So good news and bad news, Good news : I no longer have writer's block! Bad news in order to compensate for classes being over right now... My boss has has drastically increased my working hours... add in that I'm getting Fallout 4... Well you get the idea. I'll update whenever I can but I'll keep up for next weeks as well. In addition to that my juices have been flowing and my ideas for Project Phantom are getting flushed out quite nicely.
Review Time!
TuftsOfCotton - First off, I love that title of Sass Master. I honestly had a little trouble writing out that dialogue, I felt that I could've introduced the whole 'Pariah's Bane' thing a little bit better. And that's an interesting idea...I may end up using that somehow.
YuzukiKuchiki - I'm glad you liked the witty banter. I feel that comedic writing is one of my stronger points, so I try to include as much as I can in each of my stories.
00Midnight00 - Yeah I really bashed on Greybeck didn't I? But you have to admit that it was feasible. Greybeck doesn't actually have magic since he is a pure werewolf so he only attacks physically, which just so happens to be completely worthless against intangibility. I actually did something similar to Medusa in Blood Of The Phantom as well.
The 6th Spectral King - Correct! The man with one eye was indeed Slade, which will of course be in Secrets Of Azarath whenever I start writing that. You're correct again on the portion of the Percy Jackson side. As for the Harry Potter section that is the first one. The Kingdom Hearts story I have planned is connected to The Shadow Wars but has no direct interaction with Project Phantom and is not a part of the Overlogue. And yes Danielle will be making an appearance (she's one of the best characters, so why not?) but she will only be in one part of Project Phantom. In fact many characters will be making an appearance throughout the Project. The Dark Phantom, Danielle, Plasmius, Ember, and more will appear at some point or another in these stories. In fact many of them were mentioned in the Overlogue, can you figure out which and where?
randomphandom - Yeah in some ways it couldn't really be called a fight, but hey it was actiony and someone got the snot kicked out of them so...yeah. I needed Pariah Dark to have a connection to all three parts of Project Phantom and having him originate as a Dark Wizard opened up avenues that could be used later so that's why he was chosen as that rather than an evil god from the Percy Jackson story or as a demon from the Teen Titans section. As for the Frankenweenies... Oh I have plans, along with an item that Purebloods have never seen before...An Eye Mask! (Trust me it will be hilarious when I write that part).
Thank you all for your continued support in my pursuit of Project Phantom, I'm honestly amazed at the responces I've gotten from it. This story alone has compleletly broken every statistic that any of my previous stories had. With that being said Merry/Happy Christmas! And enjoy this issue of the Daily Prophet and Lupin's interaction.
Chapter 11: Prophet & Lupin
London – 12 Grimmauld Place
"Greyback on Ice"
"Late last night a fight broke out between infamous criminal Fenrir Greback and an unknown individual in the Leaky Cauldron Tavern just outside of Diagon Alley. Witnesses to the fight claimed that the being didn't want any credit for the fight, just that he was happy to help. Shortly after the fight, the Ministry arrived on scene to find Greyback encased in ice. Aurors have been unable to thaw the ice encasing Greyback at this time. Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt says, "We've tried all kinds of fire magic to no avail, even Finite Incantatem has no effect. Personally I'd rather just leave him in the ice and throw it in Azkaban."
Sadly the Ministry has decided that Greyback will remain in one of the Ministry's holding cells until the ice can be thawed and he can attend his own trial. Though we all know that he'll be serving a life sentence.
One witness was happy to tell us a few things that had occurred at the fight. "He claimed he was a ghost, but he didn't look like any ghost I'd seen, he had color and everything! But here's the kicker that'll sell these papers of yours… The ghost called himself Pariah's Bane. And that's all you'll get from me."
So who is this powerful ghost that claims to have bested the long gone dark wizard Pariah Dark? For those of us who never paid attention in History classes (Guilty as charged), Pariah Dark was a dark wizard who somehow achieved immortality back in what the muggles call the Dark Ages. Which is a rather accurate title considering that Pariah had proclaimed himself king of the world at that time. Regardless countless wizards fell in battle against Pariah, when all of a sudden twelve unknown individuals banded together and trapped him within another dimension. That was the last any had ever seen of him, and his global take over spawned the International Statute of Secrecy.
