So, this being my first Fan-fic….ever. Please please be kind to me.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the concept just the storyline (is that a good enough disclaimer? I have no clue).
Summary: Vlad came up with a great idea. Make Danny just like him. How would he do that? By using his two best friends against him. Sam and Tucker. TxS, DxS
Just Like Dear Old Vlad
Vlad Plasimus watched from a safe enough distance to elude detection as Danny and his friends Sam and Tucker strolled down the street. All was peaceful between the trio. They had an easy unstressed friendship…most of the time. It reminded him of long ago, Maddie, Jack, himself. He remembered how much he loved Maddie then, still did. But Jack, stupid bungeling Jack Fenton got in the way.
Vlad continued to follow the three friends down the street. He watched as Danny stumbled over his own shadow. Sam reached out and steadied him, the two walked for a moment, arms intertwined, smiling secretly at each other until Tucker turned around and looked at them and grinned. He said something to his two friends, Vlad couldn't hear. Both Danny and Sam blushed as they looked at each other for a moment, realizing what hey were doing and how it looked. They jumped away from each other like they'd been burned. Vlad recognized that awkardness. He remembered the giddy feeling of unrequited first love, before it had gone sour. There were the stolen touches, secret smiles, hidden meanings, anything to tell her you cared, everything to keep her from finding out your secret. His mind wandered back to the time before his accident. Maddie and Jack. Why hadn't he seen the sparks between those two? If he had perhaps he could have stopped it, changed things. But, he was too busy just being in love with Maddie to notice anything else.
Vlad followed the friends for awhile. He watched the secret interaction between Sam and Danny. Their hands would brush each other, accidentally on purpose. Sam would steal a look at Danny. Danny would nearly catch her and steal a look of his own. Tucker was the odd man out, walking slightly ahead of them. Vlad could see that Tucker was aware of the secret flirtation. He gained a little put a little more distance between himself and his two friends. Danny and Sam had slowed and were walking very close to each other, talking, looking into each other's eyes.
Tucker finally turned and yelled, "Are you two love birds going to make eyes at each other all day or are we going to the movies?" Both Danny and Sam winced, blushed and walked quickly to catch up to Tucker.
"We're not love birds!" they said in unison.
"Yeah yeah," Tucker said as he laughed. "Not love birds at all" Sam reached out to cuff Tucker on the back of the head, but he ducked away quickly.
Vlad smiled evilly as he caught an adoring glance Danny sent toward Sam. He had an idea. A wonderfully, brilliant idea! He laughed to himself then flew away to make plans. First he needed to find a ghost powerful enough to do what needed to be done, but weak, and stupid enough to be controlled. When he was done with is plan, Danny would be just like him, and Maddie as a result, would finally be his.
Danny and Sam walked home together after the movies. Tucker had to go the other direction and Danny didn't like the thought of Sam walking home alone in the near dark. Sam tried to point out that Tucker likely needed protection more than she did, but she didn't want to miss walking and maybe even flying with Danny. It was nice to be alone with him, without Tucker to make his love birds joke. Sam was annoyed. She knew she had feelings for Danny, and had for a very long time, but she wasn't about to mess things up by letting her feelings get in the way. She knew Tucker knew, or at least thought he did and didn't appreciate the pushing. Danny was still entranced by Paulina and Sam didn't think she could or should try to get his attention away from the vapid prep. She hated it though, but it was better to simply be annoyed at his devotion to Paulina than destroying the delicate balance that was their friendship. Without Tucker around to tease and point out that they were flirting or were love birds, both Danny and Sam could relax. They fell into their easy peace with each other and neither thought anything strange about holding hands or even smiling at each other for long periods of time. Each secretly thrilling at the closeness they shared, and that they could get away with it. Neither aware that they shared the same feelings.
Danny walked Sam to her door and they stopped and looked at each other. It was yet another akward moment in a never ending series of akward moments between the two. Danny wished he had the courage to just kiss her, but he was afraid that she'd kill him. Sam wished she just had the courage to kiss him, but she was afraid she would lose him, so they simply told each other good night and promised to talk later. Later being a phone call from Danny to Sam when he got home.
Sam walked up to her room. She threw her bag on he bed and turned, almost letting out a scream as she came face to face with a pair of glowing red eyes. "Plasimus!" She accused.
"Good evening Miss Manson," Vlad drawled slowly. Sam stepped back. Trying to figure out how to escape. She put her hands behind her back and reached for her phone. She thought about dialing Danny's house in the hope that he'd answer and sense what was going on, but it was doubtful he'd be home yet. Besides she might get one of his parents and that's the last thing she wanted.
"To what do I owe the errmmm honor of your visit?" Sam asked.
"Get her," Plasimus commanded. Sam felt something come over her. She had been overshadowed. She tried to fight, but was plunged into darkness.
"Is she out?" Plasimus asked.
"Yes," came the reply from Sam, but it wasn't Sam.
"Good," said Vlad. "Keep her that way. I'm going to get their friend. Then tomorrow we'll put my plan into action. Danny will turn evil just like I did and that's when things will start getting fun!"
"I got it!" Danny yelled as the phone rang. He picked up the receiver, "Fenton residence," He said. "Danny Fenton speaking."
"Danny!" said Sam. Danny's heart fluttered. His feelings for his best friend had grown in the last few weeks and he'd been doing his best to hide it. Doing his best of course meant fawning over Paulina more than usual, which he knew ticked off Sam, but what was he to do? If she found out he was secretly pining for her, she'd kill him.
"What's up Sam?" he asked afraid by her frantic tone that there was a ghost. He was tired. He didn't feel up to fighting ghosts tonight. He just wanted to hang out with his friends…for once.
"Meet Tucker and me at the Nasty Burger for lunch." She told him. "We have something to discuss with you" Then she hung up. Danny didn't think much about it. Sam had a tendancy to be abrupt, and that often meant for him to hurry.
He ran out of the house and in so doing changed into ghost form and flew off. He remained intangible as he flew through the ceiling of the Nasty Burger then stopped dead in his tracks. There he saw them. His two best friends. Tucker the meat loving techno geek and Sam the ultro-recyclo vegetarian goth….kissing! Danny's glowing green eyes flickered to red then back to green.
Hold up! Wait a second! Tucker and Sam? Sam and Tucker? This can't be right! Surely they're playing a trick on me. A fake out make out? Still his stomach turned and twisted at the thought.
Danny remained invisible as he touched down on the floor and walked to their table. His two friends remained in a lip lock. Danny wondered again if it were real. He felt sick. The two broke apart and looked lovingly into each other's eyes.
"We're telling Danny today!" Sam said to Tucker. "I'm sick of hiding this from him." Tucker held Sam's hand tight.
"I'm afraid of what he'll do Sam," he said "He might laugh or might kill us."
"He won't kill us!" Sam said. "He'll be happy that you and I, his to best friends have found love. Together." Danny stepped back from the table shaking his head in denial. This couldn't be right. Not Sam and Tucker together. Dating. Kissing. In love. That was just so…so…Gross! Sick! Not right! Tucker kissed Sam again and that was it for Danny. His green eyes flickered again as if uncertain then remained red. He stalked forward, trying to restrain himself, instead he grabbed the table Sam and Tucker were sitting at and hurled it across the room. He looked at his friends startled faces then growled and flew off.
"Well," said Sam. "I think he knows now."
"Yes," said Tucker his eyes glowing red, his voice that of Vlad's "He knows……" He laughed evilly. "Now we just have to wait…