The next day, Danny was moping around thinking about what he's about to do to Desiree.
Danny began to walk back inside saying, "King? They want me to be king?"
As he continued to his room, Desiree came out all cheerful and exclaimed in a sing-song voice, "HOORAY! HAIL THE CONQOURING HERO!" She then turned into a one-woman band and began to play victory music, but immediately stopped when Danny continued to walk inside in a glum mood.
She then flew up to him and changed into a reporter and asked, "Danny, you just won the heart of the princess! What are you gonna do next?" Danny just looked at her sadly and continued on his way.
Desiree turned to normal and watched him flop down on his bed with a sigh, Jazz was reading a book when he walked in and looked at him in confusion and wonder of what could be wrong, Cujo and Frostbite just watched from the window.
"Danny what's wrong?" Desiree asked with concern. She then smiled and said, "Hey guess what? I've been spending all night planning the stuff I'm gonna do once you free me. Which can be whenever you're ready"
Danny sighed once more and simply said, "Desiree, I can't"
"What do you mean?" Desiree asked as her smile dropped a little, Jazz was about to say something when Danny stood up and said, "Desiree I'm sorry, but I can't wish you free. I really am, they want to make me king, no they want to make Prince Danny Phantom king. Without you, I'm just Danny Fenton"
"But Danny you won!" Desiree exclaimed happily but then her smile dropped fully as he continued, "Because of you! The only reason they think I'm worth anything is because of you! What if they find out I'm not a prince? What if Sam finds out? I can't keep this up on my own, I can't wish you free"
Desiree then shrugged her shoulders and began to fly back down to her lamp while saying, "Fine I understand. After all you've lied to everyone else, I was just feeling left out. Now please excuse me, master" and then she disappeared inside her lamp.
"Desiree, I'm really sorry…" Danny began saying until Desiree gave him a raspberry through her lamp and then Danny placed the lamp under a pillow and angrily said, "FINE! STAY IN THERE!"
Cujo and Frostbite gave him looks of shock at what he'd just done, Jazz then walked up to Danny and simply said, "I can't believe you did that. You have never broken your promises before"
Cujo then walked away in sadness, Frostbite flew in and placed a hand on Danny's shoulder as he looked down away from his sister. Danny then asked, "Who am I?" Frostbite then simply answered, "You are Daniel Fenton. You always have been and always will be and if Sam truly loves you, she'll accept the real you"
Danny then sighed and said to everyone, "Desiree's right and you guys are too. I'm going to tell Sam the truth and then when I'm done, I will set Desiree free like I promised"
Jazz smiled at this and nodded at her brother, knowing he's making the right decision and said, "Me and Frostbite will be right there to back you up"
Danny then put his hat on and the three walked out of the room and headed towards the menagerie, unaware that a certain ghost was waiting for them to leave and that they left a certain item behind. As soon as they were out of sight, Youngblood flew right inside and grabbed the lamp from under the pillow, he flew off while laughing cheerfully and exclaimed, "Plasmius is gonna be happy to see you!"
Meanwhile out at the menagerie, the whole kingdom had turned up and then the king stood out and began to announce to them, "People of Amity! My daughter has finally chosen a fiancé!"
Sam watched from behind the curtains and then looked as she heard a voice, "Sam" She looked down the stairs and saw it was Danny, Jazz and Frostbite.
She ran down the stairs and asked, "Danny where have you been?" Danny then began to say, "Sam there's something I need to tell you…" But was interrupted as Sam pulled him up the stair and exclaimed, "The whole kingdom has turned up for Dad's announcement!"
Danny kept trying to say something but was suddenly pushed through the curtains, as the king shouted, "I PRESENT TO YOU PRINCE DANNY PHANTOM!" Danny waved nervously at the cheering crowd and whispered, "Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into?"
Not everyone was cheering for him, up in one of the tall towers of the castle, Vlad in his ghost form watched the crowds cheer for the boy. Fright Knight walked up to glance and then angrily said, "How can they cheer for that lying little urchin!"
Vlad simply said while evilly grinning, "Let them cheer for now" and then he rubbed the lamp and Desiree came out with her arms crossed as she began to say angrily, "Danny if you've rubbed my lamp to apologise to me, forget it! Because I'm not…"
She then stopped talking as she noticed that it wasn't Danny who rubbed the lamp but Plasmius! Shen then said, "You're definitely not Danny!"
