Later that night, Danny was waiting for Valerie to finish up with preparing supper. She brought in a bowl of salad with some ingredients Danny didn't know, and then brought in the meat course. As she served them, Danny curiously poked at the salad with his fork.

"So um, what are these?" Danny held up a dark red vegetable that looked like a flower.

"Oh, that?" Valerie asked nonchalantly, sitting down at her spot and picking up her fork and knife, "It's just something called a Blood Blossom, it sounds dangerous, but it's delicious." Valerie stuck one in her mouth to show that she wasn't afraid to eat them.

Something in Danny made him wary of eating them, so he stuck with the meat, hoping that if he got to them later, the weird feeling he had would go away.

Valerie watched him closely as he ate, noticing him grimace in pain once and a while. She had to hide a smirk as he looked up at her and smiled. "It's delicious," Danny said, then looked down at his plate and saw with dismay that all that was left was his Blood Blossom salad.

Danny lifted one up on his fork, swallowing nervously at it. He placed it in his mouth and began to chew…

Danny's chair fell over when he jumped in pain and screamed. All he wanted was to get the thing out of his mouth, and that unfortunately caused him to swallow it. Danny's agonized scream ripped through the apartment and Valerie rushed to his side, "Danny! Danny!"

Danny looked up at her, his eyes glazing over and foam trickling out of the side of his mouth as his body twisted and contorted with the pain the blood blossom was giving him. He changed from human to ghost and back again as Valerie watched, horror apparent on her face.

Danny panted, his strength waning as the pain over took him. Finally, his stomach turned and he started to vomit. Valerie turned him onto his side so he wouldn't choke on it as he got all of the Blood Blossom out.

The poison out, Danny collapsed in an unconscious heap. Valerie stood up, a smirk on her face as the room grew cold and a figure appeared. "He's all yours, Demois." She said without even turning. "The ghost boy is yours. If you don't destroy him, I'll finish the job. He's weakened; he should be easy for you."

Valerie finally turned to the ghost behind her. "Take him out, I have his mess to clean up."

Demois lifted an arm and several ghost ravens lifted out of the floor boards and covered Danny. A pounding sounded on Valerie's door as the birds turned Danny intangible and removed him from the room. Demois took an extra second to asses it, and then with a swirl of his cape vanished from the room as well.

"Is everything alright in there Ms. Gray?" Valerie's neighbour called through the door, sounding worried.

Valerie sighed and went over to it, "Everything's fine," Valerie said, opening the door and blocking her neighbour's view of the room by leaning against it, "My boyfriend just saw a spider is all, he's very scared of them."

"…He sounded like he was dying," her neighbour tried to see into the room by leaning to one side. Valerie blocked her attempts and said, "Yes, well, he's very arachnophobic, thanks for making sure though, Mrs. Olson, have a good night." Valerie gently closed the door on her neighbour.

"…Goodnight Ms. Gray…"

The next day Sam was sitting under the tree she met Danny at every day, and was waiting for him, so she could apologise for not seeing him at all yesterday. When he never showed up, Sam began to wonder if he was mad at her, but dismissed that notion quickly. Danny wouldn't be mad over that; he understood that it was end of term.

Sam looked at everyone exiting the school. The tree was close enough to an exit that she could clearly see who came in and out of the school. She didn't see Danny anywhere. She decided she would go wait outside his next class and maybe he'd show up.

Sam arrived at Danny's class room well ahead of its starting time. Danny never showed up. Valerie was walking past so Sam grabbed her arm. "Valerie!"

Valerie turned and looked at Sam, "Oh, hey, you're Danny's friend."

"Yeah, I am, have you seen him? I haven't seen him since the day before yesterday…" Sam worried, not wanting to show Valerie how worried she was over him.

"No, I haven't. He was supposed to come to my house last night for supper but he never showed up." Valerie got a worried look on her face, "Do you think he's okay?"

Sam looked at her for a second, calculating what Valerie just said. "…I don't know, he might just be at home. He wasn't feeling well the other day…"

"Maybe, look, my class is starting so I have to go…" Valerie looked troubled, "Can you let me know if you find anything about him?"

Sam was silent but nodded, already trying to figure out where Danny would go. She'd check his parent's house first, and failing that, she'd have to ask Tucker if Danny said anything to him.

Sam wandered to her class distractedly.

The doorbell blared through Fenton Works. Jack skipped downstairs and ran to the door yelling, "I got it Mads!" as he went. Opening the door wide he smiled and said, "Welcome to Fenton Works!"

Sam looked up at him and snickered. Danny's dad always answered the door like that, even though the ghost hunters never got any customers.

"Oh, hey Sam!" Jack looked down at her and smiled, "Danny-boy's not home yet. Do you need something?"

"I just wanted to know if he's here…" Sam said, looking worried again, "I didn't see him at school."

"Well, now that you mention it, he didn't come home last night from his date…" Jack trailed off, then laughed and nudged Sam with his elbow, making the Goth gasp lightly in pain and rub the spot he nudged, "I'm sure he had a good time though," Jack laughed, "Danny-boy's all grown up!"

