THE PHANTOM'S REALM
CHAPTER SIX: WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE MUSEUM TODAY
"And then Vortex said that I had to be in Phantom City for a meeting with the Ghost Council. I really didn't want Phantom City to come into play while they were here." Danny said to Tucker and Sam, gesturing to the class walking a good ten feet behind the Trio.
"We didn't either, dude. Remember we have baggage to keep from everyone too ya know." Tucker replied smiling. Danny and Sam chuckled a bit before Sam continued.
"Yeah, we want to get out of here just as much as you do. We should be home watching for Ghost problems." Sam reminded.
"Do you mean home as in Phantom City or home as in Amity Park?" Tucker asked confused.
After Phantom City was created, Danny, Tucker, Sam, Jazz and Danielle spent most of their time there rather than Amity. It wasn't because they had to run the Zone, it was because in the Phantom City everyone knew what they did and how hard it was for them and they respected them for that. The Ghosts that called Phantom City 'home' were, for the most part, the weaker ones on the power scale and couldn't cause much harm anyway. Because of this, and Danny's Kingship, they were well known around the Ghost Zone.
Unlike in Amity where they were the nobodies of the town. Where Tucker was viewed as the hopeless romantic Tech geek who couldn't get a date for his life. Where Sam was viewed as the Goth girl who rebelled against anything with color or meat-like and had problems with her crazy parents. Where Danny was viewed as the wimpy kid who got bullied all the time and ran scared at every single Ghost attack and was the leader of their 'Freak Trio'. Even Jazz was starting to be excluded from her circle of friends for spending so much time with them.
"Phantom City. From there we can keep tabs on the Ghost Zone AND Earth." Sam responded.
"Well the Zone was fine before Danny came along so I'd like to think it'd be fine without him now." Tucker tried to reason his statement.
"Besides if anything serious came up Skulker and the other's would definitely come to me." Danny agreed with Tucker confidently.
"You sure about that?" Sam asked skeptically. She knew that, King or not, Skulker of all Ghosts still pursued fighting with Danny.
"Sure. The Ghosts that 'haunt' Amity, even a lot of other places, are just trying to fight me. And even then it's out of habit rather than actually trying to kill me. Skulker said it himself, his favorite part of the hunt is the chase." Danny replied, still confident.
Sam shrugged, still a bit unsure. She knew the Ghosts didn't want to kill or maim him or anything, but she still worried during the fights that he would get hurt badly.
Tucker was another story. Sure he was worried for his friend but Danny had gotten back on his feet within two days after a life-threatening fight with the Ghost King Pariah Dark so he knew something would have to be terribly wrong if Danny was showing signs of injury the day after a fight, which he never did. So Tucker had faith that his friend would be okay.
"So when I was fighting Vortex and Nocturne what happened in the museum? Did anyone go into the halfa section?" Danny asked quietly. He had just realized how loud they had been talking and was lucky nobody overheard them.
"Well right after we left you standing there-" Sam started.
"Wait!" Tucker cut her off, talking a whisper-yell. "This would be better to tell you in the form of a flashback." Tucker said randomly as he stared into the distance, his legs walking automatically.
Sam followed automatically, remembering it with Tucker, as Danny looked confused.
"What are we looking at?" Danny questioned as he followed his friends lead and stared into the Zone.
"You ruined it! I was close to remembering it for you. Let's try this again." Tucker said as the three friends stared into the distance, together this time, as they legs automatically moved them in sync.
~FLASHBACK TIME~
Tucker turned around as he watched Sam lead the class into the building and saw his best friend standing across from the familiar figures of Kitty and Ember. Tucker smiled to himself and understood that Danny had let them come to the Museum so he could talk to his Ghost friends without suspicion.
Tucker turned to and went inside the building also, deciding to give his friend some privacy. Once inside he saw the class trying to spread out but it was useless since everyone was only interesting in finding information on one Ghost.
Danny Phantom.
Tucker walked up to Sam to see her talking with the Ghost who works at the front desk.
"Could you please mark the Halfa section of the Museum as 'closed until further notice' while the humans are here?" He heard Sam ask.
The worker, recognizing he and Sam immediately, nodded with a smile and left his position to find a sign.
Tucker looked around, hoping everything was as in order as possible with Sam.
Paulina had just led Star and the other A-List into the Royalty section. It was obvious to Tucker and Sam that if she couldn't find Phantom she would go where she thought she belonged.
Tucker decided to follow behind them to make sure that there was no pictures or anything that could jeopardize Danny so he followed behind a considerable distance.
"Ghost Writer made his lair resemble a library and takes much pride in his collection of books that he hold there." He heard Lancer read aloud to Mikey and Nathan.
