AN/: All right Guys this is the fic I told you all that I had been working on
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Crimson eyes clenched in concentration, they opened, then closed again, an inaudible sigh, opened eyes, another sigh, closed, then opened.
Clockwork sighed once more, as the Observant droned on in the background, this time it was just slight of being heard.
He was never fond of council meetings, or the council itself, but this time he deliberately found himself trying to pay attention, anything to get his mind off of it, anything, he needed a portal, or a ghost, no, no he needed a portal, a portal that's all.
He sighed once more, realizing that his internal debate had taken up most of the meeting, oh well, it's not like he couldn't rewind and find out what it was about. Not that he wanted to
A flash, he was back in his tower, good. He could only recall a slight look of bewilderment on the Observants' faces, he left the literal second they adjourned the meeting.
Looking towards his time screens, he scanned through the images, I need to find a portal, and the Images stopped.
He blinked, strange, no, amusing. The images had stopped on a young Daniel Fenton, whose face currently could not be any more depressed. The fact that he was sitting on the stairs outside with his head in hands didn't help in the matter.
It bothered Clockwork a bit, over time he and the boy became quite...close, so much so that the young phantom even managed to get him out of the tower, well with the help of his clone.
He continued watching, ignoring the pestering urge that was niggling in the back of his mind.
As he observed, Daniel's friends and sister came into the picture, followed by Danielle. The female phantom seemed to notice her original's state and was about to question her peers when Samantha shook her head.
The group walked quietly back inside, there forlorn friend remained oblivious that they had seen him.
"He's not gonna talk", Sam whispered quietly.
"Then what do we do?" questioned the clone.
"Hey, isn't there a new ride opening up today at the amusement park?" piped Tucker from where he was typing on his PDA.
He looked up to see all three females giving him an incredulous stare.
"What?"
"Tucker, that's a great idea!" beamed Jazz
"It is?" queried the dark skin boy, "I mean, of course it is, after all I thought of it!"
"Uh, what exactly did I think of?"
The girls rolled their eyes.
"We can take Danny to the amusement park, that should cheer him up a bit and maybe get him to talk to us about what's bothering him!" explained the oldest Girl.
"I can get the tickets" suggested Sam.
"But what if he doesn't want to go?"
"Don't worry Tucker, I got this, just leave it to me and we'll be on more rides than we can count".
"You sure about that Dani?" asked the Goth
"Yeah, it'll take a bit of convincing and probably an extra ticket, but I can get him to go with us".
"That sounds like a plan, but wait, why do we need an extra ticket?"
"Oh, that's easy Jazz, because we're gonna get a little ghostly help", said Dani with a wink.
The redhead girl was confused by the younger's remark, but Sam seemed to understand.
"Got it, you convince Danny while we go get the tickets and the extra one". She winked back, the Goth then proceeded to drag the other two out the door at full speed and straight to Jazz's car.
Danny tried ignored the fact that his best friends and sister, took off full speed out of his house, and drove away, without a stitch, in Jazz's car. Granted that Sam was dragging Jazz and Tucker.
Just then Dani came outside and sat with him.
After the whole "Disasteriod" thing, he had told his parents about the existence of his clone, they were appalled, not of the child, no but of the fact that she lived alone.
When Danny found her and brought her to his parents, they accepted her with open arms, she's been living with the Fentons ever since. Helping Danny fight ghosts and occasionally cause mischief.
"Hey", she said.
"I'm fine", he grumbled.
"I didn't ask that and I know you're not, I also know that you don't wanna talk about it, so I won't ask".
She got a raised eyebrow and an incredulous look for that remark.
"If you're not gonna ask then, why are you here?"
"Just to keep you company so you're not alone, after all, I know all about that".
Danny winced when he heard her confession, he felt bad, and here he was accusing her when she just wanted to help.
Danielle on the other hand smirked, well she smirked internally, after all she had to keep this up if she wanted to convince him to go.
"You know I'm really glad you and your parents is found and took me in, don't get me wrong, travelling around was fun, but it got really lonely out there you know, now that I look at it, I don't think I really enjoyed it, I mean no one really likes being alone, don't you think?"
Danny thought for a moment but before he could open his mouth to speak, Danielle cut him off.
"I think it would really suck to be alone forever you know, pretty sure it would drive someone crazy, Glad no one we know was in the situation like that".
Danny thought again for moment then replied, "yeah glad we don't"...
His eyes widened, he realized he did know someone like that.
Dani noticed her original's widened eyes, perfect.
"Danny"?
He looked back at her, his eyes still wide.
She knew it clicked, so to keep up her facade, she widened her own eyes in falls realization.
"Clockwork" she muttered Danny only nodded.
"You know staying looked up in that tower all day doesn't exactly put a smile on anyone's face, for all we know he could be worse off than you are, I mean you have us when you want to talk, all he has are those time thingys and the annoying overgrown eyeballs".
"Yeah I guess you're righ-"
"The others left to go get tickets since the amusement park is opening up a new ride".
Oh, so that's where they went. "Wait what does this have to do with Clockwork?"
"Don't you think it's time to pay the Old timer a visit?"
"What, Dani I can't and besides even if I do, I can't go there for no reason!?"
At this Dani tilted her head and Danny's eyes widened once more.
"I can't take him, wha-what if he's busy"
"That never stopped us before".
"Bu-but what about the extra ticket?"
"I can call Sam and have her get an extra one"
He sighed, head down in defeat, she smiled.
Clockwork chuckled, amused. "You're quite the master manipulator Danielle, well played".
He looked back at his time screens to see images of Danny, now in the lab transforming and taking off through the portal.
Another image showed Danielle who's inclined head seem to be looking directly at him.
"Sorry Clockwork you looks like you have a visitor, that and we're giving you a heck of day off", the girl said with a smile before she shook her head and walked into the house, presumably to call Samantha and tell her that the plan worked.
Clockwork chuckled again, it wasn't the first time that Danielle had done this, it seemed like She enjoyed 'talking' to him this way every time she sent Danny to or for him.
It's not often that the Master of Time forgets things and truly he would've forgotten this thing if the niggling in the back of mind didn't become pain and if that didn't hit him at full force.
Portal, he needed a portal, he let himself get distracted, foolish, and maybe he had time to-
"Clockwork?!"
Damn, how did Daniel get here so fast?
"Clockwork?!" Called the young phantom as he neared, the time ghost's location.
He couldn't tell the child no could he? No then the child wonder why. He was already depressed this morning, and declining the offer might just make things worse.
Clockwork sighed for the umpteenth time, "seems I'm going to an amusement park today" he muttered. But the portal. It can wait Daniel's important.
As he finished his internal debate, he noticed a blur of black-and-white in front of him.
"Good morning Daniel, how are you?"
"Hey, Clockwork morning, I'm good, you busy?"
Yes. "Not at the moment particularly"
"Good, so guess where I'm taking you"
At that Clockwork shot him an incredulous look.
"Pfft, Ha ha, I'm sorry I just was wondering how long it would take you to keep it up", Danny said wiping a tear from his eye.
"You know I always wondered why you let us ask you questions even though you already know what they'll be".
"Simple Daniel, it's quite amusing".
"Pfft, you're looking for fun out of anything, aren't ya"
"Well, even I have my moments", replied the violet cloaked ghost with a nonchalant shrug.
"Ha, I knew it, so are you coming or not?"
"Very well, Daniel but don't expect me to do this all the time" said the Time Master sternly.
"Of course not, I know your job is important to the ghost zone and everything but You know... this is the fifth time you said that"
"Touché"