Chapter 1:
Twilight Ghost Zone?
A/N: Hey guys, I know I've been annoying; I've got like six or so unfinished stories, and I'm starting yet another story, but hopefully, this one won't take as long because I ACTUALLY PLANNED IT OUT FIRST!!!...wait…IT'S A SIGN OF THE APPOCALYPSE!!!...yeah, anyways, so I hope you enjoy this story, review me and see if you can tell which character I put myself as! There is a whole menagerie of new characters, so don't try guessing until about Chapter 3 or so, unless you really think you got it, then go ahead…Have fun! P.S: to whoever wins the guess, I will make sure that you get A LOT and I mean A LOT of people to read your stories, plus, if you are on neopets, I can send you a present! YAY PRESENT!!!
Danny's screams could be heard echoing through the seemingly never-ending hole. After what seemed like countless hours, ground finally arrived under Danny. "Where am I?" He wandered around, feeling for a wall. He suddenly heard a voice, ringing eerily through his head.
"Isn't it obvious? This is the Ghost Zone Danny dear."
"What? Who are you? How is this the Ghost Zone?"
"Well," She sighed, seeming disappointed "not yet Danny dear, but you will bring this about." At this, the evil female voice burst into a series of evil laughs. As the laughs rippled through the dark space, the ground fell from under Danny, sending him through a black and white striped cone.
He saw a glimpse of the face of the evil voice. She had blue skin, red eyes, and jet black hair that billowed about her face. She reached out a sharp blue finger and gently stroked his cheek. "My dear, dear Danny, you will be my dear little puppet, till then…sweet dreams." She cackled even more. As her finger left his cheek, whatever force suspending him in the air suddenly disappeared along with her face.
He then saw the faces of all of the ghosts he fought regularly. They were miserable. Danny could see them mouthing a faint 'help'. Everything was being distorted or destroyed around him. He couldn't take it anymore.
Jazz heard Danny's scream throughout the entire house. She glanced at her alarm clock. About 6:30, time to get up for school. "Well, it's not an alarm clock, but it did the trick." Danny was still screaming. Jazz rushed to his room, only to be beaten by her parents. They ignored the door and bashed a hole in the wall. Her Father spoke first, sending his nightcap flying with every word.
"You okay Danny? Where're the ghosts?" He waved his Ghost De-Moleculer blaster left and right.
"I-I'm fine Dad. I guess it was just a nightmare." Danny sat up and rubbed the back of his head.
"Are you sure you're alright Danny?" Jazz's Mother sat beside Danny, fixing his hair.
"Yeah Mom, I'm fine." They left the room through the half destroyed door, leaving only Jazz and Danny.
"Hey Danny, you might want to be careful how you sleep, you've got a giant red sleep mark on your cheek." Danny's hand flew to his face. Jazz could tell that his mind was racing miles-a-minute. "What is it Danny?"
"Uh, nothing Jazz."
"Alright, but I'm not stupid you know, I can tell you're not saying something."
"Yeah Jazz." As Jazz left, Danny jumped out of his bed and to the mirror. There on his face lay a faint red mark, exactly where the blue woman had touched him. "I probably just slept in the wrong position. It's nothing." He succeeded in reassuring himself. "Well, time for school!"
DP
Danny walked down the street towards Casper High. Shortly, he was joined by his best friends Tucker and Sam. "Wow Danny, sleep okay last night?" Sam was referring to the red mark that hadn't quite disappeared from his face yet.
"It's still not gone?"
"Yeah, did you sleep on your sleeve or something?"
"I'm not sure…" His voice drifted as he saw HER. Paulina walked by him, staring at her handheld mirror determinedly. Danny practically drooled over himself as he looked at her. "Pauuuuuuliiiiiinaaaaa…"
"Great. We haven't even started school yet and you're already a brainless zombie." Sam folded her arms. "Come on Danny, you can stare at her mindlessly during lunch." Paulina disappeared into the school and Danny gained consciousness.
"Alright, alright Sam." He and his friends walked on to their first class.
DP
Half of the school day was done and the mark on Danny's face hadn't even faded one bit. Danny sat down for lunch with his friends. "Danny, what's the deal? If it were a normal sleep mark, it would have been long gone by now!" Tucker had a point. Why wasn't it gone yet? Danny thought back to his nightmare.
"I think it may have something to do with my nightmare. I," Danny was interrupted by Dash.
"Aw, the little baby had a nightmare?" Danny found himself lifted off the ground and bashed against a nearby soda machine. "Catch ya later Fenton!" Dash walked with his football possy to their table.
"Ow…" Danny returned to his seat. "As I was saying I was in a weird version of the Ghost Zone, and some Ghost woman shows up and touches my face."
"Wait, how could the Ghost Zone be any weirder than it already is?" Sam was curious. Danny explained all of the sights, sounds, and feelings of the dream to them. "Wow, that sounds like the Twilight Zone special that comes on every Saturday." Danny and Tucker looked at her oddly. "I watch whatever Grandma's watching." She shrugged.
"Wait, you said it was a Ghost right? That mark is probably a signature or something." Tuck was analyzing Danny's face closely, a little too closely.
"Yeah right Tuck." Danny pushed Tucker aside, unbalancing him and sending him crashing to the ground. Sam ignored the crash.
"Think about it Danny, what Tucker said makes sense! Kitten leaves a signature kiss, why can't this be a signature from the blue Ghost lady?"
"Yeah, you're probably right Sam. I think I should check up on the Ghost Zone, just to see how things are doing."
