Chapter 14; Adventures in "Wonderland"

Okay, I'm on the road to Dallas...with four other teenage girls and sponsor...surprisingly I haven't killed one of them yet. Lol, anyway, I have a review response from my ever faithful reader, Oak Leaf Ninja, and I'll be answering from both Chapter 12 and 13 soo...lol:

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We stood in front a sea-blue door, looking at the symbols that had been carved into the ancient wood. They looked like Greek symbols I had studied when I was little, but I wasn't sure what they said. Eventually, I gave up all together and turned to my four companions and shrugged.

"Not something I can read it's been years since I even peaked at Greek symbols." I told them, disappointment leaking into my voice. Sasha's shoulders slumped, but Emerald and Danny looked at me expectantly. "I think we should just go in," Danny commented slowly, letting the words roll off his tongue.

I turned to Riley, who still floated just a few feet away from us. "What do you think?" Riley seemed to start to think about it, and then her eyes began to focus on something else, some vision taking place within her mind's eye. I recognized this look immediately, even after so many years of not seeing her. The unfocused look teachers often mistook for blocking out everything they were saying.

Danny's mouth popped open and I turned to look at him, shaking my head back and forth slowly. His green ecto-colored eyes looked shocked, but he closed his mouth with a barely audible snap. Emerald looked at Riley and smiled. "What?" I mouthed at her, surprised at the reaction Riley was having on Emerald. "We have a seer in my town, back in Arizona, his name is Ryan. He's my best friend, and one awesome seer in my opinion." She whispered back to me, still smiling like an idiot. I nodded with understanding and turned back to my "sister" who blinked back into reality.

"Oh, I got to go, sorry, but I have got to help Goth girl and that preppy older girl with red hair." Riley disappeared within the blink of an eye, and I noticed Danny's face had acquired a slight green tint at the mention of Sam and Jazz. "Don't worry Danny, they'll be fine!" I assured him, forcing my voice to come out confident. He nodded, but didn't look any better. I sighed, and turned back to the sea-blue door.

When I turned the knob, I had the sudden sensation to run, get as far away as possible. Get ahold of yourself, I told my conscience sternly, letting the door sweep back on smooth, well-oiled hinges. The inside led to a bedroom of some sort, painted to look like it was completely under the sea. Fish swam on the walls. Bright yellows, reds, and pinks colored the coral and many different fish. Greens and dark blue's decorated scuba-divers and seaweed tangling a massive, gray colored, Hammer-head shark, which snapped at a tuna fish that had swam to close. Toys and wood models decorated the ceiling, hanging from fishing line that was practically invisible.

A big, four poster bed dominated the middle of the room, with white, opaque curtains that were drawn so you couldn't see the occupant. A set of drawers, painted to match the wall, were positioned near the door, which was made to look like the mouth of an underwater cave. I couldn't see a closet door or any indication of a closet and figured we were either in the closet or there wasn't one.

Inside the drawn curtains of the bed, I noticed a kind of lumpy shape, which I figured to be the girl, fast asleep. Spotting an alarm clock on the drawers, I noticed it was two o' clock in the morning. I wondered where exactly we were. The shape moved slightly and yawned, letting all of its limbs to stretch out. Sasha let out a gasp, causing the figure to sit strait up in its bed.

"Someone there?" A voice called out, it sounded like a female. I cleared my throat, and the girl jumped out of the bed, grabbing something that was under her pillow. Pulling the curtains back, I saw a small head poke out. All I could make out was short brown hair that was all tangled and messy. Then the girl came out, scowling at the four of us, standing in the doorway to the Ghost Zone.

"What do you freaks want?" The girl asked, turning on her overhead light, letting the light flood around us. The girl, whose nightgown hung down to her knees, looked young, like a twelve year old. Her brown hair, still tangled and messy, hung down to her shoulders. She had chocolate brown eyes that smiled up at us, even with the scowl still planted on her pretty oval shaped face.

"Hi, I'm Echo, are you a halfa?" I asked her, watching the anger and surprise roll across her face. Her eyebrows pointed downward, and then she spoke, "Are you?" I sighed, disbelieving. Red rings formed at my waist, splitting into two different directions, revealing my human half. The girl's eyes widened as she shook her head.

Blue rings formed at her waist, changing her outfit to a blue hazmat suit, with silver boots and a belt. No gloves, which I found odd, but decided to leave it. Her hair was silver with blue streaks, and her eyes were like a portable sea, liquid and a very seaish color.

