Of all the ideas I have for this story. Only Sally and her family are mine. The rest belong to Disney, DIC, and Butch Hartman. Hope you all are enjoying it. T.S.O.L.
Chapter #10 Ray's Request and An Unexpected Visitor
Sally's point of view
That night, after dinner, I spent most of the evening in my room. I read a few books on dreams and ways to stop supernatural beings from entering the Dream Realm. After that, I sat at my desk and went online for a while. Seeing if there's a way to stop the Black Widow Bride from entering Raymond's dream again. I search for hours and found nothing. It was around 10:56pm when I logged off and turned off my laptop when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." I called, as I closed my laptop.
The door opened and Raymond walked in.
"Hi, Sally." he said
"Hey, Raymond," I greeted, "You alright?"
"I'm...fine." he answered, as he walked over and sat on my bed.
"Can't sleep?"
He shook his head. "No."
"Oh." I said. "So, what's bothering you?"
"Raymond Stantz don't you dare ask her!"
We turned to see Peter, Egon, Winston and my parents standing in the doorway. And they looked worried while Peter looked angry.
"Ask me what?" I asked confused "What's going on?"
Raymond sighed.
"Alright." he said as he stood up. "I wanted to ask you if you could summon a Dream Guardian so I can sleep tonight."
My eyes widened. "You want me to what?"
"Sally Gem, don't say anything." Mom said.
"You told them about what you are?" Dad asked me.
"I...kind of had to, dad." I said. "The Black Widow Bride trapped Raymond in the Dream Realm and I saved him from her."
"You bite your tougue, young lady!" Dad snapped. "You know we don't talk about that in this house!"
"Well, you're going to hear it!" Raymond said, standing up. We stared at him in shock.
"Constance Black tried to kill me and Sally saved me from her! I hadn't slept well in weeks and I can't sleep when there's ghost bride ,who wants me dead, running loose out there!"
Silence hung in the air for a few seconds before he turned to me.
"Sally, please help me."
I looked at him. Before I turned to the other former Ghostbusters, then my parents. No one asked me this before. Mostly, because no one else until now knew that I'm a Witch. Now, a former Ghostbuster is asking me to summon a guardian so he can sleep without worrying about dying in the Dream Realm. I pondered his request for a minute before saying.
"Alright, I'll help you."
"Sally Gem."
"Mom, please." I said. "Raymond asked me for help by his own free will. I can't turn him down, and the Black Widow Bride knows he can't stay awake forever."
"But, why is Constance attacking Ray in his dreams?" Winston asked. "Why can't she come here?"
"For some reason she can't leave the house." Egon explained. "So instead she goes to Ray through the Dreamscape."
"And I know something that can protect Ray while he's there." I said as I stood up and went to my closet. I opened it and pulled out my tote bag and a light blue ceremonial dress.
"I'll have to ask you leave so I can change."
"What's wrong with the clothes your wearing now?" Peter asked.
"Some witches wear special clothes or robes during rituals or ceremonies." Raymond explained.
"Thanks Ray." I said. Then I noticed my parents were silent.
"Mom, Dad?"
They looked at each other before turning to me.
"Alright, Sally." Dad said. "You can do this ritual, but we're going to be there."
"Alright."
"And the Ghostbusters will be there too."
"Sounds fine to me." I said. "I don't mind more silent witnesses."
"Silent witnesses?" Peter asked.
"People who watch a Witch proform a ritaul on the sidelines." I explained. "Now if you all mind, leave so I can get ready. Meet me in the attic in five minutes so I can cleanse your auras."
"Alright." Raymond said.
"We'll show you where the attic is." Mom said.
"I'll get the others." Egon said as he left.
Once everyone was out of the room. I put on the dress and a pair of black sandals. I grabbed my bag and went out into the hall.
I walked up the stairs to the attic. Where I found my parents, the former Ghostbusters and the young Ghostbusters talking. They stopped after I closed the door behind me.
"Don't mind me." I said. "I have to set up the circle."
"A circle?" Edaurdo asked.
"It's so negative energy won't interfere while she proforms the ritual." Kylie explained.
