Fable of a Phantom
The Rescue
Continuing from the argument that Danny and Jazz had in the previous chapter, Danny flew to the top of the school before laying down on the roof.
"She just doesn't get it! Nobody gets it! I just…" thought Danny before sighing in defeat and sitting up.
"What am I doing? Jazz was just trying to help and I just… pushed her way. What's wrong with me? I don't know what to do." Thought Danny as he hung his head low in shame. Having all of his stress pile up from his recent activities made him unsure if he wanted to face tomorrow.
"You've already received the answer, the only problem is will you act up on it?" Replied familiar voice. Danny immediately got up and got on his guard. He looked around for the source of the voice but then a shadow loomed over him and a figure began slowly ascending from it. In front of him ascended a slim woman with extremely long raven hair, hazel eyes and sharp fangs. Appearing tall in a royal, red majestic dress with ebony wings on her back.
"Greetings, Danny." said Safiria but the sun was becoming irritating for her. As such, she waved her hands and summoned a black umbrella to cover herself.
"You're… Safiria. The Queen of the Vampires." Replied Danny in a surprise. He looked at her from the top to bottom, calling her beautiful was an understatement. Danny could feel his heart beating twice as fast upon standing in front of this beautiful vampiric queen.
"In the spirit." Responded Safiria with a sly smile. Danny sat down again realising that it was one of the Queen spirits within him. She was there to help Danny during his fight against Pariah Dark by providing him new empowered blood with her vampiric powers. And of course, when he had a huge hole in his chest, it was her blood magic which helped him restore his organs.
"What are you doing here?" asked Danny.
"We could sense that you were in despair and pain for a while now. After watching the way, you spoke to your sister, I had enough and decided to speak to you personally." Answered Safiria as she summoned a seat made of her shadow.
"Oh great, are you gonna give me therapy session too?" joked Danny before getting pulled towards her and sat down forcefully.
"You will speak to me properly and you will listen to what I have to stay. Do you understand?" demanded Safiria in a slightly kind yet threatening tone which made Danny respond with a slight nod.
"Now tell me, what exactly is it that has made you feel conflicted as of late?" asked Safiria.
"Well, I mean you should know, I've got a school test I'm not prepared for, family who won't leave me alone, ghosts who keep coming after my head and this big deal about becoming the new ghost king? Honestly, I can't even believe what's happening sometimes." Explained Danny in a frustrated manner.
Safiria continued to listen to Danny's problems but she raised an eyebrow since she knew there was something he left out but decided to leave it for now.
"It's been difficult to put up with school?" asked Safiria to which Danny lowered his head and averted her gaze.
"Your family have been "not leaving you alone? And you're fighting ghosts as well?" added Safiria to which Danny did not say anything in response.
"You know what I find the most problematic in all of this? You. You are a child. A young adolescent bearing more responsibility than any human on this entire planet. I can understand how this all taxes your mind and the pressure can cause you to break down but even so, your own actions are the reason your life ended up like this." Explained Safiria. Upon hearing what she said, Danny jerked his head up in confusion and tilted his head.
"Excuse me? Way to kick a horse while its down!" said Danny.
"Perhaps if you focused on your studies properly and managed to better communicate with your family, you wouldn't have to deal with these burdens alone. You are surrounded by people who love you dearly and wish to do nothing but support you. Especially your sister, I feel as though she goes the extra mile just to help you. And yet you never seem show any form consideration for it." Explained Safiria who was glaring at Danny as if it had been personal to her.
"Don't you think it's been difficult for me to? Nothing ever goes my way, Safiria! I want to hang out with my friends, there's a ghost! I want to be normal around my family, well too bad normal is out of the question with them! I want to be left alone but I have Jazz who keeps trying to help me even though I never asked for…"
"Excuses again? Here I thought you were a bit more mature enough to accept your flaws but clearly not. You have to understand, simply trying to be alone and avoiding your problems will never solve them. You have a test coming? You study. You're having problems with your family? Why not actually try to have a conversation with them and actually express how you really feel?"
"But I… I never asked for…"
"You don't need to ASK for help that FAMILY provide! They will always give it to you when they know you need it. Take your sister Jazz for example, she was worried so about you and wants to do everything in her power to help you. After all, family are the people in your life who want you in theirs, the ones who accept you for who you are, love you no matter what and would do anything to see you smile." Explained Safiria. Danny looked down in disappointment as he realised that everything, she said was right.
"Even your best friends have been trying to be there for you but just like the rest of the people in Amity Park, you have been leaving them behind. So, in the end, if you turn away from those who keep extending their hand to you, won't you just be hurting yourself?" said Safiria which made Danny remember all the times his friends were there to fight by his side, the ghost girls always stood by him ever since they met and how even though his family are goofy, he loves them.
"Wow… I never thought of it like that. I never understood why I didn't think of it before." Said Danny.
"When you're young, frustrated and pressured, your judgement will be confused. It becomes difficult to comprehend and think clearly on what you should do next." Answered Safiria. Hearing her words, Danny nodded in agreement.
"I guess, I'll need apologise to Sam and Tucker. They've always been there for me so I should show them more appreciation." Said Danny.
"And?" asked Safiria.
"I'll make sure to study accordingly for C.A.T." continued Danny.
"Also, I do need to ask. What about your family?" asked Safiria.
"I will apologise to Jazz and give my family a proper explanation." Answered Danny.
"Not them, your OTHER family?" asked Safiria.
"Oh… um well, what do you mean?" asked Danny in confused manner.
Safiria sighed before waving her hand and created a shadow portal which allowed them to see everyone in his group of ghost girls.
Desiree and Dani were watching old cowboy movies, the two seem to have grown closer in an instant as they found each other's company nice. Kitty was on a walk with Luna, the two were enjoying the outdoors. Dora was brushing her Julianna's hair in their castle. Spectra was actually shopping with Arianna. Perona, Daedra and Serena were having a bath… Danny quickly looked away and tried to hide his blushing face. Safiria on the other hand found his flustered reaction quite amusing. But even so, he felt happy knowing that those girls had someone to be happy with and that they were getting use to each other.
"Wait, where's Ember?" asked Danny.
"Oh her… well…" replied Safiria.
Danny watched through the portal and saw Ember with Etna at a park. Ember was wearing her casual outfit which consisted of black shoes, jeans and a shirt. Etna on the other hand was wearing a strange black gothic Lolita dress, she was also holding a girly doll while playing herself on the sandbox. Ember just watched from afar as Etna was having fun but she still wasn't sure what to do. Or how to raise a child.
"I suppose, Ember is having a more difficult time adjusting to her little one. As you can remember, she was still young. So similarly, like you, she isn't sure on what to do." Said Safiria. Danny looked on and felt guilty over her situation.
"You know Danny, you told the girls that they didn't need to be involved when you introduced their little ones to them. But at that moment, you didn't really give them much of a choice considering the options so I doubt they could look away." Said Safiria.
"Yeah… I know what you mean. In that kind of environment, I doubt anybody could've actually said no. I guess I put too much pressure on them." Agreed Danny, feeling guilty over what he did.
"But they didn't back out." Said Safiria which surprised Danny. He looked back to the girls and saw how happy they were together.
"Each of these girls held their daughters together because they knew that you needed them. That in your position, your life sounded like it was over. No more fun, no more life obligations or no more anything now that you're a parent. But they were there for you, they took care of your worry because they love you and wanted to show you that…"
"I'm not alone." Said Danny finishing Safiria's sentence.
"Exactly. So, for all the effort that they're giving you, I think it would be respectful if you gave them your attention too. After all, you need to show them how much they mean to you." Said Safiria which made Danny nod.
"I guess you're right, I guess I should go home and apologise to Jazz for starters." Replied Danny. Safiria raised her eyebrow in confusion.
