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As I landed back in Clockwork's tower I let out a relaxed sigh as I had just finished my sword training with Ulric for the day, according to him I was making great stride in the way of the sword. Quickly approaching the skill level of the best of knights, but even so I still had much to learn as according to Clockwork my training has only been going on for about a month. In that time frame my life has become more of a routine of training with Ulric and Clockwork, after which Clockwork would take that time to teach me about some gem history. Most of my history lessons being about the gem war and how Rose Quartz led the rebellion against the diamonds. Quite interesting in my opinion but then again I was always interested by anything that came from outer space. Another odd part of my teaching was that for some reason Clockwork has been teaching me how to bake. Every time I tried to ask him why he would only say his cryptic, "everything is as it should be," so eventually I just stopped asking

However, as I made my way into the main room of the tower I noticed that Clockwork was peering into one of his viewing screens, Cujo laying down nearby. Said ghost dog seemingly asleep before I walked closer and his sprang up, bounding towards me until he was close enough to jump into my arms. "Hey boy," I greeted him as I scratched him behind the ears and he wagged his tail, "miss me?" Cujo barked in response as Clockwork turned to look at me, his face appearing more serious than usual, if that was even possible.

"Young Phantom," Clockwork greeted me, his form being that of an adult which I had discovered was his most favoured form.

"Clockwork," I greeted with a smile in return as I put Cujo down to focus my full attention on him, "is something wrong?"

"I'm afraid so, it appears I have miscalculated how long you would have to train as Steven has begun using his gem powers," Clockwork spoke gravely as he motioned to the viewing screen where Steven stood, his pink shield in front of him as he had what appeared to be a cookie in his right hand, "therefore I must send you to him, normally I would've just turned back the clock to give you more time but I'm afraid the observants are becoming more observant when I do things like that."

"That's okay Clockwork, You and Ulric have both been saying I'm a quick learner. And I already know how to use my gem and sword well enough to fight. I'll be fine, besides it's not like there's another option here," I reassured him with a smile.

"Very well," Clockwork spoke with a nod as the screen switched to show a small plain looking building, "I have taken the liberty to find you a new home for your time in Beach City. You are allowed to decorate it any way you wish and it is near the edge of the City, allowing you closer vicinity to the gem temple and thereby Steven. The top floor shall be your living area, the basement is already fit with a ghost portal, and the main floor is where you will work."

"Work?" I questioned confusedly, "what do you mean?"

"You see Daniel while your main focus will be to protect Steven you still need to be seen by the other townsfolk. What better way than to start a bakery?" Clockwork said with a smile.

"A bakery? You want me to run a bakery?" I questioned him before I came to a realization, "that's why you were teaching me how to bake after lessons!"

"Yes, now gather your things. Time is of the essence you know," Cockwork spoke.

"Yeah, yeah," I said in return as I went to grab my things, only taking a few minutes before I was back in the room with Clockwork. My bag slung over my shoulder as most of my belongings were still at Fenton works as I hadn't been back there since the accident.

Clockwork waved his scepter, opening a ghost portal in the middle of the room. "Shall we?" he questioned to which I nodded as I stepped through. Remembering to switch back to human form as I did so, my feet making contact with tile as we appeared in what I assumed was the basement.

Looking around I took notice of the counters lined with my parents old inventions and the realized how the basement was almost an exact replica of my parents workshop. The only difference at first glance seemed to be that this one was more organized and held a bookshelf along the back wall. Walking over to it I scanned the titles, recognizing some of them as my parents own work, a pang of homesickness washing over me at the familiarity of it all.

"I thought it be good for you to have something that reminded you of your old house," Clockwork spoke, reminding me of my mentor's presence as he was standing in front of the ghost portal, "as you can tell the portal leads directly to my lair and unlike your parent's no other ghost shall be able to access it. Now allow me to give you a tour of your home before I take my leave."

Placing his hand on my shoulder Clockwork began to lead up the stairs to the main floor. Walking up the staircase lead into the kitchen area with the appliances that would be used to make the confections for the bakery, a swinging door separating it from the main area where a counter was located to block the door from the customers. In front of the counter being a display case for the baked goods, tables and chairs being the only other items in the area in case customers wanted to sit down to enjoy their sweet treats.

Once I had determined I had seen enough I followed Clockwork up the stairs once more to look at my living quarters. The stairs leading to a living room which was furnished with a simple blue couch, an armchair, coffee table, a television, and a small bookshelf. It was also connected to an open kitchen that was smaller than the one downstairs for when I would make my meals and not pastries to be sold downstairs. The living room was also connected to a hallway, walking down it I began opening the doors that lined the hallway. Discovering the linen closet, bathroom, an office, a spare bedroom, and at the end of the hall lay my bedroom.

Opening the door I walked inside and marveled the simplicity of it. While my old room back at Fenton Works had been cluttered with Dumpty Humpty cds and anything and everything related to NASA and space this room was practically that rooms opposite. The room still had the same light blue walls and bed but in addition to that the closet was now a walk-in, already filled with my classic white shirt with the red oval, blue jeans, and red and white sneakers. A desk was also up against one of the walls, and the only other addition being another bookshelf located next to a window seat. The window providing a splendid view of the ocean and if you looked far enough you could also make out the gem temple along the edge of the beach.

"Wow, you really thought of everything haven't you Clockwork?" I stated as I turned to look at the master of time who had not said a word since we vacated the basement. AT my words he only smiled, "the one question I have though is what's with all the books?"

