Ghastly World

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Victorious now and never will

A/N: You will enjoy this, I know you will, so give it a chance my friends. Now I've decided to replace "New Life" with this due to a request, or really a point, made to me by a friend. Nobody was interested in the story due to certain elements. I believe this story will not fail to please, so enjoy!

A/N: Got some advice from multi-shipper girl. If you haven't already, which I am certain you have by now, check out her story "forks in the road"!

Chapter 1 (Looming Danger)

Behind Beck's home was a large, circular pool with a small hot tub that rested on the left side. Resting in the hot tub were best friends, Andre and Beck. Beck was on the left side of the hot tub with his arms stretched out on the ground behind him. "Hey Andre, how do you think Jade's faring having to work with Tori?" Andre, who was sitting on the right side and shifting his fingers through the bubbling water, glanced up at his best friend with a wry chuckle.

"My guess, they're either at each other's throats or having the time of their lives, you can never tell with those two." With Jade and Tori, they were either best friends or worst enemies, it always seemed to depend on their mood. Most of the time, they never got along. It was just a constant battle that needed to end.

"Well they're working on something for Sikowitz, so hopefully if there's any problems, he'll be able to take care of it." Beck reached back and grabbed the red cup of tea next to his hand and pulled it to his lips. "So how's the dating life with Tori going, man? You two have been dating for about a week, right?" Andre's eyes brightened momentarily and he nodded his head.

"Yeah, it's great. She's awesome. Her dad's pretty strict though when it comes to the whole dating thing." That wasn't a big surprise, fathers usually were when it came to their daughters, but David never seemed like he would be all that hard because he didn't seem that bad before the two began dating. "Though despite that fact, he's pretty cool about it. He's already taken me golfing and given me the whole spill about dating his daughter." Beck laughed and set his drink down as Andre leaned back against the edge of the hot tub.

"It's okay, Jade's dad did the same to me when we began dating."

"Her dad did?" Andre's eyebrows rose up in a stunned silence as he watched his best friend nod his answer. "You mean the guy that seems to hate his daughter?"

"I wouldn't say they hate each other." On the contrary, there was a whole other side to Jade that only Beck saw, she never really let it out. She and her dad may not appear to get along on the surface, but they do care about each other on a much deeper level. "Ever since her mom died a few years ago, her dad really cracked down and got really busy with work in order to take care of her. He cares the world about her, and yes, he's extremely strict. Probably more so than Tori's dad."

"I can imagine." Andre moved his eyes down towards the crystal water and sighed, it was a sad fact, but the group all had something in common with the fact that they'd lost someone important to them. All except Tori, her parents were still alive. Andre lost both of his parents due to mysterious circumstances, all he knew was they died in a fire. Beck lost his mother when she was killed by what appeared to be a wolf. Jade was the one who really remembered what happened to her mother, but she couldn't explain how a tornado appeared in the middle of a clear day. Her dad said that her mom was fighting something. "Didn't Jade say her mom was fighting depression or something when she died?" Beck looked up and carefully shrugged his shoulders, he never gave much thought to it as Jade never really talked about it.

"I'm not sure it was depression. All Jade and I really know is her mom was outside somewhere when a storm started up. A tornado touched down a few miles away, clear as the day itself, and she never came back home…" Andre frowned and leaned his head back. The men silenced for a moment, giving respect to Jade's mother. Maybe she was still out there somewhere, maybe not, there was no reason to live in the past. "From day to day, Andre, I try to tell Jade to not let her mom's disappearance get the better of her. She tries to act so tough because of it, she says she feels weak if she lets herself cry."

"Nah, it's not weak, it just means she's human."

"Tell that to her." Beck lifted his eyes up and Andre chuckled. His eyelids shut as he slowly sat up. It wasn't just those three either, the group had a soft spot for Robbie. His father passed away when he was young, and ever since then he would carry around a gift that his father gave to him when he was just a child. The last gift ever given to him by his father, it was the reason they never openly tried to force him to give up Rex. None of them were really depressed over having lost a parent in their lifetime, they managed to cope well enough, despite it being a difficult road. However, it did shape them into who they were. "She's strong though, but she needs to learn to get along with people."

"Yeah, I agree."

At the school, despite the fact that it was a Saturday, Jade and Tori were seated in Sikowitz's classroom listening to him rant on about something they deemed insane. He was holding a coconut in his right hand and wearing a tie-dye shirt with raggedy blue jeans. The girls jumped as he smacked the coconut onto his desk and grinned widely. "So are you going to do it."

