Magician of Time
Prologue

Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not Danny Phantom.

Far away, in another dimension, there was a tower. A clock tower, to be precise. It was located on a floating island in a place called The Ghost Zone. Now, here lived a very powerful ghost named Clockwork, who was the master of all time. His tower was filled with clocks, gears and screens so that he could keep an eye on all time lines and make sure that all is as it should be. And being the Master of Time, he saw everything, including the small pink and white blur that flew behind him.

"Rose Ghoul," the cloaked ghost said, his eyes never leaving the screen. "What are doing here? I thought I told you that your not allowed to be here unless we were having a lesson. And if memory serves, lessons were two days ago."

With a sad look on her face, the white haired ghost girl, or Rose, as Clockwork had called her, stepped out from behind a large gear, her hot pink eyes staring straight at him.

"I missed you. And I wanted to show you something." Rose said, eyes beginning to water. "Please don't be mad."

Clockwork huffed and spun around, intending to reprimand the young ghost and send her home. His plans, however, quickly changed when he saw her desolate face. Smiling, he opened his arms toward her. "Come here child." He said. Rose wiped her nose but made no other movement.

He sighed and waved her over. "Don't be afraid. You know I won't bite." The little ghost giggled slightly and slowly made her way to Clockwork, who immediately scooped her up into a hug once she was within reach.

"Now," he began, summoning a chair and placing a now smiling Rose in his lap. "what is it that you so desperately wanted to show me?"

Rose's face immediately lit up. "Watch this!" She flew from his lap and hovered a few feet in front of him. She then disappeared from sight. About a minute later, she reappeared in the farthest corner of the room. "I can be invisible longer now!" She shouted to the elder ghost. Clockwork clapped with pride for the ghoul, who had obviously spent lots of time and energy practicing the trick.

"Very good Rose. You've gained much control over your powers." He praised. Suddenly, a thought struck him. He turned to his screens and began playing of footage of the past, asking Rose, "Have you been practicing at again?"

The girl, who had come back to her mentor, began to fidget and avoided eye contact with him."Well...um...I..." She looked down and sighed. "Yes."

Clockwork shook his head as he saw, on his screen, the ghost look around before entering an empty room and practicing her invisibility and aim with her ghost rays. "Rose Ghoul, how many times have I told you, your not allowed to use your powers unless your with me or Pandora!" He barked. "It's too dangerous. What if someone had seen you?"

The Elder ghost began to mumble to himself and look over the footage, looking carefully to make sure no one had seen the younger ghost. He only barely noticed the soft whimpering coming from the other side of the room. Clockwork turned around to see Rose had sat in a corner and was hugging her knees, crying.

Seeing her tears was the equivalent of a punch to the face for the old ghost. He instantly regretted his actions and scrambled to think of something to cheer the ghost girl up. "Rose?" He asked floating carefully toward her. "I'm sorry I yelled. Could you forgive me?"

Rose looked up at him and sniffled a bit before nodding. "I'm sorry I didn't listen." She stood up and hugged her mentor, who in turn picked her up and held her close.

"Your mother made it look so easy." He said quietly, stroking the girls hair.

"I miss her." Rose said before yawning and rubbing eyes.

"I miss her as well." He moved to pick up his staff, which he had set down, and waved it, creating a small blue portal. "It's time for you to go back to ."

The girl crossed her arms and pursed her lips. "Do I have too?"

"I'm afraid so. I'll see you next week though."

"Ok." Rose let go and floated to the portal. Just before entering, she turned around and said," I love you daddy." Then she disappeared into the portal.

Clockwork sighed and went back to his duties. "I love you to Rose." He whispered, even though he knew she was gone.

So that is the Prologue for Magician of Time. This is my first multi-chartered story, so please bear with me. I should mention that Rose belongs my friend ThatGhostGhoul. Reviews are highly appreciated and please, no flames. -Bookworm