Sam narrowed her eyes, "So he did go out on a date last night?" she asked, "Because I met up with his girlfriend and she said he never showed up."

Jack frowned, "Well, maybe she was trying to cover it up. I wouldn't worry about it, Sam!" Jack laughed, "Even if Danny went out on a date with someone else and stayed overnight, I'm sure his heart is still yours!"

Sam flushed and looked away, "He- we don't like each other like that," Sam muttered, "Well, thanks for your help."

"Any time, Sam!"

Sam walked home slowly, deep in thought. She didn't know anywhere else Danny would go if not home. Her parents hated him, though they'd been getting better ever since they closed the Facility with the help of the Fentons; and Tucker's family would never let him in, especially without Tucker around. They still thought he was an escaped mental patient, despite Tucker's insistence that he wasn't.

Sam walked into her house and was greeted by her elderly grandmother, who scooted up to her on her motorized scooter. "Welcome home Bubeleh!" she smiled at Sam and drove with her into the kitchen, "How was Sammy's day at school?"

"Fine, Grandma, thanks," Sam said with a smile, "A little stressful but not so bad,"

"How's Danny?"

Sam's smile vanished, her grandmother was the only one who didn't care that Danny was half ghost, or that his parents were eccentric ghost hunters, and she ignored the fact that her daughter and her son-in-law hated him. She knew him as a person and liked him well enough. Sam enjoyed talking to her grandmother about things that involved Danny.

"Danny didn't come to school today," Sam said as she brought out a couple of plates for her and her grandma to have a small snack. "I haven't seen him for a couple of days,"

Sam took out a handful of crackers and cut up a tomato. She placed a plate in front of her grandmother and then sat down behind her own. "His… girlfriend claimed she didn't see him, but his dad said he never came home last night…"

Her grandmother picked at the crackers and tomato plate in front of her and pondered this, "Well, what do you think happened?"

Sam didn't know. And if she was being honest with herself, she didn't want to know. If Danny chose to get down and dirty with a ghost hunter; that was his business. Sam had no say. She hoped he hadn't, but she couldn't change back time. She sighed and rested her head on a hand and looked at her grandmother worriedly, "I don't know, Grandma," she admitted, "It doesn't seem like Danny to go off with a girl he hardly knows."

"He did with you," her grandmother stuffed a cracker in her mouth and chewed slowly as Sam shut up. It was true. Danny didn't know her at all when she had rescued him from the Facility. But he had trusted her and let her help him. But this was different. Valerie wasn't leading him out of an inhuman testing area- she was just dating him. But still… it proved that Danny was very trusting.

Sam sighed and pushed her plate away from her, burying her face in her arms on the table in its stead. "You know," her grandmother continued as if Sam wasn't having an internal conflict. "Your mother and father don't actually hate Danny." She said nonchalantly, picking up her last cracker. "They worry about you, yes, so they come off as harsh with him. You are their only child. But on top of that they feel awful."

Sam peeked at her grandmother over her arms, curious as to why she was sharing this information. "They held a living human, against his knowledge, in a place where they performed tests on him daily. As much as you think your parents are soulless monsters, they're not. They feel awful for what they did to Danny and are too ashamed to look at him." The old woman plopped the cracker in her mouth.

Sam stared at her grandmother, lifting her head and putting her chin on her arms as she watched her eat. "Why are you telling me this?"

"So that when you and he finally start dating, you know that eventually your parents come around!"

"Grandma!" Sam's face went beet red and she sat straight up. "Danny's not even interested in me!" Realising what she said, Sam groaned and let her head fall back to lean against the back rest of the chair.

Her grandmother cackled and reversed her scooter. "Your heart knows what the lad did or did not do, Samantha." She said as she turned to leave, "You know the questions to ask, and who to ask them to. Thanks for sharing a snack with me. I'll see you later, Bubeleh." And with that the wise old woman scooted towards the basement to bowl.

Sam watched her go and then stared at the wall for a time. Her grandmother was always so knowledgeable about things Sam couldn't even understand at times. Sam sighed and got up; she would ask Tucker if he knew anything and if not, she had one last resort, if however, she was able to find it.

"Please be on, Tuck." Sam whispered as her computer booted up. "Please please please be on. Don't be off with Amelia, please…" she opened chat and signed on quickly, but her spirits fell as she saw that her best friend was not online. "Tucker!" Sam sighed heavily. "Just when I need you most, you're not on!"

Sam slammed her computer closed and got up to pace. That left one option. It was a long shot, but it just might work. She didn't know how he would work, or if he would do as she asked, or even if he would understand her, but she would have to try.

She had to find Wulf.

Sam picked up a bunch of papers she had printed out- she'd been researching Esperanto and had started to learn it slowly with Tucker's help, and stuffed them in her signature spider backpack before rushing out of the house again.

She tried to remember what Wulf tried to tell them last time she saw them. She remembered him motioning towards the sky, and they had guessed outside, which he had confirmed. Great, Sam thought bitterly as she ran towards the Fenton's. She figured that would be the best place to start her search. That only narrows it down to the entire planet!

