Before I start Truths, I'm cleaning up the early chapters of this.
Secrets:
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom.
Chapter One: Meeting.
IT was quiet in the ghost zone. Quieter then usual. The normal banshee screaming had been silenced. Many of the ghosts were in the Meeting ground. It was like a giant stadium with the head ghosts in the middle. By head ghost the head of their area or building. Like the yeti like creature called Frostbite, leader of the Far-Frozen with white fur and ice arm sitting next to Pandora, the six armed, 7 foot tall leader of the mythological world. Dora was also there. Her usual blue dress was traded for a gold one, looking much grander with a large crown on her had. Walker was also there, looking inpatient and drumming his fingers on the table. Ghost Writer was there at the table too, only standing behind someone.
Those were the only people Danny recognize at the table. There were twenty-two in all. Eleven were sitting down and had one person standing behind them. He himself was standing at the table. Valerie had come with him as his second and he let her sit down instead. That decision he was regretting. Letting her come that is.
She was twitching for her gun every few minutes. Being in the ghost zone gave her a home field disadvantage. In her upgraded suit she looked lethal, she had her helmet on even though most of the ghosts knew who she was but she felt safe behind her mask. Danny leaned over the chair and whispered directly into her ear speaker of the suit.
"Stop worrying Red, you only have to worry after the meeting."
"Why?" she whispered back. They made a permanent truce after Valerie found out about Vlad she even had the guts to tell him she knew, (but not the being a pawn information she over heard) and has full access to any thing she wants, from there it seemd like her luck changed, her father got premoted at Dalv and they had moved out of their little apartment and back in a nice house. She didn't stop ghost hunting however, she found she liked it to much.
"The truce," Danny replied simply. "No ghost can attack any other until Clockworks representor say's the meetings over then you should worry. Walker and a few others with take this chance to try and get me and maybe you as well."
Granted, he barely trusted the truce himself, if a ghostwriter could break one as easily as he did, he only had everyone honour to keep them safe.
"I really hate Vlad right now." She seethed. "Why did I have to come?"
"He knows if he let Skulker come we'll be down each others throats, Danielle's in the Bahamas and personally I don't want those digitalized photos of us making out all over the ghost zone and all over the Internet."
Vlad was the reason Danny and Valerie were here in the first place. He had told Danny about this rare ghost meeting of the entire ghost community only when all 12 leaders agree on a meeting shall it be, but no one had agreed since Pandora's second: a gorgon turned eight members to stone. With a little convincing (cough-blackmail-cough) he got Danny to be his right hand man at the meeting. Then he bailed almost last minute and Danny was stuck telling the ghosts about the US presidents plan.
With the occasional hushed whisper the stadium was silent. Danny had made Valerie sit next to Frostbite, asking stray questions ever now and then.
"How long 'til he comes now Frostbite?" Danny whispered to the white giant. Frostbite was sitting on two chairs to hold his large size, he whispered back.
"Not long, you see that large hourglass above the Head chair Great One?" Frostbite said letting himself glance over to the only empty chair. "When all the sand leaves the bottom of the hour glass he should appear." That was the strange thing about the Hour glass: the sand was moving up to the top glass instead of falling. It gave a ghostly white glow. "It's a new person ever millennia or two and this will be Clockworks new representors' second meeting but he knows what to do. Clockwork only picks the best."
"Danny, look!" Valerie said pointing to the hourglass, the last bit of sand had just risen to the top; it glowed a brighter white then changed to neon green. It disappeared in a flash of light.
Everyone waited, five seconds. Ten Seconds. One minute. A disembodied voice boomed in the stadium echoing thought-out the Ghost zone.
"Sorry I'm late; the hour glass is missing some sand." A man in his mid 20's had appeared from behind the head chair, sitting down. He looked so small in the over large chair. He was dressed like the grim reaper or was the grim reaper, Danny wasn't sure. The hood covered his eyes and hair, making Danny want to know more about this secretivie man. A black cat with a white glow jumped on top of the table. "Now let's get down to business. State your names. I am Clockworks representor. Guarding the past, present and future."
Dora stood up, "Dorothea, Queen of the Medieval Realm, my second: My royal advisor." She moved her hand in the direction of a man with a long red robe, he silently nodded.
An old man in warm, winter clothes who looked like a small gust of wind can knock him over stood as Dora sat. "The Librarian, keeper of all books," he turned around pointing to the one behind him. "My second: Ghost Writer."
"Walker, Warden of the Ghost Jail, My Second: Bullet." Walker stood up and said his part and sat down.
An entirely new face Danny hadn't been able to guess stood up. "Serena: Oracle, representing the observants and politics, my second: council member Anderson."
She was dressed in a midnight blue robe, her dark brown hair curled down her back. Her strange Dark blue eyes met Danny's who looked a way as fast as she could. The floating eyeball looked bored.
"Rose, Keeper of Eden's Garden, my second: Ivy." A lady maybe in her twenties stood up, wearing a long green dress that looked like it was made of leaves. Which, it probably was. A Flower pot with an over large Venus flytrap was next to Rose, somewhat purred in response.
"Sheriff John," a Man in Cowboy gear stood up and to anyone looking Walker shot him a glare, which John smirked at. "Law keeper of the Wild ghost desert and Canyons, my second: My son Jr." The person behind him was around seventeen in cowboy gear as well.
A royal looking man stood up, a crown on his head, beside him was what Danny guessed was a pirate. "Prince Alexander and Pirate Prince Samson, representing the Ghost Sea in the place of the last kings."
