Ghost King Danny: Book 1

An Overlord of Fiction Fanfiction

Author's Note: Hello, once again, my friends. Chapter 16 is finally here! You know, I actually forgot that there was an actual villain in this story, I've just been having fun writing Danny's point of view. Maybe too much fun! Sorry about that. Next chapter, I promise I'll get on Dramascus' history and purpose and whatnot, for right now though, more Danny! Anyways, enjoy!

Last Time

Danny and his friends after reentering the mansion, decided to sleep off the very long and hectic drive from Minnesota to Wisconsin. As Danny laid down within the comfortable king-sized bed, he had failed to notice that he had switched into ghost form, and the ring upon his finger began to transform in color, from an ectoplasmic green to a brilliant, almost angelic white. Elsewhere within the mansion, a glowing green crown started to rattle within its glass casing, causing cracks to form in the seemingly-impenetrable, platinum-infused glass, and the green glow surrounding the crown reflected the ring's transformation, as it had also turned from green to white, as well as the flames. And as both of the ghostly relics began to transform, both the crown and the ring spoke in unison.

"All hail King Phantom. Savior of the Land of the Dead and the Living. Forever may he reign!"

This Time

Dream Sequence Start

A white and black throne sat in the center of the castle as Danny stood in front of it. Suddenly, a calm booming voice erupted behind him.

"Fool. This…halfling, this..abomination is taking MY throne!? No…I refuse to believe such lies!"

Danny turned around and saw a person in a dark brown cloak with dark blue, emissive eyes staring back at his neon green ones. Danny would be lying if he said her wasn't scared of this person. The intense stare he was being given commanded power. Power far greater than Vlad's own, or hell, even Clockwork's. Danny, after getting over his fear of this man who commanded such power, spoke.

"W-What do you mean, 'YOUR throne'?" Danny cursed himself for stuttering. He wasn't scared before, so why now? Maybe it was his eyes…

"Do you not know who I am?" the man asked again in his calming tone. Somehow his tone unnerved Danny more.

"W-Why? Should I recognize you?" God damn it! Again with the stuttering, Danny thought. He was honestly confused as to who this was. The man spoke once again.

"No, certainly not, Daniel James Fenton. Or should I say Phantom? I don't know, names of people I conquer have always slipped my mind." The man's tone took on a flippant air as he said this.

It was here that Danny got confused. "What do you mean by 'people I conquer'? And what does that have to do with me?"

The man then snapped his fingers with a scowl on his face as if suddenly remembering something that was previously forgotten, and that he didn't want to remember. He answered Danny's question with a sneer in his voice.

"Oh, that's right. You're going to be the new Ghost King. I don't know what that Time Master pet of yours was thinking when he first saw you. I mean, look at you! You're not even a full ghost! You don't deserve to wear that ring or that crown! In fact, you should have died a long time ago, and while I may not be the one to rectify that…issue, someone else will be."

Now, Danny was peeved. Not only did he just blatantly insult his half-life saying that he didn't deserve the ring and crown, but calling Clockwork his pet went just a little too far.

"For your information, I defeated Pariah Dark. I think I'd deserve the crown after that. And second, Clockwork isn't my pet!"

"Oh? So letting you go through the past, not once, not twice, but THREE different times and changing certain outcomes, without any recrimination from the Observants doesn't count as being a pet? Also, you didn't 'beat' Pariah, all you did was lock him away in his little coffin and throw away the key."

"No! It doesn't. Just because he let me through time doesn't mean he didn't know what had happened. In regards to Pariah, he would've conquered not only my world but the Ghost Zone as well, and nobody would want that!"

"You're right. Nobody would want that. Can you say without a doubt that the ghosts would accept you just as easily? I doubt it. In Clockwork's case, just because he knows what happened while you were there, doesn't give him the right to give you a free pass to alter the timeline however you wish. Especially to a being like you." The man said with a scoff in his voice.

Danny clenched his fists. Why was he so hostile towards him?

"What do you have against me, huh? What did I ever do to you? Did I fight you at some point in time?"

At that last question, the cloaked man laughed. It sounded angry and bitter, as though his whole life was ripped from him before he had a true chance to live and he was angry with the world for causing it.

"Ha! You really think the reason ghosts fight you is because they want to cause havoc? While that is part of it, it isn't the only reason. Another reason is that some ghosts are JEALOUS of you. Jealous of the fact that while others have to DIE to get any of these powers, YOU, and all the others like you get to have both: A human life and ghost powers! Do you know how unfair that is!?"

Danny honestly had no idea how to respond to that. As if taking his silence as an answer, the man kept speaking.

"But of course you don't. None of you 'halfas' ever do. And I doubt you ever will. Goodbye." A black orb appeared in his hand, and hit the upper right hand corner of the castle, sending it tumbling down atop the future ruler before he had a chance to run out of the castle.

Dream Sequence End

Author's Note: I can only assume that you guys had no idea what was going on there, did you? Well, I honestly am in the same boat as you guys! Tell me what you thought. Who was the cloaked man? Why does he seem to hate halfas? Later my friends!