Clockwork looked at his time portal in anticipation; an important package would be arriving soon. A vital the universe. The gears in his tower clicked in the same rythum of his internal clock's tick. Which was pretty fast since he was excited for this package's destiny. Again, it would help universe. "You must really be annoyed or excited Clocky; I hadn't heard your tower's gears click so fast in 5 years!" exclaimed a booming and menacing voice. Clockwork rolled his eyes when he heard his pet name. That was Dan; a pest-I mean prisoner- that has lived in his tower for 11 years for destroying the world and Ghost Zone's inhabitants for fun. The burly man was currently imprisoned in a ghost-capturing thermos. It had taken a few years for them to get accustomed to each other's presence, but they had eventually. But that's another story. "I'm waiting for someone,"the Time Ghost stated simply. "Who?"

"Someone." "Who is this 'someone?'" "A ghost." "I already guessed that! What's this ghost's NAME?" "You'll find out in time..." Clockwork heard a snort. "You always say that..." Dan muttered. The ghost smirked at that remark; it was always fun to torture Dan, after all. He makes everything sound dramatic. Always. Then, the Time Ghost heard something similar to wind chimes . Ah, the ghost has arrived. The ticking in his chest eased a bit as he floated toward a ball of light bouncing around the room. It glowed bright yellow and left tiny traces of light behind it. Audible giggling could be heard coming from the orb as it was caught by Clockwork. The light faded away and revealed a little boy the age of 5. He had a black cloak with white rims, a green ghost tail, golden hair that draped over an eye, and his eyecolor was a mix of steel and yellow. Though he was small for his age, the young ghost showed great intellect as he started to spew out periods of time that were before the Human reign. When he was done with his little rant, he looked innocently up at Clocky.

"Who're you?" came a young voice. "I am Clockwork, the Master of Time. And you will now be my apprentice." "Okay. What's my name?" Clocky pondered this for a moment. What is an appropriate name for this little one? "Your name is Countdown."

~END~

Me: Clue- Do you get the hidden message? Countdown? Destiny of the Universe? No? I don't own Danny Phantom!