Danny led Jake to another isolated rock floating through the Ghost Zone. It looked safe enough. Unfortunately the building Danny had seen had really been a ghostly Casper high, clearly Sidney Poindexter's lair. Danny knew that that lair was a long way from the Fenton Ghost portal but he wasn't sure of where it was in relation to the landmarks he knew. He landed lightly on the rock and waited for Jake to drop Rotwood and land beside him. Jake reverted to his human form and turned to Danny expectantly. Danny quickly scanned the Zone for any dangers before breathing a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Ghost, will you answer my questions now?" Rotwood ventured. Danny scowled at Rotwood.
"My name is Danny Phantom, not Mr. Ghost. I'm not answering any questions," Danny replied sternly. He wasn't in the mood for Rotwood's ridiculous questions. Rotwood looked taken back for a moment and then produced his camera.
"Can I at least take a picture?" Rotwood asked hopefully. Danny smiled to himself.
"May I see that?" Danny requested, knowing that Rotwood would leap at the chance to please him.
Rotwood smiled broadly and held the camera out for him. Danny took it and made a show of looking at the pictures, walking a short distance away. There weren't many pictures, and most only showed the emptiness of the Ghost Zone. Danny then unexpectedly dropped the camera on the ground and blasted it with a couple of ghost rays, destroying the camera. Rotwood cried out.
"You can't do that!" Rotwood protested angrily.
"Yes, I can. I am not getting sentenced to another thousand years in Walker's jail because you have this. Also I am protecting Jake's secret. You have a problem with that?" Danny contradicted sternly and allowed his green eyes to flash brightly threateningly. Rotwood shrank away slightly and remained silent.
"A thousand years?" Jake repeated with a smirk.
"Yep, that's not much to a ghost Jake," Danny replied calmly. Danny could tell that Rotwood was afraid of him and would do as he said now. Jake's smirk faded.
"So you know where we are, right?" Jake ventured hopefully. Danny shook his head.
"I just know that we're a long way from the Fenton Ghost portal," Danny admitted with a sigh. Jake frowned.
"So we're lost?" Jake asked, with a slight panic in his voice. Danny shrugged apologetically.
"I don't spend a lot of time in the Ghost Zone," Danny offered as an explanation.
"Excuse me… Mr. Phantom. Do you know where we can find some food or water?" Rotwood asked tentatively. Danny turned to Rotwood and suddenly realised that there wasn't any food or water in the Ghost Zone, at least very little that humans could eat.
"Sorry, I don't. But you could try this," Danny replied and formed a clump of ice in his hand and handed it to Rotwood. Rotwood broke a piece off and placed it in his mouth. It instantly began to melt and quench his thirst. Danny gave another clump of ice to Jake and turned back to surveying the Ghost Zone for clues on their location. He really wished he had the Infi-map right now.
"Don't you need to drink?" Jake whispered. Danny shook his head.
"Not as much when I'm Phantom," Danny answered.
"Any plans?" Jake asked softly. Danny turned to Jake and smiled grimly.
"If I can find the Far frozen, I can get us out of here. But finding it could be a challenge," Danny admitted. Jake nodded as he sucked on another piece of ice. Danny formed another clump and handed it to Jake and gave another clump to Rotwood.
"But if we don't find the Far frozen soon, we're screwed," Danny muttered quietly.
Danny volunteered to keep watch while Jake and Rotwood rested. Danny couldn't tell how long they had been in the Ghost Zone, but it had to have been a few hours by now. They had flown from rock to rock, searching for anything familiar so Danny could figure out which way to head. Rotwood and Jake were going to need something to eat before long and Danny was getting tired. Danny jerked awake when he heard Jake cry out in surprise.
"Danny… what? What are you doing?!" Jake exclaimed loudly, staring at Danny Fenton. Danny Phantom scowled and marched over to his alternate self. Rotwood was awake now and watching the scene.
"Amorpho, whatever you're doing, knock it off," Danny sighed annoyed. The fake Danny grinned.
"I'm just stirring up some trouble Billy, like I always do," Amorpho answered. Rotwood gave a slight involuntary noise as Amorpho changed from Danny Fenton to his usual faceless self.
"What did I tell you before?" Danny asked patiently. He knew that Amorpho really was harmless, he just liked to play tricks. Admittedly the tricks could get a little out of hand, but Amorpho wasn't malicious at heart. Amorpho shifted into Danny Phantom.
"Something along the lines of, "Don't let me see you around Amity Park". Right?" the fake Phantom replied with a smile. Danny rolled his eyes.
"Get lost Amorpho before I lose my patience," Danny concluded with another sigh.
Amorpho shifted back into himself and shrugged.
"I was going to help you. You look like you're in trouble and I know that you went easy on me before… but if you're going to be like that, I'll just go," Amorpho pouted. Jake made to stop Amorpho.
"What kind of help Amorpho?" Danny inquired, holding up a hand to Jake, stopping him from perusing the ghost.
"Such as where you are? Walker's jail is that way," Amorpho offered, pointing off into the distance, and then sped away, laughing to himself.
Danny scowled but ignored Amorpho's directions.
"Do you know where you are now?" Jake asked softly. Danny shook his head.
"But that ghost helped you," Rotwood spluttered. Danny turned to Rotwood.
"You're a teacher right? You can't see that Amorpho is a trickster? I can't trust what Amorpho said. He could be telling the truth or Walker's jail could be in the opposite direction and Amorpho wants me to head over to it. It's no secret that Walker doesn't like me. No, I need to figure this out myself," Danny contradicted gently.
However, suddenly Danny remembered Valerie and the ghost dog he named Cujo. He smiled and gave his best taxi whistle. He waited but nothing happened.
"What are you doing Danny?" Jake asked cautiously. "Trying to call a friend for help," Danny answered. He tried to whistle louder and then sighed when it didn't work.
"You guys might want to cover your ears," Danny warned and whistled again, using his ghostly wail to amplify it. He waited to see if Cujo had heard him. If Cujo hadn't heard that last whistle, then he wouldn't hear Danny at all.
So, I'll be showing a few different ghosts throughout the story. After all they're trapped in the Ghost Zone, they'll see ghosts. Some will help Danny, some will make things difficult for Danny and some will do a little of both.
Until the next chapter.