Danny Phantom, chapter 12: companion for life

Danny was told by frostbite that his body could die because of the cold. The only solution he had was a ghost beast. But Danny was told that they were only available in the ancient ghost zone. Suddenly Frostbite gave him the warning that a ghost beast would fight him to death.

Danny's view:

I turned my head around. Sam and Tucker couldn't believe their eyes. Neither could I. I expected that a ghost beast would be green, like the other animals that we saw. I couldn't have been more wrong. The beast flying towards us was pure white. It seemed small. It was still far away but in the ghost zone it was easily to spot. Its color was extremely unnatural. Frostbite warned me again. "Ready yourself great one. It intends to kill his owner to test his strength. If it's here for you, you better prepare yourself for a long battle." What, why would it kill me to test my strength? I started to hate the idea. Hopefully it wasn't here for me. Sam readied her weapon but Frostbite grabbed her weapon. "You can only attack it, if it attacks you. If it attacks the great one, you must not interfere. Otherwise it will kill you for standing in its way!"

Sam looked at me. I ignored her and watched the beast come closer. Suddenly something flashed. Out of a reflex I created an ice shield. An ice spear went halfway through my shield stopping just before my nose. I swallowed. Without the shield, I could have been dead. Frostbite stepped away and grabbed Sam and Tucker. "Humans, stay out of it. This beast has chosen the great one as his possible master. He has to battle alone!" I had to do what? I had to fight it? I saw more flashes. This time I created two shields behind each other. I could see three spears of ice. Only the points came through the second shield, but my first shield was completely destroyed. I created four icicles as a return gift around the size of baseball bats. I shot them at the white creature from 4 sides.

The beast didn't slow down. He evaded my icicles with ease. Damn. I really need to learn to aim better. Sam shouted. "Danny, behind you!" I turned around and could evade an ice spear by turning intangible. That beast copied me. Frostbite gave me another warning. "Only when it's compatible with you, it will attack you. Everything you use can be used against you!" He basically means that the beast would copy every move I used on him. I finally could get a better look on the beast that attacked me. It was really small. Not bigger as a puppy and it was… fluffy? Could such a cute thing really kill? My silent question was quickly answered as it sends five spears from different angels towards my heart and head. I turned intangible and evaded. Yeah, it was small but deadly.

I flew past it. It didn't look completely like a white longhaired puppy. It had wolf like features. His ears pointed upwards but were longer than that of a wolf. His tail was also a lot longer than his actual body length. It certainly was not an animal you could find on earth. I shot my frost ray at it. I could freeze the tips of his hairs but a round ice shield appeared around him. Annoying little copycat! … Euh dog. Sam seemed restless. I understood that she wanted to help but Frostbite had warned us. This little beast would kill anything that came between me and him. Luckily Frostbite had confiscated her gun.

I flew up to get a better look at the situation. The small beast saw it and shot another round of ice spears. I evaded them easily this time by becoming intangible. Maybe is should use something other than ice. I concentrated on making a green fire ball and doubled it. I shot them at different angles towards the beast. It tried to shield himself for the fire balls but after two of them his shield broke. The beast turned intangible himself just to evade the last three fire balls I shot at him. I cursed. Why did that little pest evade the same way I did? Don't tell me it's going to shoot fireballs now too? Suddenly Sam's voice runs through the earpiece.

"Pay attention to your surroundings Danny!" Just as she said that I looked up. A large lighting streak hit me. I felt the electricity run through my body and fell on the frozen ground. Close to me was a pitch black circle of burned grass. Not only was it using ice, it was using lightning as well? I was at a disadvantage, wasn't I? I rolled out of the way for another lightning streak. That was really close. I turned intangible and invisible to get off the creatures radar. My whole body felt like crap. I didn't like electricity very much, since it was one of my weak points. But I only saw Fortex actually use it. To see a small beast like that using it for multiple attacks, wasn't the ancient ghost zone going to be a huge problem?

I flew up. The small beast was looking all over for me while sniffing with its noise. Another lightning streak came towards me. I flew out of its way. Even when I'm intangible electricity seems to hit me from time to time. But how should I get back at the creature. I can only return the electric shock if the beast was holding the weapon. It sadly wasn't holding any weapon at all. The lightning streaks appeared out of nowhere. A forth streak nearly shot straight through me. I was lucky that it actually didn't hit me. Staying invisible wasn't really the advantage that I hoped for. The beast still found me and was accurately aiming at me. Should I use the ghost wail to scare it off?

