Hey guys! So I know it's been forever, and I apologize. Still workin on the others, they'll be done at some point... Anyway, we've got a loaded chapter for you here. I'm sure you'll love it! Also, just an FYI, a lot of this will be centered on Dark and Death. There are some things we need to reveal, so there won't be as much of Danny and Luna at first. Don't worry, I will include them, it'll just take some time. Please don't be mad! Alright, that's it. Oh, and sorry for the lack of trivia, kinda forgot.

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muney73 - Yep, pretty much. Lot of drama with that there. Don't worry, there's more XD As for the name, it's actually kind of a thing between Piper and I. See, in our original stories with Dark and Death (because they do have their own series), the attic is a place you avoid. Not gonna explain why, let's just say it involves my twisted imagination. But yeah, that and Spirit Wolf is just a very common name on here, so I figured I'd change it a bit. Anyway, here's the update, enjoy!

Disclaimer - Dark and Al belong to Piper. Death is MINE. And some other OCs are mine and Piper's, respectively. Other then that, we don't own the DP guys.

Chapter 5 - A Secret Long Hidden

Danny's POV

After school we were all going to go to Dark and Death's house, though Dark was still in double detention. We walked out of the building, only to see some guy standing there like he was waiting for someone, and Death to wave to him.

"Hey Al. What're you doin here?" I raised an eyebrow, not sure who this guy was. The guy gave Death an odd look before shaking his head and talking.

"Well I was supposed to wait for Dark here but since he got himself in trouble I guess I'm stuck with you kids." Death rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, cause we're so horrible."

"Yes. You are." Sam cleared her throat.

"Still here you two, just so you know." She looked to the guy Death called Al. "Who are you?" The guy grinned and bowed.

"My name is Alazar. Pleasure to meet you madam." She just raised an eyebrow, giving him an odd look. I turned to Death, a weird expression on my face. Before I could speak though, Tucker interrupted.

"Dude, just how old are you?" I shot him a look. The guy just chuckled.

"A few centuries I guess. Honestly, I'm not sure." We all stared, surprised. (Well, Death wasn't, but he's a special case.) How the hell is he centuries old?! Death sighed.

"You know what, let's just go to the house. Then Al here can explain whatever he wants while I make sure none of you can call the white coats from crazy town." We nodded slowly, and started walking down the street.

Soon enough we made it back to Death's place, sitting down on the couch or chairs, and looked at Alazar expectantly. He looked back at us.

"What?"

"Explanation? How the heck are you centuries old, and just who are you?" I said. He winked and spoke.

"Wouldn't you like to know." Luna crossed her arms.

"Yeah, actually, we would." He held his hands up defensively.

"I get it, calm down. Afraid I'm a threat?" I narrowed my eyes and Death laughed.

"Alazar, you're just some random guy that appeared and happens to know Dark and I. Heck, I barely even know you. Of course they're suspicious." He shrugged.

"Okay. I already told you kids my name. I'm a Greater Demon, I'm not a threat, and my soul is bound to Dark which is the only reason I'm still existing. There. Anything else you kiddies wanna know?" I think by this point we were all a bit confused. And surprised. Sam spoke.

"Your soul is bound? What do you mean by that?" Alazar groaned dramatically.

"It means that my soul is bound to him."

"How does that even work?" Asked Luna. He shrugged.

"I dunno." Death sighed.

"Alright, now that we all know each other and no one's calling the loony bin, what was the point of this?"

"Clockwork. He brought you and Dark here for a reason, but we don't know what. We need to figure that out. Maybe scout around, in both the Ghost Zone and here." Luna thought for a moment.

"Could it be Vlad again?" I shook my head.

"It's possible, but I doubt it." Death seemed to think of something.

"What if… What if it was someone from my dimension? Mine and Dark's. There are plenty of people there to watch out for, and most of them have both the motive and means to cause mass destruction and terror." I looked over to him.

"You think it could be?" He nodded.

"It's possible. Maybe someone's teaming up with someone from here. We should wait for Dark, he might have a better idea." I nodded.

"We should. But at the moment he's stuck in detention." For the next few hours we sat there, trying to figure out what we would have to face. Eventually, we all had to go home, Death promising to talk to Dark about this and tell us at lunch tomorrow.

