The fire nation ship approached the town in early dawn. Aang and Danny had long since noticed and were both sprinting at full speeds to the ship; or more precisely, the village. But they got there too late.

Prince Zuko was already there, and he had confronted the whole village, and defeated the only warrior in the village. Sokka. But, that was no surprise.

The two had burst in, landing in front of the fire benders. Zuko smirked.

Aang, ignoring the immediate threat, greeted Katara and Sokka.

"Hey, Aang. Hi, Danny." Sokka said in a monotone. "Thanks for coming."

Danny quickly rose to his feet. The Halfa glanced around the area, then noted that Zuko had entered a fighting stance. He absorbed his duplicate, gaining what he had seen and what (slight) measures he had to do to pretect the villagers.

"Aang." He said, gaining the young airbender's attention. "We have company."

Aang stood up slowly, holding out his staff in a protective manner. The fire nation guards slowly closed in around them. Aang quickly twisted his staff, generating a blast of air that blowed small clumps of snow towards the fire prince. "Looking for me?" He asked, though it was more of a statement.

Zuko melted the snow, causing trail of water to fall down his armor. "You're him? Youre the airbender? You're the Avatar?" 'Why was he so young? Surly he was over a century old by now… how is he so young?' Zuko asked himself, temporarily forgetting about the Halfa, who was now facing three guards in hand-to-hand combat.

"Aang?" Katara whispered, barley loud enough for anyone to hear.

"No. Way." Sokka said in pure disbelief.

Danny, having successfully knocked the guards unconscious, moved over to Aang's side.

Katara couldn't believe it. The scrawny man had taken down three fire benders. And he hadn't even used bending! And, now, he was willing to fight along side Aang without question. Then she noticed his green eyes.

She locked with them. They were so entrancing. So… overpowering. But what Zuko said next got her full attention.

"I've been waiting years for this encounter," he exclaimed. Then he glanced over at Danny and frowned. "I've been training. Meditating. And all to face you! A child… and a scrawny teen."

"I resent that!" Danny instantly defend, standing up straighter.

Aang, having ignored Danny's words, said, "Well, you're just a teenager."

Angered now, Zuko quickly blasted the pair with fire energy. Aang twirled his staff in a ballet-like manner, forcing the fire to fly around it.

Danny called upon his icy core and generated a quick shield, instantly turning into vapor.

The village gasped, for they thought Danny was a water bender.

The new conditions angered Zuko. He couldn't even see his intended target, let alone the extra one he hoped to catch! 'Shit!' he thought.

Aang didn't like this cover Danny had created, either. So he forced it away with rapid air currents.

Danny was no where to be found.

Then, Zuko completely upset, fired a powerful blast at the villagers. Danny, who was invisible and in front of them, turned visible, quickly countering Zuko's attack with an ice shield.

The villagers cried out if fear, causing the two heroes to halt. Both had made a silent agreement.

"Wait!" Aang called, putting down his staff. "We'll come, just leave this village alone!"

Danny, who had walked up to Aang's side, nodded his agreement.

A small smile spread across Zuko's face. "I promise to leave this village alone if you surrender." He said, his right hand placed on his heart. "Guards!"

Quickly, the remaining two guards collected the new prisoners. One had taken Aangs staff and handed it to a grinning fire prince.

"This'll make a lovely gift for my father." He decided out loud, then he turned around and headed to his ship, his two prisoners following behind with hands tied behind their backs.

Danny, who was walking behind Aang, strolled down the hallway. He refused to show fear. Bonnie had told him about fire starters. "Special and powerful witches that come from an unknown origin." he recited in his mind. Well, Bonnie would be happy to know he had found out where their powers came from.

Aang was talking with the guard, daring him. "We could take you with our hands tied behind our backs!"

Danny snorted. "Our hands are tied behind our backs." He pointed out dryly.

"Silence, prisoners." The guard in the front ordered, clearly not bothered by the comment. That only encouraged they boys.