No, even that took lots of power. I don't want to imagine him using the attack against me. The ice dome then? That was also really heavy to pull off, but would it work? I shot a few fireballs at him, to keep it distracted. The result gave me fright. The small beast was leisurely hitting the fireballs with lightning! Was it making fun of me? How the hell was I going to defeat that little monster? Sam started talking to me. "Danny, are you okay?" I said yes while evading another lightning streak. She sighed. "Frostbite, won't allow me to help. But he wants to give you more advice. Don't play with it. It is seriously trying to kill you! Use your strongest skills to get him close to defeat!"

I snorted. "Yeah, there is a problem with that. He evades it all!" Sam sighed loudly through the earpiece. "Basically shoot it down with something and then freeze it solid with your ice dome." Why not use your ghost wail? Ghosts have yet to resist it?" It was my time to sigh. "Do I have to remind you that by using either of those skills I will be completely exhausted? It's one or the other!" Tucker butted in on the conversation. "Maybe not. Your ghost wail throws any ghost back, with loud sound waves. Just make it compatible with your ice dome! If you think about blowing it against the ground, wouldn't you need to use wind? Icy wind, like the snow inside your ice dome? It is only one ghost you need to hit." I was perplexed.

Sam agreed with me on that one hearing her reaction. "Tucker, are you feeling okay? You sound really smart for once." I looked over my shoulder seeing Tucker pissed off at Sam. He was right. If I could create a small ghost wail, mainly focused on blowing the beast on the ground, I would save a lot of strength. The wind in the ice dome fitted my ghost wail well. That could be another trump card, but not in this situation. I tried to concentrate on what I was going to accomplice. An icy ghost wail followed by locking the beast in the ice dome.

View from the ancient ghost zone:

I silently watched Pariah come closer to my throne. He bowed on his knees. I could feel his fear. He knew that he had failed me. "Pariah Dark, explain why you failed so miserably at stopping Momentum!" Pariah's shoulders stiffened. He lived without me for so long, but he still feared me like before. "Father, I battled him for three days. Momentums slave had powered up since before. I had fought him of course with all my power and even decided to involve a strong being for his defeat. Sadly Clockwork could not aid in this battle since he was locked away with the last bit of Momentums power. We had almost won the battle but Momentum interfered, taking over the clone of the halfa he was using."

Pariah kept silent. I nodded. "Yes, I know. I have seen the battle. At first I was planning to take your head, but after seeing the battle…" The silence scared Pariah. I intended to speak but Clockwork appeared next to me. He was in his handsome adult form. That's how my wife always described him. He looked grim. "Alcafoar, be lenient on him. I couldn't even interfere with the fight. The blame should lie with me." I looked in his eyes. "Why didn't you turn it back? Why was this timeline not erased? You of all ghosts should know what my orders were!" Clockwork nodded. "That's exactly the reason why Momentum locked me up in a moment. I am powerless if I'm excluded from time itself. Momentum knew about it. He must have been planning this for centuries."

I fell silent. Pariah looked up. He wished to speak but was smart enough to keep his mouth shut. I let my attention fall on him. "What do you wish to say for yourself Pariah?" Pariah looked back at the ground. "Father, in my fight against Momentum I was aided by a halfa." All personal in the grand hall suddenly started talking, throwing complaints and harassments at Pariah. I simply lifted my hand and slammed it on the throne. Everyone was quiet in an instant. "Go on Pariah. Why do you dare to use that word in front of me?" Pariah bowed his head even further. "Because he might be a powerful ally if the battle against Momentum starts. I plead to you, to spare his life. I'm fully aware that you detest halfa's above all, but if it wasn't for him I would not have survived." The grand hall stayed silent.

I was extremely surprised. This stubborn boy never gave in to his pride! Here he was, pleading for the life of the halfa that helped him in battle. He was risking his honor for my entire entourage. I couldn't keep myself from laughing. The others in the grand hall imitated me, but they were all confused. I stood up from my throne. "Pariah, bring me the halfa that saved you! I shall personally thank him for saving the life of my son!" Clockwork suddenly looked disturbed. I grinned at him. "Is something the matter Clockwork?"

