"Are you sure it is safe?" Sam asked nervously.

"Don't worry, my servants will be quiet," Danny smirked, still holding her hand. "Maybe because they can't talk at all...nevermind."

They were going through the corridors of his castle. Phantom had offered to satisfy his girlfriend's curiosity about how the King lived. He had a lot to show, and they had plenty of time during the weekend. Tucker said that he was busy, so they had to find something to do. Danny did suspect why he was occupied, but tried not to think of it. He tried to enjoy what he was doing at the moment, spending time with his cute girlfriend. Sam was curiously examining the pieces of art placed all around, which were copies, or sometimes stolen and replaced originals. At the moment, she gazed at the picture 'Creation of Adam'.

"It's so beautiful," she commented breathlessly.

"Yes, yes it is," Phantom said, snapping out of his thoughts, shaking his stark haired head. "I always appreciated the art. Sometimes you get to receive a copy from the one who made it. Being the ruler of the dead has its advantages."

Sam snorted and chuckled. Suddenly Danny floated in front of the picture, staying in front of Adam and taking the pose.

"I do fit, am I not?"

The girl couldn't resist bursting into laughter. Her boyfriend never ceased to amuse the ghost girl, and the fact that this same boy was the ruler of the entire dimension added to the impression. In his free time, Danny was the same childish person, despite what he was going through. Sam liked this trait of his, and she didn't want it to disappear.

"So, what do you do during this work?" She asked.

Danny shrugged as he landed on the ground again. "Not much, actually. I've expected more, since the reconstruction of the state is still going. The Council and the Observants deal with some matters I have no knowledge about, jurisprudence and such. I can question their decisions and deny them. However, I trust my friends, they won't advise wrong things. There is what I call 'Unspoken committee'. My close circle of most trusted ghosts, I often consult with them."

"And who are taking part there?"

"Well, there is Frostbite of the FarFrozen. He is also my mentor in combat. Pandora, the queen of Acropolis, she may look scary, but she is nice once you get to know her. Dorathea...well, that's quite a story."

"We have plenty of time," Sam smirked, grabbing his palm. "Besides, you can tell quite well."

Danny blushed slightly as they kept walking, but continued. "Her brother is a rare bastard with a draconian character. I've met Aragon before being crowned, a few days before it, to be exact. He 'asked', namely demanded a small errand. However, the reward was unusual, he gave me his own sister as a servant. Yes, she is still a princess of her realm, but that is why she was the one greeting the guests during the ball. It was awkward when she tried to do maid duties while I was still just a kid with powers. She can leave whenever she wants, but Dora prefers it here rather than there."

"Can't you remove Aragon from his throne?"

"No, not without actual reason. He may be a tyrant, but he doesn't violate the current laws. It is his realm, he is the boss there, free to do whatever he wants, even execute anyone he doesn't like."

"That rules are junk," Sam commented with disgust.

"That's what I am saying. Why should we follow the laws created millenias ago? But that's not so easy. I can't change them until I come of age. Otherwise I would look like the King we all don't like. So, we have to wait for almost two years."

Sam looked to the side, deep in thought. She really expected the Ghost King to be an all powerful autocrat, like Pariah was, even if not tyrannical. But it seemed that all his power came from the fact that the Council was disbanded.

"Anyways, Dora ended up here. She knows a lot, despite her position, besides, her being one of my advisors angers the hell out of her brother. I MIGHT be provoking him to do something forbidden," Danny smirked. "Attacking or going against me IS forbidden, unless he beats me and takes the crown, of which I have doubts."

"Just be careful, okay?" Sam asked in concern, holding his hand tighter. "Who knows what can happen," she mumbled.

Danny smiled. "Don't worry, Sammy, I will. Hey, wanna see something?"

Be it someone else, she probably would have kicked the one saying it. She wasn't aggressive, but she didn't like being called anything but Sam. But she liked when Danny said it. Her core vibrated each time, how did humans call it? Butterflies in the stomach? Although she didn't understand what the insects were doing in their stomachs, Sam could agree that it felt somehow like that.

