Okay I'm back! My assignments are all done so now I won't have them getting in the way of my writing.

Disclaimer- Okay definitely no OCs in this chapter so I own nothing.

Danny had hoped to reach some where he recognised but instead he found himself out of islands and a door to a ghost's lair right in front of him. He knew Vlad wouldn't be far behind so even though he couldn't remember having any allies in the ghost zone, he opened the door and jumped in closing it quickly behind him.

The owner of the lair was sat with their back to him, he contemplated just sneaking past and hope the door at the other end of the lair would lead somewhere familiar. The only problem with that was Vlad knew the ghost zone better than he did and would probably know where that door lead to.

Danny sighed he was going to have to ask for help. "Ex...Excuse me but ..." He started only to be cut off by a frustrated sigh.

"What do you want dipstick?"

"I was wondering if you could tell me how to get to the portal." Danny asked hoping the ghost wouldn't just attack him.

"The portal? What you lost or something?" the ghost laughed turning round to look at him.

Danny didn't recognise the ghost at all but it was clear by the way she was talking to him that he should.

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Ember was surprised to see him there not in his ghost form. "Anyway why do you think I'd help you?" She asked.

He looked nervously to the door then back at her. "I don't have time for this." He muttered before bolting for the door at the other end of her lair.

As he passed Ember caught sight of the tail, she grabbed hold of it to stop him from reaching the door. "So the old man found Anima after all." Ember said.

She was quite familiar with Anima's toxin having watched her use it on another ghost. "What's my name?" Ember asked.

"Errm I ... I don't remember." He replied still unable to even recognise her.

Ember frowned, she didn't mind the whole turning people into animals thing but when it came to memory that was a different story. She let go of his tail. "Go. I'll occupy the old man for a while."

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"Thanks." Danny said before rushing out the door into another part of the ghost zone. He wasn't sure how long she would be able to keep Vlad busy but he wasn't going to waste any of the time she had given him. Danny ran leaping between islands where ever he could.

He guessed it had been about an hour since his escape but without a watch he couldn't be sure. He was getting tired and had still been unable to find a familiar location. He stopped running as he came to the edge of the island he had been running across. This one had been bigger than most of the previous ones and consisted mostly of dense forest so he had no idea if there would be somewhere to jump to when he got to the edge. Luckily there was another island but there was quite a distance between him and it. Danny wasn't sure if he could make the jump, he thought about going back and finding another way. He shook his head there wasn't time for that Vlad would find him if he did that. Danny backed up before running towards the edge; he jumped at the last second and reached out to grab the edge. The edge of the island crumbled a little under his grip in a way that made him almost slip. He had only just managed to grab the edge; quickly he started to pull himself up.

"Sir Phantom?" He heard a questioning voice above him. He knew he went by the name Phantom but the Sir bit that was a bit odd. He looked up to see a ghost with long platted blond hair wearing a medieval style dress. He didn't recognise her. "What are you doing out here and like that?"

Danny got to his feet. "Looking for the portal." He replied.

She laughed a little and then with a smile asked, "Need a lift?"

Danny nodded deciding he didn't have time to figure out if she could really be trusted. "Woah!" He exclaimed as she changed into a large blue dragon. She looked at him confused by his reaction which told him he should have already known she could do that.

She let him ride on her back as they flew in what he hoped really was the direction of the portal. Danny wondered how quickly he was losing his memories, he couldn't think of anything that he had known upon leaving Vlad's that he didn't know now but he hadn't really had much time back there to think.

He was broken out of his mental search when he was thrown from the ghost dragon's back. He yelled as he fell until someone caught him. Danny looked up to see Vlad holding his wrist and another duplicate of Vlad fighting the dragon. He struggled even though he knew Vlad letting go would be a bad thing. Vlad's grip only tightened.

The Vlad that was holding him tried to leave while the dragon was fighting the other him but Danny wasn't going to go back without a fight. He was kicking and punching at Vlad but with little effect other than annoying the man. Suddenly there was another duplicate holding him still and the Vlad that had caught him pulled something out of one of his pockets. Danny growled realising it was a collar; he really hated Vlad right now. As soon as the collar was round his neck a strong smell hit him. Vlad had put a small cloth bag of catnip in place of the collar's tag. Once more Danny blacked out.

Sorry if the collar thing seems a bit cliché but it was just too tempting. Now to work on an update for my other story.