intro DP

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Story Time! *if only i could own it...*

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Breathe in; breathe out. Come on, you can do this. Okay here I go. I opened my eyes and glanced around the room

Everyone who Ben said would be here was here… as well as Grimm, Billy & Mandy. I learned a bit about everyone who was here. The Saturday Family: Zak Saturday, Kid of Doc & Drew Saturday, And their pets: a seven-foot-tall "gorilla-cat" with glowing red eyes named Fiskerton; Komodo a 250-pound (give or take), genetically-altered komodo dragon; and Zon a dino-bird-thing that isn't really their pet. The Powepuff Girls: Blossom, Bubbles, & Buttercup, and the Professor/their Father. And lastly: DeeDee & Dexter.

I dared to take a glace at them, DeeDee was halfway gone, and Dex was wary & guarded. All right I need to answer 1 question at a time.

"Alright, listen up. Here's the deal: all questions about the war will be answered after I tell my 1st story. Do not interrupt me while I'm telling my story, or I won't be able to finish it. Now I will establish something that maybe of interest to you, all of you. I think I'm dead, or that I was for a while at least. You see, life is easy: it's a way to keep meat fresh. Also in another dimension, you're all TV shows, or cartoons if you will. One is about a 14 yr old kid, who gets turned into a halfa." I pause letting that information sink in. I see DeeDee with her hand raised, and nod to her saying its fine to ask.

"Uhm, what's a 'Halfa' Cyndi?"

"A halfa is a half ghost being," I say. She nods and then asks,

"How'd he become a halfa?"

"He died. His parents built a portal into the ghost zone, and he was inside the portal when it turned on." "So when it turned on, Ectoplasm bonded to his DNA, turning him into a halfa. This is where one of my theories comes from."

"Ok, so who has questions?"

Everyone started spouting out questions, only 1 person raised their hand. Dex. I smiled at him. Then I motioned for Dex to cover his ears, turned to Data, and telepathically asked,

'Hey, Data, bark when nod 'Kay?' he nodded I then turned back around to see if they were still at it. Yep, they were. I glanced at Dex to make sure he had covered his ears, covered my own and nodded to Data.

"*QUIET! *" He barked. And there was silence. When I spoke everyone jumped.

"Thank you Data, alright Dex, what are your questions?" it looked as if others were about to protest but my glare silenced them.

"Cyndi, why do you keep calling me 'Dex' instead of Dexter?" I didn't know whether I should answer that, but looking into his eyes I decided I could trust him.

"I call you Dex for many reasons, one is that I simply don't like formalities. Another is that living the way I have, you don't get much time to talk, so using a nickname is easier and less dangerous. Also… no I'll get to that later, I don't need to have a total breakdown now. No that wouldn't do any good at all," I said with a sad smile. He had another question,

"Where are all those scars from, and more importantly what happened?" ah, yes there was the un-spoken question. I could see the hurt in his eyes; I knew that my not being there had hurt him, badly. I couldn't look at him when I answered,

"Do you remember the last time you saw me? Well after I said goodbye to you and your sister it gets a little fuzzy, I do however remember being thrown into tesla coils and repeatedly being shocked over and over and over again. Life, death; I'm here, and then I'm gone. That was the cycle it could have been minutes, hours, days. I don't remember, it was then that I met Clockwork: the ghostly master of time. He told me I was needed elsewhere, and would slow time for me if I chose to go. I did and had adventures throughout time and space. When I got back I found my body had changed, it was a little more durable, and I had heightened senses. Also that I was still in my grave and had to my way out, I'm just glad that my grave was being robbed when I woke up. I still find it funny that I'd already done some good in the world by freaking those grave robbers out, after that they never robbed a grave again." I felt my eyes turn milky green, and decided to freak them out. "Oh, and I almost forgot, this happens too; my eyes change colors." "Then after 2 weeks of freedom, I was abducted by some crazy fruitloop who wanted me to be the 'perfect' daughter. Poor sucker, didn't know what hit him. So after that whole fiasco I literally tied him up and put a bow on his head and left him tied up on the police's front door with a note pinned to him saying happy holidays and explaining what happened." That got me some laughs. I was glad to relieve some of the tension: it was getting uncomfortable.

"I then messed with some bad guys, which is how I got some of my scars. Sadly to say is that I've tangled with the baddest of bad guys, and was taken down by a pair of 7yr old twins." I grew solemn, "They were like brothers to me, I took care of them and they took care of me." I said softly. Then my voice grew bitter, "Then the fusion came, they destroyed everything we had. The city was gone and there was only a hand full of us left. We were in the heart of a Dead zone. Because of my paranoia and stupidity, I knew both the fastest and safest way to a warp gate," I sighed, a little angry with them and myself for what happened.

"I knew there was something off abut that portal," I muttered quietly, knowing that only Data could hear me.

