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Danny slumps on his bed. The past few days had been rough and he really just wanted a sleep but he had a second halfa in his room floating aimlessly in circles and it was really distracting.

"Dani. Please, you're going to give me motion sickness and I'm not even moving."

She flips over to look at him, "We don't get motion sick."

He rolls his eyes, "You know what I mean."

She pauses in her motions before heaving a heavy sigh, "Yeah, I know. But how can you relax after everything Clockwork told us?"

He shrugs, "I've been doing it for years. I find from personal experience, that it's easier to sleep on it and wait until my head is a little clearer before thinking too much." He points a finger at her floating form, "Like you're doing now."

She drops onto the bed next to him with a huff, "Oh, shut up. Why don't you help me think about something else then, if you're so wise."

He rolls to face her direction before speaking, "Well, Amber told me a lot about ghosts. Wanna hear that?"

She shrugs, "Why not? Since I have nothing better to do."

Ignoring her jab, he thinks of where to start, "Ok well, to start off apparently ghosts are ranked by class."

"Like in a video game?"

"Exactly like a video game. There's even a rarity chart for ghosts."

She scoffs, "So which came first, video games or ghosts?"

He shrugs, "I don't know, let me finish." She folds her arms under her chin and lays on them, "So I think it goes common, uncommon, rare, legendary, and mystical? No, mythical. I can't remember them all." He waves his hand, "Then there's uncategorized."

She lifts her head, "So what are we?"

"A halfa is considered mythical. I'm not sure what gets you into the category but I don't think it matters?" She shrugs and he continues, "And apparently they have a strength chart, I only remember that Weak is slightly better than Fragile, you'll have to ask Amber for the rest."

She nods and lays her head back down, "So what would box-ghost be considered?"

Danny takes a moment to think before replying, "I think he's a stationary ghost? No, he doesn't stay in one place so I guess he would be a restless ghost? Those are common, so he would be a weak-restless ghost."

She nods, "What's Amber?"

"She confirmed being a Wandering ghost but I'm not sure where her power would be, but I know she's not fragile or weak."

Dani rolls off the bed and stands, "I can't think of anyone else. Do you think Clockwork would know where our powers would rank?"

He nods, "Definitely. Where you going?"

She transforms back into her human form, "Nowhere. What else did you learn?"

He rolls onto his back again, arms behind his head while Dani sits back down, "Uh, let me think. Well, the ghost zone is shrinking." She hums, "The ghost zone has a center pull." She sits up.

"Oh yeah, I've noticed that."

He turns his head, "Really?"

"Yeah," Her face goes thoughtful, "When I'm in the ghost zone I always know where I am. Kind of like having an inner compass."

"Ooh, that makes way more sense than what Amber said."

A nod, "What else?"

"Uh, demons exist? We're part ghost zone? I only have enough of my homework done to pass tomorrow's classes but not the day after," She giggles at him, "Sam and Tucker are steady, Jazz is leaving, Ghosts are in danger, we're going to be forced to work with Vlad, my powers are leaking through to my human form."

She holds up a hand, "Hold up what? Your powers are 'leaking' through? What does that mean?"

Danny sits up and looks at her, "Just don't hit me when I show you ok? Tucker almost jumped out of his pants." Taking a deep breath, he finds those negative emotions and forces them out like he had last time.

With a jolt, the dark haired girl falls off the bed with a squeak of confusion, grunting when she makes contact with the ground, "Ach! What the heck was that?!"

Danny leans over the edge to see her standing up abruptly, "At least you didn't hit me."

She shoos him away from her spot on the bed and sits down, "How did you do that? I've only gotten that to work in my ghost form."

He lays back down, "Negative emotion. Just get really mad and think about using your powers without changing. It's hard if you're trying to force it but it gets easier over time."

She nods in understanding, "Huh. What else has happened?"

He tries to think, "It's almost like when I had first gotten my powers but I have control over it." Focusing on what he knew about his powers, he lets himself sink into the bed slightly before flying up out of it. Then turning himself invisible before plopping back down on the bed.

"Cool! So, you can use your powers in both forms?"

Danny makes a sort of motion with his hand, "Kinda? I can't use my ghostly wail, I can't fly very far, I can only do things in short bursts and I definitely can't use plasma blasts. It's super limited."

She nods, bouncing in place with excitement buzzing around her, "Still! That's a lot more than before! I can't wait to get to that point! Oh man, I wanna start training now!"

Taking a moment to regard his other half, technically sister, he gauges whether or not it's a good idea to send her so early. Her bouncing hasn't stopped and, while he can't blame her, he also really wants her to go to bed already. Nodding to himself he points to her chest.

"You have the amulet, don't you?"

She pauses before looking down, confusion making her move her sweater enough to pull out said amulet.

"Why not try it out?"

She looks up at him, hesitation and worry warring on her face with anticipation and excitement.

"Clockwork wouldn't give us something that would seriously hurt you. I won't stop you from trying it either."

She sits back on her butt, turning away from him slightly to stare at the thing in her hands, "You won't be mad if I go alone?"

He shakes his head, "Nah, Clockwork told us that we might not be in the same place anyway."

She nods slowly, the thought turning in her head. The next moment, she's shifting forms and channeling power into her amulet. Time slows a fraction of a second, leaving him wondering if everything will stop while she does this.

Time speeds up again as the amulet drops out of her hands, falling loosely around her neck. He only has a second to blink before she sags like a marionette with its strings cut. Lunging out of bed, he catches her before she can fall.

Panic quickly overrides his senses when she changes back into her human form. He lays her down on the bed, ready to check for a pulse when a loud snore stops him cold.

"Jeez. You scared me."

Glancing at her sleeping face, he gets out of the bed and throws a blanket over her before making his way downstairs.

"Couch it is."