Chapter 6: part 1

~~~SARALYN'S POV~~~

I woke up in my bed with Sam, Tucker, and Carmen hovering over me.

"Sara! Are you okay?" Carmen said. I nodded slowly and sat up.

"Is Danny in trouble?" Sam said, "You've been mumbling his name for the past hour."

"Yes..." I said. My voice was raspy and my chest ached with every heartbeat. "Something took him. I don't know what it was. It happened so fast."

"We'd better find him..." Tucker said. Then everything started to become blurry.

"Sara?..." Carmen said. Then I passed out.

I found myself floating through the Ghost Zone aimlessly. I let the currents of the world pull me through it. As I drifted along, my feet found solid ground. I stood straight up and looked around. I wasn't in the Ghost Zone anymore. Had I somehow wandered somewhere else? Was this an area past the Ghost Zone?

"Hello?" I called.

There was faint warbling around me. The contour of a door was drawn before me. It opened, bathing the area in light. I shielded my eyes with my arm and stepped forward through the door.

I uncovered my eyes and I gasped. I stood on a plateau overlooking large and spacious plains covered in lush, green grass. I saw a huge city-state before me, but it looked nothing like a city that you find in the real world. It looked like it was shaped from a forest, with countless wooden huts and a large market area with people dressed in strange fashion. I ran forward and jumped off of the plateau. I made sure I bent my knees and I managed to land down onto the plain down in a crouch. I straightened and walked across the plain.

My eyes were so glued onto the unusual metropolis in front of me that I barely heard the low growl behind me. The growl grew louder with each step I took. I turned around just as a giant mass of fur tackled me into the ground, pinning my shoulders back. It was like a wolf and an vampire-ogre had a child and it was this monstrosity. Its eyes were red, and the area that should be white was black as night. It growled and bared its fangs, revealing two rows of yellow teeth so sharp you could cut through Captain America's shield with them. It roared, splattering saliva all over my face. I let out a scream.

As the beast was ready to tear my face off, it was suddenly lifted off of me. Well, it was more along the lines of picked up and thrown. I furiously wiped my face off with my sleeves and hands, crying out and whimpering like a scared baby. Because as of this moment, I was. I heard the beast roar again and I snapped my head up. It glared at me and sprinted towards me. I screamed again. As the beast lunged, a sword zoomed forward and impaled its side. It let out a loud yelp and flew sideways into the ground. I scrambled up to my feet and crept slowly towards the beast. I reached out hesitantly and grabbed hold of the sword's hilt. With a grunt, I yanked the sword out from the beast. I looked away quickly so I wouldn't see the wound. I placed the sword in both of my hands and examined it.

I held the hilt comfortably in my hand. The grip was black with purple tint. It had the feel of leather with 6 evenly spaced creased lines. The pommel was a golden-brown orb with a glowing blue peen block. The guard was golden-brown and slightly curved upward. The rain guard was two small pillars that extended an inch or two outward. In between was a long blade that had glowing blue power surging throughout it.

"Excuse me." a voice said. "I believe that is mine."

I looked up and saw a young girl standing a ways from me. She stretched her hand out towards me. I gasped as the sword disappeared from my hands. A small and trickling trail of light made its way over to the girl. She closed her fist around the light and the sword reappeared in her hand.

"You're lucky I was around." the girl said, walking over to me. "One more second with that Lupecid and you would've been toast."

"I'm sorry, a what?" I said.

"You mean you've never seen a Lupecid before?" the girl chuckled. "You must live in a pretty amazing place. A Lupecid is probably one of the deadliest creatures that you could find here in Maedalla Bmascus."

"Mae-whata Bah-whoo?"

In a split second, the sword that was resting at the girl's side was now pointed an inch from my neck. In this moment of total panic, I took the time to observe this young girl who saved my dream-life.

Her hair was back in a long braid that laid over her shoulder and reached down to her ribcage, and it was rainbow colored- yes, rainbow colored. The glare in her eyes could very well be even more dangerous than a Lupecid. They were two different colors; one was white and one was gold. She was dressed in a fitted brown leather racerback tank top with black halter straps. She wore black leather pants with knee-high combat boots with multiple buckles down the sides.

"Because you just encountered such a dangerous creature and barely escaped with your life, I showed you mercy. But if you EVER mock this sacred land again..."

"I didn't mean to mock. I don't even know where it is that I am!"

The girl lowered her sword and stared at me quizzically.

"You must be from some far off land. You've never heard of Lupecids or Maedalla Bmascus..." the girl said. "Who are you?"

"I'm Saralyn Matthews." I said. "Who are you?"

The girl's eyes widened. She smiled, but I could see fear in her eyes.

"It's time for me to wake up." the girl said.

"Huh?"

She reached out and touched the tip of her blade to my forehead. I gasped as my vision was nothing but glowing blue.

"Oprechma ledmyro healia."

I opened my eyes and sat up. I looked around and found myself back in the Ghost Zone.

Am I still dreaming?

"Tucker! Sam! Sara!" Danny. I turned around, but I didn't see him. He sounded desperate and terrified.

"Danny! Danny, where are you?!" I looked in front of me and saw a giant, run-down castle looming over me.

"Sara!" His voice was coming in direction of the castle.

I opened my eyes. This time I was really awake. I sat up in my bed. Carmen, Tucker, and Sam were gone, but I had a feeling as to where they were. I jumped off of my bed and out of my house over to Danny's. I ran through the door and downstairs into the ghost lab, where my hunch was correct and I found them down there.

"Danny's in the Ghost Zone!" I cried. "We have to hurry and find him!"

"Sara, calm down!" Carmen said. I took a deep breath. "Now start over."

"I had a dream. In one moment, I was at this worn-down castle and I could hear Danny's voice coming from it. He was screaming for help. He sounded so afraid..." I said. "We have to find him and quick!"

"Or else what?" Tucker said.

"I don't know..." I said, walking up to the ghost portal and pressing a button. The metal covers slid apart, revealing the swirling entrance to the Ghost Zone. "But I won't stand around and wait to find out!" My eyes glowed as I changed forms. An unfamiliar emotion bubbled inside of me and I couldn't figure out what it was. But I pushed it away. I need to save Danny.

~~~DANNY'S POV~~~

I woke up in the Ghost Zone, restrained to a table-like surface. A creature appeared in front of me. He had sickly yellow eyes and a blue tint to his skin. His hair was red fire, which reminded me of Skulker. In fact, he looked like he could be the brother of Skulker.

"Who are you," I said. "and what do you want?"

"I am RUDY! The master hunter of the Ghost Zone! And I-" the ghost said. I laughed to myself.

"Why are you laughing?!" Rudy screamed.

"Rudy? You know, I was expecting something more intimidating like Sheldon or Tim." I said sarcastically.

"SILENCE!" Rudy said, pressing a button. I felt an excruciating pain course through my body. I cried out. When it subsided, I gasped for air and blinked back tears.

"What do you want from me?" I said weakly.

"I was sent from my master to destroy you." Rudy said. I raised my eyebrow.

"Oh, yeah? Who's this so called "master" that you speak of?"

"Vladimir Masters."

"VLAD MASTERS?" I cried. "So that old fruit loop finally hired a hit man to do his dirty work, huh? What's the plan that he has to support the reasoning of destroying me?"

"To weaken the ghost girl."

"Ghost girl... you mean Sara?"

"Yes."

"What do you mean, weaken her?"

"You are a key to her strength. She seems to be growing an attachment to you."

"Attachment? What are you talking about?"

Rudy's lips curled into a smile.

"You surpass in strength, but you lack the wisdom. Therefore, failure is inevitable."