked into my mirror, I was about to say something, when my ghost sense went off. "Of all the times," I moaned as I started to search for the ghost but it found me.

The box I had wrapped Sam's gift in started to glow and levitate. I watched as it opened itself up and heard a familiar voice proclaim, "I AM THE BOX GHOST!"

"Don't you have anything better to do besides pester me," I said as I got out the Fenton Thermos and sucked him up before he could cause any damage.

Once he was gone I went and picked up the gift from the floor and examined it. The fool hadn't damaged it and just needed to be rewrapped. I took out the skull and crossbones paper along with tape and scissors and rewrapped the present. "There, perfect" I said as I picked it up.

I walked back over to the mirror. I straightened my tie and fixed my hair until I had it just the way I wanted. "You can do this Fenton," I told myself as I picked up the gift and walked to the living room.

Mom was dressed in a lovely blue gown, "You look very handsome Danny," she said smiling as she put on a necklace dad had given her for their anniversary last year.

Speaking of dad, he was dressed in a suit and tie, he looked like he was being tortured, "I can't see why I can't wear my jumpsuit," he complained playing with his collar. "I think I'm choking," he yells as he leans over a chair and gives himself the Heimlich maneuver.

"Jack, this is a classy restaurant and you can't go in there looking like an exterminator," she told him as she fixed his tie for him. "Think of it as undercover work, dear," she told him with a smile as his face beamed.

"Of course, this way the ghosts won't know it's me," dad said happily thinking of how he could ambush any ghosts that would come his way.

"Just try to behave Jack, please," she pleaded as I heard something outside.

I raced out the door and look around, "There's nothing here," I say to myself in relief only to be blasted to the ground.

"That's what you think my boy," I hear the cold voice of Vlad Plasmius say as he appears in front of me. "I hope I'm not ruining your date Daniel," he said in feigned concerned as he smiled at me.

"Yes you are," I say as I transform into Danny Phantom and blast Vlad but he blocks it. "You're running out tricks cheese head," I taunt him as I try to freeze him but he dodges it.

"Really, let me try something new then," he says as he produces a small gun from his cape and fires at me.

"AHHH!" I scream as the blast sends me flying through the air and hit a tree. I look down at the wound and see my suit burned and my skin charred.

"You like it Daniel, I call it my Ecto-Disintegrator," he says revealing his fangs.

"I call it another failed plan," I retort as I go to blast him but only to find out nothing happened. "Hey my powers!" I shout as I try again. I scream in pain as electricity surges through my body forcing me to my knees.

"Isn't that something, right now your body is fighting to stay together and transferring your ghost energy in order to do so. The shock you felt was your atoms unraveling; I would try not to exert too much energy as it would speed up the disintegration," he said as he took aim and fired at me again, but I managed to dodge it and run.

"I have to get out of here," I panted as I raced away with Vlad closing in behind.

Lock

"We have almost everything we need, except that one item," I tell my cohorts as I go over everything that that we found so far.

"Don't worry, we have time before the appointed time," Shock tells us as she checks off the items on the list. "He'll be even more powerful than before," she said cackled happily.

"But what if we don't find this 'Body and Soul of one who is dead yet alive' in time. I mean the spell could be ruined," Barrel asked nervously flipping through the book.

"Don't worry we will," Shock told him as she snatched the book away from him and counted everything we had collected.