Jack flew in through the window, carrying a scowling Danny. When he set the boy down, Danny plopped down on his butt and sat there, unmoving.

"It was a joke!" Jack tried, laughing lightly.

"I'm not laughing," Danny replied. He had to hide a smile from crossing his face. While he knew that it was wrong, it had been kinda funny. Plus it was fun to see Jack acting the way he was.

"Come on! It's not like I actually let you fall in the ocean!"

"Could've fooled me!"

"What is going on?" North's voice echoed. The door to his office open as he emerged, two little elves behind him, one carrying a cookie tray. "I have a few days until Christmas and we know…Pitch will…try something…" He slowed down as he saw Danny. "Uh, who's that?" he asked Jack, looking back and forth.

"Him?" Jack laughed. "That's Danny."

"I'm right here!" Danny cried, waving his arms around. "No need to talk about me as if I am not!" Danny's eyes fell on North. "Whoa…Is that Santa Clause?" He felt slight hate towards him for his parents spats about his existence, but also wonder.

They ignored him.

North blinked. "Danny Phantom?" North was positive the kid didn't have glowing green eyes.

Jack shook his head, pointing at Danny as if it were obvious. "No, he's Danny Fenton. Not Phantom. Although, he does know where Phantom is."

Danny stood up, glaring harshly at Jack. "Whatever! That doesn't mean I'll tell you! You practically kidnapped me, dropped me over a floating city, tossed me through a freezing cloud, put me in an ice ball and let me sink in the ocean—" That raised eye brows "—And expect me to believe you're some winter spirit!"

Danny took a breath, realizing what he just said. "Wait, you can control ice?"

Jack rolled his eyes. "Not just ice. Winter elements. Snow, ice, winds, cold weather, that kind of stuff."

North watched the scene. It was like be was watching two brothers. At one point they were furious with each other, the next talking almost casually.

"That's neat, I guess…" Danny felt a bit jealous, but didn't show it. It's not like Jack could control ectoplasm, right? "But I'm still not telling you where Phantom is."

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want to!"

North slowly tip-toed away from the two boys. At the globe, he pulled the switch to send the auroras. The boy did know where Phantom was, and was just being stubborn. But, the boy could see them, which meant be believed. And, even as a teen, he was still a child.

"We need to know where Phantom is!"

"Well too bad!"

Ah, teenagers. No matter how old they were, considering Jack was over 300, teens will be teens.

"I'll…take you anywhere you want to go!"

"No need for that!"

"Why can't you just tell us where he is?"

"One, I don't want to, and two, I DON'T WANT TO!"

"Brake it up," North ordered, getting between the two boys. He knew the arguing would be pointless. He turned to Danny, looking at him. If be believed it was likely he'd tell him. After all, they were the Guardians. "Danny, do you know where Danny Phantom is?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, where is he?"

Danny smirked. "Somewhere."

Okay, so the boy didn't mind angering the Guardians. North made a mental note to make sure the kid's name was on the Naughty List. If it wasn't already, that is.

"What happened?" a girl vice cried. Tooth entered the room, a few little fairies hovering around her. "Was it Pitch? Did you find Phantom?"

Danny inwardly winced. That named seem to come up a lot.

"Oh?" Tooth asked, zooming down and looking at Danny. "Who're you?"

Danny opened his mouth to reply, but Tooth let out a little squeal. "Ooooooh! His teeth are white! I bet you floss!"

Danny blinked. He glanced at Jack, pointing a thumb at Tooth. "Tooth fairy?"

Jack nodded.

"I hate cold. I hate cold," Bunny's voice echoed. He entered the room, his big feet covered in snow. "I hate cold."

"Eh, it's not that bad," Danny and Jack jinxed, glancing at each other.

Bunny looked from Jack to Danny, then back and forth a few times. "Since when did Jack have a twin? And why must Jack have a twin?"

Jack and Danny met each other's eyes, debating. "Nah," Danny dismissed. "His hair is way white."

"And he is shorter than me," Jack replied.

Danny turned towards Jack. "Am not! I bet you I'm taller than you!"

"How much do you wanna bet?" Jack asked, a smirk growing across his face. "Because, I bet, that if I'm taller than you, you have to tell us where Phantom is!"

North grinned. While it was funny, he also realized Jack practically tricked Danny. And if he didn't accept, he would appear coward.

Danny opened his mouth to protest, and lifted a finger, but it soon fell. "Never mind." He knew what was coming. Jazz had pulled lots of those tricks on him. Heck, Sam had a couple times to get something out of him.

Danny wouldn't let himself be fooled. This was not a time to be clueless.

"Look, if you want to know where Phantom is, you have to tell me why you need him. That's that."

Jack sighed, deflated, and ran a hand through his hair. He had hoped Fenton would fall for it, but apparently, he was smarted than he looked.

