In the corner of the damp, dark palace dungeon was Danny chained to the wall with his hands above his head, he kept thinking that he must've sounded stupid in front of Sam and that she was the princess! He then heard some movement coming from the window and there, phasing through the window was Jazz and Cujo.
"Danny are you okay? Are you hurt?" Jazz asked as she hugged her brother.
"Yep I'm okay" Danny answered as Jazz picked at the locks and released her brother. Danny then looked down at the ground sadly and sighed.
"You're thinking about the princess aren't you?" Jazz asked curiously.
"What else? It doesn't matter though, I won't see her again. Besides there's that law that she has to marry a prince when she's older, I'm a fool to think I'd ever have a chance with her" Danny said.
"You're only a fool if you give up" said a shady kind of voice. The trio looked and found that the voice belonged to some kind of old man in a tattered business suit and a long white beard that connected to his hair. (A/N Vlad's old man disguise comes from what he looked like from the episode The Ultimate Enemy)
The three looked at him curiously and then Danny asked, "Who are you?"
The old man walked over with a cane in his hand and a wide grin on his face as he said, "A lonely prisoner like yourself, but with what I'm about to offer you, we can be more"
Jazz and Cujo looked at the old man and had the feeling that they couldn't trust him, Danny on the other hand seemed to be interested in what he had to say as he said, "Okay, you've got my attention. Exactly what are you offering?"
"There is a cave called the Cave of Wonders, that's filled with treasure beyond your wildest dreams and with enough treasure you can impress that princess your talking about" The old man explained.
"One question though, why share this treasure with us?" Jazz asked suspiciously.
"As you can see I'm an old man, one who needs a pair of strong legs and back to go in after it" He said and then walked to the wall of the dungeon.
"One problem, it's out there and we're in here. I'm pretty sure that we can't just ask the guards to let us out" Danny said.
The old man then pushed some bricks that revealed a tunnel as he said, "Things aren't always what they seem, this tunnel leads to just on the outskirts of the city. So do we have a deal?" He then held his hand out.
"Danny are sure we can trust him?" Jazz whispered as Cujo whined.
"I say we agree for now" Danny said and then shook the old man's hand.
A FEW HOURS LATER
The four travelled through the dessert, pulling a horse that carried the old man on its back. Once they reached a certain point, the old man pulled out the golden scarab beetle and threw it on the ground, the sand shifted and rose to once again reveal the entrance to the Cave of Wonders.
The tiger bellowed as Danny, Jazz and Cujo stood in front of it, "Who disturbs my slumber?"
Danny stood there in awe and then answered, "Danny Fenton"
The tiger looked at him sharply and then said, "Proceed. Touch nothing but the lamp"
The tiger's mouth opened and revealed the stairway. The old man then shouted, "Once you fetch me the lamp, you will have your reward!"
"Let's go guys" Danny whispered and they slowly made their way down the stairs of the cave, with Cujo shaking in fright.
Although it looked dark and gloomy on their way down the stairs, one they reached the bottom they entered a doorway to reveal mountains of all kinds of treasure! The three could see all the different types of jewels and all the gold surrounding them.
"Just a handful of this stuff would make us richer than the king" Jazz said in awe. Cujo then went crazy and was about to touch a chest full of treasure until he heard Danny shout, "CUJO STOP!
"DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING! We gotta find this lamp" Danny said and the three continued on their way.
Danny's ghost sense went off and he turned around but couldn't see anything, then suddenly the trio heard some treasure being knocked over and when they turned around, a yeti like ghost hiding behind the treasure came out roaring in anger.
"WHAT THE HECK!" Jazz shouted and then Danny transformed into his ghost half and created a shield around them as the ghost tried to freeze them with his ice power.
Danny then flew straight at it, only to be slammed into the ground. Danny then looked up as the ghost roared and noticed some sort of ice shard stuck in its backside, he then pointed his finger and shot a quick ecto beam at the shard and it came right off.
The ghost then stopped roaring and smiled widely as he said, "The pain it's gone! Thank you!" he then picked up Danny and squeezed him into a tight hug.
"A boy and his snow monster. Somehow it sounds a bit freaky" Jazz said.
"I am Frostbite, and to whom do I owe my debt of gratitude?" Frostbite asked as he placed Danny back down on the ground.