I smiled at her, and she smiled back, looking quite satisfied. "Okay, what will I call you?" I asked her, turning back into my alter-ego Echo. "My name's Saffyre, I'm older than I appear." She made herself look taller and I laughed. "I'm fourteen," She clarified, looking pretty confident. I smiled at her and nodded to the other three. "Well, you know me, but this is Danny Phantom, Sasha Phantom and Emerald, whose last name I don't know," I chuckled, pointing at each in turn. "Hi, guys!" Saffyre waved at them, laughing. "I like your room by the way," I commented, turning back towards the Ghost Zone. "Thanks!" She seemed like she belonged to the bubbly personality sort.

"I live in London, but I was raised in America." She explained after she agreed to help us. "Really? You live in London?" I had always wanted to visit Great Britain; the people there always amused me with their accents. "Yeah," She didn't sound happy about it. "What's wrong?" I asked her, wandering about her negative tone. "I was taken from my favorite place on Earth, a small town in Nevada, and dropped with a bunch of Brits who were further than I was in school." She sighed, looking at the ground with distaste.

I nodded. I knew what that was like. After my so-called dad showed up in my little town, my mom moved us. For the first year and a half we were nomads, moving from state to state, never staying for more than a couple weeks. Then we moved to a town somewhere in Ohio, but that didn't last more than six months. My mom had heard of Amity Park being the most haunted town in America, and had decided to move there. I was against it at first, but I knew that we'd be busted if I didn't start going to school again and, at least, I might be able to actually keep up my fighting.

I shook those thoughts out of my head. Cujo, our big, green, ghost dog, came bounding up to us, a small figure on his back. A guy, kinda vampire looking, floated next to them. He looked pissed, but not like he was going to attack. I recognized him as Plasmius, Danny's arch-enemy. The other figure, a girl about twelve-years old who looked a lot like Danny, jumped down from Cujo's back and scratched under his chin. "Dani?" Danny asked, confused. I made the connection quickly though. Dani was Danny's clone, posing as his cousin, or sibling I guess. Dani stared at Plasmius with obvious distaste, and I caught a glare from Danny too.

"Hey Danny! This kid named Dex and Tucker found us and told us about what you guys were doing." Dani was smiling like a maniac, and it was quickly spreading around our small group. Plasmius just looked like a grumpy, lonely old man. "I suppose I should help too Daniel, seeing as how this, infestation, gets in my way of being all powerful." He growled out, grinding his teeth together. Danny let out a low growl as well and I moved between the two, stopping the fight that we knew was coming. "Who is this?" Plasmius asked, sounding bored already. "I'm Echo, the leader of this little group." I growled at him, letting my eyes smolder with a little bit of hate. "You will listen to me, unless you wish to be destroyed, much like what's going to happen to Death," I told him, jabbing my finger into his chest.

His eyes narrowed, and I could feel power build up in him. I raised my eyebrow and looked at him, my muscles coiled tightly. "Fine," He forced between tight lips, looking at me with such hate. "Good, now, we need those other three kids." I pointed towards the last three doors. There was a brown one, a pure silver one and a golden one; all had the marks of halfas on them, a slash diagonally down with three or four little slashes across the middle.

"We're splitting up," I announced looking at all the halfas gathered. "Danny, with two n's, and Sasha. Dani, with one n, Plasmius and I. And Emerald and Saffyre together. Got it? Okay, Sasha, you go to the bronze door, Emerald and Saffyre are going to the gold door, and my group is heading to the silver door." I looked at each group in turn. They all nodded and flew off, except for Dani and Plasmius, who waited for me. Plasmius looked towards Danny's group with longing, which I perceived as him wanting Danny as his son, still. I shook my head in disgust and wacked him over the head. Dani busted out laughing, almost rolling on the floor as Plasmius gave me a death stare, which I returned.

"You are the coolest girl ever!" Dani exclaimed when she caught her breath. I just smiled and nodded, not listening as Dani rambled on and on and Plasmius sulked next to me, looking like he was about to murder both of us.

"Oh my little pet, soon you will be in my grasp!"

Okay, so that's it for this chapter. I just had to be mean to Vlad, sorry if you actually like him XD. R&R please, I've really enjoyed making this, so I hope y'all like it too (do you know how hard it is to make sure the characters that actually belong in this show don't say anything Texan like? Lol it's hard for me to say you guys or you all without wanting to go y'all...) anyway. Emerald is just one of my characters and Saffyre is based off my best friend, soo lol. R&R It'll make me and my characters super happy! XD

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