"Actually Danny, If this Ghost woman contacted you through sleep, she probably can't get to you unless you go to the Ghost Zone…maybe you should stay away for a little while."
"Yet again, you're probably right Sam. I'll give it a couple weeks or so." Tucker pulled himself from the ground, looking the worse for wear.
"Hello! Does anyone care that I broke my fall with my face?"
DP
Danny was exhausted, good thing it was time for bed. He fell asleep shortly after his head hit the pillow. Not long after, he heard the woman again. "You think you can get away from me that easily Danny dear? Silly dear, I ALWAYS get my man." The red mark she had left on his face glowed furiously, burning Danny. He opened his eyes, but by her command. His blue eyes turned as red as hers. She was in control. "Now Danny dearest, go to the basement." He couldn't stop her, it's as if the burning sensation on his cheek moved throughout his body, making it difficult to move for himself. He was opening the door to the basement now. "Open the Ghost Zone Danny darling." He was powerless, his muscles were burning. Whatever force she was using to control him now pushed him through the Ghost Zone. He fell, unable to use his Ghost powers. The burning stopped, but he was so tired from struggling. Danny free fell through the green mist of the Ghost Zone.
DP
Danny woke up in his room, but on the floor, and in Ghost mode. "How'd I get here? Was that another nightmare?" He walked to his bed, too tired to notice the lump in it. He dangled half on the side of the bed and began snoring. The lump moved. An arm fell limply over Danny's sleeping face. It paused. The hand of the arm touched Danny's face. First his forehead, then his cheek, then his gapping mouth, then it pinched his nose, momentarily disrupting his sleep. The lump moved again, making the bed jump a little. Danny was woken by an ear piercing scream.
He jumped up, seeing a girl with long black hair and blue eyes staring at him. A look of recognition crossed her face, and he found himself covered in a blanket with her sitting on top of him. He heard slightly muffled voices. Oddly enough, they sounded like his parents! They could get this weird person out of his room since his muscles were still in fatigue. He heard a blast through the nearby wall.
"You okay Elle? Where're the Ghosts?" This man sounded like Dad, but he addressed this weird girl by name, and didn't notice that Danny was gone!
"I-I'm fine Dad. I guess it was just a nightmare." The girl called Elle shifted places.
"Are you sure you're alright Elle?" This woman sounded like Mom, but yet again, no one noticed Danny was gone!
"Yeah Mom, I'm fine." He heard two people leave, but he knew one was still there. This sounded like a teenaged guy.
"You sure you're okay Elle?"
"Yeah, I'm fine now Josh." The guy left the room. The girl waited a full two seconds before she got up, threw the cover off Danny, and had him pinned against the wall. Her eyes turned green, and in moments, she was in ghost mode, just like Danny. She raised a glowing green fist. "Why do you look like me?" She whispered hoarsely. Danny was about to protest, then he looked more closely. White hair, same outfit, this girl could be his twin!
"Wait! Before you go all Skulker on me, can I at least try to explain?" She released him, but only slightly.
"Skulker? Don't you mean Skulkeva?"
"Um…no, you know, Skulker, big mean blue mechanical dude, flaming green hair, always says something along the lines of 'I'll have your hide for a trophy', ring a bell?"
"Did I hit you on the head? You just described Skulkeva perfectly, except for the fact that she's a girl!" She released him completely and looked him up and down. "Ok, this is weird, but I have an idea. I'll describe a ghost, and you give me a name, sound okay?"
"It's fine with me." What was the harm in a little game?
"Ok, first one…one has a motorcycle and a shadow, the other has green hair and wears a red jacket. Who are they?"
"Johnny and Kitten." This was too easy. The girl stared at him.
"No…Janie and Kevin…never mind, next one…speaks in the third person, and controls technology."
"That's easy, Technus!"
"No…Techna…ok…one more…controls time, and varies their age appearance."
"Clockwork," He was expecting her to say something like 'Clockworka' or something that sounded girly.
"Right! That's the first one you've gotten right!" He stared at her incredulously.
"Who are you? Would you mind putting that thing away?" She apparently hadn't noticed that her fist was still glowing at her side.
"Oh, sorry." Not only did she lose the glow, but she went back to looking like a normal girl. She held out her hand and said "Hi, I'm Danielle Fenton, but you can call me Elle." Danny just stared wide eyed.
"That…can't…be right…"
"And why not?"
"Because," He went back to normal. "I'm Danny Fenton." They stared at each other thoroughly for the first time. Their hair in the front was identical, but Elle had a long black ponytail. Their eyes were identical as well. They both went ghost. Again, the white hair was identical, as well as the green eyes, and the costume. The only difference was that Elle had an E on her costume instead of a D. Danny managed to speak.
"Just where did I fall to?"
"Do you mind coming to school with me tomorrow? I've got to show Tina and Seth."
"…Um…sure…" What could it hurt, this was probably just another dream. "I'll go to school with you."
"Great, but for now," She went to a closet, opened the door, and motioned for him to enter. "You look like you need some sleep." Danny walked inside. Unlike his closet, this was a small walk-in. It had a long couch with stuff piled on it. "Sorry about the mess." She moved the things to the side, and found a blanket for him. He went back to normal seconds before she did, rested his head, and immediately fell asleep. Maybe he would wake up in his own world. Elle left quickly, closing the door silently behind her. "Goodnight," She paused, struggling with the next words coming out of her mouth. "Danny Fenton…" She went to her bed, collapsed, and began snoring.