Dark's POV

I made a portal to my room, not even bothering to appear in the living room. I didn't need Death freaking out and I was tired. I flopped down on the bed, regretting it right after. Of course Dash got detention. How in this world I didn't see this coming is beyond me. On my way out he had made sure I 'paid for what my freak friend did.' I rolled over and stared at the ceiling. My face and stomach hurt from where he had punched me. I closed my eyes for a minute, hoping to maybe fall asleep. After a minute I heard the door open.

"Dark? Holy shit, what happened?" I groaned and grabbed the pillow, holding it over my face. See? This is exactly why I came here first. "Dark, what happened?" I sighed and took the pillow off my face.

"Oh you know. I was hanging out with Dash. Nothing much." I saw his eyes narrow.

"I'll kill him." Uh oh.

"Death. No. That's bad. Killing is bad. And illegal. I think." After you go to so many dimensions, the laws tend to get mixed up. Oh well.

"Then he'll wish he was dead." I groaned again.

"Get over it. I've been through worse." Waaay worse. He sighed.

"Doesn't matter. Ugh, I'm so sorry Dark, I probably only made things worse." I rolled my eyes.

"Stop apologizing. It bugs me." He chuckled.

"Fine. For now. Anyway, if you're up to it, we should talk about what Stopwatch warned us about. In fact, Danny and Luna suggested we head to the Ghost Zone after school tomorrow." Ghost Zone. Yay.

"Sure. You guys have any ideas yet?" He nodded.

"I suggested that maybe it's someone from our, well, mainly your, dimension. Any ideas?" I almost laughed. My dimension? I've avoided Terrian for so long. I only go there when necessary. If he thinks it could be someone from there… No. That can't even be a possibility. How would he even get here? Then again. He's gotten to me in every other dimension. I continued to stare at the ceiling.

"Not really." He sighed.

"Dark, come on. Any idea is better than none." I was quiet for a moment. Should I really tell him? I guess it wouldn't hurt. I'll just have to be careful with what I say. I've technically already told him about Cain but I didn't say much.

"Well. There is this one guy who could be it." He gestured for me to continue. "Remember that Cain guy I told you about?" He nodded. "I guess he could be involved. He can get to other dimensions, or at least send things to those dimensions. So I guess he's a reasonable option."

"If that's true, we definitely need to keep an eye out." I nodded. If he's around I'll know anyways. I looked over to him.

"Anything else?" He shook his head.

"Other than the Ghost Zone thing, not really. Well, Danny, Luna, Sam, and Tucker are gonna scout the town for anything suspicious, but that's about it." I nodded.

"That it?"

"Yeah." He looked at me. "That looks like it hurts. You want me to heal it?" I shrugged.

"Whatever." He walked over.

"It might sting a little, but that's it." Then he held his hands over me, and a gray, smoke like mist flowed from there and covered my injuries. There was a sharp sting, but after a second the smoke dissipated. "There."

"Thanks." He nodded.

"No problem."

"Anything else Death?" Don't get me wrong, I like talking to Death and all but right now I'd like to be alone. He sighed and shook his head, seeming to catch on to this.

"No, guess not." He hesitated for a moment. "I know you don't know me that well… But you can talk to me if you need to. Alright?" I stared at him for a moment before looking away. Didn't see that comment coming.

"Yeah, thanks." He gave a weak smile before walking out the door, closing it behind him. I sighed and shoved the pillow in my face again. I spent about an hour trying to fall asleep. Of course that didn't work. I looked out from under the blanket I had hidden under. After a moment I sighed and sat up and picked up the pill bottle, taking a pill out and staring at it. After a minute I got up and headed to the kitchen. A moment later I heard a voice behind me.

"What're you doin?" I went to the kitchen and got a cup of water downing the pill after a seconds hesitation.

"Taking the stupid pill."

"How long before you pass out?" I set the cup down and sat down on one of the chairs.

"Hopefully soon. I'm fucking tired." Yay for bad words. When I'm tired I don't really give a damn what I say. Hence my second detention. He raised an eyebrow.

"Whoa dude. Don't think I've ever heard you drop the f bomb." I rolled my eyes.

"It's a word, calm down." He laughed.

"You really think I'm bothered by that? I just found it surprising."

"Really?" He shrugged.

"I don't know. You just didn't seem like someone who cusses a lot. Unlike me." I laughed.

"You still have a lot to learn about me then." He grinned.

"Same here, bud." I nodded and watched the screen. After awhile it started to get blurry and I passed out.

"...Dark? Wake up!" I opened my eyes, someone shaking my shoulders.

"I'm up." I sat up, automatically regretting it. My head hurt like hell. I put my hands on it and laid back down. "Owww."

