This week had been one of the more stressing for Danny, there had been a lot more ghosts causing problems than usual, meaning he had to fight them off and spend less time in his other activities like school or homework, his house chores were done in a hurry and he had completely forgotten sleep.
So there he was, at two in the morning, completely exhausted having chased two ecto-pusses for two hours straight. Ecto-pusses weren't the most intelligent of ghosts but they sure knew how to escape every time Danny came too close. The young half ghost was making his way towards his home when he felt his ghost sense activate.
"Urgh…. what now?" Danny said tiredly.
"Ghost child! I'll finally have your pelt in m-" Skulker the self proclaimed greatest ghost hunter was suddenly sucked by the Fenton thermos. Danny didn't even bother to fight him, he was too tired to pretend to listen to his monologue.
"I need a break" Danny mumbled while floating lazily towards his window.
He left the termos in his desk and crashed in his bed while changing to human form. He was just about to fall asleep when his ghost sense activated again. Danny groaned into his pillow, changed into ghost and left his house once again.
"I swear if its the Box Ghost again…" Danny grumbled while looking around for the ghost.
He found it, it was another ecto-puss, one this time and Danny chased after it. After what appeared to be hours of chase he finally cornered the ghost, he was about to grab his thermos when he found out he didn't have it in his person. Resigning himself to beat the ghost and push it to the portal Danny charged an ectoblast only for the ecto-puss to flight at him and tackle him into a portal behind him that must had formed just a second before.
"Are you kidding me?!" Danny exclaimed. Now not only was he in an unknown place in the Zone, he was also very exhausted and didnt have a lot of energy to fight off other ghosts.
Not knowing what else to do Danny started to fly at a random direction, maybe he'll find a familiar place to orient himself and then fly towards his own portal. That was the plan until his eyes started to close every few seconds, Danny tried to keep them open but he was too exhausted to try very hard, he was just about to drift off when he crashed into something.
"Sir Phantom?" that something was more a someone, a very draconic someone.
"Hi Dora" Danny said sounding extremely tired.
"Sir Phantom, you don't look so well" Dora said sounding worried. She was in one of her leisure flyings in her dragon form, very few ghosts dared to fight her in this form. She was very surprised when something struck her in the back but was more so when she found her halfa friend in her back.
"I'm just tired" Danny mumbled. He didn't try to move from her, he was too tired and knew dora wouldn't hurt him.
"I didn't expect you to be in this region of the Ghost Zone" Dora said.
"Yeah same" Danny said slowly falling asleep.
"Sir Phantom?" Dora asked again, she was worried that her friend wasn't moving.
"M'fine, just tired" Danny mumbled before finally succumbing to sleep.
When Danny woke up he wasn't in his room, he knew that because he was in a very fancy room. It had a four poster bed, it was very big and soft and he almost doesn't get off it but his need to know his location made him get up. Though the weird coloration of the bed and the stone walls, besides the green sky in the window told him he was somewhere in the Ghost Zone. Curious and a little wary Danny left the room to investigate where he was.
"Oh good you are awake" a ghost servant said when he opened the door.
"Uh… yes?" Danny said wary.
"The Princess is awaiting you in the dining hall. Please follow me" the servant said before walking down a corridor.
Danny, not really knowing what was happening, followed them. He didn't remember how he got in the Ghost Zone, or if he went home last night at all, everything was a little vague to him at the moment. Knowing he'll had answers soon Danny went with the servant willing but was ready for anything.
Coming to a dining hall that was slightly familiar he saw a princess that was way more familiar.
"Dora!" Danny exclaimed while rushing to hug the other ghost.
"Hello Sir Phantom. I see you are better than yesterday" Dora said while reciprocating the hug.
"Not that I'm glad to see you but why I'm here?" Danny asked noticing that he must be in her castle.
"Well, after you crashed into me last night and passed out I couldn't let you there alone so I brought you to my place" Dora explained.
"Uh, I don't remember getting in the Zone" Danny commented.
"I see that you are too tired to be able to flight home. If you want you could rest a little more in here, we hadn't had the chance to talk in the last weeks" Dora offered.
"You are right, it's been awhile since I last visited" Danny agreed.
"Excellent! Come sit, breakfast will be served soon" Dora said leading Danny to the table.
That day Danny spend it talking with Dora, eating and taking naps here and there, he was still tired but the food and sleep helped a lot. This was the break of last week that Danny so desperately needed.