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Dreamt

Chapter 16: Team Phantom vs Nocturn

Nocturn pointed at what he wanted his army to attack as the heroes went on the offensive.

However, the sleep walkers all charged at them and it wasn't long before they began zerg rushing the group.

"Everybody scatter!..."Star said as she immediately took command by ordering everyone to spread out.

"Try whatever tactic you want, it still won't make a difference. I'll be rid of you little nuisances soon enough..."Nocturn mocked as his minions formed ranks.

While Nocturn's words had meaning, that didn't hurt Team Phantiom's fighting spirit.

"You're so getting a really painful nap when this is done!..."Star said as she aimed her saber, wanting payback for everything he has done.

The ghost villain, however, was unafraid and found this to be more annoying than troubling.

"Amusing that you think you will survive this..."Nocturn said as he raised both hands again, intent to fire.

"Try me, Mr. Sandman!..." Valerie shouted, aiming her blasters.

However, Nocturn blasted at both weapons on her shoulders, breaking them.

"I tried... now, fry!..."He shouted.

Before he could attack, Cujo pounced on him from behind, making his face hit the concrete.

"Cujo!..."Star said, happy to see him.

"GAH! Where did this mongrel even come from?!..."Nocturn shouted, annoyed by the dog's mawing jaw.

He thought for sure that he had left him busy with several dozen of his minions back at Fenton Works.

"He must have sensed that we were in trouble!..."Tucker theorized as the ghost dog kept attacking the dream master.

Though it wasn't long before Nocturn's forces started to gang up on them.

The dog growled but saw sleepwalkers grab Valerie from behind. Without hesitation, he tackled the ghosts, barking at the others as they started to distance themselves from them.

Upon jumping off, Cujo changed back to his puppy form and panted happily as he looked at Valerie.

"Uh…good dog?…"Valerie watched as Cujo gave her a playful, happy face, wagging his tail in excitement before pouncing a group of Sleep Walkers.

Valerie saw this and sighed.

"Huh…I guess he's just a dog…thats a ghost…"She admitted to herself.

She shrugged before going back to the battle.

With her shoulder cannons no more, she relied on her arm blaster, shooting two Sleepwalkers down.

The others followed her lead.

As Jazz fired, she noticed someone missing.

"Where's Tucker?..."She asked.

"Over here!..." He called out from behind a car. "And I could use some help!..."He said as he fought back but more sleep walkers surrounded him.

"Sam! I need backup! Now!..." He said as he ducked and rolled away.

She fired at them before questioning his actions.

"What are you doing?..."She asked when she saw him approach a car.

"Something I've always wanted to do... hotwire a car and ram the bad guys with it!..."He announced.

He managed to break in via breaking the window with the wrench before getting in and turning the car through hotwiring it.

"Tucker?!..." Sam shouted angrily but he didn't listen.

"Make way, I'm coming through!..." He said as he drove the car and took out a few sleepwalkers, but then crashed it and activated all the airbags that cushioned the crash.

"I'm okay..."Tucker said as he got out bummed that his plan didn't work.

Sam shook her head disapprovingly before using her wristband blaster to attack.

"This is the last time you try to emulate the movies!..." She yelled as the battle continued.


A few moments later

The battle was still going on.

The sleepwalkers kept Team Phantom on their toes, with Valerie shooting a barrage of blasts from her floating cubes in almost every direction, Tucker firing the Fenton laser lipstick from a distance and Sam fired relentlessly at any ghost on sight.

Jazz provided support by taking out any ghosts that the others missed with her Fenton Ghost gauntlet and Star took the lead by heading straight towards Nocturn with her saber in hand.

"You're toast!.."She yelled.

"That's what you think..." Nocturn said with a snap of his fingers as more appeared.

One at a time, the sleepwalkers were defeated, but it didn't matter, barely making a dent in their ranks.

Everyone! Duck!..."Valerie shouted as she summoned what looked like a bazooka from her hands.

Once it fired, a loud noise was heard. Very loud!

"Give us earmuffs or something next time!..." Sam exclaimed.

Thankfully, more and more sleep-walkers ended up disintegrated and the others saw the damage.

Nocturn saw this and dragged his hand down his face, wondering how a group of teenagers were always able to give him such trouble.

He saw his enemies sending him smug but also questioning looks and he groaned, exhaling in disappointment of his minions.

"Eh, what can I say? They work cheap..."He said as he shrugged his shoulders in response to his enemies

"You actually pay them?..." Tucker asked.