"Yeah, sort of like a sheild to keep the negative energy out and the positive in." Roland added.
I grinned. I was glad someone knew what I was talking about.
"You two took the words right out of my mouth." I said.
"Anyway." I added, as I walked the corner of the room, grabbed a folded cot and walked to the middle of the room and unfolded it. "For this to work, I need silence and space. If any of you are having second thoughts about this. Leave the room right now. I'm not making you stay."
Everyone muttered a 'no' or 'I'm good'.
"Alright." I said as I pulled out a censer, a feather, some matches and a pack of incense out of the bag.
I put some incense into the censer and lit it. I waited until smoke started to leak out of the holes. Then, I picked the feather and the censer and walked to the group. One by one I used the feather to fan the smoke onto everyones' aura and my own.
"What are you doing?" Peter asked, he coughed after I fan the smoke onto him.
"She's cleansing our auras of any negative energy." Ray explained. "Wiccans believe that a persons' aura picks up energy through out life. Both negative and positive. This incense is suppose to clean away the negative energy, leaving the positive energy behind."
I smiled as I moved to Roland and fan the smoke onto him.
"You seem to be enjoying this." Roland said
"I'm just glad some people in this room understand what I'm doing and talking about." I said.
"What are you planning to do anyway?" Garrett asked after I finished.
"I'm going to summon a Dream Guardian to protect Raymond from the Black Widow Bride." I explained. Then I turned to Raymond. "Are you sure you want me to do this?"
"I'm sure, Sally." he said.
"And my Wiccan name is Sasha Snow." I said. "I go by that when I'm doing rituals."
"Okay, Sasha." Raymond said. "I'm sure of this."
"Then come with me." I said, extending my hand to him.
He stared at it before he took it and I lead him to the cot.
"I have to call on the Four Quarters first." I said. "You lay down and try to relax."
Ray nodded as he lay down on the cot and closed his eyes. I pulled out some candles and placed them in the four elemental corners. After I cleansed the area, I summoned the elemental guardians as I lit the candles. Once the circle was set up, I went over to Raymond to see he was tensed.
"Raymond?"
"Huh?" he said, opening his eyes.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
"Raymond, we don't have to do this."
"I want to do this." he said. "I'm just afraid I'll fall asleep."
I sighed. I can't blame Raymond for being scared. But I can't do the ritual if he doesn't relax. I reached into my bag and pulled out an athame. I walked over to the gate and opened it.
"What's the problem, Sasha?" Winston asked as I stepped out of the circle.
"Raymond is afraid he'll fell asleep." I explained. "If you, Egon, and Peter come in and talk to him maybe he'll calm down long enough for me to proform the ritual."
The former Ghostbusters exchanged looks.
"Should we go in?" Peter asked.
"I think it's best." Egon said. "If Ray can't sleep then neither can the rest of us. Then we'll never figure out why Constance is after him."
I stepped out of the way so Winston, Peter and Egon can enter the circle. After I walked back inside, I used my athame to close it again. I straightened up to see the former Ghostbusters heading to their friend.
"Ray? Ray, it's us." Peter said as he kneeled down beside the cot.
Ray turned to Peter. "Peter, I..."
"It's alright, Ray." Peter said calmly. "We know you're scared, but if you don't relax or Sal...ur...Sasha won't be able to summon this Dream Guardian."
"This was your idea to begin with, Ray." Egon said.
"I know, Egon, I know." Ray said. "But when I saw Sasha bring the cot over. I started to get worried."
"Nothing bad will happen, Ray." Winston said. "We're here."
Ray looked at his friends, before he smiled a little. "Thanks, guys."
"You feel better, Raymond?" I asked.
"Yes."
"Okay." To the former Ghostbusters, I said. "You three can stay in the circle, but stand over there." I pointed to the space between the candles that represented Earth and Air. "I need room to work."
They nodded and went over to the space I wanted them to stand. Once they were there, I took three deep breaths and looked up at the ceiling.