"No, I'm your master now!" Vlad exclaimed as he grabbed her by the hair, she supressed a yelp and said, "I was afraid of that"
"Desiree, grant me my first wish! I wish to rule as king!" Vlad shouted and with no other choice, she began granting his wish.
The clouds turned grey and a storm began over the kingdom. A sharp wind rolled in and blew off the roof of the menagerie, Danny placed a shield around all of them to stop any debris from hitting them. Suddenly the king's crown disappeared from Jeremy's head and when they turned around to the sound of evil laughter, standing before them was Vlad Masters in his ghost form, wearing the king's crown on top of his head and standing next to him was Youngblood and the Fright Knight.
Jeremy then shouted in anger, "Masters! You vile betrayer! Stop this at once!"
"That's King Masters to you man!" Youngblood shouted back and then the Fright Knight said pointing his sword at them, "He is now ruler of this kingdom!"
"We'll see about that!" Danny exclaimed and removed his hat to pull out them lamp, but then gasped in shock as he discovered that the lamp was not there. Vlad then pulled the lamp out and waved it around as lightning hit the sky and suddenly a giant form of Desiree pulled the castle from the ground and lifted it into the air. All of them looked up in shock and Jazz shouted, "Danny what are gonna do?!"
Danny and Frostbite flew up together, Desiree noticed and looked down at the two in regret and sadness.
"Desiree! Stop!" Danny shouted, but Desiree sadly replied as she placed the castle on top of the high cliffs, "I'm sorry kid, I've got no choice. I've got a new master now"
Back down below, Vlad had snapped at the others, "And now you will all bow to me!"
Sam then snapped back at him, "We will never bow to someone like you!" and then Jazz said, "That's right, we don't take orders from a fruitloop!"
Vlad then got angry and shouted, "If you will not bow before a king, then you will bow to a full powerful sorcerer! Desiree, I wish to be the most powerful half-ghost sorcerer in the world!"
Desiree then sadly said, "So you have wished it and so shall it be" and the wish was granted.
The streak of power hit Vlad and the crown disappeared and immediately he felt all powerful. He then laughed evilly as Youngblood exclaimed, "Ladies and gentleman! I present to you Sorcerer Vlad Plasmius!"
"As I was saying, bow to me!" Vlad said and then sent a large amount of power at Sam, Jazz and Jeremy and before they knew it, they were forced to bow to him. Tucker had tried to charge at Vlad to attack him with an ecto gun, however the Fright Knight blocked him and struck him with his Soul Shredder and within a flash, Tucker was gone.
"What did you do with Tucker?!" Sam shouted as she struggled against the power, Fright Knight answered, "I sent him to a dimension to where his worst fears come to life!"
Vlad bent down and lifted Sam's chin with his hand and said, "Oh princess, there's someone I'm dying to introduce you to"
"PLASMIUS! GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!" Danny shouted as he charged down at Vlad with ecto energy in his hands.
VLAD
Prince Danny, yes it is he
But not as you know him
(Vlad sent a burst of energy towards Danny and cancelled out his powers which caused Danny to change in his human form, all while controlling his body and pulled him down to the ground. He stood Danny and Sam up by force, but kept them a small distance from each other)
Read my lips and come to grips with reality
Yes, meet a blast from your past
(Vlad then changed Danny back to his normal white t-shirt and jeans, Sam gasped as she instantly realized who Danny really was)
Whose lies were too good to last
Say hello to your precious Prince Danny!
"Or should we say, Danny Fenton" Youngblood shouted out.
Danny looked at Sam guiltily as Sam asked, "Danny is this true?" Danny walked up to her and grabbed her hands as he began to say, "Sam, I tried to tell you…" but was interrupted as Vlad pushed him away from her.
So Danny turns out to be merely Daniel
(Cujo then tried to attack, but Vlad turned him back to a puppy)
Just a con, need I go on?
Take it from me
(Vlad then took control of Danny, Cujo and Frostbite and placed them in one of the castle's tower. Desiree continued to watch in sadness and horror)
His personality flaws
Give me adequate cause
To send him packing on a one-way trip
So his prospects take a terminal dip
His assets frozen, the venue chosen
Is the ends of the earth - whoopee!
(Vlad then blasted the tower out into the sky and the tower disappeared from them. Desiree looked away feeling regret from everything she has been forced to do. Jazz began to cry at the sight and Sam hugged her father close as she began to cry as well)
So long, ex-Prince Danny
Vlad laughed like mad and Sam, Jazz and Jeremy tremble in fear of what Vlad has in store for them.