Danny and Vlad flew through the Ghost Zone as fast as they could while being very gentle with the people they were carrying. It was very strange to find their way unhindered because all the ghosts were still to afraid to show themselves.

They finally arrived at their destination and entered through the door. They looked around, but they didn't see Clockwork anywhere. "Where could he be?"

"I have no idea. I've never actually met the Ghost of Time myself, but I have heard a great deal about him. But wherever he is, he better show up fast because my arms are about to fall off."

"Funny I thought you couldn't wait to get your arms around my mom," Danny replied sarcastically.

Before Vlad could respond with an angry retort a coughing sound alerted them that they weren't alone. Spinning around they came face to face with young Clockwork. He looked pretty bad.

"I am very pleased to see that the two of you manage to survive your ordeal. I know you have many questions that need answering, but right now is not the time. I need to separate Jazz from Nadera and Maddie from Specter. It shall only take a few minutes. Please place them down on the couch," Clockwork instructed patiently.

Doing as they were told they laid the women gently down on the couch. Clockwork flew over them and raised his time scepter over Nadera/Jazz. "Time Surge!" he shouted.

A soft glow enveloped the crystallized ghost. There was a slight tearing sound as the human half and ghost half were separated from each other.

The moment they were separated Jazz's body slipped free from the crystal prison and hovered in the air. With a slight gesture from Clockwork the voodoo doll of Jazz released her soul and sent it back to her body. Jazz gave a slight gasp as her soul was reunited with her body. She soon settled on the ground sleeping.

Nadera remained in her crystal prison for the moment. Asleep and unaware of what was going on.

"JAZZ! Is she okay? What are the lasting effects of having Nadera being in her body? Will she remember anything?" Danny asked hurriedly as he rushed over and knelt down next down to his sister.

"Your sister is fine young man. The only lasting effect from Nadera being in her body will be trace memories of Nadera's life. On the other hand she will have no memory of the last few days of her life," Clockwork explained tiredly as he changed into an old man.

"While I'm thrilled that young Jasmine will be okay, I really would think its time you separated Maddie from Lady Specter and then answer some questions for us," Vlad insisted

"I'm to weak from the injuries I received from Nadera's attack to separate Lady Madeline Specter and Maddie Fenton from one another. I need to recharge. I would be able to answer any questions you have during the mean time."

"Question one. Is all of it true? What she showed and told us is it true?" Danny asked.

"And if it is true why in the name of all things ghostly didn't you tell either of us? It would have saved us a lot trouble, not to mention prevented all this!" Vlad snapped.

"Don't presume you can yell at me just because we are kin understand?" Clockwork threatened Vlad. "Now what Nadera said is true. You are her human father and brother and carry the ghost ones inside of you. I am her uncle. And the events you saw are true to an extent."

"An extent? What's that suppose to mean?" Danny wondered.

"It goes hand in hand why I didn't tell you. From her point of view what you saw was true. To others it was somewhat true. It depends on how you look at the facts," Clockwork explained.

"So since you didn't have any facts or proof to back up what you knew to be true you let us decide for ourselves about Nadera and the strange visions we've been having," Vlad concluded.

"Yes. I knew this day would come for over six hundred years. And for six hundred years I've been dreading this moment. My niece attacking, you two regaining your memories, the rebirth of Lady Specter, all of it. Now I must make the most difficult choice in my entire life. To save the life of my beloved niece or let her be killed by the Observants," Clockwork said sighing unhappily. He went through his entire series of transformation, all frowning unhappily.

"What are you talking? How can a ghost die? Why would these Observants want her dead?" Danny asked more confused then ever.

"Maybe it would be best if you started at the beginning. Starting with why you left Nadera alone with those zombie ghosts? I think that's highly irresponsible of you," Vlad said crossing his arms.

"Perhaps it was, but it was not by choice believe me. If you must know the whole truth I was much closer to Nadera then my own brother. We were both alike in many ways. Both of us were loners, we had incredible powers, and were misunderstood by others. But mostly we cared about the welfare of all ghosts and our world. I knew she was unhappy at times with her spot in the afterlife, but she seemed to be okay. I knew in my heart she didn't hate her family. That emotion was for her fathers little friends and my employers, the Observants."