The two nerds shared glances with each other, showing their confusion.
"What's a lair?" Nathan finally asked. Tucker heard Sam give a quick explanation as he continued on his way following the populars.
"Hey Maddie! Check this out! Turns out that Crate Ghost goes by 'The Box Ghost' and not the Crate Creep! Who knew?" He heard Mr. Fenton call to his wife who was reading an entry on Skulker.
"And that metal Ghost we see fighting with Phantom all the time calls himself 'Skulker'. It says here that he's a hunter who hunts rare and valuable things for his collection. What does he want with Phantom?" Maddie told Jack, her eyes not leaving the pictures included in his biography of Skulker and Phantom.
The first was of Skulker shooting rockets from the rocket launcher on his arm but Phantom was blocking with an Ecto-dome. The second was of Skulker shielding his face with his arms as Phantom roared with laughter in the background, a photo of a Purple-back Gorilla in his hands. The third was of Skulker and Phantom grinning at each other and sharing a fist bump in front of the museum in Amity.
Tucker smiled at the last one. That was when Skulker came to Danny, of all people, for help on finding his missing bazooka. They had found out that Youngblood took it for a laugh and Jazz had taken that picture after Danny and Skulker teamed up and got revenge on Youngblood by giving his parrot to the Natural History Museum.
He continued on his way to the Royalty Exhibit. Once there he saw the familiar biographies any Ghost who had power. King, Queens, Princesses and the Ghost Council Members were in this room and he was internally grateful they had a different room on the third Floor for the Royal Family that consisted of Danny, Tucker, Sam, Jazz and Danielle but Ember, Kitty and Johnny were mentioned due to their close relationships with Danny.
Paulina and Star were pointing out Dora's 'horrible fashion sense' while Dash, Kwan and Gary was looking at the picture of Phantom holding Pariah's sarcophagus shut.
Who took that picture? Tucker wondered to himself. Danny told him that only he and Pariah had been in this room and everyone was fighting outside but Vlad locked the sarcophagus at the last… Vlad! Figures he'd help at the last possible second, letting Danny do all the work.
"Hey guys! You might want to see this!" Sarah's voice echoed throughout the pretty much empty museum.
The A-List in the room followed her voice towards the end of the large room as well as the entire class who had flocked to see what Sarah was shouting about. Tucker and Sam glanced nervously at each other, knowing that one of their many secrets was going to be revealed about now.
Tucker and Sam followed behind everyone and when they reached the group of people staring intently at the painting they sighed. There was no hiding this one now.
The painting was Phantom's ceremony where he became Ghost King.
The room was the main room in Clockwork's tower. There was a small alter where the 3 staff-holding Ghosts stood that was decorated in green carpet. The area behind them was empty except for 3 specters and a large monitor switched off. There was an isle where a familiar Ghost was kneeling on the green carpet that extended out of the room and directly under a chandelier that glowed with an ominous Ghostly green light. The stand on the far side of the room was large, just under the black-framed window above it and much bigger then the random gear glowing beside it.
Behind the kneeling Ghost was a much larger audience in rows of seats split down the middle leaving the large doors wide open.
(Basically a courtroom decorated Ghost Zone-style and placed in Clockwork's Tower without the Judges stand)
In the painting Phantom was down on one knee, kneeling before Clockwork, in his adult form and Time Staff in his hand, Death with his Scythe in hand and Mars with his Sun Staff in hand. All three elder Ghosts' had smiles on their faces as they looked out at the halfa. Clockwork was in the middle with Death to his left and Mars to his right, all staff's being held in their left hands.
Behind the three elder Ghosts stood Frostbite with the Crown of Fire in his hands, Dora with the Ring of Rage in her palm and Venus with the Ghost Law Book in her hands. They were all preparing to give them to their new King.
In the V.I.P. section which was on the side past Phantom, was a bunch of seats set up like bleachers with five rows of seats, each row seating at least four people. Tucker, Sam, Jazz, Danielle sat in the first row while Ember, Johnny, Kitty and Shadow sat in the second row of seats. Skulker, Technus, Bonnie and Clyde sat in row three with The Box Ghost, Ghost Writer, Pandora and Poindexter in the fourth. Finally in the fifth sat Youngblood, Desiree, Kelmper and surprisingly Vlad Plasmius managed to weasel in. Figures.
Every Ghost in the picture, even Clockwork, had smiles or grins on their faces. Except for Plasmius. But we all know he doesn't count because he's just bitter he can't be King instead.
Luckily everyone was so focused on Phantom and the Council that they didn't notice the first row full of humans. Then all whispering stopped the room was dead silent. How could they not have seen this coming?