"You alright?" Asked Death.

"Shhh. My head hurts." He chuckled.

"Want something to help?" More pills? The fact that I took one last night is surprising to even myself.

"No." He shrugged.

"Suit yourself. Anyway, it's almost time for school."

"Fuck school. I'm staying here." He sighed.

"Alright, fine. And I'll tell the guys no Ghost Zone for today too. You sure you'll be alright? It won't hurt me to skip. I've learned that stuff already."

"Already asleep."

I opened my eyes and sat up. Something wasn't right. How did I know this? Because there was a piece of paper just chilling on my forehead. I sighed and looked at it.

Hide and Seek

Find Me

C'mon! The one day I feel like shit! I groaned and got up, walking to my room to find my shoes and a hoodie. After that I walked out and looked around, locking the door behind me. No, I do not have a key, but I do a have a paper clip. Looking around I spotted what looked like a forest a few streets away. Figuring that was where I need to go, I tried to ignore my head and started walking. A few minutes later I was walking around in the woods looking for anything. After awhile I was falling asleep on my feet until I heard something. I turned to see a pack of Akuma No Inu staring at me. Realizing that just standing there was probably a really stupid idea, I turned and ran.

After awhile I looked behind me to see the vicious animals a few yards away. I looked to my right and saw a tree that I could climb. Deciding that climbing it wouldn't be a bad idea I climbed up and onto a branch. A moment later they had made it to the tree and were barking like crazy. Thanks to that my headache got even worse. I looked around, slowly walking back on the branch, I didn't notice my foot about to slip until I fell on my shoulder.

Only waiting a moment to look at the Akuma No Inu I did my best to stumble up, and start running. Only to be stopped by one of the dogs that had latched onto my leg, pulling me to the ground. I tried to get up but when you're about to be mauled by a pack of Akuma No Inu that's not very easy. Shit.

Death's POV

At the moment I was sitting in class, bored as hell. After a moment I sat up. Something was wrong… But I wasn't sure what. It was like… Someone was dying. Or at least close. I quickly left the classroom, running into Danny on the way. Must be a ghost. He raised an eyebrow as I ran past.

"What're you doing?" He asked.

"I sense a disturbance in the force." Couldn't resist. He just laughed and ran off, while I teleported once out of sight.

I landed in a forest, looked to be near where our house was. I heard snarls and ran forward, seeing a pack of… Akuma No Inu? What are they doing here?! I was confused for about a minute before I knew I had to act. I saw Dark, his leg in the jaws of one of the bloodthirsty monsters. I grabbed my scythe off its chain, slicing several of the beasts as I came near them. After it looked like about half the pack had disappeared, the rest seemed to get the hint and ran off, yelping. I ran over to Dark, whose leg was bleeding heavily, black blood soaking the forest floor.

"How long has it been since you were bitten?" The Akuma No Inu's bites were lethal.

"Um. I dunno. Uh. A few minutes?"

"Shit. Hold still, I've got to get rid of the poison." He groaned.

"Well shit." I held out my hands, watching the mist flow over his wound. This would hurt a lot, it was fighting against the poison. He did his best to hold still and mumbled a few colorful words. After several minutes the wound slowly grew smaller, and the mist dissipated. It wasn't completely healed, but it wouldn't kill him. I sighed, I would have to carry him home since he passed out. I quickly bandaged the bite with some spare cloth, then picked him up and teleported back to the house. Now I just had to wait for him to wake up.

I had just come back to Dark's room with some water, figuring he would need it, when I found him waking up.

"Mornin sunshine," I said. He groaned and hid under his blanket. I chuckled and walked over. "C'mon, rise and shine. You feelin any better?"

"No. I feel like what shit feels like when it feels like fucking shit." I sighed, setting the water on the small table near his bed.

"Sorry bout that. But hey, at least you aren't poisoned anymore. Now, can you tell my why the hell you decided it would be fun to go out there in the first place? Cause to me you were just being a serious dumbass." After a moment he came out from under the blanket and handed me a piece of paper that had some writing on it. After reading it, I just stared at him. "So you went out there and almost got mauled to death, all because of some stupid note?"

"That stupid note came from Cain. Last time I didn't play along I-." He stopped before looking down. Cain? That's the other one he told me about.

"Shit, sorry man. Wait, you mean he actually did get here? And what do you mean, what happened last time?" I saw him wince at my last question but shook it off after a moment.

