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Battle of the Century
Chapter Seven- What's the Plan of Action?
I flew through the darkness, tears still running down my face. I'm such an idiot, I scolded myself. I should have taken the ghost portal. Now they'll get there before I do. At this thought, I flew faster, hoping I wasn't too late to save my family. I was extremely worn out, but I didn't care. If I arrived at Amity Park too late, it was going to be my entire fault.
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About an hour later, I saw the good town of Amity Park. (A/n: The reason it didn't take longer is because I'm putting Amity Park in Illinois.) I probably could have gotten here faster, but I had to stop and rest a few times. Plus, I nearly got hit by a plane because I wasn't paying attention, so I needed to calm down after that. My heart had been pounding, and I had a hard time catching my breath. My first stop was the Fenton house to make sure Grandma and Gramps were all right. When the house was in my line of vision, I sped up, hoping I wasn't too late. I was so close, but then I felt something hard ram into my side. I smacked against the brick wall of another building hard, leaving a small dent. My eyes opened to see the black and purple dragon giving me a fierce look. It then smacked its paw against my chest, pinning me to the wall. I wanted to shout in pain, but I only grunted, not wanting to show pain to my foe. He then opened his mouth, gathering fire into a ball to blow at me. I shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the fire to incinerate me. A whoosh of air blew past me, knocking the purple and black dragon away from me. When I opened my eyes, a blue and green dragon stood in front of me, grinning maliciously at the other dragon.
"Sister, what are you doing?" the black and purple dragon growled at my savior.
"Saving my leader's life," she growled back. She then roared and unleashed a fire of her own. It was a bluish color, just like her brother's. He shot a fire of his own, blocking his sister's. They kept fighting back and forth with the fire. When the sister blew more fire, she weakened her brother's. But he would then fight against his sister's, weakening her fire. I then decided to help her fight since she had saved my life. I fired some amethyst ecto-balls at her brother, catching him off guard. He quickly dropped his fire to roar in pain, only to be severely burned by his sister's fire. He fell to the ground, and I smiled, thinking we had defeated him. However, he jumped up quickly, proving me wrong. He blew fire at us, but I put up a shield in front of both of us so it deflected. I then combined my ecto-ray with the blue and green dragon's fire, creating a powerful attack. It hit him square in the chest, and he once again roared in pain. Finally, he fell to the ground, defeated.
"Thank you for saving my life," I told her.
"And thank you for helping to defeat my brother," she returned. As soon as she said that, she flew away from the battle, going somewhere. "Come," she said to me. Even though she had saved my life, I wasn't all that sure that she could be trusted. "Your army wishes to talk to you." At that, I followed her, realizing she was part of my army. I followed her through all the twists and turns until we arrived at a broken-down warehouse. When I entered, a chorus of shouts and cheers arose from the crowd.
"Lily Phantom has returned!" the Box Ghost shouted. Grandma didn't tell me he was in my army.
"Direktisto, bone estas al katedro oni havi cxuri avali," Wulf said to me. (1)
"Thank you," I said. I recognized a few ghosts in the crowd; Klemper, Box Ghost, Desiree, Technus, Walker, Poindexter, Spectra, Bertrand, Cujo, Youngblood, Wulf, and Black Thorn. Oh no, I forgot that Black Thorn was in my army. The minute I saw him, I flew over to him, furious.
"What have you done?" I shouted, not caring who heard. "I was fighting you for one minute, the next, there's a war going on around me. What the hell did you do?"
"My dear, I have done nothing. You must have been imagining things," he replied.
"That's crap, I know you did something. I know I'm not delusional. I saw and felt everything you did to me."
He shrugged his shoulder carelessly. "Believe what you want to believe." He then gave a mysterious smile. "The truth will be revealed soon enough."
He sounds just like Clockwork. Augh!
"That's because, Lily, I am Clockwork's cousin." I forgot he could read my mind.
"So, that's why you guys are always so mysterious?" I asked.
"Yeah," was his careless answer.
"Great. Now I have to deal with two mysterious ghosts. As if one wasn't enough," I moaned. I flew away from him, not wanting to hear anymore of his nonsense. I saw a few of the ghosts talking, looking like they were discussing what to do. I flew to the front of the room, ready to take charge. Box Ghost flew up by me, looking out at the crowd. I watched as he appeared to wait for everyone to be quiet. When no one stopped talking, he waved his hand and dumped boxes on top of everyone.
"What did you do that for?" I hissed.
"So that they would listen."
"Ugh," I moaned, slapping my hand to my forehead. Everyone soon started to surface from the sea of boxes. When they came up, they looked at the Box Ghost in anger, ready to kill, until they noticed that I was about to speak. They all turned to me, intent on listening.
"Thank you. Now we need to know who all is in Drake's army. I know Skulker, Ember, Box Lunch ("My daughter," the Box Ghost whispered sadly.), the black and purple dragon…"
"His name is Prince Aragon," the princess interrupted, "and mine is Princess Dorathea or Dora."
"Thank you," I told her. I continued, "…Prince Aragon, the Fright Knight, Johnny 13, Kitten, Shadow, and some knights. There were also a few ghosts I didn't recognize. And from what I've heard, Dan Phantom is in this war. Am I missing anyone?"
Walker spoke up. "Yes, there is one other ghost in this war."
"Who?" I quickly asked.
"King Pariah Dark," he said. "That's the reason the Fright Knight and those other knights were there."
"Damn," I cursed under my breath. "Why are Johnny 13, Kitten, Shadow, Skulker, and Ember with them then? My dad told me that everybody hated Pariah Dark."
"And what he said is true," Technus said. "But they refuse to work with you." He pointed to me.
"Why?"
"Skulker's happy for any opportunity to hunt a Phantom, such as yourself," said Poindexter, "Johnny 13 likes to rebel against good, Kitten and Shadow follow him whatever he does, and Ember is there because Drake hypnotized her with her own music. Now she has to do whatever Drake says."
"Perfect," I muttered. "Did he arrive all ready?"
Desiree answered this time. "Yes, he and his army did. Some innocents have been killed already."
"Like who? Is there anyone that I know?" I was frantic by now. A few ghosts turned their heads away from me. Cujo, the big green dog my dad said had been difficult to train, picked me up by the collar of my uniform and threw me on his back. His tail burned furiously, and a few of the flames gently licked my back. "Please, someone answer me," I pleaded. "Is there anyone I know that has been killed?"
Box Ghost flew up to me until he was at my eye level. "I'm afraid that you will have to find out later."
"Why?" I grabbed him by his shirt. "Who was killed? Who was it?" I screamed, hysterical. I then realized what I was doing. I let the Box Ghost go and muttered an apology.
"So, what's the plan of action?" Walker asked.
"A simple one. Defeat Drake, save Amity Park, and get all of your homes back. Hopefully, we can accomplish this in one battle. Are you with me?" Everyone cheered their approval, and I gave a small smile. "Let's go then." Cujo phased through the warehouse, as did everyone else, and we flew into the sky. Why can't they tell me who was killed? I wondered. I just hope Grandma and Gramps are all right. That was my last thought before we started to fall towards the ground.
(1) Rough translation of "Leader, it is good to see you have come back." Also, in my story, Wulf still speaks Esperanto, but he can understand whatever is said in English without too much of a problem.
Not too much in this chapter in my opinion, but hopefully the next few chapters will be good. I hope you enjoy it anyways! R&R please! Oh, and Save Danny Phantom. Go to www. xanga. com/ save dp if you have any ideas. (It's my site, and don't forget to take out the spaces) L8r!
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