Ugh. I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I was starving. I also had to use the restroom. I changed and flew to New York. I turned invisible until I found a empty alley. I dived in and changed to human. I walked out. I walked past a newspaper vender and caught the date on a paper. Crap. Crap. Tomorrow the portal opened up in Chicago. I slept for four days. Crap. Crap. I ran up to an abandoned house to change. Someone followed me. Crap. I ran upstairs and I heard him follow. I ducked into a room and instantly regretted it. A gang was hanging out in this room. I could tell that it was a gang because they had "Death's killers" written on the back. One saw me and smiled evilly. Uh-oh. "Um. Sorry wrong room." I said nervously. A few stood up and grabbed rope wire and knifes. Um. I turned to leave. The guy that followed me slammed the door. "Your on our turf now." One guy said. I looked left and right. No escape. Except. I willed myself to change. Nothing. What. I saw something flash out side the window. It happened again. Then it stopped outside the window. What. The. Heck. Vlad was staring at me. Wha. How. He held up a device. It had a green light flashing in it. He placed it on the windowsill next door. Then he disappeared. I was so freaking angry. One guy grabbed the bag off my back and said "looks like diamond. Eddy come check this out." A short guy came over to it and pulled something that looked like mini kaleidoscope out and stuck it to his eye. He studied my bag. Then he spoke "not diamond. Crystal. Very expensive though." The guy handling my bag placed it on a table carefully. He pulled a zipper and it opened to everyone's amazement. He pulled out my clothes and the ball. He said "what's this. And something's moving in it." No. He raised his hand to smash it. "help." I yelled. Then to my amazement the box ghost flew in. Boxes flew in and smashed the guys into the wall. He said "hi." I blinked. That was all I could do. Then he grabbed the ball and put it in the bag along with my clothes. Finally I spoke. "Uh. Thank you." I jumped up and nearly squeezed the afterlife out of him. He phased out of my grip. "Anything else?" He asked. I nodded and said "do you see that device on the sill next door. Smash it. Please." He nodded. He flew outside and smashed it to pieces. He said "now what?" I shrugged and said "thanks again." He nodded and took off. I never once thought that he would save me or my family. Hmm. I guess that you learn something everyday. Like Vlad is back. I have no idea how but he is. I changed and took off. I sped toward Chicago. Not as fast as before but still fast. Just under the sound barrier. As I was flying towards it I felt a stabbing pain in my gut. I fell. The ground rushed up to meet me. I was starving. I forced myself up and flew towards it again. Fifteen minutes later it happened again. But worse. This time I hit the ground and I swore I heard my ribs crack. Ow ow ow. I managed to stand and I took off for Chicago again. I flew as fast as I could. But it never seemed fast enough to get away from my hunger. My stomach growled. I fell as another wave of pain hit me. I hit the ground really hard and heard my arm snap. Ow. Tears sprung from my eyes as the pain registered. "Owowowowowowowowowow." I cried. I couldn't move my fingers. Ow. I made a cast and walked toward a restaurant. Halfway there I felt myself change. I sat down at a booth near the windows and a tall lady maybe sixteen years old with dirty blond hair red fingernail polish light blue jeans and a strapless blue shirt with nothing covering the stomach walked over to me. She said in a half caring voice "where are your parents sweetie." She looked like sweetie was the last thing that she wanted to call me. I glared at her and said "their nearby." I said. It was true. Just not the whole truth. She said "well do you have money to pay for the food or are you just going to sit here?" I said "well i kind of need a menu." She placed one on the table. I studied it and said "I want the blueberry waffles." She nodded. "Drink." "Coke." She nodded and wrote it down. She showed me the bill. $25.00. I grabbed my wallet from my bag and grabbed a twenty and a five. She nodded and left. I placed the money in my wallet and waited. Twenty minutes later she walked back balancing a plate on one hand and a drink in the other. She placed it on the table and said "money." I gave her it and she left. I practically inhaled the food and drink. When I finished I was still hungry and I gat up and walked to the back of the restaurant to the ladies room. Then I finished my business and left. My arm hurt. I walked into a hotel and strolled through the lobby invisible. I walked up to a room and phased through a door. I laid down on the bed. I took off the bag and pulled out the ball. I wasn't tired. Just in pain. And hungry. I could barely breath because of my ribs. I placed the ball on the bed and sat on the opposite. They were asleep. I placed it back in the bag and put the bag on. I changed and flew through the ceiling. I looked around for a sec then took off for Chicago. Two hours later. There it was. On the horizon. The sun was still high in the sky. I flew towards it even faster. The food didn't last long. If I could make it to Chicago then I could get something to eat while I'm waiting for the portal. I coughed. Ow. My ribs haven't fully healed. Neither has my arm. I didn't have the energy to speed back up so I flew at this speed. It grew larger as I flew closer. I finally made it. I dived toward a alleyway so I could change. I changed and walked up to a corn dog vender. I ordered a jumbo dog and walked to the park. He never said when it would open or where exactly. I guess I would have to fly around. I sat down on a bench and slowly ate the corn dog. It was good. I ran into an grove of trees. No one within eyesight. I changed and took of. My chest was feeling fine. My arm was movable but it hurt every now and then. I did a few loops. It was nice to fly. I looked down and then tears started to drip from my face as I saw a young girl run up to her parents and give. them a hug. They smiled and the dad lifted her up. Her mom gave her a cookie from a bag. They were lucky. No fighting ghost. No feeling like an abomination because your a clone of a few people made by a crazy old man. My life sucked. But if I wasn't