Sorry people! This should have been up on Sunday! I'm really sorry! But, today I had off of school so I decieded to finish typing and post. It is also extremely long.
Most people wanted MaddiexDanny, so that is what I wrote about.
***Also, the answer to the trivia question was Mr. Lancer! In the begining, he yells, "CASPER...HIGH...SPIRIT!1" on a trampoline. I'm really sorry I wasn't able to put the answer in the last chapter. The people who guessed correctly were:
VampireFruitloopsRule
GollaG
EmberMclain
zuko master of firebender
SailorSea
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Chapter 4: An Explanation…Well Sort Of
Danny's POV
Bang! I jumped out of bed and looked around. Before I could even open my drowsy eyes, my ghost sense went off. I looked around the room and I noticed something: this was not my bedroom, or even my house for that matter. I followed my ghost sense out of my room and into a small hallway. When I peeked around the corner, I saw a middle-aged, blond-haired female ghost that was crouched on the ground, picking up pieces of a broken platter. It seemed that she did not even know I was there. I decided to examine her more, before giving away my position.
Her hair was pulled back in long braid. From the looks of it, her skin was a green tint. She had on a long powder blue dress and a pair of light blue slippers. As I looked at the ghost closer, I realized who she was: Dora. Now knowing that this ghost was my ally, I questioned, "Dora?"
The young maiden looked up from the platter and gasped. "Sir Phantom, I did not mean to awaken you, I'm truly sorry. Please don't punish me."
"Dora, why would I punish you?" I said. I then knelt down and began to help her. "Where am I? The last thing I remember was…" I then trailed off, due to my memory of what happened with my parents and Vlad. Though, I guess I could not really call them my parents anymore, mainly, because they hated my very being. I then whispered a small oh no.
"Uhh. We are in Sir Plasmius's castle in the human world. He took over the Ghost Zone right after the human world. He enslaved many of us, my people and I being some of them. You don't have to help me, Sir Phantom, I am here to serve you; you should be punishing me for my mistake, Sir." Dora said.
"Dora, that's ridiculous! I would never do anything like that! Now, like I've said before, please just call me Danny. Anyways, how did Vlad get control of the Ghost Zone? He might be powerful, but not enough to take down the whole Zone. Unless…" I trailed off yet again. A thought was jumping around in my mind that I did not like in the slightest.
"If I can try to guess what you are thinking, Sir-Danny, yes, he did get the Ring of Rage and the Crown of Fire. Apparently, when-" Dora was interrupted due to a small mumbling from around another corner. We both looked to see what it was, but when we looked, we saw nothing. We both slowly got up and walked towards the door. When we rounded the corner, I saw my mom with a flower vase in her hand, ready to throw or hit either Dora or myself with the vase.
There was a tenseness in the air, that, it seemed like would last for eternity. But, my mother, or as I should say, my former mother broke it saying, "I want answers, ghosts, I heard your conversation, and I want to know what this ring and crown are. Now."
Maddie's POV
"…Now." I said. I saw the ghost and my s-the halfa stare at me and then at each other. I knew the two must be friends because of the conversation I heard earlier. I just starred at them for another few silent seconds, and then, when I was about to ask again, the one I believe is named Dora said:
"Well, you see, Ma'am, they are two VERY powerful relics from of the Ghost Zone. They were created by the Ancients, a powerful race of ghosts that wanted to improve life in the Ghost Zone and on earth. They tried to give it to a few different ghosts, but the ghosts weren't strong enough, and as a result, they ceased to exists." the maiden-looking ghost then choked up, "Finally, the Ancients found someone, Pariah Dark. But, he…he…" the ghost then choked up and if she could breathe, I bet she would have taken in a deep breath. She then continued saying, "He tricked the Ancients into thinking he would use them for good. But, as soon as he was able to get them, he caused chaos. He took over the Ghost Zone by force. He destroyed countless ghost families and homes. Whole kingdoms and territories were wiped out. Then he went to the human world, there he caused mass destruction-"
Mass destruction in the human world? What? I interrupted Dora inquiring, "There is nothing about that in Earth's history. What are you talking about!"
Dora took over saying, "What you humans call the 'Dark Ages'. That is when Pariah tried to take over the human world. He overshadowed many rulers, created plagues, and caused countless wars. It might look like it was all just bad timing of countless historical events, but Pariah Dark caused it all.
"The Ancients did not want this to continue, so they tricked Dark back to the Ghost Zone, there, they were able to trap him in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep. About a thousand years after that, King Plasmius came back and let him out. He then repeated the same action as last time, except this time, there were no Ancients to stop him-" Dora began explaining, before being interrupted, yet again.
"Wait. Wait. Wait." Phantom said, "That bugged me the first time you told me the story. Where are the Ancients?"
I looked at Phantom with a quizzical expression. He should know this shouldn't he? I mean he is a…a… halfa, so why doesn't he know? "Why don't you know, Phantom?"
He gave me a face that basically spelled out 'duh'. He then said, "Same reason you don't. I know most the story, but I never really got the whole thing with description. And if you haven't noticed, I'm not on the best ground with most of the ghosts. Besides Dora and a few others, most of them hate me." He then just looked at me with his big, icy blue eyes like he has done since he was little. Except, now, when I looked into those deep blue eyes, I didn't see my son, I saw Phantom. I don't know whether this scarred me or saddened me. Everything about him was the same, from his raven black hair to his scrawny body. But, he wasn't the same, hidden behind those eyes were vibrant green ones, and his hair was a glossy snow white. I didn't really know what to think of it all. But, I knew one thing, he was a halfa. And halfas are part ghost, so as mush as I hated to think this about my child, he was evil. Pure evil. Right?