"I wonder what would happen if we escaped." Aang said in a taunting voice. Danny quickly caught on.

"Bet they'd be thrown overboard. Or, maybe, they'd try to stop us before their leader found out."

"I said silence." His voice held more tension in it now.

Danny gave a wink at Aang. Then, he stopped in his tracks, forcing the guard behind him to stop.

"Move." He commanded, giving Danny a shove. As soon as he made contact, his whole arm froze.

Before he could even cry out in pain, Danny jumped into the air, using his flight power, spun in a quick circle, his shoe colliding with the guards face. He was knocked out cold instantly.

Then Danny felt a powerful force slam into his back. All he did was smile.

While Danny had stopped, Aang moved faster, bumping into his guard. "Oops. Sorry." he lied. Then, when the guard continued to head down the hallway, Aang inhaled deeply, the released a powerful gust of air, forcing the guard in front of him to smash into a corner.

But the blow had also forced Aang back, making his back collide with a smiling Halfa's.

The two sprinted and weaves through corners, constantly glimpsing into rooms to see if Aang's staff was there. While they had been running, Danny had 'slipped' out of his binds, and then untied Aang's.

Katara huffed with pure frustration. Aang was the Avatar. Danny was a waterbender, and a good one at that.

"We need to go help them!" She sighed to her brother, who was too busy engaged in his current doings to really care what his sister had said.

But, he did need to talk to her. "Katara, I—"

"He saved us! Now we've gotta save them! Can't you see it, Sokka?"

"Katara—"

"Damn it, Sokka! Stop thinking—"

"KATARA! Are you going to stand there shouting all day or are you coming with me?" He moved out of the way, revealingly a small canoe big enough for three. But one seat was packed with traveling supplies, so only Katara and Sokka would've been able to fit. But Katara was too happy to think about that.

The young water bender quickly leaped, throwing her arms around her brother and thanking him.

It was the perfect moment for Gran-Gran to appear.

"Katara, are you going somewhere?"

Katara turned to face her smiling Gran-Gran. She was about to say that nothing would stop her, but her Granny didn't dive her the chance.

"You'll need these," she said, holding out a sleeping bag. Katara smiled back and thanked her Grandmother.

She was about to place it in the canoe, then she noticed just how small the dingy was. "Sokka, we're going to need something— Appa!"

The last shriek was due to to the flying byson appearing from over the hills, ready to assist his friends.

Katara readily ran to the giant animal, embracing him in a bear hug.

Sokka sighed "You just love taking me out of my comfort zone,don't you?"

Gran-Gran smiled and have them a short, inspiring speech. Her words calm, relaxed and powerful. "That boy is the Avatar. You two found him for a reason. The other child is a waterbender. Be careful out there."

Katara assured her they would, then snapped Appa's reins. The byson began to walk of in a new direction, with the female urging him to fly; but all he did was walk.

"Come on, Appa. Sokka doesn't believe you can fly, but I do." She rubbed the side of his head slowly. Sokka rolled his eyes.

"What was it Aang had said? Yipe-yipe? Yo-yo? Uh, yip-yip?"

That did it. The four-ton byson kicked off the earth, using its tail as a propeller, and soared high into the sky.

Aang and Danny split up, hoping to be able to cover more ground. Danny found himself in the ships command room, four guards waiting for him.

An elderly man, whom Danny had yet to notice, was watching closely. This boy was more graceful then Zuko, which didn't surprise him, and he was very talented.

Danny had high-kicked one of the guards in the chin, forcing him far away from the power of the blow. Thank you, ghostly super strength!

The Halfa ducted under a fire blast, letting it dissipate as it touched the windows. He moved to the side, trying to get closer to the other side of the room. Then, he vanished.

Iroh's eyes widened when he saw the young teen just poof out of the air. How on Earth did he do that? He only knew of one being who could turn invisible at will… but they hardly ever revealed themselves. Could this boy be in contact with… spirits?

