I'm ba-ack...(evil grin)...I'm soooo sooo sorry that I couldn't update. I was
locked out of my account, so I couldn't.
Now on with the story! (Finally!)
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It was Cassie. Actually, it was the ghost of Cassie. She looked tangible, but unlike any other ghost, you could tell she was dead from her pale, grayish skin. She was wearing the same clothes she had on the night she was killed, a black tank top, faded dark green khakis, and a black windbreaker. There were scratches and cuts on her face and arms. She smiled slightly at Danny.
Danny's mouth dropped open in shock. He couldn't move. He couldn't speak. He just hovered in the air for a minute, and then dropped onto the basement steps.
"C-Cassie?" he asked weakly. It was all he could say.
"Yah, it's me," Cassie's ghost said in a soft voice. "Well, not exactly. It's me, but just not my body." Danny just stared at her, his mouth still slightly open. Cassie half walked, half floated to Danny, kneeling in front of him. He inched away a little, his eyes open wide in shock.
"It's me, Danny. You don't have to be afraid," she said, laying a hand on Danny's gloved one. The strange thing was, her hand didn't go through his. Danny could feel the icy coldness that came from her touch.
"You're so...cold," Danny stuttered.
"Well, duh. I'm dead," she said, smiling like it was no big deal. She looked over to her side where the same shimmering gray light, which had come into his house the night before, hovered.
"Zeigen Sie sich, Aleera," Cassie commanded in German. The gray light, once just a haze, began to take shape. It solidified, becoming a shimmering gray wolf with bright white eyes. It stared at Danny, making him feel like it could read his mind.
"Danny, this is Aleera. My guardian," she said.
"Guardian?" he asked, confused. Cassie nodded.
"All humans have some form of animal guardian, kind of like what Native Americans have," she said. "We don't find out who they are, however, until we die." Danny just nodded.
"Danny, I have something important to tell you. You need to listen closely," she said seriously.
"What is it?"
"It wasn't my time to die, Danny," she said. "That's why I'm a ghost. I have unfinished business."
"What does this have to do with me?" Danny asked.
"You are the only one who can bring me back to life."
"What??" he said startled. "Bring you back to life? But that's impossible!"
"Not exactly," she told him.
"There's a way?"
"Of course there is. But it won't be easy," she said. "You have to collect everything that I possess and gather it all into my room, including my...friendship to you and the love for my parents. You then need to set my necklace on the middle of my bed, unlatched. By sundown of the 2nd day, everything must be in place.
"But if you do not achieve this goal, I will be doomed to wander the ghost world forever."
At that, both Aleera and Cassie disappeared into the Ghost Portal. Danny stared at the Portal for a while, but was awoken from his reverie by a sharp knock at the door. He stood up and ran up the stairs out of the basement, turning back into his regular self as he did.
"Coming!" he yelled as another knock came from the door. He opened it. It was Sam.
"Danny, there's a ghost terrorizing our next door neighbor's house. It sounds like it could be Skullker."
"Not again!" he moaned. "This is the THIRD time he's been challenging me to fight in the past week! Oh, well. Let's go. Is Tucker coming?"
"Yah, I just called him. He'll be coming any minute..."
Just then, Tucker rounded the corner toward Danny and Sam.
"Speak of the Devil," she said. As Tucker stopped in front of them, he put his hands on his knees, breathing heavily.
"I got here...as fast...as I could..." he panted. He took a deep breath and stood up. "So what ghost are we facing this time?"
"Skullker," Danny said, clearly annoyed. "C'mon. Let's get this over with." He made sure that no one but Sam and Tucker were there, and changed into his phantom-form. He flew down the street, stopping every once in a while to make sure Sam and Tucker were behind him, and even though they couldn't see him, he spoke to them to show he was there.
AS they got to the house, a bunch of clangs and rips could be heard. Danny flew through the house toward all the commotion, leaving Sam and Tucker about a block away.
Sure enough, in the midst of the destruction, was Skullker. Skullker grinned at Danny when he saw him.
"I knew you would come, ghost-boy," he sneered. Before he could react, Danny was grabbed from behind by some sort of huge claw. He tried to phase out of it, but he was electrocuted instead.
"AHH!" he yelled as pain coursed through his body. Skullker floated over to the now limp Danny, smiling nastily.
"What...do you want from me?" Danny asked hatefully.
"I'm surprised, ghost-boy," he replied. "I would think you would have figured it out by now. Does 'revenge' mean nothing to you?"
"I would think you would have gotten over it by now."
"Well, I'm not one to give up so easily..." he said. To Danny's horror, Skullker reached toward Danny's throat. But he just pulled out Cassie's necklace, unclasping it.
"One thing I've learned about being a villain, ghost-boy," Skullker said. "Is that you attack the heart of the hero. And I know about your little girlfriend and her plan."
Realizing what he meant, Danny struggled with all his might to get loose.
"No!" he pleaded. "You can't take it!"
Skullker just laughed evilly, and vanished. Tears streamed down Danny's face in anger and frustration. Just then, Sam and Tucker burst through the door. Seeing Danny, Tucker ran over to the controls, pulling a lever that released Danny. He dropped to his knees when the claw released him.
"No, this can't be happening," he said to himself. He pounded the ground, crying out in frustration. Sam and Tucker, alarmed, ran over to him.
"What happened, Danny?" Tucker asked. Danny didn't answer, just stood up, looking dangerously determined.