Now Maddie felt a little bad. If she had actually caught Phantom then it would have upset the entire Zone. And without Phantom to set it right this time she didn't want to think of the following events. Maybe she would stop trying to catch Phantom to save herself and the city from a Zone full of angry Ghosts. As much as she hated to admit it, she and Jack didn't catch as many Ghosts as Phantom had. In the usual six or seven Ghost attacks per week (she had no idea how much ACTUALLY happened) Phantom got most, if not all, before she and Jack could even get there.
Valerie was beyond words. She had been hunting a King, and a good one from the looks of it. She could have gotten in serious trouble with the other Ghosts. Before she wouldn't care but after she and Phantom called a truce, she saw that not all Ghosts were evil. Or at least that Phantom wasn't. If she had actually harmed the Ghost Boy she could have been in trouble with these other Ghosts who looked just as strong, if not more so, than Phantom. And probably nowhere near as even-tempered. She had to apologize to Phantom as soon as Danny and his freaky friends got them back to Amity Park.
Lancer was in awe. Phantom, the Ghost who saved the town more than once, the Ghost who risked his life er- afterlife for Amity Park's citizen's safety on a daily basis, the Ghost boy who seemed so Ghostly and yet so human, was the King of the Ghost Zone. He was a bit nervous now. What if one day he had enough? If he was sick of getting disrespected, shot at and thrown into buildings? The boy could tell the Ghosts to overrun the town. Lancer was suddenly feeling very supportive of the young Phantom.
Jack was trying to contain himself. He felt an overwhelming sense of pride for his son. His son, the superhero. Danny, his boy, was the King of the Ghost Zone. By the looks of things a darn good one! Every Ghost in the painting, even ones he recognized as regular attackers of Amity, were beaming at the halfa who kneeled in the middle of the room. Now the note in Mars and Venus' home made sense, Jack thought. His son was a superhero and a King, and Jack had some major apologizing to do to both Danny and Phantom. Or maybe just one of them if he could work up the courage to tell Danny he knew of his identity.
Dash was excited. His hero was not only a hero but also a King! When he and Phantom became friends he'd have a whole Zone of people who were jealous of him being friends with Phantom. He'd have a whole Zone of people to stick their heads in toilets! He and Phantom could even lock Fenton and his freak heard in that animal guy's place Fenton was complaining about.
Saying Paulina was 'excited' was so big of an understatement, it would be like saying Jack Fenton was only SORT OF interested in Ghosts or SORT OF liked fudge. Paulina was practically bouncing off walls. She had always known she was destined to be Royalty and that she was destined to be with Danny Phantom. This made the situation perfect! She was knocking off two birds with one stone! The net time she was Phantom she was asking for marriage, no doubt about it! The sooner she became a Queen the better.
Mikey stared at the picture in awe. This was about as close to Royalty as he was going to get, as his father was a plumber (no disrespect to any plumbers out there! If this offends you just think of Mario. Better?) and his mother did nothing but fuss over his sister. He mentally checked 'meet Royalty' off his bucket list because, even though Phantom wasn't alive, they had still met. Close enough for him.
Star was doing okay. Mostly because, despite she had a crush on Phantom, Paulina was gaga over him so she wasn't too into Phantom. She was more of a Danny Phazer fan. She had read every one of his stories and had a subscription to Jr. Writers Magazine, where all new writers in Amity get their start, just for Phazer's stories.
And the other kids were there too.
Slowly but surely, they made their way back into the main room. Being the teacher, Mr. Lancer tried to get something out of his students. This trip was supposed to be educational, after all.
"So what did we learn today, class?" Lancer asked after everyone was gathered together. Seeing nobody said anything, he decided to start.
"Not to take cars for granted. This is the most exercise I've gotten since spirit week." Lancer confessed. That seemed to get the ball rolling.
"Phantom's cooler than we though." Dash started.
"I'm going to be a Queen someday!" Paulina gushed.
"Ghosts are just as advanced as humans." Kwan stated.
"Phantom can look almost as adorable as Danny Phazer." Star said dreamily.
"There's a Ghost that's known as the Spirit of Sports! Even football!" Gary exclaimed, pointing to the section where said Ghost was.
"If I were to dye, I'd have more fun with Phantom than on this trip." Sarah said honestly.
"The Ghost Zone is cold." Jimmy said, with Steve, Emma and Hailey nodding. Guess that was what all 4 of them learned.
"If this trip lasts long enough I can complete my bucket list 4 years ahead of schedule." Mikey replied.
"The Ghost Zone is bigger than I thought." Michelle said after thinking for a bit.
"Fenton's freakier than I thought." Nancy said, glancing around making sure Danny didn't hear.