"Of course not, that was sarcasm! I create them to serve me and they have no actual sapience outside of what I want. Or did you actually think we have some sort of currency or social security in the Ghost Zone?..." Nocturn stated.

"Uh... well now that you say that... I realize how stupid that is..." Tucker admitted.

"It is..."Nocturn said before continuing the fight.

A snap of his fingers and more sleep walkers formed. This time, Nocturn took charge, moving his men around like a war chief.

With a real brain behind their moves, the sleepwalkers managed to make progress, separating the teens.

Team Phantom yelled as they looked for one another. The only thing they heard was Cujo barking at the sleepwalkers surrounding him.

"Guys?!..." Sam called out.

"What's going on?!..." Jazz questioned loudly.

Nocturn, seeing them far enough from each other, grinned.

"Looks like I'll just have my sleepwalkers surround and capture you. One by one..."He said, snapping his fingers again.

Not a chance!..." Valerie shouted and aimed before sleepwalkers pile on her.

"Hey!..."She yelled as they ambushed her.

"I got it!..." Sam said before one sleepwalker grabbed her from behind and pulled her away.

They did the same to Jazz and Tucker while the villain smirked.

"Excellent..." Nocturn said as all but one was captured.

Star jumped over a few of the Sleepwalkers to confront Nocturn.

"Let my friends go!..."She demanded.

"Not a chance, brat. Don't fret, you will soon be joining them..."He gloated as he sent more minions at her.

Thankfully, Star managed to avoid them thanks to her agility and cheer moves.

"Just give up, thanks to my rebuilt device, my powers have been amplified and I can make even more minions and get even more power from my victims. You are out numbered..."He gloated.

Star heard this and decided to get under his skin.

"Aww, the big bad dream ghost is afraid of his own shadow, so he has to build a machine that does his job even better than him to gain more power and make him feel better..."Star said, in a mocking manner.

It worked as the dream ghost got angry at her mockery.

"Despicable brat! I'd watch your tongue if I were you!..."Nocturn yelled as his eyes narrowed with a red glow.

But Star was defiant. Even though she was face to face with Nocturn, she wouldn't drop her courage.

With her saber ready, she aimed at his throat, ready to attack if she sees him even move funny.

"I don't care how powerful you are, I can handle your army of pillow cases!..."She shouted.

"Then, perhaps I need to keep you busy in a more productive manner..."Nocturn said as he grinned like a predator.

"What does that mean?..."She wondered.

With that, he backhanded her, making her fall to the ground thanks to the size of his hand. He reached out before she could get up.

She felt something on her, she then noticed a strange dark aura around her.

"What the-AHH!..."Star screamed as Nocturn smirked maliciously at her as he used his powers.

Soon darkness took over and the blonde girl found herself falling asleep once more.


Meanwhile

Star blinked as she saw darkness.

"Okay... really hating this night more than being stuck on the island..."She thought, making sure that she wasn't missing any body parts.

"Okay, so where am I this time?..."She wondered.

She looked around and saw that she was now in a strange location, it was an empty void of space that surrounded her and yet it seemed somewhat familiar to her for some reason.

"Oh man, am I in the ghost zone now...or is this a dream?..."She wondered out loud, getting her answer quickly.

"Actually, it's a dream, but if you want, I can send you the Ghost Zone... the old fashioned way..."Nocturn said as he appeared before her, his hand readying to attack.

Star was unafraid as she stood her ground, despite the lack of a weapon.

"So what now? Are you finally ready to take me on yourself instead of sending your stage crew? I'm so not afraid..."She said, readying herself for anything.

"Usually I would restrain myself from the taunting but my patience has weighed thin at this point and now I've made a special exception for you, Miss Strong..."Nocturn said, landing in front of her.

Star, however, has been thrown into this whole night and noticed a pattern that has been happening lately with him and couldn't stop herself from throwing shade at this troublesome ghost.

"You send me back to Dream land, huh?..."Star wondered. "You really are in desperate need for some new material..."Star criticized him for his lack of originality.

"EXCUSE YOU?!..."He shouted, really irritated by her at this point.

"I am serious...recycling your old plans, using the same kind of minions, methods and helmets that shock you if you try to touch the wearer!..."Star reminded him. "Do you just like being such a one trick pony or are you just lazy?..."She sassed, showing how unimpressed she is with him.

Nocturn growled at this and could start to feel one of his eyes beginning to twitch. However, he chose to respond quickly, not letting the girl crack his facade.

