Howdy guys! Another DP drabble :3 I was gonna do one concerning Danny himself again, but then this was calling to me.
REALLY short, too, less than 500 words.
I hope you enjoy!
The Forever Open Door
It was a blessing in disguise.
Every ghost wished desperately to return to the world of the Living after being trapped in the Ghost Zone for so long. Sure, there were doors all over the Ghost Zone but all of them led to faux copies of the other world in smaller sections – the lairs of those who have died. They were imaginations, nothing more. They held no meaning to any ghost save the ghost it was imagined by. They were desires to return to their first home.
Not all lairs were such, ghosts knew this. There was Clockworks' castle, the home of the Far Frozen, Walker's prison, and the most known of them all – Dark Pariah's Castle.
None of these, however, were ways out of the Ghost Zone. Only a portal could provide a doorway leading out, could grant a ghost this wish. Natural portals opened and closed all the time, and one is lucky to stumble across one in the expanse that is the Ghost Zone.
There is, however, one (or perhaps we should say two) portals that have a permanent place in the Ghost Zone. One was owned by Plasmius – A dangerous portal to attempt passage through.
The other was open constantly. It wasn't guarded on spot. It wasn't immediately a danger as a passage.
The Fenton Portal.
It was common knowledge that the ghost-hunting Fentons owned the portal. But to the ghosts of the Ghost Zone it was the door of the Halfa – Phantom. It was his door. His portal from his lair to the Ghost Zone and back.
And it was a blessing. It was a way out of the Ghost Zone, no matter how dangerous passing through it became. Because Phantom owned the door, it was his job to keep any ghost passing through in check. Fighting Phantom was a challenge. He was powerful. And only growing in power over time, making a trip to his world all the more dangerous as time passed.
But the temptation of the portal, the door to the Living that seemed to be open forever, was just as powerful. The prospect of entering the living plane again was a greater desire than the fear of encountering Phantom during your visit. The ghosts couldn't resist.
The Phantom Portal was a curse cloaked in diamond. A temptation drawing ghosts from all over the Ghost Zone to see the living world again. How could they not? It was a true portal that functioned, to their eyes, as all doors in the Ghost Zone did. And when a door is open, it can be passed through from both sides.
And after all, a ghost had never left their door open for so long so willingly before.
