Hmmm…I wasn't going to add this, but I'll explain why I did in the end. And sorry about the last tow chapters only having one dream. Some chapters will be like that, due to the fact of how much detail each one has. And also, I did some minor editing in the last chapter. I noticed that I said that Danny shot some ecto rays in that chapter, but then I remembered that he didn't have that power quite yet. Well, see you at the bottom! Enjoy!
Danny's dream, location and time, unknown-
The scene changed from the lab, to a long hallway. The three older Fentons looked around and tried to remember why this place looked so familiar. Danny's face paled as he realized they were, yet again, going to discover another secret.
Three ghost like birds floated in the middle of the hallway, staring at the floor as if something was supposed to be there, but was not. Then out of nowhere, Danny appeared in ghost form feet behind them and smirked, as they could see this as they were on a side view, between the three birds and dream Danny.
"Hey guys, remember me?" Danny asked smugly, putting hand in fist. The three ghosts turned around, but when they saw who was flaoting there, screamed in fright and disappeared. Danny seemed a bit taken aback as he said, "OK, that was almost too easy."
As it Danny seemed to ponder something a voice was heard from behind him. Danny spun around to see a ghost saying, "Ah, bright boy." A ghost with a white jumpsuit with black, and a red and white cape was floating behind him. He had blood red eyes and pale blue skin. The two eldest Fentons gasped.
"The Wisconsin Ghost!" they exclaimed, finally realizing where they were: Vlad's old castle in Wisconsin.
"Oh well, I was aiming for the birds, but you'll do!" Danny said as he threw a punch at the older ghost. But as he approached the blue ghost raised an eyebrow in amusement before snatching Danny's hand and holding him in mid-air before tossing him into a wall-hard. Danny impacted the wall, rubble slightly shattering off of it and fell to the ground in pain. The real Danny hissed in pain as he felt the same pain he had felt during his first fight with the older hybrid, only worse.
"Whoa. Fast. Well, better stop messing around." Dream Danny muttered to himself as he picked himself up carefully. He jumped up, attempting another attack on the ghost, but once again, was stopped as he was snatched by the throat. Danny instinctively threw his arms up to the hand suspending him in the air by his neck, as he looked fearfully at the ghost, who threw him to the ground.
"My vultures were supposed to bring the big idiot to me, but you'll do!" the ghost said, mocking Danny's words, first throwing his hands in the air before crossing them and smiling evilly. "Danny Phantom, right?"
Danny's face showed much surprise at the ghost knowing him. "Y-you know me?" Danny asked incuriously.
"Of course I know you!" the ghost exclaimed before phasing through the wall behind him, Danny following him closely behind. The four Fentons were then transferred into the room the two hybrids-although Jack and Maddie were unaware of the older ghost's status-had just phased into.
"You're the ghost boy who uses his powers for goo-ood!" the ghost stated, using a mocking tone on the word 'good'. "How quaint. Aren't you going to try and shove me into your ridiculous thermos?" the ghost asked, getting in Danny's startled face, but Danny uneasily backed away.
"I-I don't want to fight you!" Danny claimed, fear edging his uncertain voice. He tried desperately not to show that he wasn't afraid, but it seemed that the ghost knew how he truly felt.
"No. No you don't." the ghost said smugly as he threw a pink ray at Danny's chest, shooting him across the large library looking room. Dream Danny and real Danny both screamed in shock and pain.
Dream Danny got up as fast as he could so he could attack the evil ghost. He shot into the air, willing his own green ray towards the ghost, screaming, "Get away!" but the older ghost lazily put up a small pink shield, which seemed to absorb the weak rays of the boy.
"Ha! An ecto plasmic energy blast!" the ghost mocked, making Danny slightly angry. Danny threw a couple more rays towards him, each time getting closer himself. But the older ghost yawned and moved his shield around to avoid the attacks until he put it down when Danny stopped as he saw that each assault was ending in vain. "So…year one. Tell me child," the ghost started, looking at Danny evilly, "can you do, this yet?" All of a sudden the ghost split himself into four of himself, Danny turning to face each one as they appeared, then backing away out of fear.
