Chapter Six: Hope, The Way to Freedom
As Danni and the rest of our heroes went to the next mind, in the real world Clockwork and the others were having troubles. Nightmaria had been using her powers to look into nearby peoples minds and bring nightmares to life. They were now fighting a rogues gallery of fears.
"Darn it! This is tougher then we thought." said Maddie as she flipped a werewolf over her shoulder.
"Yeah, but their still no match for us." said Jack as he destroyed a ghostly brussel sprout
"I just hope Danni and the others are ok." said Maddie as she zapped a vampire noodle.
Meanwhile Danni and the others had just landed in Alex's mind. They found themselves in a dark and spooky looking forest.
"Ok, I get a really bad feeling from this place." said Tucker.
"Same here, this place looks like it came out of a horror movie." said Ember.
"Yeah, we better find Alex." said Danni, then they heard a terrified scream.
"Correction, we need to find him fast." said Danni.
"I heard his voice coming from over there, come on!" said Rob.
Our heroes ran in the direction the scream came from. Further inside the forest Alex was running for dear life from the giant spider. As he was running he did not notice the huge web hung between two trees in front of him. Soon he was caught in the web and he could not move, and the spider was right behind him.
"Ahhh!" screamed Alex as the spider drew closer.
The spider came closer and closer, baring its terrible fangs. Just as it looked like it was the end suddenly Danni and the others burst into the clearing.
"Alex, you have to listen us, this is all in your head, your making this all up!" said Danni.
"What are you talking about! Don't you see the giant spider there?" said Alex in terror.
"Its not real! None of this is real, its all fake!" said Danni.
The words that Danni spoke began to sink into Alex's mind, this did not please the giant spider. The spiders face began to get enraged and its face changed into that of Nightmaria.
"How dare you mess with my spell casting!" said the Nightmaria double.
The Nightmaria double shot a bunch of web at our heroes, which captured them. The giant spider began to move towards them.
"Alex! You have to save us!" said Danni.
"I can't, I'm trapped!" said Alex.
"You can, this is your mind, in here you have the power, not her!" said Danni.
The Nightmaria spider inched closer and closer towards them, and just as she was about to sink her fangs into them something happen. Alex seeing his friends in danger caused something in him to snap, and he tapped into his inner strength, the power of hope. The webbing around him was instantly vaporized and he floated there, looking at the spider with a look of anger.
"No! This can't be! You couldn't have broken my spell!" said the Nightmaria double.
"Well it looks like you were wrong, and now it is time to squash you." said Alex.
Nightmaria froze there as Alex summoned the flyswatter…of death! Which was the size of an SUV, he brought the giant flyswatter down and squished the spider, thus breaking the spell. Alex's mind began to return to normal and the rest of our heroes were freed.
"Wow, that was the biggest flyswatter I have ever seen." said Tucker.
"Good work Alex, you saved us and defeated Nightmaria." said Danni.
"So what happens now, do we get to go home?" said Alex.
"No, we still have to free the others." said Danni.
"After this place I can only wonder what horrors await us next." said Rob.
"Well there's only one way to find out." said Ember.
"Right, lets go." said Danni.
They exited Alex's mind through the portal and were on their way to Alicia's mind. In her mind things were not going so well. The angry mob had taken her to the center of the park and had tied her to a stake. Alicia was dismayed to see that even her friends were there calling for her death, and in her state of mind it did not occur to her that something was wrong with that.
"Fellow Citizens, it is time to burn this witch that has lived among us." said the Mayor.
He then touched the torch he was carrying to the pile of wood at Alicia's feet. The wood caught on fire instantly and the flames began to surround Alicia.
"No! please stop!" begged Alicia.
Just as it looked like it was the end for Alicia suddenly a blast of rain fell from the sky, putting out the fire. It was then that Danni and the others appeared.
"Sorry, did I spoil your fun?" said Alex.
"Look, it is the allies of the witch, destroy them! They will not take another mind from me" said the Mayor, whose face turned into Nightmaria's
The crowd surged forward, and our heroes attacked them because they may look like their friends and family but they were not real. But even though they were not holding back they were still having trouble, mostly because the fake version of Danny and the others were strong.
