Another video was posted onto the fugitives' website soon after the previous. During which the GIW were still scrambling to find the half ghost and friends. It began this time featuring Danny and Frostbite, they seemed to already have been comfortably talking before the clip, the camera was set up across from them. They were no longer in the strange castle that Plasmius supposedly owns and instead they were sat next to each other in some forest. Frostbite on a tree trunk while Danny sat precariously balanced on a small bolder with his legs crossed.

"Really, I know you support us, but how do you feel about us going against all these rules and laws? As the leader of the Far Frozen do you see it as immoral, or…"

"I do not blame you Great One for the failure of the government here, nor does it bother me you are technically committing illegal acts by standing against it. The Infinity Realms have always been moving, it has been a very long time since we've had any rightful ruler. Pariah Dark was not fit for the duty, he was too angry, too hungry for power." Frostbite seemed to be reminiscing on the days of the ghost king's rule.

Danny fidgeted, bouncing his feet. "I guess you guys would have experience in the whole rebellion thing, since you had that guy as a stinking leader."

"Yes, many didn't-" the ghost paused, finding a better description "-approve, of his actions or beliefs. While of course, others did not see it fit to care, believing it was not their problem. When some finally acted on their initial misgivings, it was already far too late to stop."

"The realms were being dictated by a power-hungry leader with the strength to pull it all off. No one could defeat him, and those found to be against the king were hunted down and used as examples. The consequences of treason were dire, yet as the conditions grew worse, overtime a court of twelve was formed."

"The twelve rose together as one and stormed the palace, partaking in a great battle. Even together they could not truly defeat Pariah Dark, but they managed to seal him away in the sarcophagus of forever sleep. Leaving the king trapped in slumber for many centuries. The king was only released once more by a foolish ghost seeking power, and you Great One, sealed him away once more."

Danny sighed, sounding resigned to the fact he would always be known as the one who defeated Pariah once more. "I've heard that quite a few times before, but Frostbite, these twelve, what happened to them after? Why wouldn't they have taken control of the Ghost Zone?"

"Like how you refuse to take your place as king?" Frostbite rose his eyebrow at the half ghost.

The teen only stared up at him, refusing to answer.

The yeti like ghost chuckled, "Yes, well, the twelve ghosts retreated into legends and stories they are known in. Some say they did not feel worthy to take control, and while this may be the case, many also believe they separated and took control of some smaller areas of the realm."

"Hmmm." Danny stuck out his tongue in his mock concentration. "Could one of those smaller figures perhaps be the leader, of say, the Far Frozen?"

Frostbite laughed, slapping Danny on the shoulder with his non frozen arm, sending the teenager forwards on his boulder. "Another time maybe." The ghosts locked eyes again as Frostbite held his hand on the teenager's shoulder. "Danny, what I'm trying to say is that you have ghosts' support, for the reasons I've told you, or for the fact that many died in wars against corrupt systems. They already respected you, although many do not show it, but they would support your choices even now. With the exception of Warden Walker perhaps."

"Of course." Danny shook his head in mirth. "I would expect nothing less from him, but I'm glad not everyone in quite as attached to full out government systems, even as ghosts."

"Most ghosts who refuse to develop into the realm's free nature and stayed with outdated rules fade out very quickly in comparison to others."

"Oh." Danny looked a bit unsure breaching the topic of a ghost's second death. "That makes sense I guess."

"However they may show it, many citizens of the realm support you and your endeavor from a distance. Whether for selfish reasons or empathy to similar causes, it is certainly a prominent group. This is admittedly rare considering the vast amount of opinions throughout the realms."

"Huh, that's a bit surprising, but good! That would definitely help when looking for better human relationships soon…"

Frostbite nodded. "No matter the hesitance of Plasmius, or any others. You and your friends can do this, we are prepared to help you along the way." He said this strongly, completely confident in his words.

Danny took a moment to stare at his friend and mentor with wonder, before beaming, his smile incredibly wide. "Thank you."

If there happened to be a light sheen of tears on his cheeks, neither ghost mentioned it.

"Uh, okay, I'm not so sure this is a good idea anymore."

The two ghosts were standing in a local park, people walking through it in the midday sun. While the two had mostly overlooked at that point, people were beginning to notice the towering figure of Frostbite, and soon after, Danny himself.

The yeti ghost gave Danny a small push farther into the field they found themselves in. "You must train the abilities of your ice core. It has come a long way since the first, incident, but you still have much to perfect."

