Danny and Sam were walking to the gates out of the city with Sam leading the way. She couldn't help but stare at him, how casual he looked. Will you say that this boy was a King of Hell? No, Danny looked more like a peasant from far province, which was preciously what he tried to achieve. The iron gates were now opened, letting people in and out. Guards on the entrance narrowed their eyes suspiciously at Sam, but Danny's invisible duplicate just possessed them for a while, until duo will go away.

"So, do we need horses or anything?" He asked Sam.

"Yes, grandma lives far away"

"Let me guess, she preferred to stay in quiet place, when your former parents wanted to live in the big city," she blinked in surprise and nodded.

"How do you know, do you read minds?" Danny chuckled.

"I'm empath," she raised an eyebrow, "Oh, you don't know what it is yet. I'm not a telepath, which means reading thoughts. Empathy is just reading others' emotions. Fear, happiness, stuff like that. Some of us even feed from them, "she had a disgusted look on her face.

"And you..."

"Well, I prefer normal food," he shrugged, not noticing her look, "People mostly don't feel anything, either way"

"Mostly?"

"I know one lady. Penelope makes others miserable to make herself look younger. Nasty woman she is," Danny grimaced.

"And why wouldn't you just move us right there, like you did with an archer?"

"I can't. To teleport somewhere, I need to see this place. Or it can be a place where I already was. Your grandmother's home doesn't fit in any of this categories"

At that moment they walked to the destination. There was nice, one story shack, built from dark wood. Looking closer, they noticed that it wasn't the wood, what was dark. It was just some cheap paint. Near the shack was a long construction. There was an unmistakable smell of horses' manure, mixed with fresh straw. Inside was an old man, who was fussing around young black colt. Danny coughed loudly, calling attention to himself.

"Oh, hello, young man, how can I help you?" The man asked, smiling widely.

"We'd like to have a horse, sir," Danny said.

"Hm, I'm afraid it's not possible," the man answered, dropping his hand.

"Why?" Sam asked.

"The only one I have right now is this steed," he petted black horse near him, "But Bucefal doesn't like anyone besides me, sadly"

Suddenly, the colt made a neigh and moved closer to half ghost. Danny smiled and stroked the horse by it's mane.

"Hey, bud. Do you want to go with us?" He asked. Bucefal made another excited sound.

"Amazing! Looks like he has taken liking to you!" Old Man shouted in excitement.

"How much?"

"No, no. Take him for free, I don't think I will be able to sell this guy to anyone else"

"Thank you"

-Later-

It was...a bit embarrassing for them both to ride together on one horse, so they were quiet for some time. The road was going through the forest. Green leaves were peacefully flowing on the trees, birds were singing and Sam seemed completely out of it, deep in thoughts. They came to the blue pond, shining in the light of setting sun.

"Alright, it's a good place to have rest," Danny said. He then looked around and went somewhere.

"Where are you going?" Sam asked.

"Dunno, maybe catch some rabbit or bird for dinner. Also there should be fish in the pond..."

"I'm not going to eat any sentient creatures!" She said, crossing her arms. Danny stared at her.

"Just great, I'm stuck in the forest with vegetarian!" He deadpanned and walked in the forest, leaving Sam to wonder, what 'vegetarian' meant.

-Later-

Danny walked under dark trees. It's not like it bothered him much, he has a built-in lantern, after all. Just as he wanted, Phantom caught pretty fat rabbit. But...he still needed to find something edible for his companion. Luckily, there were some mushrooms, which looked like they weren't deadly. The same thing with berries. Danny returned to the pond. Sam was rubbing her hands, trying to warm herself up. Phantom would hit himself on a forehead, if his hands weren't busy with collected goods.

"Oh, so sorry!" Danny approached Sam and put everything on the ground, "I'm just not affected by cold, I forgot to make fire," he then noticed a pile of brushwood nearby, collected by her, "Won-der-ful," Phantom said and ignited the fuel with his green fire.

He then pulled the rabbit on a stick, while Sam did the same with mushrooms, trying not to look at his act of cruelty. Some time later Danny was already frying food.

"Is that safe?" Sam asked, pointing on the twirling flames.

"Cooking on the hellfire? Yep, absolutely safe," he grinned.

"Why are you like that?"

"What do you mean?" Danny raised an eyebrow

"I don't know...childish," Sam said. He looked at the night sky.

"Jazz says it's my coping mechanism. Laughing in the face of problems helps me to keep my sanity intact. She isn't psychologist for nothing"

"Psy..what?" She asked.

"She is a doctor. Helps people with mental traumas"

Danny and Sam ate in silence after that. Bucefal was nipping the grass nearby. The wind was blowing quietly, shaking the tops of the trees. Some little animals were rustling in darkness, trying to hide from night predators. The fire was cracking, consuming the last piece of wood. Sam yawned.

"You can go to sleep if you want," Danny offered with a smile.

"Alright," she said, lying on the ground, putting one hand under her head, "and you?"

"I don't need to sleep. I will be on the lookout," there was silence after that.

"Hey," Sam called and Phantom looked at her, "I...just wanted to say...thank you...for everything," he smiled softly.

"You are welcome. Good night, Sam"

"Good night, Daniel"

"Call me Danny"