-1Sleep was not forth coming for young Danny. The events of the last forty eight hours weighed heavily on his mind. Giving up on tossing and turning, he sat himself at his desk and tried concentrate on a copy of King Arthur that Sam had given him. He barely got past the first page before falling asleep on top of it.

Danny was shaken awake by the horse he was sitting on. It took Danny a full minute to realize he was actually on a horse. A quick pat down of his body reveled himself to be in medieval knight armor.

"I must be dreaming!" He looked around and found himself in a grassy field overlooking a large castle. "I just hope this doesn't turn out to be a nightmare."

He gripped the reins and gently kicked the horse. It started a slow walk towards the castle. As he neared the castle, a cold feeling overcame him. The horse stopped and the once sunny landscape turned dark. He heard the sound of hooves and a large knight in black armor appeared in front of him. He rode a dark horse with glowing red eyes.

"Figures!" He reached down for his sword and was much depressed when he found none. "Oh boy!"

The knight rode up to Danny and held out his hand. "Fear not young one! I have come to talk." It was the same voice that Raiden had used in The Ghost Zone.

"Have we met?"

"Yes! Again I must use a disguise in order to speak to you."

"Have you heard?"

"I am sorry for what has happened, but I am afraid this is just the beginning."

"This destiny thing you were telling me. The school was apart of it."

The black knight nodded. "And many more that is just on the horizon. All of this has been foreseen."

Danny face grew sullen, "You mean you knew about the bomb in the school."

The Black Knight shook his head. "No! But it was a disaster. I'm afraid there isn't any detailed information on the coming events. I am just trying to prepare you for whatever is on the horizon."

Danny choked to hold back his tears. "Why me? I'm just a kid."

"It isn't fair, but things in life rarely are."

"What if I don't train or whatever?"

"This world and countless others will be destroyed." The Black Knight rode closer and placed an armored hand on Danny's shoulder. "There are no guarantees. Even if I mold you into the most powerful hero that can be imagined, the chance for failure will remain."

"What do I tell my family? My friends?"

The Black Knight's head lowered and he backed away. "They must know nothing of what is to happen. If they did, there is a good chance that higher powers will discover the fact I am helping you."

"Don't they care?"

"No! They merely observe."

"Are you one of them?"

"A question for another time." The knight turned his horse. "I have decided that training you while you still reside on your home plane is possible. Every other day in the afternoon you will go to the far side of Amity Park. There you will find an old warehouse I have secured, it has been converted to a place I may teach you. Simply tell everyone you are taking self defense classes. It won't be a lie."

Danny thought it over for a few minutes. "Fine! When do we start?"

"In a week you will be sent to another school, we shall start then. Until that time, think about everything and enjoy yourself." The area began to grow dark. "Until then, farewell!"

Danny woke up. He rubbed his eyes and glanced at his desk clock. It was four thirty in the morning. "Was it all a dream?" He found a piece of paper clutched in his hand. It was a map to the outskirts of the city. Danny stared at it for a long time before deciding it wasn't.

The week past quickly enough. Like the knight had said, the students had been split up and sent to other schools to further their education. He was thankful that Tucker and Sam were in his group. Unfortunately, he heard Dash and a major chunk of the football team were also in his group and he was sure that Dash wouldn't let up on the tormenting despite all that happened. The school was called Casper High. The irony wasn't lost to him as he walked to his new school. He had just crossed a street when he spotted his Sam and Amber waiting for him near an alley. Both were dressed in full Goth gear.

"Hey Sam. Amber. Have you seen Tucker yet?"

"Why should we care about that dork?"

Sam gave Amber a look, "Come on! I put up with your friends."

Amber simply sighed, "Fine. We haven't seen your popularity deficient friend."

Danny managed a small chuckle, "Close enough! So how you feeling?"

"I'd be better if my base player wasn't still in the hospital or if my drummer had been sent to the same school I'm forced to go to."

"Ok!" Danny slowly backed away towards Sam. "How about you?"

"Good all things considered." She checked her watch. "We better get going, I'm sure Tucker will meet us there."

As Danny nodded in agreement, a blue steam issued from his mouth. "There is that steam again."

"Are you catching a cold?"

"Get down!"

Amber pulled Sam to the ground as a gray flash of light shot from the sky and slammed into Danny. The teen flew into the alley and hit the ground hard. The green light transformed into a floating humanoid torso with a ghostly tail. The body was muscular and partially transparent. The head was little more than a large bump with green eyes and mouth. Danny pushed himself up in time for one of the muscular arms knocked him back down.

"What do you want?"

"For you to suffer." The voice was raspy.

The ghost's fist sparked with energy. As he raised his hands, a soda can flew through his head and landed on the ground. The ghost turned to see the two girls a few feet behind him.

"A can!" Amber rubbed her eyes. "You big plan was a can."

"We can't just let that thing hurt Danny."

The ghost sighed and aimed one of his hands at them. A red beam of energy shot from the hand and flew at the girls. It impacted the ground in front of them and blasted them back. He turned back to Danny and fired a beam from his other hand. The beam hit the boy directly in the chest. It slammed him into the side of one of the buildings. The ghost's fingers grew into claws. As he neared Danny, a black gloved hand erupted through his chest. It glowed with purple light and the ghost screamed in pain. The light enveloped the ghost who exploded into nothingness. Danny crawled away as that same gloved hand reached for him.

"Get away!"

"Don't worry young Daniel. I am here to help you."

Danny looked up and saw that the hand belonged to a tall blue skinned ghost in a white suit. A white cape completed the outfit. The ghost smiled and reviled a fang.

"I apologize for startling you. My name is Plasmus and I am here to help you."

Danny slowly got to his feet. "Really, I am hearing a lot of that lately."

"I understand your confusion. Your transformation has stirred up a lot of commotion. Many would love to use you to their own ends."

Danny inched away, "How do I know your not just like them?"

Plasmus simply bowed slightly. "I, unlike them will give you a choice. Let me show you the big picture and if you do not want my help, then I will not bother you anymore."

"You'd explain everything?"

"Every last detail."

Danny silently stood for a minute as he tried to make up his mind. "I need time to think this over."

"Of course!" Plasmus started to float into the air. "I will drop by after a couple of days to hear your answer, until then." He vanished.

Danny was so focused on the sky, he barely felt Sam tugging on his arm. "Danny!"

The boy shook his head. "Yeah!"

"Who was that guy and why were you attacked?"

"I'm not sure!" Danny turned away. "I need to think!" Danny ran down the alley and disappeared around the corner.

Sam started to go after him, but Amber grabbed her arm. "Let him go! What can you do?" Sam wanted to argue, but in truth, she wasn't sure what she could do either.