Forgive me but Danny is a little depressing in this bit. Still I hope you enjoy.

"Attention, all flights have been cancelled due to a severe snow storm coming in within the next twenty minutes. If you have nowhere to stay you may check in at the airport hotel the next building down. Attention, again all flights have been cancelled."

Danny and Vlad stared at the flight schedule in total disbelief. How in hell's name did this happen? Their luck couldn't have been any shittier.

When people began to shove their way through to the hotel Danny suddenly felt weary of being so close to others. He looked around and caught Vlad's eyes.

"I'm going to go look for a different hotel! Stay here if you want!" Danny had to yell over the roaring crowd and started walking away.

Vlad stared after him in confusion. Where the hell was he going? With sleep in mind he walked to the airport hotel to check in not caring for the teen. He just hoped he came back in the morning. His mind had been steering to the damn teen lately and it was pissing him off to no end. There was nothing overly special about him so why should he worry about him?

When he got into his hotel room he washed up and took his shirt, shoes and socks off then climbed into bed since he didn't have sleeping clothes with him.

A half hour later he was still awake much to his annoyance. This was all Daniel's fault he thought. He had been laying there wondering if the teen had a warm bed and had found some food. Was he okay was the other thing going through his sleep deprived mind while he tried so hard to forget about at the same time. Nothing worked because like clockwork his mind ventured to the wellbeing of Daniel.

Stop this! He shouted in his mind. Daniel is an almost grown young man who happens to be half ghost and can perfectly take care of himself. Nothing is wrong with the teenager he's probably out with friends doing god knows what at this time of hour.

When his eyes almost shut he knew he was finally about to get the well-rested sleep he was seeking. Moments later he was thanking whatever god had answered his prayer and fell into blackness.

Meanwhile Danny had turned ghost and made his way to Amity Park to find a place to rest. Sure it was two hours away but when you fly it was just half an hour. When he arrived he spotted the Town Hall and went there. The top of the building had a gazebo like place to sit down so he used it to put his bags under the benches and sat on a ledge overlooking the town. He loved and hated winter. Loved because Amity looked and felt so much calmer. Hated because of how cold it was and how it never affected him anymore since the ghost portal incident. Turned out his ghost core was basically ice which made no sense to him. He only questioned it about…a thousand times a day when everyone else was freezing and he felt perfectly fine. In the summer he still felt perfectly fine which again didn't make any sense. The heat should have been unbearable, but no it did nothing to him.

He felt cursed and blessed in a way. Sure there were advantages to having ghost powers but when you have your whole life ahead of you normality is something you want back in your life. He also couldn't stand the ghost hunting but he got by with barely a smile on his face. It was true he met some very interesting and awesome ghosts but at the end of the day he was still alone. Danny knew that Sam and Tucker had been seeing each other for quite a while now but what he couldn't understand is why they didn't tell him. Months he had waited for one of them to say something but each time he saw them together he started to feel a rift between himself and them. They were so happy to share their relationship without him he couldn't help but feel a little hurt about it. But he felt happy as well to know they were happy together. Never had he felt true to the words caught between a rock and a hard place. He loved his friends so much he couldn't outright hate them but the least they could've done was say what's on their mind. It was something else he knew as well that hurt even more than their secret relationship. They had been finding a way and right time to tell him that they didn't want anything to do with Danny Phantom. He knew his second life was hard to handle so he understood why they wanted to cut him out of their lives. It was almost the end of the school year and college was right around the corner and no one needed the stress of his other life getting in the way.

With a deep and sad sigh he looked up at the sky watching the clouds cover the moon and stars. Danny knew he shouldn't be so depressed but he truly couldn't help himself. The depressing moments always crept up on him.

Snow started falling lightly at first then after a moment it fell harder and harder. It really was a snow storm.

Good thing the cold isn't a problem for me. Danny thought as he walked over to the bench and laid down. He knew he wouldn't sleep but the idea of it was appealing. He vaguely wondered what Jazz was doing and thought about bothering her but didn't know if she was home or not. Knowing her she already left as soon as those papers were signed.