"Alex, there's only one way out of this and it is for Alicia to realize this is fake." said Danni as she flipped fake Valerie over her shoulder
"How do we get her to realize its fake?" said Alex, as he hit fake Danny.
"You have to talk to her and convince her this is crazy." said Danni.
"Ok, leave it to me." said Alex.
Alex broke out of the crowd and made his way to the stake Alicia was tied to. Soon he was right next to her on the wood pile.
"Alicia! You have to listen to me, this is all fake, none of this is real. This is all in your head." said Alex.
"What are you talking about?" said Alicia, still in a daze from the whole thing.
"This is all fake, do you really think we would let something like this happen to you. We're your friends, and we care about you, I care about you." said Alex.
"Really?" said Alicia.
"Of course, would I lie to you." said Alex.
As Alicia thought about what he said and the truth in it, suddenly Alex was captured by a net. He was dragged over towards the crowd, were fake Jack and Maddie had captured the rest of our heroes.
"Now it is time to destroy you." said the Nightmaria double, the crowd then began to close in.
"Alicia help us! You're our only hope!" said Alex.
Seeing her friends and boyfriend in danger was the last straw, and the spell was broken. The ropes tying her to the stake disintegrated and a aura of energy began to surround her.
"No! Not again! You must fear me!" said the Nightmaria double.
"I don't think so, because this is my mind and it is time for you to leave." said Alicia.
Alicia sent out a wave of energy that hit the Nightmaria double. The double shrieked in pain as the energy washed over it, then it was no more. The energy wave also returned Alicia's mind back to normal.
"Alicia you did it, you defeated her!" said Alex, who swept her into a loving embrace.
"Yeah, I guess I did." said Alicia.
"Good job Alicia." said Danni.
"Yeah, you kicked butt." said Tucker.
"Guys we better get going, we still have three people left to free." said Rob.
"Ok guys, lets go save the others." said Danni.
So they jumped into the portal that led to the next mind. Meanwhile in the real world their actions had not gone unnoticed by Nightmaria. She had felt when the minds were being freed, the last one being practically strong.
"Blast it, those brats are starting to get out from under my control, I have to stop them." thought Nightmaria, but then she was hit by an energy blast from Grim.
"What's the matter, getting tired?" said Grim.
"You wish reaper." said Nightmaria as she fired back.
Realizing she could not leave the battle she decided to send some of her energy to strengthen the spell. She hoped that it would be strong enough to keep the rest of them from being freed.
As Danni and the other traveled to the next mind little did they realize that things were about to get a lot tougher for them.
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Rob: Uh oh, it looks like our brave heroes are about to land in a mess of trouble.
Ember: Yeah, I don't envy them.
Rob: I know, well to get our minds off of that it is time to… Suddenly the wall blows in and we see the angry face of Vlad.
Rob: Vlad! What are you doing here!
Vlad: I'm here to destroy you once and for all.
Ember: Uh, havn't you tried that like a dozen times by now?
Rob: Yeah, and we win every time and you are painfully humiliated.
Vlad: That may be true, but this time I have the perfect plan to destroy you. Vlad then pulls out what looks like a perfume bottle with a squirter on top.
Ember: What? Are you going to perfume us into oblivion?
Vlad: Not exactly. Vlad squirts Ember and Rob with the strange stuff in the bottle.
Rob: Ok, you had your fun, now its time to kick your butt. Rob and Ember tried to attack, but found that they could not move.
Rob: What is happening? I can't move!
Vlad: That is my special ghost immobilizing spray. You are now incapable of moveing, boys take them away. Some of Vlad's goons enter the room and take Rob and Ember away.
Vlad: Oh, one last thing before I go. Vlad launches a ghost ray that destroys the hurt Vlad lever. He then leaves laughing evilly, when everyone is gone the emergency computer AI activates.
TechnoRob: Uh oh, Vlad has capture Rob and Ember, I better call for some help. While I try to find some help, you the readers can enjoy this chapter summery.
Yay! They freed another one of our heroes from the evil grasp of Nightmaria. With three of our heroes free things are looking better. But they better be wary, because Nightmaria has upped the danger and the next fears will be harder to face. Will our heroes face their fears? Will they win? The only way to find out is to read the next chapter of the Night of Nightmaria.
TechnoRob: So until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review! Oh I hope Ember and Rob are ok.