Clockwork sighed. "I guess, that I will also plead for your mercy upon the halfa boy. He is quite important for the future of the timeline on earth." I felt amused at these two. "Clockwork, follow me towards my office. Pariah, you shall bring the halfa to me in three days!" Pariah nodded and flew away. Clockwork nodded. "As you wish Alcafoar!" I turned around and walked towards my office. Clockwork floated behind me. He changed back to child form and started floating before me. "It's been a long time Alcafoar. How are your kids?" I grinned. "They are still sleeping, like most of the beings in my cozy ghost zone."

Danny's view:

I became visible for the little beast and started my ghost wail. But instead of the green rings, it was white and it blew small bits of ice against the beast. The beast couldn't react in time and was thrown onto the ground. I gathered all of the cold in my ghost body and concentrated on the ice dome. The beast tried to break the dome but had yet to succeed. I started the ice rain and snow inside the dome and used the ghost wail to create powerful winds. The small beast was fighting for its life. It gave a loud haul. I tried my best to keep pouring power into the ice dome. The beast had not attacked me over the last minutes. He was losing power fast, but I was too. Even though my ice core was running rampant, it still felt almost empty when I used ice dome.

Frostbite started encouraging me. "Great one you have to keep this up! You have created a truly powerful technique. Once the ghost beast gives in, you will have a powerful companion." Companion my ass. Like I would want a dog that tried to kill me! I felt my injuries from the lightning burn. My body was getting tired. The ice wail was indeed less difficult, but it still took a lot off energy to work. Tucker started talking again. "Your opponent is starting to weaken fast Danny. His body temperature is cooling off." I replied with sarcasm. "And how exactly do you know that. Did you invent it by any chance?" Tucker laughed in the earpiece. "No, I have a heat scan on my new PDA so that I can track you while you're invisible."

I suddenly felt very vulnerable. That's right. A heat scanner could easily find me. Right now I should be a big cold spot in the middle of the air. How did I not get caught by the man in white yet with this? "Hey Tuck, is it a completely normal heat scanner?" Tucker started laughing. "Like hell it is. Your ghost energy disturbs normal heat scanners. This one was specially made by your parents." I sighed out of relief. "You better keep that thing close to you Tucker! If the men in white ever get that scanner, you're the one that's going to pay!" Tucker started laughing again. Sam replied. "You really think he would let his PDA out of his sight for even a second? Is the cold starting to affect your brain?"

Yeah, she was right about that. Suddenly the small beast started howling. Small wails slammed against ice dome but it couldn't get out. After that the small beast lay down and looked at me with blue eyes. My arm started burning. I rolled up my sleeve to see two small blue lines on my skin. Between the lines were a few curves and shining dots. Frostbite started clapping. "You can stop the battle great one. He has accepted you as his master." I let the ice dome disappear. The small beast tried to stand on his legs, but they didn't listen. Sam grabbed me by the arm. "If it's not going to attack, you should probably go help it." Frostbite agreed by nodding.

I walked up to the small wolf like dog. It puts it tong out and licked my hand and suddenly bit me. I stepped back to make distance. Frostbite started laughing. "Calm down oh great one. It just made a blood pact with you, meaning that it will never betray you again." I lifted the small wolf dog from the ground. Its tail was still on the ground even though I lifted it. It was rubbing its head against my chest like a normal dog. How was this animal the same that attacked me just now? I flew back to Sam and Tucker. Frostbite grabbed my shoulder. "You have done well to tame it great one. Now your time to live will be longer than before." I looked at him with shock. "Exactly how long did you think that I would live before getting this ghost beast?"

Frostbite sighed. "Not more than a year. But I have to warn you. Your powers are still growing. I'm afraid that such a young beast won't be able to keep up in a few years. But for now you will be safe. Have a safe journey home." I flew into the specter speeder. Sam and Tucker followed. Frostbite stood in the opening. "Your ghost beast sleeps in the seal on your arm. If you ever lose him or if he's badly hurt, he will probably be sleeping in that seal. If you need advice, come visit us again." I nodded. Tuck started the engine and we flew off. Sam stared at the wolf dog and it was staring back at her. "How are you going to name it? Do you know if it's a he or a she?" I smiled awkwardly. "It's a he!"