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Who wears the crown of fire?

What's Going On?

I continued to coax her and I hummed a lullaby my mother used to sing to me when I was young. When she was still alive. I carried her up to a room in the mansion. (Did I mention that I had taken over a mansion?) I put her in a room which looked like it belonged to a little girl her age. She had stopped crying and had fallen asleep by the time I had put her in the bed. I brushed her bangs out of her face and kissed her forehead. I was known for being cruel and evil to most people but, I had taken a shine to my little goddaughter.

She was covered in blood. I didn't know whose but I knew who the cause of it was.

My bangs came to cover my eyes and I cursed myself mentally with every word in the book. Why the hell did Clockwork send me here when I could have been there to help? I was the only one that was able to defeat him that is, when he is at his full power. Why? My eyes widened as a pain I was only too familiar with struck my heart as I coughed.

I wasn't ill. I couldn't be. When I took my hand away from my mouth I saw my warm yet cold red and green blood. My eyes widened even more, that is if it were possible. My hand started to shake. I took my other hand and put it on the hand with the blood on it, as if making sure it were real. It was there. What was wrong with me?

As soon as the weakness had come it passed. I felt a tug at my core and, with horror, realized that Boxlunch was waking up. I willed the blood to disappear. I went over to her to make sure that she was ok.

Me and her godmother had a deep connection through our cores that came from bonding. Human marriage and ghost marriage were completely different. Human marriage was full of false promises and lies. A ghost marriage held love in it no matter if the marriage was forced or not. The ghosts would sync there power with the other and mix their own blood. During the marriage ceremony the child is born. Not exactly born but created. They start out as a simple ball of ectoplasm. Like an egg. They then grew and grew for about maybe a few months and then they look about the same size as a human newborn. They continue to grow at a humans pace. They stop aging when they choose. The godfather and godmother are present at the child's "birth" or creation. They sync their own energy with the egg. The godfather and godmother must be bonded or "married", in human terms. The godparents must be present with the egg at all times. Making sure it grows steadily and giving as much positive energy to it. The mother and father are not allowed to see their egg until it forms into a child. The child usually starts to form powers at age 5. It can do defensive moves such as intangibility naturally the minute it forms into a newborn. The powers may be related to the mother and father or the godparents.

And yes I went through all of this. My bonded and I were very close. It kills me to be away from her. I miss her so much. I even gave her the ring and another one that I had personally forged from sold green ectoplasm and the rock was one of my ice crystals except it was smaller and there was also smaller crystals along the sides.

The intendeds had to make their own ring to give to the other with their own powers.

I couldn't help but wonder how she was doing.

I looked back at Boxlunch who was now completely awake. She is 4 years old right now and is almost 5. "Hold still honey. This will only take one minute." I told her in a voice that I would only use on her and my own child.

I looked into her eyes making sure to keep them a soft crystal green color so not to frighten her. I dug my way into her mind and looked into her memories from her eyes. My eyes widened as the memories came at me full force.

"What's going on? Daddy? DADDY? Where are you?" I screamed as I flew around looking for my daddy. Mommy told me to go find him.

"Sweetie? What are you doing here?" I heard my Daddy say.

He and some other ghosts were fighting a mean looking ghost with an eye patch and two horns on top of his head. One of them was a little broken. "I want you to go to Clockwork's home. He'll help you find your godfather."

With that I saw the evil man strike my Daddy sending him back. He was bleeding. "D-d-daddy? What's going on?" I sniffled as tears fell down my face.

"G-go find him. Find the one who they call Danny Phantom and he will surely lead you to your Godfather. Your godmother will follow if she can and so will her friend. Give him." He pulled out a piece of paper and with his blood drew on it, giving it to me.

"this. Don't open it. You're too young to understand."

I nodded and took it. I hugged my father tightly once more before taking off towards Clocky's home. When I got there Clocky was nowhere in sight but I saw that one of the timelines were playing and I didn't think and I just went in.