"Now, Dora, why weren't the Ancients around?" he asked again.
"They disappeared about five-hundred years ago. But, the Ghost Zone is a large place; they could be anywhere in there. Many of us still have hope in them…" the female ghost then trailed off for a second, but she soon continued saying, "Anyways, as soon as he got to the human world and started some damage, Sir-Danny," she stumbled, as she motioned to Phantom, "Stopped him, but when he went to put the Dark in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep, he hit the Crown and took the Ring off of him. Once Dark was successfully locked in, Danny passed out. Vlad made an agreement with the Fright Night, and the Fright Night got both the Ring and Crown and brought them to Vlad.
"And as far as I know, since then, Vlad has just been waiting for the perfect time to strike." she finished.
There was a moment of silence as I processed the information. And by the look on Phantom's face, it seemed that he was trying to process some of it, too. It all made sense now. That's how Vlad was able to gain control of the world so quickly. He had the Crown and Ring. But if Phantom was able to take down Pariah Dark, then he should also be able to take down Vlad. Wait! Why would Phantom want that! He's on Vlad's side. Just when I thought we actually had a hope…
The silence continued. I suddenly realized that I had relaxed my arm during the story. My only defense, a vase, was hanging at my side. I quickly brought my arm back up and back in swinging position. Phantom obliviously took notice, tensioned and then said, "You can put that down you know. We aren't going to do anything."
I just looked at him in disbelief and replied, "How do know?"
"Well-" he began to answer, but he stopped mid-sentence saying, "Do I have something on my head?"
I gave him a look of confusion, and then said, "What?" I then looked closer, but made sure to keep my distance from the specter. And sure enough, there was a small piece of golden metal around his head. "It's a crown…" I mumbled. I then felt on top of my own head, where I felt a small piece of metal atop of mine, too.
I then heard Phantom swear and then look at Dora. "Please tell me this isn't your brother's, is it?" he asked.
"Umm, he raided our castle. He took me, my family, and all of our servants, and when he found these, he was overjoyed. So, yes." she answered. I then saw Phantom violently exhale out of irritation.
There was a long period of silence then, in which, after a while, I interrupted asking, "Why does it matter?"
"Because, I really don't know how it works, but you cannot leave a certain area with it on. It won't come off unless Vlad takes it off of our heads. So, basically, we're stuck here until the fruit loop chooses to let us go." Phantom said.
I stared at them for a second. Just when it looked like Phantom was about to say something, he was interrupted by a 'BING!'. It came from that ghost named Dora. She then pulled up her sleeve, and under it, was a small silver watch. After checking the time, she said, "I have to go! King Plasmius will be expecting his breakfast soon!" Then, before Phantom or I could protest, she ran out into the hall, picked up the remaining mess, and ran out of our suite.
The next few moments were kind of tense and awkward. Phantom and I locked eyes, and both of us did not know what to do or say. I decided to speak, if I was going to be living in the same place as a halfa, I should set some ground rules. So, I began to speak, "Phantom, I don't like this anymore than you do, so here is what we are going to do, being that you are the putrid protoplasm-"
I was then interrupted by our front door opening. We both cautiously began our walk over to the door. I made sure to keep my distance from Phantom. As we turned the corner, I saw a rather large ghost in a metallic battle suit. There was tenseness in the air as he began to speak. He said, "Whelp and Queen," he addressed us; I then saw Phantom's eyes turn green, "Watch your temper child. You might be the king's new son, but that does not mean you have any power over me."
"I AM NOT HIS NEW SON!" Phantom growled; his eyes still a toxic green.
"I AM NOT HIS QUEEN!" I sneered.
The large metallic ghost growled. He then said, "Watch yourself; I will not restrain myself against either of you if you keep this up. I-"
He was then interrupted by Phantom growling, "You better not touch her! Or you will never see daylight again." I looked at him with a look of confusion. Why would he even care? He was just an evil protoplasm. Right?
The metallic ghost then cringed and held back a nasty retort. He then said, "YOUR king would like you to come to breakfast with him. So come. Now, there is no option."
"Why should we?" Phantom nastily asked.
"I thought you would never ask whelp." the robotic ghost asked and then from behind him, came about ten policemen like ghosts. "This is why. You may be a powerful halfa, whelp. But if you were to do anything, the lady would be hurt in the process." I was then grabbed from behind. I then saw Phantom's eyes turn baby blue, I then saw something I hadn't seen in those eyes since he was a tot, fear. The one emotion that my son, Danny, used to show. Maybe my Danny was still in there, somewhere. He was just being covered up by Phantom's dark and evilness, and when he did get to show his face, he could only show it for a short period of time. It was all Phantom's fault my Danny was so conflicted. "That's good Phantom, now come along, you should be grateful King Plasmius takes such a liking to you." Two ghosts then came and grabbed Phantom, the rest were right behind and in front of us as we walked down the hall in silence.
Wow, that was long. It toke me almost a full minute to scroll through it. Lol.
Anyways, I have another trivia question, don't worry, this time I will remember to put up the winners in the next chapter. The question is:
In the episode 'Double Cross my Heart', what is Gregor's real name?
Whoever guesses correctly will get their pen name posted in the next chapter.
One more question, what would you guys like the next chapter to be about:
Jazz
Sam, Tucker, and Jack
Maddie and Danny
Please write your answer in your review!
I don't know when I'll havetime to post the next chapter. I should be up by the end of October to the first week of November.
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