"Aren't you still in school?" said Safiria which made Danny panic as he tried to check what time it was.
"Oh crud! Lunch ended 10 minutes ago!" panicked Danny as he quickly became intangible and got ready to fly back down.
"Better get going then." Said Safiria as she disappeared into the shadows with a smile.
"And hey… thank you, Safiria." Said Danny with a smile.
"It's quite alright, dear. Just make sure to hold those you love close to you because you will never appreciate them enough until you lose them." Said Safiria as she watched the Halfa fly black inside his school. Safiria got ready to leave but an unexpected guest had appeared by her side.
"Wow, even the blood thirsty Queen has a soft side." Said Willow who was listening to the conversation the whole time.
"Oh, shut up, you hairy queen." Said Safiria before both of them faded away.
After School
All the kid were leaving to go home while the other students were staying behind for after school activities. Tucker and Sam exited the school grounds but Danny quickly ran to try and catch them.
"Tucker, Sam! I need to talk to you guys." Requested Danny. The two turned back to see their friend catching his breath.
"What is it, Danny?" asked Sam with a little hint of annoyance in her voice.
"I haven't been fair on you guys at all recently. I kept you out of the loop during the Pariah attack, I kept making you take the fall when Dani arrived even though it was all an act, and I kept quiet about the ghost girls in our school." Explained Danny. Tucker and Sam just had their arms crossed and looked at each other before shrugging.
"While I'm not even going to try and get into the last one, you don't have to worry Danny. During those times, there was only so much we could've done." Said Sam.
"Even so, that doesn't give me the right to treat you as I did. You're my friends and I should've been more considerate…" continued Danny but Sam went over to her friend and placed her hand on his shoulder while smiling at him.
"Danny, I think we get it." Responded Sam as she tried to get her friend to stop with all the appreciation since it was getting to her.
"Again, I just can't help but be thankful you guys are my friends." Said Danny which made Tucker and Sam roll their eyes since they had to hear thanks again.
"Look man, you don't need to thank us for being friends. You know we've got your back." Tucker smiled as well.
"Yeah, I know but I guess I just felt as though I haven't shown it enough." Admitted Danny.
"Well how about a treat at the nasty burger cos I'm starved." Offered Tucker.
"Hey, I'm down for that." Agreed Sam.
"Hehe, Iets go for it. I just need to…" responded Danny but then a blue breath escaped from his mouth.
"Aw why now? Huh!" Danny looked above before his face turned pale and saw a group of Medieval ghosts flying in the sky.
"Wait, look! It's those old ghosts again!" answered Tucker as he pointed to the air. Before them were muscular ghosts wearing medieval attire except pants cos, they had ghost tails. Each carrying a different type of weapon including an axe, bow, swords, daggers and crossbows.
"I thought you already took care of them?" said Sam as she went through her backpack and took out the Fenton Thermos.
"I did, back when Dorothy first came to our school. But what are they doing now?" replied Danny as he looked over and recognised the direction they were heading to.
"Wait, they're heading towards… MY HOUSE!" said Danny surprised. He immediately jumped into the air and did a front flip as a white ring appeared vertically and split apart, transforming him into his halfa form.
"Guys I need to go!" said Danny as he began to fly at max speed.
"Don't worry Danny, we'll get there as soon as we can." Said Sam, as the two began running towards the same direction.
"Mom! Dad! Jazz!" Danny clenched his fists as he worried about what those ghosts were after. However, little did he know that from afar, a figure in a white tattered cloak was watching him from afar. As the figure watched him fly away, they themselves turned invisible.
Danny's home
Danny immediately flew into his house and looked around in the living room to try and find his family. At this moment, he expected his house's defences to protect them from the ghosts but Danny noticed something. None of the electrical items in the house were working.
"What the… what happened to all the power?" Danny felt the mist escape from his mouth, he immediately descended into the lab and saw that no one was around. No sign of Maddie, Jack or Jazz anywhere so he feared the worst.
"MOM! DAD! JAZZ!" yelled Danny as he tried to find his family but his ghost sense activated again and he noticed a Muscular Ghost figure appear behind him with a Giant Axe.
Danny immediately turned around and slammed his fists together on the axe as the Muscular Ghost swung it down. Danny used all of his strength to prevent the blade from cutting him, he quickly fired an ecto ray from his eyes at the Muscular ghost's face.
"ARGH!" the Muscular ghost let go of the axe and floated back as he covered his face. Danny quickly threw the axe aside before casting a blue aura shield on himself.
"Alright you Medieval Rejects! I'm gonna make you pay for hurting my family!" yelled Danny as he got ready to fly towards the axe ghost but at that moment, a dagger flew past his eyes and hit his wall. Danny turned around to see a second Ghost, wearing a black leather outfit with a hood and daggers in his hands. He swung his arms down and sent more blades flying but Danny reformed him body into an S shape to dodge the blades easily.
"Argh! Boy, talk about being on edge." Danny quickly reformed himself and charged his hands with magic as he got ready to fight back.
"Alright spookies! I guess it's time I level up the playing field!" Danny swung two lightning whips towards the ghosts and proceeded to shock them, afterwards he used all of his strength to launch them through the roof.
"Score 1 for the ghost from the hero's guild!" said Danny as he flew up outside the house to locate them. But as soon as he ascended to the sky, he noticed that there were more than two ghosts. Danny was surrounded by 4 medieval ghosts who all used different types of weapons. Axes, Daggers, Arrows and swords.
"Um… can we play this one by ear?" requested Danny nervously. The Dagger ghost immediately threw a few daggers towards Danny but Danny immediately summoned an ecto shield to stop the blades. But before he even had a chance to react, the sword ghost came in to try and swing behind him.
Danny blasted his magic, FORCE PUSH and sent them all flying back. He immediately went on the offensive and fired a powerful lightning blast towards the dagger ghost but at that moment, the axe ghost interfered and blocked the attack.
"Oh great! They're tag teaming on me!" said Danny.
Danny attempted another attack but before he could even move, his sense alerted him of a barrage of arrows heading his way. He tried to block the attack but there was something different about them. It was almost as if the arrows were augmented. While Danny dodged a few of the arrows, one sadly landed on his back.
"ARGH!" cried Danny as he fell to the ground. He looked up and noticed the ghosts looking down on him. They all charged towards him but Danny created a dome shield around himself. However, he could feel his strength feeling sapped.
"What's going on?! My ecto shield is barely holding up!" said Danny as his energy was beginning to deplete. The ghosts began bashing Danny's shield and before he knew it, it started showing cracks from the damage.
"Why am I feeling so weak?" said Danny as he tried his best to concentrate on his shield.
Just as the Axe ghost was about to deliver the final swing, a green ecto beam blasted away the Axe ghost. Everyone turned their attention to the source of the blast and saw Sam and Tucker with their ecto weapons drawn. Tucker immediately took out a lipstick blaster and fired a green ray at the arrow ghost, sending him away.
Sam also ran in while firing from her wrist at the Dagger and Sword ghosts as well. Because the weapon was specially made for ghosts, the two ghosts couldn't defend themselves. Upon coming in contact with the blast, the ghosts were all knocked out. After reaching Danny, Sam tried to help him up.
"Danny, are you okay? Oh my gosh, that looks painful!" said Sam as she saw the arrow on his back.
"Yeah, I know. I think it's draining my powers or something. But thanks for the save Sam." Said Danny as he felt weak on the knees.
"Danny, not that I don't appreciate it but if you thank me one more time, I'm gonna barf." Replied Sam as she readied her weapon for another blast.
"Noted!" replied Danny.
"Oh dude! Are you okay? Let me see if I can't get that out of you!" said Tucker as he tried to get the arrow out. Danny just gritted his teeth as Tucker used all of his strength to take out the arrow. Danny bit his lip as he tried to hold back from yelling and quickly healed his wound.