"You keep mention my former life's helpers, the Observants. I fail to understand why an order that does nothing but watch and never acts could cause so much trouble. What did they do that was so terrible?" Vlad demanded.

"What they did is tied together with the prophecy I made, the reason Nadera believes I abandoned her, and why you two are under my protection. When my brother and his wife ruled he put those two in charge of making sure to deal with any threat to both worlds. They would watch and act upon it. It was a surprise to me that they hadn't observed the growing rebellion and I myself failed to foresee the tragedy that was about to unfold."

"I was here at my tower when the attack happened. I immediately headed for the palace, but was blocked by rebellious ghosts. It took a long time to get past them and by the time I did arrive it was almost to late. I found my brother, my sister in law, and my nephew greatly injured and bleeding ectoplasm all over the throne room with the Observants hovering over them. I knew at once I could do nothing to prevent them from dieing so I decided to try something else in attempt to save them. Using my powers I performed a powerful act and reverted the three of them into pure ectoplasm and stored them is special canisters. I hoped to one day bond them to humans and give them a second chance at life. It was only after I performed the spell that I noticed Nadera was gone. I could sense her life force, but was unsure of where she was. I ordered the Observants to find her and bring her back to my tower at once. I have regretted that decision ever since," Clockwork told them forlornly.

"Why? You just saved our past selves from death. You sent out a search party for Nadera. Why are you so upset by that?" Danny pressed.

"Because of what happened next. The Observants found Nadera in the village of Spiritala. They already thought Nadera was dangerous for practicing magic and feared that if she was brought back she would stake her claim to the throne plunging the Ghost Zone into a worse state of chaos then it already was. So using most of the power they decided to act for the first and hopefully last time. They imprisoned her in the village for a hundred years hoping by then they would be able to reestablish order and that she would be more manageable. Obviously she became more of a threat with a combination of magic, ghost, and royal stone powers."

"When I found out I was furious. But there was nothing I could do to change it. I vowed then and there to protect the remaining members of my family. Using my powers I was able to see in the future, but for the first time it wasn't clear. That disturbed me. It forced me to create the prophecy and hope for the best. In the meantime I would search for the most compatible people for my brother and his family. I found them in you two. As for Lady Specter, I needed someone who had strong connections to you two and Nadera's human host. I found that in your mother, Danny," Clockwork said turning to face the halfas.

"Compatibility? I'm afraid I don't understand. Wait does that mean you're the one who gave us our ghost halves?"

"And are you responsible for my ectoacne!"

"Yes, I gave you your ghost halves. When I discovered humans were trying to get into our world I started evaluating them trying to find the perfect match for Plasmius and Phantom. When I found Vlad I positioned the canister right next to where the portal would open. The surge of ectoenergy was able to bind human DNA and ghost ectoplasm together. Unfortunately the first attempt had a bad side effect. Your ectoacne, but that was only because you got hit in the face instead of your whole body."

"And Lady Madeline Specter? How did Maddie become a halfa?" Vlad questioned.

"Nadera needed my ectoplasm to complete the ceremony. She had already tried once so Clockwork hid the canister in his scepter. After Nadera returned to the Ghost Zone with you two he crawled over to Maddie and poured the ectoplasm over her body. It only took a few minutes for the bonding to be completed," A voice commented from behind them. They turned to the couch were Maddie was sitting up, but it hadn't been Maddie's voice. It was Specter's.

The newest halfa immediately transformed back into Lady Specter. She hovered a bit unsteadily in the air and then floated next to her daughter. She gazed down at her fondly and gently placed a hand on her crystal prison. "My sweet child I wish it hadn't come to this. How often I've dreamed of this moment while I was free floating ectoplasm," she said softly a tear falling down her face.

She looked up at Clockwork and gave a faint smile "Even in my ectoplasmic state I could hear everything you said my old friend. I often wondered why you broke your promise to protect your family when you hadn't broken your promise to give us a chance at life again. I now know that you didn't. I should have known it was those two. Vladimir should never have created them."