"No! I can't!" Danny replied, to shocked to say anything else but his answer. "How are you doing all this?"
"Years of practice, which you unfortunately have no time for!" the four identical ghosts said at the same time, all of them willing pink energy into their hands, and shooting at Danny, causing him to fall to the ground, screaming in pain in sequence with the real Danny, who was curled in a ball at the extreme pain he was feeling. But the older three Fentons were transfixed with the scene before them to notice the real Danny's pain. Dream Danny got up shakily, burns on his cheeks and his hair standing on end, holding his gut in pain, his breathing heavy. He looked fearfully up at the ghost who had gathered more energy, and aimed it at the young boy who's eyes widened in fear.
The older ghost shot several more rays at Danny, who could do nothing to avoid the attacks due to his pain and weakness. He received several punches as well before he went crashing through a door, only to be unconscious on the other side, the older ghost following behind.
It was now that the older Fentons noticed real Danny's screams of agony. They turned around to see Danny on the ground, holding every injured part of his body in hopes of easing the pain. When his face was revealed they could see the exact same burn marks on his cheeks to match the dream Danny. Seeing as the memory wasn't quite over for Danny, they had a moment to think of what was going on.
"What's wrong with him? He's been over here the whole time!" Maddie exclaimed as she knelt down to try and comfort her son. Jack and Jazz knelt down beside him as well.
"I think Nocturne is making Danny literally relive his memories…" Jazz confirmed. Jack and Maddie shared a worried look as Danny only slowly began to come back to his senses, the scene changing slowly into a high tech lab.
"Wow, where are we?" Maddie asked as she gazed around the room. Danny mumbled something incoherent before a dream Danny walked through a pair of large metallic doors. He walked in and started looking around for something.
"Present, I don't see a present…" the boy said to himself. He stopped as he reached a small photo on a table, picking it up to examine it. "Hey, wait a minute!" Dream Danny continued as he pulled a torn piece of paper out of his suit pocket. He looked at it a moment before holding it up against the ripped picture in the frame. "Oh no! No way!" Danny quietly exclaimed, stepping back in surprise.
Just then they saw his ghost sense go off. He looked around a moment and when he knew it as clear, although he knew he was in an empty room, allowed the two white rings to surround his body, changing him from Fenton into Phantom. He looked around once more and let out a startled yelp as two octopus looking ghosts picked him up off the ground with their tentacles, causing him to drop the photo frame.
"Let go!" Danny exclaimed, kicking the one on his right, then slamming the other into the ground. "Those ghosts! They were two of the first ghosts I fought!" Danny exclaimed to himself.
"And they're not alone, Pup!" said a voice, startling the dream Danny as he turned around. But as he turned to face the new ghost he was attacked by a net that sent him slamming into the wall behind him, also electrifying the young hybrid. Real Danny screamed in pain as he felt the electrifying currents go through his body. The new ghost stepped out of the shadows to reveal it's armored self. Dream Danny gasped in surprise.
"Skulker!" he exclaimed as he ripped out of the netting. He jumped into the air before kicking Skulker, sending him flying into the other wall. "How did you get back in your ecto-skeleton? What are you doing here?"
"All excellent questions. Catch!" Skulker replied as he threw a small box over to Danny's feet. As soon as it reached Danny it formed into a bigger box, surrounding Danny up to his neck as it started glowing a ghostly green.
"Hey! I can't phase out of this! It's disrupting my powers!" Danny exclaimed, clearly struggling to break free.
"That's not all it does…" Skulker said with an evil smile as he pressed a button on his wrist. The large box-like containment device started shocking the screaming boy, rocking as he tried to free himself from the agonizing pain. Once the shocking was over, the box came to a halt as Danny became weak, transforming back into his human self, his head smacking down on the top surface of the box.
Skulker walked over, picking Danny's head up by his hair, forcing him to look up. The ghost let a glowing green blade pop out of his wrist as he neared it near the dazed hybrid, instantly waking him up.
