To Translate a Book
Danielle had been flying through the Ghost Zone for about an hour. She had arrived at home and immediately went down into the basement and opened the blast proof doors covering the Ghost portal. When she entered, she figured that Clockwork would come out of nowhere and take her to his tower that somehow existed outside of time. She knew she was running out of luck when Clockwork didn't show up and some of the black mist had escaped her mouth. As she flew around, she noticed that there were no ghosts around and that if she didn't find someone soon, she was going to be in deep shit.
Since there was no one to point her in the direction of Clockwork's tower, she assumed that she could find it on her own. Now we all know what assume means. It makes an ass out of u and me.( there is a reason why I did it that way. It spells it out for you.). When she realized that she had flown to and area that she had never mapped or even be near, she noticed that there was something wrong with the way the place looked, even for the Ghost Zone.
There were huge slabs of stone just floating around, much like floating platforms, ready and awaiting fighters to start a match on them. When she flew over to one of the biggest platforms, a white raven cawed from nowhere and landed on the platform in front of her. She jumped when she looked in to the bird's eyes and saw that they were red and that they looked like they were looking deep into her soul.
"I guess the raven likes you." Said a deep scratchy voice from behind her.
Danielle spun around, and for the second time that day remembering what Micheal said, formed her katana, and screamed with what she was facing. It was a skeleton that was in a black cloak that was extremely loose and frayed at the cuffs and around the hood. The hood was up and the cloak was being held closed with a belt that had several different skulls on it. On his belt was an hour glass that had sand that was glowing in the dark, a scroll that was ragged at the ends as if he had been reading it for years, and a flute that was made from what looked like a human femur. In the skeleton's right hand was a scythe that had a few pieces of cloth wrapped loosely around the handle, almost like grips.
The main thing that got her attention was the skeleton's wings. They were bone of course, yet nothing held them together. They looked like bat wings and moved when she screamed, almost like she cared him as much as he scared her.
As Danielle stepped back, she tripped over her own feet and over the side of the platform. As she was falling, she felt a bony hand grab her wrist, holding her from falling. She then looked into the hood of the cloak and saw the skeleton's eyes. There was nothing there, yet she could see something there that told her that he wasn't there to harm her. She then allowed him to help her to her feet, then stepped back, allowing Danielle a better look at him. She figured that if he wanted to harm or kill her, he would have done so already.
"Um...thanks?" Danielle said uneasily
"No problem, Miss Danielle." The skeleton said as the raven landed on his left shoulder.
"How do you know who I am?" Danielle asked without really thinking.
"Well," The skeleton said as it removed its hood, "first it would help if I didn't know that you were a halfa. Next, I know the name of every living and nonliving creature and person in the whole universe, with the exception of God of course. The skeleton said (Imagination time people) with a smile on its face.
"Who are you exactly?" Danielle had a suspicion, but she had to hear it from the skeleton in front of her.
The skeleton then sighed, "I am the Lord of Death, the Master of the undead, The walker of the Valley of Death," he then bowed, "I am the Grim Reaper."
"Thought so. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't dreaming. So why are you in this God forsaken place anyways?" Danielle asked, looking around for Clockwork's tower.
"Well, this God forsaken place Is my home and you are trespassing." Danielle then opened her mouth, trying to defend herself but Grim raised his hand for silence, "I know why you are here. You are looking for Clockwork's tower. The problem with that is that you must find someone who has been there and have them take you. Now there is someone here that can do that, but you have to fight him first."
As Danielle was looking around for her opponent, she noticed was that all she could hear was her heartbeat, her breathing and something else that was rhythmic, but she couldn't tell what it was. While she is trying to figure out what the sound was, she felt the chill of her Ghost sense go off and she also saw the blue mist come out. Danielle spun around, facing way from Grim and saw her opponent.
He was stood about 5'6" and wore a black jumpsuit with a white DP on the front, white gloves and boots. His complexion was a pasty white and his hair was as white as a ghost. His eyes were glowing emerald and as he floated there, some blue mist escaped his mouth while a combination of blue and black mist escaped Danielle's mouth.
"Danielle," Grim said (Imagination time again people), with a smile on his face, "meet you opponent. I give you Danny Fenton A.K.A. Danny Phantom or Inviso-Bill, which ever you choose. He is you from a different dimension, though with the some of the same powers as yourself as you can tell. This ought to be quite entertaining."
"So let me get this straight," Danielle said in a questioning tone while still looking at Danny, "I am supposed to defeat myself from a different dimension, then I can go see Clockwork?"
"Um...yeah...sure. Just get on with it." Grim said, somewhat impatient waiting to see the fight.
"Grim," Danny said, looking off behind Danielle, "this just isn't fair. I mean come on, a girl? She doesn't look like much, does she Blood Angel?"
She then wheeled around at the mention of an angel and saw who Danny was talking to. The man stood a little under 6' tall and wore a red shirt, black jeans, a black trench coat and a black cowboy hat. He also had on shades that were a simple wire frame with W bend in them with dark red tinted lenses.