"Guardians of the world of spirits and dreams. Hear my call from beyond the veil. I summon one of thee to come and protect the one named Raymond Stantz from the evil that has entered the Dream Realm. And with him, you stay until this evil is defeated. So mote it be."
After I finished the incantation, silence hung in the air for a few minutes. Then, a small breeze picked up and caused the flames on the candles to flicker a little. The breeze started to pick up speed and different colored light shot out of the candles. Green from the Earth, yellow from the Air, red from fire, and blue from water. They shot out from the candles and combined together into one ball of white light a foot above Raymond's body. We all watched as the ball glowed brighter for a second before it shot upward and went through the ceiling.
Again silence hung in the air before the spot the ball of light disappeared glowed brightly and a beam shined through and bathe Raymond in white light. Then, a light blue ball of light appeared and glided down towards the circle. It hovered in the air above Raymond's relaxed body, before it went into him. Raymond gasped as he glowed bright blue and hovered in the air for millisecond before the glowing stopped and he landed gently on the cot again.
When it was over, I walked over to Raymond. Who laid on the cot staring at the ceiling. I noticed the former Ghostbusters were about to follow when I held up my hand and mouthed 'not yet'. I turned to Raymond.
"Raymond, are you okay?" I asked.
He blinked before he slowly sat up and looked at his hands. "I feel different."
"Define 'different'." Peter said.
I smiled.
"It worked." I said. "The spirits answered my call and send a guardian to protect Raymond while he's in the Dream Realm." To Raymond I said. "You should sleep well tonight."
Ray smiled and hugged me. I sighed and returned the embrace. A few minutes later, after I thank the element guardians and pulled up the circle. Everyone left the attic and went to their rooms. I was about to open my bedroom door when I noticed Garrett was behind me.
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"No, nothing's wrong." he said. "Just...that was amazing."
I smiled a little. "Thanks, Garrett. You need help getting to your room?"
"Huh? Oh no, I can manage thanks."
"Ok, I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night."
I watched Garrett head towards the stairs before I went into my room and closed the door behind me.
That night, I wrote what happened in attic and the new spell into my Book of Shadows and went to bed. I woke up around three in the morning to the sound of thunder. I turned to see a flash of lightning light the sky outside my window. I stared out the window in confusion until I remembered that the radio said there was a thunder storm tonight. I was about fall asleep when I sensed something. Something in the attic. I reached over to my nightstand for my glasses and put them on. I grabbed I flashlight and carefully walked to the door, down the hall, up the stairs to the attic. Once I reached the top step. I slowly opened the door to see a boy around sixteen or seventeen with pale skin, white hair, dressed in a black tight jumpsuit with white gloves, belt, boots and collar laying on the floor.
As I walked into the room and closed the door, the boy jolted upward and looked around.
"Wha...what the?" he muttered confused.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
He jumped and looked up at me in shock.
"Sally!...errr...your name is Sally right?" he asked.
"Uhh...Yes, that's my given name." I said. I looked at him suspiciously. The spirits I've met only knew me by my Wiccan name, but this one knows me by my given name. Yet, I've never seen this ghost before.
"How do you know that name?"
"One of the Fenton kids told me about you." he said as he stood up.
"You know Jazz and Daniel Fenton?" I asked.
"Yeah." the ghost said. "They help me from time to time."
I scanned him from head to toe. This ghost looked familiar for some reason. Like I met him before.
"Who are you?"
"You never heard of me?"
"No. And you never heard me?"
He blinked in confusion. "What do you mean by that?"
"You must be new here." I said, understanding the ghosts' reaction.
Most ghosts I've met came from off the island. I was never afraid of the ghosts growing up. Spirit Isle was known for being a famous place for spirits to live or to visit. That's one of the reasons why people come here. Others, like the Ghostbusters, came to relax or to fish during the fall. The spirits don't make themselves known to the living much unless something is up and things have been quiet lately until a few days ago when I started to have the visions. When Dorothea warned me about Daniel and a few hours ago when the Black Widow Bride tried to kill Raymond.
"Uhh..yeah. I'm new here." the ghost answered. "My name is Danny Phantom."