He laughed all of a sudden thinking about how the house was empty and here he was on top of the Town Hall. The irony of everything in his life was total bullshit. With every fiber of his being he hated how his life had turned out. He hated how he had let two people into his heart only to get hurt. Hated how he let them tear his confidence down to almost nothing really and how he had put up with it for so long. Hated how Sam and Tucker were cutting him out of their lives when he needed them most. The seemingly right choices in his life always seemed to end up in disaster and for some reason he just didn't know why.

His life hurt but in his heart he knew he wouldn't let anyone hold him back from living. Life goes on and so should he. It was time to start over for him and when he got back from Vlad's he would put in applications to colleges. Then he would have to find new friends. And after if he succeeded he would never return to Amity Park. This would be the one place he would avoid like the plague. That's if he got out though. If he didn't he would just find a petty little job and hope his life wouldn't turn out too horrible.

With the snow falling in droves he relinquished himself to sleep for a bit actually calming at the sound of the wind. His ghost core was right at home flaring without harming Danny for once since he was outside lying under a snow storm.

A few hours later an eerie silence woke him up making him sit up to see the whole town covered in at least several feet of snow. His body had a thin layer of the cold substance but he hardly noticed as he walked to the ledge. The moon was shining with an ethereal glow making the snow sparkle in a sort of dream like way. It was breathtaking to say the least and probably the most beautiful this town will ever look in Danny's opinion. There wasn't a cloud in the sky when he looked to the stars.

Being that it was winter he could see some of his favorite constellations a little more clearer in the sky. Orion the Hunter was up there which made Danny smile. He loved that constellation because Orion's belt held a beautiful wonder in the center. The Orion Nebula. He wished he could visit the Observatory on the other side of town but knew he wouldn't break in to look at the Orion Nebula. Even if it was so beautiful.

Danny pouted as he looked from the Observatory to the stars. He vaguely wished his life was like the stars he loved so calm and peaceful and infinite. He wanted to feel the warmth of their light even closer but knew it was impossible. Fate wanted to see him suffer for now. He would abide by fate's will for a little while but then he would have to start living for himself fate be damned. Maybe.

A soft yet cold breeze blew across his face making him sigh in content at the peacefulness. It was so quiet. He sat on the ledge with one leg propped up to rest his elbow and let the other dangle off the edge.

Danny started to sing a song he felt was and could be true. The song portrayed what had happened and what hasn't. Forgiveness was what it talked about in a general sense but it held so much more feeling to him. He only wished he could be that close to somebody. Somebody who wouldn't hurt him so much and maybe make him happy for once.

Clockwork watched the depressed teen with sympathy for a few moments before turning to the Shyle in his hands. He wondered why he was here but then remembered how Danny needed someone in his life just as Vlad needed someone as well. They were much too isolated from life and as so they didn't know how to love properly.

Purgatory.

A soft whisper resounded in Clockwork's head making his eyes widen in shock. Purgatory? Was that the right choice?

'My Lord let this be the right choice.' Clockwork said in his mind hoping his Lord had heard and would help.

"Do what you think is best my friend. And listen to the voice inside your mind."

Clockwork sighed in relief when he heard his Lord's voice. 'Thank you.'

He looked at young Danny and knew he would send him and Vlad into purgatory. The only thing he could do was wait for the right time. But for now he would just spy on Danny to see how much he truly loved Vlad.

"So confusing isn't it?" Clockwork asked startling the teen.

"C-clockwork? What are you doing here?" Danny stood to face him.

"I happened to be observing like I always do and noticed how saddened you looked. Nothing I say or do will make you better so I will just stay by your side for a bit if that's alright with you."

Confused Danny nodded in agreement. "Sure."

They both went to the ledge and looked at Amity in its cold splendor. When Danny sighed Clockwork turned to him with an understanding smile.

"You know Clockwork so just say what you want to say."