"Thanks Tuck!" said Danny.
"No offense, but what Sam said applies to me too." Said Tucker as he had enough of Danny's thanks as well. The three went over to the ghosts but only the Axe ghost was conscious.
"Now tell me! Why did you come after my family? Answer me before I need to kick you back into the medieval times." Threatened Danny as he charged his hands with ecto energy. But the Axe ghost just growled through his armour and glared back at Danny.
"Oh yeah, you guys are into the whole quiet ghost thing aren't you. Well, that's fine by me!" said Danny as his eyes began to glow blue and he gathered a large amount of lightning in his hands. Seeing how serious he was, the Axe ghost quickly began flailing his hands and quickly took his helmet to reveal a very nerdy ghost with freckles and glasses.
"Uh um wait no! Please don't hurt me!" begged the Axe ghost surprising the trio.
"Huh? You can talk? And you're a nerd?" said Sam.
"Y-yeah, I only dressed this way cos I'm a huge fan of the RPG game "Axes and Arrows"." Replied the Axe ghost. The three looked over to the other ghosts and realised that they were the same.
"Uh… okay? Back to the point, why did you come after us?" asked Danny.
"It's not just you. All of those who are linked with you are being dealt with. We were tasked to capture them under the orders of the Observants." Replied the Axe ghost.
"What?! What do you mean all those… NO!" yelled Danny in a fit of rage. Danny used the Fenton thermos to suck all the ghosts.
"Guys we need to…" said Danny but at that moment, his ghost sense activated and he looked around to see themselves surrounded by dozen rock ghosts. Sam started firing from her watch while Tucker used the lipstick to attack but sadly, all of the parts that broke off of them simply regenerated.
Danny quickly fired lightning blasts alongside his ecto energy in hopes of destroying the rock creatures but they all regenerated with ease. Right after, one of the Rock Ghosts slammed the ground and sent a shockwave, which sent Sam and Tucker flying towards a wall.
"SAM! TUCKER!" Danny tried to go to his friends but one of the rock ghosts jumped into the air and punched Danny to the ground. Before Danny even had an opportunity to stand up, they started charging over to Danny and started bashing on his back, Danny didn't have any strength left and collapsed as he reverted back to his human form.
"ARGH!" yelled Danny as the heartless Rock ghost delivered a powerful slam on his back.
"Danny!" yelled Tucker and Sam out of fear for their friend. They tried to get back to help him but the Rock army surrounded them, one of them grabbed Tucker's lipstick and ate it whereas the other one grabbed Sam's watch and crushed it.
"Uh oh, we're in trouble." Said Tucker as he backed off. The Rock ghost took out a chunk of itself and used it entrap Sam and Tucker together. Danny looked back to see the danger his friends were in and tried to get back up but he was too weak because of the poisoned arrow.
"No… Sam… Tucker!" thought Danny as he tried to charge up from magic in his hands but at that moment, a large ecto blast completely decimated a group of rock ghosts into a dust.
"GET AWAY FROM MY BABY BOY!" yelled a feminine voice. Danny, Sam and Tucker turned their attention to an angry Maddie, Jack and Jazz. Maddie was armed with an Ecto Saber staff, Jack carried a large Ecto Bazooka while Jazz held in her hand the Fenton Peeler. Jazz pressed the button on the device which transformed itself a fighting armour.
Maddie jumped towards Danny and swung her staff towards the two Rock ghosts that were holding Danny. The Stone ghost started swinging their arms but Jack aimed his bazooka at them and fired a large ecto blast, shattering them to dust with no chance of regenerating. Jazz ran in with her hands charged with ecto energy and she started blasting the Rock ghosts left and right, even an additional turret popped out from her back and continued firing. As one of the stone ghosts attempted to grab her, she blew off its head first and slowly continued firing down its torso.
"That's what you get for hurting my baby brother!" said Jazz in an angry tone.
After which, it was Maddie's turn as she ran in and pressed a button on her staff which transformed it from a saber into a mace. One after another, she started clobbering the Rock golems from their heads to their toes. She jumped up and slammed her mace which sent out a strong ecto wave which created a small crater and destroyed the stone ghosts.
Finally, Jazz took out the Fenton Jack o' nine tails and fired it towards 3 of the stone ghosts. Once they were captured, he used all of his strength and swung them around towards the other stone ghosts before easily shattering them.
"Take that, you rocky ghost scum!" said Jack as he blew on the tip of his device to clear off the dust with pride.
Danny had his mouth hung open since he couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. His family easily took down the stone army and kept HIM safe instead. Even Tucker and Sam couldn't believe what they had just witnessed. The Fentons were clearly a powerful ghost fighting team.
"Kids! Are you okay?" said Maddie as she ran to Danny and saw him in his beat form. Jack and Jazz ran to Sam and Tucker to free them from the rock imprisonment.
"Sweetie! Sweetie! Oh my goodness, are you alright?" asked Maddie as she held her son. Danny slowly opened his eyes and saw his mothers worried eyes. He smiled knowing that it was his family who saved him.
"You guys… you were amazing." Complimented Danny happily as he was relieved that they weren't hurt before falling unconscious.
"Danny! He's in such a bad state! Are you kids okay too?" asked Jack.
"We're fine. But these ghosts just popped up out of nowhere! Where were you guys?" asked Sam.
"Jazz alerted us that some ghosts were after her so we quickly went over to pick her up, but little did we know she hardly needed our help." Explained Maddie as she turned over to her daughter who pressed the button on the Fenton peeler to revert her back to normal.
"Nothing I couldn't handle." Said Jazz.
"But come on, we must return back home! Danny needs some serious medical assistance! I swear, when I find the ghosts who hurt him, I'll turn them to dust!" threatened Jack.
"Dad, you already did that." Said Jazz.
"Oh yeah." Said Jack.
Danny's room
Danny was lying down in bed after getting medical treatment from his family. Sam was sat next to him while holding his hand, worried about how much of a beating he had to take from the rock ghosts. Tucker was standing beside Sam, watching over Danny since he was worried over his best friend as well.
"Sam, Tucker, I just wanted to say thank you for trying to save my brother." Said Jazz. Sam and Tucker turned around to see Jazz by the door.
"Don't mention it, we're his best friends. We'll always be there for him." Replied Tucker. Jazz smiled knowing that his friends had his back.
"I wish I could do the same but… he always rejects my help. I just want to do my part in helping him." Said Jazz as she went over to her brother.
"It's not like you don't…" said Sam but then she felt Danny's hand tighten his grip.
"I'm sorry, Jazz." Said Danny weakly. Everything turned their attention to the halfa on the bed who was slowly trying to get back up.
"Danny, what're you doing? You have to get your rest." Said Sam as she tried to put him back down.
"I'm fine, Sam. But Jazz, I want to apologise to you." Said Danny as he hung his head in shame.
"Apologise?" asked Jazz.
"Yeah, I've been a jerk this entire time and all you ever wanted to do was help me. I just had so much on my shoulders and I didn't want to involve you because I was scared. Scared of the kind of world I'd be bringing you into. But I now realise, that burden was never mine to carry alone." Said Danny as he looked over to his friends and his sister, smiling at the good people he has in his life.
"I promise you, no more secrets and lies. Jazz, the truth is that I'm…" said Danny but Jazz came over and stopped Danny from speaking by grabbing in his hands and kissing his forehead.
"It's okay, baby brother. Apology accepted. And you don't need to tell me any secrets as a way of apologising to me, I'll always be here for you." Said Jazz as the two of them hugged each other.
"Now get some, rest. Mom and Dad are on patrol so we'll stay here on guard just in case. Maybe it'll give you some time to catch up on studying for the C.A.T." said Jazz to which Danny responded with a smile. As soon as Jazz left the room, Sam and Tucker turned back to Danny.
