Danny POV

"An inter-dimensional... what exactly?"

Clockwork sighed. "An inter-dimensional tranporter. With that, you can travel to a different reality. It has been stolen, and I want you to get it back." "But why me?" I asked him. Clockwork showed me a picture of Vlad. "Because he is the one who stole it."

I left for Vlad's mansion. I phased through his front door, searching for Vlad. But the house was too big, and I couldn't find him. "Well, if I can't find him, then he'll have to find me," I told myself, and I started breaking stuff and making a lot of noise. Finally I heard some footsteps. Vlad entered the room, and he didn't look happy. He was surprised when he saw me floating in the air, and he changed into his ghost form.

"Daniel? What is the meaning of this!? Why are you destroying my house!?" he asked me. I sighed. "Your house is too big. I couldn't find you." Vlad tried with all his might not to get angry. He failed. He shot an ecto-beam at me, so I turned intangible. After shooting it, he looked cooled down. Of course he wasn't, but at least I was able to talk to him now. As securance, I loaded a freeze-ray in my hand. "Did you come all this way just to pick a fight with me?" "Shut it, Plasmius, return the inter... the thing you stole!" He laughed. "I don't recall stealing something, Daniel." Just then, he dropped the transporter. It fell on the ground, which took very long, because we were both floating high in the air. I chased it, and picked it up from the ground. I wasn't sure why, but Vlad didn't go after the thing he dropped. He shot me with another beam. "You meant that thing? You can have it. It doesn't work anyway. Now go away!" He loaded another beam, so I quickly phased through his wall and left his house.

I was flying through the Ghost Zone, and I had almost reached Clockwork's place when I started thinking. Why did he just give it to me? He said it didn't work. But then, why would he steal it in the first place? And why would Clockwork go through the trouble of calling for my help to get it back? I looked at the transporter. Is it really broken? Suddenly, a light turned on. I panicked. "How do I put this off? There's gotta be some way... Maybe if I try pressing..." I couldn't finish my sentence, because I had accidently pressed the wrong button, and I saw nothing but light. I looked at it. Unexpectedly, it wasn't too bright for my eyes. In fact, it wasn't bright at all. It felt like it took forever, but then finally it disappeared. I closed my eyes. I heard an overwhelming sound. Then I fainted.

I woke up, lying on something that felt like a street. Surprisingly, it was. I was lying on the middle of the road. I'm lucky I haven't been killed by a car. I looked around. I wasn't in the Ghost Zone anymore. Everything looked like a messed-up version of Amity Park. All the houses and the streets were empty. Most of the streetlights were broken, or even cut in half. Most windows were also broken.

I stood up, and I noticed I had changed into human form. I walked around the street, but I couldn't find anyone. "Where is everyone? What happened here?" After a while, I reached Casper High. I looked at it. Broken windows, graffiti, and one room with light burning. The first so far. I changed into Danny Phantom and went inside, which was easy, because the front door was open. I walked through the hallways when I got the feeling I was being watched. I looked around, but I couldn't see anyone. "Hello?" I tried, but there was no response. Still, I couldn't let go of the feeling of being stalked. I walked on.

"NOW!"

A lot of people came out of the lockers, holding guns. They shot me with it, and I saw a lot of green light coming my way. When it had reached me, I felt enormous pain, and I couldn't help but scream. But during that scream, I could hear a small laugh before passing out again.

I woke up in a cage made out of pure ghost shield. No bars, or anything that made it look like a normal cage. I looked around, but I was in an empty room. I changed into Danny Fenton, walked out of the cage, and changed back to Danny Phantom. I walked out of the room, noticing I was once again in the hallways. I walked through, being more careful this time. Suddenly, I heard voices. I went to take a look, and I found Dash en Kwan talking to each other. They were both wearing jumpsuits, and somehow, they looked different. Stronger. I wanted to know what they were talking about, so I turned intangible and came closer, but suddenly, an alarm Kwan had with him went off, and in an instant they grabbed ecto-guns and shot around. I was having a hard job dodging everything, and after a very long minute they stopped.

"Think we got it?" Dash said. "I think so. Nothing can dodge so many shots," Kwan replied. It? Nothing? Have I been promoted to a 'thing'? Great.

"Guys, what's keeping you? The next meeting is about to start!" a voice said. And around the corner, Paulina showed up. She was wearing the same jumpsuit as Dash and Kwan, her hair in a ponytail, and no make-up. She was less beautiful like this, but she didn't seem to care. "Sorry, we're coming." And the three of them walked away. Meeting? I have to see that if I want to find out what's going on. But I have to keep my distance this time. And I followed the trio all the way to the auditorium.