Chapter 1

Danny was flying at a low speed through the air some meters up above the forest. Trying to see where he was but so far there had been no signs for him to either recognize or help him get home. Which in itself wasn't so surprising considering that he had gotten to that forest be accident through one of Clockworks portals. So he had never been even close to this wood before.

At least he was happy that it wasn't raining, or snowing. He wasn't fully sure how warm or cold the air was, seeing how his ice core stopped him from feeling those kind of thing unless the where extreme. Still it could be better too, mostly he would have been glad if it had been day and not night. Only giving him the moon's light to help him search.

The occasional sound from among the trees was, on the other hand, not reassuring and was the head reason as to why he wasn't down on the ground. Flying was nice and so, as well with the advantage of knowing that he was not going in circles. At least he don't believe he was moving in circles. But it had to have been some hours now and still there had been not any sign of civilization. Not a single one. That, and the fact he was also hungry, was starting to make him feel anxious. He just wanted to get back to Clockwork's already.

Flying is one of the least energy taking abilities outside the ghostzone, yet Danny was getting tired, and he was getting tired fast. Taking a look down in to the forest he had a thought about finding a good tree to sleep under. Sounds rose from among the trees again and any idea of taking a rest in there was pushed aside. But he wouldn't be able to stay in the air for that much longer.

"I want to go back…"

As he had feared so did he soon have to land and since there wasn't really any point to be in his ghost form he shifted back to human form. He proceeded to walk in a so straight line he could, but there wasn't really any hope left that he would indeed find something.

A short while later though he would be prove to be wrong. He didn't find a house or even a road, and technically so wasn't it really 'him' that found something, but the other way around. At first so had he believed it to be a trick of the eye when he saw a glowing pink light floating between the trees. But then it had come closer, right up to him actually.

"…Please don't hurt me. I'm lost and I just want to get back home."

The pink little candle like ghost thingy with a golden heart on it's chest turned it's head to the side before giving out a little chirp at him. It then proceeded to fly closer and wrap it's tail around Danny's wrist. Making him flinch.

"L-let go!" The halfa would most likely be able to defeat this ghost if it came to a fight. But he was tired and lost and didn't want to spend his already low energy on a meaningless fight.

The little ghostly did of course not let go. It simply chirped at him some more as it tugged on him to follow. Not wanting to see where this one could possibly want to lead him Danny decided to pull a stunt.

The grip around his wrist wasn't slack but it wasn't overly tight either, so with one strong pull The boy got his arm back. And as soon as he was lose he ran. Trough ground vegetation, over rocks and between tree. There was a sharp shrill behind him but that didn't make him stop. Instead he tried to speed up a little.

Which is also why he fell down a slop that he hadn't been able to see in time. Efficiently hitting himself unconscious against a tree at the bottom at it. There might be a weak memory of the ghost circling above him while screaming worried tones but Danny is not sure about that being real or just in his head.

There was some time later that Danny started to come to again and the first thing he registered was that he was being carried. Worried and still not fully clear in his head yet, the boy tried to struggle out of the hold on him. He felt how the rather big arms and hands tightened a bit and how a gentle and deep voice echoed out.

"It's okay. We aren't going to harm you, you are safe."

It was clear that this was someone that Danny have never meet before, or at least he didn't recognize the voice speaking to him. Now a little more awake the child looked up at the one holding him. He saw a high amount of purple and a pair of… shades. Wasn't it still in the middle of the night? An odd time to wear shades.

But looking at them a little more the boy saw a light glow behind them and he also felt what was off with the male. Making him start to shiver.

"Ghost."

The tensing in the man's arms around him was not helping him in calming down as it also confirmed what he had said.

"Let g-go off me." That is when two other voices came in to play. Startling the child a little.

"Hey be careful. You hit your head quite badly. No point in risking hitting it worse." Came from a strict female voice.

"You don't need to be afraid. Lewis may be big but he is the friendliest person around. You are going to be okay." Was said by a more quieter, softer male voice.

When Danny tried to look at these two as well all he really saw was blue and yellow. His head was hurting so badly, too. A few tears fell down, from either fear or tiredness Danny didn't know. And his world was turning dark again. He had time to voice one last sentence before he fell asleep for a second time.

"I want to go home"