"I'll have you know that I have hidden my machinery in a different location than a mattress factory..."Nocturn said with his arms crossed.

"Does it involve anything involving beds?..."Star guessed.

Nocturn flinched.

"W-What...no!..."He said but Star knew that she hit the nail on the head.

"It is, isn't it. You're even lazier than I thought. It's actually sadly predictable..."She said, shaking her head disapprovingly at how unoriginal he is being.

Nocturn snarled but regained his composure, since he didn't want to lose his cool over this and her taunting. He chose to point something out.

"You're forgetting something... that plan before only failed for one reason. The same reason it won't this time. Danny Phantom is too deep in a dream to save the day..." He pointed out.

"That's... true..." Star is forced to admit.

"Do you actually think you have any chance against me without him?..." He questioned.

"I can try!..."She insisted.

Now it was Nocturn's turn to respond. His response was loud and clear as he laughed at her.

"Oh please, you're can barely handle Ember McLain and with my power scaled to this extent, I eclipse her and most ghosts Phantom knows by a lightyear. A gap you'd never be able to reach tonight..."He said as he demonstrated began glowing brighter.

"This is universally cosmic power that is beyond your human limitations of understanding and some of it is still a mystery to even me. My power is older than most civilizations and this is where I am at my most powerful. It is where I am able to connect to other people's dreams and absorb enough energy from all of the dreams from my victims to gain more power and rule both the dream world and the real world with no true opposition..."He said, proving his point as he grew near the size of King Kong.

Star felt her nerves start to fall.

"I shouldn't have been so mouthy..."She said, knowing she is in trouble now.

"No, no you shouldn't have... but at least you get to see your beloved one last time..." Nocturn said as he pointed to something far to his left.

"What?..."Star mouthed as the whole surrounding area started to get foggy.

Once the fog cleared, all that appeared was some sort of portal.

Star then gasped when she saw something that immediately caught her attention.

It was the person they needed to awaken the most...or rather, it was a portal to a dream that he was having, the same one that she had been in earlier.

"Danny!..."Star said as she ran to that dream, only for Nocturn to block her.

"Don't even bother, the dream duplicate of you that I create is still keeping him busy and I made her to be irresistible to that teenage brain of his. It's almost laughably predictable of how easily he is manipulable when it comes to a pretty face, especially yours, Miss Strong..."He said as they watched the dream portal.

Both Danny and Dream Star were still in wedding attire, in the plane as it took off and was reaching the skies. Star fought down her jealousy and focused on the fact that she had to save Danny and wake him up.

She gathered her strength and glared up at Nocturn.

"You're gonna pay for everything! And when I free Danny, it'll be extra painful!…"Star yelled

The villain just sent her a mocking grin and chuckled, as he found this blonde girl's act of bravery to be both humorous and pointless.

"I doubt that, just give up already. After hours in this state, his mind will go into a trance, keeping locked in an eternal dream forever!…Ahahaha! Or just put him in a coma from an overdose of serotonin..." Nocturn shrugged. "Whichever works for me…"He said.

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!..."Star yelled, charging at the ghost.

"Poor choice of words..."Nocturn said as he contorted his body to dodge her as he opened the walls of the plane.

The girl fell through, screaming at the top of her lungs as she saw the plane disappear. Nocturn flew down as he laid down a giant the winds. He watched patiently as Star flailed about.

"What was that you said about your dead body?..."Nocturn mocked and Star didn't find any of this funny at all.

The blonde girl chose not to listen to his words as she stared daggers at the dream ghost.

"Oh, that does it! I'm taking control of things, including this dream!…"Star raged, no longer caring about the danger she was in.

"Oh please, only ghosts have any chances of manipulating the dream realm outside their own..."Nocturn said, nonchalantly inspecting his nonexistent nails.

"Wait...only ghosts?..."Star thought as she recalled something.

It was something that happened to her a few months ago involving her, Danny, an amulet and a crazed ring master with ghost envy. It was a time she got to be a superhero after she received her boyfriends powers for a while, before sending them back to him.

At least that's what she thought.

The girl knew the unstable elements of the supernatural but still, she wasn't as familiar with it as any ghost would be.

She also recalled how she had been able to turn things around in all the dreams she had been and how things conveniently appeared when she needed them to...almost like she had more control of the dream than what most people had.

She had an idea but couldn't believe it, the solution couldn't be something that unbelievable. Could it?

"No way...it's not possible. It's been months and I don't have his powers anymore..."She whispered as her mind raced against the clock.