"But," Danny shrugged helplessly at the intrigued locals watching, "did we have to come to a park? There's going to be a lot of people witnessing this."

"Yes, well, from what I've heard and witnessed many like seeing you in person. You may as well give them a show in the process."

"I- okay, fine." The half ghost stepped further into the open grass, beyond the trees, while Frostbite continued observing behind him. "Uh, hey." He projected his voice louder then before, directing it to where families and individuals were enjoying the day, and in many cases already keeping a close eye on him. "I know it's really hot out today, and I need a lot more practice, so. Would everyone here be okay with me using ice powers to create some things?"

No one immediately responded to him, unsure and never having met any real ghosts before, although none of them seemed to have particularly malicious thoughts about the subject. One brave four-year-old eventually pushed away from her parents' side, much to their horror, and seemed to hop towards the teenager. "Can you make a snowman?"

Danny paused in surprise, before nodding. "Yes, I most certainly can!" His eyes flared icy blue as he gathered his energy, building it into a sphere and beginning to build up the recognizable shape. Seconds later the snowman was completely constructed, leaving only a glimmer of blue in the air that signaled such a thing was not normally meant to be in the bright summer sun.

Eyes wide with wonder, the girl stared at the construction that had appeared from thin air, like complete magic. She squealed and ran forward, before anyone could blink, she was attached to Danny's side in a clinging hug. "You're like Elsa!"

The half ghost almost tripped over himself in surprise.

Within an hour the small Wisconsin town had gathered most of its open-minded citizens in the park. No, that was most definitely not because they needed more participants for the snowball fight, although it could have been an influencing factor. The news had spread that Danny Phantom had taken temporary residence in their park, but it had also spread through many school aged friends that there was a winter wonderland happening in the middle of summer, so it would do everyone well not to miss it.

Danny flurried around, at some point having been changed into Phantom form. He hadn't used his ice powers this continuously since his last training session at the Far Frozen, but he was certainly having fun. The younger kids had taken it open themselves to imagine up anything he could possibly create with ice and snow for them, it definitely left him busy enough although he had ended up downsizing a few of the ideas. He couldn't quite make a functioning airplane after all, no matter how much Tommy loved them. (Danny made it up to him later when he brought Tommy with him into flight.)

The grassy landscape they began with was now filled with no less then twelve differently shaped snowman, piles upon piles of ghost formed snow, a variety of forts, a small ice castle, and most recently, a makeshift skating rink.

Momentarily hovering above the ground when it seemed the kids had run out of requests for the time, Danny was quietly arguing to himself the pros and cons of permanently strapping a go-pro to his head when a family of three approached him. The young girl who was the first to speak to him, and who had earlier introduced herself as Hana, reached out and held the ghost's hand when the unit got close enough. Danny didn't seem to mind.

The teenager straightened up slightly, planting his feet back on the ground as he faced Hana's parents somewhat nervously. "Hi."

Smiling, one of Hana's fathers introduced himself. "Hello there, I'm Leo. So… you're the one who's been causing all this ruckus the last few weeks." It wasn't a question, everyone who heard the amused statement could tell.

Elbowing his husband, Hana's other father cut in. "Leo-" he turned back to Danny with a somewhat exaggerated eye roll at his partner's antics. "Hello, my name is Jeremy. We'd like to thank you for playing with our sweet Hana here. Oh, and if she ever gets overly affectionate for you just let us know."

"Ah," the half ghost used his free hand to rub the back of his neck, "I'm Danny, but you probably know that. And really, it's no problem."

Jeremy stepped closer to Danny, inspecting him with a worried sentiment. "Well Danny, how are you, really? Have you recovered from your last video?"

"Well, yes." The teenager was suddenly remembering that people probably payed attention when he went on his high rampage of chaos. "I am actually doing better, I feel uh- lighter in a way, I guess. I've had a lot more energy and well, I guess I can do this now so that's good…" He gestured vaguely at the labyrinth of ice structures he had created.

Putting a hand on his husband's shoulder Leo piped in. "If you need any help please ask, I am a doctor, not for ghosts exactly, but still. Not that I don't trust your friend of course, but second opinions are good to have."

"I agree." Frostbite had at some point managed to sneak up on the conversation's occupants, the three all startled somewhat, taken off guard. Hana only giggled. "We only practiced ghost-based medicine before this young one showed up; a second opinion would be wonderful. I am Frostbite."

Leo accepted his offered hand, if he was shocked to be speaking to another less humanoid ghost so soon, he hid it well. "Dr. Perez, you can call me Leo. I had some questions for you about how the ghost core affects the human heart within both forms."