"My brother did what he thought was best Madeline. Despite what they did to Nadera, they have accomplished much good these past centuries. Are you sure you should be controlling your host right now? You need to conserve your strength and I need to separate you two," he replied anxiously.

"That can wait a few more minutes. I need to take care of some things right now before I lose my chance to act. I haven't much time and these two need to understand so much in such a short time," she responded.

"What do you mean Lady Specter? Before you answer let me complement you on a job well done. Your chain power rocked! Not to mention you were very brave and courageous." Danny said.

"Not to mention your ability to use your stones power was to be admired. I also thought your ability to strategize was wonderful. You should feel proud of yourself because clearly you are a remarkable woman," Vlad added.

"Always the flatter aren't you? Well what you say is true and why shouldn't it be? After all I spent most of my youth fighting for our independence and then twenty years as the ruling Lady of the Ghost Zone. I was shocked by the overthrow, but eventually I understood why my people did it. I suppose its one of the reasons that you two received my husband and my son's ectoplasm," she mused.

"Does this have to do with the compatibility that was mentioned earlier? I still don't get it," Danny confessed.

"I think I do. I think a bonding as they call it, only works if you find a human and a ghost who are very much alike and if you have a family the best way to keep them together is to find people with relations to one another," Vlad explained.

"Correct, but another reason you two were chosen was to teach my family some well needed humility and humble us. My husband was a loyal man and a great ruler, a real hero. A lot like Danny Phantom is today. So I suspect Clockwork here wanted to teach Plasmius about why to much power can corrupt. The same goes for my son except he was more arrogant and selfish at times. Learning to help others out with his powers could be the most rewarding thing that ever happened," Specter said smiling happily before she started to cough.

Vlad and Danny looked at her concerned. She wasn't looking to hot. Sweat was starting to drip down from her forehead and they could see her trembling. "What's wrong? Are you sick?"

"In a manner of speaking I am. My ectoplasm was so badly damaged that even being stored in a canister for six centuries hasn't stabilized it. I had hoped that being bonded to a human would keep me stable, but it hasn't. I'm dieing and if I don't leave Maddie soon I could take her with me," she explained coughing again.

"Dieing? I didn't think a ghost could die!" Danny exclaimed.

"Who cares about that if she isn't separated you could lose your mother for good!"

"Enough! I won't allow Maddie Fenton to be harmed. Lady Specter can maintain control for a few more minutes before she needs to be separated. I think she should be allowed this time to say her final farewells before her spirit moves on from this zone," Clockwork suggested in his child form.

"Where exactly does ones spirit go if they die as a ghost?" Vlad wondered out loud before Danny elbowed him.

"Its alright child I don't mind. No one is certain for very few ghost have died a second time. I could end up in Heaven or I could end up in Hell. All I know for certain is I won't be alive as a ghost anymore. I wish there could be another way, but I have no regrets about being reborn," Specter informed Danny gently.

She landed next to Nadera and placed a hand gently on her crystal prison. "How I wish I could hold you one more time, before I leave. Please Clockwork let me hold my child one more time," she begged.

"You know she has to stay imprisoned so we can decide her punishment. Still I don't see the harm in you holding her," he replied giving her a slight nod.

Touching here sapphire chocker she let the power of her royal stone melt away until the crystal had disappeared save for her hands and ankles. Still she didn't awaken from her induced slumber.

Lady Specter cradled her daughter in her arms and rocked her back and forth as if she was a baby. She brushed back a strand of loose hair and gazed fondly at her child. "Oh my sweet Nadera. I wish I had more time to correct all the mistakes I've done with you. A mother should know when her child is unhappy and try everything possible to fix it. That's what parents do. I can only hope that you'll forgive me one day along with the rest of your family. I love you so much Nadera and that will never change no matter what. Don't you ever forget that," she told her squeezing her gently before placing her back down on the couch.

Lady Specter turned to face the two halfas crying and smiling at the same time. "This is very difficult for me. While I'm proud to include you two as part of my family I can only hope that my family will help you two live productive lives. If it's all right with you I like to say good-bye to my family without humans attached. Can you separate please?"