Sam nodded, before being led forward. They passed many staircases and decorated corridors. She was stunned at how easily Danny oriented within his castle. Well, he was the one who came up with the renovation design. They weren't as maze like as before. He suddenly covered Sam's eyes. The girl was surprised, but nevertheless curious. They stumbled a few times, laughing afterwards, but didn't fall.

Finally Phantom removed his hands. Sam saw what was around them. It was a garden, quite big, but empty for the most part. Just a green lawn, with a couple of trees and a pond in the center, filled with a small river flowing from one end of inner yard to another.

"Not much, is it?" Danny asked.

"Well," Sam said slowly. "It COULD use something else."

Phantom smiled, "I hoped that you could help me with this," he whispered in her ear.

"What?" She looked at him.

"Well, I thought we needed a professional gardener to add some life to this place...and who is better to do this as you?"

"Me? I'm not sure about this..."

"Hey," Danny lifted her chin as a smile crossed his features again. "I won't say anything if it doesn't work."

Sam nodded, before looking at the bare ground. She could definitely add something, the question was what exactly. Humming under her nose, she took a seed seemingly out of nowhere, surely not from the pocket of her leaf dress, her tight, pretty dress...Danny shook his head.

"Hm, I could put it...no, not there," Sam mumbled in thought. "Ugh, no, it will seem out of place..."

She then snapped her gloved fingers as an idea got in her mind. Sam approached the corner of the yard and tossed the seed on the ground. A bush of brightest, different colored roses flung from there.

"Is that all?" Danny asked.

Sam looked at him with a deadpan expression. Suddenly Phantom felt something tiny bite his leg. He yelped, before looking down and seeing Venus flytrap. It wiggled, as if laughing, brandishing it surprisingly small but sharp teeth. Danny looked at Sam, who was smirking widely at the moment.

"You are cruel, Sammy," he mumbled, rubbing his sore place. As Sam looked away, concentrating on her effort, Danny glared at the small plant, which was only tall enough to reach above his boot.

With the bush now in place, she could just induce its growth. With a slow and gentle wave of her hand, it grew up to the side for a few meters, showing the flowers of different shades previously unseen, even blue ones. Soon the corner was filled with beautiful plants. Sam then looked at Danny, putting her raven hair behind her ear.

"It's a bit hard to think something up. You should add pathways. Maybe a few benches. Then I will be able to add something nice. For now you will have to resort to this pretty corner."

"Yeah...you can come here whenever you want, you know?"

"Really?" Sam gasped.

"Yep," Danny grinned. "Do you like it?"

The girl pecked his cheek. "Is this an answer enough?" She asked, smirking teasingly.

"More than anything," he leaned down for another kiss, and Sam didn't resist the kiss on her lips.

Phantom wrapped his hands around her waist, running his hands up and down her back. Sam basically did the same thing. It was a good thing that they didn't need to breath, or they couldn't be so close for such a long while. That's what Danny liked about the ghost girl, besides the beautiful looks and kind personality. But they also lost a track of time, once they parted away, Sam smiled.

"What time is it?" She asked.

Phantom pouted, diving in his pocket. "It's getting late," he said, glancing at his phone.

"You know, you haven't told me what these things are," Sam tilted her head, looking at the device she had seen many times before.

"This is a phone. Helps to make calls across big distances and organize my activities. Tucker prefers PDA, this is something a bit different. So, what would you like to do? I'm pretty much bored, so I'll take it either way. We could go to the human world or I can show you more of this empty castle," Danny grinned, clearly showing that he was more inclined to the first option.

Sam noticed that as well, so she decided to go with the former option. They went to the underground of the castle, where Phantom had organized his own lab. The girl was curious about what he was doing there. Of course, he wasn't experimenting on his subjects, he used the ectoplasm the very air of the Ghost Zone was rich with. Danny had told her that he was trying to make an alternative source of energy for human kind. They needed it, but without the unique radiation which brought food back to life, courtesy of Fentons' ingenuity. It was supposed to be his gift, but the humanity needed to accept it once the thing was ready. Sam hoped that her boyfriend's efforts wouldn't go to waste.