"It actually seems to have merged itself with the core…"

Frostbite and Leo separated from the group to continue their medical talk that the others could not hope to understand. Hana was content playing with the small ice figures Danny had conjured up for her, happily splayed out between where Danny and Jeremy had decided to sit down.

"So, Danny. When was the last time you had a full night's sleep?"

"Umm," the teenager looked away, "The night of the dru- medicine incident, so not too long ago."

Jeremy studied his face, making an affirmative hum. "And when was the last time before that?"

"Well… I've been getting a lot of powernaps on the trip so far, although they weren't always in the night."

"That is not healthy for you."

Danny made a choked noise. "I- but- I have ghost powers and I'm a teenager so really-"

"Nah ah, no way mister, you need to get more consistent rest. I don't care if you have super-powers, you still need sleep."

"Some ghosts don't let me have that you know! They like the night, plus I have homework during most of that time, plus whatever the ghost hunters are planning, plus-"

"Alright," Jeremy scooted closer to Danny and patted his foot, "I get it, you had a lot of work. However, you should have never needed to have all that responsibility thrown on you as a teenager. Now that the secret is out, I'm sure many people would be able to help you, and you won't have to handle everything alone."

"I wasn't all alone; Sam and Tucker were with me."

"I'm sure they were, but you three shouldn't have to be going through this. And who knows, maybe if you asked, some ghosts wouldn't bother you at night. Many seem quite fond of you."

"Ha, maybe. That won't stop the government though."

Jeremy chuckled. "No, that won't stop the government. Maybe some other things will however."

"Wait!" Danny glanced around himself, not only over the family of three, but over the entire park. "We definitely shouldn't be posting this one, it would be dangerous for the town, especially for you guys and Hana." Hearing her name, Hana took a second to smile up at the half ghost before getting distracted again.

"Hmm, well ultimately it's your choice, but I think others need more proof of your good deeds, and this would be a decent one." Jeremy gestured out at the community who were continuing to enjoy their winter wonderland in the near distance, children were laughing. Everyone was having fun.

Danny looked over as well. "We may want to prove our innocence, but I don't need to prove that with good deeds. I want to prove that with the truth, well, this is the truth too, but it shouldn't be affecting the way people see me in the first place. So what if they think I'm doing good? Sure that's good, but what about all the other ghosts they look at and call evil without ever knowing them?"

The father sighed, running his hand through his hair. "You are too pure hearted." Danny sputtered. "But it is your choice, just think about it. We also have good lawyers, so I'm confident to say we'd be quite okay."

Raising his eyebrow, the half ghost brought his complete focus back to Jeremy. "Lawyers? As in plural? That sounds interesting. Say, what exactly do you do for a living?"

Jeremy smiled.

Danny and Frostbite ended up staying for three hours before they decided it was time to leave, the locals were sad to see them go but would forever be grateful for the experience they had. A large amount of the townsfolk stood near the edge of the woods to say goodbye, the half ghost had been saying goodbye to everyone he had met.

Frostbite smiled as Danny hugged Hana tight. "It's about time we leave now."

"Wait!" Hana reached up to Leo, who handed her an insulated cup. "We got you hot chocolate because you were making so much ice for everyone and you might be cold."

Danny gently accepted the cup into his hands, "Thank you."

Hana leaned closer and did her best to whisper. "I made sure they put little marshmallows in it."

The half ghost somehow managed to smile even brighter than before. "You're right, little marshmallows are the best part." He narrowed his eyes in thought before conjuring one last ice figure with his powers, handing the small blob ghost sculpture to Hana. "Here, this one won't melt, you can keep it."

The four-year-old held the ghost ice object close to her chest, hugging Danny's leg one last time before stepping back next to her fathers.

Danny straightened back up, quickly returning to hovering above the ground, being mindful of his hot chocolate. "Alright, all of the ice structures should start melting late tonight and should be gone by the time we post any other videos, whether that is from here or not." He reached over and picked up the camera, holding it in his free hand.

"Goodbye!" The kids all yelled goodbyes in response, many of the parents joining in. As Danny and Frostbite flew away, back to the castle, a large group of people waved goodbye. And as things would develop in the next few days and weeks, that group would be some of many people to help Danny Phantom in return.

AN: Another chapter, another child. I hope you all enjoyed, because this took me way too long to write for no particular reason. I made a playlist for the fic, because what else am I supposed to do with myself. You should be able to find it on Spotify by looking up Escape Vlog, if that interest you at all. Until next time everyone~