"How do we do that?" Danny asked her.

"To separate from your ghost halves you merely have to press your stones and shout you battle cry. For a short period of time you shall exist as separate entities before being rejoined," Clockwork explained. The two halfas nodded and did as they were told. Soon Plasmius and Phantom were free again.

"My love! Madeline I have missed you so much. I was so scared that I would never see you again," Plasmius exclaimed holding his wife in a tight embrace before kissing her passionately on the lips.

"I have missed you to Vladimir. The thing I missed the most was your gentle touch and kind nature," she replied before setting her sights on her son. "Daniel my wonderful little boy. How I have missed you."

Phantom leapt into his mother's arms and buried his face in her chest crying. It had been so long since he'd been in her presence. He may not have all his memories back yet, but he knew how much he loved his mother. "Mom I love you so much."

"I love you to, both of you with all my heart and soul. Which is why this is the hardest thing for me to do in my life. I don't want to say good bye even though I must."

"Surely Madeline there must be another way. You could stay joined as a halfa or my dear brother can use his powers over time to keep you alive. I don't want to lose you again."

"Yeah Mom we just found each other again after all this time. Surely with the combined powers of the royal stones or Nadera's magic you can stay with us. I want us to be a family again."

Lady Specter stroked their faces and looked at them lovingly. She wanted to stay with her family so badly, but she couldn't stay here and endanger the life of an innocent for own selfish needs. She told them that.

"I know this will be hard on you two, but you must be strong. Not just for yourselves, but for Nadera as well. The three of you will only have each other after I'm gone and you need to take care of each other. I know what she tried to do was wrong and there's no excuse for it, but she is still family and we still love her. I don't want anything bad to happen to her. Promise me you two will find a suitable punishment for her that doesn't include her destruction."

"We will my love. I swear by everything I hold dear that I won't let anything happen to our daughter this time," Plasmius promised.

"Yeah I won't let any crazy Observants hurt my twin sister. You can count on us," Phantom added.

"Thank you both of you I knew I could count on you. I also know I can count on Mr. Fenton and Mr. Masters here to keep you two in check. It is time for me to go. I love you both," Specter said giving them one last hug and kiss before they rejoined their human halves.

She hovered a few inches in the air giving her home one last look before nodding at Clockwork. He pointed his time scepter at her and shouted "Time Surge!" Instantly she was encased in a white glow that separated her from Maddie.

Maddie was placed gently next to Jazz. Neither one of them showed any signs of waking up in the near future. Danny, Vlad, and Clockwork all turned their eyes towards Lady Specter who was already starting to disappear.

"Its alright all things must die even ghost. I shall miss my family, but I'm glad to know they will live on. Take good care of them you two. Clockwork please protect my daughter, promise me."

"I promise Specter. No harm shall come to Nadera while I'm here," Clockwork swore.

"Good. Tell Nadera that I've forgiven her and I'm sorry we won't be able to mend our relationship. I'm almost gone. Blessed be everyone," Lady Specter said as she vanished in a dazzling show of light. She was gone.

"I guess all that remains is to select a punishment for Nadera. I believe Lady Specter chose you two to figure out a punishment for her. Whatever you two decide will be done."

"We have to decide a punishment for the High Priestess/princess of the Ghost Zone? Lovely," Danny wailed.

"Really Daniel how hard can it be? I know I may not be a parent myself, but I think between the two of us we can come up with something suitable," Vlad informed him.

"So my father and brother will be deciding what is to be done with me? Charming," Nadera said startling everyone. "I know everything that is going on. I am greatly distressed that my mother is dead. I never wanted that. I wish that I could have said goodbye. Still I will accept whatever you two deem fit for my punishment. I won't resist you because right now I'm in great pain."

Before they could reply someone else did. "They will not be deciding your punishment former Princess Nadera Apparition. We will be deciding," One Observant stated calmly as they both appeared a few feet from her.

