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Jazz POV

I was lain on my bed and sobbed into my pillow. Just yesterday my dear little brother had died. My little Danny was gone. Blasted out of existence in that blazing inferno. Since then I have been crying non stop. Not caring who saw me or how I looked. I was desperate.

I wanted to see him again. I wanted to be with him. But he was gone. Even the ghosts said that he was gone forever.

I wished for him to be here with me. Comforting and reassuring me that he was fine but that would never happen anymore. Right now I wanted only one being with me. Ember. She would understand my pain as she also loved Danny with all her heart. She was his fiancee after all.

But seeing her here right now would be impossible. She would probably be in her realm living through the same hell as I do right now.

I sat up and my empty glance flew through the room. Nothing gave me any form of of hope. Then my glance landed on a object on my desk. A black tanto sword. It was a gift from Danny. Slowly I made my way to my desk. Carefully I picked it up and pulled it out of its scabbard. The sound of the blade gliding out of its scabbard echoed in my mind as if it was the only thing that existed in my mind. The silver blade reflected my image and I could see that I had red puffy eys with rings under them.

Then a gleam of hope came to me. That hope was that if I were to die now, maybe I could join Danny in the purgatory that was said to follow after a ghost dies. I could see my dear brother again.

Slowly I brought the blade down to my left wrist.

„I can do this.", I whispered to reassure myself.

Though I was so confident just seconds ago I was trembling. Afraid of what I was about to to.

„Will I even see him if I kill myself? Or will I go straight to hell for my suicide?", I sighed.

Just then a familiar whirlwind of flames appeared in the middle of my room, revealing a pretty shaken Ember.

„E... Ember?", I asked a bit worried.

„Hey Jazz.", she paused. „How have are ya?"

I noted her puffy eyes but there was something else about her that made me wonder and made me forget everything else at the moment.

„Not so good. I have locked myself in here since... you know...", I said and the sadness in my voice was unmistakeable.

„Yeah... about that...", she paused and found a very interesting point on the floor.

„You better sit down for this.", she continued.

I looked at her unsure about what I was going to hear but sat down at my desk anyway. She also sat down on my bed and looked at me. We sat there for a few minutes in silence and I waited for her to begin.

„Jazz...", she began. „... what I will tell you now doesn't leave this room since I only trust you under all mortals.", she looked me deep in the eyes and I could feel how serious she was.

I was unsure what she would tell me but I nodded anyway.

„It's Danny...", I could see her tense up as well as I did. „He is... he is... alive...", she mumbled.

I looked at her dumbfounded,

'Danny's alive? He's alive? HE'S ALIVE!'

„H... Ho... how? Wh... Where... is... he?", I stuttered.

„He's at my realm. I found him on my way back home and took care of his wounds but there is something else...", she couldn't finish since I interrupted her.

„HE'S ALIVE? HOW IS HE? WHEN WILL HE BE BACK?", I shouted not caring who could hear me.

She winced under my loud voice.

„Shhh... I told you that I will only tell you and no one else can know about this.", she whispered.

She obviously hoped that no one heard her but with a loud crash my door flew open, revealing my parents. They looked desperate, worried and curious.

Desperate because they lost their son.

Worried since I yelled at Ember at top of my lungs.

And curious why Ember, the hated ghost rocker was in my room.

They immediately pulled out their weapons and aimed at Ember. But before they could say anything I placed myself inbetween them and her.

„MOM, DAD. STOP!", this got them to actually stop.

„But Jazz she is a...", mom couldn't finish her sentence.

„EMBER'S JUST HERE TO SEE IF I'M ALRIGHT! SHE WAS JUST WORRIED ABOUT HOW I WAS DOING! NOW LEAVE US ALONE!", I yelled with a cold voice that even surpised me and my parents even more.

„But...", dad began.

„OUT!", I yelled again.

They left hesitantly but not without eyeing Ember angry. As the door was closed behind them and I knew they were gone I turned to Ember. Her face showed a bit of suprise but I didn't let myself be bothered by it. I only wanted to know how my little brother was doing.

„So... when will he come back.", I asked as I sat down again.

Now Ember couldn't maintain her facade anymore and she began to sob silently.

„That's why I'm here...", she paused again. „He won't be coming back soon."

I looked at her shocked.

„WHY?", I couldn't hide my irritation.

„He's... he's in a... coma... We don't know when or if he will ever wake up again.", she said with a hesitant undertone.

Suddenly the world lost it's remaining color. The noise from outise the window also dulled. My world began to fall apart.

„Jazz? Jazz! Snap out of it", Ember said as she slapped me in the face.

That brought me back,

„Listen Jazz. I can bring you to him but this has to stay a secret no one can know about this. But please Jazz just because Danny is in a coma you can't loose all hope. I'm sure he will come back to us.", Ember said in a reassuring tone.

'She has grown so much since she and Danny became a couple. She is so kind hearted and even tries to comfort me, though she isn't really good at it.', I gave her a weak smile.

„I would love to see him if that's alright with you.", I said as I put the tanto back in it's scabbard and lain it on my desk.

She gave me a warm smile and offered me her hand. The moment I took it we were engulfed by flames. The moment they appeared the disappeared again and we stood in Ember's realm. To be more precisely in her bedroom.

There on the bed lain my little brother, his chest rising and sinking from his constant calm breath. What caught my eye was his right arm only made off black bones and a huge scar on his face.

„What happened to him?", I couldn't move closer to him because I was so scared how badly wounded he was.

