Flashback: Two months ago

Danny, a young half ghost, came into the school, Casper High, with a black eye, cuts on both of his cheek and a nasty bruise on his cheek. A look of fear and dread was clear on his face though. He was walking through the city, hopeful not to find his parents or any ghosts that would more than willing to attack him.

He gulped as he heard footsteps and immediately run into an alleyway. He waited for a few minutes and nothing happened. He exhaled, but then tensed. He was more than halfway to school, he just had to get through the street and he'll be there. Gulping and gathering his courage, he ran out of the alleyway and towards the school. Unfortunately, he had run right into his parents.

"Danny," Jack smirked as he aimed his blaster at him. Danny paled and then started to walk backwards.

"Don't ever move, you hear me," Another voice said as Danny turned and saw his mother behind him. He was surrounded and from the looks of the two faces, he knew he was in trouble…

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"No, don't wait. I'm still you're son…right. No!"

"Danny!" Tucker and James yelled, gently waking him up.

"Wait…what?" Danny yelled as he woke up in a shock.

"Dude, are you ok?" Danny slowly nodded.

"No, you're not. Now long have these dreams been occurring?"

"Uh…" Danny really didn't want to answer and he didn't really know anyway.

"That's good enough," James said as he then leaned against the wall thinking. Danny watched in confusion, but then looked over at Tucker.

"Man, dude, you need to get some sleep."

"But,"

"No, buts" Tucker said, "Get some sleep" He finished as Danny sighed and then leaned back done. It wasn't long until he was asleep again. However, it was less time for him to start to have another nightmare.

"Danny," Tucker said as he attempted to wake Danny up.

"Wait," James said as he went ghost. "I'll deal with it,"

"Alright," Tucker said having an idea what James was planning. With that James fazed into Danny and into his dream. James groaned as he wills himself invisible as he landed on the ground. He looked around after that and smiled. So, this is Daniel's dream. It's realistic, a little too realistic. He groaned knowing that if he didn't find Danny in time, he could die. He immediately flew up and attempted to find Danny's energy.

It wasn't long until he found him and teleported right where he was. However, the sight made his heart drop. Danny was backing away from his parents in fear. He was wearing his red winter coat to hide his cuts and bruises, but James could feel the fear coming from him. James hissed, he couldn't attack them, but he had to help.

Smirking, he turned into red smoke and moved to surround Danny. Danny gasped, but James said from the fog,

"Relax, my apprentice, you're having a nightmare."

"James," Danny asked confused.

"Only you can stop it. This is your mind. You have the power and the control. You must decide who controls it, your fear or you." James said as he appeared from the fog behind Danny. Danny looked at him and then back at his parents, but fear moved back into him.

"Danny, you must control your fear. I swear and promise that your parents will not harm you again."

"Oh, please. He's lying," Maddie said as Jack aimed his anti-ghost weapon and fired right at Danny. Danny gasped, but before the blast could hit him, it bounced off a solid glowing blue beam that had appeared in front of Danny. "James," Danny said seeing that James had moved to defend him.

"I can only do so much. It is you that must defeat your fear."

James then threw his light saber to Danny.

"You are strong. Use your strength and courage to defeat your fear." James said as he jumped to land behind Danny and watched and waited. Danny swung the light saber around confused, but then took a stance holding the light saber in both of his hands for defense. Interesting, he has a natural form II stance, let's see what else he can do. James thought as Danny looked at his parents who were both laughing at him. "Are you really willing to attack your parents?"

"You are not parents, not mine, not anymore." Danny said as the scenery changed from Amity Park to somewhere in the ghost zone. Jack and Maddie gasped at that, but then growled and charged at Danny. Danny sighed as he bought the light saber to defend himself and then jumped and brought the sword down, creating a huge crater in the 'floor' of dream, causing Jack and Maddie to fall into it.

Danny was breathing heavily after that. It must have took him a lot of power to do that, James thought as he saw Danny smile and turn to look at him. James smiled back and nodded, but suddenly behind Danny a huge monster that was surrounded in darkness and had red eyes. His fear, James thought worried. Danny gasped as he looked at it,

"Why do you continue to fight? You're nothing but a ghost and that is all."

"No, Danny, do not listen. You are more than a ghost, you are a human and better a hero," James said using his power to show some of Danny's memories about his heroism. Danny gasped as the memories of hundreds of battle sand times he protected everyone played in front of him.