"Yes, he's here. And what happened last time isn't important." After a moment he looked over to me, an odd look in his eyes. It looked almost like sadness. "Death, if Cain is here I can't be."

"Dark, whatever happened in the past, it won't happen here. You have me, Danny, Luna, Sam, and Tuck. We won't let anyone get to you if that's what you're worried about." He shook his head.

"Death, you don't know Cain."

"No, but I know that you're my friend. And I won't let people mess with my friends." He looked at me for a moment before looking down.

"Death, I've been in this situation before. If I stay then the probability of it ending well is very low."

"What do you mean? Who is this guy?" He was quiet for a moment.

"More than half the scars on me are from him. He's been tormenting me since I ran away from home. I've gone from place to place to try to get away from him but he's always found me." He's been chased by this guy? Wait a second…

"So you think he really is the threat we've been warned about?"

"He could be. But if Clockwork is that worried about him then he can't be alone." I nodded.

"That makes sense. We need to check this out… But I'm guessing you wouldn't want to explain Cain to the others." He shook his head.

"No. Not really."

"Alright then, let me know when you're feeling better, and we'll do some scouting of our own." He nodded.

Several hours later I was leading Danny and Luna towards Dark's room. Sam and Tucker would've come, but they both had things to do. We walked in to see Dark still asleep. I sighed and walked over to him, shaking his shoulders a bit.

"Hey sleepy head. Get up." He shot up breathing hard and looking around with what looked like fear in his eyes. Once he noticed Danny and Luna he laid back and groaned.

"Dammit Death."

"You alright?" He nodded.

"I'm fine. What are they doing in here?"

"We came to see how you were doing," said Luna.

"I'm splendid." They both stared at Dark.

"Dude, what is wrong with you?" Said Danny.

"I have a massive headache, my leg feels like hell, and I don't even know anymore." The two looked at me.

"What happened?!" Dark glared at them.

"What part of 'massive headache' did you not comprehend? If you're going to have a conversation then go in the living room. Not the one room someone is trying to sleep in." They sighed.

"Sorry Dark," said Danny. "We just wanted to make sure you were alright. We'll do some more scouting to try to figure out who this threat is, and we'll get back to you once we have more info." Luna nodded.

"And once we get the chance we'll all go into the GZ, hopefully find out something useful." He stared at them for another moment before mumbling something about how stupid emotions are and hiding under the blanket.

"Cool. Night." They smiled and left. I sighed, looking at him.

"You think you'll be alright soon?"

"Maybe, I dunno." I nodded.

"Alright then. I'll be in my room for now, just come get me once you feel better."

"M'kay." I left his room, heading to mine and grabbing my bone guitar. Might as well do something to pass the time. Just gotta wait for Dark, then we can head into the Ghost Zone before Danny and Luna. Hopefully things aren't as bad as they seem.

3rd person POV

Deep in the Ghost Zone, far from any who would be able to overhear, three figures stood apart from each other, planning. The first was Cain, still in one piece surprisingly.

The next was a ghost with pale blue skin, red eyes, and fangs. His white hair was flaming, and he wore a very familiar black and white suit, a cape behind him. This ghost was known as Dan Phantom, the alternate future version of Danny Phantom.

The last figure, another ghost, had short, jagged cut white hair with blood-red streaks and red eyes. Her shirt had ripped sleeves and the bottom edge was ripped as well, and red in color. The sleeves hung loosely below her shoulders. In the center of the shirt was a purple crescent moon. She wore black ripped jeans and boots. Over all of this she had a simple black hooded cloak with red edges. If you looked, you could see a claw mark over her left eye, but it was quickly covered by her hair. This was Eclipse, the alternate future version of Luna Spirit.

"So what exactly is your plan?" She was asking.

"Well first we're going to get some lunch -" He didn't get a chance to finish.

"Look fool, we agreed to this for a reason. We want our revenge too, and if it means we have to take you out, we will. Get to the point," said Dan. Cain grinned.

"This is why I like you guys." He was met with vicious glares from the two, clearly telling him that if he didn't stop, he would regret it. "Anyways, did I explain the seal on Dark to you two?" Eclipse sighed.

"No, you just mumbled something and continued rambling. Which, need I remind you, you won't be able to do if you don't hurry."

"Of course. I doubt either of you would know what a seal is, or at least one of that kind, so I'm not even going to waste my time with that. Anyways, him and the other boy are going to come here soon on their own and when they do I plan on getting Dark. Don't worry about the other one, I don't think he's of any use to us."

