Danny found himself floating above a man. He looked familiar to Danny but he wasn't quite sure who the man was. As the man walked through Amity Park Danny seemed to follow him, as though he had no choice in the matter. It was apparent that the man couldn't sense Danny's presence, lucky for Danny as he was in his ghost form and didn't seem to have any control over himself. It was then that Danny recognized the man.

Vlad Masters had a lot of regressed feelings, most particularly for Maddie Fenton. It took him too many years but he realized she would never reciprocate his feelings for him, most especially since she has known his true identity for many years now. But it wasn't just the feelings for Maddie. Vlad also found himself losing interest in his ghost abilities. Impressive as they were, Vlad felt no need for them. He hadn't battled Danny since Jack had abandoned him in space.

The Disasteroid had made contact with Vlad but he had survived the impact. He had been knocked back to Earth and had temporary amnesia, but he survived all the same. Jack and Maddie were made aware of this and since then refused to acknowledge his existence, Danny personally threatening him in telling him not to come near them.

Unsure of what to do, or how they would react, Vlad decided to visit the Fentons. Much to Vlad's dismay it was Jack that opened the door. Immediately upon seeing Vlad Jack raised his fist but Vlad bowed down before him. "Please Jack…I need your help. I beg your mercy."

Jack looked down in confusion. "Your trickery won't work on me!" Jack exclaimed. He grabbed Vlad by the back of his shirt. He then took out a device and pressed it against Vlad's temple revealing his ghost form. "We know who you are, Plasmius! You are not welcome here!"

Vlad reverted back to his human form and continued to grovel at Jack's feet. "I want you to rid me of my ghostly self. I beg of you…"

Once again Jack was taken aback. "What kind of jest is this?" Jack asked.

It was at that moment that Maddie came to the front door to see what had been taking Jack so long. "Jack honey, what is going on?" She looked down to Vlad and brandished an ectogun she had designed herself and aimed it straight at Vlad. "Get off our property ecto-scum!"

Jack looked between the two and placed himself in between them. "Wait, Maddie! There's something you should know." Maddie lowered her gun and looked to Jack, an eyebrow raised.

It had taken some convincing but Maddie and Jack had finally allowed Vlad into the house. Luckily Danny wasn't in the area otherwise Vlad would have been obliterated long ago. Jack and Maddie had taken Vlad down to their lab. He had been placed in a chair and had been strapped down, having put up no fight whatsoever. This had made Maddie and Jack all the more suspicious.

The chair was facing the Ghost Portal, one of few remaining in the world. "Before we agree to anything," Maddie began, "we have a list of questions prepared. And you will answer them."

"If you don't, Vladdy ol' pal, we have something that will help coax the answers from you," Jack said with a grin.

"What might that be?" Vlad asked nervously.

Jack grabbed a remote device from one of the tables and pressed a button. Immediately a set of robotic arms appeared and held Vlad in place. Vlad's entire body turned rigid and his eyes went to the back of his head. Jack pressed the same button on the remote and the arms went back into the chair. "Is that quite necessary?" Vlad asked through breaths.

"You have terrorized the Fentons for far too long, Vlad Masters," Maddie said. "You were once one of our dearest friends. How could you?"

Vlad hung his head low. "I'm afraid it would take a lifetime to explain my past transgressions." He sighed. "In any event it is that which I have used against you that I wish to rid myself of. And only the pair of you can help me."

Jack and Maddie looked to one another. "What are you blathering on about?" Maddie asked.

"I know Jack has recently invented a device that can be used on half-ghost half-humans, and I think it is high time I get rid of my ghostly self," Vlad replied. Once more Jack and Maddie wore a look of both confusion and astonishment.

Suddenly Danny began to float away from the scene, though he desperately wanted to see more. Danny was whisked away from his parent's home until he came upon another scene. He recognized immediately where he was. It was the mansion of Vlad. Danny had appeared inside and floated down to Vlad's basement. Vlad was on the phone chatting up a storm with someone.

"Everything is going swimmingly, Jack," Vlad was saying. "Your device worked and I am cured. I do admit that there are some aspects of being a ghost that I miss, but it is worth it to be normal once more. Well as normal as one can be."

"That's good to hear," Jack replied. Even though he was on the other end of the phone Danny could hear his father crystal clear. Then again Jack wasn't a quiet man. "I will come and check on you tomorrow to see how you are adjusting and if my device has any side effects. Meanwhile rest up. Danny will be returning home tomorrow and will be most pleased to hear about this."

Vlad wasn't sure if he believed that but kept that to himself. "Tomorrow then," Vlad replied and hung up the phone. Vlad sighed and headed over to a bookshelf. He removed a single leather-bound book which opened up a secret passageway to his laboratory.

Quickly he strode down the passageway, Danny silently following behind. Vlad went to his desk and turned on the desk lamp shedding light in the lab. He then pressed a button on the side of the desk and immediately a panel opened up that was on the desk revealing something that Danny had only seen once before.

It was a proto-type ghost portal, miniature sized. "I am sorry Jack, but I cannot go on like this." Vlad turned on the ghost portal and set the dial all the way to the max. He closed his eyes and placed his face directly in front of the portal.

What occurred next even Danny was having a hard time comprehending. The explosion that occurred had been massive. Vlad had been knocked clear out of space and time, Danny following the trail that had been left. They were no longer in Wisconsin at the home of Vlad but instead in a place that Danny did not recognize. In fact Danny was no longer with Vlad, he was floating next to someone else, though someone he wish he hadn't been floating with.

The man had shoulder-length blonde hair and glowing red eyes and was clearly a ghost. He was wearing the same black-suit that Vlad had been wearing. If Danny wasn't mistaken, he was floating next to an unconscious Master. Danny looked harder and realized that there were aspects of the Master that resembled Vlad. He had the same chin, was wearing the same suit. Danny floated around and saw the back lining of the jacket. In a cursive style that was most remincesicent of Vlad, Danny saw the name Master. It had said Vlad Masters at one point, but the explosion had charred off a few of the letters.

Danny let out an audible gasp and realized the severity of what had happened. The explosion Vlad had accidently created had sent Vlad out of space and time and turned him into the Master. Little was Danny aware of what else had occurred. The first ghost ever had just been created as well as the one place that could contain him, the Ghost Zone. Vlad had lost his human form in the explosion and would see the label on his jacket, naming himself the Master.

Though he didn't know it, Danny had also witnessed the Earth being created at the same time as Earth came into fruition when the Ghost Zone did. Danny wanted to leave before the Master awoke. He wasn't sure he would want to be around, even if the Master couldn't see him.

Suddenly Danny saw a dazzling white light and floated towards it. The light was too intense that he stopped, however. But when he stopped he was brought back to Fairy World. He was surrounded by so many, dazed and confused. He slowly sat up looking around. "What happened? Where's the Master?" he asked immediately. There was silence.