When I appeared I was slightly confused but then I saw my surroundings. It was beautiful and it was like an open book. Nothing like the ghost zone. I knew that it was bad news if I was seen so I stayed hidden. I was too young to do invisibility. I walked around acting like a normal human but then I saw someone who looked similar to him. Was this Danny Phantom? He was talking to a boy dressed in black. I couldn't see his face though. I scowled and hid behind a tree and listened to what they were saying.

"Hey do you want to sit with us." The goth girl asked.

The Goth boy said, "No."

The Goth girl. "Why not?"

"Cause I don't like you."

"Why?"

"Too average."

"Excuse me?" I heard that it had been a boy with a red beret who had said that.

"You heard me now leave me alone." He said while getting up to go to lie down in the shade of a tree. He looked very tired. I heard the others start to talk.

"That was really rude."

"Didn't his family teach him any manners?"

"I don't think he meant it."

"What part of 'leave me alone' don't you get?"

"All of it. He doesn't mean it. I know that he wanted to say yes. Call it whatever you want but I know."

I girl with reddish hair and blue eyes said. I heard another voice say."Look what do we have here. The Goth baby taking a nap?"

The boy had blond hair and he looked like he was incredibly stupid.

He turned around so he wouldn't have to listen to him but the blond hair boy kept pushing until he had said something that made the Goth boy snap.

"I bet his parents hated him and kicked him out. You know what they say. The apple doesn't fall far from the bush! Or was it the tree..."

He jumped up and kicked him in the face by jumping into the air and twisting his body and kicking his leg out when it was near his face. He then grabbed him by the scruff of his jacket and thrwe the blind boy very hard. So hard that it shook the tree that the blond boy hit. He then picked him up and held him to his face and said something I couldn't hear with a menacing face that looked like something only a ghost can pull off.

He dropped him making him fall on his butt.

That must have been him! I screamed in my mind.

I then continued to follow him. He looked so…. Evil. I never thought my godfather could be evil and that he was like other ghosts who held a lot of bad energy. He always had a happy aura when he came to see me. Not a bit of bad energy.

I continued to follow him until he finally realized that someone was there. He looked at me and realized who I was and whispered my name. That was all I needed to know that he was my Godfather.

I pulled out of the memory and shook my head. I smiled sadly at her. "I'm sorry you had to see me like that. I'm not as kind as you always see me to be." I told her.

"I am not scared of you. I can't be scared of you D-, "I then heard someone knock on the door.

I got up cautiously and motioned Boxlunch to stay there. I phased down into the living room and walked to the door. I opened it slightly. "Who is it?" I asked.

"Daniel it's me and my friends." I opened it more to find that it was Danny, Sam, and Tucker. My eyes narrowed.

"How did you find me?" I asked them. Ghost powers what else. But they wouldn't tell me that.

"Looked you up in the record book." Tucker said and I immediately knew it was a lie. I decided to let him know that I knew it was a lie.

"Liar, but I'll take that." I told them surprising them.

"How do you know we were lying?" Sam asked. I sighed.

"The address in my record is not real. That's why. Now, why are you here?" I asked them.

"We….need your help."

"So… here is my house." I heard Danny say but I didn't actually absorb what he said. I was too busy looking at a place I never thought I would see again.

Hold yourself together Danny.

I'm trying. I haven't been here in 4 years.

Yes but where is that cruel man that you really are. This is nothing for you.

I swallowed slightly. Not loud enough to be realized. I had left Boxlunch saying that I would be back as soon as I could. She barely let me go. I made her go to sleep for a while to ease her mind.

"This is….. interesting." I said. Every single damn thing was the same.

When we went inside we were greeted by my—Danny's father.

"Hey ya Danny-boy. Who is this Goth guy you brought home?" His father said smiling broadly like usual.

Shut up Daniel. It isn't like usual. I left. Nothing is usual.

"This is Daniel….. Phantom." He said saying my last name hesitantly.

Truth to be told that was actually my last name in the ghost zone. It is my chosen name.

"Phantom? Are you related to Danny Phantom?" He asked with bewilderment and excitement. I sighed. What a bumbling fool of a father.

I blinked. Did I just think that? Vlad did rub off on me after all. "No, I am not." I said.

