I don't know where this came from, I was just sitting in my room and thinking and it just came to me so I had to get it down.
The title I got from EmptyHeart because I begged her to help me come up with one. It's German for "My Skeletons". Cryptic, no? Said she got it from something called...eh...Shaman King or something like that...I dunno, never heard of it.
Anyway...
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. Nor do I own the song that Stopwatch is singing, sue me I forgot who sung it and what it's called.
Oh, and if you really want to understand this story, check out my one-shot 'Time Snap'.
1: Shackles of Your Sentiment
"Get out of here, you little brat!" Ghostwriter shouted, shaking a fist at the retreating figure of Stopwatch, "If I ever find out how to write you into one of my books I'll lock you in a world of hurt, you little monster! Go on! Get out of here!"
Stopwatch laughed at him and sped off, looping loops and spiraling through the Ghost Zone, a smile on her face. She had spent most of the morning with Clockwork, as she usually did, and had then gone to bother Ghostwriter. He always made her laugh and you would have thought he would learn not to sleep in the middle of the day with his writing gear left out for her to get her hands on. That's why he had a brand new moustache and bigger eyebrows and a heart on his left cheek.
"The stars will cry their blackest tears tonight. This is the moment that I live for, I can smell the ocean air." Stopwatch enjoyed human world music when she could get her hands on it, "Here I am, pouring my heart unto these rooftops. Just a ghost to the world. That's exactly, exactly what I-OWW!"
Stopwatch cried out as she slammed into something and scooted backwards, rubbing her head and readjusting her glasses. Her gray-blue eyes traveled slowly up the towering figure that stood before her and widened as they did so. A white gloved hand whipped out and strong fingers closed around her neck, lifting her up so that she was eye level with a pair of glowing green orbs.
"This area's restricted…!" Snarled an accented voice, "You're not allowed here. This is my prison space and unless you're a convict or one of my men you'd best be one your way…!"
"Let go of me!" Stopwatch gasped, struggling, "You can't…treat people like this…! Let GO!" She blasted him with a beam of blue ectoplasm and the white suited ghost dropped her. She backed off slightly but didn't run yet.
"You hit a superior…" The ghost growled at her, holding a hand over the smoldering spot at his side, "That's against the rules…"
He lunged at her but someone swept into his path, knocking his hand aside with a staff.
"Clockwork!"
"Get out of here, Stopwatch…!"
"You're helping a convict escape, Time Master!" Sneered the other ghost, "If I'm not mistaken, that's against the rules too…!"
"Back off, Walker!" Clockwork snapped, his violet cloak swirling about him, "She doesn't understand your rules!"
"But you do!" Walker replied and blew a whistle, motioning with his hand, "Men, arrest the Ghost of Time!"
"What!? You can't do that!" Stopwatch screamed, "Clockwork!"
"Go, Stopwatch, now!" He whirled about, knocking away the armored ghosts that were converging on him, "Walker can't hold me for long…! Now go! And quickly!" One of them grabbed his staff and another wrapped their arms around his shoulders, "Get out of here! Protect the thermos!" His red eyes locked with her own gray-blue ones for a brief moment, "GO!"
She shot off like a rocket, tears flying from her eyes, the Ghost Zone speeding past her in a blur as she headed for Clockwork's lair. This was all her fault. She'd screwed up so bad this time and there was no way she could fix it!
Clockwork watched her go, his arms cuffed behind his back, his staff in the hands of one of Walker's men, and sighed heavily. Walker chuckled and kicked the Ghost of Time in the gut, cracking the glass over the clock and pendulum in his middle. He cried out, doubling over.
"Tch, even the great Master of Time obeys my laws!" Snarled Walker, an evil grin on his face, "You think you're above me, don't you Clockwork? Well, I've got news for you, punk, you're anything but!" He punched the other ghost in the face and laughed, "You know where I want 'im, throw him in and I'll deal with him later! And then get me the little brat who tore my suit…!"
Clockwork allowed himself to be dragged into Walker's prison, head hanging. A small smile traced his blue lips, red eyes glinting with pain and a hint of triumph. Walker was going to get it bad now. Especially since he'd pissed Stopwatch off so bad. The only thing that worried the Ghost of Time was the thermos. The time stream could take care of itself, he had things set up to take care of that, but it was the unprotected thermos containing Dan Phantom that bothered him some. There were so many things that could go wrong without him there to make sure no one touched it…
Stopwatch stood in front of Clockwork's screen, starring at it, hesitant to use it. Her eyes still burned from the tears she'd been crying for the past ten minutes. She was furious with herself. Damn, she was so mad. She'd run away like a coward when she could have helped Clockwork. But then she wasn't exactly a talented ghost. All she could do was mend the fabric of reality and that she barely held power over anyway. She'd have to make a choice. Either cower here and protect that 'thermos' Clockwork had been so worried about or…
"Danny Fenton!" Stopwatch's voice shook, cracked and, rose a half-octave as she said the boy's name to the shimmering, glowing screen.
The colors shifted, blurred, and solidified. Stopwatch gasped in horror, sinking to her knees shaking her head.
"How…how did this happen…!?"
The screen obliged.
A little short, I know, but it's going to get bloody in the next chapter so I'd watch out if I were you. Blood and terror, that's what it is. And someone loses something. That's not a very good spoiler because you could take that anywhere. And those of you who've actually read my 'Cause and Effect: Teaser' know what's coming up…
Please review for me! Reviews spawn more chapters from the dark depths of my angst-filled mind and make Lollipops get stuck to Walker's stupid, clean white suit! XD