Chapter 2: Winter Solstice Part 1: The Spirit
Shadow: Welcome back mortals. We are now entering the ninth chapter of this story.
Dani: Before we continue I would like to give you a brief recap. Okay last time Skulker (The Assassin hired by Pamela Manson to kill Danny) trapped Danny, Katara and Aang in the ghost Zone and began trying to hunt them. Danny and Katara shared a romantic moment and slept together.
Danny: Would you guys quit making a fuss about that?
Katara: Yeah we're just friends.
Aang: Who, were cuddling in front of a fire before falling asleep.
Dani: Okay then in the morning Danny went all Wreck it Ralph and the Avengers on Skulker before they beat him, took his arms and went back to the human world.
Shadow: And then don't forget the fact that they gave the equipment to Tucker. Now that that's taken care of we can continue with the story.
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Team avatar was chilling on Appa's saddle and looking down at the clouds they were flying over.
"Wow those clouds look so soft." Katara said "Don't they?"
"Like you could jump down and land on a big soft cottony heap?" Ty-lee said.
Sam rolled her eyes. "Non goths are interested in so many uninteresting things." She thought.
"Hey Sam, maybe you should give it a try." Sokka said.
"Hilarious." Sam said sarcastically.
"I'll do it." Aang said with enthusiasm before he grabbed his staff and jumped off.
"YOLO!" Aang yelled as he dived down.
Aang then came but up on his glider before he landed back on Appa.
"Turns out clouds are made of water." Aang said.
"You see, this is why I love this guy." Danny said. "He does things that we wouldn't. He lives life to the fullest, always happy and is a perfect example of YOLO."
"What is YOLO?" Jazz asked.
Danny then looked at Tucker before he nodded.
"Now she want a photo
You already know though
You only live once ‒ that's the motto n***a YOLO
And we 'bout it every day, every day, every day
Like we sittin' on the bench, n***a we don't really play
Every day, every day, f*ck what anybody say
Can't see 'em 'cause the money in the way
Real n***a what's up?" Tucker rapped.
"In other words, You Only Live Once." Sokka said.
"But he is the Avatar." Katara said.
"But I'm only Aang once." Aang said with a smirk.
Before the conversation could continue Sam pointed out the large dark scar running into the earth.
"Uh guys… what's that scar." Sam asked even though she was sure she knew the answer.
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Within a few moments they were down in the scar and they noticed that this scar was all burnt earth.
"Listen it's so quiet. No life anywhere." Danny said. Even with his enhanced hearing he couldn't hear a thing.
"Aang are you okay?" Ty-lee asked noticing the distraught look on Aang's face.
Sokka then noticed a footprint and a broken helmet.
"Fire Nation! Those evil savages make me sick! They have no respect for…" Sokka began before he was cut off by Sam.
"Quiet." Sam said as she gestured to Danny, Jazz, Tucker, Ty-Lee and Aang.
"Why would anyone do this? How could I let this happen?" Aang asked no one in particular.
"Dude you didn't let this happen." Tucker said trying to comfort the 12 year old. "This has nothing to do with you."
"Yes it does." Aang said. "It's the Avatar's job to protect nature… but… I don't know how to do my job."
"That's why we're going to the North Pole." Katara said. "To find you a teacher."
"Yeah. A waterbending teacher. But there's no one who can teach me how to be the Avatar. Monk Gyatso said that Avatar Roku would help me." Aang said.
"The Avatar before you?" Danny asked. "He died a hundred and 12 years ago; how are you meant to talk to him?"
"I don't know." Aang said.
They then decided to leave Aang to cope with this so they all moved to their own separate parts of the scar to think.
Sam then felt something calling to her so she walked towards the feeling.
Danny then decided to take a flight into the sky to clear his mind and as he was flying Danny saw two people on the ground. One was his cousin and the other was his uncle.
Danny then turned invisible and flew into the tree to watch what they were doing.
"Uncle, it's time to leave." Zuko called. "Where are you? Uncle Iroh?
"Over here?" Iroh called from a Hot spring.
Danny then smirked. "Classic Uncle Iroh. Relaxing and taking time to enjoy himself, while Zuko is impatient as ever." Danny thought.
"Uncle? We need to move on." Zuko said. "We're closing in on the Avatar's trail and I don't want to lose him."
"Stalker much?" Danny asked as he made himself visible.
"Danny what are you doing here?" Zuko said.
"Looking for my parents, thinking, wondering the same about you." Danny said.
"You know that I won't be able to regain my honour until I capture the Avatar and bring him back to my father." Zuko said.
"Or you could regain your honour by helping us… teaching Aang and Jazz firebending and then become the King of the Fire Nation when we defeat your father." Danny said.
"I can't do that." Zuko said.
"Okay." Danny said with a shrug. "Oh hey Uncle Iroh."
"Hello Danny, how have you been?" Iroh asked.
"I've been good. Still half dead, still half alive." Danny said. "So will the two of you be attending the whole family get together and University reunion thing?"
"I can't return without the Avatar." Zuko said.
"I have to watch over Zuko." Iroh said.
