Hey all! Welcome to another chapter. Anyways, I'm not going to answer all of my reviews anymore, just those that contain a question or comment I need to respond to. Well, I'll make this AN quick cuz I'm sure you just want to the chapter. Here's chapter 4!

When Danny came to, the first thing he noticed was a throbbing pain in his head. Forcing his eyes opened, he soon realized that he had no idea where he was. He found that he was sprawled in a sort of spread-eagled position so he sat up, ignoring the dull pain throbbing through his body. Looking around, he tried to recognize something about his current location.

Soon, however, he decided that it was no use, as he was quite positive he'd never seen this place before. It seemed to be a small plaza, and he was sitting on the steps in front of a small group of shops. It was dark, so he assumed it was night. A few people dressed in all different forms of attire were on the street, mingling or bustling to and fro.

His heart sank. How had he gotten here? The last he could remember he'd been home fighting a bunch of strange creatures and he'd blacked out. He swallowed hard. If he was here, who was taking care of the problems at home? Were Sam and Tuck OK? His mom and dad? Jazz? Trying to calm his now racing heart, he stood up shakily and took a deep breath.

Danny could not deny the fact that fear was now constricting his stomach. If he didn't even know where he was, how was he supposed to get back home? He began to panic for a moment, before he took another deep breath and calmed himself. The best thing to do in this situation would be to find out where he was.

Looking around, he spotted a young girl walking past a short distance away. Walking slowly over to her, he called out, "Excuse me"

The girl turned and looked at him, "Yes," she asked, looking at him inquisitively. She had short black hair and was about the same height as Danny himself. She was dressed in rather strange clothing and had an orange headband tied around her forehead.

"Uhh…I was just wondering if you could tell me…where we are?" he stuttered, feeling a bit nervous all of a sudden.

"Oh, did you just get here? Hey, I'm Yuffie, and this is Traverse Town," she replied, now smiling pleasantly.

"Traverse Town?" he repeated curiously, and then mumbled to himself, "How on earth did I get here?"

However, the girl must have heard him because her face suddenly became solemn and she responded, "Hey, I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that the heartless have swallowed your world," she sighed, "I'm sorry for you, this has been happening a lot lately. It's what happened to my world too…"

"Heartless…swallowed my world?" he asked, just as clueless as the first time. He honestly had no idea what this girl was talking about.

"You know the heartless. Small, black, beady yellow eyes," she said as is it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"You mean those strange black things? They're called…heartless?" he asked. So they hadn't been ghosts. But exactly was a heartless?

"What do you mean by…swallowed my world?" he asked, feeling a bit nervous about the reply.

The girl glanced behind herself quickly, as if in a hurry, and then turned back quickly and said, "See, the heartless get into he heart of a world and they kind of, swallow it, for lack of a better world. Anyway, the world, and the people in it just…disappear. You just seem to have been lucky enough to escape."

"What!" Danny said, heart pumping wildly. He'd never heard of something like this happening. Was it possible that his home and all of his loved ones had just…vanished? His stomach constricted painfully and he suddenly felt very sick. Turning back to the girl he asked, "But…but how do I get them back?"

"There's really nothing you can do…. There is hope though. See, Sora, the key bearer, and a couple of King Mickey's men are out there fighting right now! If they can do it, the worlds will be restored, included mine and yours. Don't worry, I have faith in Sora. Besides, you never know, maybe some of your friends made it out of your world too." She suddenly stopped and glanced behind herself nervously again before saying, "Look, I really wish I could help you, but I really have to be somewhere. Good luck kid," she shouted, suddenly rushing of in the direction she'd originally been heading, leaving Danny standing in the street by himself.

For a moment, Danny's mind couldn't seem to process anything; this was all too much of a shock. He was in another world? The earth and everyone on it had vanished. What was he supposed to do now? He'd never been alone like this in his life! How had this happened? This morning everything had been fine. How had all of this happened so quickly? He thought he'd been in some difficult situations before, but it had never been anything like this.

Suddenly, Danny's knees gave out, leaving him in a crumpled heap on the street. He was not used to feeling this way. He felt completely helpless right now. Usually when his friends were in danger he was able to be the hero and save them! Now however, it seemed like there was nothing he could do. Apparently his only hope was some man with a key that was fighting out there somewhere!

He felt tears suddenly pooling up in his eyes, and decided to just let them fall. He wished that Jazz was here right now, he really wouldn't mind hearing her nagging at him to pull himself together. As it was though, Jazz wasn't here. No one was here. He was alone.

Alone.

The though itself seemed to scare the heck out of him. What on earth was he supposed to do? He still really had no idea where he was, except that the name of the place was Traverse Town. He had no money, no food, not even a change of clothes! He was only fourteen! He wasn't supposed to be on his own yet,

Standing up and wiping his eyes, he made a feeble attempt to pull himself together. After all, he'd been in enough difficult situations to know that sitting around and crying wasn't going to help anything. Acting was the only thing that helped! He didn't care what that girl Yuffie had said. He was Danny Phantom, and he was going to try to find his friends and family no matter what the cost was. After all, hadn't she said it was possible that they had escaped as well?

Suddenly he shivered slightly, realizing that it was a bit too cold out to be wearing a short sleeved shirt. Looking around quickly, he walked slowly toward the nearest shop, still feeling as if he had landed in some sort of bad dream. Sighing a very forlorn sigh, he pushed open the large wooden door and entered the shop.

And so we're finally out of Amity Park. From here the plot should begin to pick up. In case you didn't realize, Sora has already begun his quest, as Yuffie hinted. Well anyways, hope you like the chapter, even though it was a little short. Please, please, please leave me a review if you have the time, because I'd really like to know what you thought. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon as possible!