"You have been a danger to both our kind and the human world for to long. Since Clockwork has a biased opinion and these two humans would clearly spare your life we've decided on your punishment. You shall be terminated," the second one said.

"Now wait just a minute. You have no authority to do such a thing! Lady Specter and Clockwork chose Danny and I to find a suitable punishment for her and I intend to do so."

"Don't interfere with this human. You are lucky we are in such a forgiving mood otherwise we eliminate all three of you for the danger you pose,' the first Observant said.

"Nadera has always been a wild card in the grand scheme of things. Her magical abilities combined with her ghost powers and the power of her pendent make her too much of a threat alive. Its time to finish what we started centuries ago," the second one told them.

"You can't do this. Your oath forbids you from acting! That's why you chose me to deal with her. As her uncle I'm sure I could keep an eye on her," Clockwork tried to tell them but they refused to listen. The simply phased through him and headed for Nadera intent on destroying her.

That's when Danny sprang into action. He jumped in front of Nadera and held out his glowing hands in a threatening position. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Vlad do the same. "Listen you walking eyeballs. I don't know who you are and right now I really don't care. If you as so much as glide another step closer I'll attack you."

"Your not ghost enough to take on us boy. Now move aside so we can deal with this dark priestess once and for all!" The Observant said moving closer. Big mistake.

Touching his emerald medallion he let the power flow into his body. He started to glow bright green all over his body. Thrusting his hands upward he shouted "Phantom Shapes!" Almost at once all sorts of ghostly objects filled the air around him. He then ordered them to attack the two ghosts.

Vlad wasn't far behind. Touching his ruby clip he let the new powers flow around him. His newfound sense as a parent guided him as he called out for his new power. "Ghostly Waves!" Instantly a wave of hot pink energy crashed down upon them forcing them away from Nadera.

Before the Observants could retaliate Clockwork pressed the button on his time scepter. Enough was enough. "Time Out!" Instantly the two ghosts were frozen, but he had pulled a time loop trick to keep everyone else unfrozen.

"I will deal with these two while you come up with a suitable punishment for Nadera. I shall be back shortly," Clockwork said before gliding away.

"Not that I'm complaining or anything, but why? After all I did to you two why come to my defense?" Nadera asked curiously.

"Because family sticks together no matter what. Listen I know you've had a hard life and were mistreated, but that's not an excuse for trying to kill us," Danny said.

"I know that and I am truly sorry. Its just that revenge has kept me going for so long its hard to let it go," she replied.

"I can relate to that child. For so long I've been mad at Jack for what he did to me I was blind to everything around me. It took you and your blunt talk to make me see the light. So I believe that I and Daniel have come up with a suitable punishment for you that doesn't include death," Vlad informed her.

"Oh? And what might that be?"

Together they both said "Probation."

"Oh probation? Well its better then a permanent grounding. All right tell me your terms and I would hurry. My friend Skull will be searching for me and this is the first place he'll look."

"First off you have to spend a year assisting Clockwork out to make up for the horrors you committed or tried to," Danny said.

"Next you may maintain your leadership over the zombie ghosts. You're the only one they'll listen to. We need to make sure they don't wreck havoc in the Ghost Zone or the human world," Vlad stated.

"You also can't go to the human world or use your magic on other ghosts unless it's an emergency. I believe that's all," Danny said getting a nod from Vlad. That about covered it.

"All right. I accept your terms, but on two conditions. And I'm not taking no for an answer," Nadera replied.

They looked at each other curious to what she had in mind. Still she was going along with their terms it wouldn't hurt to agree to hers. Nodding they asked what their terms were.

"First off I want you two to visit me occasionally. I want to really get to know both sides of my father and brother. Second off, I want the two of you to stop fighting for good. Your family and despite what you make think of each other that counts for something. Besides if you don't fight so much then no innocent people will be harmed. So do we have a deal?" she asked.

"Deal sis," Danny said.

"Great now can you get me out of this crystal prison?" Nadera asked.

"I'll take care of that. Time Surge!" Clockwork said as he floated back into the room accompanied by Skull who was looking rather angry. He smiled joyfully when he spotted his mistress.

