Part 7
Danny Fenton woke up on something that was moving around. He realized that he was riding the guard dog.
"Huh? What's going on? Where are you taking me?" he asked.
The dog didn't stop and didn't turn his head, he barked and kept moving.
Danny looked around and realized he was in a part of the Ghost Zone that was swampy and full of old trees.
Ghost mosquitoes buzzed around and a damp smell filled the air. The murky water gave Danny a dark reflection of himself until a ghost fish leaped out to catch a mosquito. Tall reeds prevented him from seeing the land and the green sky was darker than usual. Tall, bare trees stretched their branches out and covered most of the sky.
In the sky was Elle's raven, carrying the other Danny on its back.
Deeper into the swamp, ghost owls hooted and ghost bats flew out of hiding. Ghost birds rustled through the reeds and a phantom wind swayed the tree branches.
Danny looked ahead and saw a small hut on land.
The dog stopped before the hut and the raven swooped down to lay the other Danny down.
Both Dannys got of the animals' backs and knocked on the hut door.
The door opened and they saw a small African woman standing before them.
"What is it, child? Oh! You must be Danny! Both of you," she said with a Jamaican accent.
"Uh, yeah," Danny Fenton said unsurely.
"How did you know?" asked the other Danny.
"'Cause you see, I am an Oracle," she answered.
"Oracle?"
"You know, people who know things. You can say that I'm a know-it-all."
"Oh. Then if you're really an Oracle, why is there two of me?" asked Danny Fenton.
The woman looked closely at both the Dannys.
"Well, I think we should come inside for that one. Come in, come in! I ain't goin' to bite you,"
Both Dannys stepped inside and the old woman closed the door behind them.
The inside was small and dim. Shelves of books were on the walls and the floor was dirt. A table with a single lit candle was in the middle. A few chairs were around the table and the woman sat into one of them.
Danny Phantom was walking around, observing as Danny Fenton took a seat across from the old Oracle.
"The reason you're like that is," she spoke softly, "when you walked into that Ghost Portal and accidentally turned it on with you inside, a half of you sorta, died."
"Died?" both Dannys exclaimed.
"Well you're part ghost, what do you think you were? Okay, back on the explainin'. Your future self caused that explosion in the lab, right?"
"Yeah…" said Fenton.
"Well, he killed you. And since part of you was already dead, you split."
"Why did we end up in the Ghost Zone?"
"That's where everyone goes when they die, to the other side."
"Then why didn't I get any ghost powers?"
"You did, when you were still a halfa. You're ghost self got those powers when you died 'cuz, well, it was his to begin with. Well, you still got floatin', didn't ya?"
"I think that's all we needed to know," said Phantom.
The other Danny remembered something.
"Wait, then what's happening in the Real World?"
"He is posin' as you, playin' tricks on others," she said.
"Do you know the future?" asked Danny Phantom.
"Well if I know it all, I know it all,"
"What will he do to Amity Park.
The oracle put her head in her hands.
"That, child, is something I wish to not talk about," she said gravely.
"Well if it's that bad, is there any way to stop it?"
"Yes, but if you beat him, you're still dead."
"Is there a way to, you know, live again? I mean return being a half-ghost," asked Danny Fenton.
"There are two ways. And knowing you, I guess you'll probably take the first."
"Why?"
"Because I just know. Now the first way is more difficult than it seems."
"I don't care how hard it is, I'll do it."
"Okay, fine. When you die, your body releases energy that you had. You have to get some energy to use to be able to get back into your body, but you must do it at the same time or else one of you will disappear forever."
"That sound easy," Danny Phantom said confidently.
"It is, for now," she put on a sly smile and walked over to the door, opening it.
"But how are we supposed to get to the Real World?" he asked as both him and Danny Fenton stepped out.
"Oh, you know that answer," she slowly closed the door and left them puzzled.
"What does she mean by that?" asked Danny Fenton.
"Maybe we can go back using the Ghost Portal," suggested the other Danny.
"Okay,"
They both flew off in search of the Portal.
After about two hours, they were still searching.
"Isn't it supposed to be here?" asked Phantom.
"I think, but it's not." Fenton realized something, "Wait, the lab explosion! It destroyed the Portal!"
"Great, now how are we gunna get out?"
"Um, the doors?"
"Oh yeah."
Danny Phantom looked up, took the knob of the door nearest to him, and opened it.
A giant T-rex was charging at him and he slammed it shut as fast as he can.
Danny looked at the hundreds of doors around him.
"Great, one door down, about a million to go."
"Well, we have to try," said the other Danny, opening the door closest to him.
A huge scream was heard and a hand slapped Danny Fenton on the face.
"Sorry!" he shut the door fast.
"What was it?" asked the other Danny.
Fenton's face went red.
"A dressing room,"
"Heh, guess it's not as easy as it looks is it?"
"No,"
They sighed and went on with opening the other doors.
"We have to find a door, we just have to," said Fenton.
"Who knows what's happening in the Real World?
"Amity Park could be in serious trouble now," said the other Danny.
In Casper High.
"You're not Danny!" gasped Jazz.
"Of course I'm not," responded Dan.
"Y-You," Tucker stuttered, "Danny's future self,"
"Took you long enough to figure it out."
"Future self? This is how Danny's going to be?" gasped Jazz.
"Where is he?" demanded Sam.
"In the same place you'll be once I finish all three of you," Dan chuckled evily.