We can only hope that this ghost was merely bragging, otherwise we better pray that he's benevolent."
Molly read the paper aloud to her current breakfast mates. Ron looked surprised, "How can a ghost touch something? Let alone beat a werewolf like Greyback?"
Remus smiled and said, "Personally I don't care. Fenrir's trapped in a block of ice and no one can get him out. This'll deal a decent blow to You-Know-Who, Greyback was one of his best resources. Many who joined him last time around, did so out of fear of Greyback himself."
Molly just shook her head, "I just hope that new transfer student is alright, wasn't he staying at the Leaky Cauldron?"
Hermione looked at her curiously, "What transfer student? Since when does Hogwarts take transfers?"
"One of Dumbledore's friends asked for a favor. Apparently he just discovered his magic… Actually come to think of it, he'll be in the same year as you."
Suddenly Harry straightened himself and said, "What if the ghost the Daily Prophet mentioned was Phantom?"
Ron looked at him quizzically, "What makes you think Phantom's a ghost?"
Hermione looked sadly at Ron before shaking her head, "Akash said that a spirit of power can break the locket, he also said that only Phantom could do that. Put that together along with the fact that spirit and phantom are different names for ghosts and it's pretty easy to figure out."
Akash smiled from the corner he was sitting in before he said, "I was wondering how many more hints I'd have to give before you figured out the first part."
Ron looked at Akash irritably and said, "Why don't you just tell us everything already? If you really know anything at all, that is."
Molly whirled to face her son with anger clear on her face. "Ronald!"
Akash started to laugh, though it was an unnatural sound. Almost as if he usually didn't do it. "Knowledge is power, and I've learned the hard way not to reveal everything I know." He smirked as he began to leave the room, "Besides some things are private… Such as your fear of spiders."
Ron glared around the room and said, "Alright, who told the creepy little bugger that?" Everyone else in the room just shook their heads looking at the door Akash had left through with confused expressions.
London – The Leaky Cauldron
When Danny walked down the stairs the next morning he was met with a strange sight. The bar was packed and Tom had brought in five more workers to handle the flow of business that had arrived. He shook himself though, focusing on what was around him. Rather than what he left back in his room. When Tom noticed standing next to the stairs confused he went over to him.
"How ya doing kid? Gotta say, that friend of yours, whoever he was, is great for business! Everyone wants to see the ghost that froze Greyback."
"Didn't he tell everyone that he didn't want any attention?"
Tom raised his hands defensively, "I haven't got a clue who blabbed to the Prophet. As for everyone who's asking questions, I'm telling them that I have no idea what any of them are saying. Yer friend wanted privacy and that's what I'm trying to do. No doubt he saved at least one of our lives last night, so it's the least I can do."
Danny smiled, "Thanks, I'll be sure to tell him you said that. Though with the massive crowd here, I think I'll stay upstairs studying for now."
As Danny began to move back upstairs Tom said, "I'll be sure to send someone up with some food for ya later." Danny gave his thanks and disappeared up the stairs.
Danny sighed as he sat on his bed, his clones had finally finished Potions, Herbology, and Charms. He had taken a glance at the Astrology textbook and had been pleasantly surprised when he noticed that he already knew the majority of what was in the book, all he needed was the small amount of magical differences.
One of the things that had concerned him however was that fifth years at Hogwarts began using some of the more dangerous herbs in both Herbology and in Potions. One in particular had him worried, Blood Blossoms. A powerful reagent used in some of the more advanced potions they were to be focusing on, and a plant that requires constant attention in order to grow properly. He had discovered earlier in the year that, being a half-ghost, made him dangerously susceptible to the effects that Blood Blossoms had on ghosts. He couldn't help but be worried about it.
A knock was heard on his door and Danny quickly dissolved his duplicates before he opened it. Tom stood there with a man he didn't recognize, he had pale skin and light brown hair. He was wearing a neat brown suit, but the main thing Danny noticed the wolf like aura around him.