There was also a portal. Danny was sneaky, he pierced into the gateway, and he was able to get to his home from two places - the main portal, which was created by Fentons, and his own. At the same time the humans weren't able to get into his dungeons. As a safety measure, Danny and Sam became invisible in case the humans were on the other side. And it seemed that they weren't mistaken. Fenton seniors were there, and they weren't alone, because Valerie and Tucker were accompanying them. During shooting practice. They didn't see them, as their backs were turned, and didn't hear the metal doors sliding open over the whirring sound of blasters.

Danny hated his luck, even when he was right, it didn't bring any joy whatsoever.

He grabbed the stunned ghost girl and led her out of the lab. They dropped invisibility, and Danny could see her stunned face.

"Looks like Tucker ignored my warning," Phantom mumbled, turning into human form.

"Why was he..."

"Well, my dear parents are training them to hunt me down," Danny said in a mix of sadness and sarcasm. "It's a matter of time."

Sam didn't seem to be pleased. She grasped his hands tightly. "A matter of time until what?"

"Until they will be trained enough," Phantom sighed, before they got to his bedroom. "It's like they know how important these two are for me. I won't be able to harm them...But they will be willing to kill me."

"Don't worry about this, Danny," Sam said gently. "Tucker looks like a nice guy, if you just told him..."

"No, Sam, you don't understand," Danny jumped from the bed. "They are GHOST HUNTERS. They hate and fear me, and I...I don't want to lose them. Wh-what if I tell them and then they will turn their backs? I'm not even talking about my parents! That's who will want to rip me apart!"

"Danny..."

"I don't want to talk about it," Danny said in a tone which left no room for arguments.

Sam sighed deeply. Her boyfriend's stubbornness was a sight to tremble before, because it was unbreakable. The ghost girl knew that she wasn't going to convince him any time soon. Danny felt the heavy atmosphere in the room, so he tried to move the topic elsewhere.

"You should probably change your clothes," he said, pointing at her leaf dress and gloves. "I'll wait downstairs. Do you want to watch a movie?"

Sam nodded, still non pleased that Danny was trying to get away from the problem. Phantom smiled weakly.

"Hey, let's just not think about it this way."

"Then how?"

"Sam, I have my plans for the future. I'll just finish the school this year, and no one will notice my disappearance afterwards. It's not long until then. Just a few months. After that all these problems will be irrelevant."

"If you say so. I'm just worried for you..."

She was interrupted by a light kiss.

"And I appreciate it, Sammy," Danny whispered gently. "Now, I'll go make some popcorn. If it hasn't come to life as well. I don't want to murder them."

The girl couldn't resist a chuckle from coming out. He and his sense of humor. As she was changing in his room, Danny went downstairs. His concerns were in vain, because the sweet treat in a shiny wrapping was still non alive. Knowing that this luck was  going to be wasted if he put it in the microwave, he faced a dilemma. Snapping his fingers, he came up with an idea. Phantom put the wrapping on the plate and later on the fan. Danny really could use fire, but it was ice cold, unusual, but that's the fact. As the sweet was being cooked, the teen decided to go to the basement. He needed to know what was going on.

Phantom slowly walked to the lab. He noticed that Valerie and Tucker were now wearing helmets, probably getting used to wearing them. He leaned against the wall, before coughing. It got the humans' undivided attention. Tucker jumped, although his face was behind the dark glass of the helmet.

"Oh, hi, sweetie," Maddie said, removing the goggles and waving at him. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe check out if you are still alive down here?" Danny asked, dripping with sarcasm.

"Don't worry, Dann-o," Jack responded. "No ghost could get..."

"I meant dying from starvation," Phantom interrupted in the same tone. "Had fun sitting here the entire day?"

Tucker and Valerie were stunned at how coldly he was talking to his parents. It was like he didn't actually care at all. Maddie noticed this as well.

