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Chapter 9: Figuring out One of the Problems

Maddie's POV

I sat there on the couch staring as my son passed in front of my mumbling slightly with every step. He was trying to figure out a problem: the same problem that I am also trying to figure out. That was the fact that Sam Manson and Jack are trapped in a bubble above the castle and can only be reached if you can fly.

Normally, and this is still weird for me to say—let alone think— won't be much of a problem. Danny could easily fly up to the bubble and safely bring them down. It would then just be a matter of intangibility to get them out. But, Danny can't access his ghost half because of the crown on his head. Supposedly, it blocks his powers and keeps the both of us in some kind of perimeter.

We have come (at least I have) that we have to get the crowns off. "Danny?" I questioned.

Ignoring me probably due to a head full of thoughts, he said nothing in response. "Danny?" I inquired again.

Again, he didn't hear me and kept pacing. Sighing I grabbed him by the sleeve and said for a third time, "Danny?" He looked straight at me with his worry-filled eyes, and I reminded, "Remember, I'm on your side now, we can figure this out together."

Sighing, he sat down next to me. "What are we going to do? Dad and Sam are stuck up in that bubble and I can't use my ghost powers!"

"First calm down." He tried to interrupt me here, but knowing him as well as I do, I said, "You can. I am just as worried as you are, but the only way we can think of a solution is if we are calm." He took a deep breathe as I continued. "Let's look at this logically. What do we know?"

Taking a deep breathe, Danny said, "Well, we know that Sam and Dad are trapped in that bubble and the only way we are going to get to them is if I have my ghost powers. But I can't use my powers because of the crown. So that means the problem right now is the crown. We have to get them off." He ended his little revelation with an intense look on his face.

"Do you know how the crowns work?" I asked him.

He looked down for a second as if he was trying to remember something and then he said, "Well, when I first found out about them, they were being used by Dora's—the ghost we met earlier this morning who dropped the plate—brother, Aragon. Aragon was trying to marry Sam," I gave him a confused look, with a small stifled laugh, he said, "Long story. He put one on Sam which kept her in a certain area, and Aragon was the only one able to take it off of her. But, what he didn't realize was that Dora, since she has all of his same powers, would also be able to take it off of Sam.

"That being said, the only way to take the crowns off would be to have Vlad take them off of us. I don't really see him doing that any time soon."

"Well," I began, taking in another one of his "adventures", "You said that Dora was able to take the crown off of Sam, right?" He nodded. "Well, all we need is another half ghost to do it. You have all of his powers, Danny. You might be able to..."

"But," he began, "I can't use my powers right now."

"True, the crown might make it impossible to use your ghost powers with it on, but that doesn't mean you don't have access to them. When you tried to use your powers, the ecto blast formed, but then fizzled out. I'm thinking that as long as nothing is external, you'll be able to get the energy inside to get it off," I expelled.

He looked at me with a face that said, "I have no idea what you just said."

"You have no clue what I just said, do you?" I inquired.

"Not really," he replied.

"Okay," I sighed, "You might not be able to use any of your powers outside of your body, but you might be able to let enough energy build up inside of you that when released, will let you get the crown off your head." He let out and oh.

"Worth a shot?" I questioned.

"Worth a shot," he decided, "You might want to back up a bit."

As I watched my boy from a distance building up energy, I realized how absurd this really was. I was going to have to get to know my little boy all over again. He was nothing that I thought he was. I have only known about half of him for the past two years.

I always thought of Danny as the shy quiet kid. For the past two years, I had seen his human half as kind of a slacker and girl-crazy—all the while oblivious to love. For the past two years I had seen his ghost half flying around and being a show off. I'd seen his ghost-half as a cocky ghost who was acting like he was nice, and that eventually, after gaining our trust, was going to stab us in the back and release a rain of tyranny.

When I learned that the two were one in the same, I was confused. How could a kind, clueless slacker be an evil showy ghost trying to take over the world? I then saw some enlightenment when I realized that he really wasn't evil and was instead heroic and doing his best to keep up with everything in both lives. He tried his hardest and I only noticed his mistakes and problems instead of the good and hard work he was doing. I now found myself kicking myself for not seeing the connection.

I must have been watching him, for lack of a better phrase power up for a minute or two, when he reached his hands up and attempted to take the crown off. His face in a wry expression, he got it off. A green light shot out as the crown came off, probably from the ecto suppressant being taken off. He was breathing heavily as I got over to him and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he remarked, "It's not the best feeling to have half of yourself unusable." I let out a chuckle as he continued. "Let's get yours off." I nodded at him and he easily pulled it off of me.

We stood there staring at each other for a second and then Danny said, "We better get going before Vlad finds out what is going on." We ran to the window and a white ring formed around Danny changing him into his ghost-half.

He awkwardly stared at me for a second and then I remarked, "It is going to take a while to get used to that."

He smirked and asked, "Ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." He floated up a little bit and picked my up around the waist. He flew me through the wall and out into the air. I could tell that we invisible because there was a slight tingle and I could only see a faint outline of myself. I sharply inhaled and he let out a small laugh. He put me on the ground in some cover close to being underneath the bubble.

"Sure hope this works," he mumbled as he flew up. This really was going to take a lot of getting used to, but I was going to have to do it fast if we are ever able to get out of this mess.

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This issues trivia question is...

In which episode did Sam say, "Wow, it's quiet in here." I need a name, not a description.

I will probably have the next chapter up by the middle of next month. May I please stress the word probably.

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~Pheek