Danny raised an eyebrow and said, "Animagus or werewolf?"
Remus looked surprised while Tom looked at Remus suspiciously. Remus held up his hands and said, "Remus Lupin. Werewolf, and a friend of Dumbledore's." Tom seemed to nod and walked back downstairs.
Danny sighed and let the Remus into his room. "So Mr. Lupin, what can I do for you?"
"Please, just call me Remus. As I'm sure you're aware Dumbledore is the Headmaster of Hogwarts and he sent me to see how you were coming along in catching up on your classes. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't come here curious about who beat Greyback down."
Danny smiled and said, "Studies are fine, I've already finished three subjects, and I'm almost done with Astrology as well."
"You're that far already? I didn't even think that would be possible…"
Danny cut him off before he could continue. "But there is one thing that worries me."
"What would that be? I mean you seem to be progressing faster than anyone I've ever seen."
"Well that's just it. I looked at some of the material for this year and found out that an ingredient that I happen to be extremely allergic to is used a lot…"
"Really now? Allergies to potion reagents tend to be extremely rare… Which one is it? I could pass it along to Dumbledore and Snape. Oh Snape will be your Potions professor by the way."
Danny smiled and said, "Thanks I appreciate it. I really can't go anywhere near Blood Blossoms at all." Danny frowned for a moment before he shot up, "Oh yeah! I've been meaning to ask, a lot of the newspapers I've seen claim Dumbledore is crazy. But after last night wouldn't people have to believe him?"
"What do you mean?" Remus looking at him curiously, hopefully he could convince the boy to reveal some more details on what had happened last night.
"Last night, as Greyback was being encased in ice, he started ranting about some Dark Lord."
"Hmm… your guardian had asked us to keep you away from the fight." At Danny's questioning look he said, "Something about you finding out for yourself later on. He seemed to be certain that you'd figure it out on your own."
Danny groaned, "Can't anything ever be easy?"
Remus laughed but then said, "Is there anything you could tell me about what happened here last night?"
Danny scratched the back of his head, "That sorta depends…" At Lupin's questioning glance Danny said, "On how much leaves this room."
"I suppose that would mean that you know more than anyone else on the being that beat Greyback?" When Danny didn't respond, Remus sighed and said, "I promise not to repeat anything you say to anyone."
Danny smiled and said, "We'll hold you to that." At Lupin's quizzical look, Danny pointed behind him.
When Lupin wasn't paying attention, Danny had created a duplicate that invisibly transformed into Phantom. Lupin turned to face a smirking Phantom. Lupin involuntarily took a step back before he said, "You must be the one who stopped Greyback."
He nodded and said, "Name's Phantom. Is there a particular reason you wanted to meet me?"
Lupin laughed and said, "Not necessarily, but it is nice to see that there are people… or ghosts in this case who aren't afraid to stand up for what's right."
Phantom just shrugged and replied, "I tend not to think about it too much. For me it's just sort of go with the flow and tackle things head on when they arrive."
Danny interrupted the conversation between Lupin and 'himself' and said, "I don't mean to be rude Mr. Lupin but I'd like to get back to studying soon. I don't really have a lot of time left before it's time to leave for Hogwarts."
Lupin nodded and said, "I understand. It was a pleasure to meet the both of you. And as promised I won't mention anything to anyone."
Both Phantom and Danny nodded and said simultaneously, "Thank you."
So here's a quick little section that I'd like to 'advertise' some pretty amazing FanFiction I've read recently...
A Heart In The Void - DrWriter21 : An amazing crossover between Kingdom Hearts and The Familiar Of Zero. I honestly don't have many words to say about it here. It's just one of those stories that you have to read to believe. Regardless it is extremely well thought out and has a beautiful plot. Score 10/10
Unknowing - MizoreSnowstorm : A crossover between Danny Phantom and Teen Titans and a Danny X Raven story to boot. A story that has partially influenced Secrets of Azarath (whenever it comes out) and decently written. Score 7/10
That's it for this week and I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!