"I later found out that everything we think we know about fusion was wrong… but at the same time, right. I had told the others that we could take one of three journeys: a 3-day trek, a 5-day trek, and a weeklong trek. I told them on the weeklong trek we would more likely find a giant purple flying super penguin eating a magical dancing wheel of cheese than encounter any serious fusion monsters. Some wanted to go on the 3-day trek, I told them, 'Okay, but don't come crying' to me when you get eaten,' that kept them at bay. And others asked about the 5-day route, my reply was short, simple, and to the point. 'You'll have to fight tooth and nail to get through: and that's with weapons.' After much debate & some serious humiliation we chose the weeklong path. Everything was fine until we reached the third portal. I thought that we had reached it too soon, I was right. The portal we found was a trap set by fusion copies." I stopped there, deciding to take a break.

"Now, before I tell more does anyone need a break?" I asked. I saw Billy with his hand up, and I sighed. Annoyed, but at the same time thankful for his… stupidity? No, not that. His simplicity? No not that either, maybe a combination of both? Yes that's it. That brought a ghost of a smile to my lips, "Go." I said shaking my head, just letting time slow me down… wait a minute, I hear something. It's coming from the vents right above us. I walk over to Dex and ask, "Hey, by any chance do you have a low level blaster I could use?"

"Yes, I do. But why do you need it?" he said genuinely curious. "You'll see," I sang. He looked at me cautiously, and then gave me the blaster. I smiled my madman smile. Which kind of freaked him out (much to my amusement). Oh, was I going to enjoy this.

I casually scanned the room for the vents, ah yes. There they are, right by Zak's head, "Hey, Zak!" I called; he turned his head. Perfect, "DUCK!" I fired, he barely had time to get out,

"huh- wha-? Ah!" and just seconds after he ducked, a blast flew right through the space his head once was, closely followed by my own. But, hey it worked out for the best when the first blast hit the wall it made so much noise it distracted who/whatever was in the vent that it didn't notice my blast at all.

"Gah! Cyndi are you CRAZY?" Zak yelled, flustered.

"Yes, but if I didn't tell you to duck your head would have been fried, even if I didn't fire my shot. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to see who was spying on us." And with that said I backed up and ran forwards, using my 'ninja' skills to get over the Saturday family just as the metal gave in. and low to behold, it was my favorite little Halfa.

"Dani?" Ohmygod(s) how in the worlds did she get here? Never mind that, lets just hope that both she and our realities are stable. "Dani, is that you? You need to answer me sweetheart. Please, c'mon you got to be okay. Dani- Dani?" she groaned, I breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank Clockwork," "Ugh, remind me never to get on your bad side. So, just asking, where am I & am I in trouble?" "Uh about the 'where am I?' part, well you're in my world. About the 'am I in trouble, well… I can't say."

"Uh, Cyndi, who's that girl, & how do you know her?" Dex asked

"Oh, right sorry. This is Dani: she's a halfa-" Dani cut me off,

"geez Cyn thanks for blowing my secret." Her voice was dripping with sarcasm. I rolled my eyes,

"So? I already blew Danny's, and besides they'll keep your secret, right?" I said, throwing them a glare daring them to say otherwise. "So now several rules will follow. 1) No telling her secret, 2) Don't. Get. Her. Mad. 3) don't call her Dan,"

"Hey Cyn, why do you feel different? And why do you have so much pain?" she asked. I grinned, deciding to let her see for herself. She blanched. "Oh no, no don't-" she said, backing away. I lunged for her, she screamed. "Ah! Someone help me! There's a crazy maniac after me!" she turned intangible, making me fall through her, allowing her to get away. However she flew right by Data in the process, letting him catch her by the pant leg. She tried to phase out of his grip, but only ended up shorting out her powers. Perfect. So I tackled and pinned her to the floor. "No-no! Please don't-" too late, I had already touched her temple and transferred all my memory from when blossom found me until now. And while I was at it, I learned 2 new languages: the language of the Ghost Zone (or GZ lingo), and Esperanto, cool. Dani was glaring at me.

"What?" I ask, "Aww, come on. You know I have limited time, ne?"

"… I hate you." She said unhappily.

I smiled, "I love you too, little halfa." She frowned for a few more seconds, and then got an evil smirk. When I saw that all I could think was, 'uh oh.'

"You've got a crush on Dexter, you've got a crush on Dexter, you've got a crush on Dexter," she sang in GZ lingo.

I felt my face go red. And immediately went on the defensive, "Sh-Shut up!" I cried.

"Oh, come on. Admit it, I know you-" I cut her off by tackling her to the ground, giving her a glare that said, 'just say it, I dare you. See what happens.' She huffed, "Fine. But we are taking about this later." And before I could protest Billy ran in. darn it.

"Uh, okay I realize you probably have some questions about what I just did, so I'll answer them. What just happened is that I shared some of my memories with Dani, and no I don't know how it works, but I do know that the other person also has to share information for it to work." "So just a quick overview of what happened while Billy was gone. 1) I noticed someone was here, but not here. 2) It turned out to be my best friend from another dimension, who's half dead. 3) I shared some of my memories with her... and yeah that's about it. And 1 more thing, everything you find out about here stays top secret, got it? Good." I went over to sit by Data, pulling Dani along with me, knowing I'd need their support.

"Alright everyone, its story time."

Yes i know, its a dreaded Cliffy sorry but it had to be done

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