Vlad walked into Danny's room and smiled before striding over to the curtains and pushing them open, and shouting, "Wake up Little Badger!"

I looked at the clock and groaned, "I forgot, no real alarm clock."

"Yes well now you have a half dead alarm clock. Wake up breakfast is going to be served soon." Vlad smiled happily as he walked out of the room.

"Really? 6:00 in the morning? Just for breakfast?" I groaned. Sam always complained about waking up at this time as well, she always called it the ungodly hour of goth-dom. It's an ungodly hour for any teenager.

I got up and walked into my private bathroom for a shower. I've always had this thing about cleanliness, I'd prefer to take three showers a day, but Tucker just said two is normal, three is overkill.

Just as I was drying my hair I got a text from Tucker.

'Wat's up? Sam told me Vlad mite take us in?'

'Yea, but i still need to set certain things strait.'

'She also said Ember and Skulker mite kidnap us. It won't hurt will it?'

I chuckled, 'Maybe, just don't fight back, act weak and innocent.'

'Oh that will make it so much easier'

'Vlad is expecting me downstairs for breakfast. He's being pretty cool for a frootloop. Cya.'

'Cya'

The maid was slightly shaken as she led me down the hall to the dining room. Though I paid it no mind once I saw Vlad waiting for me while reading the newspaper.

"Ah, Daniel. Come sit and just tell one of the maids what you'd like to eat and they'll tell the chef." he smiled to me.

One of the maids pulled out my seat for me and once I sat in it they pushed it in. "Uh, yeah can I have some pancakes?" I said to one of them. The one who heard it smiled to me and nodded. All of the maids left the room, "Oh yeah um, Vlad, would you be willing to take in Sam and Tucker?"

His stare hardened, "And why would I do that?"

"Because they are being accused of being ghosts that are currently 'at large' by my parents. Ember and Skulker."

Vlad looked like he was about to choke, "So your parents are now accusing innocents of being 'horrible ghosts'?" He seemed to pout, then a smile appeared on his face, "Of course Daniel, maybe they'll help keep you occupied while I'm at work. I assume you already have a plan on how to get them here?"

I blinked, "Y-yeah, I thought that maybe the ghosts everyone seems to think they are, could kidnap them while they just happen to have their stuff on them." I scratched the back of my head nervously.

I saw Vlad smirk, "Yes, of course. It shall be painless correct?"

"If it's for Danny, sure, as long as we get to show that pitiful town of his how much they need him." I turned in my seat to see Ember and Skulker floating behind me.

"Daniel, it's your call." Vlad said to me.

I looked between Vlad and the two ghosts before sighing, "Fine, just annoy the hell out of them, don't hurt any of them, in any shape or form. Feel free to scar a few mentally, preferably one 'Dash Baxter'." I smiled to the two ghosts. I could see Skulker was about to squeal. "Remember Sam and Tucker are your first priority on your first run." I added.

"Got it Dweeb!" Ember said before flying out with Skulker trailing behind.

"Well now that that's done," Vlad clapped his hands twice and the maids came back in, one of them had my pancakes.

I picked up my fork then looked at the pancake before laughing.

Vlad looked at me in confusion, "Is something wrong Daniel?"

"No, no, just wondering if Sam would eat this, she's an Ultra recyclo-Vegetarian."

"Oh." He looked at my smiley-face pancakes and chuckled, "Well, it has a face, so I'm sure she wouldn't."