I walked back to my house and found everyone watching a giant TV screen on a blimp floating overhead. Tucker ran over to me and started pushing me away but I stood still and stared at the floating screen.
Playing over and over again was a movie. It started with the fake version of me going around town and destroying things. Then it showed the imposter draw a large crowd to my house and then pretend to kidnap my mom. The movie showed the fake me drop the mannequin and then fly away. Unfortunately that's where I showed up and landed next to the seemingly dead Maddie Fenton. To my horror it showed the infamous Danny Phantom become the boring everyday Danny Fenton.
The crowd gasped in unison and continued watching the screen. The next thing shown was… the back of my head. I turned around and saw one of Vlad's ghost vultures floating behind me with a video camera in its talons. "Time for your close up ghost boy." It squawked as I shot it with an ectobeam and it vanished.
I heard a few screams from the crowd and turned back around. The screen was now showing me blast what looked like the camera man when I had actually blasted the vulture. Someone near Tucker and I turned around and started screaming. "It's the ghost boy! He's come back to kill us all!"
Going ghost to many more screams of terror I flew into the air. The video was still playing when I shot the screen. Ghosts were on the blimp and they flew out before I came up. Unfortunately the ectoblast was running on anger and was stronger then usual. The blimp came down and everyone screamed louder.
I flew into my house and down into the basement. More bad luck for me came soon because apparently my little rampage was being broadcast around the world. Dad came running down the stairs and mom was right behind them. They stared at me with fear in their eyes.
Two rings went around me and I was human. They blinked and my mom started crying. I had never seen her cry before and I wanted more then anything to make it stop. She ran up and clutched me in a hug. "Danny where did we go wrong? I thought that everything was normal after the accident but it turned you into an evil ghost. It's all my fault."
She wouldn't let go of me and I tried to explain what had happened. "Mom I'm not-"
My dad cut me off and said, "Don't worry about not being human Danny. I swear on your grave that your mother and I will figure out a way to cure you. Until then you will just have to wait in the Ghost Zone." My mom cried louder and then dragged me over to the open ghost portal. The hug had been a trap.
I phased through my mom and flew as fast as I could away from my house. Tucker was standing on the ground in the middle of a crowd looking scared. When I flew closer I heard that the crowd was asking him questions about me. I turned visible and they all jumped back about ten feet. Tucker grabbed my arm and we flew off towards Sam's house.
The Fenton RV was speeding on the road below me as I flew. My speed was much higher then theirs so I made it to Sam's house first. Sam was still in her room treating the inanimate object around her waist like a prince. She was not alone. Most of the servants were there staring in awe at the belt. Her parents were also standing near her and Tucker fell back under the belt's spell.
I sighed and walked over to Sam's bed. At that moment my parent's burst in and looked at everyone in the room. They were not under the belt's spell and I stared at them with surprise. They both had their hoods pulled up and their goggles on.
"Danny, please surrender." My dad said. "There is a ghost shield around the house and we don't want to use force."
I concentrated on something in my head and blurted at them, "No where to run but everywhere to time travel." Tucker was already touching the belt and I reached out and grabbed it. The room disappeared and my parent's confused faces left my mind.
We landed on a college campus in 1986. Sam looked around and then back at her belt. Tucker did the same. It was times like this that I wished my has-mat suit came equipped with a hood and a pair of goggles… I felt the back of my neck where my costume met my skin and pulled on a piece of cloth sticking out.
A hood and a pair of goggles landed in my hand. I looked at them and noticed that there was a tiny zipper to attach it to my costume. The goggles were white and I pulled them of the hood and walked over to Tucker. He wasn't going to do much if he stayed a belt obsessed wacko so I strapped the goggles to his head.
He shook his head and said, "Great, I was hypnotized by that belt again wasn't I?" He looked around again and said, "Where and when are we now Danny? It looks like some kind of college or something… we're not here on accident are we?"
Remembering all that Vlad had done to me I shook my head no. The only sure way to stop Vlad from ruining my life was to stop my dad from ruining his. Sam followed us reluctantly as we entered the college. I was human but we still gained a lot of stares from people. It's harder to be inconspicuous when you're fourteen in a school full of adults.
We walked around for awhile before we found a door marked LAB. I opened the door and saw a younger version of my parents and a guy I didn't recognize. He looked at us and smiled. "What are you kids doing here?" I suddenly realized that it was Vlad.
My mom looked at me and said, "You three should be leaving. Were about to conduct a very dangerous experiment."
Vlad looked at what I guessed was the proto portal and said, "Jack I'm telling you it won't work."
My dad smiled and said in his loud voice, "Bogus V-man it totally will!" My mom picked up the papers and looked at them. Her expression became more concerned the more she read.
"Jack, these calculations aren't correct-"
"Bonsai!" my dad yelled. He picked up a remote and pressed the button. Without really thinking I dived forward and shoved Vlad onto the ground. The proto portal exploded above us but didn't hit Vlad. I ran over to Sam and Tucker and without a second glance grabbed the time belt. We disappeared and ended up outside my house.
There was no angry mob, no reporters asking questions, only peace and quiet. Tucker let out a sigh of relief and Sam didn't do anything. I decided to fly them back to their houses and then talk to Clockwork about Sam. As I concentrated on going ghost Tucker watched me anxiously. I tried to fly but noticed I was still human.
I tried using my powers while in human form. Nothing happened. At first I thought that maybe there was an anti-ghost shield around the house. I walked away and tried again. Still nothing happened. Something had gone terribly wrong. I sighed as I looked up and then wished I hadn't.
The sign that I was so embarrassed of, the one that showed my last name to the world, had been changed. Instead of Fenton Works the sign said Masters Works.
I am typing fast tonight. Two chapters posted on almost the same day. Almost because I posted chapter 3 at 8:39 PM and this one at 12:19 PM. I finally got around to the main plot in the story but you can bet that the surprises won't stop. Reviews are always welcome and so are complaints. Thanks!
