Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda and Poof had poofed back to Timmy's house. His parents had Vicky come over to babysit Timmy, but when Vicky saw Timmy she didn't even try to berate him for having disappeared. Timmy went back up to his bedroom where his fairies were waiting. "Something is off," Timmy said. "Vicky hasn't said one nasty thing to me."
"Yeah, usually she beats you to a pulp!" Cosmo said excitedly.
"Gee, thanks," Timmy said. He sighed. "Well anyway, how are we supposed to find this ghost boy anyway?"
"Let's think about this," Wanda said raising her wand.
"Oh duh!" Timmy said. "I wish the ghost boy was here!"
Cosmo, Wanda and Poof raised their wands but unfortunately they failed in granting Timmy's wish. "Sorry Timmy," Wanda said. The big book of Da Rules appeared and flipped to a page Timmy had not seen before. "It says here that in ghostly issues fairies are not allowed to interfere, due to the pact we made with them."
"How convenient," Timmy said, rolling his eyes. "Well I guess we need to figure out another plan."
"Sorry Timmy, but there are other ways we can find the ghost," Wanda said.
"Like how?" Timmy asked.
Wanda, Cosmo and Poof raised their wands and the group was transported back to town. "What are we doing back here?" Cosmo asked.
"We need to get everyone to safety!" Timmy said, understanding. "I wish the townspeople were at the school gymnasium!"
Timmy's fairies poofed the citizens of Dimmsdale who were under attack away leaving all the ghosts to turn and face them. "Get them!" shouted one of the ghosts that looked like a lunch lady.
"Time to run away!" Cosmo said.
"We need to find that ghost boy!" Timmy shouted.
Suddenly a figure appeared in front of Timmy and his fairies that caused the four of them to stop in their tracks. "Looking for Phantom, eh?" said the ghost. They were staring at a ghost dressed in a white suit wearing a black hat. "Well unfortunately for you he's visiting the Master as we speak."
The ghost, known as Walker, raised a fist and a glowing green energy mass appeared and blasted Timmy and his fairies. "What do you want with us?" Timmy asked as he slowly got up.
Walker and a horde of other ghosts surrounded Timmy. "Your town of Dimmsdale is the first of many that the Master has claimed as his own. And no one will get in his way, not even a child that possesses fairies." Walker laughed. "Oh yes boy, we know all about the scum that are fairies."
"Hey, watch it buddy!" Cosmo shouted.
Johnny 13, the ghost biker, cracked his knuckles and Cosmo backed down. "Silence!" he shouted. His shadow appeared beside him making Timmy cower in fear.
Timmy closed his eyes tight and shouted, "I wish we were someplace safe!" Wanda raised her wand and managed to poof herself and Timmy away, but not before the ghost Skulker appeared and released a net that caught Cosmo and Poof.
"Fairies indeed are rare in the ghost world," Skulker said with a smile as he slumped the net over his shoulder. "You two should fetch quite the bounty with the Master."
"NOOOO!" Wanda screamed. But it was too late, she and Timmy had appeared in a park. It was getting dark outside.
Timmy placed a hand on Wanda's shoulder. "It's okay Wanda, we will get Cosmo and Poof back, I promise." He looked around. "Why did you poof us here?"
"It's the only place in Dimmsdale that's not being haunted," Wanda said, her voice shaking a bit. "But without Cosmo and Poof, my magic has weakened."
Timmy nodded. He looked around. "We need to find that Phantom kid. Maybe there's another reason your magic brought us here." He began to walk with Wanda floating beside him in the park. He looked for any sort of sign of a ghostly entrance.
"Any luck, sport?" Wanda asked, clearly worried about her husband and son.
Timmy shook his head. "The fairy council said they had been to the ghost zone before, you'd think they'd tell us where a portal might be."
Wanda nodded. "I'm no expert on ghosts, but I do remember there is a portal in every town. Most have been abandoned, but if you know where to look you can open it from either side."
At that moment Timmy spotted the similar ghostly glow he'd been seeing lately. It was just underneath a bench. He was surprised he'd never spotted it before, but then again he never really thought to look. With Wanda's help they pushed the bench over to reveal a small hole. It increased in size as soon as the bench had been removed. With a few seconds it was a swirling green vortex, presumably the portal they had been looking for.
"This is it, I can feel it!" Timmy exclaimed.
"Easy sport," Wanda said as she stopped Timmy before he could enter the portal. "This place is very dangerous. We need to be prepared."
Timmy agreed thinking that over. "I wish we had an all ghost utility vehicle that will provide us safe passage through the Ghost Zone," Timmy wished.
Impressed with Timmy's most specific wish, which he was improving upon, Wanda waved her wand and though it took a bit, an SUV like vehicle appeared, equipped with lasers and hundreds of other useful devices that would work against ghosts. The two entered the vehicle and made their way into the Ghost Zone.
Meanwhile Timmy's parents and Jack and Maddie found themselves locked in the school gymnasium. "How did we get here?" Maddie asked.
"Oh don't worry," Timmy's mom said. "That happens a lot around here. You kind of get used to it."
"So much for the Polter Ghosts," said a voice from behind Timmy's parents.
Denzel Crocker appeared from the shadows. He had regained his former bitterness and seemed even more nasty than usual. "Who's that?" Jack asked.
"That's our son's teacher, Mr. Crocker," Timmy's mom said.
"Too right, Mrs. Turner!" Denzel said. "And now I am here to prove that your son is the one responsible for all these 'ghosts'!" he said, putting air quotations around the word ghosts.
"Oh give it up, Mr. Crocker!" said Principal Waxelplax. "Do try to ignore him, he's just a bitter old man living out the rest of his days in resentment towards his students.
Mr. Crocker made to argue but instead said, "Fair point, but still!"
"We need to come up with a plan!" Maddie said, ignoring Mr. Crocker. She grabbed a crate and stood on it with a megaphone. "Now listen to me, people of Dimmsdale. We need to find a way to send these ghosts back to where they came from. This is the biggest outbreak in history!"
"Yeah, she's right!" Timmy's dad said.
"Maybe she better hand the rallying of the townsfolk, honey," Timmy's mom said. Jack smiled at Timmy's dad.
"What can we do?" asked a random citizen. "We're not strong enough to take on ghosts."
"Don't be so sure of that!" Maddie said. "I have an idea, and each of you will have a part to play!" Other than Mr. Crocker the rest of the town cheered.
"Let's get started then!" shouted Jack. The townsfolk of Dimmsdale then huddled in a circle around the two and started listening to Maddie's plan.