OMG! I'm SO sorry for not updating last weekend! I went out with my mom then my brother and TOTALLY forgot! Then I can't during the week. And then there was the planning for other fanfics… BUT, good news… SPRING BREAK! I can now write twice as much! Hurray! Anyways, read on!

My Little Phantom

Chapter 4: Ghosts

Danny's eyes fluttered open in the morning light streaming through the tree leaves. He was confused at first on why he wasn't in his bed, than the past day flew by in his mind. He looked around the small clearing in the forest until he spotted the still sleeping Rainbow Dash in the small pile of leaves 3 feet from him. He smiled and stood up to stretch. Walking over to the Pegasus, he prodded her side.

He stifled a laugh as she yawned and looked up at him. Her hair had bits of leaves tangled it and there was a small, dry stream of drool on the side of her mouth. "Mornin' Sleeping Beauty." He smiled as she stood up and walked to the small pond he flew over the night before. She took a drink and gasped at her reflection.

"Crap!" she exclaimed. Dipping a hoof in the water, she scrubbed the drool away and desperately tried to tame her rat's nest of hair.

Danny walked up to the girl pony and smiled. He hopped in the pond and scrubbed away the blood from last night out of his hair. His wounds always healed up faster than a normal person's would, thanks to his ghost half.

"We should probably go back," Rainbow Dash insisted. "The others are probably worried sick." She smiled and turned towards PonyVile, Danny close behind.

"By the way, what does your cutie mark mean?" Rainbow Dash broke the silence between them.

Danny looked at her with confusion. "My what?" he finally asked.

"You know, the symbol on your leg?" Danny looked at the moon on his leg, then realized what she was talking about.

"Oh, this! It means, uh… I have a fascination of outer space. So that's probably what it is." He gave a guilty smile, which Rainbow Dash didn't notice.

After their small conversation, Danny took in all the scenery. He noticed a small rosebush with red roses and purple stems. He recognized these roses, but couldn't remember from where. He jumped at the sound of Rainbow's voice next to him.

"Are you okay?" she asked. She looked towards the flowers, confusion written clearly on her face. "Are you allergic?"

"No, I just…" He paused for a second, looking back at the mysterious roses. "I just remember these from somewhere. I can't quite put my - hoof on it though…"

Rainbow Dash lifted an eyebrow, but quickly dismissed it when a scream rang out through the forest, followed by a loud crash. She looked towards Danny to see he had the expression as her. Without a word, they took off towards the town.

Danny changing to Phantom on the way.

Oh snap! Linebreak!

Rainbow Dash and Phantom skidded to a halt at the edge of the forest, looking out to the town. All was the same as they left it besides the panicking ponies, and smoke coming from the middle of the town.

Phantom flew out of the shelter of the forest, heading for the source of the smoke. The sound of flapping confirmed that Rainbow was fallowing closely behind.

"Go make sure the ponies' are out of the town!" he shouted behind him. "And find your friends! Try not to let them get in the way!" With this, he landed by the smashed building, small flames licking hungrily at the wood. He looked around the area, all living things far from gone.

After a few second of searching, he heard a scream from behind him. He dashed off in the direction of the yell. When he turned a corner, he stopped in his tracks. A large robotic man stood in the street. He had a black, no sleeve shirt on with a metal sash hung over his left shoulder. His large, dark grey hands had many blue buttons scattered on his wrist. The dark grey belt had few blue buttons and a glowing blue S next to a small pouch. His black pant ran down his legs and into grey boots with glowing blue laces. The most menacing of features on the robot was his Mohawk and small beard, which were green flames. In his hand was the same pony he first saw when he entered the town just yesterday.

"Where is the Ghost Boy!?" he screamed at the pony child. The pony shook with fear and cried out for help.

The robot let out a shocked gasp as the boy slipped through his fingers and disappeared into thin air. As he scanned the area, a green bolt of energy was shot at the back of his head. Before he could turn, a sudden weight was added to his shoulders and he fell to the ground.

