Chapter 2:
The Painfully Truth, Death, and Reborn
Valerie Grey/The Red Huntress' P.O.V

Yes! I have done it! I've caught the Phantom and now can finally have my revenge. He has ruined my life for the past two years! He, his damn ghost dog, and his 'ghost friends' had been a problem. But now it is my time, and no one will stop me! Not his damn ghost dog, his ghost friends going to stop me!

"What happens?" Phantom groaned as he woke up with his arms and legs bound. He looked down at me and glared, "Where am I, Valerie?"

"It's Red Huntress, Ghostboy!" I shouted. Invariably I wouldn't say I liked it when he called me first to know my personality and treat me like a child.

He groaned in frustration, then looked around in worry, "Danielle? Where is she?"

Danielle? Oh, that must be the Ghostboy's cousin's name. I saw this Danielle transform from a human into a ghost! All the books about Ghosts have never told me there was a half-human/half-ghost race, which must be rare. But I don't care cause now I would've my revenge against the Ghost that ruined my life and Dad's life.

"Mayor Vlad have-"

"You let that monster take her!" He interrupted me with a snare like an animal while his eyes started to glow green.

Okay, I never have seen him this angry before. So this must be him slowly becoming his aggressive form. When teen Ghosts like Phantom lose control or near death, there will change into their adult/powerful form from what I have read. Think of it as a Hail Mary move for a ghost. No more games. No wittier banners. No more running away. Just me and the Ghost that ruins everything for me! I got my weapons ready cause this would be our last fight.

The Phantom screamed in pain and frustration. Fangs appeared in his lower and upper jaws, and his fingertips looked like claws. His hair started to stand up and move like raging flames—his skin changed into a teal color like all the ghosts I fought.

"No! What is happening to me!?" Phantom's voice changed from his normal voice to a man's. He looked at the broken mirror then his eyes widened as if he was staring at a monster. "No! I don't want to be him!"

Why does it sound like he doesn't want to transform? It sounds like he is afraid to become his following form.

Phantom stopped groaning with his head hanging low, and when he raised his head, I was shocked to see the Ghost Boy break free!

I ready my blasters, but Phantom had other plans cause he basely growled at me then moved his hand, freezing me in place.

"She better be alive, Valerie. Or I will ruin your life." Phantom never made threats before. His threat sounds so severe that it surprises me. After being frozen for 5 minutes, I moved my body again.

"I need to get to Mayor Vlad!" So I actively my hoverboard to fly there before Phantom kill him!

~Mayor Vlad Masters' Manor~

I finally made it to the home of Mayor Masters to see it flashing green and pink light and smoke coming from the inside too. Oh no! Phantom is attacking the Mayor!

"Mayor Masters!" I quickly entered the manor and couldn't believe what I was seeing. The Phantom fought the vampire ghost Plasmius. How did this Ghost get here? And where is Mayor Masters?

"Why Daniel, this is a good look on you," Plasmius teased as he fired another ghost ray at Phantom. "Mine talking to your dear old uncle Vlad about this? Or are you finally becoming like your father?"

Phantom growled and started to grow a little, then fired another of his ghost rays. However, Plasmius dodged the attack and then punched him in the face. I threw an anti-ecto grenade between them, causing both to separate. Phantom crash against the wall while Plasmius fall on his knee. I pointed my blaster at the Ghost, "Where is the Mayor, ghost scum?!"

"Oh, for the love of-!" Plasmius grunted in annoyance. "I was hoping that foolish boy would kill you finally!"

"Whatever, Plasmius! Now, where is the Mayor?"

"Oh, he is right over there." He pointed at the spare closet with that evil smirk of his.

"Help! These evil ghosts had trapped me!" Mayor Master shouted in terror.

"Mayor Master!" I started running toward the closet to save him.

"No! Not this time, Plasmius!" Phantom shouted, then a tiny explosion sent me back and left a green smoke.