What really got her attention though, were the two blood red bird wings coming from his back. She also noted that his hair was as red as his wings. He looked like he could have been muscular, but she figured that she could take Danny. He looked like he was at her level.
"I don't think she will put up much of a fight. You can take her in about five." Blood Angel said with a chuckle that caused both Danny and Danielle's blood to freeze.
"Five what?" Grim asked, "Five seconds or five minutes?"
Danielle, getting really pissed off by now, recreated her energy katana and glared over at Danny. 'Five minutes or five seconds,' Danielle mimicked in her head, 'I'll show them what a GIRL can do.'
She then put on a sadistic smile and charged at the other halfa. She flew full force, making the first attack on her male counterpart. The first thing Danny did was be come intangible when she tried to strike him with the katana. He then floated there, smiling like he knew something she didn't, yet that still didn't stop her. She then decided to fly through the platform and wait just for a second. When Danny went to take flight after her, to see if he could even find her, she fired off a powerful ectoplamic blast that ripped the platform into many little pieces. Grim and Blood Angel just floated in the air as the platform crumbled underneath their feet.
As Danielle looked for Danny Phantom, she became tangible and was slammed hard in the back by a rock about the size of a human head. When she wheeled around, another rock was headed in her direction, so she sliced it in half with the greatest of ease. As she was searching through the dust for Danny, she felt someone tackle her from behind. While she was going down, she spun around and looked at Danny right in the eyes. While they were looking at each other, Danielle went intangible and Danny slammed into another platform. Hard.
As Danny was getting his brain back into one piece, Danielle appeared behind him and was about to hit him with her blast, when a fire ball almost hit her. The only thing that kept it from blowing her up, was a sword that managed to hit the fire ball in mid air and dispersed it. She looked over in the direction that the fire ball had come from and saw the demon chick glaring at Blood Angel.
"About damn time she showed up." Danny said, standing up with a bit of a swagger.
Danielle looked over at Danny with a look of confusion just as Blood Angel landed in front of her, grabbing his sword out of the ground. He then took off his coat and Danielle saw that he was wearing medieval armor underneath it. He then popped his knuckles and looked over at Danny.
"Danny," Blood Angel said commandingly take Danielle over to Grim and wait until I am done with her. Danielle, do exactly as Grim says. If he says run then do so."
"What about you?" Danielle asked.
"Don't worry about me! Just GO!"
And with that, Blood Angel took flight and clashed swords with the demon. Grim floated down and looked at Danny and Danielle.
"Come on! You must stay out of the way or else you two may no longer be halfas!"
"No!" Danielle said, extremely stubornly.
"What!? Why!?" Grim asked, knowing things were getting way out of hand.
"I am not done with him." Danielle said, pointing a finger at Danny while gathering energy win her other hand.
"Now see hear!" Grim shouted over the noise the angel and the demon were making in the background and in frustration, "We don't have"
Grim never finished his sentence because Danielle flew at Danny at full speed with her left hand looking like it was on fire with green flames.
Danny, seeing this said only one thing. "Ah shit."
He didn't have enough time to go intangible, and got an ectoplamic punch to the face. She then rotated her body so that she was perpendicular to him and kicked him in the stomach with the added bonus of more ectoplamic energy and adrenaline running through her veins. Danny went flying past the Demon and Angel, who were now fighting with their bare hands, though the Angel was mostly blocking, and slammed into the bottom of a platform. Danny started to see straight when he saw a black blur and felt something hit him in the stomach, causing him to go straight through the platform. All he knew was that if felt like a rocket smashing him in the gut.
Grim, looking on, wondered where the Hell Clockwork was and why he wasn't there stopping the fights. Grim knew that the fight between Danny and Danielle was only to get the Demon's attention, not cause her to continue on beating on Danny. He then remembered that she asked if she defeated her opponent then she could see Clockwork.
'Damn!' Grim though,' Thing have gotten way out of hand!'
It was then that he heard a roar that made him look down. He saw a white panther and black wolf fighting where the Demon and Angel were fighting. He then got a shock when the wolf somehow spread bird wings and took flight while the panther grew bat wings and went after her prey.
Danny had managed to lock hands with Danielle in a struggle of power. Both their hands were glowing green, yet Danny knew there was not going to be a winner because they were way to evenly matched. As he tried to figure out a way to talk with her, he felt a powerful kick in his left knee, which caused him to drop down into a kneeling position.
"Do you give?" Danielle asked with a smirk on her face.
Danny, figuring it was a good idea to give said yes. She nodded and let go of Danny and offered him a hand up, which he accepted. As they were going back to Grim, the wolf and panther flew by them at high speeds. While Danny and Danielle watched them soar by, the wolf changed back into Blood Angel and the panther back into the Demon, never losing a second of speed.
Blood Angel then landed on a platform and blocked every punch that the demon could throw at him. He then grabbed her wrist when she missed and she freaked out and tried to hit him with the other fist, which he also caught. He then forced her to land, grabbed both wrists with one hand and forced her to look him in the face.