"Heh heh, uh, the glowing blade is new…" Danny commented nervously. The older ghost seemed to instantly perk up at the comment on his weapon.
"You like it? I've had some upgrades!" Skulker said excitably, a happy grin on his face. But just as soon as he had became happy, his face once turned into that of a hunter's seriousness as he continued, "Now then…"
"Enough!" exclaimed a voice. The Fenton's attention was brought back over to the doors as they gasped when they saw who stood there: Vlad Masters. "I didn't free you to kill the boy, Skulker! Your work is done." Vlad continued with an evil grin. The ghost straightened out nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yes, well, I…" Skulker stuttered, looking at the PDA installed into his ecto-skeleton. "I've got to go to the library and check out a book on a gorilla…again!" Skulker pouted as his suit forced his wings out, phasing him through the room, leaving the teen and billionaire alone.
Dream Danny watched as Skulker left, but soon his gaze was brought to the older man occupying the room. "Skulker, the Ecto-pusses? I don't understand!" Danny exclaimed, obviously confused.
"Of course you don't! Your like, what? Fourteen!" Vlad exclaimed, throwing his hand in the air for further emphasis. "Too young to drive, and not in college yet!" Vlad continued, nearing the trapped boy. "I sent those ghosts, to test your Father's skills! Imagine my surprise when I find you, the second hybrid his foolishness created!" Vlad said, raising an eyebrow at the confused teen.
"Second?" Danny asked confusedly, having nothing else to say due to his surprise. Vlad stepped back, getting into a battle stance as two black rings surrounded his waist, transforming him into the ghost he had fought last night. Maddie and Jack gasped at the sight before them, having a hard time believing what they had just witnessed.
"You! I'm goin' ghost!" Danny exclaimed, pausing when he realized he wasn't changing. "Goin' ghost!…Why can't I go ghost?" Danny asked himself.
"You have a battle cry, hilarious." Vlad laughed. "Hmm. I on the other hand, have this!" he exclaimed, patting the device that held Danny hostage. "A spectral energy neutralizer-designed by Skulker, paid for by me. And as long as you're contained within that box, you're as human as your idiot Father!" Vlad stated, his hands fisting at his sides, his comment receiving a hurt expression to go along with the surprised one on Jack's face.
"Let me out of here!" Danny exclaimed as he continued to struggle. Vlad turned slowly to face Danny.
"Why? So you can go back to stumbling through your adolescence, desperately trying to get control of your powers? Powers, by the way, that I've had for twenty years." Vlad continued, smiling evilly.
"I have experience, my child. And the money and power obtained by using those powers for personal gain, you say." Vlad continued, showing off the knowledge he knew of his powers. "I could train you, teach you everything I know. And all's you'd have to do, is renounce you idiot, Father."
"Dude, you are one seriously crazed up fruit loop. That is never going to happen." Danny replied.
"Yes. Well, once your Father is out of the way, we'll see how you feel." Vlad replied coldly, laughing evilly as he vanished in a green swirl. The scene changed to the rest of the fight, but Maddie and Jack turned to the pained Danny that was curled in a ball from the pain, seeing as they knew the rest of the memory, while Jazz continued to watch. She was interested in how Danny had very first found out about Vlad.
"Oh, Danny, are you alright?" Maddie asked worriedly as she caressed his face in her hands.
"I'm-fine." Danny managed to gasp, still feeling the after effects of the electrical shock. Jack hugged Danny, hiding his slightly hurt look from him. Danny felt safe in his parents hold, and was glad they knew of his secret. Maybe he should've told them after all…
But his thoughts were interrupted as the scene changed once more to reveal more of his memories.
Wow. Longest chapter I've ever done. Sorry about telling you it would be two parts, but once I got started on the second part, I thought it looked stupid once I had it written, and decided to make it just one. And normally, I'm not so good at long chapters, but if I did good on this, than I suppose I have a better chance at longer chapters, hmm? So, yeah, please review!
