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Dreamt

Chapter 4: Please Wake Up!

Star, still wearing her ghost hunting gear and holding her ecto-saber close, remained in the shadows, out of sight of the creepy ghosts as she tried to get to her boyfriend's house...on foot.

She would have used her scooter but that would draw too much attention and she needed to keep a low profile.

"It's time like this, I wish I was Starlight Spirit again, at least then I could fly to Danny's place, no problem..."She thought as she kept moving.

She can't afford to get caught by these ghosts and subjected to...whatever it is they are doing to everyone in town.

Thankfully, she eventually managed to avoid getting caught and arrived to her beau's house.

"Finally..."Star whispered as she quickly pulled out a key.

It was one of his spare house keys, that he had given her a little after they started dating. Now, she needed it for less than cute reasons.

Now it was time to find her boyfriend and try and saved Amity Park from whatever ghost is responsible for this mess.


Inside

Star was now inside Fenton Works and quietly tip-toed, not wanting to alert her presence to any potential ghosts here...or Danny's parents who'd wonder what she was doing at her boyfriend's home in the middle of the night, wearing a spandex jumpsuit and carrying ghost hunting weapons.

"Not ready for them to think we hunt ghosts during dates..."She thought as she tiptoed through the house. "Hopefully that's all they'll be thinking if they see me like this..." She continued thinking with a fainted blush.

Despite some reservations, she quietly opened the door and peered inside to see Mr. and Mrs. Fenton fast asleep and they were both wearing helmets.

"Okay, not the sight I wanted to see..."She thought, getting a bad feeling.

She went to the next room and saw that the same happened with Jazz, who was sleeping at her desk and wearing a helmet too.

"I kind of figured that she be the type who studies before bed but that's not the Cramtastic Mark V..."She thought, her bad feeling getting worse.

She finally made it to Danny's room and opened the door. To her dismay, she saw that he wore something too familiar on his head.

It was something she hoped he didn't have and it made her panic.

"Danny!..."Star called as she went inside as her fears became a reality.

He was lying in his bed, out cold with that same kind of strange helmet on his head, with a very peaceful look on his face and it seemed like he hasn't moved in hours. Like he was having the best dream of his life but the fact that he was forced into this by a ghost was most concerning.

"Oh no. Not you too!..."Star said in dismay as she ran to him and tried to yank the helmet off...only to be zapped by it.

"OW!..."Star let out and hissed as she grabbed her hand. "I've got to stop doing that..."She muttered as she waited for the pain to stop.

Once done, she sent a worried look to her beloved, who is still trapped in dreamland by these awful devices.

"I gotta wake you up, somehow..."Star said as she approached Danny, not touching him to avoid being shocked but still sending him worried looks.

She wanted to touch his face, but pulled aware as to avoid the helmet. She settled for a hand on his chest and sending him a soft look.

"Don't worry, Danny-boo, I'll find a way to get this off you. I promise..."Star said in a gentle voice, wondering if he heard her or not.

She would have stayed longer, but she looked around the Fenton home. She figured that the equipment in the lab would have a clue or something that could be of use to her.

"I gotta get answers. Maybe some of the equipment here can shed some light on what's happening..."Star pondered as she left the room.


A little later

Star was in the Fenton's lab right now, looking over the security tapes to see what went on. With lany uck, whatever did this will be spotted and she can find some clues to solve this.

"Okay, let's see what's on tonight on the Fenton Network..."She said as she rewound the footage.

The recording showed those same kind of green ghosts from earlier phasing in and soon witness Danny's parents and sister being attacked and subdued by them.

They were hit with a blue dust that seemingly came from nowhere, knocking them out before being forcefully given the helmets.

She sped the tapes a little forward and soon saw her boyfriend fazing into the house too, no doubt back from dealing with minor ghosts or something. However, his ghost sense went off and he morphed once he aware he was out of his parents' sight.

Two green ghosts that somehow looked like their eyes were sewn shut and mouths with jagged teeth-like lips. Both of them looked ready to attack Danny.

The ghost boy dodged their attacks and fired but he was soon surrounded by more of these creepy ghosts, who all tried to attack him at once.

"This might be a hint as to who is behind this..."Star thought in concern as she watched the rest of the tape.

She watched as Danny fought back and soon seemed to turn the tables on them, swinging a kick that hit both of them in the head.

However, a new ghost appeared on the screen, one that was in silhouette that was long, lacking legs, and with horn-like features. He also had a really creepy, menacing look on his face as he stared down at Danny.

"Who is that?..."Star thought as she took a closer look.

This ghost was with a body that somehow had the night sky inside it, with a purple jester-like cap and a scar. This figure battled with Danny in the living room.

"You're at this again?!..." Danny questioned.

"This time I'm sure you won't wake up because I won't send you to the Ghost Zone again!..." The ghost said before the blue dust came out of his hand, knocking Danny out.

Star gasped as she watched these guys place a helmet on Danny and then fling him in his room before leaving him there.

"Thanks to the new helmets, no unintentional shocking twists are to happen, now nothing will snap him out of the dream..."The ghost said before ordering his minions to follow him. "Now that the meddlesome ghost boy out of the picture, there's no one left to get in our way..."He said before vanishing with his minions, no doubt to continue with their evil plan, whatever it is.

"Danny..."Star whispered as she stopped the recording as she leaned back in the chair.

From what she saw, that strange, creepy ghost that seemed to be the mastermind behind this city-wide slumber.

Even stranger, he seemed familiar but why?

"Wait?..."Star whispered as she gasped.

She then went to Danny's computer and got into his secret ghost files, trying to find who this was.

She quickly went through all of his enemies until she got to the one she was looking for.

"Found you...Nocturn..."Star said as she read the data on this foe.

"Name: Nocturn...Calls himself the ghost of sleep and dreaming. He has an army of ghosts called the Sleepwalkers to do his bidding. According to this, Nocturn and his minions tried to use their sleep inducing helmets to trap all of Amity Park into forever sleeps and have pleasant dreams while transmitting to him with a giant antenna on top to absorb the dream energy from the city to get more power..."

"Managed to defeat him by cutting off the power to keep him from getting stronger and freed everyone from his control..."Star's eyes narrowed upon reading that.

"So, that's what happened? Huh?..."She muttered.

She didn't recall much of what had happened during those days, just that she had some strange dreams, which included setting Colette's fake red hair on fire...now she knows that much more had been going on then.

Just like right now.

It seems Nocturn is up to his old tricks again and is planning on staying and this time, whatever it was that woke Danny up hasn't happened yet.

What that was she didn't know, only that if he doesn't wake up then her boyfriend and all of Amity Park will be in slumber forever.

"That's not gonna happen if I have any say in this..."She thought in determination.

While there were no ghosts present, she chose to be quiet as she tiptoed her way around, using furniture for cover in the living room just to play it safe. The blonde girl went back upstairs to her boyfriends room, seeing him still asleep. Still trapped in Nocturn's dream world with no way out.

"I'll wake you up, Danny. I promise..."She whispered to him, determined to free her man and everyone else from this Nocturn guy.

One way or the other, she'll find a way to save the day and her man.

-To be continued-

Next time on Dreamt

Awake and Alone


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A/N(2): I dedicate this chapter to my family, my friends and my love for God :)


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