"They are to make sure you continue your studies young phantom, the ones in the basement containing information on ghosts, the ones in your living room being about space as well as a few recipe books, and the ones in your room being about gems and homeworld."

"I see," I remarked before I took notice of a small dog bed placed next to my own which had escaped my first glance of the room, "what's that for?"

"That is for Cujo, you didn't really expect me to have you live by yourself in this big place did you? Besides even if I did keep Cujo with me in the tower I doubt he'd stay there for long. He has a habit of breaking out of the ghost zone to come find you," Clockwork spoke.

"That's true," I agreed, "but what about the townsfolk? Won't they question his odd colour if they see him? What then?"

"Daniel this town is used to the strange and abnormal due to the residence of the Crystal gems that I doubt they'll even think anything is off about Cujo. And if they do just tell them the truth and that should suffice."

"Okay," I spoke, trusting Clockwork's judgment as he opened a portal and out walked Cujo.

"Now that you've seen your home I think it's time you introduce yourself to the other townsfolk. Take Cujo with you and don't worry about Steven as right now he is indisposed, you'll meet him at a later date," Clockwork spoke as he began to leave.

"Got it, oh and Clockwork, "I called after him, "thank you for this."

"Your welcome," Clockwork said with one of his rarely shown smiles before he was gone, leaving me and Cujo alone in my room.

A few minutes later I found myself walking outside of my new home, Cujo by my side as we made our way through town. Our first stop being the big donut, walking inside I saw two figures at the counter. One being a short, full-figured girl with short curly blonde hair, and the other a tall lanky boy with a tuft of orange hair. "Hello," I greeted them as I walked inside, the girl looking up at my arrival.

"Oh hello," the girl greeted me with a smile, immediately coming off as a caring person while, who I assumed was her coworker did nothing as I realized he was asleep, "welcome to the Big Donut, can I get you anything?"

"Um no thanks I just came to introduce myself. See, I just moved here so I thought I'd come say hi, I'm Danny," I greeted as I moved closer and held out my hand.

"I was wondering who was moving into that old place, I'm Sadie it's nice to meet you," she greeted me as she shook my hand before motioning to her coworker, "that's Lars by the way, so what made you choose Beach City as your new home?"

I shrugged, "it seemed like a nice change in scenery, a place to get away from it all." As I said this I was interrupted as Cujo jumped over the counter to land in Lars' lap, waking the boy from his slumber as he fell to the ground with a crash, Sadie and I wincing at the noise in unison.

"Hey what's the big idea?!" Lars yelled as he stood up, holding Cujo in his arms as he glared at the ghost dog, "Sadie how could you let this stupid mutt interrupt my nap?"

"I didn't do anything!" Sadie yelled back at him with her hands on her hips, "maybe if you didn't spend your entire shift sleeping there'd be no interruptions!"

"Well you!" Lars began to fire back before I reached over to take Cujo from him and he turned to me, "who the heck are you?"

"I'm so sorry," I began as I held Cujo close, "I'm Danny and this is Cujo. I just moved here and came in to introduce myself but I didn't think Cujo would jump on top of you like that."

"Next time keep control of your dog," Lars told me with disdain.

"Lars! Don't be mean, he said he was sorry," Sadie reprimanded him before turning to me, "sorry about him Danny."

"No it's fine, I should be going now anyways. It was nice meeting you Sadie and you two Lars," I spoke as I began to walk out of the store.

"It was nice meeting you too Danny!" Sadie called after me with a wave as Lars only scoffed.

Smiling I put Cujo back on the ground as I continued walking through the town. Stopping only to introduce myself to the townsfolk I came across, each encounter interesting to say the least. Especially Ronaldo who seemed to be the only person to remark on Cujo's strange fur color as he stated that maybe Cujo was secretly an alien only to run off with a proclamation about making a new vlog. The only people I didn't encounter during my walk was Steven and the other Crystal gems which struck me as odd as i thought I'd at least run into Steven.

Shrugging it off I returned to my new home to begin baking, after all tomorrow was when my bakery opened.

Hey gus so first of all I just wanted to say that I am sooo sorry for taking so long to update. School was kind of stressful those last few weeks but now that it's summer I am free to write more than ever so I will do my best to update more frequently.

ShiraYukiShadow: Cool idea, I'll definitely take it into consideration

Darkromdemon: Thank you so much!

Gamelover41592: I've been debating that but probably not as I want to focus more on him helping Steven so if they do pop up it won't be that frequently unless you guys want me to include them more

Matt: It takes place in season one, when in season one should be revealed in either next chapter or the chapter after that

Lia the kitten: Interesting idea but I think it'd be better for Danny to have a more unique power

Guest: Great idea! It be cool to see in a battle scene

Fleur: Now that it's summer I'll try to update once a week but I'm not going to make any promises

Ana Valerious: It's just an emerald and I feel like if he had that power Ember would get jealous

Kimera20: Aww thank you! That's actually similar to an idea I had for his special ability, thanks for the suggestion

Waffle192: I like your enthusiasm!

Alixanderbolster: Okay!

WillowTehya: He keeps his ghost form but I think I might change his ghost form outfit, the gem becomes apart of both forms

Daxen123: Season 1

Next chapter Danny and Steven will meet.

Danny: Finally!

Shut it you! Anyways, for any of you still reading in order to decide Danny's power I now have a poll on my page so the choice lies with you! As a small thank you for all your kind reviews I will give you the choice to decide for yourselves what you want Danny's power will be and the poll will remain until the chapter where the power is revealed. That's all for now and I will see you guys next time!

-ShadowDragon1553