Hey guys! I actually made a playlist for this, you can see it here!: /fractalbunny/on-the-other-side

It's basically the songs that I write their lovey scenes to. Good stuff.

Here we have more non-father Vlad being a good not-dad.

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Plasmius took Phantom through his portal, considering the boy's growing curiosity. The older ghost, seeing him almost as a son, couldn't resist spoiling him a little. Cujo was by Phantom's side constantly since he was found, so he tagged along.

Plasmius turned back into Masters, stretching a little into his now fully solid body. 'Come now, Phantom.'

'Hang on, Plasmius. Cujo, come here!' The little dog jumped through the portal.

"Two things. One, we must speak English. I have a cleaning lady here today who would be very confused if she heard us speaking in your native tongue. Two, call me Vlad. It is my human name, you know." Phantom nodded. Vlad led him up the lab stairs, back into the study.

"Can I fly here?"

"No."

"Go invisible?"

"No."

"Intangible?"

"No."

"Energy beams?"

"No."

"Ice powers?"

"What do you think?"

"No…" Phantom snickered, and Vlad smiled lightly.

"Humanity is…fragile." Vlad looked up, sighing. "Ah, so very fragile. If they saw you or I flying or phasing through things…society would fall to its knees and crumble."

"Really?" The boy's eyes widened. 'Hear that, Cujo? No huge murder-dog for you.' The dog pouted, but seemed to understand his master.

"What did I say about speaking?" Vlad asked.

"Only English…" Phantom grumbled.

"Now then, I'll take you outside. We can go for a drive; Wisconsin is so very beautiful." He walked outside, Phantom and Cujo practically at his heels. "Have you been to the human world before, Phantom?"

"A little." The boy smiled sheepishly. "You'd kill me if I told you why."

"You know you can always tell me anything." Vlad said, putting a hand on Phantom's shoulder. "Tell me once we get in the car."

They got in a black sports car, Phantom in the passenger's seat and Cujo in the back. Vlad started the vehicle, and it purred to life.

"I made human friends." Phantom said suddenly. Vlad coughed as though he was choking on something.

"What?!" He asked, pulling the car out of the driveway. "Humans?"

"Yeah. Sam and Tucker. They're really nice." The boy's voice was barely a whisper. "Sam's this girl, she wears all black and she lives in the huge mansion. Tucker…I don't know much about him, but he carries around some weird thing Sam called a PDA."

"Ah yes, the girl from the portal. They know you're a ghost?" Vlad asked, making a sharp turn.

"Well, yeah. The first time we met I was saving them from the Lunch Lady. She was about to attack Sam, I think." The man nodded. "They weren't scared of me. Snowstorm always said that humans are afraid of ghosts."

"Most are." Vlad said with a chuckle. "You must have found some rare ones."

"Yeah." Phantom looked out the window at the passing trees. "They think I'm cold, though. Am I really that cold?"

"Well, isn't your ghost core made of ice? You must be freezing to them." Phantom looked at the ground. "That's alright, though. It's nearly summer; it's going to get very hot, very soon. They'll flock to you."

"Summer? I feel like I remember that. Everything's hot. Everyone goes to the beach." Vlad nodded.

"Yes, that's exactly it." He said with a smile. "And humans? Well, we sweat. It's awful. I know that I'll be keeping you close on hot days." He turned to look at Phantom, who was smiling right back. I can't let him get in trouble. A little surveillance wouldn't hurt.