I turned around in horror and saw Phantom lower his right hand, still smoking green smoke. Oh my God! Phantom had killed Mayor Master in cold blood!

"It's time for her to see the truth," he said so calmly and cold that it may make my back shiver in fear.

"Mayor Vlad! Mayor-" I stopped and couldn't believe my eyes as Mayor Vlad turned into the Plasmius Ghost! "You are a... ghost?"

"Of course, I am a ghost, you stupid girl!" The Plasmius Ghost shouted, then smirked evilly.

"But why?"

"I needed someone to battle and surveillance Daniel when I am not here." He disappeared and then reappeared beside Danielle. "And who better than a spoiled brat that 'think' the ghost boy ruined her life when it was I that drained your father's bank accounts and bought your childhood home. Hahaha!"

"That's just pure evil," Danielle stated, with fear in her eyes. Wait a min, why is she melting?

My whole world shattered as all the information entered my head. It's all true. Oh my God. It's all true! Daddy would always wonder how, after all of these years of working at Axion Labs and being a widower of an Army Colonel could he be so broke and lose his home to this company called Dlav- On no! Dalv is backword for Vlad! I had been used since day one because of him—all this time!

"You use me. You use me," I repeated with tears coming down in so much shock in my voice.

"Of course, I did, my pawn." He turned his back on me like it was nothing and like I was nothing but an enslaved person doing their master's bidding. "Now deal with Phantom while I melt his clone."

My shock and pain finally turn into a hellish rage as I pull out my blasters and point at him. No! No more being a pawn for this evil Ghost. No more! "You bastard! I'll kill you!"

"Oh, you won't," he turns back around with a sinister smirk, then points a remote at me and push a red button. "Or can't in your case."

I started to scream in pain and felt my body stiff. Errors were popping in front of my screen with red lights flashing too. "What was happening to me?!"

"Oh, just a gift from Technus. What kind of master would I be if I didn't have a contingency plan when she finally grows a brain." He laughed evilly with his head back, then glared with so much evil in his eyes. "Now kill Phantom!"

My body started to move without control as my blasters pointed toward Phantom and started firing at him. Oh, God! Sending him crashing into a wall again.

Phantom growled in annoyance, then a scythe in his right hand appeared. His signature weapon- the Scythe of Reaper, a long black handle with a glowing green blade and green skull behind it. He can use his ice ability onto it. The edge had high ectoplasmic energy rivaling the Fright Knight's Soul Shredder. He can also change the Scythe into a very long chain-sickle. With one slash of that blade, I might face my worst fear or pain. Now I am terrified for my life.

My battle armor activated my arms' ecto blades and got to a stance. My stance! That damn 'Back to the Future' Ghost even copied my moves!

Phantom charged toward me as he dragged his Scythe against the floor, causing green sparkle to fly. I throw three bombs at him. He used his Scythe to cut the bombs in half, which caused them to explode. The bomb was an ecto-smoke bomb. The green smoke blocks us, but I charge the first move with a flying kick, only to be hitting nothing.

The Phantom must have disappeared to get away from the smoke. My body was on guard, now waiting for him to reappear. I heard chains from the left and saw the green blade coming toward me. I grunted in worry now; he changed his Scythe into a Chain-sickle. I dodge the coming blade, only for it to wrap around me. Phantom reappeared holding the chain and then started to pull toward him.

My armor activates its Specter Deflector mode. I went for a spinning heel kick only to kick nothing but his green ecto smoke form. He turns back into his physical condition and punches me in the face sending me crashing to the wall. He has broken my face shield and caused me to groan. Damn, he can hit! As I tried to stand up, I heard sparkles and looked down in shock. The power source for my suit's waist was cut in half by his Scythe must have missed it while it was around my waist.

I looked up to see an angry Phantom standing over with his Scythe way above his head. It was the end; my life started to flash before my eyes. I'm going to die for my foolish!

"DANNY!" We both looked towards the screaming to see the little ghost girl becoming nothing more than ectoplasmic goo with eyes.

