I am SOOOO sorry for not updating quicker! I'm taking today to update all my hiatus stories (mainly this one). It's a bit short I think, but I hope you like it 8D
Oh! And one more thing…
-rolls on the floor laughing her butt off- I love the reviews I had gotten for the last chapter! I can't believe you people think Galaxi has a crush on Danny! Lol I am truly a maniacal genius XD Okay, not really, but whatever. Well, anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 10: Nocturn's Castle
Rocky swooped down on a glowing orb of light. When he was close enough, the orb dissolved into the form of a star. Rocky picked it up and cradled it in his hands.
"There you are! Don't you run away from me like that again, okay?" Rocky whispered to the star ball.
Danny, Galaxi, and Aster landed in Nocturn's lawn and bolted up to Rocky.
"Hey, guys! Look! I found my star ball," Rocky beamed holding out his star ball.
"Yeah, uh huh, that's great. ROCKY YOU IDIOT!" Galaxi shrieked grabbing that ball and tossing it to the side.
The ball whizzed through on of Nocturn's window, shattering part of it leaving the shape of a star.
The Atmosphere Club gaped at the window.
"My ball!" Rocky cried.
He darted for the window.
"Rocky! What are you doing?" Galaxi hissed.
"What? Nocturn's out looking for us remember? He's not here now," Rocky explained, somehow managing to squeeze through the star shaped opening in Nocturn's window.
"I am going to kill him," Galaxi hissed.
"But, he's a ghost so technically…." Aster began.
"Oh whatever! Let's just get the little brat out of the house before Nocturn get's back," Galaxi snapped.
The Atmosphere Club members carefully approached the castle before pushing open the giant black wood doors. They gapped at the enormity of the main hall. The floor was a dark shade of purple that glittered from the stars that adorned the pitch black ceiling. The top half of the walls were black like the ceiling but further down the color blend into the same purple of the floor. A black chandelier hung from the ceiling (Danny actually noticed it was floating) and lit up the room with bright purple flames.
Rocky floated over to his ball and picked it up. "Gotcha! Now let's go home," Rocky cooed to the ball.
Galaxi tapped her foot on the floor making a faint echoing noise on the shimmering floor. "Well, I hope you learned a lesson from this," she spat.
"Not really," Rocky smirked.
The two glared at each other for a long while before Danny broke the silence. "Look, can we just get out of here? This place is giving me the creeps," he said shuddering.
"Hey guys! Check this out!" Aster called pointing to a crystal orb floating at the far of the room.
The four ghosts crowded around it. A blue mist swirled around inside the orb.
"It's nothing special. Now come on let's go!" Galaxi snapped.
"Wait! I think something's happening!" Danny stopped her.
The mist suddenly took the form of an African American boy with glasses surrounded by dozens of girls.
"Hey…that's Tucker!" Danny realized.
The image of Tucker dissolved into that of a Goth girl in a dark, desert area with dozens of other Goths crowding around a giant purple sigh with a pair of giant red eyes on it. Underneath it the words "Gothopalooza" in giant black letters.
"That's Sam," Danny stated.
Sam and her fellow Goths melted into the form of Danny in his regular, non-starry ghost form.
"That's…me?!" Danny gasped.
Just then, a Latina wearing a bright pink shirt rushed in and gave Danny a kiss on the cheek. In return, Danny hugged the girl.
"Paulina…figures," Danny said.
"How do you know all these people?" Galaxi asked.
"And why can we see them?" Aster asked.
"They're my friends…and Paulina…I think this is how Nocturn monitors dreams," Danny explained.
"That's just creepy," Galaxi cringed.
Rocky yawned and began floating towards the door. Suddenly, he paused by a dark umber colored desk. A purple book with black criss-crosses all over the cover lay on it. Interested, Rocky picked it up. He noticed there were pages of different ghosts with biographies on each of them explaining each of their strengths and weak points. Rocky looked at the cover page. The title looked like a collection of different stars conglomerated to somehow form words.
"Hey, guys!" Rocky called. "Look at this!"
Danny, Aster, and Galaxi walked over to Rocky. Danny took the book from Rocky and studied the cover page. "What is this?"
"It's a book of people Nocturn's watching out for. The cover page says: "Powerful Enemies" in star script," Rocky explained.
The ladybug on Danny's shoulder perked it's antennas up in interest.
Danny flipped through thee pages. Most of the ghosts were unrecognizable except for one or two Danny had seen in the Ghost Zone before. The most noticeable ghost was Clockwork. Danny smirked. Figured Clockwork would be able to stop Nocturn. It made Danny wonder if Clockwork would help them if he ever found a way out of the Star Realm.
He flipped to the next page to see his picture on it. He smirked. It was rather funny that Nocturn considered him a powerful enemy. Danny didn't know why, but he found it funny somehow.
The next page caused Danny's eyes to grow the size of dinner plates. A picture of ladybug with black stars decorating it's shell and antennas shaped like stars was on the page underneath the words: Star Bug.
"So that's what star bugs looked like. I was wondering about that," Galaxi said crossing her arms and studying the picture.
Aster took the book from a shaking Danny and read the bio of it. "Star bugs are composed of a massive amount of star power and normally reside in the human world disguised as bugs (mostly ladybugs). They have no specific form but they are powerful for their size and capable of transferring portions of their power to other beings," Aster read.
Danny raised a shaky hand to his left shoulder and flinched slightly when the ladybug crawled onto it. He studied the ladybugs features and then looked back at the picture in the book. They were exactly alike. Danny could hear his teeth beginning to chatter.
Noticing Danny's advanced state of shock, Rocky flew up to him. "What's wrong Danny?" Rocky asked. He waved his tiny hand in front of Danny's face.
Danny shook his head and finally spoke:
"This ladybug, the one that won't leave me alone, it's a star bug! That's how I got star power!"
MWAHAHAHA!!! Cliffhanger of doom! Okay, come on! Show of hands. Who saw that coming? –raises hand- Okay, I don't count I wrote it 8D lol R&R w/NO FLAMES please!