Chapter 6: Snow Sculptures
"I..am…so..bored…"Danny whined to himself. His dad told him to stay in bed while he was in Michigan. There was nothing to do in the room, the maids were too busy to deal with him and he was tired of sleeping. He noticed that the knight and the cheese man weren't around. Danny got up and sat up with his legs over the edge of the bed. The only time he was allowed to get out of bed was to go to the bathroom, but a peek out the window wouldn't hurt.
Carefully Danny got up and hobbled over to the window that was several feet from his bed. It was large and had dark curtains. 'I guess so I can sleep through the day…' Pulling the curtains away, he was swiftly blinded by the outside. After his eyes readjusted, he stared in awe at the sight. Freshly fallen snow covered the grounds, sparkling in the sun. Danny's eyes were lit with wonder. Looking away to look around his room, he noticed a crutch by the door.
Smiling, he quickly (well quickly to his situation) went over and grabbed the crutch. Propping himself on it, Danny limped out of his room and down the hallway. His free arm was feeling a lot better so he actually slipped the cast off and left it back in the room.
It took a few minutes, but the fourteen year old made it down the stairs and stood in front of the backdoor to the grounds. Looking around to make sure the no one was watching, Danny opened the door and stepped outside.
Inside a Few Minutes Later
The Fright Knight left the lab with a sigh. At the early morning his lord called to have the lab set up for a test and to keep an eye on Danny. The ghost phased through the floors and reached the child's room. When he entered, his eyes widen to find the child gone.
"Ghost boy?"thinking he was invisible. He turned around, seeing the door open and the crutch missing.
"Girrr…Lord Vlad is going to be pissed when he finds out-" He had flown past the backdoor and briefly saw what was out there, "A.. Aquarius?!"
An Hour later
The maids had left and Vlad arrived back with a long look on his face. He had saw the frozen coffin of what was Danny's hometown and his love dead within it. Now he needed to find the proof if Danny caused the ice. Floating through the house and then turning back to human, he called out, "Fright Knight? Fright Knight. Gah, where the basted devil is that-"
He walked past the back door and felt the frozen wind. 'Damnit who left the door open…' Walking over he went to grab the door when his eyes widen at the sight. "What..the…"
His backyard had been transformed into a garden of sculptures made out of snow. Some were of animals, abstract shapes, loops, and spirals. Walking around, he stared in awe at how they were made.
"So what do you think of this one, Mr. Fright Knight?"a voice near by asked. Vlad turned around to see Danny sitting on top of a snow sculpture of a dragon with it's wings spread. His eyes were glowing a soft blue as some snow from the ground started to move and what look like growing up, creating pillars around the dragon.
"Amazing." Vlad said, causing Danny's eyes to stop glowing and going, "huh?" The snow pillars that were growing stopped and crumpled back down.
"Dad?"
"Ice powers…you have ice powers."Vlad got closer.
"Ice powers?"
"Daniel…how did you get outside?"
"I walked out here. Don...don't you like these?"
"Ye..yes I do." 'Holy shit Daniel has ice powers and they're active!'
"Dad? What's wrong?"Vlad looked up to see Danny with a worried look. "N..nothing. Just cold. Daniel my boy, come down here for a sec."
Danny looked around for a second before his eyes started to glow. The ice dragon started to lose its form as it started to move and form a slide like loop for him to side down on. He looked over with his eyes still glowing, "How was your trip?"
Vlad didn't say anything as he watch the snow sculpture drop back down to the earth. 'Ice powers…but he can control the snow?' He walked over while placing his hand in his pocket. "Pretty boring. Now, why don't you give your dad a hug." Vlad had both hands out. Danny smile with his eyes stopped glowing as he limped over and hugged. "I missed you."
"I missed you too. Now, Daniel."
"Yes dad?"
"You're going to feel a small prick." he pulled a syringe from the cuff of his coat. "You went out into the cold without a coat or shoes for that matter. This is just medicine so you hypothermia doesn't come back. Okay?"
"kay."
Moving his fingers, he positioned the needle to the back of Danny's shoulders. He carefully slid the needle in and pushed the trigger, the contents started to pour into Danny.
Danny's eyes started to droop, "Dad…I feel…reeeallly…sleeeeeeeeeeeeppy…"Then he was knocked out cold.
"Fright Knight."Vlad said, the knight appeared, but with an odd look in his eyes. "Come with me."
He picked up Danny and carried him back into the house.
Vlad's Lab 10 minutes later
"Body temperature at 76 degrees. Subject's body temperature at dangerous levels. Advisory. Warm the subject's body." the machine chimed robotically. Before Vlad began the experiments, he disabled the Maddie program. He didn't want to see a reminder of her for a while.
Looking over, he watched the ring moving up and down Danny's body. 'His body temperature is still at 76? He should be dead. Is it the ice powers?'
"Fright Knight I nee-What is it?"Vlad had noticed his servant's odd look and attempts to grab his sword while looking at Danny.
"If you attack him, I'll destroy you."
"I know. It was previous orders from Pariah Dark."
"What orders?"
"To kill the Guardian Aquarius."
"Guardian Aquarius?"
"Aquarius along with six Guardians had sealed me and Pariah several thousand years ago."
"You didn't answer my question fully. Who is Aquarius?"
"Aquarius, the Water Spirit. He and six others are the bearers of the seven elements that make up and exist Earth. They are also the strongest ghosts in existence…were the strongest ghosts."
"Were?"
"When Danny Phantom released me on Halloween, I had found out the Guardians had all been reincarnated though an old ghost who remembered Pariah's rule."
Vlad looked at Danny. "Why him?"
"Because…Danny Phantom is the reincarnation of Aquarius."
"What? That's preposterous! Where's the proof?!"
"The sculptures. Aquarius can manipulate water even if it's in the snow, plants or ice."
"What if it's just a ghost power he got from the portal?"
"It is impossible for him unless he was born in the Far Frozen Area of the Ghost Zone. I saw the news also. No child, halfa or not, can cause something like freezing a town unless he's a guardian."
Vlad didn't say anything else. "There is another way to prove that he's a guardian."
"What is it?"
"According to the ghost the pendants each guardian bore were sealed within their body. It's the symbol of their power and contains their memory from being a guardian."
Vlad looked at Danny and then glared at the Fright Knight, "If I were to find this pendent, what would you do? Kill him?"
"The death sentence was from Pariah. Even though I carry out my orders, I will not since I now follow you."
"Good. Then your order is that you are NOT to kill him!"
"As you wish."
"Good. Now that that rule is set. Where in Daniel's body would I find this…pendent?"
"The very center of his being."
"Never in the stomach." Sighing, "Alright. I'll figure out how to get it out of him later. For right now, I need to sleep." 'If I can sleep after what I saw…poor Maddie.'
Vlad was about to head upstairs when something muttered, "Beware of the White Flower…" He swiftly turned around to see Danny's mouth was slightly open, but closed shut. 'White Flower?'
Outside the Mansion
"Aquarius is here…"the figure stood through-out the snow sculptures in the backyard. He smiled while putting his hand into coat then pulling out something. A white lily that seemed to glitter in the sunlight. "Daniel Fenton….wake up…"
The Lab
Vlad was about to turn back around when Danny's eyes snapped open.
"Huh?" 'He woke up? I thought that drug was going to last until tonight?'
Danny sat up, swung his feet over the side of the table and looked over at Vlad. His eyes were dark blue…and blank.
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SG: Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Remember back in Reign Storm about the ghosts who sealed Pariah Dark? That's where I got the idea from. Smile
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