"Nice to meet you, Danny." I said. "What are you doing in my house?"
"That's a good question actually." Danny said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I was at the Fentons cabin when I sense something around this area. I went over to investagate when I saw these dark shapes."
"Dark shapes?"
"Yeah, then I passed out. I must've hit my head or something. I don't remember much, execpt waking up in here and meeting you."
I thought for a minute. Dark shapes near the Raspberry House? First I had visions of the Parsons house and the Black Widow Bride. Dorothea warns me about the Fentons' son, then Raymond almost lost his head in a dream. Now this ghost that remains me of someone I met before but can't remember appears and tells me that there are dark shapes hanging out outside my parents' bed and breakfast. What's the connection? What do these things have to do with the Black Widow Bride? This doesn't make sense.
"Is that all you remember?" I asked.
Danny nobbed. "Yeah." Then he noticed something. "What?"
"Huh? Oh, I can't help but notice that I've met you before." I said, Then it hit me. "You said your staying at the Fentons right?"
"Yeah."
"And Jazz's and Daniel's parents are ghost hunters who hate ghosts. So, how are you able to stay with them if they hate ghosts and you're a ghost yourself?"
Danny swallowed. "Well...I..."
"You are Daniel Fenton are you?" I asked.
Danny cringed then grinned. "What makes you think I'm him?" he asked.
Well, well. We got ourselves a smart aleck.
"I'm a Wiccan, Daniel." I said, "I too have powers. I too can change my form and fight the supernatural. But, I almost use the magic of the supernatural to heal and help those who seek it."
"A what?" Daniel asked. "Look, girl. I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't play dumb with me." I warned. "I..."
Then there was a loud pounding noises outside.
"What was that?" Daniel wondered.
The pounding got louder. I went over to the window and looked out to see dark shapes outside the Raspberry House. I watched as they tried to enter the house they bounced back like something was repeling them. Something like a spell that keeps evil spirits out and lets spirits who want my help in.
I moved aside as Daniel ran over and looked out the window beside me. He's eyes widened.
"Hey, those are the shapes I saw earlier." Daniel exclaimed.
"Daniel!" I hissed. "Be quiet! There are people sleeping below us."
"Sorry." Daniel said, in a low voice. He turned back to the dark shapes that were trying to break into the house. He watched as they were repeled by the invisible force field.
"What's going on?" he asked. "Why are they not able to enter the house?"
"The house is blessed with white magic." I explained.
"How do you know this?"
"I'm a Wiccan. A White Witch." I said. "I placed a protection spell on the house so no evil beings can enter. You're able to enter the house because you don't mean any harm and want my help."
"You're help?" Daniel repeated. "Why would I need your help?"
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here because I was knocked out by a bunch of dark shapes that are trying to enter this house and I woke up in here with you saying you're a Witch who knows my secret. Oh crap!" he slapped his forehead.
I smiled. "You want to see some magic?"
I snapped my fingers and a ball of fire appeared in my palm. Lighting the attic with a faint orange glow. Daniel jumped back upon seeing the flame dancing in my hand.
"Yikes!" he yelled.
"Daniel! You'll wake up the house!"
"Sorry."
I opened the window and threw the fire ball at the dark shapes. It hit one of the dark shapes, which screamed and writhed before it flew away in anger with the others following it behind. Daniel watched before he turned to me and scoffed.
"Please, anyone can make a fire ball."
I blew the smoke from my hand. "Can you?"
Daniel blinked. "Good point."
"You better leave before the rain starts. The ghostbusters are staying here and I don't know how they'll react if they find you here."
"You're right."
He turned transparent and went through the wall. He hovered in the air and turned to me.
"So, I'll see you around." he said.
"Same here." I said. "Good night."
" 'Night."
With that he disappeared into the night. I watched as the rain started to fall before I closed the window and went back to my room.
"So, Daniel has powers." I thought as I went to bed. "But that's not a reason to be worried. Why did Dorothea feel she had to warn me about him. He's not dangerous. Is he?"
I laid in bed and listened to the thunder and the rain pounding on the roof above me for a few minutes before I fell asleep again.