"You're not gonna listen to her, are you?" asked Sam.
"Not really." Said Danny as he revealed his ghost half and got out of bed getting ready to leave.
"Okay you guys, I have something to tell you as well. About… my family." Said Danny. He began to explain to Sam and Tucker about how Vlad created ghost off springs with DNA and the other ghost girls. Safe to say that Sam and Tucker were both grossed out by the sudden revelation of his GHOST family.
"HE WHAT?!" screamed Sam in frustration, not being able to believe the words coming out of Danny's mouth.
"As in more there's more than just Dani?!" asked Tucker.
"Yeah, so many other ghosts. Up until now I feared them and thought about how it would affect my future… when in reality I should've been better to them. They're so young and consider me their dad… it's really difficult to think about." Said Danny.
"I can imagine, Danny. Just the thought of parenthood puts a lot people into a panic, even adults can't bear the thought sometimes so a kid at your age is even crazier. It's definitely something we wouldn't be ready for but rather something you pick up on the way." Explained Sam.
"But how will I know if I can do it? I'm just a kid and I'm just afraid I won't be good enough for them." Replied Danny.
"You won't know because that's all it is… a leap of faith. You're going to be entering a world that others can only help you understand but won't control for you. The steps you take and the choices you make will affect how they will grow up and become in the future. So, my advice to you, Danny… is be good to them." Said Sam as she held his hand causing Danny to blush in surprise.
"She's right, Danny and the best part is you're not alone. You're a lucky guy, those girls are helping you out man. They seem like really good friends to you so I guess you've got more people to help you." Said Tucker.
"Thanks guys, I really needed that. I don't know where I'd be without…" Said Danny but at that moment, Danny grabbed his head in pain. He knelt down as the pain in his head was getting worse.
"Danny, are you okay?" asked Sam as she went over to her friend.
"D-d…an… Danny!" said a familiar voice weakly.
"W-wha…" said Danny as he held his head in pain. This was the power of Silent and Serene heart, an ability which enabled him to discover the state, mindset, truth and communicate with others.
"D-danny… help us." Said Ember who was covered in bruises and cuts.
"PANDORA?! Is that you?" responded Danny in surprise. She was one of the most powerful ghosts in the whole of ghost zone and for her to be in such a state worried Danny.
"…the observants… they've taken the children." Warned Ember causing Danny to freeze in fear.
"What?!"
"Not just Etna… everyone. We need your help." Said Ember before losing conscious and severing the link between the two. Danny clenched his fists in anger as his eyes were changing from green to red before changing back to normal.
"Guys… they've taken them. They took the girls!" said Danny angrily.
"What? Why?" asked Tucker.
"I don't know! But those creeps are gonna lose their only eye if anything happens to them!" threatened Danny.
"Go for it, Danny! We'd love to go but we're still banged up from those Rock Ghosts." Said Sam.
"Yeah, go save your kids, Danny." Said Tucker. Danny nodded to their request and immediately flew out of the building and started heading towards the direction of the girls.
"This is bad! I can't sense anyone! No Ember, No Desiree, no one! I have to…" Before Danny could finish his sentence, a figure came flying down and punched Danny to the ground. He went hurdling down and crashed, mini a Danny print on the floor.
"Okay… OUCH!" said Danny as he held his jaw. He slowly got up and got the dust off of his jumpsuit and looked around. In front of Danny, stood a stranger in black and white. However, from her shape, Danny could tell it was a girl. For some reason, she wore a white hood and a mask to cover her face, she also wore a tattered cape. Her top consisted of a black and white jumpsuit with a diagonal design while her pants were white as were here shoes.
"Who are you?!" asked Danny as he got into a battle stance. However, she stayed quiet and charged her hands with green ecto energy. She jumped and fired 3 ecto waves towards Danny but luckily, he managed to back flip out of the way in time. Immediately after, the stranger teleported in front of Danny and grabbed his jumpsuit and threw him to the ground.
Danny tried to get back up but he saw her flying down, getting ready to punch him. Thinking quick, Danny went intangible and sunk into the ground. When her fist came in contact with the ground, it formed a small crater with her punch alone. Danny slowly flew up and saw her standing still as the dust settled and she wasn't even fazed.
"Whoa… she's strong!" said Danny. The stranger turned to Danny and slowly made her way towards him.
"Seriously, who are you and why are you fighting me?" asked Danny as he fired an ecto ray towards her but she simply charged her hand with energy and swatted away the laser with ease. Danny got taken aback and couldn't believe what he just saw. But he refused to give up and charged up his hands with lightning.
"Staying quiet, huh? I guess I'll beat the information out of you!" said Danny as he charged in towards her. He swung his fists left and right but she easily dodged them and returned a punch of her own towards Danny's face. She then grabbed his foot and slammed him into ground before charging her hands with ecto energy once again. But Danny reacted quick and kicked her out of the way. Danny attempted another spinning kick but she ducked in time. Feeling frustrated Danny attempted another punch but the stranger used a swift movement and parried his punch with ease before delivering a strong elbow hit to Danny's face… ouch.
"What the heck? She's out manoeuvring all of my moves! I can't even hit her." Thought Danny as he held his jaw in pain. The mysterious female however, gave him no chance to concentrate and went for another attack and teleported right in front of him. She delivered a strong flurry of punches and one strong final punch towards Danny's face, sending him flying back.
"Okay, the word "pain" officially applies all over my body." Said Danny as he slowly tried to get back. The mysterious girl flew in for another attack but Danny had enough as his eyes turned red and his hair changed from white to red. In that moment, his form changed as blood began to surround him. His cuts and bruises began to heal themselves and his jumpsuit transformed into a red long coat with black boots and to complete the image, the blood formed into his wings.
The stranger paused and saw his new form, she didn't expect such a transformation. However, she didn't stop and went for another punch but this time, Danny grabbed her wrist and slammed her on her back. He was going to punch but she immediately turned tangible and flew off. Danny quickly retaliated by extending his arm and sending a blood whip which was able to grab her, even in her intangible form.
Danny quickly yanked her down and began to fire a large array of blood crystals towards her. She could only create an ecto shield and defend herself but Danny was relentless. The mysterious female looked up to see his cold red eyes as he continued firing more blood crystals. Danny stopped firing and immediately whipped her away with his blood whip, sending her flying. Afterwards, Danny grabbed her by the throat and slammed her to the ground before using his blood to ensnare her.
"Alright, I've got no time for this! Tell me right now where you took my daughters! Where is Dani?!" Threatened Danny as he summoned more Blood crystals. However, upon hearing his words, the female immediately unleashed a large ecto blast to free herself and backed away. Danny got ready to attack again but the female stood still and threw something at him. He observed the item to some sort of radar like device.
"Use this." Said the Mysterious female as she turned away.
"What the heck is this?" asked Danny cautiously.
"This will allow you to find "her", the one who knows all. She will guide you to your children. Don't worry about your girlfriends, Pandora should be helping them recover." Said the mysterious female before disappearing right before Danny's eyes.
"Wait, how do I use… she's gone. Just who was she?" Said Danny as he looked back to the radar device.
"Okay, so how do I… whoa!" The device extended itself and revealed a pathway towards a certain part of the ghost zone that Danny had never seen before.
"Amazing, it's a radar. I don't know if I should follow this but it's the best lead I've got, I have no choice." Said Danny as he flew back home and got ready to go into the ghost zone through his family's portal.
Unknown location in the ghost zone
Danny flew at top speed while being dragged towards the ghost zone, without even having a chance to look Danny was already in the unknown regions. He looked around and noticed that the usual ghosts and islands were nowhere to be found, compared the world that he used to remember, it was all empty.
