DarkFoxKit: Hello my dear readers. I've been working on two Undertale fanfictions lately, and it's pretty much consumed my life. ^^' But I did promise to keep going with this story even if it's slow lately. I don't want to keep you guys waiting. If any of you guys are Undertale fans, I hope you'd be able to check out the fanfics I've been working on some time. Anyways, I'll get to the reviews now. I'll mention everyone who reviewed, but only answer those I can answer back to.
Linkonpark100
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randomphandom: Thank you. I guess I can't fault the show for not showing how Tucker and Sam convinced the ghosts to join them since they only had an hour to fill, but it would've been nice to get an explanation of some kind, like an off comment from Tucker saying how the ghosts didn't want Pariah Dark to rule over them and decided to fight back and they avoided the dome by staying underground or something. Heh, in the scene where Danny fell for the cardboard cutout, I immediately knew that wasn't Skulker, so I wouldn't think Andy would fall for it as easily. The visions I probably won't use a lot until much later on in the story, but it is an interesting idea. And I guess Butch never intended Danny to have telekinesis, and only used it for a joke, which is a shame since it had a lot of potential. And I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint.
sjsreader: Well, here's another post. XD I'm glad I was able to make Andy a natural part of the scene, and to explain why the ghosts decided to join the battle despite clearly showing they had no interest in doing so before. Of course, most of my motivation is still with Undertale, but that doesn't mean I'll ignore this story either. It'll just a take a little longer to get more chapters done. ^^'
Mana: It would've been fine if they had some kind of off comment about it. I can understand not wanting to show it since the special only had an hour to run, but some kind of explanation would've been better than none. Well Andy isn't fighting Pariah Dark himself exactly... you'll see what I mean when you read this chapter. The way I saw it was I could have Andy join Danny in fighting Pariah Dark, but there probably wouldn't be much change, or I could go in a completely different direction, which I decided to do, it's also why it took me a while to get to this part of the chapter. As for the Vlad and Fright Knight scene... well... I'll just let you see for yourself. Thanks for the suggestion, but I already wrote out Identity Crisis. And as for Fenton Menace, I've got some ideas of my own. Thanks anyways. I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint.
ZAFT Prime: Yup, I figured that was a good time to show how help was gotten from those ghosts. Thanks! As for Andy's ghost name, he kinda already said it before. The title is called 'We Are Phantoms', meaning he is Andy Phantom. I suppose it would be suspicious having both Danny and Andy Phantom in public, but I didn't have any other names for Andy's ghost. Anything else would've just not fit at all.
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Mimi1012: Why are you reviewing at 2 AM? ^^' And yes, the 3rd season is kind of important to the story. And uh... I don't think I got another review from you explaining what you thought of the chapter. ^^'
Joltik12: Yeah. While I saw Danny as someone who prefers to just do rather than think, Andy's more of the opposite of that. As for Danny looking like a bonehead... isn't that how he usually is in the actual show? I hadn't changed him much from that, besides he's only a 14 year old boy, can't expect him to be all logical and super smart. Andy's just more of a thinker than his brother. And as for your other review... Dash is indeed loyal to Andy, however until I can give him a bigger role in the story, I rather he didn't know. Once Andy tells him, I'll have to give Dash a bigger part in the story, and that could hurt with what I have going right now. I do think I'll have Andy tell Dash, but probably not until season 3. Season 2 is more about Andy accepting his powers and working with his brother again. As for Dustin, yes, originally he was an OC for Key2DestNE, but since he left I had to make him something else. And glad you agree with me on the time vision and telekinesis thing.
kmsbookitty: They're not psychic powers, they're time powers. And ghost powers. And if you're talking about Dustin getting more evil, fire isn't going to kill him. He's a ghost, remember? He's already dead.
Luna Lillyth: Thanks, glad you enjoy the thought process of the characters.
PsychicEevee0103: Really? Heh, I'm not that good, but thanks for liking it that much to say it is. ^^
Nine-tailed K: Well like I said in the other reivews; they probably didn't have time to explain it all since they only had an hour to fill. Still a comment or something would've helped than having no explanation whatsoever. And I remember reading a twin DP fanfic a while back before I made my own. They felt like the same person more or less, finishing each other's sentences or talking together. It was not only creepy but it didn't feel like the twin was any different from Danny himself. I wanted to show that a twin doesn't have to be a clone. And awesome, it's cool to know that people can't imagine the actual show without thinking Andy's missing from it. XD
KingStarfire: Awesome, glad to see you're back! :)
CalmTheHydreigon
Chapter 27: Dustin's True Colors
I was flying so fast that everything looked like a blur to me… and it was like I had tunnel vision. I had to slow down and go intangible to keep from crashing into anything, but I was glad I made it to the building where the ghosts were waiting.
"Ah, there you are, we were wondering when you would come. I've been itching to test out these new upgrades of mine," Skulker said when he saw me land.
"Andy, is it time?" Dora asked me.
I gave them a nod, "Yes, it's time. Everyone, the final battle for both our worlds have begun, if we can't stop Pariah Dark here and now, we might as well kiss our freedom goodbye! Remember, in this fight, nobody but the king and those working for him are our enemy. We can't afford to attack each other, or Danny Phantom, because until this is resolve, we have to work together!"
"We get it already, let's just go and fight now!" Ember shouted out.
All the ghosts were pumped and ready, that's good, we're going to need all the help we can get. I looked over at Dora and Poindexter, the two were ready to give everything they have to defend our worlds.
"Then let's go!"
As soon as I had said that, everyone turned intangible and dove underground. Because of the ghost shield above, we wouldn't be able to get through it without Tucker disabling it again, and we don't have time to convince him to do so. So instead, we went underground and phase through the rocky ground to get out from the dome and we're all now flying through the Ghost Zone, towards the nearest floating rock… which had an enormous amount of ghost energy consecrated there, and on that floating rock island was a huge castle… and the rest of the surface was covered in the skeleton ghost army.
I could also see a large blue explosion, taking out a lot of that skeleton army, but it's not enough. I could see Danny there, struggling to fight those soldiers with the ecto suit. A wave of those skeleton ghosts were about to attack him, but I fired a ghost ray to blast it back, that caught my hasty brother's attention.
"Andy?"
"I said you weren't facing this alone and I meant it." I winked at him.
"H-how did you…?" Danny was probably shocked at all the ghosts I managed to recruit.
"Well… sometimes even enemies have to come together for a common goal. I believe you remember what I mean," I said to him.
Danny blinked before realization lit up in his eyes and he nodded, "Heh, I guess I should've known you wouldn't take this sitting down."
"Enough talk, time for action!" Skulker snapped before charging up his weapons and releasing missiles at the skeleton soldiers.
"Beware! For I have acquired a new power! The bubble wrap OF DEATH!" I heard Box Ghost yelling out before he binded up a handful of those soldiers, and Klemper helped by freezing those binded up soldiers.
Dora closed her eyes as the amulet glowed around her neck and she transformed into the huge, blue dragon ghost and gave a roar. I flew around them and used my ghost ray to shoot across the army.
"Danny, are you going to face Pariah?" I asked him when I got in close.
"Yeah." He nodded to me.
"Then you don't want to waste precious energy dealing with these guys," I told him. "I'll try and make a path for you."
I heard Ember's guitar blaring music as she created couple of fist shaped ecto rays. I molded my own ghost ray into the Plasma Rod and used it to bat away the soldiers in front of Danny and he quickly ran behind me.
Things were going pretty well, I was able to bat away the soldiers and make a path for my brother to head into the castle, that is… until I was shot at by an unexpected ecto ray. The searing pain burned me as it knocked me away a few feet.
"Andy!" I heard my brother's concern cry, but he couldn't get to me because now he was being swarmed.
Oh come on… why won't the future visions come when I need them now? Why do they only work when they feel like it?
I sat up and rubbed my shoulder as that was where I was shot at, though I was surprised that there weren't a lot of skeleton soldiers over here… but what surprised me even more was the one ghost that was here… a familiar ghost boy who uses an ocarina and dual wields swords.
"Well, well, well- look who's here. And he brought an army!" Dustin chuckled, floating in the sky above me. "Smart... sounds like something I would've done. Oh, wait- I DID."
I gave him an annoyed look, "How many times are you going to stalk me!? ... Wait..." That last thing he said stuck out to me, "what do you mean you brought an army too?"
Dustin laughed at that, gesturing at the few skeletons that were around as they fought a couple of straggling ghosts. "Look around you- what else could I mean!?'
What else? ... What else indeed. "Are you saying you brought this army? But aren't they the ghost king's army?"
"Heh... The army of a king that's been asleep in a coffin for centuries?" Dustin scoffed, giving me a sarcastic grin and rolling his eyes. "Yeah, sure- they'd drop everything to obey him again! No, someone had to whip these clowns into shape, and it's all thanks to yours truly."
This surprised me, "Wh-what? You raised this army? But why? Why have them work for Pariah Dark? He's going to enslave everyone! Is that what you really want?"
"Heh- well, you know what they say~" Dustin's smirk grew from sarcastic to sadistic as he held out one hand, forming a sword in it. "Some people just want to watch the world burn... Now then, are you going to stand down calmly, or do I have to beat some sense into you?"
Wh-what? What is with Dustin all of a sudden? It's like he suddenly changed personalities!
"What are you doing? First you've been helping me and now you want to slice me into pieces? What the heck!?" Could this be the real Dustin?
"Woooow- you really are stupid, aren't you~?" Dustin's smirk seemed to grow to impossibly wide levels as he slowly began walking around me, swinging the sword casually. "It was a lie. You really think I was trying to help you? Please- in the Ghost Zone, it's every ghost for himself."
"Then... why did you keep pushing me to get me to use my powers?" I asked him, trying not to seem too frazzled by his sudden change of personality.
"I wanted a good challenge before I reached my goal, and you're fun to watch squirm because of your own pathetic morality and fear." Dustin stopped in front of me again, forming his second sword and getting into a battle-ready stance. "However, now that I'm close to the goal, the fun's over, kid. Now it's time for you to be a good little pawn and stand down. If you don't... Let's just say you're not going to like what happens next. Although, knowing you, you won't back down anyways."
Great, now I have to deal with this psychotic sword wielding ghost while my brother goes off to face Pariah Dark alone! But I can't let this stop me… I'll have to fight him and end this nightmare.
Dustin made the first move as he flew at me with his swords, I quickly blocked with my Plasma Rod in front of me, trying to keep those two swords from slicing me. Those swords were filled with ecto energy, one slice from that and it would cut me like it would paper, regardless if I was ghost or human.
Using my legs, I managed to kick at him while he was trying to push me with his strength, and it was enough to trip him up and allowed me to slam my rod into his face, however that was met with a CLANG! Dustin wasn't a skilled swordsman without reason after all, and he managed to bring up a sword to block my attack despite being tripped. With this, Dustin managed to push me back, he was pretty strong for a lean guy.
"Heh, you've gotten pretty strong, Andy, but you're far from my level." Dustin smirked.
"You sure are confident," I said and squeezed the plasma rod in my hand. "I guess we'll just have to see if you're correct on that."
Although I said that, Dustin is right; I don't have a lot of experience as a ghost, and I've seen how he fights in the tournament… he's strong, fast and intelligent, that makes him very deadly. Even with all my knowledge, there's no way I can match him with how I am now.
"Come on Andy! I want you to give it everything you've got! Give me your best shot!" Dustin shouted as he shot out three ghost rays at once at me.
I reacted quickly and bat them away like baseballs with my rod, maybe this would be easier if I could shield myself somehow… maybe I can mold my ghost ray to create a shield around me? Dustin charged at me with those swords of his and I was forced to duck to avoid a direct slash from him. I didn't have time to test out my powers right now, all I can do is try to fight him off.
"You think you can get away from me by dodging? Haven't you worked on your telekinesis yet?" Dustin asked me before smirking, one of his swords disappeared from his right hand and he raised it.
I cautiously watched it, wondering what he's planning to do. "I haven't had the time to think about telekinesis, let alone learn it!"
"Then you should've made time!" Dustin said before I suddenly felt an invisible arm grab my body.
I gasped and struggled to fight against it, but there was nothing there, and yet my body was starting to be lifted without my permission. What's going on? Dustin's smirk grew as his right hand glowed, and I felt my body being lifted higher… telekinesis… he's using telekinesis on me! Before I knew it, Dustin jerked his right hand down and I was thrown across the air and slammed into the rock hard ground.
Ugh… this hurts… but I couldn't even do anything as I felt my body being forced to lift into the air again and then slammed into the castle's wall. If I was human right now, this would've probably broke every bone in my body. How do I fight someone who can use telekinesis?
"What's the matter, Andy? Are you giving up now? I expected better from someone like you! But then again, you're just a boy who's scared of his own shadow, so I shouldn't be surprised!" Dustin mocked me as he kept slamming me into the ground and the castle wall.
I hissed as he slammed me once more into the castle wall, and he stopped… for now. I was trying to recover a bit from all those slammings he did on me… but while I was… I could hear my brother's voice from within the castle.
"The power isn't the burden, the burden is how I use it… and I've been using it poorly lately."
Is he fighting with Pariah Dark already? … I can't stop here… Danny's fighting for everyone and I have to help him, but I can only do that if I get past this crazy ghost swordsman. Danny was right though, using our powers poorly isn't going to be doing us any favors… I have to use everything in my arsenal if I hope to stand a chance.
"You're more resilient than I thought if you took all that and still be able to stand," Dustin said as I managed to get off the wall and land on my feet.
"Of course… I won't let you destroy our worlds like this," I growled as I began changing my plasma rod, it became a goo before I molded it to make it stretch and become bigger.
"Oh? What are you doing there?" Dustin asked as I molded the ecto energy.
I can't win against Dustin with skill and power alone… so in this situation… the best thing I can do is outsmart the enemy and strike it where it hurts the most.
"Let's see how you handle this!" I finished molding the ecto energy into something akin to a net, and threw it at Dustin.
Dustin gave a surprised yelp as the ecto net wrapped around his body and stung him, he gave a hiss before he smirked at me, "Heh, you learn fast Andy."
Dustin cut through the ecto net with his sword, just as I predicted he would, and lunged at me to strike, but I willed myself to go intangible and sink into the ground before he could strike at me. I heard his sword hitting the ground before I came up beside him, invisible, and he looked around for me.
"I can sense you, you know! Being invisible doesn't protect you from me." Dustin smirked as he slashed at me.
I gave a hiss of pain when he slashed my arm, tearing through my suit and leaving a gash, my wound bled out ectoplasm instead of blood… another reminder that I'm not all human anymore… but I can't worry about that right now. I was still invisible and flew back, leaving a trail of ectoplasm.
"Where do you think you're going?" Dustin charged at me and stabbed forward.
I swirled around and left a bit splat at the castle wall while at the same time yelling out as if I was in a lot of pain, all the while remaining invisible. Dustin kept smirking as he looked at the ectoplasm splattered against the castle wall.
"Heh, seems you just weren't fast enough, why don't you just stay still while I finish you off? Or better yet, stay there so I don't have to kill you, it'd be a shame for someone with so much potential to just die off."
It was clear Dustin thought I was on the wall, guess he was so focused on the fact he 'won' that he let his guard down and didn't think about the ghost energy behind him… a big mistake.
I charged up my ghost ray, and it was enough to get the ghost samurai's attention. Dustin turned around in time for me to release my charged up ghost ray and blasted right into his chest… the place where I believe his core was.
I heard Dustin give a shout of shock and agony after I had blasted my ghost ray straight through his chest. I gave a frown when he fell to his knees and… almost dripping in ectoplasm… I thought he was more durable than that… did I just… destroy his core? I had only wanted to damage it enough that he would be incapacitated.
"Ha… ha… ha… w-well… Andy… you got me good…" Dustin said weakly and choked out some ectoplasm, which made me cringe. "Guess… I better…"
"A-are you okay? I… I didn't mean to hit you that hard…" I hesitated… I mean… he's a ghost… ghosts don't die, right?
"You… you still… worry about me…? Heh… you… really are… a soft hearted… idiot," Dustin said, smirking evilly despite his condition.
"What?" I blinked before the castle wall got blasted.
I shut my eyes to keep out the debris that fell over me, before I opened my eyes again to see Danny… two Dannys… in the ecto skeleton suit… did he just create a physical clone? And one of the Dannys opened a… sarcophagus? Is that the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep? Ah, that's Danny's plan!
I could see the other ghosts were making their way into the castle, including Dora in her dragon form… and… huh? I just saw Vlad with the Fright Knight… when did they get here?
Where's Dustin? … I wasn't paying attention to him because of the scene before me, but he's gone… did he leave? I looked up at the scene again to see one of the Dannys pushing Pariah Dark into the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep, before the other Danny slammed it shut… the clone Danny went back into Danny's body and he was trying to keep the sarcophagus closed, but Pariah was putting up a struggle in there.
"Danny!" I yelled, about to fly to him, but he already fell to the floor, clearly exhausted… however, Vlad was there, and he used a key to lock the sarcophagus… oh thankgoodness he's on our side again.
"NO!" I heard Pariah yell as the sarcophagus glowed brightly.
I smiled in relief to see everyone was here, they had all gathered after defeating the army it seems… good, we can finally end this nightmare.
I flew over to my brother, who was looking really tired, "H-hey bro… you look like you've seen better days."
Danny looked at me with his eyes struggling to stay open, and he looked over at Vlad, who was holding the key in his hand with the Fright Knight beside him.
"W-wait… I… I don't… understand…" Danny groaned.
"That I used two fourteen year olds to turn a knight and overthrow the king? It's chess, Daniel- of course you don't understand, but then you never really did," Vlad said with a smile on his face as I watched my brother slowly closed his eyes.
"Danny?"
"He's fine, Andrew, your brother just lost conscious is all. Just get him out of that suit and take him home. This is all over," Vlad said as if it was no big deal.
I couldn't help but give a small smile, despite all this, Vlad was still Vlad… heh… the same guy who helped me whether he remembered it or not.
"It's not over yet…" I froze when I heard Dustin's voice all of a sudden.
Before I could do anything, the sarcophagus suddenly burst opened without warning. I yelped and fell to the ground along with Danny, who's still unconscious in the ecto-suit.
I gasped when I looked up to see everyone was being sucked into the sarcophagus, including Dora… but Vlad was the only one who wasn't sucked in, and instead he was bombarded by the ghosts that were sucked in, to the point that he fell on top of the ecto-skeleton suit unconscious. I wanted to do something, but all I could do was watch in horror as everyone was sucked in as if the sarcophagus was a giant vacuum cleaner. And as soon as the last ghost was sucked in, the sarcophagus shut itself.
With me being the only conscious being there… I gave a gulp and slowly flew up to the sarcophagus to check it out… I thought Vlad had locked this thing, why did it suddenly open up and sucked in all the ghosts like that?
"Heh… you are all idiots…" I flinched back when I heard Dustin's voice again.
"D-Dustin?"
His voice continued to haunt me, "What is it, Andy? You weren't expecting me to still be here after that fatal blow you did to my core, did you? Heh… guess I taught you well- you were merciless, cold and calculating, just like me. It's only too bad that you didn't know my real plan in all this, perhaps then you wouldn't have done what you did."
