Here is, wait for it… wait for it… the prologue of Book Two!!!! I hope everyone likes it!!! Personally, this is my favorite book! Please review after you're done reading!!!

Prologue

Mañana

The sun shone into the opening of Mañana's room, waking him up. With a groan, he sat up from his bed and stretched. He looked around his golden room and sighed. He wasn't really looking forward to the day's events. Reluctantly, Mañana stood up and pulled up his thin white silk covers in order to make his bed. His room was pretty empty. On one golden wall was a large mirror; next to it, a golden dresser. In the corner was his bed made out of, you guessed it, golden bricks. The whole city was made out of gold, in fact. Nothing had really changed for centuries and during those centuries everything in the Founder's Land was just peachy. Well, not anymore. Mañana walked over to one of his 'windows' and looked out onto the courtyard. Fellow founders walked and talked about the city's latest gossip. Most of it was about the people's lives on earth; what latest stunt somebody pulled, a new engagement, an interesting murder, and more stuff like that. Mañana couldn't help but be amused by all of it. It had been at least a century since he had been on earth and much more for other people in the city. Everyone's favorite pastime was spying on the humans. Except for Mañana; he was busy with more important matters. Such as saving the humans or at least figuring out what Cavanaugh was up to. Yes, times were changing in the Founder's Land, and he was afraid that it wasn't for the better. Cavanaugh was one of the newer founders and he didn't really understand what founders were supposed to do. Founders were a different kind of ghosts; people with responsibilities that they had to uphold. Cavanaugh was too hung up in the founders' past to see beyond that. He wanted power; he wanted to rule everything. Which, in Mañana's opinion, wasn't very original. Mañana was supposed to be Cavanaugh's mentor and to keep an eye on him. His first responsibility was granted by the Elder Founders; his second, an unofficial one from Clockwork. Yep, he and Clockwork were buddies; as Mañana liked to think of it. Clockwork often warned him of the future and had given him a subtle hint that Cavanaugh was bad news. Knowing that Clockwork wasn't someone to doubt, he had followed the orders. Suddenly, a knock on his door, golden of course, interrupted his thoughts.

"Mañana!" a feminine voice called, "May I come in?"

"Elizabeth!" he replied happily, "Yes, please do!"

A young woman entered the room and softly closed the door. She had long flowing blond hair that went down to her waist. In her hair, she had a large white lily. She wore a white strapless sundress that extended to her ankles where a gold anklet showed. Mañana had to admit that he was getting sick of all this gold. Elizabeth had soft blue eyes, a short perky nose, and dimples when she happened to smile.

"Did you hear the announcement?" she asked, her heavenly voice sounding urgent.

"No." Mañana answered, confused.

"Cavanaugh is calling everyone to the stairs of the Palace." Elizabeth continued, "The fliers said it was important."

"Cavanaugh wrote them?" he asked, getting angry, "He has no position of authority!"

"He does now. The Elder Founders have passed, all of them! Cavanaugh claims that before they did, they proclaimed him king."

"King! We have no king; we have Leaders! And… wait… the Elders have all passed? This is terrible. What are we going to do?!"

"I don't know, Mañana. I really don't, but perhaps we should go to the Palace. It could give us some answers."

He glanced out of his window quickly to discover that the courtyard was now empty.

"Perhaps you're right." He told Elizabeth, "Let's go."

With that, the duo exited Mañana's room and hurried down the courtyard to the Palace's steps where a crowd has already assembled. Mañana pushed his way to the front with Elizabeth at his heels. Cavanaugh was standing elegantly at the top of the grand stairs where a podium stood. He was a handsome young man with light brown hair and piercing hazel eyes. He wore a sly grin as he prepared to speak to the whole of the city.

"My fellow founders," he said as he began his speech, "for centuries our people have lived in secret in our wondrous land with important, yes, important responsibilities to keep the course of the earth going smoothly. Long ago, at a time that none of us have lived through but we do know about, our people ruled both this world and the humans' world. Our beautiful Founders' Land covered the whole of the Ghost Zone and our prosperous lives stretched to the humans. Then, all of that changed when suddenly the current king decided that we should change all of that. He destroyed the strong bond between our zone and earth so it could only be reached through portals. He destroyed the grand monarchy in favor of what he called a fair leadership."

At this point of his speech, Mañana was appalled. That wasn't how it had happened at all! He was lying to the other founders! Mañana hoped that they would remember what they were taught. He looked around desperately in despair to find that his hopes were a lost cause. They were all listening intently and seemed to be hanging on every word.

"The Elders put me in charge before they passed so I could stand here now and say this to you. I have a proposition for all of you. Join me as a newfound Founder of Yesterday and help me claim earth back for ourselves or risk being sent into exile."

That kind of put everybody into shock. Mañana, himself, was a little bit surprised. Everything was silent; it kind of creeped him out. He looked over at Elizabeth who had a scared but determined face set upon her face. He gave her a reasurring nod which she returned.

"Well?" Cavanaugh spoke up angrily, "Any response?"

The founders looked around at each other nervously. A few smiled and walked up the stairs to join Cavanaugh. Mañana gave them a disapproving eye. They were all younger ones that had joined the founders the same time as Cavanaugh. It suddenly occurred to him that they had all planned this together with Cavanaugh as their leader. Cavanaugh smiled evilly.

"Nobody else? Well, I'm going to have to do this then. I really don't want to."

Cavanaugh snapped his fingers and five more young founders emerged from the Palace and came running towards the remaining founders.

"Oh, no." Mañana whispered, "Come with me, Elizabeth!"

Mañana grabbed her hand and ran for the safest place he knew of; the cove.

Yay!! Book Two has officially begun!! I hope everyone likes it! I know that it's kind of confusing because right now there isn't really anything to do with danny phantom. Or… it seems that way. Please review!!!! And if you do please add what kind of shipper you are!! I greatly appreciate it!! Thanks!!!

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