My eye was twitching. Did everyone I meet have to assume that? "I might not be related to him but I know him." I said as I looked at Danny with a mischievous, almost evil, smirk on my face. He had a 'oh really' look on his face, that is, until I looked at him.

"I was told that I was needed?" I said, finally bringing up why I actually came here.

"Ya follow me." It was Danny who said that. He almost ran down to the lab. It was very easy for me to keep up but it was slightly harder for Sam and Tucker.

"Ok. Talk. How did you know?" He said as soon as everyone was in the lab.

"I know because I am observant and I saw you change once." I told him.

"No one will believe you if you tell!" Sam yelled at me. I felt slightly heart broken.

No, this was not my Sam.

"Who said I would tell?" I asked them. They looked surprised.

"You won't tell?" Danny asked hesitantly.

"No. I have my own secret to keep." I said closing one eye and smiling slyly. I then put my finger on my lips.

"What is that ring on your right hand?" I looked bewildered. It had been Mo-Maddie who had said that.

She had begun to come down while we were talking. She didn't hear much. I could tell by looking in her eyes.

"M-mom? What are you doing here?" Danny said slightly embarrassed and also baffled.

I hid my right hand behind my back. "Answer me boy, why do you have a bonding ring on your right hand?"

"What in the world are you talking about Mom?" Danny asked looking confused.

I let Maddie take my hand, exposing my right hand with the ring on my finger. She tried to pull it off. Now I was insulted. I pulled back from her and gave her a heavy glare and I resisted the urge to slap her for her insolence. Did I mention that the bonding rings did not come off until the bonded ones deaths?

Originally the ring of rage was a bonding ring that a very powerful ghost created and gave to his intended. The rings gave power to the one wearing it. That is why most ghosts hid their bonding for fear of their demise. Most bonding rings turn to ashes when the wearer dies however, if it is powerful enough its power will sustain it and it would become a ring of great power that would be passed down to the next generation in the family. Sometimes at least. The Ring of Rage was stolen by Pariah Dark, for he was the one that had killed the woman that had been wearing it. He then used its power to kilothers intended. He forged a crown that held half of the rings power and called it the Crown of Fire.

I glared at the woman who had dared to touch my ring. "How do you know of Bonding?" I hissed.

"I know a lot about ghosts. Only ghosts could bond and if they had bonded they would have a child. Now tell me how do you have a bonding ring?" She was starting to get irritated.

"Because I am bonded." I told her truthfully.

"But you aren't a ghost." I heard the woman say.

"If you had any type of information on bonding, you would know that it is very insulting if you touch one of their rings." I told her still glaring at her.

"Where is your bonded, your child?" She asked, her voice softening.

At that reminder I covered my eyes with my bangs making sure to hide my eyes that were filled with unshed tears. "They're…..back home. She might be coming. I don't know yet. My ghost zone is in quite a lot of trouble right now. My goddaughter—"I was about to keep talking when Sam yelled

"Goddaughter? You have a goddaughter? You have to be kidding me!"

"Are you insulting her?" I said in a very deadly voice. I wouldn't tolerate anyone belittling her.

"No! No of course not. Is there anything we could do to help?" Sam asked with a rushed and nervous voice.

"Help? Why would anyone want to help me? I'm just a nobody."

Liar….

Not now.

I sighed. "There is nothing you could do. I have to deal with it myself. I can't bring anyone into it."

I then felt a tug at my core, a powerful tug. One only a intended or their child could make the other intended feel. I looked towards the portal. It was opening.

They looked like they were ready to attack. I put my hand up. Someone then stepped out. I couldn't have been more relieved.

It was…..

You'll have to find out who came out later :) I'm sorry if I made any mistakes. I probably did but if I find them I will fix them later :)

There! I hoped I fixed them all!

Here are some questions that I left hanging in the story.

What does Boxlunch call him?

Who is Daniel's intended? Another word to call him/her is the bonded.

Who comes out of the Ghost Zone?

By the way, Danny leaves before the CATs.

I will answer these questions later in the story though there are some hints in the previous chapters and this chapter to some of the questions.

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