Vlad Masters sat at his desk,running a hand through his hair which was no longer in it's usual ponytail,but instead strung out messily,he let out a sigh as he reached for a pen and continued to work on arrangements for the funeral that would happen that weekend. After about three hours he put the pen down and slowly stood,his old bones protesting as he did. He left his office and walked silently through the dark hallways of his mansion until he reached a door, it was pink and had a purple flower design on it. He pushed the door open and walked carefully into the room,making sure to be silent as he made his way towards a small pink crib in the center of the room. In the crib was a small baby girl sleeping soundly as she laid covered by a pink blanket. Vlad slowly reached down and caressed the child's cheek lovingly as he smiled sadly at her. After a few seconds Vlad walked out of the room,closing the door softly behind him. The baby in the crib was,of course his daughter. Kara, she had only recently been born her mother had died while giving birth to her. It was a miracle that Kara had survived,unharmed and healthy. Vlad walked away from Kara's room only to enter the room right next to hers,his room. He pushed the door open and silently walked over to his bed and fell back onto it. He kicked off his shoes and got into the most comfortable position he could find and tried to get some much needed sleep. After about an hour of just laying in bed he decided that,again he would not be getting any sleep. He hadn't been sleeping well,if at all since his beloved wife had passed and he still held onto the small glimmer of hope that after a while she would come back to him,as a ghost,he didn't know how long that would take though. Ghosts took anywhere from a few days to a few years to form properly as a ghost. He put those thoughts to the back of his mind though, as he slowly stood back up and reached inside at the warm feeling in his chest and projected it outwards so that it spread throughout his body,with it a dark ring followed the same path. When the rings and the warmth were gone he stood in his ghost half. He let himself slowly fall,intangibly through his floor,then the next floor,then one more. He turned tangible and slowly landed in his secret lab. He looked around then, spotting what he wanted he went towards a table. The table had multiple tools and parts piled on it. it was a mess except one small spot where some blue prints were. This project,the ghost portal,was what he would be working on when he couldn't sleep. It would take a while to make,if he only worked on it some nights he figured it would take about 20 years or so. Well he was going off of Jack Fenton's calculations so he couldn't be sure. He sighed as he picked up a screw driver and set to work on one of the many parts of the portal. It's not like he had anything better to do anyways,and he would need a bigger portal if he expected his wife to find her way back to mainly on the portal would help distract him from thoughts of his wife anyways. With determination in his eyes he worked hard throughout the night only stopping when he needed to tend to Kara.

~14 years later-kara's pov~

I stood in front of a huge...ghost portal? I don't know if it really is I just guessed because I saw some blue-prints next to it that clearly stated in bold letters.

BUILDING YOUR OWN PORTAL-INSTRUCTIONS BY Maddie and JACK FENTON!I looked at the blue prints then glanced at the convenient clock,just above the portal and noted that I still had about two hours before my dad would come home from work. I went towards the 'ghost portal' and was about to go exploring in it when I realized that I needed my hazmat suit. I had always been told to where one when I was in the home lab so I guessed I needed one in this secret lab too. I trudged up the stairs I had fallen down earlier when I discovered this place. I hadn't expected to find this place but when I had I was looking for some adventure...

-20 minutes earlier-

I was walking around my dads study,looking for something interesting to read or mess with when I had tripped over a book,carelessly placed on the floor. I had of course reached out to grab onto something when I had,but it moved with my hand and I heard a quick click and fell down some stairs,disoriented I had looked to see that I had found a secret entrance to...after a bit of looking I realized it was a lab,and a very expensive,state of the art,polished lab. Our home lab was never this clean,mostly because I got bored and exploded things too often. I had explored a bit before finding the portal and abandoning all interest in everything else.