What else had he tried to say? He had lifted his arms. Danny had guessed the sky. That couldn't be right. Sam thought about it. What else could he mean? Tall things? Buildings? He was an animal she had to think like an animal-

The forest!

There was a forest just outside of Amity where the Facility was located. The ghost must have meant that area. Sam was thrilled she finally had something that resembled a lead. At least to one ghost.

When she got to the forest the girl slowed down. It was getting dark out and the canopy of leafs overhead blocked out any light from the moon, stars or street lamps.

"Wulf?" Sam called out cautiously, on high alert for any potential creepers that hung out in forests at night. "Wulf are you out here?"

"Amiga?" the word sounded from behind her, and Sam turned with a start. She knew what the word meant, it meant 'friend' in Esperanto, so she wasn't scared of who it was, but it startled her nonetheless. Wulf came out of the shadows and looked at her with his innocent eyes. "Whatever are you doing here, child?" Wulf asked in Esperanto.

Sam furrowed her brow and tried to speak his language, "My… friend, Danny, he gone missing." Wulf's eyes widened and he looked at her with his mouth open.

"You speak my language?"

Sam nodded, "Learning." She mispronounced the word, but Wulf understood what she meant.

"You need practice, but you're getting there. Did you say Danny is missing?"

"Yes. He not return from… ugh what's the word…" Sam pulled out her notes and squinted at them in the pale light, "School. No one's seen him- or no one says they've seen him since two days before today." Sam knew how utterly bad she was at this language and was surprised Wulf hadn't burst out laughing and rolling on the ground. He seemed appreciative of her effort and knew the severity of the situation.

"So you need me?" he asked, looking confused about this part.

"Yes! Can … you sniff him? Find him and bring me to him?" Sam questioned, he was her last hope.

"I can try, child." The werewolf agreed, looking uncertain. "But if he is in Phantom form, I will not be able to find him. Phantom does not have a scent; he only gives off a ghost aura. I'm not accustomed to it yet."

Sam struggled to translate what Wulf said, and had him repeat it slower for her before she nodded. "Try best, please?" She begged, not willing to give up this last hope to find her missing friend.

"I will try." Wulf said with a small smile. "You care deeply for each other, don't you?"

Sam blushed and looked away. "I do not know what you are saying," she stammered, "Danny has a girlfriend, I am just a friend." Wulf smiled a toothy smile and narrowed his eyes at her.

"Your scent tells differently. But never mind, Danny needs us now, so your mating habits will wait for another time."

If Sam wasn't red before, she was now.

The werewolf ghost cautiously sniffed around Danny's room. Sam stood near the doorway with her arms crossed as he did his thing. Danny's parents, and to Sam's surprise, sister, hovered nervously behind her. Jazz had come home from her advanced college today, having finished exams and such, and was free until after the holidays. This made Sam have a small bit of hope- it meant that hers and Danny's breaks were coming up shortly, and Tucker would be home again.

Wulf lifted his head and looked at Sam. "He's not here in this world anymore." How he could tell that, Sam didn't know, "I will check the Ghost Zone," The ghost slashed at the air and looked at Sam for a second, as if assuring her that he would be back before leaping into his personal portal.

"What did he say?" Sam turned to see Jack standing behind Maddie, his hands on her shoulders as she wrung her own as they watched her.

"He's not in this world anymore," Sam said quietly. "He's checking the Ghost Zone to see if he was taken there."

Maddie looked on the verge of tears and Jack closed his eyes. "Does this mean he's… dead?" Jack asked quietly.

"I don't think so," Sam said, "I think he's still alive. But I don't know if this means he's running out of time or not."

Danny's mother took in as deep a breath as she could. It wasn't like her to be this weak, but her son's life was on the line. "I want to go into the Ghost Zone with you to rescue him," she declared, looking at Sam in the eyes. "I want to kick whoever took my boy away."

Jack nodded. "I'll go too; no one takes my boy away from me!"

Jazz looked determined. "I've not seen my little brother for almost a year, and I want to help him now."

Sam looked at them and noticed the determined look on their faces, knowing that they wouldn't back down on this. Slowly, the girl nodded. "All the help I can get," she said quietly as Wulf returned.

"He's in the Ghost Zone," The Ghost looked up at Sam and Danny's parents. "I can't take all of you into the Zone, but I can lead you to him when we get in."

"We'll use the Fenton Portal," Maddie said when Sam had translated, "And the Spectre Speeder will do nicely for transport."

The four humans and one ghost went down into the Fenton's lab and Jack unlocked the portal as Maddie got into the driver's seat of the Speeder. Sam buckled in in the back and Jack climbed in shortly after.

Wulf stayed outside and watched as the Speeder was turned on and started to hover slightly. "I will see you inside," The ghost turned and ran into the portal, the Speeder flying silently after him.

A/N:

Iforgotitwasfridayoopse.

ssdksjk. This story's moving on. It's not a long story... it's already almost done fff. But like yeah. :'D I don't like this story and the next one's not much better- BUT IT WILL BE. Because it has my favorite ghost in it. SO. Yeah.

kthxbai.