"Hey Skulker," a voice sounded above him, "I thought the man rode the pony!" Skulker's head turned enough to look at a black and white pony. If it hadn't been for the D P icon on his leg, he wouldn't have recognized him.

"Get off me, Whelp!" he screamed as he shot Phantom off his back. "I'm not here for your pelt this time. I don't need it in pony form anyway!" Skulker stood up and glared at the halfa, whom was still in a battle stance.

"So why are you here than! It can't possibly be because you missed me!" Phantom spat at the ghost.

"I came hoping you'd help us!"

Phantom loosened up. "Help you? Why? The great Skulker can't handle something?" he mocked. Realization came to his face. "Wait, us?

Skulker rolled his eyes. "Yes, Whelp. All the ghosts where taken into a portal. I barely escaped. Someone is sending them to this pitiful world."

Phantom's eyes went wide. 'That must be why Clockwork sent me here!' "Do you know where this person is?" he asked the mechanical ghost.

"Did you not hear that I escaped? I got out before they went in the portal!" He looked at Phantom like he was an idiot.

'Great. Now I have to either search everywhere for this lunatic, or wait for the next ghost to come around. Probably the latter.' Phantom changed to Danny as he thought.He was brought out of his musing at the sound of gasps and trotting behind him. He turned to see The Mane Six running down the street. 'Damn it Rainbow! I give her a simple task!' He turned to the large ghost in front of him. "I suggest you get out of here, Skulker."

The man nodded and pressed a button on his wrist. A green portal opened up behind him. Without a word, he walked in and it faded to nothing. 'Okay, when did he get that?!' Danny thought to himself. He turned around and jumped back in surprise. Twilight Sparkle was only a few inches away from his face, eyes sparkling with wonder.

"What are you?!" she said in amazement.

Before he could answer, a yell sounded to their left. "Danny! I couldn't find-" Rainbow Dash came out from behind a building. At the sight before her, she smiled sheepishly and said, "Heh, never mind. I found them." Danny glared at her, then turned back to the other hero ponies.

"It's kind of a long story," he replied to the earlier question in hopes of not having to explain. He sighed at Twilights eager expression. "Fine. Do you want the full story or just what I am?" He mentally slapped himself for asking that question. 'Please not the full story!' He thought. He really wanted to get this mission over with, so he needed as much time as possible.

Though, thanks to his luck, the unicorn said, "The full story!"

Sighing, Danny started. "Ugh. My parents built a – well – portal to a place called the Ghost Zone." The ponies gasped at the word 'ghost.' "They worked hard on it, so they were very disappointed when it didn't work. My friend convinced me to go in it to check it out. When I did, I tripped on a wire and put my hand on the wall for support. My dad," Danny muttered "being the genius he is" under his breath, "had the On button on the inside. The portal electrocuted me, but the Ectoplasm used to run it sort of saved me. That's just a theory we thought of, but it makes sense in a way. So I'm what ghosts call a halfa. Before you ask, there's only three halfas. One's a clone, one's probably dead, and then there's me." The others looked at him in shock. Even Rainbow Dash, who didn't know the whole story.

Of course, Pinky Pie was the first to break the silence. "Cool! When do we get to see some ghost stuff!" She ran up to him, a smile clear on her face.

Danny raised an eyebrow, than realized everyone was still staring at him. Smiling, he said, "Do I ever get to see the town? Or are you all just going to admire me?"

They all blinked a few times, Rainbow Dash blushing a bit. Applejack smiled and started to walk down the street. "Well, whatya waitin' for then? Let's go!"

Oh wait! Linebreak!

Elsewhere…

Dark figure trotted in front of the cage of pony ghosts and pressed a button. One blue pony with a dark blue, fabric hat over his black mane was spat out of the cage through a tube. The figure smiled at the pony and said in a deep voice, "You're free to go, young ghost."

The pony looked at the shadow of a horse and shouted "Beware!" before flying through the roof.

The shadow smiled and said to himself, "And so it has begun."

Ok, quickly! I'm starting a new fanfiction either today or tomorrow. Only clue: I hope Danny's a cat person. :P That probably gave it away… Oh well! See ya next time!