I woke up a few hours later on the floor, Vlad leaning over me.
"What happened?"
"I enhanced you, my child." He said as offered me a looking glass. As I moved my hand to grab it, I noticed that the glove on my hand was no longer white, but black, and the suit, instead of being black, was white. As I grabbed the mirror, I noticed that, instead of my purple eyes, I saw that they were now green and my hair was no longer blonde, but raven black.
"What the hell did you do to me?" I asked as he helped me to my feet.
"You, my dear, are now a halfa, just like your father and brother." I got the sense that he was hiding something from me. "The interesting thing about ghost DNA is that it doesn't diminish as it's passed down, as made evident by my animals testing. If one parent's a halfa, his or her children will also be halfas, as will their children, and their children's children. Now let's test your powers. We'll start with a test of your aim." He said, pushing a button on a remote control, causing a ghost shaped cardboard figure to spring up.
"What do I do?"
"Force all your anger down into the pit of your stomach, then allow it to move forward to your hands." I tried it, imagining my families reaction towards this misunderstood man, and before I knew it, my hands were coated in the same green, glowing slime I had seen coming from my dad and brother's hands. "Good. Now aim your hands at the figure. Just like that, yes. Now…release!" I let go of my anger, and next thing I knew bits of the ghost were flying everywhere.
"Well done. Now let's test your intangibility skill. What you need to do for this is to go from one end of this large pen to the other." He said as he pointed to a sealed off area.
"But Vlad, How do I get in?"
"You retreat inside yourself."
"How do I do that?"
"Just imagine yourself somewhere else, then you must focus on whatever part of your body you want intangible." I imagined myself safe in my dad's arms as I focused on my whole body. All of a sudden I got an empty feeling. I looked at where my feet…were?
"Very good. Now, remember, the weapons inside won't kill you if you remain intangible, however, they will hurt you. Now, the long walls have ghost shields, so you must run through the whole thing." Gathering up all my courage, I ran right through the wall and didn't stop until I reached the other side. "My child you are passing this with flying colors. Speaking of which, I think that ought to be our next lesson. Now for this, what you need to do is create a bubble of all your happiest thoughts and memories."
"Done. What next?"
"Push them down to your feet." I closed my eyes and did as he said.
"Alright, I've got it. What next?" I asked as I closed my eyes.
"Open your eyes." I did and saw myself standing on absolutely nothing, the ground about five feet below. "Now, in order to move, you must level yourself." I moved so my gut was facing the ground. "Great, now use your shoulders as ailerons and your feet as flaps."
"This is awesome." I said, looking back at him when I saw something odd.
"Don't be frightened, Jess, the tail is perfectly natural."
"Oh." I looked forward again, twisting my body, causing myself to turn left and right, performing loop-de-loops and barrel rolls and all sorts of other aerodynamics.
"Look out!" Vlad yelled. I saw a huge horizontal buzz saw coming right towards my neck. Unable to stop myself, it went right through me, somehow leaving me intact.
"Why'd you do that?"
"Just testing your ability to split yourself. How did you do that?"
"I imagined my head separated from my body so much, it must have actually happened."
"Good answer. Now, we have one last power to test: Your ghostly wail. Now see, what you want to do is the same thing as the ecto-blasts, but this time, allow your anger to travel to your vocal chords. Once you've done that, scream at the top of your lungs. I must warn you, however, that this will severely weaken you." Now I imagined my anger at my dad, promising me he'd always be there after he died. If he really loved me, why didn't he ever visit me? Where was he when Darren broke up with me? The only time I ever saw him was when he fought ghosts alongside Danny. I was so angry, I felt like screaming, and scream I did. I screamed louder than humanly possible. Next thing I knew, the area in which I tested my intangibility was completely obliterated.
"Very good. Now, go forth and take your anger out on those who call you family."
"But I…"
"NO BUTS! If they really loved you, they wouldn't have lied and told you what a bad man I was."
With that, I pulled my cowl and goggles over my face and flew away home. No, to Amity Park. Wisconsin's my home now.