"Where is this? It feels so, heavy. I can barely float." Said Danny but he noticed a building which looked similar to a planetarium. A long purple building with multi-coloured orbs floating around it, similar to that of the Solar System. He just watched in awe since he had never seen such a peculiar design for a building in the ghost zone before.
"This must be the place." Thought Danny as he slowly made his way into the building.
Upon entering, he looked around and felt confused at his surroundings. There was plenty of odd items and trinkets such as a dented, chipped and dirty sword. Its hilt was black with worn out leather grip-straps and a red gemstone in the pommel. Danny read a tag on it which read "Scarlet".
Additionally, a metal grey gun-like controller with a black dial which was used to selection a destination as shown on its red LED display. A thick red book with a number 3 written on a golden hand on the front page but Danny found it odd since the hand had 6 fingers instead of 5. Finally, he noticed several boxes of several pink wrappers with an image of Cat made of cookies. An open half even packet revealed a half vanilla ice cream on the left and half strawberry ice cream on the cream.
"Whoa… someone's a bit of a hoarder." Said Danny as he carried on looking around. A blue wisp escaped from Danny's mouth and he quickly turned around to try and find the source.
"Who's there?" said Danny as he quickly looked around but he felt a figure just fly off. He quickly gave chase and flew after the figure but they just didn't stop.
"Wait! Please!" Danny continued to fly after them but the figure didn't turn back. They changed from a purple colour into a red colour and began to fly faster.
"What the? Did they just change colour? Okay, time for plan B!" thought Danny as he flew underground and disappeared. The figure stopped and turned around to see that Danny was nowhere in sight, reverting back from red to purple. They took a deep sigh of relief but Danny flew from below and pinned the ghost to the ground.
"Have I got your attention now!? I desperately need your help! My daughters have been kidnapped; I need your help to find where the Observants took them and…" said Danny but he stopped as he looked at the ghost in front of him.
This ghost had white hair, very tiny black horns poking out of her hair. She also wore a blue robe with a pink shirt and skirt. Her most distinct feature, however, was her large, round spectacles, displaying her beautiful crystal eyes. Danny felt stunned as he realised that he had pinned down a girl and she had tears welling up in her eyes.
"Oh crap… I-I'm sorry. I-I'm Danny Phantom, the halfa from the human world, I was told you can help me." Said Danny awkwardly as he quickly got off and looked apologetic, helping her back up.
"The future king of the ghost zone? What's he doing here? I-I'm T-Tara." said the ghost girl as she sheepishly dusted her robe and introduced herself.
"Look, I didn't mean to barge in unannounced and frighten you like the way I did. I was just wondering if you could you help… me?" asked Danny but the ghost girl quickly flew towards him and started pushing him towards the window.
"P-Please, you can't be here. My master will have my head!" said the ghost girl as she nervously pushed the ghost boy.
"W-what?" asked Danny in confusion.
"T-This is a forbidden zone, only allowed for two people. Y-You're not supposed to be here!" emphasized the girl as she continued to push Danny. Even though he needed her help, he couldn't help but find her shyness rather adorable.
"I mean, there's only two of us here right now. So, isn't that fine?" joked Danny as he stopped at the window and turned around.
"That's not what I meant!" said the ghost girl as she puffed her cheeks in frustration and waved her fists around. Danny actually just stayed silent as he saw her cute expression.
"Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. I didn't come here to cause any trouble; I just needed your help. Apparently, you know everything about the ghost zone." Said Danny but Tara fiddled with her thumbs before slowly shaking her head.
"I-I think your friend was referring to my master. B-But please, he cannot know you have been here! I-It was my duty to keep a look out for any intruders but you're here so I didn't do a good job!" panicked Tara as she began to wonder what her master would do as a punishment.
"Wow, talk about insecure." Thought Danny but he went over to her and gently placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Please, I need to find my daughters. They've all been kidnapped; I can't stand by like this. I must find them as quick as I can! I haven't been fair to them or their parents… if anything were to happen to them…" said Danny as he knelt down in frustration. Tara watched as she could feel his frustration and sighed as she felt defeated at his sincerity.
"O-okay! I-I can help!" said Tara surprising Danny.
"Really?" asked Danny.
"Y-yes, just give me a moment." Said Tara as she summoned her staff. She proceeded to open a dimensional rift and stick her hand inside it, surprising Danny. He had no idea where her hand was going but he wasn't sure what to expect. Afterwards, she pulled out a goofy looking pair of goggles and wore it, to which she started to look around in confusion.
"I've found them!" said Tara.
"You have?" asked Danny in surprise since she did it so quickly and with very dumb looking glasses.
"Uh huh… oh no." said Tara as she slowly took off the glasses.
"What's the matter?" asked Danny.
"The location of their whereabouts, it's the Court of Observants." Answered Tara in a nervous manner.
"The Court of Observants!? Where is it?!" asked Danny enraged.
"I-I don't know. I just know that you have to get them as quick as you can. I can give you this paper, it will allow to travel directly to their location." Said Tara as she handed Danny a very tiny piece of paper with an image of the building which was the court of observants.
"Really? Thank you!" said Danny.
"B-But perhaps, it's not the best idea to go." Advised Tara in fear.
"Why not?" asked Danny.
"T-The Observants are some of the ghost zones most powerful watchers. T-Tasked with keeping the peace of both the human world and the ghost zone. They will surely have some of the ghost zones strongest warriors beside them. You cannot defeat them." Explained Tara.
"Maybe alone I can't but luckily for me… I'm not alone. Before I head over there, I just need to make a quick stop. Thank you for everything, Tara. You're a very kind ghost." Complimented Danny which caused the ghost girl to blush in surprise at his words.
"U-um… t-thank you! A-and good luck!" said Tara as she watched Danny fly off at top speed.
"You'll need it." Said Tara as she went back to her duties.
Court of Observants
Within the large walls of the court room, the 7 girls were all in the centre of the room, caged. The executioner stood by them with a large axe ready. There was a large audience of the Observants who were all sat around the court house, surrounding the girls and looking down on them with their large individual eye. At that moment, a black robed Observant with a gavel took to the highest chair in the room and sat down.
"Where the heck are we?" asked Dani as she looked around to see the large number of ghosts looking down at that. Dani looked around to her sisters and saw all of them had different reactions to their situation. Amara, Etna and Luna were all sitting together and trying to comfort each other while crying, scared of their predicament while Julianna, Arianna and Serena were sat away from each other.
"You guys! We need to get out of here!" said Dani. Dani tried to use her powers but she couldn't bring any of them out.
"What's the point? We can't use our powers here and any moment now, we're going to be nothing but ectoplasm." Said Arianna surprising Dani and the other girls.
"How can you give up so easily? We just got our freedom and you're already ready to give it up?" said Dani. Luna wiped away her tears and stood up after hearing Dani's words.
"Dani's right! There's no way that we should give up so quickly, our moms and dad will come for us for sure!" said Luna.
"Will they really?" asked Arianna in disbelief. The girls all looked at each other, not understanding what she meant.
"I mean… why wouldn't they?" asked Etna.
"Do they really have any reason to save us? We literally met them yesterday and judging from the age and maturity of our "father", he's probably relishing on the idea of ditching us." Said Arianna which angered Dani.
"How dare you say that?! Danny loves us! He'd never want anything to happen to us!" said Dani.
"Are you sure? He wasn't particularly disappointed when our mothers agreed to take us off his hands!" said Arianna. All the girls looked at each other and looked down because they started fearing that maybe what she was saying was right.
"It's hopeless to even try and for all we know, he probably wants us to…" said Arianna but before she could finish her sentence, Serena delivered a slap to Arianna's face.
"Do not sully the name of our father! He loves us all very much and would never want such fate to befall upon his own daughters!" said Serena angrily. Arianna slowly looked over to Serena to see her serious expression.