"Maybe…" Jade looked at Tori with narrow eyes, then glanced back at the teacher, unsure of how or why she got pit with her. Perhaps because Sikowitz was pissed at her due to the whole play a few weeks back and draining Tori of all that blood. "But it's a myth, you're telling us it's real. Are we basing this play on a myth or reality?"

"It's reality, Jade."

"I don't know…" He was talking about some object that could bring the living back to life. He also said he had psychedelic visions of people with great power. It made Jade a bit uncomfortable, due to the fact that she had been there when her mom was lifted into that tornado. She could never explain, nor had she told anybody, not even Beck, that it looked like her mom caused the tornado somehow.

It happened four years ago, she snuck out from home when her mother told them to stay inside. That she had something to deal with, her dad said she was getting into a fight. She followed her mom, and that's when she saw him, a man with dark black wings and wielding a scythe. He bore black clothing and chains around his legs. He wanted her mother, wanted her power or something, Jade couldn't understand it. Then the strange things had taken place, the stuff she couldn't bear to tell anyone because she knew they wouldn't believe her. Her mom would move her arms, and with her movement, it looked as though she controlled the wind, the lightning, the thunder, every weather condition possible. It was a long and grueling battle, but the dark angel looked to be winning toward the end, he was going to make her mother evil!

Then her mother looked at her, tears in her eyes and with a stern look in her eyes. Jade could tell her mother wanted her to run, wanted her to leave. How had she known she was even there? In a swift motion, the dark angel threw a sickle shaped blast at her. Her mother jumped into the path, taking the blow from behind and looked into Jade's eyes, then ordered her to leave. Frozen with fear, she couldn't do so, but her mom shouted at her one final time, and Jade immediately took action and ran back to the house, back into her father's arms. It wasn't ten minutes later, they saw the tornado strike down in the distance. Jade stared on in silence, wondering if her mother had won, but after that, her mom never came back home.

Tori could sense some discomfort coming from Jade, she attributed that to the fact that she was a people person. It was like she could always feel how others were feeling. She decided to move on with the subject and get on to the play. "So what you're saying Mr. Sikowitz, is that you want us to write and do a play with three actors. One with a bad guy with strange powers who kills someone and another person has to find the object and revive that person, then bring down the bad guy?"

"Yes!" Sikowitz jumped for joy and held his wide grin at Tori. "It's believable too because it's real!"

"Real?" Tori raised her eyebrow and straightened herself up in her seat, staring at her teacher curiously. "I don't think people can have powers, nor is there an object that can revive someone. I mean, if that were the case, wouldn't their be like…I don't know, a lot of crazy stuff happening?"

"Hey, don't doubt what the milk gives me." Sikowitz laughed and the girls glanced oddly at each other. A sudden knocking was heard at the door and the teacher turned to see Sinjin entering with a small cart. He had some equipment that Sikowitz requested he grab for him. "Thank you Sinjin."

"Any time, sir." Sinjin looked over to Jade with a smile, causing her to roll her eyes in disgust. Tori knew Jade didn't like him, but wasn't sure why. She too didn't care much for Sinjin, something inside her just seemed to keep her away from him, she was pretty sure it was because he was both creepy and weird. "Hey Jade, what are you doing Monday?"

"Playing volleyball with your head if you don't get away from me." Sinjin's eyes drooped to the ground and he gave a defeated sigh. He was always being rejected, at least by them. It didn't matter, though, relationships were the furthest thing from his mind.

"I'll go now." With a final glance at the girls, he turned around and walked away. Sikowitz raised his eyebrows and quickly returned his attention to the women, he tried to stay out of the student's personal lives if it could be helped. Though they were sometimes like family to him Yes, family, he would be devastated if anything happened to them.

In the park, Trina was standing with Robbie and Cat in front of the center park fountain. Robbie and Cat were seated on the marble stone border of the fountain. Cat was silently brushing her hand through the water of the running fountain and eyeing the spouting water while the wind blew cool mist from the water onto her face and hair. Robbie watched her with a pleasant expression on his face. He felt Rex move and looked down at him, whispering something to the puppet, looking up only to see both Cat and Trina looking at him with a flash of detest. "Sorry…"

"Robbie, let me give you some advice." Trina placed her hand on Robbie's shoulder and pointed at the puppet. "That thing is keeping you from getting any women. I know it was a gift from your father, but you don't need to carry it around everywhere you go."

