Chapter 3: Clockwork's problems

As Sam, Tucker, and I look for his lair, we saw many ghosts were flying around us. It didn't watch us. They don't care to attack us for invading their territory. When we got to Clockwork's lair, we entered inside to see if he's still there. The Observants told us he's still inside watching the time stream. We went into that room. The Observants left us alone to be with Clockwork in a long silence.

Clockwork just heard we peeped inside and invading his personal space. He turned around and looks at us, "Hello. I know you lost your parents inside of that portal."

I gasped, "You already knew?"

He nodded, "Yes, I knew. Also, getting your parents back won't work either."

"Tell me why. Why I can't get them back through your time portals?"

He looked hesitated and he looks at me, "Because there is something wrong with my time portals. I can't travel through it because it felt like a large barrier that was blocking me from getting through. It is not one of the Observants' system to block me from intervening time. I feel like the time portals and the time streams are not being protected."

"Wait, did you see one of the four-winged creatures that I fought and dropped off a black mirror?" I wondered if this creature has do with messing with the time stream.

He nodded at me, "Yes, I did see them, but I never seen them before. This is the first time I've seen a four-winged creature. This creature is sometimes invisible to every time ghost's eyes. I don't know why."

I was frustrated that he didn't know a thing about these creatures I fought. I suddenly remember a blink about Dan's warning, "Okay. How about my evil self from the future, is he still contained in the Fenton thermos?"

Tucker was being ticked off, "How many times did we tell you, Clockwork got this. Why are you worrying about yourself so much?"

Clockwork nodded at me, "Yes, he's still safe. The Observants contained the thermos where it should be safe. If anybody opens the cap of the thermos, he'll be free and possibly attack me first and then you."

Sam was still not sure, "I'm still not sure if he could be contained for a long time. He has strength to break free."

"I know that and I already made preparations to stop him after he's free," he look at the time portal, "Only the matter of time. Speaking of time, I searched every dimension in the Ghost Zone and I couldn't find any. Somehow, those creatures with four wings might live somewhere in a timeless world where other time ghosts can't travel in. Only mortals and regular ghosts can only by through the obsidian mirror.

"The obsidian mirror?" I gasped and remember that it could lead to different dimension, "Can it link to their home?"

"The four-winged creatures? Yes it can. I don't know anything much about them, but just beware of them."

Suddenly, a four-winged creature appears before our eyes. We just spoke too soon. We look at him and we were surprise it was a different one this time. His skin was brown like a tree and has black horns on his head. He was taller like eight foot same as the other one. His demon eyes were dark green. His wings looks ruffled, but it's green to represent the season of summer. He wore a long robe and evilly smirked at us.

The creature spoke, "I am Summer. I am here for you, Danny Phantom, you'll never know why we're here for you." He revealed a wrecked Fenton Thermos in his hands, "Do you know what does this do?"

I dropped my jaw and yelled, "DON'T OPEN IT!"

"I'm not listening," the creature open the Fenton thermos and he released…my evil self.

Dan was released from the thermos and stretched, "I'm finally free and where was I? Oh…planning a revenge on my younger self." My evil self look down at me.

My heart raced and I turned ghost. Clockwork freezes the time and he freezes Dan Phantom, my friends, except the four-winged creature and me.

Summer look at Clockwork and smirked, "Hello Clockwork, this is the first time I actually met you. Are you surprise that you don't know what kind of this species of race is this is?"

Clockwork looks unpleasant to meet him, "No and I don't want know."

"Oh that's too bad. You call yourself Master of Time? I think I like to call you Father Time instead," chuckled Summer, "You know we enjoyed the pleasure of hearing the human's tragedy life."

Clockwork growls and tries blast time beams at Summer, but Summer flies with four wings to dodge it, "You're too slow, old man." Summer quickly flies away and flee to leave problems at his lair.

Clockwork said, "Time in."

Dan grabbed my neck and I choked. I tried to get his hands away from me, but he was too strong. Stronger than I thought that he was before. He probably was trained alone inside of the thermos to get out.

Dan hissed at me, "I'm glad that four-winged creature freed me and your life is about to get wreck!"

I ghostly wailed at him and he flies backward toward the wall. Sam and Tucker tried to shoot him with ghost guns. Clockwork freezes time again so his lair won't get wrecked and brought us back into our own timeline. For Dan…he accidentally brought him in our timeline. What that hell is wrong with him? Can Clockwork do something about this? Something is not right here. Time is all messed up.

We were all brought at Nasty Burgers and we all fought each other like rabid cats until night. I finally defeated Dan by using mustard sauce into his eyes and hearing him screaming in pain. "How do you like that if your younger self hit you in the future? Huh?"

Dan groaned and tries to get the mustard out of his eyes, "You'll never defeat me. Again, I will take revenge on you."

Dan rubbed his eyes, I sucked him into the new thermos and capped it. I was tired and poop out. Sam and Tucker suggested me to put Dan somewhere safe in the ghost lab or in a chamber somewhere. I agreed with them and I went home by myself without them.

When midnight falls, I went to sleep again. I decided to put the thermos where I trapped my evil self in the drawer. I fall asleep again and fall for another dream.

In my dream, I saw two mysterious figures, walking toward me and they looked at me. I looked at them, but it was all of a blur. I remember they said something related to the four-winged creatures.

A young teen said, "Don't use the mirror…"

And another one said with glasses, "They'll take everyone you love"

And then they both said, "Beware of the Shees."

I asked myself. What are Shees? What are they? Where do they come from? Are they related to the four-winged creatures? Then I heard the sound "Lapis Lazuli" again and the two blurry mysterious figures disappeared in front of me. I blinked there for a moment and asked myself, "What is going on?" Was it Dan Phantom causing it? Vlad? Who is causing my life to get wreck by that mirror? I tried to remember the creatures' names…Spring…Summer…they must go in order by the seasons that I might meet…there might be a Autumn and winter.