"I know the real reason why you say what you do, my sister. You are afraid. You wish to believe that our father will not come to protect us because you are fearing the worst but you must have hope." Said Serena as she offered her hand to her sister Arianna. Deep down, she couldn't lie to herself because she acknowledged Serena's words that she was afraid. But it wasn't of being captured but that Danny wouldn't come save her.
"It's true, Arianna. We have to…" said Dani. However, her sentence was cut short as the cage began to electrocute the girls causing them all to scream in pain. After the electrocution was finished, the cage began to slowly ascend and all the Observants
"Daddy… please, help us." Said Etna weakly before losing her vision.
"Observants, it is our duty to keep the balance and protect that is all holy within the human world and ghost world. We are all seeing, we have seen what is to come of the future if continued down this path. And the reason for it, is right in front of us." Said the Black Robed Observant as he pointed to the cage of girls. Just then, the girls were taken out of the cage and chained up to several beams of light which began appearing in the court.
"We know what is to come if we do not take action now. Therefore, we must put an end to this nightmare before it begins!" said the Black Robed Observant causing all of the other Observants to cheer and roar.
"We must save the world from the 3rd act! We must save the world, from Danny Phantom!" said the Black Observant as she slammed his fist on the table.
"Someone called?" said an approaching voice. The Observants looked around and turned their attention towards the source of the voice, afterwards Danny crashed through the glass and slammed into the room. The shockwave sent the surrounding Observants flying while the executioner activated a device which caused the girls to be placed in a barrier.
Danny slowly stood up as he wore a black and white metal armour with DP written on the chest, he also had a white cape. He looked around and noticed the thousands of Observants before him but he knew that he had nothing to fear from them since he heard that all they ever did was observe and never act. Danny looked up and noticed his daughters trapped and cracked his knuckles in anger as he got ready to battle.
"You guys… just made a big mistake!" said Danny with venom in his voice. He charged his hands with lightning and his eyes were glowing blue.
The Observants all began to scatter as they feared Danny's wrath but the black robed Observant simply flew from his chair and clicked his fingers which summoned several powerful ghosts. Beside him stood four large bi-pedal animals, a rhino, zebra, koala and a minotaur, all holding clubs and wearing black pants.
"We've been expecting you, Mr Fenton. My name is Umbra, pleasure to make your acquaintance." Said Umbra as he stood before Danny.
"Nice to meet you, Umbra. I'm going to kick all your butts for stealing my daughters." Said Danny as he charged up his fists with lightning. He jumped straight for the black robed Observant and fired lightning towards his direction but the Rhino ghost stood in front and absorbed all of the energy in his horn. The Rhino ghost then appeared behind Danny and got ready to slam his club on him but Danny created an ecto shield to stop the club from hitting him.
"Whoa! He's strong! But I'm stronger!" said Danny as he pushed away the club and delivered a powerful ecto punch on the Rhino's face, sending him flying and crashing into a wall. The observants and the other beast ghosts watched in surprise at the feat that Danny had just performed.
"H-he… he managed to hurt the Rhino guard!?"
"I-Impossible!"
"Just how powerful has he become?"
Danny proceeded to fly towards the girls but before he could fly any further, Umbra appeared in front of him and sent a wave of swords flying towards him. To which Danny fired a force blast which sent all the swords flying away but the Observants created a shield to defend themselves. Danny gathered up flame in hands before slamming the ground which caused fire pillars to rise from the ground and attack Umbra.
"Argh! Magic? From a human?" said Umbra in surprise.
"Yep! Full of surprises, aren't I?" boasted Danny as he created two lightning whips. The other beast ghosts charged towards Danny with clubs. As the Koala and Zebra ghost started swinging their clubs towards Danny, he used his whips to grab their clubs and pulled it to cause them to hit each other instead. The minotaur ran in charging directly towards him but Danny immediately jumped over him and used his whips on his horns and started riding on him.
"Oh! Whoa! Yippee Ki-yay!" said Danny as he used all his strength to turn him with his horns. Danny turned him towards Umbra's directions with the other Beast ghosts and he kicked the Minotaur to speed him up towards the ghosts. Umbra activated a barrier in hopes of stopping the minotaur but upon coming into collision with the barrier, it shattered and sent all of the beasts flying. Taking this opportunity, Danny fired a large powerful towards the Beasts ghosts and sent them flying.
"The girls!" said Danny as he made his way towards the girls who were still trapped within the light pillars. Just as Danny was about to reach Dani, he felt something grab his leg and slam him back on the floor. He looked back to see that the beast ghosts weren't even fazed and were back up, ready to fight.
"What the? That was one of my more powerful attacks? How did…?" asked Dani.
"They're very strong and resilient. The Beast ghosts, our personal guardians. And they'll make sure to teach you a lesson." Said The Black robed ghost as he fired a powerful ecto blast at Danny. The blast was so strong, it sent him crashing towards a wall.
"Okay, my head and everything below it… hurts." Said Danny as he slowly got up. The Beast Guardians all charged at Danny in hopes of clobbering him to which Danny responded with a lightning chain which electrocuted all of them together.
"Alright guys, time to bust out some magic!" said Danny. He ascended into the air and transformed into a Blue aquatic form which enabled him to summon a tidal wave of water which swept away the Observants. The Observants attempted to defend themselves with magic but Danny's power was easily able to negate theirs. After the tidal wave passed, Danny turned green with frog like legs and muscular arms. He jumped into the air and delivered a powerful punch to the Koala guardian, following this he jumped quick and delivered a powerful kick to the Rhino's face.
"Wow, Zard powers have a serious… kick!" said Danny. The Zebra and Minotaur got ready to strike him but as the clubs nearly reached Danny, he changed from green to a blue hybrid dragon. His hands stopped the clubs and pushed them back to their faces. Umbra couldn't believe what he was seeing and sent out a large tiger to attack Danny. Within moments, Danny changed forms from a dragon to a Lycan. As the tiger got closer, Danny roared at the top of his lungs, sending out a powerful shockwave, destroying all the glass in the court. The Tiger turned from green to white with fear and ran the other direction.
"What's next?" asked Danny with a smirk. Umbra waved his hands and a group of Observants gathered beside him, transferring their powers into him. After a little charging time, Umbra fired a powerful flame blast which was about to swallow up Danny but Danny grew horns and a tail and began to recite ancient words.
"Ooh ta riv Majio!" said Danny which created a barrier in the shape of a book. All the fire began to flow inside the book and after a little spin, the fire went back towards Umbra. As the fire began to disappear, Danny looked up to see an army of Observants behind Umbra who gave him all of their powers. In that moment, Umbra released a ecto blast so large that even Danny became overwhelmed and fell to his knees.
"Enough, Danny Phantom! You shall not defeat us! Do you truly think you can defeat us alone? Look around you, you're surrounded by some of the Ghost Zone's most powerful ghosts. You do not stand a chace!" said Umbra.
"Huh, I have to admit. I've been dealing with all of this stress and fighting because I thought it was all my responsibility for me to bear. Because I wasn't ready, because I shut myself and refused to let anyone in." replied Danny as he slowly reverted back to his human form and got up.
"But now, I know I'm not alone and that I have others who will always help me. And underestimating our power, will be your undoing!" Said Danny as he remembered his family and friends.
"Oh really? What do we have to fear? You?" asked Umbra as he charged up the power in his hands.
"You guys think I'm the one you should be afraid of? You should be afraid of what's coming." Said Danny.
"And what's that supposed to be?" asked Umbra.
"Their mothers." Replied Danny as he crossed his arms.
Suddenly a large explosion came from behind Danny, all the ghosts immediately turned their attention to the source of the explosion. Before them stood 8 individual girls releasing an aura of pure rage and anger.