"Fine," Jack cried.

"Jack," North suddenly said, placing a hand on Jack's shoulder. "Calm down."

(Prepare for slight OOC. I typed from here on in school.)

"Calm down?" Jack fired back. North now realized he was dealing with a stubborn teenager again, not the clever boy from a moment ago. "How can I calm down? Pitch is out there, probably getting stronger and stronger and spreading his fear! And here we sit, doing nothing about it! All we care about is finding some Danny Phantom the Man in the Moon told us about. While you have an excuse to stay still and work on Christmas, and Tooth and Sandy have to work twenty-four/seven, Bunny and I could be out doing something! But no! We have to find some teenager who can help us.

"We're waisting time! Don't you see it?" Jack finished his rant, throwing his hands in the air. He was panting, and the ground below him was completely iced.

Danny sighed, feeling incredibly guilty. He had almost no clue about whatever was going on, but Jack had just practically answered his question on why he was needed. Or why Phantom was needed.

"Jack," Danny began, walking forward. "I can't tell you where Phantom is, exactly."

Jack met Danny's eyes, a but of disbelief in them. "You don't know where he is? So you lied?"

Danny's eyes widened. "No! I know where he is! But…" How would he explain this without revealing his secret? "What I meant was you can't go to him. He has to come to you."

Jack exhaled sharply.

The other Guardians watched through it all, remaining silent. The first person to do anything was Sandy, who floated over slowly to North. A sand image of Phantom appeared above his head, and North seemed to get the idea.

"Danny," North said, walking over. "Could you call Phantom for us, somehow?"

Jack slammed his staff on the ground, sending frost all through it. "I'm going," he suddenly said.

"Where?" Tooth asked, cocking her head.

"To look for Pitch," Jack replied. "You guys can get in contact with Phantom. But Pitch is out there, probably slowly putting a few children into disbelief. Someone needs to hold him back and keep tabs."

Ah, there was the clever teen North saw a few minutes ago.

"Okay, but be careful," North ordered. "Don't cause to much trouble."

Jack cocked his head in a mocking manner. "Who, me? Get into trouble? It's like you read my mind." With a small wink and a sudden jump, Jack flew out the sun roof.

All the Guardians' eyes turned to Danny.

Danny gulped. They suddenly seemed a lot more intimidating without the 'fun' aurora Jack had.

"Well?" Bunny asked, looking expectedly at Danny. "We're waiting."

Danny opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again. "Okay…" Suddenly, Danny realized he was at a loss for what to do.

Danny decided on making a duplicate. It would take a lot out of him, especially if he had to hold it for a long while, but he could do it. Maybe, later, he'd tell them that Fenton ha to go home, when really the duplicate would dissolve and Phantom would take his place.

"So, um, Phantom's a very…misjudged…" Danny considered using the word 'person' when he was trying to explain. He hoped they wouldn't assume he was 'an evil infestation of ectoplasm' and hate him instantly. "Immortal," Danny settled on. He had never thought about it before, but ghosts never died. Would that mean he would die? What about age?

"He's an immortal? We defiantly should've heard of him," Bunny stated.

There was a little light bulb above Sandy's head. Everyone turned their attention to it as images came and went quickly, only one person caught what it said.

"Phantom prefers to stay invisible," Danny answered.

North filed that under 'oddities' for the boy. Maybe he could compare notes with the other Guardians later.

"Anyway…um…To call him…" This is awkward… "You all need to…close your eyes! Yep! Phantom won't come if people can see him."

Pathetic, Danny told himself. Do you really expect them to believe that?

Surprisingly, the four of them nodded, closing their eyes.

Danny sighed with relief, calling a duplicate to form. It appeared as Fenton, but quickly shifted into Phantom.

Duplicates were something that was very curious. They seemed to have a mind of their own, but could relay messages back and forth to the original. The duplicate knew the plan, and would follow it while sending Danny the messages.

"Okay," Danny said. "He's here."

It was an instant reaction. North's eyes shot open as he stated at the white-haired, glowing green-eyed teen who was floating above his floor.

"Um…" Phantom said, waving lightly. "Hi?"

(Hm…I considered leaving it off here. But, seeing as I may not update for a while [school's being a pain and I can't write there], I'll keep it going.)

"Do you know who Pitch Black is?" North questioned, getting straight to business.

Phantom glanced at Fenton. If they said no, they might learn more about Danny's kidnapper than they had known. And if they said yes, they knew who he was, well…It wouldn't work all that well.

"I know who he is," Phantom answered with a bit of hesitation. "But I have don't know what he is, exactly."

"Fear," Bunnymund answered. "Pitch is fear. He brings nightmares to children and destroies hope."

