"Isn't this a great place?" Danny asked Sam as they continued to walk through the jungle.

"It is beautiful and very environmentally friendly" Sam answered and then asked, "I don't understand something, why didn't you come back to Amity since you've been alive all this time?"

"I just needed to get out on my own, live my own life and I did and it's great" Danny lied, not wanting to tell Sam the truth about what happened all those years ago.

"We really needed you at home, you're the king" Sam said.

"Sam we've been through this, I'm not the king. Vlad is" Danny said back, trying his best to avoid the subject.

Sam shook her head and said, "Danny, he let the rogue ghosts take over Amity and most of the Ghost Zone"

"What?" Danny asked in shock. Sam then continued, "Everything is destroyed! There's no food, no water. Danny if you don't do something everyone will starve!"

Danny looked away and said, "I can't go back"

"Why?" Sam asked in disbelief.

"You wouldn't understand" Danny answered and continued avoiding her gaze.

"What wouldn't I understand?" Sam asked again.

"It doesn't matter, Hakuna Matata. It's something I learned out here, look sometimes bad things happen and there's nothing you can do about it. So why worry?" Danny said.

Sam exclaimed, "Because it's your responsibility!"

Danny then retorted back, "What about you? You left!"

"I left to find help! And I found you, don't you understand? You're our only hope" Sam said.

"Look Sam I'm sorry, but I can't" Danny said.

Sam frowned at him with her arms crossed and said, "What's happened to you? You're not the Danny Fenton I remember"

"Your right I'm not. Now are you satisfied?" Danny asked sarcastically.

"No just disappointed" Sam answered.

"You know you're starting to sound like my father" Danny said bitterly as he began to walk away from her.

"Good at least one of us does" Sam muttered under her breath.

Danny heard that and then shouted at her in anger, "Listen! You think you can just show up here and tell me how to live my life. You don't even know what I've been through!"

"I would if you'd just tell me" Sam said. Danny just shook his head and walked away as he shouted back, "Forget it!"

"FINE!" Sam retorted back.

Danny stopped in the middle of the grass field and paced back in forth in anger and sadness.

"She's wrong! I can't go back. What would it prove anyway? It won't change anything! You can't change the past!" Danny exclaimed in his head.

Danny then looked up at the sky and shouted, "You said you'd always be there for me!" he then looked down sadly and began to cry, as he cried he said through sobs, "But you're not and it's because of me. It's my fault! It's my fault!"

Danny stopped crying as his ghost sense went off and he heard some rustling in the trees, he looked up and saw nothing there although he was unaware that Clockwork was hiding amongst the trees invisibly, Danny shook it off and walked away. Clockwork smiled at how much Danny had grown, he also knew what he needed to do to steer him on the right path.

Danny began to walk across a log that acted as a bridge over a small pond, he stopped in the middle and sat down looking down at his reflection. Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted as a stone was thrown in the water, Danny looked up and saw Clockwork floating beside the tree near him although he didn't know who he was.

"Oh sorry about that. Didn't mean to interrupt" Clockwork said.

Danny groaned and asked, "I knew somebody was in that tree. Look I'm not in the mood to fight if that's what you're looking for. So can you please just leave me alone?"

Danny then got up and began walking away, but Clockwork continued to follow him. Danny then annoyingly asked as he stopped, "Would you stop following me? Who are you anyway?"

Clockwork continued to smile, he stopped in front of Danny and answered, "Introductions? Fine. I am Clockwork, Master of Time. But the real question is who are you?"

Danny was about to answer and then stopped in silence, he then answered with a sigh, "I thought I knew, now I'm not so sure"

He began to walk away again and asked sarcastically, "I don't suppose you know?"

"Sure do. Your Jack Fenton's boy" Clockwork answered, which cause Danny to gasp in shock and stop dead in his tracks.

Clockwork began to fly away, with Danny flying after him. Clockwork stopped at the top of a large hill and waited for Danny to catch up.

Danny turned back into his human form and asked, "You knew my father?"