"Where are your manners, young man?"

"Sorry, forgot them upstairs," Danny's eyes fell on his friends. "Hello, Val. Hello, Tuck."

"How did you know?" Tucker asked in surprise, removing the helmet.

"Only one guy can wear such ridiculous set of clothes. So that's why you were BUSY today."

"Look, Danny," Valerie interfered, removing the helmet, making her long bushy hair fall down. "We are doing something helpful here, okay?"

"Ah, yes. Shooting at the wall with a paper ghost on it. Charming. Nice results, what an outline and not a single scratch!"

"If you are so smart then YOU can probably hit the spot?" Maddie asked, crossing her hands.

"I don't need it," Danny responded curtly.

"Tell this to the ghost who comes after you," Tucker mumbled.

"For some reason I doubt it. I'll just leave, I guess. Popcorn should be ready by now."

"Now wait here, Daniel," Maddie stood in front of him. The fact that she had called him by the full name meant that she was not int the mood. "Since you were so kind to come here, try shooting as well. Enlighten us."

"I don't. Want to."

"You are not going anywhere until then."

Danny growled, and everyone actually shivered. Valerie blinked as she could swear that his eyes were green for a split second. Probably a trick of light from all the ectoplasm around. Phantom snatched the blaster pistol from Tucker, almost ripping his hands off. He half turned around and emptied the entire magazine, without even flinching, almost completely subduing the recoil. The basement was filled with neon green light as blasts went through its entirety to another end. The paper images were teared to shreds as every shot reached its destination. The humans only stared at the scene with dropped jaws.

"Where did..."

"I'm leaving," Danny interrupted, dropping the gun on the floor and turning around.

He stormed upstairs, leaving the shocked humans wondering. Where did he learn that? That was a question they all shared.

Danny saw that the food was ready by now. He filled the bowl with sweet treat and tried to forget the incident. As he got back to the living room, Sam was already sitting there. She looked at him strangely.

"What took you so long?" The girl asked.

"Popcorn is not made in two minutes, darling," Danny teased. "Who is at fault that you are so quick?" He asked, sitting on the sofa.

"Haha, look at this smart mouth," Sam said with sarcasm, before leaning on his shoulder. "So, what will we be watching?"

"Hm, dunno. I have plenty. What genre would you like?"

"I'd like to watch the movie before the one we had watched. It was the fifth, right?"

"You start to catch up," Danny smirked. "Okay, let's watch that one."

He raised his hand, and the disk flew from its box from under the TV. "Damn, I love telekinesis," Danny smirked, before the disk fell on the ground as he lost concentration. Sam started to laugh at his misfortune.

Danny had watched the film many times before, he knew every scene, and such, he wasn't afraid at all. It was strange when neither of the watchers was afraid at all. During the middle of the movie the guests left the house. Not much was said during the short interaction with the humans, but from the expressions on Valerie and Tucker's faces, Sam understood that they were at the same time stunned, confused and ashamed. Danny afterwards commented that he hoped that he had somehow affected their opinion about at least hunting and risking lives behind his, the one's who was worried for them, back. However, Phantom had to explain the situation to Sam.

She had mixed feelings about this. On one hand, Danny did confront them as she wanted, but on the other...it wasn't exactly what the girl had in mind. Maybe one day he would be able to do something more.

Near the end Danny started feeling dizzy, until finally falling asleep. He really could use one, Sam thought, because she noticed how little sleep he had. She never understood why humans needed it, unlike her kind. They just wasted so much time just lying on one place. But if Danny felt better from it, she could wait until morning. She just closed her eyes and lied on his shoulder, and it felt just as wonderful.

But as she wasn't watching at all, someone was watching them. Maddie looked at them, specifically at her son. The scene was sweet, she had to admit, even if she didn't know that Sam was merely pretending, more for herself than for anything else. However, the woman also noted that she didn't know anything at all about the girl Danny was sleeping near. The boy had never been so rude to anyone. Could it actually be that it was Sam's influence? She surely would have noticed if it was by itself. Right?