"I know, but…I can't explain it, he's just my best friend. I don't have anyone else to talk to…" Cat lifted her hand and tucked her hair behind her while gazing quietly looking at him. She did think he was attractive, but the fact that he carried around the puppet wherever he went really bothered her. She didn't want to be vain though, but she knew he needed some confidence and he had to put down the damn puppet.

"You have all of us, Robbie. Andre, Beck, Tori, Trina, Jade, and myself. We like to talk to you." Robbie chuckled nervously as Rex turned his head to Robbie. What Rex knew that Robbie didn't understand, was that before his father died, he was able to use some power to animate the puppet. He knew Robbie would need a friend and until he made friends of his own, until he didn't need that puppet anymore, there was where Rex would stay animate. Cat smiled calmly and placed her hand on Robbie's. Robbie looked to her hand and started to sweat. His heart began pounding and his body started to heat up. "You don't have to talk through the puppet, you just need to say what you feel."

"H-How can I? I mean I do, but Rex really does talk on his own. I'm serious!" Cat eyed him pitifully and Trina groaned, of course neither of them could possibly understand why Robbie would still claim Rex had a personality of his own.

Rex did have a personality, he did talk. He may not have a soul, but Robbie could never discount the nights and the days that Rex would blurt something out all his own. While sitting on Robbie's lap, Rex closed his eyes and spoke. "There are some forces in this world, ladies, that people do not understand. Some forces that such feeble minds can't comprehend." Cat rolled her eyes at Robbie while Trina stared at the puppet with irritation.

"Okay Robbie, either you stop using the puppet or I'm going to put it through that wood chipper again like Tori did." Robbie gasped and quickly stood up, holding Rex tightly. "And what does that even mean, some things people can't comprehend?"

"The world is filled with surprises and wonder. You know this from the many mysteries that to this day nobody is able to solve." Trina raised her eyebrow and Cat looked over to Robbie with curiosity. "There's a great amount of untold secret in this world, the universe and the galaxies that surround it." Robbie was confused, these words didn't seem to come from Rex, but from something, or someone else. Strangely, it sounded like something his father would say, but that was impossible. Wasn't it? Cat tilted her head and moved her eyes to the puppet.

"Robbie, what is he talking about now?" Rex's eyes flashed and he moved his head around a bit.

"What's everybody staring at? Go mind your own business. You don't know what I got!" Trina rolled her eyes and grabbed Rex's neck.

"Now that sounds like Rex. Give me him."

"H-Hey!" Trina pulled the puppet away from Robbie, then madly tossed him onto the ground. She'd given up by now, there was no talking to Robbie about his obsession with that damn puppet. Rex moaned from the ground while Trina started to walk away. "They ask me to talk about the damn puppet, but forget it. I'm not doing it. I give up, he can be obsessed with the doll the rest of his life for all I care."

Robbie reached down and lifted Rex from the ground, patting the grass off of him. Cat gazed at Robbie with worry, then looked away. Maybe Trina was right. She frowned and slowly shook her head, her heart was beginning to sink. Why couldn't Robbie be his own person, without the puppet? Robbie looked at her apologetically and she smiled back at him. "It's okay Robbie, maybe we can walk around a bit."

"Yeah, that sounds good."

"Okay!" The two friends started walking down the sidewalk, they wanted to catch up with Trina and try to convince her to walk with them. That was, if she wasn't too fed up.

Miles away, a man in a brown cloak ran down a long stony path, his brown shoes made a muffled stomp with each hurried step he took. The man was Danny Marcus, the same Danny who dated Cat Valentine and Tori Vega. He panted with every step, why did his master have to live so far away? Why did his master have a driveway nearly a mile long? His master wanted to meet up with him, he had important news concerning his plan. Words spoken to him by the master rang aloud in his mind, a deep crimson voice.

The God of Fire, The Elemental King, the Angel Princess, the Strong Warrior, the Queen of Storms, the Psychic Lord, and the Shapeshifter. In order to obtain total domination, I need these souls. These powers under me, in order to enslave the earth.

Danny's throat tightened as he started to run faster, he could not be late. If he was late, he was screwed. His master was the Angel of Death, the dark leader of the shadows, of hell, ruler of the demons. He was incredibly powerful, but not strong enough to take over the world on his own. He needed these powers by his side in order to enslave all of humanity.

"In order to enslave humanity, I also first must take out the high angel. However, I am not strong enough to destroy the head angel. Now be here in thirty minutes, do not be late.

Well it was nearly forty minutes and he felt that he was as good as dead. Finally he made it to the door. Bending over and placing his hands upon his knees, he made several breathless and hard pants before lifting his hand up to knock. His closed hand sailed through the air. Stunned, Danny looked up and saw the door had opened and his master was glaring down at him.

