Invisible Nothing

By: Wilona Riva

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom.


Fury and Judgment


All three of them could tell the huge white ghost was pissed. He was at least twice the height of Maddie, with pupiless green eyes, and looked like a gangster from the 1930's. "Humans in the Ghost Zone are against the rules."

The humans in the vehicle shivered, along with someone glowing very faintly. He narrowed his eyes as the shimmering seemed to solidify into a boy in his early teens on the cusp of ghosthood. His eyes widened when he saw the silvery beads in the boy's hair.

He shrank down into a normal size and phased into the vehicle. "So the seventh sister has claimed another victim," he drawled. "How did this happen, boy?"

"You can see him?" Jazz gasped.

"Very faintly," the ghost replied. "The name is Walker, ma'am. I am sorry for that, but really humans shouldn't be traversing in our demenses."

"You're the Warden, aren't you? The one who safeguards the Ghost Zone," Maddie guessed, placing the Speeder on autopilot and turning around to face the ghost, one hand on her ecto-pistol.

Walker eyed her nervously, knowing on instinct, she was a huntress. When he turned back, the boy was gone. "Where is he?"

Maddie looked to Jazz, who shook her head. "He's not there any more. Danny's gone."

Walker pinched the bridge of his nose. Like he didn't have enough trouble to deal with every day. "All ghosts know of the seventh sister. You, talk, (Jazz), while she drives (Maddie). Take a right at this next floating island..."

Jazz and Maddie filled him in on Danny's story, the fish mirror, and other strange things they had connected without the ghost child's notice. Walker was amazed to find that a half-ghost could have made such an enemy from a puny ghost like Skulker, who was currently residing in his prison, serving a sentence for stealing the Belt of Orion.

"And how do you propose to rescue the boy from Tethys Pleiades?" he asked.

"Bargain with her," Maddie answered, taking a left at Ghost Writer's library. "I am Danny's mother, or was, before he was wiped from existence. Any sign of him, Jazz?"

"No, Mom," she said. "I think with so little time left, that, he's gone back to wherever he's entombed."

"How much time is left?" Walker demanded.

"About 10 minutes," came the reply.

"Enough time, go straight, full speed when I tell you," Walker said. "We only consult the Clockwork Chronos when the emergency is dire. This is one of them."

"Are we going to be punished for breaking and entering the Ghost Zone, Mr. Walker, sir?" Jazz asked, thinking back to earlier.

"No," Walker replied grimly. Your brother's very existence is at stake, and all of the Ghost Zone has been sworn to protect him."

"Why?" Maddie wanted to know.

"We don't know," came the terse reply. "That is why Skulker has not killed the boy as of yet and made the desperate bargain with the goddess. He, too, is under the oath. He will serve a double sentence for his crime."

Maddie and Jazz exchanged worried glances. What was it about Danny that made him so special to the ghosts?


Author's Note: Changeling will be updated later this evening. I didn't have time to get the new chapter typed out this morning. Sorry.