"Correction I know your father" Clockwork answered.

"I hate to tell you this, but he died a long time ago" Danny said.

"Nope! Wrong again! He's alive and I'll show him to you, just follow me" Clockwork said as he flew through a forest of trees.

Danny walked inside, it was hard to move around because of all the trees being bunched up together. Clockwork began to fly faster and faster, Danny transformed into his ghost half and flew after him.

"STOP!" Clockwork shouted causing Danny to halt.

Clockwork shushed him and gestured for Danny to follow him into a grassy area. He then whispered, "Look down there"

Danny then transformed back into his human half and walked over, he looked down at the small creek and saw only his reflection. He sighed and said, "That's not my father, it's just my reflection"

"No! Look harder" Clockwork said as he gently tapped the water with his time staff.

Danny looked down again and this time concentrated harder, he then became shocked as this time it wasn't his reflection he saw, it was his father's Jack Fenton!

"You see. He lives in you" Clockwork said.

A wind suddenly began to blow and Danny then heard a voice say, "Danny"

He instantly recognised that voice, he then asked, "Dad?"

He walked out into the field and saw in the sky. It was the spirit of Jack Fenton looking at him.

"Danny, you have forgotten me" Jack said.

"No! How could I?" Danny asked in confusion. Jack then continued, "You have forgotten who you are and so forgotten me. Look inside yourself Danny, you are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life"

"But how can I go back? I'm not who I used to be" Danny said.

"Remember who you are. You are my son and the one true king" Jack said.

Jack then began to disappear, Danny began to chase after him and shouted, "NO! PLEASE DON'T LEVE ME!"

He stopped chasing him as the sky went back to normal and he continued to look up at the night sky. Clockwork then came up and asked, "What was that?! The weather, very peculiar. Don't you think?"

"Yeah, looks like the winds are changing" Danny answered.

"Ah change is good" Clockwork said. Danny then continued, "Yeah but it's not easy. I know what I have to do but, going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long"

Clockwork then smiled and suddenly wacked Danny on the head with his time staff.

"OW! Geeze! What was that for?" Danny asked rubbing his head in pain.

"It doesn't matter! It's in the past!" Clockwork answered. Danny then added, "Yeah but it still hurts"

"Oh yes the past can hurt, but the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it" Clockwork said and then tried to hit Danny again, only this time Danny dodged out of the way.

"HA! You see? So what are you going to do?" Clockwork asked.

"First I'm gonna take your staff" Danny answered with a sly smile, he then grabbed the staff and threw it away.

"NO! NO! NOT THE STAFF!" Clockwork exclaimed as he flew over and picked it up, he turned around to see Danny flying off in his ghost form and asked, "HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"

"I'M GOING BACK!" Danny yelled back.

"GOOD! GO ON GET OUT OF HERE!" Clockwork shouted and then smiled as he watched him fly in the distance.

Early next morning, Sam walked up to the house that Tucker and Frostbite lived in and banged on the door loudly. They both woke up in a stir, Tucker then opened the door rubbing his eyes.

"Oh Sam what's up?" Tucker asked.

"Good morning Sam" Frostbite said with a smile.

"Have you two seen Danny?" Sam asked. Tucker then said with confusion, "I thought he was with you"

"He was but now I can't find him" Sam said, then all three looked up as they heard Clockwork say, "You won't find him here, the king has returned"

"I don't believe it! He's gone back!" Sam exclaimed happily.

"Gone back? What are you talking about? What's going on here? Who's the ghost?" Tucker asked as he gestured to the now gone Clockwork.

"Danny has gone back to challenge Vlad" Sam said.

"Who?" Tucker asked. Sam then answered, "Vlad"

"Who's glad?" Frostbite asked as he was still a little bit tired. Sam then answered, "No it's his uncle"

"That ghost is his uncle?" Tucker asked.

Sam then answered, "NO! Danny has gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king"

"Oh" Tucker and Frostbite said as they nodded, finally catching on.