Chapter 7: Negotiations

I Do Not Own Danny Phantom

"Wait!" Sam shouted, hoping she wasn't too late to stop the ghost boy. Jazz and Tucker stood behind her, surprised and confused on what she was doing.

Danny stopped mid step into the portal. 'What now?' he thought, mildly annoyed, although he couldn't help feeling a little bit surprised that he was stopped.

Sam felt relieved when the prince turned around and looked at her with an elegant eyebrow raised. Sam, although sometimes violent, wanted peace between all things. While she was doubtful about ghost when she stepped into this lab, there was no denying they existed now. The fragile peace between ghost and humans was now shattered. Sam was hoping to get that peace back, and it seemed this ghostly monarch was wanting that peace back to. He was a prince! Who best to try and recover what has been lost between the two species than him?

"I know you're probably wanting to return to um, the Ghost Zone, was it? but I was wondering if we could negotiate?" Sam asked Danny hesitantly, not knowing how her offer would be taken. Danny stayed right where he was for a few seconds. Then he sighed, stepped back, closed the portal, and returned his attention to the nervous gothic female and the surprised looking humans behind her.

"Negotiate what exactly?" Danny asked with no emotion in his voice. He had his arms crossed and his back straight.

"How much do you know about modern human society?" Sam asked, getting more confident when he didn't look like he was going to attack her.

"I have not been to the human world for many years, so not much I suppose, why?" Danny asked confused as to what she was getting at.

"I have a prop- "Sam stopped as she was pulled from behind and was suddenly crowded by her two friends.

"Please give us a minute, Your Highness" Tucker said from where he stood next to Sam, with one hand on her arm, with Jazz on the other side holding Sam's other arm.

"Make it quick" was the prince's annoyed reply.

Jazz and Tucker turned to Sam with their backs towards the ghost, who was now looking around curiously at the rest of the lab.

"What are you guys doing? I had it handled!" Sam screamed in a hushed voice.

"What are we doing?! What are YOU doing? What did you mean negotiate, what are you fixing to do?" Jazz said in an equally hushed voice.

"Look, he doesn't know a lot about modern society and we don't know as much about ghost as we liked to think. This could work for both parties!" Sam said, hoping her friends would agree with her.

"And then what? We become best friends forever? What If my parents find out, what happens then Sam? We couldn't hide this forever." Jazz said logically.

"Jazz listen, this is an opportunity that not everyone gets! We could learn stuff about ghost first hand! Wouldn't you like to learn how the mind is different after death? Tucker, think about how different the technology could be there, how much more advanced it might be!" Sam said, excited about the possibilities. Tucker and Jazz slowly looked more interested in everything Sam was saying.

"Okay, maybe you have a point. This could potentially work." Jazz said watching the ghost who was looking interested in all the technology around him.

"Tucker?" Said Sam hoping to have both friends on board.

"…Okay fine, let's do it." Tucker said looking at Sam's hopeful gaze.

"Your Highness?" Sam said looking towards the elegant ghost boy. His gaze found hers and she couldn't help but shudder at the pitch-black eyes that observed her.

"I agree to your pleads." Danny said as he watched her quiver slightly under his gaze.

"What?" Sam said confused as to how he could agree to her demands without knowing them.

"I heard your conversation. Ghost have better hearing than humans do. I shall return to the Ghost Zone and come back 3 days from now, where should I meet you?" Danny said as he took control of the conversation. He wanted to learn about modern human society, and he saw no harm in these humans learning things about his kind. They seemed to want peace between the realms as much as he did. Hopefully together they could fix the mess that has been made.

"How about we all meet at the park at around 4:00 p.m.?" Sam said. In 3 days it would be Wednesday, so they would have to meet after school.

"That should work. Farewell, for now." Danny said as he summoned a portal and slowly flew into it as it closed behind him.

'Well this should be interesting to explain' the prince thought as he flew to his and his fathers shared lair.