The master wore a dark black robe with some patterned designs at his sleeves. He bore shoulder pads and a belt with a circular, dimpled buckle, like a black golf ball. Both shoulder pads and the belt had glowing blue lights coming from their centers. Dagger shaped ornaments hung from the buckle and flowed with the creases of the robe reaching towards his feet. From the waist up, a symbol that looked almost like a snowflake, cut off in the form of a V at the top, which was where the robe opened to reveal a small portion of the muscular chest. His black hood covered a portion of his face, showing only glowing eyes and a pointed jaw. The top of his hood had a fire symbol. In his hand he held a long scythe. The back of his robe had two large holes in which his thick, onyx colored wings could escape from.

"You are late."

"I am sorry, I promise it will not happen again!"

"It better not…Come." The man grabbed Danny and pulled him inside, tossing him on the couch. "Now let me discuss to you what must happen."

"Yes sir." Danny watched as his boss walked to a polished oak table and set his hand upon what appeared to be a gun of some sort. "What is that?"

"This is a weapon, I have put some of my power into this. Now, I will explain my goal for enslaving humanity…" The man turned to him and narrowed his eyes slowly. "You see, the earth is filled with boring, pathetic humans, there's nothing unique about the good majority of them. This you should know. However in this world, there are those unique souls, the ones with special abilities. These are the souls I need to lead my armies, to join me in the fight against the Angels and to take over this poor excuse of a planet."

"How do you intend to do that, sir? You said it yourself, you can't beat the head angel." Danny didn't want to appear to doubt his master's powers, the destructive capability the man had. His master looked to him, and with a grunt, lifted his eyes up to the deep crimson colored wall.

"This is correct. However with these powers on my side, I can win. These powers are from a distinct line of ancient warriors that lived centuries ago. Descendants. The holders of these honorable powers are not aware they have them, I believe this to be a good thing."

"How? If they don't know they exist, they obviously aren't using them. Right?"

"Correct, but that makes it easier for me to turn them evil for my purposes, and then, we can awaken their powers." Danny was starting to understand now. His master did not want these warriors to know anything was up, he did not want them to fight him. "This weapon…" The man tossed the object to Danny, who grabbed it and held it carefully, not wanting to break it. He looked to the object and pressed his lips tightly together. "This weapon will put them in a dormant state of mind. This will enable me to do my will without worry of them realizing. Especially since one of the powers happens to be the daughter of the head Angel."

"Who-"

"I will get to that. Now I am entrusting you to this, because the parents of our intended targets recognize me. They know who I am, I do not wish for the powers to be alerted of my presence, for it could prove dangerous to me." Danny looked to his master and closed his eyes, he would cherish his mission. "Now be very careful, there is a fault in that weapon's programming."

"A fault, sir? What kind of fault?" The man turned away and closed his eyes, as though he were embarrassed for the fault.

"If you mishandle it, which should be hard to do, you risk separating their souls from their bodies. Then they would be wandering this earth as ghosts. I lost one of the powers' parents already due to this fact." He clenched his fists hard and let a growl escape his throat. "When one dies, their ghost will appear at a random part of the earth until they find where they are supposed to remain, be it heaven's gate or an old familiar place to haunt. Still have not found that person, but by now her daughter would be stronger…if her powers awakened." There was more bad news for the two, however. Since a ghost was a pure soul, that meant the powers would be awakened then and there. "They would also discover their powers and would have to learn to control them."

The man turned around and held up one finger, glaring into Danny's eyes. "If they discover their powers and control them, they could fight me. We must not allow this to happen. For if they were to find each other again and find a way back into their bodies, which is the only way I can have them on my side is with a human body, then they could potentially work together to defeat me."

"Do you think they might?"

"I hold no fear that anything will happen…You should just do your job."

"Right, yes sir. I understand. If something went wrong, how could they return to their bodies? Is that even possible?"

"Believe me, there is a way." The master narrowed his eyes and locked his hands behind his back, he did not wish to think of that consequence. Not at the moment. "Now. Let us further discuss this, since they would not suspect you…"

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I just have a good feeling about this story as a whole. Drop a review if you will and prepare for the next. Yes, this is going to be an adventure type story and they will find numerous threats in the ghostly realm. Yes, it's no secret that Danny will screw up. The thought to use powers in this is a relatively new idea for this story. I wasn't going to at first, but I felt it would spice things up. I thank Multi-shipper girl for her help and advice on this ^_^