Phantom started to pant with incomplete nervousness and fear written over his eyes. "DANI! NO!"

"I love you. And I am sorry for being a pain. Goodbye Da-." She finally melted into ectoplasmic goo and fell into the bucket. The little Phantasm is now gone from this realm. And it was my fault.

"NO!" He screamed in agony as he grabbed his head. The flames on his head started turning green, forming a green crown. The Crown of Fire! Why does he have one of the Ghost King's most powerful items on him?! Does he also have the Ring of Rage too? If he has that too, then it's all over!

Phantom let out a snarl and started to grow a lot bigger. As big as a grown man, almost looking like the Ghost King. Is this the evolution of Ghost? Would Phantom become the new Pariah Dark?

My damage suit's radar began to pick up two familiar Ghost signals coming here. I groaned in frustration and annoyance. 'Oh, joy. His two minions are coming to make this so worse now.'

"Danny!" The Pharaoh and the Plant Ghost shouted as they appeared from the ceil.

"Oh goody. The rest of the Ghost Team," Plasmius said with no emotion as he was about to check Dani's ectoplasmic goo. "Would you both stop him? I would hate to lose my house to him again?"

"What have you done, creep?!" The Plant Ghost shouted.

"Oh, I have Miss Grey attack Daniel and melt his clone. Just a normal Friday night."

"You what?!" Pharaoh shouted.

"Tut, we must calm Danny down, or he will be him and destroy everything!" The Plant Ghost stated.

He nodded, "Got it! I got Danny; you kick Vlad's ass."

The Plant Ghost charged for the asshole while Pharaoh walked toward a piss-off Phantom.

"Come on, Danny, you've to fight this," he reasoned as sand started to form around him. "You are better and stronger than him."

Phantom growled, then unleashed another one of his powerful moves: the Ghostly Wail, onto his friend. The attack blows the Pharoah away, turning him into nothing but sand. Phantom was on guard mode now because the Egyptian Ghost didn't reform back into a person and attack him.

Pharoah started to reform but just as a sand form with his green eyes. He sends sand-like spears toward Phantom; however, Phantom cuts through those spears like they were nothing, then cuts his friend in half as he finally makes it to Pharoah. Each side of the Egyptian Ghost fell to the floor only for the sand to trap Phantom.

Phantom groaned as he tried to break free as Pharaoh reformed back into his physical form.

"You have to calm down, man!" Pharaoh then formed big sand hands to trap Phantom in place. He grunted as Phantom kept struggling. "If you don't, you will be unleashed, Pariah Dark! Think of Sam, dude!"

Unleashed Pariah Dark? How is that important? However, that seems to calm the Ghost boy down.

"Tut?" Phantom asked in an uninsured tone. His eyes started changing from this hellish red to his 'friendly' neon green.

"Yeah, my brother," Pharaoh smiled as he lowered his leader. "It's me."

Phantom started to breathe heavily as he slowly returned to his usual self.

"Ahh!" We look toward the scream to see Vlad cut off Samantha's left arm with a pink ectoplasm sword. Her arm leaked ectoplasm, and chlorophyll fell in Dani's ectoplasm goo bucket.

"Sam!" Phantom hurries to her aid and fires a Ghost ray at the villain. He got in front of her and growled, "Sam, are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she grunted as vines grew from the wound and formed her arm. She cracked her knuckles and brought out her signature weapon- the Blood Blossom Whip. The whip was a pretty long black vine with small Blood Blossom flowers attached to it. The Blood Blossoms are blood-red flowers with anti-supernatural properties from the 1600s. "Once we kick this creep's ass."

"Don't forget about me," Pharaoh said as his weapon- the Scarab Scepter. I heard that the Scarab Scepter was Anubis, the Ancient Egyptian God of Death. The goldenrod had one end shaped like an ankh while the other was shaped like prongs holding a blue scarab-shaped gem.

"I guess I better make my exit now," Vlad disappeared like the coward he was instead of fighting them.