"And what's our role in this?" Both ghosts knew that Cain was obviously insane, and they didn't want to work with him at all. But after granting their freedom, they'd just have to bide their time until they could get him out of the picture. He smirked.

"I need you to get the boy for me. That's all for now."

Dark's POV

I sat up, stopping myself from yelling. Another nightmare. Of course. Figuring I wasn't going to get anymore sleep, I got up and headed to the living room. My leg still hurts. Well shit. I groaned and limped to the living room and sat on the couch for a minute. Wait a sec. I looked over to Death's door. Dammit. Hmmm. I don't feel like getting up again. Looking around I noticed some books on the table. Perfect. After a few failed throws I finally got one of them to hit his door.

"Come in!" I heard the muffled shout. Like Hell. I picked up the last book and threw it. And surprisingly hit the door.

"Come out!" There was a groan and the door opened.

"What the hell man?"

"I was too lazy to get back up and knock so I threw books." He rolled his eyes.

"Of course. Well, now that you're up, you ready to go?" Hmm. I limped down the hall and my head still hurts.

"I guess." He made a portal appear.

"Then come on." I hate movement. I got up and walked over, glancing at the books.

"Um. I'll pick those up later." He just laughed, and stepped towards the portal.

"Oh, by the way, you might want to grab my scythe. Otherwise you'll fall." He grabbed his scythe charm, which quickly became full size. I sighed and held on to the scythe.

"I hate the Ghost Zone." We stepped into the portal. On the other side, we were slowly drifting.

"Alright, Clockwork's would probably be a good idea first." Ugh. If he wanted to go to Clockwork's I could've done that.

"Okay." We started flying in the general direction of Clockwork's lair. We had been flying for a few minutes when I thought I saw a flash of something out of the corner of my eye. "Did you see that?" He looked over.

"What?" I shook my head. Guess I'm still tired.

"Nothing, never mind." He raised an eyebrow, but nodded. After a moment I saw it again, followed by a flash of blue light. As soon as I saw that there was something cold covering my arm. Great.

"Um. Death?" He was looking at my arm too, which I noticed had a layer of ice on it. He was about to say something, but was quickly shot backwards by an ecto-blast.

"Dark! Look out!" He shouted once he recovered. I turned to see two figures floating behind me. Without another word one raised her hand and shot an ice blast at me, freezing me in place. The guy quickly grabbed me.

"This was easier than we thought." He said. The woman sighed.

"Let's just go, Cain wants him as soon as possible." They started flying off, still holding me. Cain?! Oh shit. I'm dead. Wait a minute, I'm in ice. Duh. After a moment the ice started to melt. I hate my fire powers but if I need to I'll use them. Unfortunately, my captors noticed this and shared a look, before a glowing hand was raised, and everything went black.

Death's POV

The minute they were gone I headed after them. I went as fast as I could, but eventually they disappeared. Shit. What now?! Before I could do anything, a blue portal opened, and I was pulled in. I ended up in Clockwork's tower, the Stopwatch himself floating in front of me. I walked right up to him.

"Why the hell didn't you help him?! They just kidnapped him and you let them!" He regarded me with a calm expression, as always.

"Relax Kade. All is-"

"Don't give me that shit! What is going on?!"

"All will be revealed in time. For now, you have more important matters to attend to."

"Like what?!" I didn't need to hear this, we needed to get Dark back. He was just kidnapped by some of the most dangerous ghosts in the Ghost Zone. "Shouldn't you be more concerned about the fact that BOTH of your prisoners have escaped?!" He started floating off, gesturing for me to follow him to one of his screens.

"Kade, it is time for you to learn something. Something long hidden from you." He looked at me, something unidentifiable in his eyes. I paused, not understanding what he meant.

"What are you talking about?" He gestured to the screen, which was showing some of my past, before everything went bad. More specifically, another of the King's addresses.

"Your father was never home, and your mother never told you anything about him. Your entire life, you had no idea about the other side of your parentage. Now, it is time for you to know." That stopped me. My father… Why would that be important?

"Clockwork… What…" He held out a hand, pointing at the screen.

"Your father is His Highness, Jonathan Terrian." My eyes widened as I stared.

"That means… Dark is my brother?"

CLIFFHANGER! MWAHAHAHAHA! Have your minds been blown? I bet they have. Let me know in a review! I'll try to update again soon ^_^

Peace out,

Tetra & Piper