Ghostly Pasts Returning

Chap.1

"Your turn, Danny!" Jazz proudly announced. Danny stared at the checkers board again and moved his remaining pawn one diagonally to the right. Jazz grinned and jumped it three times with two tokens. "I win for the tenth time, Danny. Looks like you really don't know how to play checkers the right way."

"I'm trying." Danny pouted.

"Daniel! Jazmine!" A voice panted, heard through the door. Danny recognized the voice and opened the door.

"Terri, what're you doing here! You should be up in heaven, enjoying yourself!" Danny was incredulous.

"Look…can I come in? Ghosts can't enter rooms unless bidden entrance." Terri explained. Danny nodded, and the ghost floated in. He'd seen Terri before, but then, he looked like any normal kid. Now, the ghost looked like he'd been through a fire, and his clothes were torn.

"Terri, what happened?" Jazz asked, more gently than Danny.

"Jazz, he's free! He's free 'cause I went to rest!" Terri nearly leapt onto Jazz. Danny pushed back the brown haired ghost, a worried look on his face.

"Who?"

"Ph-Phantom!" Terri gasped. "If you all don't do something, then he's going to kill you all!"

"But why would this…'Phantom' guy want to kill us, anyways?" Jazz asked him. Terri shook his head.

"Because Phantom has a grudge against you all."

"What'd we do to cook his goose?" Danny laughed. Terri grabbed Danny's throat, and tightened his grip.

"This is no laughing matter, Daniel." He warned. "Phantom is a dangerous force of nature, and he will kill you if given the chance."

"Terri….you're…choking me!" Danny gasped out. Terri dropped the teen, glaring at him. "Terri, what did we do to him that made him so mad?"

"Oh, trust me, Daniel. You, yourselves didn't do a thing. Phantom's grudge dates back hundreds of years, back to the era of demon slayers and soothsayers."

"Soothsayers?" Danny wondered.

"Ghostbusters. You see, your ancestor sealed Phantom and he swore one day to return to get his revenge on your family." Terri sighed, and sank into the couch. "And just yesterday, Phantom's seals broke."

"Wh-what does that mean for us, Terri?" Jazz asked him. Terri looked up at her, gravely serious.

"It means that you and your entire family are in grave danger."