Chapter 8- Training

Danny/Clockwork's Tower:

"Training?"

Clockwork looked at Danny and smiled.

"Yes, training. Training for your abilities. And to be king."

Danny got his evil smirk on his face and rubbed his hands together, "Does being the new ghost king mean certain…privileges?"

Clockwork chuckled, "In ways. Walker will be unable to arrest you. If a lesser ghost, the ones that are lesser known to others and are not very powerful, will most likely run if you speak about who you are. Then there is the matter of Fright Knight…"

Danny stopped rubbing his hands together and looked at Clockwork confused. "Fright Knight?"
"Yes. His obsession, is not only that of Halloween. His true obsession is to obey the King. So, when you become the new King…"

Danny stood there shocked. Fright Knight, one of his old enemies, was going to be one of his most trusted followers?

Clockwork saw Danny expression and smiled. He handed Danny a small sword-shaped charm. "You can put that on your chain. It will allow you to contact Fright Knight. Now, you should go to The Far Frozen. Frostbite will be happy to see you again."

Danny smiled at the thought of seeing Frostbite again and transformed into his ghost half.

Teen Titans/ Titan tower:

"Ug," Beastboy said rubbing his arms, "we got beat by a totally lame villain."

Raven sighed in annoyance, "That lame villain was a ghost. We would have been lucky if we could have beaten him."

Cyborg grumbled, upset that the new 'villain' had damaged his system and crashed the T-Car. Starfire looked beaten and sad that her friends and her had lost. Robin looked deep in thought.

"I wonder," Robin said, "Where was Thantos?"

The Titans looked at each other. It was a very good question. Thantos said that he protects. Protects people from ghosts, so why wasn't he there?

Raven sighed, "There is no way to know where Thantos is. On other news, I went to Ryan's house."

Starfire, Cyborg, and Beastboy's eyes widen. So that's where she went.

Robin looked a bit shocked, "Why did you go to Ryan's house?"

Raven sighed again, "I went there to apologize. I wanted to say that I was sorry that I pushed him. It was obvious that he was still mourning."
"Friend Raven," Star said, "What did Friend Ryan say?"
Raven looked at the Titans, "He wasn't home. I knocked and he never answered."

Cyborg rubbed his chin, "Maybe he just didn't want to talk."

Raven shook her head, "No. It didn't look like anyone was home. And after a third try at knocking, I think I heard a dog bark. But when I left I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong."

Starfire looked at Raven with worry in her eyes, "Do you think something has happened to Friend Ryan?"

Robin looked thoughtful, "It is possible. He said his parents were ghost hunters. And there are a lot of ghosts showing up. Anyone of them could've kidnapped Ryan."

The Titans then decided to go pay Ryan a visit.

Danny/Far Frozen:

"Great One!" Frostbite said as he gave Danny a bone-crushing hug. Danny phased through the hug and smiled at Frostbite.

Frostbite smiled back, "Great One, you have changed." Frostbite looked at Danny's attire.

Danny sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck, not knowing quite what to say.

"Frostbite, it is good to see you again. I am here to train."

Frostbite nodded and lead Danny to the frozen palace to train.

An hour later:

Danny bowed to Frostbite once his training was finished. "Thank you Frostbite."

Danny has learned some new abilities through the training, he can now control the weather much like Vortex, create portals like Wulf, and now his ghostly wail is a bit more powerful, easier to control, and takes less energy.

Frostbite smiled, "Now, you must go to your new palace."

Danny smiled and said his goodbyes. He flew to Pariah's old castle. He walked into his new lair. He hid Pariah's coffin, the crown of fire, and ring of rage in a hidden chamber below the castle. He really liked the castle.

The castle was now Danny Phantom/Thantos' new liar. So to represent the new king, the castle changed. It no longer looked as dark and dreary. It was a beautiful black castle and all the doors were white. The large front door to the castle had a small black DP signature shaped hole where the door knobs would be. Danny used this as a lock. He would put his necklace up to the whole and the door would open. This would limit the want of surprised guests.

Danny smiled at his new liar and used one of his new abilities to create a whole to the realm of the living to his basement, stepped through and smiled as the portal closed behind him.

Teen Titans/Ryan's house:

The Teen Titans arrived at Ryan's house. They knocked on the door, no answer. Robin heard a dog bark from the backyard. You have to wonder why he would have such a tall fence, Robin shook his head and knocked on the door again. Still no answer. He look at the time on his communicator; 1pm. If he wasn't home when Raven came here, he should be here now.

Raven sighed, "I still have this strange sense that something is wrong."

Robin nodded, "Well, he said his parents are ghost hunters. If Ryan had any of his parents' equipment then he would have a way to fight ghosts. That's a pretty good motive for ghosts to kidnap him. I say we go in, just to see if there are any clue as to where he went."

The Titans nodded. Robin kicked down the door. Cyborg then tapped him on the shoulder with a sheepish look on his face, "Rob, I could've just picked the lock. You didn't have to kick the door down."

Robin blushed and coughed, "Anyway, let's go."

The Titans went inside. "Dude," Beastboy said, "what's on the ceiling?"

Robin and The Teen Titans looked up (they didn't think of looking up before). They were awed. The whole ceiling was covered in stars, and constellations. All were incredibility accurate.

They slowly walked through the house, Beastboy looked in the guest rooms with Starfire. Raven looked in the living room, Robin looked in Ryan's room. Cyborg looked in the kitchen.

"Uh, Guys!" Cyborg yelled. The Titans hurried to the kitchen, where they saw Cyborg standing there with the fridge open.

"Why would Ryan have a drawer in the fridge with duck tape and 'Do Not Open'?"

Cyborg scratched his head in confusion. The Titans looked in the fridge, and sure enough there was a drawer that was covered in duck tape, with the words Do Not Open written on it.

Robin nodded his head, "open it. It might be a clue."

Cyborg opened the drawer, breaking the duck tape.

Oh shit.

AUTHOR NOTE:

Yep, it's a cliff hanger. I good place to stop, don't worry, I do have the next chapter.

Anyway, I hope you are enjoying the story, and congrats if you actually read the author's note. But, I have decided that instead of updating 2-4 each day, I might just upload it all…. Hmmm…

-CWA