Author's Notes: Here's another Chapter for you guy's The story is just coming to me today. I'm on my 5th chapter today! This one is kind of Short, but I think it's still good. Thanks for reading and please review.

[Location: Ghost Zone]

He knew this could go south for him quickly.

To pick a fight with other ghost could drawl him some unwanted attention, and if Pariah Dark witness him in the middle of a fusion the gig would be up.

The ghost King was not stupid, and surely, he has heard of this technique before.

But even without Pariah Dark sticking his royal nose into his business Vlad still had a problem.

He did not know which ghost to target, surely, he could not just bond with any other ghost. He had to choose wisely. What new powers could he target that would stand up against Daniel and his new power?

The Phantom Knight followed Vlad closely, he knew the stupid fruitloop was up to something. But what he was not sure. Still it wouldn't hurt to follow, after all his master had given him a task.

"Give him an impossible task that will test his loyalty. The moment he slips up, bring him to me."

But what kind of task should he give him?

No doubt his master would watch him closely, for all he knew this task of testing Vlad could be a test for him as well.

Knowing Pariah Dark, it probably was.

Vlad suddenly had an unignorable urge that he was being watched. He turned around, but all he saw was the vast waste land of the Ghost Zone. Still he could feel it, someone was there. It was most likely Daniel, still he could not assume.

He had made many enemies himself from the Ghost Zone and anyone of them might cease the opportunity.

The Phantom Knight held his breath as he hid behind a column of rocks to Vlad's right. He knew the act was odd but holding his breath in hopes of not making a sound was just an old habit. He needed to find a way to test Vlad. His master was still unsure of him, and his talk with Lady Time had done him no good.

She as smarter than he thought.

'Tell me what to do.' He asked Clockwork silently.

'Do you always plan to come running to me for answers?' Clockwork's voice asked.

'How could I possibly know what to do?' The phantom Knight argued.

'Remember I will never give a task you cannot handle.' Clockwork reminded him.

'But you didn't give me this task.' The Phantom Knight pointed out. 'He did.'

Clockwork seemed to sigh. 'Do you remember Box Lunch?"

'The daughter of the Box Ghost and the Lunch Lady?' The Phantom Knight shivered. 'I try not to. Why?'

'She was my test to you.' Clockwork admitted. 'Her and Skulktech 9.9 were test I set in place forcing you to decide.'

'The answers to the CAT I got those because of my fight with…' The Phantom Knight was speechless, sure he knew Clockwork had been behind it all along, but he never knew the underlining details. 'And when I messed up you used Skulktech to lead me to you. So, you'd force me to come face to face with my future.'

'Precisely.' Clockwork answered. 'A test isn't supposed to be a trick. Sometimes the best tests are the most obvious ones to point out. For example, it was obvious that you should have turned the answers back into your teacher without sneaking a peak. However, you decided to be selfish.'

'And so, will Vlad.' The Phantom Knight realized and decided to go for it.

Just as Vlad came around the rocks to greet him. "Oh, it is you." He hissed. Come to spy on me?" he asked as if it wasn't obvious.

Meanwhile Pariah Dark smirk as he watched the scene fold out before him in front of Time Lady's Present-Day Rift. He would watch them and see which one he could trust; if any.

"I say you should just eliminate them both." Time Lady said.

"And what look to you to keep my subjects in line?" The Ghost King laughed. "That is a Man's job, you will keep out of it, and do as you are told."

Lady Time suppressed a growl and obeyed. "Yes, my King." She answered allowing Pariah Dark to focus on his two buffoons.

"It matters not." The Phantom Knight answered Vlad. "The master has asked me to task you with something Important."

"And important task for me and not you?" Vlad mused. "What happened? I thought with all your teasing the two of you have become such friends."

Pariah Dark smiled as The Phantom Knight growled in frustration. It was becoming obvious to him that these two had some sort of history. It was written in their body language, as well as the way they treated each other. "You see it too. Don't you?" He asked Lady Time.

Lady Time smiled, her mood growing lighter with the display. "Yes, they know each other well."

"A little too well I think." Pariah Dark admitted as they continued to watch.

"You blew it!" Vlad laughed. "As usual you drop the ball way out of the park."

"And a crazed fruitloop like you can do it better?" The Phantom Knight challenged.

Lady Timed smiled as Vlad growled in obvious annoyance, she could tell he hated being called that, and the Phantom Knight knew it too. "That's my opening." She said out loud.

"What?" Pariah Dark asked.

"You asked me to find out how Fright Knight died." She reminded him.

"You could not provide that answer." Pariah Dark snapped. "What makes you think you can now?"

"I can." She assured him. "But first I must find out who this new Knight really is, and I think I know how."

Go on." Pariah Dark assured her.

Lady time nodded. "They have history, so all we have to do is look through Vlad's past and find-"

"The Phantom Knight in it?" Pariah Dark asked.

"No." Lady Time answered. " I've searched all of time. The Phantom Knight has no history."

"What?" Pariah Dark asked.

"The day after Fright Knight is defeated is the first record of his existence." Lady Time told him.

"What does this mean?" Pariah Dark asked.

"I'm not sure." Lady Time answered honestly. "The only answer I can come up with is the Phantom Knight must have once been alive like Vlad."

"So, if we search Vlad's memories, and look for someone who shared a similar relationship as he has with the Phantom Knight…" Pariah Dark began.

"Then we just might find our man." Lady Time said. "What do you think?"

"There is a very powerful artifact here in the Ghost Zone." The Phantom Knight said to Vlad. "The last thing powerful enough to stop the master. He wants you to find it, and…"

"Bring it to you?" Vlad guessed.

"No destroy it." The Phantom Knight ordered.

Pariah Dark smiled as he sees the trap forming. It's a clever test, one the knight knows that Vlad will fail. 'He does know this once halfa well, perhaps too well.' He realized remembering their conversation earlier.

"So, you know how dangerous he is?"

"I have heard tales of his ways. He is low, vile, and will do whatever it takes to get power. I know you are warry of me, as we have only met, but I simply wish to do my job."

The Phantom Knight made it sound like he never met Vlad before today, but this newly formed test along with their obvious behavior said otherwise.

"Do it." Pariah Dark ordered.

"It may take some time." Lady Time warned him. "Months even."

"I do not care." Pariah Dark growled. "I will find out who he is!" He stood towering over her. "With or without you." He warned.

Lady Time understood the threat completely. "I understand." She answers. She then turns to the Past Rift and sets to work watching Vlad's life flash before her from start to finish, she fast-forwards as best she could, but it was obvious this would take time.

"It is fine." Pariah Dark assured her his eyes finally falling back on the Present-Day Rift still playing for them. "My oh so loyal Knight had bought us all the time we need."

"What does it look like." Vlad asked, his intentions were written all over his face. He planned to use this weapon to destroy the King.

"Wouldn't say." The Phantom Knight said. "Only that you'll know it when you see it."

Vlad's eyes narrowed then, he was suspicious now, but ultimately his greed won over just as the Phantom Knight knew it would. "As you wish." He said with a mocking bow and took off.

"That's it you old fool." The Phantom Knight said. "Rush towards your demise." And with that he followed close behind.

Pariah Dark chuckled at the irony, for you see the Phantom Knight was also rushing to his own demise.

"Tread lightly my Knight, because if I sense one ounce of deceit from you-."

"You should have heeded my warning." He said as his attention moved to that of the Past Rift playing through Vlad's Life. "Because now your days are numbered."

And no words could be truer, Lady Time had already zoomed through Vlad's Childhood, all the way up to is college years. And still going strong, they would find him, sooner or later.

It was only a matter of time.

-To Be Continued