Phantom bit his bottom lip and nodded. "Oh. If that's the case, and he's the big baddie, then I guess he's the person we have to stop, right? Piece of cake."

If he escaped as Phantom earlier, it couldn't be too hard to defeat him with a bunch of others, could it? Still, Danny feared he was missing something. Like the last puzzle piece, yet he couldn't quite place it.

"Easier said than done, mate," Bunnymund mentioned.

"Phantom," Tooth began, and Phantom glanced at her with curiousity. She flew over to the globe, pointing at the little lights that glew with vibrance. "Each of these lights is a child. Each one believes in us. If they were to go out…The world would be very dark…"

Phantom stared at the globe. Very dark…A shiver ran through Danny's spin as he recalled Dan, his darker, evil self. A world where everyone feared…him. That would NOT be the case, Danny was sure.

"Well we won't let him win," Phantom said, uncrossing his legs and landing on the ground. His eyes glowed vivdly as he looked at the lights. "We can't."

The Guardians looked at each other, surprised by the sudden burst of courage. Phantom had the voice of a leader, not the nervous teenager frmo a moment ago.

Suddenly, Phantom's eyes widened as they fell on a little group of dots in South America. They were blinking on and off, and at alarming speeds.

"There," Phantom mentioned, pointing to the lights. "We need to go there. Now."

Sandy nodded. North grinned. Tooth looked a bit worried. And Bunny was really not wanting to go on a sliegh ride.

"Come," North mentioned. "We leave now."

Fenton, Phantom, Sandy, and Tooth followed North outside to the sliegh. Danny was surprised by the yetis, but was relieved they weren't going all 'Great One' on him.

Then again, they probably didn't know about his little heroic act, either.

When the door opened up and the sliegh came out, both Danny's jaws dropped. "Way cooler than the Specter Speeder," Fenton put in.

"Way," Phantom agreed.

North smirked, somewhat noticing Bunnymund hadn't joined them. Wuss. "Everyone loves the sliegh."

Except, that it, Bunnymund.

Jack flew quickly through tons of towns and cities, bringing a bit of snow here and there. He didn't know exactly where he was going, but the wind seemed to be pushing him somewhere. Jack didn't argue. He usually went where the wind took him.

But when the wind abruptly stopped, and Jack would've crashed hard on the ground if it weren't for his own flying abilities, Jack had to clue where he was.

It was a small town, a few houses, a super market, a mall, a few schools, but that was it. What was shocking, though, was the way it was abandoned. No kids were outside and playing in the snow, there were no cars, all the lights in the houses were shut off.

"What happened here?" Jack asked out loud, landing on the dusty road. His bare feet brought up a small dust cloud, making Jack cough lightly. The place obviously needed more wind.

He walked more, coming to a small sign, which words were covere in a layer of brown dirt. Jack squinted, whipping the dirt away so he could read the sign.

"Amity Park, huh?" he asked, looking around the town. "I wonder what happened to this place…"

His feet hit something, and Jack bent down to pick it up. The dust clud that came was less condensed than the others, and it was clear to Jack that he was looking at a newspaper. The paper itself was yellow and crisp, clearly being ages old.

The date at the top read: 2004, April.

Jack tried to make out the top article, but most of the words were faded. After all, it had been, what? 8 years ago? Around…it was around the time of the Pitch deal.

Jack did his best, hoping to make out the faint words on the front page.

Boy dies…portal…mourning…sister…hunters…town deserted…deadly…

And that was it. Nothing else could be made out to Jack, and it bugged him. Something had happened to the town so long ago, and Jack had no idea what it was or why it had been abandoned.

That's when he realized how different the air felt. It was like something toxic had been added. When Jack tried to bring a little snow, it vanished instantly.

And so, Jack didn't know what to do about the town called Amity Park.

That is, until his eyes fell on one, huge house, where one word on the roof was just visible: Fenton

After extending it, I still leave you at a some-what cliffy. Kill me if you want…Just know you have just about caught up with me typing the story. I have, like, just 1,000 more words of the next chapter typed. So I may save that for a while later and post it as my birthday thing/Christmas thing. Either one. Unless I suddenly get a lot more time on my hands.

So yeah.

CAN I JUST SAY THANK YOU?! This story has reached over 70 reviews, 66 follows, and 39 favorites! OHMIGOD! I am, like, EXPLODING with happiness! I read each and every review, and most of them warm my heart! :D

Sorry if any of the characters seemed OOC. Again, over half of this is typed up during school. My speller check may be working again, but let me tell you, my time is not.

If anyone is willing in co-writing an RotG story with me, PM me or something. I have a bajillion plots for them, and some of them are sticking in my head. I wrote most of them down, and I'm willing to co-write a few. I may post a few stories if I get bored, and they will not update as quickly as this one…Most likely.

Until next time,

~Jet