Chapter 7: part 2

~~~SARALYN'S POV~~~

"Hey, sorry I got you in trouble." Danny said. The sun was shining and birds were chirping.

"What? It's not your fault." I said, looking up at him. I paused. The sun reflected off his white hair.

Uh, oh. I thought. Come on, Saralyn. Snap out of it!

"It's Dash's fault." I said, breaking the pause. "He's just so... idiotic! Why does he think he can pick on anyone and get away with it? That gets me so angry! I just hate that! It makes me so-"

"Whoa, Sara." Danny said. "Calm down."

I took a deep breath and we entered another stage of silence. As we flew, our ghost senses went off. A ghost ray shot out of the blue towards us. We saw the ray and dodged it.

"What was THAT?!" Danny cried.

We heard a deep chuckle that made my hair stand up. I turned slowly and gasped. Rudy. His eyes were ablaze with anger and another warning went off in my head, only this time it was on high alert. As my eyes fell upon the grin on Rudy's face, my fingers itched to send it straight into a brick wall. I gulped and hid behind Danny.

"That's right, I'M BACK!" Rudy cried. Birds cawed and flew away in the distance.

"How did you-?" I asked.

Rudy shot a ray at us. Danny shoved me out of the way as it hit him. He flew backwards, gritting his teeth.

"Danny!" I cried. I began to raise my hands.

"Don't, Sara!" Danny called. I stopped. "Cover your ears!"

I obeyed. Danny inhaled deeply and he let out a powerful ghost wail. The earth, even the sky, seemed to shake. I pressed my hands tightly against my ears. Rudy struggled, but the wail was too powerful for him. He flew backwards. When Danny stopped, he changed forms and started falling. Rudy glared at me and fled.

"Danny!" I cried.

I caught him and flew him to the ground. I watched him for a few minutes before he regained consciousness.

"Danny..." I said. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I think so..." Danny said, sitting up slowly. He rubbed his head.

"Can you stand?"

"Maybe."

I helped him up. Danny groaned and fell back. He grabbed my shoulder and I caught him with my arm around his waist.

"You're exhausted." I said. "You need to rest."

Danny looked up at me. Our faces were mere inches away. I gulped and turned away from his gaze. I kept my arm around his waist and he slung his arm around my shoulders. I flew us up into the sky quickly but cautiously. When we reached the Fenton's home, I opened the door. Danny's parents and Jazz were there and when they turned to us, their eyes stuck to Danny.

"Danny! Are you okay?" Danny's mom asked, hurrying over to him and holding his face.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Danny said.

"So, who are you?" Danny's father asked, stepping over to me.

"I'm Saralyn, Danny's friend. You can call me Sara." I said. "Danny's just tired, so I'll take him upstairs." As I led Danny upstairs, Danny's parents glanced at each other.

"Looks like Danny's got a new girlfriend." Jazz smirked as she walked out of the room.