"Valerie's prettier when she thinks no one's watching." Nathan said without thinking.
"What?" Everyone said at once in a confused manner.
"What?" Nathan repeated, acting clueless too. It seemed to work because Valerie went next.
"Phantom was not trying to destroy the town. I'm pretty sure if he was he'd have done it by now anyway. And I'm locking my doors when we get back home." Valerie said, muttering the last part to her but everyone heard it anyway.
"Not all Ghosts, or Phantom at least, are evil." Maddie said, depressed she was wrong.
"The Crate Creep apparently goes by 'Box Ghost.'" Jack boomed proudly.
When nobody else said anything, Lancer turned to Tucker and Sam.
"What about you too, Mrs. Manson and Mr. Foley?" Lancer questioned.
"Gothica learned that she has more of a manly body than her freaky boyfriend." Paulina taunted, referring to Danny.
"Actually I learned that even in a life-or-death situation Paulina can still be a stuck-up, snobby, -" Sam started.
"How about you, Mr. Foley?" Lancer said, cutting off Mrs. Manson's rant.
"Your class isn't any more fun even in an alternate world." Tucker mumbled aggravated.
They thought he was angry at being stuck in the Zone. He was really angry he was stuck in the Zone with them.
"How about you, Mr. Fenton?" Lancer continued, not letting Mr. Foley's comment bother him. He got no response.
"Where is Mr.-" Lancer started before he was cut off by a familiar voice coming from outside.
"If you want a fight, I'll give you a fight!" Shouted a familiar echo-y voice from outside the museum.
The class rushed outside to see Phantom in a fight with Vortex and Nocturne with two unconscious Ghosts nearby.
~FLASHBACK TIME OVER ~
"And you know the rest from that point, my friend." Tucker finished up.
"So why are we looking into the sky?" Danny asked, focusing on the pathway ahead again.
"Dramatic effect." Tucker said with a shrug as the three continued leading their class.
"So where are we heading now? I heard Vortex say you were needed in Phantom City." Sam questioned.
"Well it'd be pointless to change course and go north to Phantom City when we're only three hours from Dora's castle. If we get there then we can get a lift to Phantom City for the conference." Danny explained.
"What about them?" Sam asked, jabbing her thumb back at the class that was a few paces behind.
"They'll have to come but we keep them out of everything but the main room at the Palace. We don't need them learning anything more than they already do. Besides we can't get from Dora's to Frostbite's to the Portal and then get away from everyone quick enough to get back to the Capitol by tomorrow in time for the meeting. After this my parents won't let me out of their sight." Danny told them his thoughts.
Both friends nodded their agreement. If their parents were hear they'd be flipping out that their kids knew their way around the Ghost Zone. Well Sam's more so for hanging around Danny.
"For now let's just head to Dora's. Besides Frostbite is on the council so he'll be there tomorrow too, we can ask him for help then." Danny suggested. His friends nodded.
So the Ghost Boy, Techno-Geek and Goth Girl walked on in front of their clueless and naïve classmates, overweight teacher, close-minded Mrs. Fenton and enthusiastic Mr. Fenton, leading them all to Princess Dora's Kingdom.
Another chapter done! I still own nothing!
So, how was this one? Not much fluff like the last chapter but Ember will return, as well as Kitty with Johnny and some new peoples and another human Danny and his friends feel close too will be mentioned. Hint; it's a human woman that does not attend Casper High. Firs person that guesses it right will get a can of Pepsi, a turtle named Larry and a free ticket to nothing.
Next chapter Danny and his class will arrive at Dora's Kingdom and hopefully lunch along with a ride to Phantom City for Danny's important conference where we'll learn more about the Trio's secret lives in the Ghost Zone and about their relationships with people outside of each other and Jazz. And Jazz is not the new person. Now a quick recap for anyone lost.
Royal Family: Danny, Danielle, Jazz, Tucker and Sam
Titles:
King Daniel Fenton/Phantom/Phazer of Amity and The Ghost Zone
Princess Danielle Phantom of The Ghost Zone
Princess Jasmine Fenton of Amity and The Ghost Zone
Grand Duchess Samantha Manson of Amity and The Ghost Zone
Grand Duke Tucker Foley of Amity and The Ghost Zone
(More will be added as more gets revealed)
Ghost Council: Clockwork, Death, Mars, Venus, Dora and Frostbite
If you have time, check out my crossover story 'Wizards in Phantom City' because practically nobody checks the crossover section for Wizards of Waverly Place and Danny Phantom. I give credit where credit is due, and credits go to Chaos-Infinity X for supplying the official titles for Team Phantom. Don't forget to review your opinions!
Until next time! TheIceRaven, out!