Chapter 9- After:
Washington:
I have never heard of king that is willing to explain himself to the 'common folk.' Therefore, King Phantom, had earned a high degree of respect from myself, a look at Franklin suggested that he thought the same. A closer look at King Phantom revealed some other things that I didn't notice. His voice had an echo and he had a faint white glow surrounding him.
"Ye demon!"
Curse the fact that my soldiers, some of them have little to no respect. Or know when it is best to keep quiet. King Phantom didn't seem fazed.
"I am not a demon."
Sarah:
"You're not," I gently asked confused. What else could he be? Daniel smiled slightly.
"I'm a ghost. Vlad was a ghost, and all the other 'demons' were also ghosts. Ghosts are the presense of what has once lived. Also, not all ghosts are evil. Just as in life, some are good, some are bad, and some neutral. All ghosts do feel, and are there own…person, so to speak. I owe all of explainations, please ask away. I will answer any and all questions truthfully. You have my word, as a human, a ghost, a soldier, a general, and a king."
"How did you do that light," a soldier asked boldly. Daniel seemed confused for a moment, then smiled. The light appears around his waist and then traveled up and down his body. Transforming himself into the Daniel that became my friend. I think everyone was a bit more at easy with him looking…normal and human.
"This is something not all ghosts can do. Vlad and I can do it because….We're not full ghosts. I'm a halfa. Half ghost, half human. Half dead…half alive. I have been for a few years, and yes, I really am sixteen. That's not a disguise."
"How does one become half dead?"
Daniel chuckled, "very painfully. There's only three halfas in existence. Vlad, myself, and my little cousin. However, I am the most powerful."
"How," James asked with narrowed eyes, "Are you the most powerful?"
"My obsession."
We all were a bit speechless to that. Franklin stepped forward.
"What do you mean, King Phantom?"
"Please, don't call me King Phantom. I'm Daniel, Danny to my friends and family, and I always will be. By obessions, well…every ghost, every spirit, has an obsession. It varys between each one, and no two have the exact same obsession. It's what drives ghosts. I'm only half ghost, but even I have an obessesion."
"What's your obsession," Henri asked curiously. Daniel looked down and took a deep breath. I swore I saw his eyes flash red, but it must have been my imagination. He looked up carefully.
"Please, don't ask that. An obsession is everything to a ghost, and to ask it what its obsession is, is very insulting and rude. Most ghosts attack if you ask that. I'm not going to do anything, I'm just warning you in case you ever meet another ghost, which hopefully won't happen as most ghosts are a bit nasty. However, to answer your question….my obsession is protection. I protect all people whoare in danger. I do what's right. Due to my obsession, I get whatever powers I need to deafeat who I'm fighting if their hurting someone."
I think my respect for Daniel just went even higher.
Washington:
A noble thing indeed.
"King Phan-ehem, Daniel you mentioned many names during that…introduction," I said as politely as I could, hoping that he would catch my hint, which he did.
"I defeated many more than that. My enemies are those who hurt innocent, mostly ghosts and the sort. Fright Knight was one of the most frightening ones, to mortals, he was the ghost of fear. He even had a sword named the Soul Shredder which when someone touched the blade, they lived through through worst fears. However, courage can defeat fears. The most powerful enemy I've fought was…..D- ehem… Pariah Dark. He was the previous king of the ghost zone. He was one of the most powerful ghosts in exsistence. He wanted to take over the land of the living, and well, I didn't want anyone hurt. I defeated him and his whole army, on my own."
Again, my respect and a bit of fear, for King-ehem, Daniel rose to new heights. Not only did he defeat a king and the king's army, he defeated them himself, personally. He may be a dem-ehem, a ghost, but he gives me hope for this revolutionary war that we might win against Britain.
Sarah:
I watched, well all of us watched, as Daniel did the light trick again and was back into a different form where he had white hair. He smiled at all of us.
"I'm afraid, that I must leave now. Sorry that all of this happened."
He waved his hand and a green, well I don't what it was, it looked like a cloud almost. It swirled and bent. It like a tear on a piece of paper, yet it was in the air, as large as Daniel himself, and it was green. It was…unreal… Daniel bowed at us and went inside that strange tear-like cloud. My eyes widened and it was gone yet, so I hoped he could hear me.
"Thank you! But, where do your clothes go when you do that light trick?"
I didn't see Daniel, but I heard a reply,
"…..I'll get back to you on that!"