here then were would I be. Who would be me. Ah we'll. Tears dripped from my face. I blinked and went into a devastating free fall. I turned intangible before I hit the ground and sank into the ground. I didn't stop till I couldn't see anything except stone. Then I stopped I sighed and flew back up. I reached the surface and I flew up under a bench. There was a tv store across the street. It was playing the news. The station sign popped up and the a older man appeared. He said "this is Tom Reagan. I have important news from Amity Park. Home of the famous Danny Phantom. He has gone missing. Amity Park is in a panic. The ghosts are attacking and no one knows where he is." I blinked then I stood up and took off. I raced over the city and used the watch for the first time. I hit fast forward. Time jumped and raced forward. I flew all over the city till I saw what I wanted. I hit pause and flew down. I pressed play and dived for the purple hole. The portals to the Neitherlands didn't affect time and they only could be seen from the sky. I dived in and watched as the place dissolved. I saw a more recent memory. I was in the cage. I saw a cloaked figure walk out of a door. I looked around. I saw the ball. I also saw a knife. I reached for the knife and wasn't surprised when it phased through my grip. I sighed and looked around again. I walked towards the door and reached it. I went to step out of it when I seemed to bounce of it. Hmm I haven't seen what was behind it so I can't go there. I turned in time to see myself give him the hourglass. He threw the ball and I caught it. Then he pressed a lever and I fell threw the floor. The room disappeared. The Neitherlands appeared behind it. Hmm. I saw the castle and I launched myself toward it. I flew toward it and then a searing pain shot through me. It burned. I started to fall but I forced myself to stay in the air. I heard a crack then my moms voice say "ow. Tucker watch out." Louder than since they got trapped in the ball. I landed and opened the bag. The ball was cracked and my family was getting larger. They stopped growing. I took a step toward the castle and they grew and the ball cracked even more. I backed away and they shrank and the ball fixed itself slightly. Hmm. I jumped up and flew towards the castle. When I got about twenty feet away the ball completely broke and they got dumped out. They continued to grow until they were normal sized again. When they were normal sized I ran up and gave each of them a hug that nearly crushed them. Needles to say I was happy to see them normal sized again. Then I doubled over in pain as another wave of pain shot through me. "Oooowwwww." I yelled. They ran over to me. I fell to the ground. I closed my eyes and waited for the pain to disappear. After a while it did. Slowly but surly it disappeared. I opened my eyes and stood up. "Are you ok." Mom asked. I nodded. "For now." I looked at the castle. A huge set of doors stood ajar. I walked right through them. I heard them follow. I ran up a set of stairs following a gentle pulling in my gut. I followed it up staircase after staircase. Finally we got to the very top. We were standing outside a smaller set of doors. I pushed one and it opened. I walked through. The hooded figure stood there. It was staring at a paper. My hourglass sat on the table next to it. I smiled for the first time in a while. I made a sword. It clicked against the ground. The hooded figure jumped and turned. "How. No matter. I will destroy the hourglass and then you will be dead." That voice was bugging me. It was so familiar. I hated the voice for some reason. I glared at it. He grabbed a sword and placed it in a defensive position. I raised mine and we waited. We waited for the other to strike to back down to do something. Finally he swung. I got the feeling that he was familiar. Somehow. I ducked under it and brought mine upward to hit the underside of his arm. He dodged and took a step back. I swung my sword to the left the back to the right super fast. It cut him in two slashes across the chest. Green ectoplasm dripped out. He chucked and it reminded me of something. It enraged me also. I swung downward and he barely dodged. He swung in a upward arc and gave me a nasty cut on my stomach. Ow. I through my sword like a frisbee and mad another. He dodged the flying one and got cut in the left arm by the one in my hand. He growled and lunged at me. Big mistake. I sidestepped and grabbed his cloak. I flipped the hood off and saw Vlad there. Of course. It had to be him. I threw him against the wall and made a long dagger. I threw it at his cloak. It sank through the soft material and stuck into the wall. He tried to yank it out but it was in too deeply. It would have been easier to kill him but I wasn't him. I grabbed my hourglass and marched out. They followed. I left the castle and a clock appeared outside. It's arm swung and made a portal. Clockwork stepped out. "Hello. Father Time requested that I bring you straight to him." We stepped into the portal. We were deposited in the field that was holding the zombies. They were still there. I raised my hands but Clockwork said "no." Then we flew up to the mansion. My family followed. Inside was Father Time. He said "Hello. I have decided to finally resign and join Mother Earth. I will pass my remaining gifts on to my children but first I will fix your hourglass. But when I leave this place will crumble. So clockwork will have to be fast on making an exit portal." He lowered his hand as he is around five hundred feet tall. I placed the hourglass on his palm. He raised his hand and it glowed a bright blue. I felt better than ever before. Then a new feeling spread through me. I couldn't describe it as anything but a feeling of extreme power. I blinked then fell to the ground. But I wasn't on the ground. I was two things. A ghost and a human. Then my human half stood both halfs melted together. Memories of good times raced through my mind. Then the memories stopped and realty returned. The room glowed a bright blue. Then it dulled. I felt different. I looked down and shrieked. I. Was. Wearing. A. Bright. Pink. Dress. With a corset. I could barely breathe. I changed to a ghost. Better. No pink. (Sue me. She's goth like her mom. So what.). A huge hand lowered and an hourglass sat in the middle. I grabbed it then blackness invaded my vision