„The explosion of the tower put a tremendous burden on him. I think he is undergoing some kind of transformation. Just yesterday his arm was still normal... well I mean his bones were still white but over bight that changed...", Ember trailed off.

I could see she had tears in her eyes just imagining what will happen to her loved one.

„He will be alright Ember. We should believe in him. He always made it back to us and always will.", I said while placing a hand on her shoulder.

I gave her a reassuring smile, which I could muster now that I knew that my little brother was alive.

'Though it will be quite troublesome that I can't tell anyone that he is still alive.'

„I probably should go home now before my parents think that you kidnapped me.", I said with a soft chuckle.

She smiled at me and once again we were engulfed in flames.

Danny POV

„So let's begin.", one of the six people in front of me laughed and with a clap of his hands the darkness was replaced with blinding white light.

I narrowed my eyes against the sudden light and shielded my eyes with my hand. As my eyes adjusted to the light I lowered my hand and gasped at the sight before me. There stood 6 man. They all looked like me with just a few minor changes.

The speaker from before looked exactly like my ghost form, not even the slightest change.

The man to his left stood another me with icy hair.

Next to him was a me with flaming hair.

To the speakers right stood a man that reminded me of a bit of Vortex with his ghostly tail covered in clouds.

Next to him was a me clouded in darkness.

And the last one looked exactly like me, except for the fact that he didn't have a face.

„Who are you guys?", I asked dumbfounded.

„Isn't it obviuos?", the ice guy asked with a mocking grin.

„If you ask like that. Not really though you look kind of familiar.", I said calmy examining them.

„We are you man.", the fire guy said.

„You are what?", I proclaimed.

„He is only half right.", the dark guy said. „We are you but we are not. We are personification of your powers. All of your powers, even us dormant ones.", he explained calm.

„Ooook give me a sec. That's much to swallow.", I said as I massaged my temple.

Then my eyes fell on my right arm and I screeched.

„WHAT THE HELL? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ARM?"

„Man calm down. That's just a manifestation of your new awakening powers.", the fire guy explained.

„Ok ok ok ok... so where are we?", I asked because I wanted to distract myself.

„This is your mind Danny or at least a part of it. Here we will train you.", my exact copy said.

„So if you guys are my powers then I presume that you", I pointed at the ice guy. „are my ice powers and you", I pointed at my copy. „are my basic ecto powers. And this guy is the weather control I got from Vortex.", I pointed at the guy with the clouds.

The three nodded.

„And you guys are my other powers? My dormant powers?", I asked the other three and they also nodded. „Care to introduce yourself?"

„I'm your fire core and before you ask. Yes you have a ice and a fire core. Don't ask how that works because we don't know and actually we don't care.", I nodded at his explanation.

„I'm your morphing core. You gained this power due to your contact with Amorpho.", the faceless guy said. 'Though I don't know how that works.'

„And lastly I'm your dark core. I was born during your contact with Nocturn just that my powers exceed his by a long shot.", the dark me said.

„Ok that's just freaky. I never thought that I had so many powers. But first things first. I need names for you guys. I can't just call you 'Hey' or 'You there' now can I?", they all nodded

„Just call me Ecto.", my basic powers said.

„Ice"

„Flame"

„Morph"

„Cloud"

„Dark"

„Ok that helps a lot. But two things bother me on this whole situation."

„And that would be?", Ecto asked curious.

„First if I'm here in my mind then what happened to my body?", I was a bit afraid of the answer but I needed to know.

„Currently you are in a coma. Ember is taking care of you.", Flame explained calm.

„Hm ok. Second. Ecto I have mastered my basic powers along with my ghostly wail what more can you teach me?", I was curious.

„Oh there is more. You still didn't train your telekineses and your wail is far from mastered.", he chuckled.

I looked at him with a dumb expression.

„I have telekineses? I can move stuff with my mind?"

„Oh you even have telepathie but that you will learn from me.", Dark said with a smug smile.

„So let me guess. I will only get out of here and back to my beloved Ember when I finish all of your training?", I asked as I imagined how she must suffer from me being stuck in a coma.

„You got it boy. Finish your training with us and you can return.", Flame said.

„But why now? Couldn't I learn all of my powers while being awake?"

„No that would take to long. Like this we can give you intense training like we were ordered to and you can fulfill your destiny.", Ice said calm.

„Ordered? Ordered by who?", I was slightly unnerved that someone could command my powers like this.

„Take thre guesses", Morph said.

Now I knew who it was. There is only one who has the insolence to use my own powers against me. The only one who would bend everything so it would fit in his image of me. The only one who would know about my destiny that even I don't know about.

„Clockwork!", I sighed.

„100 points to the contestant!", yelled Ecto with a mocking smile.

I sighed again.

„Anything else I should know about? Or can I just concentrate on training?", I asked in a dry tone.

They looked at each other and began to whisper. Then they looked at me again and Ecto cleared his throat.

„There's one thing you should probably know about. The faster you get the training done, the faster you get to go back, so it all depends on you. And we advise you to hurry with your learning since have only a bit under 9 months till the big event."

„What big eve...", it began to click in my head.

Slowly the jigsaw puzzle in my head began to fill the gaps itself.

'going back'

'9 months'

'big event'

„You can't mean...", I hesitated since I saw the looks in their eyes.

„Yeah man. Ember's pregnant. In 9 months you will be a father.", Flame proclaimed.

„How do you...", I began to process what they said earlier. „... Clockwork told you right?"

They gave me a huge grin and I knew I was right.

„So then what are we waiting for? Let's begin the training.", I said in a challenging tone and they nodded in agreement.