Note: This takes place during the episode Tiger Millionaire

*Fist-bumps the air* I don't know about you guys but I've been listening to the Hamilton soundtrack lately and now I'm pumped. