Kurai woke up in her apartment. She got out of bed and got dressed then went in to the kitchen and made breakfast to the sound of the TV.
She was still a little worried about ghosts being controlled with her powers, but she hadn't had the chance to tell Danny about it.
Just then the door opened and Danny came in.
"Hey Kurai." He said, sitting at her table. "Got that Dumpty Humpty album you asked for. Watcha watching?"
"Morning news." Kurai replied. "It's background noise. Bacon?"
On TV, there was a red spiral shown and Freakshow came on.
"I... am Freakshow, ringmaster of the Circus Gothica..." Freakshow said.
Skeleton was shown juggling skulls.
"...where your nightmares come alive. Circus Gothica...
Gloomy/scary clown with sharp teeth was shown, howling with demented laughter, but while (still) frowning.
"...where the clowns never smile."
Heavily pierced man in an iron mask was shown.
"Circus Gothica. Come and get your freak on... with real freaks. Circus Gothica! Coming to Amity Park. Cross over... to the dark side."
Freakshow wielded a staff with glowing red orb.
Kurai's eyes widened and her mouth opened in a shocked 'o.'
Danny spoke trance-like. "Cross over to the dark side..." Danny's eyes glowed.
Kurai swiveled to stare at Danny. "Oh...no..."
She quickly switched off the TV.
"Danny come on..."
"Cross over to the dark side..." Danny intoned.
Kurai hauled off and slapped him.
"What the?!" Danny held his face. "OW!"
"This is what I've been trying to tell you!" Kurai snapped. "Those ghosts last night were controlled by my lost powers."
"How?" Danny rubbed his face.
"That's what made me the Ghost Princess." Kurai said. "I had power over other ghosts. Even Father didn't have it. I put the ability in the Ring of Rage, that's why he was so desperate for it—why evil you were too, for that matter."
"So this power that controls ghosts..." Danny said. "It went flying off and found another ghost host?"
He chuckled at his rhyme.
"No it can only go to an acceptable host." Kurai said. "I expected it to go to you. I thought it did. You have that silver in your hair; after all. So some of my power did hit you—"
"Get to the point." Danny said wearily. "That mind control gave me a headache."
"That Freakshow caught my power in his staff." Kurai said. "The staff must have been forged with Capture Magic—the same stuff that's inside the Fenton Thermos."
"So how do we stop him?"
Kurai smirked. "We shatter that staff. But you can't go alone; you might get controlled again. I'm going with you."