"Okay. I'll tell Azula you said hi then." Danny said. "Also Z, just let our uncle chill in his hot tub. Actually if I were you I'd take some time to relax. Remember YOLO and you don't want to spend your only life being and angry teen who is constantly chasing after the wrong thing."
Danny then was about to fly off before he remembered something. "Also if you do decide to join us then let me just say I know this goth girl who has a huge crush on you and wouldn't mind dating you." Danny said with a smirk before he shot off into the air.
Danny then flew back and he noticed that his friends were all in the village south of the scar. He also noticed the worried looks on Aang's face.
Danny then decided to fly down to Katara to find out what he missed.
"Did I miss anything." Danny said as he gave Katara a fright.
"Don't do that Danny." Katara said.
"Sorry but I'm a ghost. Popping out of nowhere and giving people a fright is kinda part of who I am." Danny said.
Katara then explained how Sam was able to cheer up Aang with the knowledge the acorns would be planted to grow trees and restart the forest. She then explained how the village leader came to them and asked Aang to help their village with a spirit problem. And she also explained how Aang was worried about the whole problem.
"Wow poor Aang." Danny said. "If only there where a way to help him."
"Sadly none of us know the first thing about dealing with spirits." Katara said.
"Well if spirits are anything like ghosts then maybe the Fenton Thermos might come in handy." Danny said.
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All the other were watching from inside as Aang stood in front of the village gates at sunset.
Danny could see Aang was nervous… in fact Danny could hear it in the way Aang tried calling to the Spirit.
Danny then felt his ghost sense go off and he saw the large as hell spirit emerge from the scar right behind Aang as Aang began walking back.
Aang then turned around and his eyes widened at the sight of the spirit.
Danny then face palmed when he saw Aang trying to great Hei Bai the spirit.
Hei Bai then released a blast of energy that didn't seem to harm Aang onto Aang before he began destroying houses.
"Guys we can't just stand in here while he's out there." Danny said.
"No. Only the Avatar stands a chance against Hei Bai." The village elder said.
"Danny, just give Aang sometime, he'll figure this out." Katara said.
Danny then continued to watch but then when he saw Aang command the angered spirit to turn around he knew he was in trouble. This was proved when Hei Bai slapped Aang away like he was a fly.
"That's it. I'm helping him." Danny said before he left and flew towards the spirit.
Danny then let his hands glow with ecto energy before he fired a large blast at the beast and it had a huge effect.
"Yo, Hei Bai. Who's in black, white, has glowing hands and two thumbs that will kick some ass?" Danny said as his hands then glowed with Ecto Energy.
Hei Bai's hands then began to glow green before he grabbed Danny, slammed him into the ground a few times before he kicked him in the butt before picking him up again and pulling him to his face.
"Apparently it's you." Danny said as he tried to blink the stars out of his eyes.
Danny and Aang then noticed the spirit smirk before he carried the halfa into the forest.
"Danny!" Aang yelled.
"Danny!" the rest of Team Avatar yelled as the ran to the entrance of the village.
Aang then took out his glider before he shot after the fleeing spirit and hostage halfa.
Danny was trying to pry himself loose from the hands of Hei Bai but he couldn't. Then Danny noticed that they were going to a large statue and he saw they crash right into the statue.
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When Danny awoke he noticed that he was in a forest.
"Oh did anyone get the plates of the bus that hit me?" Danny asked… "Why the heck did I say that?"
Danny then noticed what he was wearing it was similar to his usual clothes but different at the same time. He was wearing a white t-shirt with a red oval in the centre, red lines on the sleeves and a red collar. He was in blue jeans and red and white sneakers… though he didn't know what the name of these clothes where.
Danny then saw 6 figures running towards him and when he saw them his eyes widened.
He saw a panda, a tiger, a snake, a monkey, a crane and a bug… but that wasn't the weird part. They were in clothes (exception, snake and bug) and they were all walking on hind legs (exception snake)
"The hell am I looking at?" Danny asked quietly.
"Are you alright?" the panda asked.
"Aww!" Danny yelled. "TALKING PANDA!?"
"Aww!" the panda yelled. "TALKING WHATEVER YOU ARE!?"
Danny then got into a defensive position.
"Okay who are you? Where am I and why can you talk?" Danny asked.
The six animals then looked at each other like they were having a silent discussion about Danny.
The tiger then glared at Danny.
"Who are you." She asked.
"I'm not sure you realise how this works." Danny said. "I ask you a question, I expect an answer then if your answer is valid then I will answer your question."
"I am Po." The Panda said. "This is Tigress, this is Viper, this is Monkey, this is Crane and this is Mantis. I am the Dragon warrior and they are the furious five. And you are in the Valley of Peace."
"Wow your names are really original." Danny said. "I'm Danny, not human, nor halfa, nor boy nor ghost." "Wait a second Danny Phantom… Dammit I am named after what I am… to a degree." Danny thought.
Danny then remembered before he blacked out he saw a statue of a panda.
"Hey would you guys happen to know a spirit named Hei Bai?" Danny asked.
Tigress then looked at Danny in shock.
"We have to take him to the Jade Palace." She said.
"Take me where?" Danny asked.