Desiree wore a black and red robe with a hoodie to cover her face while revealing her mouth. She also had a cape on her back and a red belt around her waist. She looked up to the Observants before cracking her knuckles before enlarging them into twin scimitar like swords but she then morphed her body to summon 4 more arms and grew 2 more heads on her left and right.
Ember wore a black leather outfit consisting of a biker jacket, leather pants and boots with sharp spikes on the wrists and shoulders. To perfect her image, she had a steel chain around her torso going down diagonally. She had transformed her blue flames into that of the dragon fire she once used against back at Pariah's castle. Burning with anger, she took out her guitar which took began to emit fire.
Dora was in her dragon form but she began to shrink as her dragon like features began to combine her human body. While she mostly retained her human form, she had a hint of scales on her face, blue wings on her back and a tail. She slowly opened her eyes to reveal her dragonic eyes before clenching her fists for what was to come.
Pandora wore a black armour with a flame cape and weapons in each hand ranging from spears, swords, shield and an axe, ready to fight all those who had harmed her family. Her armour was as if Hades himself blessed her armour, releasing an ominous mist and having goat horns and spikes on the shoulder.
Spectra had worn a red catsuit. It zipped up to the front and had fingerless gloves with a DP logo on the side. Her entire body was covered in gadgets from top to bottom such as grenades, guns, ecto sabers and the Fenton Thermos. She slowly took out her black sunglasses and wore them as her hands began to emit a dangerous energy.
The Dragon Blood sisters were both wearing armour which were in contrast to each other. While Perona wore a white dragon armour with metallic wings on the helmet which covered her face, her sister wore an amour of a black knight which represented death. Perona also had a blue cape with a sword and shield which had floral pattern on them while Daedra had a red cape. But neither of them were in the mood for mercy.
The most surprising one however amongst the group was Kitty. She was entirely white except her eyes which were blood red. Her hair had become longer while flowing down to her legs. She wore a white tank top, black skirt and heels. It was even more surprising as she displayed no form of emotions and was floating while staring them down. Danny charged his hands and flew up to the other ghost girls.
"Mommy!" cried Etna as she saw her mother arrive alongside her aunts. All her prayers were answered as she knew they would come for them.
"Now that we're all here. I'd say it's time for some pay back." Said Danny. The Observants all watched as some of the strongest ghosts were floating before them with rage in their eyes, ready to take them out of their afterlife.
A group of Observants quickly gathered together and fired a large laser blast towards them. Perona jumped in front of the group and put up her shield which enlarged into an even larger Ecto shield. After the blast disappeared, Perona stood firm as she retracted her shield. The Observants were in shock that not even their combined might was strong enough to stop them but Ember took centre stage as she jumped in front Perona.
Ember took lead as she powerfully strummed her guitar sending a powerful flame wave towards the Observants, they created a barrier themselves but the force of the wave pushed them back. Before the Observants even had a chance to react, Kitty disappeared in a split second and reappeared before the barrier.
Kitty had her hand 1 inch away from the barrier but in a blindingly quick speed, her hands began emitting electricity before her hand turned into a fist and punched with so much force that the Observants were spiralling towards the wall and crashed through several pillars.
Even Danny and the others were surprised at Kitty's strength, this was a form they had never seen before but it was her power which was activated after Luna was captured. A motherly instinct which kicked in after she knew her family was in trouble.
"Whoa, I've never seen her so angry." Said Danny in amazement.
"Do not underestimate the power of a mother. If pushed too far, there is nothing that will stop her." Said Pandora as she charged into battle as well.
"Trust me, I know." Replied Danny as he remembered how Maddie went into a fury when he was in trouble earlier.
"LET'S SAVE OUR KIDS!" said Perona while firing her lance towards the enemy.
"Right!" said Danny and the girls.
Danny flew towards the girls to save them as he could see that they were all beginning to collapse due to exhaustion. They didn't know but the light was draining them of their power and Dani could see their skin beginning to melt.
"Hang on girls, daddy's coming!" thought Danny as he clasped his hands together and slammed into the ground, sending a shockwave across the room which was easily avoided by the girls but not the Observants.
At that moment, a giant yeti ghost came into the room and roared as he swung his large muscular arms around, attacking anyone including the Observants. The ghost kept roaring and attacking until he saw Danny, he got ready to punch causing Danny to stop in his tracks to fight.
Pandora in her taller form countered the punch with her own which sent a powerful wave, shattering the rest of the glass. Afterwards, the two locked hands and battle for supremacy.
"Vile vermin! You will pay for standing in our way!" threatened Pandora as she used her spare arms to deliver several punches to the gut. As the Yeti ghost lost its strength, she used her strength to pull him over and slammed him on his back.
"Thank you, Pandora!" said Danny.
"No problem, honey. Now go save our kids." Replied Pandora with a wink which irked the girls but Danny continued to fly over paying it little attention. As the Observants brought out another group attack, Desiree and Ember flew by Danny's side.
Desiree transformed her hands into large speaker phone while Ember got her guitar ready, she strummed down which sent a powerful sound wave but it was enhanced to another level with Desiree's help. Luckily everyone else managed to cover their ears before the attack launched which managed to save their ear drums.
"Whoo! Now that's what I call music!" said Ember as she did a mini riff on her guitar.
The Observants began getting desperate as they released another creature towards Danny. A large three eye rat creature began running towards Danny, it enlarged its nails and whacked around several Observants with its large tail.
"Yikes, someone call the pest control!" joked Danny as he dodged all the slashes heading towards him from the Rat Ghost. As it attempted to lunge at him, it was stopped in its place. It turned around to see Kitty gripping its tail tightly. Before it had a chance to react, Kitty used her strength to easily pull Rat ghost into the air and slam it down on its back.
Everyone in the room watched in awe as Kitty displayed her brand-new strength and easily started spinning the creature in the air using its tail before launching it out the Court room with ease.
"Oh my gosh! I guess that's why you never pin a cat against a rat! Great job, kitty!" cheered Danny as he continued to fly. Kitty turned to Danny and quickly reappeared next to him, she moved in closer to his ear.
"Go and save our kids, babe. I'm counting on you." Whispered Kitty as she gently kissed his cheeks and reappeared back to her original spot. Danny touched his cheeks as he realised that she was able to kiss him and go back within seconds.
"You got it." Danny nodded as he gave her a thumbs up. Kitty saw the response and gently smiled upon seeing the response.
Danny continued to fly but a group of Observants formed a spiky large wall to slow him down. However, Dora flew in a blinding speed and punched the spike on the wall, shattering it to pieces. Everyone was amazed by how much durability she had; they were expecting her hands to get skewered but her skin was so strong that not even titanium could cut her.
"You ghosts have clearly never fought against an angry dragon mother, have you?" asked Dora as she roared a powerful fire from her mouth. The Observants all flew away in fear from her fire but it was too late, half of them were easily swallowed by her attack.
"Wow, you're amazing, Dora!" said Danny. He looked around and watched as Spectra used all the gadgets at her disposal and fired a barrage of blasts and grenades towards the enemy. She even brought out the ecto staff and performed a powerful spin attack easily wiping out a group of Observants. As Danny carried on Flying, Perona and Daedra flew besides him, spinning together to create a black and white drill to power through all the ghosts, beast guardians and with the help of Danny, they gathered all of their energy to fire a…
"THUNDER FLASH!" cried Danny, Perona and Daedra, obliterating the entire right half of the court into nothing. With that opportunity, all the Observants had lost their confidence and tried to escape but the girls weren't going to give them the opportunity. Danny quickly flew to the girls and used his powers to destroy the chains holding them and taking them away from the light.
"Girls! I'm here now!" said Danny as he held Dani in his arms but as he lifted his left hand, he could see her ectoplasm in his hands.