"Dustin! Where are you? What did you do?" I demanded.
"I am more than just a mere ghost, Andy. That story I told you about how I died was a lie- after all I couldn't have you suspicious of me while Pariah Dark was out on a rampage, now could I?"
"... You…" This information was almost too much, Dustin was… planning to possess the ghost king all along? "Then that means you…"
"Oh, figured it out yet? Heh… Of course you would, your deduction was spot on. I manipulated that mentally weak fool Vlad into doing my bidding, but the old idiot didn't realize he was being manipulated. His love for Maddie and jealousy for Jack burned strongly within him, so strong that using those as a motive for him was laughably easy! All I had to say was if he got both the ring of rage and the crown of fire, he would have absolute power, then Maddie would be his and Jack would be dead. The old fool followed everything I wanted him to do- it was so easy that it was pathetic."
I couldn't believe it… Dustin used Vlad to awaken Pariah Dark…
"Of course, Vlad could be an intelligent mastermind if he wanted to, but when it comes to Maddie and Jack, he's easily duped. He had no idea I was using him at all. And then I met you and Danny… You two were obviously halfas. I could tell both of you still had your lives and humanity, but I pretended to be ignorant, so I could learn more about you both. Your brother was always such a hard-head moron, getting into battles headfirst and all, but I admire his passion and determination. You, on the other hand… You're always thinking and analyzing, you distance yourself from those around you, from then on I knew… I knew you and I were a lot alike. So I decided to teach you a bit, see how far you could go to stop me, and you certainly surprised me. But now, it's time for all this to come to an end."
"What do you mean?" I demanded.
"Heh… my goal… since I learned about Pariah Dark's defeat… was to revive him, but that's not enough… I wanted more than just that. I wanted more power… I'm sick of watching all these idiot ghosts running around in chaos. Walker and his rules did nothing to help- all it did was lock up more ghosts so they can go on a riot to make even bigger chaos. Well, no more of that- so I wanted to absorb these ghosts and use them as power… as well as the old ghost king… It's unfortunate that your brother managed to lock him back up before I could fuse with Pariah Dark and receive his full power, but this will have to do. You're just lucky I can't absorb humans, that includes halfas."
I looked down at the two unconscious halfas below us, there's no way they'd be able to help me like this.
"Oh, what's wrong Andy? Feeling left out? Don't worry… After all, if you choose to keep standing in my way like this, I may have to take you out myself. So, don't you think it'd be wiser to just give up now and save yourself the pain?"
"No!" I glared at the sarcophagus. "I didn't give up when I had to save the world from my own brother… and I won't give up now!"
"Heh heh heh… I thought you were smarter than that, Andy… but you really are just another idiot. The difference between me and Danny is that I'm not your brother, nor do I care if you're alive or dead! But fine, if you want to do this the hard way, then let's play. This will be a good way to warm up my new body before I do what I should've done a long time ago!"
With those words said… I found myself floating in darkness… the castle was gone… Danny and Vlad were nowhere to be seen… it was just me and the darkness… but I didn't have to linger alone for long, because… right there in front of me… was the something out of a nightmare... And it gave a loud, evil laugh.
DarkFoxKit: I'll admit that this was heavily influenced by Undertale. After my co-writer left, I had to figure out what role Dustin should play in myself, and after playing Undertale I've finally decided. It took me a while to figure it out though, so I apologize for that. I actually had to edit Dustin's speech here about his plan. Originally, Dustin said Pariah Dark was his father and he was his son all along. But I had a better idea for Dustin than making him Pariah Dark's son, so I scrapped that and edited it out. I was also going to show how Vlad convinced Fright Knight to join him, but there wasn't any real place to show that while Andy was battling it out with Dustin, so I'm afraid that's left up to your imagination. Anyways, I am DarkFoxKit and I look forward to hearing from you.