"I'm going into the Ghost Portal. Tonight."
Now on with the story! (Finally!)
(((((((-)))))))
It was Cassie. Actually, it was the ghost of Cassie. She looked tangible, but unlike any other ghost, you could tell she was dead from her pale, grayish skin. She was wearing the same clothes she had on the night she was killed, a black tank top, faded dark green khakis, and a black windbreaker. There were scratches and cuts on her face and arms. She smiled slightly at Danny.
Danny's mouth dropped open in shock. He couldn't move. He couldn't speak. He just hovered in the air for a minute, and then dropped onto the basement steps.
"C-Cassie?" he asked weakly. It was all he could say.
"Yah, it's me," Cassie's ghost said in a soft voice. "Well, not exactly. It's me, but just not my body." Danny just stared at her, his mouth still slightly open. Cassie half walked, half floated to Danny, kneeling in front of him. He inched away a little, his eyes open wide in shock.
"It's me, Danny. You don't have to be afraid," she said, laying a hand on Danny's gloved one. The strange thing was, her hand didn't go through his. Danny could feel the icy coldness that came from her touch.
"You're so...cold," Danny stuttered.
"Well, duh. I'm dead," she said, smiling like it was no big deal. She looked over to her side where the same shimmering gray light, which had come into his house the night before, hovered.
"Zeigen Sie sich, Aleera," Cassie commanded in German. The gray light, once just a haze, began to take shape. It solidified, becoming a shimmering gray wolf with bright white eyes. It stared at Danny, making him feel like it could read his mind.
"Danny, this is Aleera. My guardian," she said.
"Guardian?" he asked, confused. Cassie nodded.
"All humans have some form of animal guardian, kind of like what Native Americans have," she said. "We don't find out who they are, however, until we die." Danny just nodded.
"Danny, I have something important to tell you. You need to listen closely," she said seriously.
"What is it?"
"It wasn't my time to die, Danny," she said. "That's why I'm a ghost. I have unfinished business."
"What does this have to do with me?" Danny asked.
"You are the only one who can bring me back to life."
"What??" he said startled. "Bring you back to life? But that's impossible!"
"Not exactly," she told him.
"There's a way?"
"Of course there is. But it won't be easy," she said. "You have to collect everything that I possess and gather it all into my room, including my...friendship to you and the love for my parents. You then need to set my necklace on the middle of my bed, unlatched. By sundown of the 2nd day, everything must be in place.
"But if you do not achieve this goal, I will be doomed to wander the ghost world forever."
At that, both Aleera and Cassie disappeared into the Ghost Portal. Danny stared at the Portal for a while, but was awoken from his reverie by a sharp knock at the door. He stood up and ran up the stairs out of the basement, turning back into his regular self as he did.
"Coming!" he yelled as another knock came from the door. He opened it. It was Sam.
"Danny, there's a ghost terrorizing our next door neighbor's house. It sounds like it could be Skullker."
"Not again!" he moaned. "This is the THIRD time he's been challenging me to fight in the past week! Oh, well. Let's go. Is Tucker coming?"
"Yah, I just called him. He'll be coming any minute..."
Just then, Tucker rounded the corner toward Danny and Sam.
"Speak of the Devil," she said. As Tucker stopped in front of them, he put his hands on his knees, breathing heavily.
"I got here...as fast...as I could..." he panted. He took a deep breath and stood up. "So what ghost are we facing this time?"
"Skullker," Danny said, clearly annoyed. "C'mon. Let's get this over with." He made sure that no one but Sam and Tucker were there, and changed into his phantom-form. He flew down the street, stopping every once in a while to make sure Sam and Tucker were behind him, and even though they couldn't see him, he spoke to them to show he was there.
AS they got to the house, a bunch of clangs and rips could be heard. Danny flew through the house toward all the commotion, leaving Sam and Tucker about a block away.
Sure enough, in the midst of the destruction, was Skullker. Skullker grinned at Danny when he saw him.
"I knew you would come, ghost-boy," he sneered. Before he could react, Danny was grabbed from behind by some sort of huge claw. He tried to phase out of it, but he was electrocuted instead.
"AHH!" he yelled as pain coursed through his body. Skullker floated over to the now limp Danny, smiling nastily.
"What...do you want from me?" Danny asked hatefully.
"I'm surprised, ghost-boy," he replied. "I would think you would have figured it out by now. Does 'revenge' mean nothing to you?"
"I would think you would have gotten over it by now."
"Well, I'm not one to give up so easily..." he said. To Danny's horror, Skullker reached toward Danny's throat. But he just pulled out Cassie's necklace, unclasping it.
"One thing I've learned about being a villain, ghost-boy," Skullker said. "Is that you attack the heart of the hero. And I know about your little girlfriend and her plan."
Realizing what he meant, Danny struggled with all his might to get loose.
"No!" he pleaded. "You can't take it!"
Skullker just laughed evilly, and vanished. Tears streamed down Danny's face in anger and frustration. Just then, Sam and Tucker burst through the door. Seeing Danny, Tucker ran over to the controls, pulling a lever that released Danny. He dropped to his knees when the claw released him.
"No, this can't be happening," he said to himself. He pounded the ground, crying out in frustration. Sam and Tucker, alarmed, ran over to him.
"What happened, Danny?" Tucker asked. Danny didn't answer, just stood up, looking dangerously determined.
"I'm going into the Ghost Portal. Tonight."