I groaned, feeling something enter from my back to exit my chest. Everything felt in slow motion as I fell to my knees and saw the familiar pink Ghost Ray hit the wall. We all turn around to see another Plasmuis with pink smoke coming out of his right hand and smirking evil. The villain chuckled and then disappeared. "Not before dealing with one loose end. Farewell, children."

I choked out a lot of blood and was about to fall on my face when Pharaoh caught me.

"VALERIE! NO!" I looked up to see the Pharaoh shouting my name with so much sadness in his voice. He held me tight with tears coming down his face. I didn't know Ghosts could cry.

"Tut! We've to get her out of here!" Phantom shouted.

"But what are we going to do, Danny?" The Plant Ghost asked in a panicked voice.

"Home," he looked at Pharaoh, then nodded. "Tut, she is going to be fine."

"You are going to be alright, Val." Pharaoh kissed me on the lips, which caused my eyes to widen. Wait a minute; his kiss was almost like- He blows some green sand into my face causing me to feel sleepy. As I thought sleep was taking me, I could hear Pharaoh say, "I promise." As everything got dark and the sounds of a baby cry faded away.

I opened my eyes to see everything was dark from miles away. Is this how I sent my afterlife? Trap in the dark for my foolishness?

"So this is the brat Pandora wants us to save, huh?" A woman's voice asked. She sounded so unimpressed by me that it pissed me off. I don't need to hear that crap forever. I died and left my Dad alone because of my foolishness.

"Who there?!"

"I'm one of the people supposed to help you, child. Pandora better owns us big time for this one."

"Who?"

"Just be quiet and continue with your work, Huntress."

"Wait, I don't even know who you are, lady. And why should I?"

The voice chuckled, "Cause I will be the Ghost that brings you back to your loved ones. And the name is Artemis, my child. The spirit of Artemis, the Goddess of the Hunt. My sister Athena will meet you once you are ready."

My eyes widened as the woman appeared to me riding a green Ceryneian Hind. She was a giant blue-skinned ghost that I had seen. She wore a short silver knee-high tunic and grey sandals. In her left hand was a gold and silver bow. And by her side was a vast green fur bear with red eyes.

"Until we meet again, Huntress." And before I could blink, she pulled out an arrow and shot me right in my chest.

My eyes widened in shock and horror at being shot! However, this shot feels so different than before. It felt so comfortable and warm that I felt almost alive as the darkness began to take me whole again.

~The Fenton's Workshop~

I gasped as if I was breathing the air for the first like a newborn baby. I panted, remembering what happened at Plasmius' place. How could I be alive? And was that the spirit of Artemis?

How could I be so foolish to believe that he saw 'potential' in me! I feel like one of the biggest fools in history! I should've listened to Dad and put my 'Ghost Vengeance' behind me. Damn it! Two years. Two years of being his pawn and having hatred toward the wrong Ghost! Damn it! How can I be so stupid!?

"Wait, I am at the Fenton's place? How did I get here?" I asked myself as I got out of the guest room. I then walked down the stairs to the living room to see my friends, my friend's family, a baby, and Dad!

"Valerie!" My Dad rushed toward me and hugged me so hard that he might pop my bones.

And I welcome the hug back with tears. I whisper, "I am so sorry, Daddy. I am so sorry."

"It's okay, Val. It's okay. Oh my God, you're so cold and different now."

"What?"

"Don't worry, Damon," Mrs. Fenton move close to us. She gave us a sad smile, "Once she transforms back to her human form, she will be back feeling warm."

"What?" I repeated. What the Hell are they talking about once I return to my human form?

"Hey, Valerie," Danny greeted. I let go of my Dad and should see the baby in his arms. "Um, we have a lot to discuss now."

"Yes, like how did I get here? Did Phantom and his crew leave me here? And what with the baby?"

"Well, cause we were already there."

"What?"

