A/N: Welcome to the sequel of Protectors! If you haven't read that story yet, I suggest you do, or you might be a little lost. To those who have read that story, Welcome back! Now who's ready for some angst! Yes, this story will have angst... lots and lots of angst. But fear not! There will be fluffy parts! Yay for fluff! And its not like the last story's bit of fluff . but you'll have to wait till about chapter 4 for the first piece, and then it just gonna be dream fluff.

Disclaimer-I do not own Danny Phantom, or any of it's characters! But I own Esper... okay, so I don't own her name, it was inspired from a Final fantasy game, because of the rock around her neck.

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She looked around the familiar place, trying to find the one who lived here. 'Where could he be!' She sighed and started walking forward. She looked at the gears and clocks floating by in the background, hoping for a glimpse of either purple cloth or blue skin. She kept wondering the halls for what seemed like hours, slowly losing hope of finding the one she was searching for. 'Could he have left? But this is his tower!' She felt tears coming to her eyes and tried to hold them back.

'I'm alone now... All alone...'

Jazz was rudely woken from her dream when Danny slammed open her door and rushed into the room. "Danny! What have I told you about coming into my room with out knocking!" She sat up in her bed and lost her fury when she saw the worry on Danny's face. "Jazz, Mom and Dad are gone!" He handed her a note that he had clenched in his hand. She took it and smoothed it out.

"Dear Danny and Jazz,

Your father and I had an urgent business we had to take care of. We aren't sure when we will be finished with it, so we're leaving Jazz in charge. Should you need anything, we have left an ATM and a credit card in your names, please don't buy anything unnecessary. We're sorry we had to leave so suddenly. Be careful and know that we both love you!

Love, Maddie."

"What's going on?" She looked up at her brothers confused face and was reluctant to answer him. "I don't know Danny. I don't know."

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Clockwork watched as the Fenton siblings worry over their parents disappearance, knowing that there was nothing he could do to help.

"Hey ya Clockwork! What 'cha doin' there?" He turned and saw a ghost girl, 10 years old in appearance, floating behind him staring intently at the screen with red eyes. "What are you doing here Esper? I thought I told you you were never permitted here again." He asked in a tired voice. The girl shrugged, "I was bored back at my place. Besides, have I ever listened to you? Anyways who's the red head and spiky?" He repressed a sigh at the ghosts blunt disrespect. "None of your business, now go back to your own realm of the ghost zone." The girl rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue " Nuh uh, I don't wanna." Her eyes widened when she finally realized who the two were. "Those guys are Danny and Jazz Fenton aren't they! The ones that the Ancients said that you couldn't ever see again!"

Clockwork lost his patience with the girl. "Esper! Leave! NOW!" Esper looked at him, rolling her eyes "Alright! Alright! Geez, someones crabby." She opened a bluish portal with the red stone around her neck and went through. Clockwork looked back to the screen, remembering his meeting with the Ancient Ghosts right after the fiasco with Phantom.

Flash back

"Clockwork, we have heard from the Observers that you have severely meddled in the mortal realm. What do you say to this?" Clockwork looked up at the one of the seven purple robed ancient ghosts that had spoken. "I say that yes, I have meddled, but I have reason." Another Ancient ghost spoke up, "And this reason is?" Clockwork looked over at the speaker, "The reason is I was preventing the second halfa, Daniel Fenton, from becoming evil." The first ghost spoke again, so Clockwork turned back to face him. "And what about the human girl, Jasmine Fenton? What are your reasons for letting her coming to your realm numerous times?" He looked down, afraid to let the Ancients to see the emotion on his face as he knew what their reaction to his answer would be, "I have no reasons for that." Several shocked mutters broke out among the ghosts when they heard that until another voice spoke above the rest.

"ENOUGH!" The speaker waited until the mutters quieted down to speak again "Clockwork you have broken the most important law, and therefor you may not interfere in the lives of the Fentons, or any one around them." Clockwork looked up at the speaker with surprise "But what of Daniel? If I do not protect them, he may become like Phantom." The ghosts muttered for awhile before coming to a conclusion "We will deal with that should the problem arise. We are giving you the task of going to the mortal realm one last time, and remove the device that allows Jasmine Fenton to travel to your tower." Clockwork nodded solemnly and disappeared into a portal and reappeared in Jazz's room.

He looked around and saw the device laying on her dresser, along with a medallion that he had given her when he rescued her from Skulker. 'They said only to take the device...' He floated over and picked up the device before thinking, 'I have to say good bye...' He turned invisible and teleported himself to the hospital where she was last and saw her talking to Danny and Sam. He watched as her parents came barging into the room, which let her escape from her brothers questioning. He followed her as she walked down the halls to a lounge like area.

He then came up right behind her and spoke into her ear, "You do know that you'll have to answer him eventually right?" Clockwork smiled as she jumped and looked around. She looked worried so he wrapped an arm around her and took her hand in his, assuring her that he was there. "What are you doing here?" He chuckled at the question, it seemed everyone was wondering that "The same thing you are, avoiding being questioned."

It was the truth, the others were going to bug him for answers, The Observers were most likely going to be the worst. Unconsciously he started to rub her hand with his thumb. "Those green floating things that were talking to you earlier?" She asked. He nodded his head till he remembered that he was invisible, "Yes. They're called Observers. They watch over time much like I do, but they have no power to control it. So they have me do their deeds for them." She nodded against him. "So what did you do to get in trouble?" He sighed, he knew she was smart enough to know he was in trouble. "I broke the only real rule that I am suppose to follow by meddling in this time period." He could here the confusion in her voice when she asked, "What does that mean?"

He decide since he was in enough trouble as it was he might as well let her see him as he said goodbye. He became visible once more and turned her so she faced him and gave a sad smile. Looking at her face he had an urge to touch it so he raised on of his gloved hands to caress her cheek. "It means..." He didn't want to do it, but he knew he must. "Good bye..." He had no clue why he leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers in a soft kiss. He pulled back and looked at her with sorrow "And I'm sorry." He raised his staff and pushed the button on top and disappeared in a flash of light and reappeared at his tower, felling strange emotions that a ghost shouldn't normally feel.

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A/N: Okay first chapter is done! Jack and Maddie are gone, and I gave Clockwork's point of view of the last chapter of Protectors. And I know some people think that Clockwork could have been one of the Ancient ghosts that defeated Pariah Dark first, but that wouldn't work for my story, so I made it like this...

The seven Ancient ghosts- They pretty much rule over everything. They don't interfere in the mortal plane, but watch over it and the ghost zone to make sure they don't destroy themselves. They also usually have those below them to do their work for them.

Observers, Clockwork, Esper, and others- they are stronger then normal ghosts, but weaker then the Ancients. They follow rules that the Ancients set up for them and live in there own homes in a far area of the ghost zone.

Ghosts like Skulker, Ember, Johnny 13, etc. -They have only heard of the others in legends and have no clue about the monarchy.

That sound plausible to you guys? And Esper will be kinda important later. I'll try my best to make her seem real and not like a Mary sue. If you're, for some unknown reason, interested in what she looks like, tell me in your review and I'll tell you when I reply to you, but I wasn't going to put it in the story cause I dislike it when authors do that, it interrupts the whole story line you know? And please sign in, I can't not answer any questions that you have unless you sign in!