Jack dropped Jamie on the sleigh next to Sandy and landed beside him, falling into a seat exhausted.
"Jamie!" Tooth exclaimed surprised.
"Why did you bring him here? We're hunting Pitch not baby-sitting," Bunny grumbled.
"Hey, I'm not a baby," Jamie pointed out. Bunny ignored the protest.
"Because I promised him a lift home and Danny's hunting Pitch down right now," Jack answered.
"Danny!?" Bunny shouted angrily.
"You convinced him to help us?" Tooth inquired, shooting a disapproving glance at Bunny. Jack shook his head.
"Not exactly. He said that Pitch threatened him. Danny was staying out of this because of that. But when I told him that Diana is in hospital, he got really worried and must have come straight here," Jack explained.
"Wait, Pitch threatened Danny," Tooth repeated. Jack nodded.
"No idea how, but yeah. Danny doesn't really tell me much. But he keeps mentioning someone called Danny Phantom. Jamie has a book about the guy which I'm hoping he'd let me have a look at it," Jack replied, giving Jamie a meaningful look. Jamie nodded.
"Sure. It's in my room," Jamie agreed.
"So next stop, Jamie's house! Hold on tight! Yaah!" North yelled in his jolly voice. Jamie frowned but Jack pulled Jamie into a seat beside him just as North dove into the roads and weaved through the streets, stopping outside the Bennett house.
"That's the last time I eat carrots before getting in this sleigh!" Bunny promised to no one in particularly swallowing down his nausea.
"Oh, come on Bunny, everyone loves the sleigh," North called as the guardians walked into Jamie's house. Abby the greyhound was dozing in the hall allowing Bunny to creep by silently.
Jamie strolled into his room and dropped his bag beside a desk and turned to his bookshelves. He smiled. There it was, right beside his prized possession a book about Bigfoot autographed by Phil the yeti. He pulled it down and handed it to Jack. Jack gasped at the symbol embossed on the front. The strange logo Danny wore. A white "D" logo. He turned the book to Jamie.
"What's this?" Jack asked. Jamie glanced at the book as he turned on a couple of lamps.
"Oh, that's Danny Phantom's logo. His friend made it for him," Jamie answered. Jack glanced at his fellow guardians meaningfully.
Jack opened the book and the first page was a large picture of two boys. One had black hair and blue eyes wearing a white shirt and jeans. The other had white hair and green eyes wearing a black and white jumpsuit. Jamie peered at the page.
"That's Danny Phantom and that's Danny Fenton. He was a halfa. Half human, half ghost," Jamie explained, pointing to Fenton and Phantom in turn. Jack scowled at the page.
"Jamie, do you mind if I fold this page for a second?" Jack asked. Jamie scowled in confusion but shook his head.
"Thanks," Jack retorted and put the book down on the bed. He folded the page over so that the left half of Phantom and the right half of Fenton overlapped. He turned to the other guardians.
"Look familiar?" he inquired. Bunny shook his head.
"No way! It's got to be a trick," Bunny growled. Tooth stared wide eyed at the book. Sandy frowned at it thoughtfully. North scowled in confusion at the page.
Jamie looked at the page that Jack was holding still folded.
"Why would that look familiar?" Jamie asked. Jack turned to Jamie.
"Because that looks exactly like Danny. Danny, the Spirit of Fear. You said he died four years ago," Jack replied. Jamie nodded.
"But I don't know the details. It isn't in the book. But I know that a guy called Vlad Masters who was also a halfa was arrested for murder," Jamie retorted.
"He was murdered?" Tooth squeaked. Jamie nodded.
"Until he died, no one but his friends and sister and Vlad knew his secret. His secret identity came out as he died. At least that's how the story goes," Jamie informed them.
"Danny Phantom, what was he like?" Jack prompted. He knew that he was holding a book but he wasn't the best reader and he didn't want to waste the time reading the book to find out.
"He was a hero. He protected his hometown from other ghosts that attacked," Jamie answered with a smile. Sandy waved his hand to get Jamie's attention and made a ghost shaped sand figure above his head and a question mark. Jamie nodded.
"Yeah. Lots of different ghosts too. Skulker, Ember, Box Ghost, Lunch Lady," Jamie began to list.
"Woah, wait. The Box Ghost?" Jack repeated. Jamie nodded.
"He's mentioned a lot in the book but he doesn't seem very dangerous. More annoying than anything," Jamie replied.
"Why? Is the Box Ghost important?" North inquired. Jack shook his head.
"No, but Danny mentioned him. I asked if he was alright after Pitch threw him into a car and Danny said he'd had worse hits from the Box Ghost," Jack explained.
"Pitch threw Danny into a car?!" Tooth exclaimed. Jack nodded.
"So that's why the car alarm went off," Jamie breathed in realisation. Jack nodded to the boy.
Suddenly a bright swirling light appeared in Jamie's room. A yeti fell through and frantically garbled something to North.
"What? Slow down," North cried. The yeti took a deep breath and repeated itself but slower.
"What?!" North exclaimed outraged.
"What, what's wrong North?" Jack prompted.
"Someone is in my workshop without permission!" North growled. He unsheathed his swords and marched into the portal. The guardians glanced at each other and rushed after North, Jamie grabbed his book and ran after them mainly out of curiosity.
So, any guesses on who's at the workshop? Let me know what you guys think so far.
Anyway, until the next chapter.