"But...maybe...there's something still there...maybe that's how I was able to break free and do all of this..."She considered and figured it was worth a try.

She closed eyes then focused calming and concentrated on how she can morph like Danny does. Her enemy, however, stared at her with a look of curiosity as he was about to finish her.

"Whatever it is you're doing, I'd suggest something better. After all, there's no telling what will happen when you hit the ground…"Nocturn sneered.

But to his surprise, the girl glowed as she flew back up. The ghost gasped.

"What the?!..."He exclaimed in disbelief, blinking a moment to clear his vision as he followed.

"Were you expecting this, Boogeyman?..."Star sassed before she straightened up in the air.

"How?!..." Nocturn questioned, losing some composure.

Star ignored him as she just focused on what she just accomplished.

"I guess there must still be something left over from when Danny and I swapped roles. Don't know but at least it works!..."She thought while Nocturn was fuming with anger.

"How is this even possible and how was I not aware of this sooner!?..."Nocturn demanded, looking like he was about to lose it.

"What's wrong? Did you make an even bigger miscalculation than you thought you did?..."Star said as she conjured up a large block of ice that was readying to be launched at Nocturn's face

The impact knocked Nocturn back, giving her time.

"INSOLENT GIRL!..."He shouted as his foe escaped.

As Star flew through the portal, she soon found herself back in Danny's dream, or more specifically, the part with the sky diving wedding.

"Here again, I gotta get to Danny and get him away from my other self..."She said, determined.

She looked up at the sky and knew that they were very high up, about to jump for their sky diving wedding.

"I gotta get up there, but how?..."She wondered, seeing as how far it was.

She then recalled how she managed to manipulate things in Colette's dream as well as the others, and then she had a better idea on how to get Danny's attention.

Something that's exclusive to the real thing that even Danny Fenton can't ignore.

She knew one thing that would convince him she's real or at least get his attention away from her doppelganger long enough for her to fix things.

"Maybe I can become Starlight Spirit again...I gotta try..."She said as she tried to concentrate.

This is a dream and anything is possible here, so the girl concentrated again as her body glowed with energy..

With rings of light, Star found herself changing via energy rings that went up and down her body. The girl danced in joy at her accomplishment as she saw her change.

"Alright!…"Star yelled, posing triumphantly.

She had changed her appearance not unlike Danny does but the transformation wasn't the only change as her costume turned into a sleek, silver-grey jumpsuit that was similar to what she wears on patrol, only cooler looking. The girl paused, posing to herself in admiration in front of the mirror she just conjured up.

"Cool! I'm like a superhero again but with an updated wardrobe and stuff!…"Star cheered, liking how this looks.

However, it was cut short when she recalled her enemy and what she needs to do.

"Okay, enough admiring, I gotta try again..."She said as she concentrated harder, trying to get this right.

After a few moments of trying, she was once again wearing her Starlight outfit, mask included.

"Yes!..."She said in triumph.

She twirled in happiness, having missed the suit and feeling of power.

"Now to try and wake Danny..."She said, eager to show him.

The girl saw the plane still in the air, indicating she would need to celebrate later. She readied herself, leaning like she was to do a long distance run.

"Well, time to crash my own wedding..."She said as she flew up, happy to see that here, she has powers too.

Star took off and headed for the plane, feeling the power of the world at her fingertips as she dashed through the air.

Now, to save Danny and end Nocturn's nightmare for good.

-To be continued-

Next time on Dreamt

The return of Starlight Spirit


A/N(1): Special thanks to NeoMark, Jay The Average Fanboy and BeConfuzzled Writer for assisting in this chapter. You guys rock :)


A/N(2): Happy 4th of July :)


A/N(3): I dedicate this chapter to my family, my friends and my love for God :)


REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewer:

RonaldM40196867:

1) I dunno.

2) I'll think about it.

Pokemon fan 1991:

1) Chloe.

2) I'll think about it.

Eecobeo, Jebest4781 and Girlbook: Thanks :)

Danifan3000:

1) Yeah but she has gotten worse since her debut.

2) I guess we have to wait and see what happens.

3) Hmm...that does sound funny.

Invader Johnny: Yeah.

Hmilles02:

1) Her computer password.

2) Lots of fun :)

3) Hard to say, I have good days and bad days with my fics, so it depends.

Luiz4200: Maybe.

Jay The Average Fanboy:

1) No spoilers.

2) I remember her.

3) Aside from Danny initially hiding his powers from her before they got together and trying to surprise each other on special occasions, not really.


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