Rules for Being Human
Most ghosts were once human. The rules of humanity can still be applied.
8: Choices
What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the resources and tools you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
The Box Ghost knew he never seemed evil, or scary, or even just a little bit spooky. It wasn't just because of his "useless" power over all things cardboard and square, though.
He had chosen to be less malignant than the others, chosen to keep his power at a minimum.
He could have been just as bad as some of the others, if he had wanted to.
Underestimation, though, did not always sit well with him.
He and the Lunch Lady had been happy. They'd managed to create a little daughter, and called her Box Lunch. His afterlife was looking up. He was nearing completion.
And then he happened. The Lunch Lady – gone. Box Lunch – barely alive. The Box Ghost –
He'd put a patch over his bad eye and a hook where his hand used to be, began working out, allowed his powers to increase, and chose to have vengeance in any way possible on that accursed creature known as Dan Phantom.
He could do anything.
Danny, two years after receiving his powers, still stared in awe at his hands when he lit them up with ghostly green light. Old dreams were crushed by these powers but new dreams – well, the possibilities were endless.
Well, almost. The road Vlad had taken – greed, corruption, power – he had vowed to never take that road. And so he wouldn't. He'd made sure of it.
Aside from that, though, he could be anything. He could become a world-famous superhero. He could experiment on himself and use the data for mind-blowing scientific cures and research.
Whatever he wanted was within his grasp.
But he chose to remain in the shadows, as the misunderstood ghost hero of Amity Park.
Why?
…Because it was right.