"Do you love him?"

Danny looked up in shock. "Do I love him? What kind of question is that? Rude much? You're always prying into my life aren't you?"

Clockwork chuckled at his antics. "Perhaps I meddle in your life more than I should but I, like many others, cannot help but want to help you. You have this way about you that makes some of feel a bit protective of you. In a way you're special and almost one of a kind."

"Um, thanks I guess." Danny mumbled. "Almost one of a kind? What the hell Clockwork?"

"Well I could have said you and Vlad are one of a kind if you would make a move and set him straight." He smiled slyly at the blush Danny tried to hide.

"W-what? Shut the hell up Clockwork and go observe!" Danny reached a hand up as if to choke him and then turned away. "Only you would be so blunt about this."

"Of course I would. Someone has to be."

A moment of silence ensued.

"I can't do it." Danny whispered. "I can't tell him it's not that simple. Not to mention impossible for him to even like someone as incompetent as me."

"You're not incompetent Danny. You only have to overcome your fears and move on. Don't let others who never deserved your affections to begin with hold you back from finding the one thing you truly deserve."

"And what do I deserve because at this point I don't know what I'm looking for." Danny said brokenly. "I'm alone in my life. Sure I have a family that loves me but only Jazz knows the other me and even then she's off at college right now. Mom and Dad love ghost hunting which is the most ironic thing in my life being that I'm half ghost myself. My friends, my best friends, were hanging by a thread waiting to let me go so they could have their normal lives back. True I may not blame them or hate them but I still feel so hurt by it. I feel as though my life is slowly coming to a standstill."

"You deserve happiness, companionship and true love. And the people in your life are blind at the moment but give it time and they will soon see the you we ghosts of the ghost zone see. As for your friends…let them go. Maybe this was meant to be and if not then they will fix it themselves. And perhaps your life is coming to a standstill but that doesn't mean you should stop. Keep going."

"I-thank you Clockwork. I didn't mean to be a pest and lay everything out there for you. It's been a little overwhelming I guess." Danny gave a shy smile. "Me deserve happiness, companionship and love? Those are the things that delude me at every corner."

"Then you better be sly as a fox and outwit them. Though they delude you have the intelligence to go after what you want." Clockwork smiled genuinely at Danny who just stared at him in disbelief.

"You make it sound so damn easy." Danny grumbled.

"It can be sometimes." He replied.

"Just never for me right?"

Clockwork sighed. "Danny everything in the universe isn't out to get you or make your life abnormally cruel. There are forces at work that will see you happy but that same force also fights a darker side that would see you suffer. You give the darker force more power thinking like you do and letting yourself get depressed like this. Be stronger than that. Be that ray of sunlight we ghosts look up to in hope. Never let your light go out Danny."

Danny digested those words and let it make him feel a little better about things. Clockwork was right though he shouldn't be this depressed. He had to be strong for his family and his soon-to-be ex best friends and for himself. He shouldn't let anyone in his past hold him back from living even if he still had some issues to get over.

"One step at a time." Danny declared earning a smile from Clockwork.

"That's good to hear now let me leave you in peace to think of your resolve."

Danny waved him off. "Alright bye Clockwork."

When he was alone again Danny closed his eyes to think about certain things he had said. He meant what he said about taking one step at a time but that didn't mean he had to like it. In a sense he would be starting over with everything and that alone was a daunting prospect. One step was the first most difficult thing to do. How he would go about it was the big question.

Soon the sun started to peek over the horizon bringing with it all hues in the sky. He hadn't realized he spent so much time on thinking. Interesting.

He flew back to the airport to get breakfast and find Vlad.

I just noticed I made Vlad and Danny take normal standard transportation when they could've flown but that is all part of my wee plan. Well now it is. Lol anyways they would rather feel a little human instead of flying around like the ghosts they are. They need this sense of normality sometimes. Hoped you enjoyed this bit and please don't be too harsh if something isn't to your liking just tell and I will try to get better.