The Soma Zeto is made from the ancient greek words (not modern greek) σῶμα ζητῶ, kinda meaning Reality Search. I found an ancient greek dictionary thing for it so google translate won't show you much.

And as I upload this, it is October 5th, a day before this story's second birthday. I can't believe I've been doing a freaking Danny Phantom Fanfiction for two years!


Chapter 26: Home

Valerie chased the giant mole into the tunnels. She lost it in a fork, not knowing where the mole went. She chose the tunnel that had a green glow coming from it.

She didn't go far before she saw the source of the glow.

It was a ghost portal. Three people were half sticking out of it. One hid behind the other two.

The two were familiar faces. Alex and Ray. The third she didn't recognize, but she caught a glimpse of white hair.

They stared at each other for a quick moment. The portal they were poking their heads out of was getting unstable.

"Raymond?" She asked.

"Mom?" Ray replied.

Before Valerie could react, the three went back in and the portal closed.

"Ray!" She dashed over to where the portal was.

"NO!" She knew the mole must've taken them. She took her phone out to call Danny, the walking encyclopedia of anything ghostly. She left the tunnel so she could get service, then called.

After a few rings, Danny finally answered.

"Valerie, what's up?"

"A giant mole ghost got out and dug tunnels under the city. I think it took Alex and Ray into the ghost zone."

There was a pause, with muffled talking in the background.

"Val, I'm stuck here trying to figure out what the heck happened to the power system. Can you see if Heather is alright? I haven't gotten a call from her."

"Okay. I'm close, don't hang up."

She flew over to Danny's house and knocked on the door. There was no reply. She looked through all the windows and saw no sign of anyone being there recently. She used the spare key under the mat to get inside and check everywhere. The house was empty.

"Danny, don't freak out but... she's not here."

There was a short pause. "What about school? Did you check there?"

"School's closed today because of the ghost attack policies. The ones you put in place."

There was more muffled talking through the other end.

Danny's voice was obviously worried, even though he tried to hide it. "You know the code for my basement lab, right? The ghost portal down there is working. Go to the ghost zone and find them. You should know where the real world item detector is."

"How fast can you be back?"

"It will be a while. Don't worry, I left the ghost zone in better condition than I found it all those years ago. They should be fine, and you will too."

Danny's voice held doubt, doubt Valerie shared.

"Go, Val. I believe in you."

Danny had the tendency to say cheesy quotes in stressful situations, but it was still nice to hear.

She went down to Danny's basement, got the equipment she needed, and turned on the portal. She took a deep breath, activated her hoverboard, then flew into the green void.


"Don't you think it's weird how all our information has been slightly wrong?"

"Elaborate, Ray," Alex said.

"Well, the Surface was said to be filled with deadly monsters. That can obviously be because of rumors spreading like wildfire, but Echidna and Typhon were said to be deadly murderers bent on killing anyone they look at, and the area of the ghost zone that door was in was supposed to be filled with even more murderous monsters," Ray elaborated.

"Yeah, I guess. This really has been all too easy. Maybe Karma is playing tricks on us or something. Let's keep our guard raised for now, I guess."

"Well maybe Karma wants it to be easy, I guess. I just didn't expect it to be this easy."

"Boys, you forget the definition of Karma. He's making it easy for us, but there's probably a catch," Heather noted. "We're here, though. Let's go talk to Frostbite."

They flew to the castle. The guards took them straight to Frostbite.

"You're back? Already? Did you find something?"

Heather held the staff up. "We found the Soma Zeto, tool to finding the reality gems!"

Frostbite gently took the golden staff and examined it. "I've never heard of this before. What does it do?"

"You put a reality gem inside the little globe on the top, and it will lead you to the others," Heather explained. "All we need is a reality gem."

Another yeti-ghost looked to Frostbite. Frostbite looked to him and nodded. The other ghost left the room.

"We'll get the gem. But my biggest concern is if we can trust you with an object that powerful. The entire A.C.T. was founded to prevent these objects from getting into the wrong hands, you know. How do we know you're the right hands?"

"Well, Heather's the daughter of Danny Phantom and Ray is the son of his friend Tucker, so at least they got some good connections," Alex joked.

Frostbite smiled. "Well, you do seem to truly care about this cause. You've done what we thought was impossible and found the closest thing to finding the rest of the gauntlet completely. I'll let you complete the quest. If you ever need some help, though, I'll have soldiers for you. Although, with all this time in the ghost zone strengthening your core, I think you'll be just fine."

The yetis came back with a clear box with the gem inside. The gem of form.

Frostbite took the gem out and held it to the globe of the staff. It opened up and sucked the gem in. It glowed green for a second, then stopped.

Heather took the staff. She was confused how it worked, but her wonder was stopped when a glowing green mist came out of the globe on top and pointed in a direction.

"I think it's thought activated," Heather said.

Then, the familiar face of Avalanche came into the room. "We have a visitor. A human visitor. Her name is Valerie and she's looking for three kids." He looked at the trio.

Frostbite looked at Heather. "Well, it looks like this meeting will have to be postponed."

Heather turned human for the first time in a day. "Don't say anything. Please! I don't want them finding out my secret!"

Frostbite laughed. "I think it would be best if she knew."

"Please, Frostbite. I don't want to be some experiment or something."

"Okay, if you say so." To Avalanche, he said, "Bring her in. And say nothing. I have an excuse planned."

Avalanche went to get Valerie.

Heather whispered to the boys. "Say nothing of what we did. If she asks questions, play ignorance." She turned the staff in her hand invisible.

A minute later, Valerie came in.

"Ray!" She ran to hug her son. Ray ran too, playing along as to keep the illusion up. "I thought the mole ghost took you."

Ray snuck a look at Heather, begging her to come up with something to say, but the quick-thinking of Frostbite took care of it.

"They were stuck on a tiny island. They said the mole ghost dropped them off there. We took them here to keep them safe while we thought of a way to get them home. Obviously, we have one now."

"Thanks for keeping them safe, Frostbite. I owe you one."

They soon left for home, saving the questions for later.


To all those who read this, thanks for reading! Y'all made the two years of writing this fun!