"Victoria! Calm down!" Blood Angel shouted, trying to get her attention.
She then stopped struggling and looked at the angel with a look of hatred and confusion. As she stood there, Danny and Danielle went over to Grim and Danielle gave him a confused look.
Danny then whispered in her ear, "Watch."
As Danielle did as Danny asked, she noticed that Victoria had stopped struggling all together and now had tears in her eyes. This confused Danielle to no end because she thought that Victoria was wanting to kill Blood Angel, not have feeling for him.
"Who are YOU," Victoria said in a hurt tone, "to use my name!? You gave everything up for what!?"
"You told me to do what my heart said for me to do. Remember?" Blood Angel said in a soothing tone.
"I KNOW WHAT I SAID ERIC! YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND! I HAD TO WATCH AS YOU JUST...just...gave up." Victoria then leaned on Eric and just cried.
"Shhh, shhh, shhh. Everything will be fine. But I need your help and if we succeed, then we get to restart where we left off."
Victoria then looked up at him, "How? How can we pick up where we left off? Last I checked, I was dead and you vanished into thin air."
"That is where I come in." Clockwork said, coming out of his time portal.
"Wait, what the HELL is going on here?" Danielle asked in absolute frustration.
"And why were you helping her when I tried to kill her?" Victoria asked Eric.
"I think it is time that some questions get answered." Grim said, referring to Clockwork.
"First of all, Victoria, you were killed by an Angel so you were immediately sent to heaven as payback. When you found the demon that could go back to Earth, you hadn't realized which one and all you knew was the last name of the halfa, Fenton. So you figured that if you killed this person, then you could find Eric and repair the damage that has been done. Danielle, you are here because you are needed in completing a prophesy that is about 3000 years old. You and Danny must help Eric defeat an angel made demon, therefore causing the freedom of the demon and Eric from their sins. Now, as for the rewards you will receive for helping: Instant access to heaven for your family and yourself when the time comes. For Victoria and Eric, they will placed in a different time, where they never existed, so that they may live their lives together."
"Is that all or did you run out of breath?" Victoria asked sarcasticly.
"Nope. That's it." Clockwork said, changing from his middle form to his old form.
"Okay..." Victoria said, not to sure about what Clockwork just said.
"Dear." Eric said, causing Victoria to look up at him while in his arms, "Think about it. A chance to start over again and live the life we had talked about. A chance for us to do what we wanted to do and have nothing to stop us."
"And how exactly do we get past the part where I am dead?"
Grim then cleared his throat, causing everyone to look over at him. Danielle then understood why Grim was here in the first place. If Victoria agreed, then she could be...wait...
"How can you do that?" Danielle asked before Victoria had the chance.
"Simple, she wasn't on my list. She was killed by an angel so therefore, her soul is a free soul. She could have returned to Earth anytime she wanted to. All she had to do was ask."
"Who else knew of that?" Eric asked, starting to get mad.
"I did." Said the raven that was still on Grim's shoulder.
Danielle, who was not really surprised by this, looked over at the raven as it flew off Grim's shoulder and landed on the platform between all of the people there. When he did this, he changed into an angel with black wings with several red feathers. He stood about 6'3'' and wore all black. The only thing that looked off on him was his duster trench coat.
"Priest." Both Eric and Victoria said at the same time. "How could you keep something like that a secret from the both of us?" Eric asked for the both of them.
"I had too. If I hadn't, then you would have never decided to change the course of history in Heaven and Hell."
"Did the thought ever occur to you that perhaps I really didn't give a rats ass?" Eric asked, "Do you think I wanted to go to,"
He was stopped from what he was saying when Victoria grabbed his face and kissed him deeply and lovingly. When they were done, Eric looked over at Priest and then looked over at the Fentons.
"Do you promise to keep your part of the deal if I keep mine?" Eric asked to Grim, Clockwork and Priest.
"Yes." They all said unanimously.
"Then lets do this."
Clockwork then waved his staff in the air and a portal big enough for everyone to enter at once formed. As they all walked in, Danielle had to ask her self what had she gotten into and wondered if she was making the right choice by signing on with all of these angels.
In another time and place, a world was falling apart because of an multidimensional portal that was created by a white man who was bald. The man stood an average size and wore a buisness suit that hid the exoskeleton that helped him live because of a type of radiation poison from Krytonite. As he stood there, laughing manically, he saw someone step out of the portal. This man wore what looked like maroon armor, yet he wore a purple cape with it. His helmet was formed an M around his face. He looked to be in his 60's and looked at Lex like he was crazy.
"So," the man said without really caring, "you are the fool who created this?"
"Yes. The name is Lex Luthor. And you would be..." Lex said, extending his hand.
"The name is Magneto."
OH!!! What has Lex done and what is going to happen now? I guess I could tell you in the next story, the only problem being, I don't know what to call it. I will have some options up later on, but if you think of any, tell me. I know this chapter never mentioned a book, but it was the journey to get the book translated.