The old man set his tea down and rubbed his temples. Zuko was right. His charge wasn't crazy! But, that also meant he was wrong. And, it also gave them an all new mystery to solve. One that they might not be able to solve.

Aang used his air bending to spin along the walls, running around the guards as they tried to stop him. He still checked every room he passed, just in case. And, before long, he came to a new room. Zuko's chambers.

He entered with caution, hands out in front of him and legs tense, ready to flee any second. Once he was glad the way in, the door slammed shut behind him.

"Looking for this?" He asked teasingly, holding up Aang's staff.

"Yeah! Now if you would just hand it over," he replied.

"As if."

Aang jumped away as fire was aimed carelessly at him. Instead, the fire hit a cloth on the wall, igniting that into scorching flames.

Zuko aimed again, this time more carefully; he didn't want a ruined bedroom. He was trying to no prevail to hit Aang; but he wasn't able to due to the staff in his left hand, only allowing him to use his right in bending.

Aang formed a spinning ball of air under him. He placed his fists on top of each other and sat on it in perfect balance. He moved around the room, traveling along the walls. As he passed the fire prince, he reached out and grabbed his beloved staff. But, when he did, he lost focus on maintaing the air sphere under him.

Now that he had his staff, Aang could easily win, and Zuko knew this. It was time to stop messing around. Zuko marched in Aang's direction, but, before he even made the third step, Aang sent a wave of air crashing into him.

Zuko groaned as he hit the wall, but then he safely landed on his mattress.

Aang, not giving Zuko the chance to move, forced his mattress into the right wall, then ceiling, then left wall, before bolting from the room.

Aang and Danny met on the ships interior.

"Aang!" Danny said, more concerned then excited. The young airbender sprinted up to stand behind Danny.

Guards poured out by the dozen, filling in around the pair. They formed a large oval around them, the weakest ones at the far ends.

Zuko forced his way through the crowd to stand in front of Aang. "Stop! You can't escape."

Danny blinked. He turned to face Zuko. "Dude, we just did."

A loud roar.

The pair looked up to see Appa, and then the two water tribe members. "Aang!" Katara yelled, relieved. She jumped off the byson and ran to the pair.

Danny huffed. "Took you long enough," he joked. Katara glared at him menacingly, but then rolled her eyes.

"What is the meaning of this?" Zuko demanded, clearly not too happy about losing the Avatar.

"Well, we've just knocked out eight guards," eight guards fell unconscious, "the floor is all covered in ice," everyone looked down, sure enough, it was, "and there's a giant flying byson to take us away." Danny offered cleanly, his witty banter making the other three giggle.

"How did you do that?" He asked, pointing to the group of unconscious guards.

"Me? I didn't do anything, well, except the ice. But the guards? That was all him."

Danny Phantom appeared.

"'Sup."

Every single person backed away from the glowing and floating figure. Zuko moved hi hand up and opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it.

Danny Fenton smirked. His duplicate was doing a great job! "That's Phantom. He's, like, my best friend. He's a ghost." (Sorry, I'm rushing)

Zuko took a few steps back, but still remained silent.

Phantom smiled at Danny, mentally asking his original something. 'What do you think? Leave and run or fight?'

'Leave. It'd be best.'

Phantom gave a quick nod, then turned to face his group. "Okay. Hi, I'm Phantom. You'll be seeing me every once in a while. But, right now, we've gotta get you'll outta here before ol' Zuko snaps out of his shock." He flew down to the gang. Carefully, as to not frighten them, he grabbed Katara's and Danny's arm, pulling them onto Appa. Aang followed.

Iroh was right! The boy was in contact with spirits! How many boys can contact spirits? Only one out of none! Well, excluding the Avatar.

But this wasn't a normal spirit he was in contact with. It was a ghost. An extremely powerful ghost, at that. Ghosts never reveal themselves. In fact, they sealed their world off completely from their's just to get away from other powered people.

This boy had access to the Ghost Zone.

What an interesting thought...