Ember's P.O.V;
I flew to Penny's lair. I really needed to talk to her about those female devils.
I knocked on her door and heard a "Come in dear," from behind the door.
I opened the door and saw not only Penny, but Johnny, kitty and Shadow too.
"Hi guys." I said.
"Hi Emmy, Kitty and Johnny just needed their monthly talk."
I heard a huff from Shadow. Sometimes we forget he's here. I felt kind of sorry for him. He's Johnny's little brother and all, but I had to talk to Penny about what to do about the female devils and my boyfriend.
"Penny, something really weird happened to me today, two girls, looking like Phantom, showed up at the Amity-mall and said they had tricked Skulker into believing one of them was Phantom, and freaked him out."
"Ah dear Emmy, there is one thing you should know. Phantom is really a girl, and I presume that other girl was her clone." Penny said.
"What? Phantom has been a girl all the time?!" I said shocked.
I saw Shadow trying to stop Johnny from saying something stupid, but Johnny would have none of it.
"WOW, Phantom's a chick! Maybe I should've hit on her instead of her sister." Johnny added.
Kitty hit him on the head with her purse. "You insensitive jerk, you always think of other girls!"
Shadow tried to stop her from hurting Johnny.
"Buzz off Shadow, I have no time for your bickering." Kitty snarled
Shadows shoulders slumped and he flew out of the room. "Geez Kitty, that was harsh on the kid."
"I don't care Emmy, that kid has been doing nothing but getting in my way of teaching this jerk a lesson he deserves."
"No, now girls let's not take the anger out on each other." Penny added.
I sighed. This was going to be a long talk.
Shadow's P.O.V;
I hated it, I really did. I had been in my older brother's shadow for all my life, AND in afterlife. I'm just that - his shadow.
Sometimes I just wished to leave him and start a life for my own… I guess it would be afterlife now.
I heard another yell from my brother's girlfriend. I was so tired of her, it's like she was a selfish monster. I know my brother is kind of a jerk, but still. She explodes over everything he does and their friends just ignored me. I was so sick of it, I didn't care anymore, I was out of there. I quickly flew out of Mrs. Spectra's home and into a natural portal. I didn't care where it took me, I just didn't want this anymore.
I landed outside a mall somewhere, I really didn't care. I switched in to my more humanoid form. Johnny always said to keep my humanoid form a secret, like for a secret weapon. But honestly I didn't care what he said anymore. Now I looked like a fourteen year old version of my brother, just with some minor differences. I sat down on a bench and hugged my knees.
Vulture 3's P.O.V;
"Well at least these people are English speakers."
"Well that doesn't necessarily mean that we're in the right place." My comrade adds.
"You two, I think…" began the third one.
"You think of what?" We said while kept on flying.
"That we should…"
*Bam*
We slammed into something.
Ugh it hurt.
"You were about to say what?" I added dryly.
"That we should watch out for that big clock tower."
"Wait, this is Big Ben! We're in England!" my other comrade said.
"Great Britten, how nice." I said, my voice anything but pleasant.
Ell's P.O.V;
We walked out of the mall and I spotted a boy about 14. He looked kind of like Johnny 13, but I couldn't see much, because he had his head in his knees. But he also had a ghostly glow.
"Hey, are you all right?"
He lifted his head to me.
"Johnny?" I asked confused.
He hung his head and muttered: "Figured you would mistake me for my brother, right Phantom?"
"Wait, are you saying Johnny 13 is your brother!" I asked bewildered.
He sighed. "Figured you wouldn't remember me. No one does, always my brother's stupid shadow."
"Wait back up a bit, you're Shadow?" I said utterly shocked.
"Congratulations for figuring it out. But my name is really Shan."
"Sorry if I offend you, but I must ask; why are you here Shan?" I said, tasting the new name on my tongue.
"My brother's stupid girlfriend told me to buzz off."
"Oh, I can relate, that isn't fun." I said, thinking of that time Johnny hit on my sister.
"Tell me about it. But I think those people you went with are waiting for you."
I inwardly smiled as I just got an idea.
"Why don't you join us Shan, you obviously have nowhere else to go." And I stretched out my hand to him.
He warily took hold of it and I felt my face heat up.
"Come on, Ann and Vlad are waiting." I didn't think saying daddy would help his confidence in coming.
"Okay." He said and I led him off.
Shadow's P.O.V;
I sat at the stupid bench for what felt like hours, but it must only have been minutes before Phantom came to me. I knew from the start that Phantom was a girl, big surprise. For a fact I did actually get a hold of her when Johnny said I had to.
After some conversation she asked me to join her and her company. As I took her hand, I felt myself blush as I saw the blush on her face.
I coughed a little then said: "you know, you look better now that you're showing your true self."
Her blush got redder, but she smirked. "Touché."
She started to drag me over to a limo of all things.
She opened the door and said: "Hey Daddy is it okay if I bring a friend along? He has nowhere else to go."
Plasmius leaned closer and seemed to inspect me.
I stuttered out a nervous "Hi." As I waved.
"And who might you be?" he asked with suspicion in his voice.
I rubbed my arm in a nervous gesture. "I'm Shan, Johnny 13's little brother. You might know of me as Shadow."
His eyes narrowed at the mention of Johnny and I visibly gulped.
"Ah, loosen up daddy he's not gonna do us anything, right?"
I nodded at that. "Of course not."
"Very well, then." He said, still keeping eye contact.
And I did not lose eye contact in fear of him thinking I wasn't worth it.
Phantom dragged me into a seat and smiled at me.
"You know Shan, you can call me Ell."
I smiled at that. "Okay."
"And this is my little sister Ann and my adoptive father Vlad."
"Nice to meet you both Ann and Mr. Plasmius." I said trying to be more polite.
"Oh lad, my human name is Vlad Masters, so please refrain from calling me Plasmius in front of humans when I am in this form."
"Understood, Mr. Masters." I said meekly.
Vlad's P.O.V;
I looked at the lad sitting next to Ell. He seemed to be fidgety, but from nervousness. To be honest I never thought that Johnny's Shadow, as he was called it, was a totally different person. It's quite surprising and a bit unnerving. After all I could only imagine what the lad had to go through to only seem as if he was a shadow.
Led me to wonder if he had it just as bad as Ell in life? And better yet how they died, but I'd better refrain from asking that.
But it worried me. What could be his obsession? After all, all ghosts have one. Well I'd better keep an eye on him. But I also had to prepare for the upcoming trial - it's not long before it was to be.
And I couldn't bring either Ann or him with me there, so he had better keep his promise.
A/N so I bet you didn't see that one coming did ya! If you have bad luck on your side it's easy to jinx others. Okay guys and gals I don't know how to do a proper trial so if I'm gonna write one give me tips. But I thought that the times in between is when Ann and Shan could get on friendly terms. And yes, it's going to be Ell x Shan.
I know it's a relatively new paring, but I thought it was going to be interesting and the person who would be perfect for Danny would be one with a similar background. Though I wonder what to do about Ann I have an idea but am not sure about it yet.
And pleas I know you want faster updates but both me and my beta need our time to work.
If not it would come out horribly and you won't like to read the story.