I snapped out of my thoughts as I continued up the stairs,toward my room I figured this was the perfect opportunity to try out my new hazmat suit I have been working on. I quickly pulled the skin tight suit on and ran back down to the lab. I then stepped right into the portal. This thing was interesting. It was just like a high-tech cave. I was going to leave,starting to lose interest in the thing seeing as it wasn't on. Some adventure this was,I sighed to myself. For some reason though I felt like I should keep moving forward...like something was pulling me towards the inside wall of the portal. I tripped over one of the many chords,strewn out messily on the floor of the portal. I was glancing down making sure no wires were in my way when something caught my eye. A red button and a green button,just a few feet away. I silently trudged towards it,forgetting all about the hazardous floor. I was almost to the buttons when I tripped again. Boy I am just terrible with my feet today. I once again reached out and my hand connected with something that sunk a bit as the weight of my hand went onto it. I stood up and regained my balance and decided I better get out of the cave. When I hear a whirring sound,like when you first turn on a computer. I decided I better run,because it sounded bad but before I could there was a flash of light then pain. I screamed out for what felt like hours hoping someone,anyone would help me. Every inch of my body felt like it was burning in a fire while it also felt like I was being stabbed from every angle. I knew what was happening,I was being electrocuted. I wasn't stupid I knew what a shock was. As I was screaming in pain I thought to myself.

"Wow dying by electrocution,inside a ghost portal,inside of my dads secret death ever."Then suddenly I felt the cold hard ground against my burning skin. I laid back,sure that smoke was coming off my body. I thought one thing before I closed my eyes and it was at least I can join my mom now,then everything went black.

I woke up, my skin tingled slightly and I had a killer headache but as I laid on the ground everything else seemed fine. That was until I tried to get up,as I did pain shot through every atom on my body and I fell right back onto my butt. I got up again,slowly this time and found it was less painful. I looked around and just then realized I had been blown out of the portal. Which now that I looked at it was different. An eerie green swirling surface was where the whole had been. I slowly stepped towards it and the closer I got,the less pain I felt. It was like this thing was trying to heal me I continued to stare at the swirling surface,almost hypnotized when a bit of my hair fell into my eyes. Normally this would be fine because I kept one side of my face covered by my hair,but I guess my hair had been blown back or something because it hadn't been in my face until now. Now that I could see my hair though I couldn't help but mutter to myself.

"What the hell?" I took some of my hair and brought it in front of my eyes. It wasn't my normal purple instead it was black for some reason. While noticing that I also noticed that my once white glove was now black. I glanced at the clock to see i only had about thirty minutes until my dad would be home. I hurried back up the stairs to look for a mirror,closing the secret entrance as I left,I ran out of the room and down the halls to my room. I slammed the door closed behind me and locked it last thing I wanted was my dad coming home and walking in on me changing out of a hazmat suit he didn't even know about,while his ghost portal had mysteriously turn on as well. After locking the door I ran to my bathroom and flipped on the light.I screamed at my own reflection,not expecting to be looking at a whole other person. I was paler then I had been,had red eyes,black hair and...fangs!? I started freaking out a bit when I suddenly stopped.I calmed myself down,now was not the time to panic.I had to get the suit off first and deal with the other stuff later. I pulled on the hazmat suit but it wouldn't come off. I continued to try and pry the suit off but when I glanced at the clock I saw I only had about fifteen minutes now. I let out a frustrated groan and grabbed some scissors I tried to pull the suit from my skin and cut it off but it was like it was glued to my skin and it hurt to tug on it too much. I started to freak out again but before I could completely lose it I felt a warm sensation followed by a dark ring forming around my waist that split in to and went opposite directions until one got to my feet while the other one found its way to my head and disappeared. I stood in shock as I looked back to the mirror and everything was back to normal. My eyes were the same blue they had been before I went into the portal, My hair was the dark purple it had been,I had no fangs,and I was even wearing one of my regular outfits,a black long sleeved shirt with a dark red T-shirt over it, and my same pants and shoes. I sighed in relief thinking everything was going to go back to normal,How wrong I was.