"Mistress! You are unharmed! I was very concerned when I saw those two fly off with you. Are you all right? Do you want me to harm them for making you lose the ultimate power?" Skull asked.

"I'm fine Skull everything is fine. A lot has changed in the last half hour. I don't want you to harm my brother or my father. I don't care about losing the aliment power because I got something better now. Right now I need you to go back to our home and take care of things until I return okay? Can you do that for me?" she asked. He nodded and left.

"I think its time for you two to return to the human world. You've been gone for long enough," Clockwork suggested.

"But what about my parents missing equipment and my mom and Jazz's memories? What about everyone who's at my house? I can't just reappear like nothing happened," Danny pointed out.

"Not to mention we can't explain why a ghost would kidnap either of us," Vlad added.

"I'll take care of that for you. Bring me the voodoo dolls. I'll perform a little magic so you won't have to worry. Once I'm done the dolls will be useless," Nadera said reverting back to her priestess clothes.

They gave her the dolls, which she then placed, in a protective circle. Raising her hands she began to chant. Mysterion Flamese Cortora Vicit! Memory alteration and curse removal octora!" The dolls glowed a bright purple and mist escaped from them indicating they no longer worked on their counterparts.

"It's done. The voodoo dolls no longer work and I've modified their memories so they don't remember you being kidnapped. Instead the four of you were hanging out and came home to find Masters visiting your parents. Your mom and sister have had their memory gaps filled in so don't worry about that. And for your next question Danny, no your costumes won't stay the way they are now. You'll only be able to achieve super ghost status in dire emergencies. Well you better hurry home because everyone is going to start waking up. Don't worry about the equipment I already teleported it back home," Nadera assured them.

"Then I guess this is good bye. I'll see you soon sis. Try to stay out of trouble," Danny advised giving her a hug.

"I will little brother I will."

"Take care of yourself and next time you visit try to not destroy my football collection," Vlad told her as he squeezed her tightly.

"I'll try not to Dad, but no promises. I love you both," Nadera replied stepping back.

With a wave of his scepter Clockwork sent the two to halfas and females back to the lab. They reappeared in human form and quickly checked over everyone as they started to wake up.

"What happened? The last thing I remember is coming downstairs to check something in the lab," Maddie said rubbing her head.

"Yeah where is the ghost that attacked us?" Jack demanded.

"No ghost attacked. An ecto blaster just fell off the table and hit you all. Its nothing to worry about," Danny assured them.

"Are you sure Danny? I could have sworn that I saw a ghost kidnap you," Sam stated. She glared at Masters suspiciously.

"I'm sure Sam. Listen why don't you free go upstairs to my room and I'll join you in a minute? I have to escort Vlad out," he told them.

"Ahh do you have to go V-man? You only got here a few hours ago," Jack whined.

"Sorry Jack business duty calls. It was nice to see you and Maddie again. I better be going," Vlad said quickly exiting the lab with Danny right on his heels.

Once outside the two halfas looked at each other unsure of where they stood now that they knew the truth. Their ghost memories were slowly seeping into the human ones confusing them. One thing was certain they were now complete again.

"So what now? Where do we stand?" Danny asked.

"I'm not sure Daniel sorry Danny. We're family by ectoplasm and by relationships. One thing is certain I no longer have the desire to harm your or your father. I will leave your family be. Perhaps in the future we will be able to determine how best to deal with our relationship. As for now I think a cease fire is in order wouldn't you agree?"

"Definitely. It will be nice not having to fight you. Well take care of yourself. I'll see you soon because we're going to visit Nadera together," Danny said shaking his hand. Vlad returned the firm handgrip. Taking a quick glance around he changed into Plasmius and flew off home.

"What was that all about? I thought you two hated each other?" Tucker said from the front steps. Both Sam and him were looking at Danny strangely.

"I thought you were in my room with Valerie."

"She's up there waiting for us. We decided to keep an eye on you and Masters. Care to explain what just happened?"

"Let's just say it's been a long day and I'll tell you another time. Now come on lets go hang," Danny said as they reentered the house together.