And here's the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I'm not Butch Hartman.

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A day in my oh so great and fabulous life

"Hiyah!" I screamed and did a roundhouse kick for the ectopus in front of me. I began chopping other ectopuses away and began making my way through the field and obstacles. This was way too easy, there had to be a catch. And just when I thought that, multiple guns appeared from the sides and began shooting ectoplasm. I grinned and put up a shield around me. Blasts bounced off and ectopuses smacked against my shield. I smiled and began flying to the end of the field. "Is that all you've got!" I bantered. And he responded in his own special way. I was about reach it when suddenly I smacked against something. I fell confused and my shield broke. This is new, I thought. I fired an ectoplasmic blast to different parts and every single one bounced back. I quickly absorbed them. Of course he would put a ghost shield just near the exit.
I growled and tried to pass intangibly through it but it didn't work which I knew wouldn't and I'm not just saying it cause my nose hit against it in a painful way. After rubbing my nose, I said "Time to remember all I know about ghost shields. Other than the obvious, they always have a weak spot." I made 4 more duplicates and each covered a corner and I covered the center. We started firing till one of them shouted "Found it!" I quickly absorbed all of them and with the knowledge of that duplicate, I went to the weak spot and squeezed in. It was barely large enough for me to pass but I made it through. Finally, I reached the exit and pressed the button to open the door. After that, a red alarm sounded for 10 seconds and all the ectopuses retreated back to their cages. The guns went back to position and the obstacles automatically went to the storage unit. I glanced down the field. It was the size of 5 football fields and was covered of impenetrable steel. All of it was a shining gray and not a single scorch mark was to be seen even if I knew there should be (cause I was the cause of most of them). I exited the training field and hit the showers. But of course, before I transformed to my human self.

My combat boots that ended in silver flames, my dark sturdy jeans and my black with what looked like fuchsia specks all over it, short-sleeve, and that was ripped over the edges shirt changed. I no longer had the M logo in my chest (It looks like the D of Danny Phantom but more smeared) nor my fingerless black and fuchsia gloves. My hair changed too. Instead of my messy ponytail that ended in what looked like a pink flame and with black hair (kinda like Ember, only with fuchsia and more Danielle styled), I had my jet black hair with silver lights on it (also Danielle styled). My eyes stayed the same in both forms only that in my human form they didn't have that unearthly glow that unease everyone that looked at them (not that I cared, but it was good to know it had that effect). After my shower I changed to black and white Nike sneakers, grey jeans and a graphic shirt. I gathered my messy hair into a ponytail and went to the kitchen to grab breakfast.

Now if you ever go to my house (which I doubt you do) I'm more than sure that you're gonna get lost. Even I get lost, which is why it's good that I have intangibility as one of my powers. The place was HUGE! From the times that I've seen it from the outside, I can tell it looks as huge from the outside as from the inside. There was a marble stair (which I rarely use since it is WAY better to fly and slide up and down) in the entrance. To the left there was the dining room (also HUGE) and from there it went to the kitchen. To the right of the stairs was the living room (which I also rarely use), and there was a door that took you to the main hall. From there you could choose to go to the movies or 'cinema' room, the library, the video games room, etc. Now to the upstairs floor. Upstairs, there was a huge hallway that circled all around the floor, taking you to all the rooms upstairs. My room was one of the furthest in the hall (which was saying something) and I liked it that way. It was directly in front of the attic which I would sneak to and go there when I was little and had nightmares (yes, I know it should have scared the crap out of me back then, but hey you ran to your parents' room and I ran to the attic, so deal with it). Todd's room was near the staircase and in the adjoining room there was his studio. He used it a lot, well a lot means when he rarely is here. The basement is off limits, which basically means I go there 99% of my time and since Todd isn't around much; well let's just say that what he doesn't know can't hurt him. But back at me and my breakfast. Breakfast usually meant a lot of bacon, toast and eggs. Hey, I burn a lot of calories! After that, I went to the basement. Like I said I went there a lot. It was full of anti-ghost weaponry, blueprints and of course what I was looking for, the Ghost Zone portal. You might be asking, why and what the Ghost Zone portal is. The Ghost Zone portal or the GZ as I call it, is basically the portal that connects our world with the one of the ghosts. It's a world with a swirling green vortex as a background and doors to lairs and kingdoms floating around. Cool, huh? As to the why, you didn't think I would spend all my time in a stinking basement did you? I may be trapped in this goddamn mansion, but I find my ways! I quickly opened it with the password 'Maddie' (it really wasn't that hard to figure out) and got in. Oh the stale air of the GZ, how refreshing (and I'm not being sarcastic you know!). I turned to my awesome ghost half and quickly flew to the door with the flaming guitars on it and pounded on it.

"Coming, coming! Geez, can't a girl finish a song in here!"

I snickered and waited rather impatiently for her and she finally opened her door. She had an annoyed look on her but it quickly changed to a grin. Ember McLain stood in front of me and said "Let's go to that club you and that emo kid, Satiss Fyin, found."