A plump woman stood up. She looked as if she had lived in the 70's, a tall, skinny man stood behind her. "Miss Foster, Carers at the Child Care Centre, my second: my brother Maxwell."
"Pandora, Leader of the Mythological Realm." Pandora stood up and boomed. "My second: Head Cyclops."
Frostbite stood up the chairs creaked with the lifted weight. "Frostbite leader of the Far Frozen, my second: My High Councillor."
Danny felt the thousands of ghost's watching him as Valerie stood up as Frostbite sat down, she seemed a lost of words. Who wouldn't be? She had hunted ghosts for nearly a year and now she was in their territory, the enemy's territory, unfamiliar ground and it unnerved her.
"Danny Phantom and the Red Huntress." Danny said, and all eyes shifted on him, "Representing Amity Park, and the Human Realm."
Valerie numbly sat down, looking down at the table in humiliation. The Reaper at the head of the table ignored her embarrassment. Instead he turned his eyes to someone else.
"I'm glad most of you know each other but stop staring at Phantom like that Walker, you look like you want to eat him." Danny snapped his head into Walkers direction, he did see the look of hatred on his face and the man in robes had described it exactly like Danny would have. "This meeting has the temporarily truce over us, I myself would find it extremely humorous if we had to throw you into your own jail."
"I bet you would Reaper." Walker growled, sifting his eyes to Valerie. "Human's in the Ghost Zone are against the rules; I'll have to book Plasmius." He sneered at her, Valerie gulped.
"Not now Walker." Reaper started sounding impatient; his voice had a dangerous tone to it that made it hard to disobey. But Walker never liked being told what to do.
"Yes now! I've waited all year for this: My subject is Human-Ghost Hybrids, or commonly known as Halfas." Walker said eyeing Danny again, standing up and begun to circle the table. "Getting to do what they want whenever they want, I know for a fact Plasmius broke Vortex out of Observants Custody which took three years for me to catch him in the first place, and let Pariah Dark out of his prison and Plasmius is still flying around free as a bird! And this punk," Walker spat pointing dangerously to Danny. "Don't get me started-"
"No one has started you, Walker." Frostbite said with a growl, defending Danny. Danny just stood there not knowing what to do as the older ghosts fought about him.
"No one is above the law!" Walker snapped.
"Exactly. You yourself have broken many rules to try to capture Young Phantom here." Serena the Oracle said. "I should know, you and several others have put in so many complaint files that they have its own cabinet."
"Besides, Phantom fixes all of the problems Vlad caused. Vortex being the most recent." Her second said. "Maybe you're mad he's better at your job ten you are."
Walker growled at the statement and shot Danny a look that could melt steel. Danny had had enough; strangers were talking about him with the whole Ghost zone, it was like watching his parents and the principal of his school argure over what he deserves, usually shushin him if her tried defending himself.
"Um, I am right here you know." Danny tried to say loudly and with confidence but his voice squeaked. "We are talking about Hybrids, not me, so please get the topic back on track."
Vlad had told him Walker was going to make his topic on them and advised Danny to keep his head down until the topic ended, but as usual Danny didn't listened to Vlad. Walker growled at the boy and sat down.
"I say you let me have both Vlad and Phantom so they don't do anything else that might put us all in danger." "I'm here to keep ghost safe from loose cannons like them! Why let them cause chaos?"
"You do remember that as a meeting is in session and the period of tie between first meeting and last, all sitters at the meeting have basically diplomatic imunity? Unless we all vote to remove such imunity so Walker can take Phantom and Vlad." The Reaper said, Danny heard murmurs from the meeting ghosts.
"I wold like to point out, Sir Phantom has been knighted by myself." Dora pipped up, standing as she spoke. "I personally back him and any foul play during this meeting has my kingdom's force to deal with." she gave him a small smile and he smiled back.
"Along with us of the Far Frozen, each one of us is willing to fight for the Great One." Frostbite stated, his second nodded in agreement. There was no doubt about the Far Frozen and his Yeti friends.
Pandora stood up and towered over the table. "My forces are the greatest warriors in the ghost zone, my army of fallen heroes will crush anyone that crosses me, and since I owe the child a large favour that includes this meeting and beyond." And that was a surprise. He considered her someone that wasn't actively out for his blood, not so much as an ally until now.
He saw members shift in their seats. Bullet appeared to be having seconds thoughts on the voting idea while Waker tried not to look like he had lost. The people he hadn't met shared looks with each other. He was sure the Ghost writer and the Libarian dd not have an army on disposal (unless Libarian could summon paper dragons), The day care had children, but he got the feeling the carers wouldn't let them be harmed. He wouldn't count the garden out (With Overgrowth still fresh in his mind), or the Pirates. The rest he had no idea.
A low whistle echoed. The Older Cowboy had his feet up on the table. He tilted his hat up. "Damn Walker, I think you're pretty out gunned here, cause, I'm always against you. Five to one, at the moment. No one else has to say anything but dropping will be your safest bet."
"Never." Walker growled. Danny could almost see the sparks fly between the two as they glared at each other. Walker seemed to be the only one willing to range war, even against the odds.
"Before you two start fighting again I'm postponing any vote of the Hybrid topic until a later date. Anyone else?" Reaper said, no one volunteered so Danny tapped Valerie's shoulder.
"We will."
UPDATE: I fixed it a bit, bad sentancing and all. And A few other things.
* I didn't think they would be able to fit ALL the ghost in one place, so I changed it to 'many', still, 'many' is a small proportion in the Zone.
Second UPDATE: Made it longer, as it makes sense that a rare meeting would actually have more then two people talk.