"What? No! Dani!" said Danny as he used his healing spell to try and help her recover but it was too late. Dani shed a tear and slowly raised her hand to try and reach Danny but before she could touch him, she completely dissolved into ectoplasm. He looked around and all of them starting to do the same. Danny quickly held Etna as she was the only girl left.
"I-I'm sorry, daddy." Said Etna as she began to cry. Danny brought out as much magic as he could in hopes of reviving her.
"W-we love you." Said Etna weakly before her head lowered slowly and her hands became motionless and she dissolved as well.
"NO! NO! NO! NO! KIDS!" yelled Danny causing all of the ghost in the court to stop in their tracks and turned their attention to Danny. The girls all started shedding tears as they saw what had happened to their daughters. Even though they only had 1 day to spend time with each other, through their bonds they learned so much about each other and gave each other what they were missing, a family.
"Hahaha! You've failed! We've succeeded!" boasted Umbra as his laugh roared throughout the court.
Danny slowly shivered as he held the ectoplasm which was once his daughters and gripped his fists. Speechless, he slowly stood up as his eyes turned red and tear down fell down his face but instead of a tear, it was blood. Blood also fell off his hands as he was gripping his hands too tightly but within moments, the blood began to reshape itself around him. The blood flew around and transformed into his wings and a sphere above his head.
"NOOOO!" cried Danny as the blood began to turn into a tornado, spreading everywhere and attacking all the ghosts. In his blind fury, all the Observants were beginning to great disintegrated one by one by just touching his blood. The girls all tried to dodge and avoid his blood to the best of their ability but as soon as they regrouped, they saw the blood nearly approach them. Ember froze as the blood was a literal centimetre away from her eyes.
"Time OUT!" said a purple robed ghost as he waved his clock like staff and stopped everything around. He looked around before turning into a childlike version of himself and saw the horror before his eyes, the destruction of hundreds of Observants, the death of Danny Phantom's children, nearly the destruction of friends and most importantly, the rage of Danny Phantom. The purple hooded ghost flew towards Danny Phantom and waved his hands on him.
"Safiria, I must speak with you." Said the purple robed ghost as he waved his hands which forcibly brought out the spirit within Danny. The vampiric queen looked around and noticed how time was stopped and she turned around to see the reason behind it.
"Well well, if it isn't the master of time himself, Clockwork." Said Safiria. The master of time changed from a baby into an adult version of himself and bowed to the queen of the vampires.
"It is good to see you too, Safiria. It has been a while but I'm afraid I must cut this reunion quite short and ask you, what is happening before us?" asked Clockwork as the two had looked around the whole court to see the chaos that had ensued.
"If I had to be honest, I'd say that Danny Phantom has finally cut loose." Said Safiria as she waved her hand and summoned herself an umbrella.
"Because of you." Said Clockwork.
"I beg your pardon?" asked Safiria.
"Don't try and play a fool with me, I know this is your power. You're the reason why all of this is happening." Said Clockwork as he went over to the Observants and Danny's friends.
"Oh yes, how could I forget. You're the man who knows everything, that was or will ever happen. That's right, this is my power and I allowed Danny to use it to destroy the Observants." Admitted Safiria.
"And his friends it seems. Why would you allow this?" asked Clockwork.
"Because, I felt it. His heart, his soul, the rage brewing the moment his family died right before his eyes. And you know, I am a part of him, his rage is my rage. His emotions are my emotions, and I simply decided to give him a little push." Answered Safiria.
"But do you think this is something he would want? Revenge? To destroy other souls? Look at him, he's a young boy who needs help but not to hurt others but to protect his family. And you know just as I well I do, you're the only one who can help him." Said Clockwork as he went to Danny Phantom who was crying in the middle of his blood tornado.
"Fine, but it will come at a great cost." Said Safiria.
"I'm sure, he'll make the right decision. Time in!" said Clockwork as he pressed the button on his staff which began to reverse time as the blood began to go back into Danny and the destroyed ghosts were back to their original form including Danny's daughters. Time stopped at the moment where Danny appeared in front of his daughters just as they were about to dissolve.
"GIRLS!" yelled Danny as he was about to use his healing powers.
"Da…ddy?" asked Etna weakly as she looked up to see Danny before her.
"I knew you'd come." Said Etna as she fainted from the exhaustion. All the other girls smiled as well since they all felt happy that Danny had arrived but none of them had the strength to continue any longer.
"GIRLS! No!" said Danny.
"Danny, wait!" said Safiria as she appeared behind Danny as his shadow. Danny turned back to see her and couldn't understand why she was there.
"Huh, Safiria?" asked Danny.
"Your daughters ecto structure have become weak, they're destabilising." Warned Safiria.
"What? No! Isn't there anything I can do?" asked Danny as he continued using his magic. Safiria slowly nodded as she began to use her powers to help the girls recover their lost ectoplasm.
"I do have a solution but it will come with a great cost." Said Safiria.
"Name it! Whatever it is!" said Danny.
"Do you remember the ritual which enabled you to come back from the dead, using our blood?" asked Safiria.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Our blood still resides within you. If you perform the ritual again, we can transfer ourselves to your daughters and heal them but…" said Safiria but she hesitated to finish her sentence. However, when she looked at Danny's face, he just had an expression of hope knowing there was a way to save them.
"…It would mean you would lose all the powers we bestowed upon you and probably become weaker. Not to mention, since there are 7 of them, a large amount of blood will be necessary and… you're the only donor." Said Safiria as she clearly tried to explain to Danny that he would undoubtedly die from doing the ritual.
"I'll do it! I don't care what it takes!" said Danny without a moment's hesitation surprising Safiria.
"Really?" asked Safiria.
"Power doesn't mean anything if I don't use them for the sake of my loved ones! Please Safira, do it!" Said Danny.
"No hesitation, even though he would have the power of gods, he was more than happy to give it up for the ones that he loves. I guess Clockwork was right. He did make the right decision." Thought Safira as she nodded.
At that moment, Danny's eyes and mouth began to glow as 7 orbs began to fly out of him. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their attention back to Danny and saw as the dark ritual was being performed.
"The ritual?! But how, that's impossible!" said the Observants.
Danny began to revert from his blood magic form back to his regular black and white jumpsuit. He could feel himself weakening as the power of the queens were coming out of him in orb form and they tell went towards the girls. Silver(Kithia) went to Dani, Red(Safira) went to Etna, Green(Willow) went to Luna, Yellow(Zardonia) went to Julianna, Cyan(Aquella) went to Amara, Crimson(?) went to Arianna and lastly White(Grata) went to Serena.
As the powers slowly began entering the body of the girls, their ectoplasm began to reform and each of them used their powers to get out of their binds. Each of the girls stood before Danny and saw how white he literally became after releasing all the queens from himself and transferred them to his daughters.
"Daddy!? DADDY!" cried Etna as she went over to Danny and gently held him.
"Daddy!" cried Danny's daughters as they all went to him.
"Girls, I'm so glad… you're okay." Said Danny as he looked around to see all of his daughters were fine. He was very happy to know that they were going to be okay as the ritual was complete but he had nearly lost all of his blood and his vision had completely faded out.
"DADDY!" cried the girls.
Chapter End
Welp, that's the end of that, Danny's dead. Hope you guys enjoyed that story! Nah, I'm just kidding! This chapter was a heck of a lot to dish out but next chapter! We begin an important arc! In fact, the chapter is hallway finished and to be honest, I want to finish this story by the end of the year. Not that I want to finish it in a half assed way, I already have the ending planned out in my head ever since I wrote the story. I just need a little help and I'll be able to pump out chapters MUCH faster. So if you're interested, lemme know. Anyways, this chapter isn't my most finest writing so if there's any mistakes, I'll try to re upload it better but for now, I hope you guys can forgive my poor writing. Thank you and have a good morning/afternoon/evening/night