"Why do we have to take him there exactly?" Po asked.
"Hei Bai was a spirit who was also the father of Shifu." Tigress said.
The walk to the place was nothing like Danny had expected.
Po, Monkey and Mantis were pretty cool and funny but mostly Po. Crane and Viper were also cool and then there was Tigress who was so serious.
Po kept on making jokes and asking Danny about him.
Danny noticed as they went through the town that all the animals looked at him weirdly.
But then when Danny saw the large stares to the top of the Jade Palace he shook his head.
"Uh no not happening." Danny said as he saw the stairs.
"What's wrong?" Po asked.
"I may be used to walking a lot but there is no way you guys will make me walk up all those stairs." Danny said.
"We have to get up there somehow." Mantis said.
Danny's eyes then glowed green as he smirked. "I have a way up."
In a moment Danny, in his ghost form, was carrying everyone (With the exception of crane) up to the top of the mountain.
"Yeah this guy is awesome." Po said.
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Master Shifu was currently meditating within the Jade Palace before the doors burst open.
"Master Shifu…" Tigress said. "We have some news. This… uh…"
"Human." Danny said.
"This human apparently knows your father Hei Bai." Tigress said.
Shifu turned and faced Danny. He then studied the halfa before he nodded.
"What is your name?" Shifu asked.
"Danny Fenton." Danny answered.
Shifu then nodded. "Come there is something you must see."
Shifu then lead Danny to the Dragon warrior statue that was on the top.
Shifu then stopped in front of the pond.
"Danny I will need you to jump into the pond." Shifu said.
"Uh… why?" Danny asked.
"This well enlighten you about the 100 year war that your planet is suffering from." Shifu told him. "It will then help you get back home."
Danny looked reluctant but then he remembered how much he wanted to get back to Katara… and his other friends so he jumped in. And the pond that looked shallow turned out to be a hell of a lot deeper than Danny thought.
Danny then saw the dragon statue start glowing before the glow left the dragon in the form of a dragon spirit and flew into the pond and then it began to glow, before Danny disappeared.
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Danny then noticed he was in the Ghost Zone in some kind of Tower.
"Daniel James Fenton, the half ghost teenage hero. Allow me to show you how the war started." A voice said before Danny began seeing images of a comet and the air temples on fire and war breaking out all over the world.
"Now it's time to go back home Danny. Time in." The voice said.
Danny then saw trees pop out of nowhere before he fell through and he was back at the village.
"Danny!" he heard his friends call before Katara came and embraced Danny in a long hug.
"Don't disappear on me… us again." Katara said.
"Lovebirds." Tucker said.
"Uh Katara, you're kinda giving me the death squeeze here." Danny said.
"Oh sorry Danny." Katara said.
"Lovebirds." Sokka said.
"WE ARE NOT LOVEBIRDS!" Danny and Katara yelled.
"So what happened?" Danny asked.
"You were trapped in the Spirit world for 24 hours." Aang said. "I got you out."
"So Danny how are you feeling?" Jazz asked.
"Overwhelmed." Danny said.
"Okay guys but there's something I need to tell you." Aang said.
Aang then began explaining how they had to go to Fire Nation on the solstice for him to talk to Roku.
Jazz then explained the problem that her Parents were here and they needed to take them to the Fire Nation as well for the family meeting.
"Family meeting" Sokka asked.
"Yeah it's this thing we have to do but if we go we can help figure out what the Fire Lord is planning." Danny said.
"So we'll all be in the Fire Nation for a few days?" Katara asked.
"Yeah." Jazz said.
"But so many of us can't sneak into the Fire Nation and stay there for a few days without being noticed." Aang said.
"I thought about that." Jazz said. "And I came up with a solution. 2 of you will go with Aang to Roku's Island. While the rest of us go to the Fire Nation Capital. We are allowed to bring one friend so we will. Then Tucker and Ty-Lee will come with us because their parents would want them there."
"So who goes with you guys?" Sokka asked.
"Sam." Danny and Tucker said.
"Why Sam?" Katara asked while trying to keep herself from tearing Sam apart from jealousy.
"You are the last Waterbender in the Southern Tribe. Remember what happened to your mom…" Danny said. "I doubt Sokka would be able to control himself in the presence of all the royal firebenders. But Sam has been in the Fire Nation before. She was captured and me and Tucker spent 2 months trying to get her back to Kyoshi Island."
"Was that where you were for 2 months?" Jazz asked. "How did you manage that?"
"Stole one of the ships and sailed it to Kyoshi." Danny said.
"So it's agreed." Sokka said. "We have a plan and now we have to hope we can survive."
"Good cause we have to go now." Jazz said.
"Well see ya in a few days, guys. If you see Zuko tell him Danny said hi." Danny said.
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Shadow: And there was chapter 9.
Dani: Next comes chapter 10. Will we learn who Danny's double agent is?
Shadow: That depends on the readers. If they want Danny to talk to his double agent then all they have to do is say so.
Dani: Cool. So what will happen next? Who will we meet next? Will we discover some of the other members of Team Avatar (you decide). Read, Review, Favourite and Follow to find out.