Danny transformed into his human half and said, "I'm Danny Fenton, this is my sister Jazz and my ghost dog Cujo"
"It's an honour to meet you, it has been almost a thousand years since I have spoken to anyone or have had any visitors come to the Cave of Wonders" Frostbite said.
"Hey if you live in the cave then perhaps you can help us?" Jazz asked.
"You see, we're trying to find this lamp and we have no idea where it is. Can you take us to it?" Danny asked hopefully.
"Of course, it would be an honour to assist you, just follow me" Frostbite said and then he began leading the trio to the lamp for which they seek.
The four went through dark creepy parts of the cave, until they finally entered a room that showed a light shining down to an object that stood on top of a large hill, with a staircase that stood above a lake of water, stepping stones showed the only way across.
"Up where is where the lamp stands" Frostbite said.
Danny climbed down to the first stone and said to the others, "Wait here, I'll go get it"
Cujo pouted while the others watched Danny go, the little dog then turned his head and his eyed widened as he saw a large ruby sitting in the palms of a statue, he smiled greedily at it. Danny continued to jump across the stepping stones until he came to the staircase and began climbing up it.
Frostbite and Jazz turned around and gasped as they saw Cujo walking towards the large ruby and instantly ran to grab him in order to stop him from touching it. Danny finally reached the top of the stairs, unaware of the chaos happening down there, he walked towards a cylinder type of lamp and picked it up with his hands.
He looked at curiously and then turned around to see Cujo getting out of Jazz's and Frostbite's grips and running towards the jewel, causing all three of to scream, "CUJO NO!"
But it was too late, Cujo picked up the jewel and they all coward in fear as the heard the cave scream, "INFIDELS! YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE FORBIDDEN TREASURE!"
Cujo placed the ruby back in the statue's hands, but the statue melted along with the ruby as the cave once again screamed, "NOW YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!"
Danny quickly placed the lamp within his pocket, when a burst of flames came out of the pedestal and he began to run down the stairs as the water below him became lava. He transformed into his ghost half and began flying across the lake, he grabbed Jazz and all of them raced out of the room as rocks fell and a large wave of lava began to follow them from behind.
"WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Danny screamed. They avoided sharp turns and falling rocks, all while avoided being burned by the lava.
The old man outside began walking towards the entrance as it slowly began closing. The four had nearly reached the entrance, until Frostbite got hit by a rock and fell down to the ground.
"FROSTBITE!" Jazz and Danny screamed in unison and then Danny was hit in the shoulder by a rock himself, he accidently transformed back into a human and grabbed onto the broken staircase with one hand, while holding Jazz with his other hand. He could see the fear in her eyes as he yelled, "JAZZ HANG ON!" He then pulled Jazz up and then she held onto the ledge.
The two could see the old man at the entrance and Danny shouted, "HELP US UP!"
"THROW ME THE LAMP!" The old man demanded.
"WE CAN'T HOLD ON MUCH LONGER! PLEASE HELP US!" Jazz begged.
"FIRST GIVE ME THE LAMP!" He demanded once more.
Danny reached into his pocket and stretched the lamp out to his waiting hand, the old man snatched it and then shouted in victory, "AT LAST THE LAMP IS MINE!"
He then placed it in his jacket pocket, he then glared as he saw Cujo pulling Jazz out with the man's cane and then Jazz turned around to help Danny, the old man then pushed both of them out of the way and grabbed Danny's wrist.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Danny shouted at the old man.
"Giving you your reward" The man said grinning a grim smile.
"Your eternal reward" he said losing his smile as he pulled out a long, jagged edged dagger and was about to stab Danny with it, until he felt Cujo biting his arm and Jazz began to wrestle with him, which caused the old man to let go of Danny and then he pushed the other two along with him.
The three screamed as they fell, Frostbite looked up and flew as fast as he can and grabbed them within his arms, Danny was then hit in the head by a medium sized rock and he fell unconscious. The cave shifted until finally, it closed forever.
The old man then laughed as he removed his disguise to reveal Vlad Masters and said, "Finally the lamp is mine"
He then reached into his pocket for it, but then found it wasn't there as he shouted, "No….NO!"
MEANWHILE BACK IN AMITY
Sam sat in her room, still mourning over the loss of mysterious boy she met at the market until she heard her father say in concern, "Sam what is wrong?"
"Vlad Master did something terrible" Sam sadly answered.
Her father sat beside her and hugged her close as he asked, "Tell me everything"