A boy floated in midair. The left side of his hair was snow white, while the right side was black. It was divided neatly like an invisible straight line cut through it. His eyes were also mismatched. The right one was blue, while the left one was green. His eyes also appeared to be faintly glowing. His shirt and pants were also divided. The right side of his shirt white and the left side black. The left side of his pants were black and the right side dark blue. His shoes weren't mismatched like the rest of him. They both were red. In the boy's hands he held green ghost energy. The light of the ghost energy was fading.
"Come on Phantom! We aren't done training!" yelled a man in the doorway.
The boy slowly closed his eyes then opened them again. He was struggling to keep his eyes open. The ghost energy was barely visible in his hands.
"All this work for just a boy! Even if he does have ghost powers, it isn't worth it." muttered the man. The man looked up when he heard a thud. Phantom was motionless on the ground, not even his chest moved. The man walked over and poked him. "Phantom?" he asked, now a bit worried. Phantom didn't move an inch, his chest still remaining motionless. "He isn't even breathing... HEY! PHANTOM NEEDS HELP OVER HERE!" the man called out.
Three people walked into the room. One woman put a hand to Phantom's chest and bit her lip. "Phantom isn't breathing. We failed." said the woman.
"Wait... if he's dead then why does he have a pulse?" asked another woman.
"He has a pulse?" asked first woman.
"Hey! He does!" said the man that had been watching Phantom.
"But he has failed. Clearly the ghost energy is too much for him. What should we do with him?" asked another man.
"We could put him in hibernation mode, so all of our hard work doesn't go to waste." said the man that had been watching Phantom. The three others agreed and they lift him.
They enter a dark room with a strange tube like thing big enough to hold Phantom and they place him inside it. After pressing a few buttons a dark green liquid enters the tube and Phantom floats around in it.
"All that work just for this?" muttered the guy who was one watching Phantom.
Suddenly a loud roar is heard from outside the room. A light blue dragon with black spikes along its spine smashed through the wall. It - no, he - appears to be rather small for a dragon, but with big wings for his size. The people try to fight it off, only to end up running away.
The dragon gives a small purr-like roar as it faces Phantom. Phantom opens his eyes that are now glowing, only to close them soon. The dragon nods and fades into nothing, revealing it to be a ghost dragon.
A man with white hair approaches the damaged lab.
"So I have finally found it. Hopefully it's the right one. Don't want him to wake up all alone, do we?" the man asked himself.
The man walked inside to find the once white walls covered in dust and cobwebs. He continued walking until he found a place where a door should have been, but the wall had been smashed down, some of it was still intact but not much. The man stopped in front of a tube with dark green liquid in it.
The liquid wasn't the only thing in the tube. A boy with half of his hair white was in it. Every once in a while his legs would turn into a black ghostly tail, then return to normal, or his eyes would open a bit to reveal one blue eye and one green eyes, his fingers also twitched every few minutes.
"It appears I have found you just in time Phantom." said the man. Black rings appear around the man and transform him into a ghost. He has black hair and light blue skin. "You've almost woken up." The halfa fired a ghost ray at the tube's glass and the boy fell out.
Phantom groaned and looked up at the halfa. "W-who are you?" he asked. Then Phantom looked around the room. "What happened to this place?"
"Do you remember anything little badger?" asked the halfa.
"...I remember... I remember training my powers but then getting overwhelmed and fainting... then there was this dragon... a ghost dragon I think... he scared away the people that gave me my ghost powers." said Phantom.
"I see. My name is Vlad Plasmius, no need to introduce yourself. You are Phantom, the boy who was given ghost powers without becoming a ghost, or a halfa, yourself... however I see it has changed half your hair and one of your eyes." said Vlad. The black rings appeared again and turned Vlad back to his human form.
Phantom was shocked by Vlad's transformation. "H-how?" he asked.
"You see, in a lab accident I became a halfa, a half ghost half human. Unlike you I am able to hide my ghost form while you... are just simply you. Oh yes, and I am Vlad Masters now. My ghost side is my secret, so I have given it the name Plasmius." said Vlad.
Phantom attempted to stand, only to end up falling onto his knees. "How long was I out?" asked Phantom, who finally decided to just float after a few failed attempts at standing.
"Four years. Not many people now about you. I am the only one who is sure you exist, you are floating fright in front of me." said Vlad.
"I've been asleep for four years? So I'm fourteen now..." Phantom sighed. "All I can remember is being in this lab. I know I had a life before... but... I can't remember anything about it."
"You wouldn't have had a life anymore if I hadn't freed you. If you were to wake on your own in the tube then you would end up inhaling the liquid and killing yourself. So I have just saved your life." said Vlad.
"...thanks?" said Phantom.
"Now, I would like for you to become my son." said Vlad.
"Wait, what?" asked Phantom.
"Oh you see little badger, I've had these ghost powers for twenty years, I can teach you how to control your powers. I can teach you so much more then the scientists ever could. In fact they nearly killed you, I would never do that." said Vlad.
"I can control my powers... but your offer is tempting... however they didn't nearly kill me. I can go a long time without breathing." said Phantom.
"Well this in new information. Surely they would end up killing your. In their eyes you have failed them, but in my eyes I see that they were wrong. You are no fail Phantom." said Vlad.
Phantom set his feet on the ground only to fall once more. "Yeah, I totally don't feel like a failure right now." said Phantom.
"Your legs are simply asleep. You were nearly motionless for four years. So do you accept my offer?" asked Vlad.
"...Well... I guess I could use some training... fine. I'll be your son, but I'm not calling you dad." said Phantom.
"No need my boy. Now let's go to my mansion." said Vlad.
Phantom began to float again as he followed Vlad out of the lab. "You'll need to attend school. So I think I'll get someone to homeschool you until you have caught up with other kids your age. Did they teach you anything here?" asked Vlad.
"Not much. They thought that training my powers was more important then teaching me normal kid stuff." said Phantom.
"Well that's a shame, because of that I have decided that you'll focus more on normal teaching instead of ghostly teaching at first." said Vlad. Vlad transformed into his ghost form and began to fly away with Phantom following him.
"As long as I don't get killed I'm fine with almost anything. Almost anything, so I'll draw the line at some things." said Phantom.
"Don't worry. I won't push you too hard. Neither of us would gain anything if you were dead." said Vlad.
"Good." said Phantom.
"Would you mind being called Phantom Masters? You don't have a last name so you could use mine if needed." said Vlad.
"Well I guess I'll need one... so sure." said Phantom. Vlad and Phantom landed in front of a mansion.
"Little badger, this is my mansion. Come inside." said Vlad. Vlad transformed once more into his human self and opened the door. Phantom walked inside, eyeing anything that might be a threat. Vlad stepped inside and closed the door. He turned around and smirked as Phantom. This is going to be easier then I thought.