"So, what" The monster said in Maddie's voice. "You have no friends,"

"I beg to differ," James said allowing the memories that Danny had about his friendship with Tucker and some of his own about the Temple to play in front of Danny. Danny smiled as he saw his memories and the temple for the first time.

"He's right, my master is right." Danny said as a huge smile appeared on his face. "I am a person and a ghost. I am a hero and I am welcomed. And I am not afraid of you anymore." The light saber's blade had increased as Danny pumped more and more of his power into it, creating a blade almost three times his height. Danny brought the light saber above his head and then jumped with all of his strength bringing the light saber right down on the monster, slicing it into two.

The creature screamed in pain as it was destroyed, revealing another Danny who was cowering in fear and wearing all gray. The embodiment of Danny's fear, James thought as that Danny looked up at the real one and then vanished, disappearing. Danny sighed as he saw that and then looked up at his master. James looked up at him, a smile on his face as well, and then nodded. With that, the scenery started to melt causing the dream to end.

Tucker was watching as Danny's shaking calmed down and then stopped. He smiled as he saw the gently breaths coming from him. General James must have broken the cycle, Tucker thought as he watched Danny slowly wake up. James faxed out of him with that as Danny sat up.

"Hey, man, you ok?" Tucker asked.

"Yeah, thank you," Danny said looking at James who had turned back human and saw leaning against the wall again

"For what? You are the one that defeated your fear." James said as the three moved into an uncomfortable silence. "I must say," James said attempting to break the silence after some time, "I am confused about why I am barely sensing your power,"

"Huh," Danny and Tucker asked confused.

"Well, in your dream, Daniel, the power you showed was impressive, why am I not sensing it now?" Tucker looked over at Danny, who was looking at the ground.

"Mmm, if I have to guess it's because Danny hides his power."

"Ah, well," James said as he thought for a while.

"We'll have to fix that," James said as he turned to a trooper and whispered something to him. The trooper nodded and then walked off,

"So, do you have any questions for me?" Tucker smiled and immediately started to ask about the Accelerator, from shields to computer systems to even the light saber on James's belt. James chuckles a little as he answered the questions as honestly as he could.

"Why don't you answer him completely?" Danny asked

"Because my ship is a warship. Some of the information is dangerous in the wrong hands and I will not put my men in that sort of danger." James said as the trooper from before came back with a cot, two pillows and blankets. "What is this for?" Tucker asked pointing at the stuff.

"Mr. Foley, there are no more rooms in this ship and it'll be too late for you to return home when we arrive at Amity."

"So, I'll have to sleep here?" Tucker asked remembering that he was in a hospital.

"I will be too," James said as he handed Tucker the cot. Danny watched the two as James helped Tucker but then sighed

"Why are you doing this?" He breathed out.

James sighed when he heard that. Tucker was about to say something when James stopped him by placing his hand on his shoulder. Tucker looked over at James confused, but James just said

"I'll handle this,"

"Ok," James sighed at that and then turned to Danny,

"You don't trust me, do you?" Danny didn't look at him and mumbled a little under his breath. "Yeah, I thought so,"

"Well, it isn't that I…"

"Relax, Padawan, I didn't and still don't think I have earned your trust," James said as Tucker sat down on the seat and fell asleep. Danny chuckled a little at that, but then James continued,

"No gift is more precious than trust, and no gift is harder to receive." James said.

"And is that what you want?" Danny asked looking at James angry.

"No," Danny arched an eye-brow at that,

"Then what…"

"I want you to consider giving me one chance, one chance, to gain your trust and nothing more." James said as he set the pillow and blanket he had gotten down on the medical bed next to Danny.

"That is all." James continued as he lay down on the bed, "You have the rest of the night to think about it and if you need more time. I believe I will be remaining in Amity for at least two months or so, so take all the time you need. Mr. Foley's parents are more than willing to take care of you in Amity." Danny looked at the ground again with that. James sighed,

"Whatever you decide I will honor and agree with. The Alliance and I are not ones to force someone in when they do not want to." With that, he rolled over facing away from Danny. Danny didn't say anything as he watched and waited for James to say anything else. However, it looked like he wasn't going to…at all. The gently breaths that came from James told Danny that he had fallen asleep.