"Yeah, Satiss found it the other day and I said 'what the heck' so let's go"

"All right, I'll just pack my guitar, Max."

"Okay but hurry up!"

Now to the rushing questions. One at a time people! One at a time! Okay as to why I hang out with Ember. When I was little, Todd had this uncharacteristically 'father-love' to me. In other words, he made my life a living hell. So Ember, getting through thanks to Skulker, helped me get to the Ghost Zone to pass the little to none free time I've got. Over the passing years, Todd got less interested in me and more in his 'projects' so that gave me more free time which I spend it in the GZ.

"There, man are you impatient baby pop!"

"Let's go!"

Oh and before I forget, I changed my name in the GZ to Maxine (human part) and my ghost half is Maximum Pain. But in both I'm just Max.

We met in the way with Satiss Fyin. He was the son of Walker and Desiree. He had this really awesome (but personally I think it's cute) emo hairstyle (like Desiree only shorter) and was dressed in fully black clothes. He had black Converse, black jeans, black tee, and his two drumsticks that looked more like bones than what they really were. I glanced at him and he approached.

"Hey, we're gonna hit 'the Sadistic' or what?"

"Yeah, yeah, coming. You're sounding like baby pop, you know?"

He only rolled his eyes and followed us.

We finally reached 'the Sadistic'. It was a sort of a punk/Goth/rock club. You could hear anything, from Nirvana to ACDC and Megadeath. Another reason we were here was cause we had a gig here. 2 years ago, we formed this sort of 'band together. Ember would play her guitar (not in the hypnotizing way) and Satiss would hit the drums. They both pushed me into singing since they said I had an amazing voice. I didn't believe them, but after a few gigs, we were a hit. The only thing left was the name. After a lot of thinking we decided on 'The Crush' since Ember loved to call us 'lovebirds'. I didn't know what she meant by that but it was funny and ironic (clueless, just like her dad) since then we've been playing in some clubs and hanging out with some other bands.

We entered the club and it was amazing. It looked like a dark T.G.I. Friday. We went backstage and got ready for the next song. We changed into our ' rocker's cloths' like Ember had named them. Ember was the same only with her right glove changing to a turquoise color as her hair. Satiss was wearing midnight blue fingerless gloves and put on a vest of the same color. His Converse stayed the same only with midnight blue skulls. I on the other hand changed a bit. My Maximum Pain clothing got more fuchsia than it already had, plus my hair was blacker.

We went onstage and played some of the best hits by Evanescence (My immortal, Bring me to life and Call me when you're sober) plus a few not so known (Everybody's a fool and Solitude). After that, we ordered some drinks and hung out for a while. Sometime later, I said good bye to both of them and went to visit some friends.

I visited Wulf (I can speak Esperanto fluently, you know) and went to Dora's kingdom for awhile. I called Satiss so he could join me babysitting Box Lunch in the afternoon and then went home. I went to the portal and silently flew out. And who do I find waiting for me outside like he knew I was there the whole time? Three guesses.

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Todd P.o.v.

Of course I knew she sneaked to see her friends in the Ghost Zone. It was careless and selfish. What if Daniel knew of her? But I couldn't tell her that so I pulled some strings so the extremely few people who recognized her (Skulker and Spectra) didn't say a word. Skulker recognized her because of his experience with Daniel and Spectra because of her signature emotional aura. Anyhow, I've known but kept it as a last resort of blackmail. And it was certainly needed now.

"Young lady, what have I told you about coming down here and going through that specific portal?!"

"Come on, cut the crap. We both know you've known for quite a while. Not even a frootloop like you can be that stupid. What do you want now that you had to use this as blackmail?"

I flinched at the insult because of another annoying teenager using it. It didn't go unperceived by her but she didn't say anything.

"Well my young Maddie, in 2 days there will be a gala in Amity Park of the NASA and you are going to come whether or not you like it."

She in return flinched at the name and quickly snapped, "That's not my name! You know damn well it's Maxine, Max for short! And why should I go?" she replied rebelliously.

"Well, unless you start developing the power of making portals, you can say good bye to your friends in the Ghost Zone."

She widened her eyes, "You wouldn't." She said in a low yet venomous voice that made even me shiver. I quickly recovered and looked anywhere except those piercing now glowing fuchsia eyes. "Oh I would my young Maddie. Now get along."

She started stomping towards the door but I remembered something. "Oh and you'll be wearing this." I showed her a really bright sunflower dress that could have made Little Miss Sunshine look Goth.

Let's just say the only thing paler in color was the person going to WEAR the dress.

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And done! I didn't think I would get it right but it finally did! Oh and to every fan of Evanescence, there goes a tiny tribute to you. Thanks to Maximum Ride, I got the idea of the name. Satiss Fyin will take a much more direct action in another fix of mine but for now he's only a passing character.
R&R!