Ferris had lived long ago in the 1600s. Back then, things were much different for women especially, one of those things being the Salem Witch Trials. Unlike most of the victims accused of practicing dark magic, Ferris was among the few actual witches that preformed witchcraft. She was young and much more inexperienced as well as prideful and careless. That pride is what got her found out, and Ferris was burned at the stake.
As a ghost, she had fiery red hair, a result of dying by fire, and a bad temper. That and her common use of flame attacks earned her the nickname "Phoenix", which she soon adopted as her official ghost title.
Phoenix had all the powers of any ghost, and like most ghosts that had manifested from previous lifeforms, she had special abilities too. She could still casts spells and use magic, but as a side effect of death, she could not learn new spells, only the ones she had learned in life.
Over the 400 years of Phoenix living in the Ghost Zone, she had kept up with the times, unlike most ghosts that stayed stuck in their own time.
Finally, she took a trip to the Human Realm, through a portal that had been a hotspot for many in the Ghost Zone. She had heard tale of a half ghost/half human who almost always kicked ghosts who exited that portal back into the Ghost Zone, but she didn't fear much, for she had concealment charms that would mask her as a human.
Upon entrance through the portal, which led to some sort of modern day science lab, the Halfa found her within seconds, much quicker than she had predicted and she was unprepared for his assault. Phoenix was almost sent back into the Ghost Zone, but she managed an escape. Her pride hurt and her temper rising, the hothead Phoenix vowed to seize control over this place called Amity Park in spite of the Halfa Danny Phantom.
She had concealed herself as a student at Casper High, the ironically named local high school. Everything had always been planned so carefully, but each attempt she made was thwarted by Danny Phantom; it was almost as if he could sense when she released her ghost powers. The two ghosts went at it for weeks, the half ghost growing sort of tired and bored of fighting Phoenix so often, always failing to capture her.
Phoenix was growing tired as well, and wished to end this soon.
While sitting in class one day, she remembered something that made her fall out of her seat. The entirety of the class erupted into laughter and she felt her face grow hot with embarrassment. Despite not having a beating heart or red blood running through veins, Ferris could still tell her face had gone tomato red.
Mr. Lancer, the boring and least favored teacher, walked over to where she was collapsed on the floor.
"Is there a problem, Miss Avery," he said in his droll monotone voice.
"Uh, um, no," Ferris spluttered as she quickly took her seat again. Mr. Lancer gave her one last look before returning to the front and continuing on teaching. The embarrassment had flared Ferris's quick temper, but she held it back, calming herself by taking a few slow breaths.
When calmed once more, she immersed herself into her past life memories, searching for the one from before, the one that had shocked her out of her seat.
A minute of searching and she had it again. It played in her mind like a movie.
She smirked to herself, finally having an answer to her recent Phantom pest problems.
The memory showed Ferris when she was alive, practicing a spell she only ever preformed once, unsuccessfully.
It was a memory charm, one that allowed the caster to plant fake memories or erase or manipulate them. It was the perfect weapon against the relentless Ghost Boy, who seemed immune to her other manipulation spells. This one would warp his mind itself, it would cause Ferris to look into his mind and pluck the memories that would benefit her most for him to no longer have.
She could feel through her triumphant thoughts that her ghostly energy was leaking through her human façade, her eyes glowing their usual purple. She did nothing about this, too elated to care, as she exited the class at the ringing of the bell. And why should she care? Soon enough, she would have the power to manipulate memories, so any witnesses to her ghostly form would be taken care of in due time.
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