Danny passed the baby to his mother and then nodded to his friends. Two white halos form from his waist; each halo goes differently. They were turning his everyday outfit into the familiar black and white. His black hair turned snow white with a long ponytail. And his icy blue eyes become neon green like all of the ghosts. He was Phantom! Weak, lazy, scary cat Danny Fenton was Daniel Phantom along! My enemy!

Green rose petals circle Sam's whole body for ten-second, then finally shows her in a short green body dress. Her violet eyes were so green that she didn't have any irises—black eyeshadows on her lower lash line and a blue crystal choker necklace. Six giant vines were on her back. Sam was Samantha, the Plant Ghost, Phantom's mate to be.

In Tucker's hands, the Scarab Scepter appeared as sand started to circle his body. After a second, the sand disappeared, revealing him in a half-pleated kilt wound around his body with the symbol of Shen-ring on his front. Black sandals. His nemes were black and purple, with a green cobra on the top. Tucker, my boyfriend, was Tut, the Pharaoh!

My eyes almost popped out of my head. My friends and my boyfriend are Ghosts. "You guys are ghosts?"

"Half-ghosts, and now you are too," Phantom said as he created an ice mirror to show me.

I gasped in pure shock as I saw myself for the first time. I wasn't in my Red Huntress outfit anymore. Like Artemis' I was now wearing a short red knee-high tunic and black short gladiator sandals. My hair was in cornrows braids.

"What did you guys do to me?!"

"My students save your life," a familiar voice stated. "So stop your whining, brat."

My eyes widen as red mist exits out of my nose. I know that voice—it was the Fright Knight! The Spirit of Halloween was second in command of the fallen Ghost King Pariah Dark. He appeared next to Phantom with his arms crossed and looked annoyed.

"What are you doing here?!"

"To see how I will make a mindless bratty into a sharp knight, child."

I glared, "A mindless-"

"Valerie enough!" Dad shouted, which caused me to stop. "Vlad killed you; this was the only way to save you! Your friends are just trying to help you. So listen to them."

I looked away in shame. Great I just upset Dad. Again. Damn this attitude to Hell. "Fine."

"Yeah, about that," Phantom looked down in embarrassment. "Valerie, you know the Fright Knight. Well, it's a long story for another day. But he and these other ghosts are going to help you too."

"Help me?"

"Yeah, like how they helped me, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz."

"Wait a minute; Jazz is a Ghost too?!"

If Jazz was a Ghost, she must be that new Ghost's name, Sibyl, sister of Phantom and a Psychic Ghost. She wore a long raven cloak, black fingerless gloves, a white jumpsuit like her brother, and black boots. Her hair was as white and long as Phantom's, but she had a black hairband. Her weapon of choice was the four Reality Gems. Each gem was on top of her cloak clasp.

"Yeah, don't worry, you'll meet her and our other mentors later. Rest, and we will get ready first thing in the morning. Okay?"

I looked away but nodded, "Fine."

"Val," Pharaoh-Tucker tried to reach for my hand, but I pulled away.

"Not now. How do I become human again?"

"Just think about turning back to a human."

I closed my eyes and started to think about being human again. After a minute, I opened my eyes to see I was in my old Red Huntress outfit. I exit from Fenton's house and go into Dad's car without looking back at my friends. I glared at the night sky while balling my fists. I'm going to make that bastard pain for this curse.


A/N: I always wonder how the Grey family lost everything just for failing a job like that? Did you guys like how I did Plamuis? Was he evil enough? Or how I did with Team Phantom(I might change the Team's name)? Danny couldn't be the only one with ghost powers!

Jazz's Ghost name was Hell. I wanted to name her Specter so severely as Danny's, but Penelope had already taken that name. Phantasm was a maybe, but I gave it to Baby Dani. I then want to base her name on some Psychic Pokemon(my favorite is Lugia), but she would remind me of Meditite/Medicham, so yeah. Sibyl, the Psychic Ghost, was born!

Also, how did you guys like Valerie's Ghost form? I wanted to keep it similar to the Ghost team/Ancient Ghosts theme—however, more on that later.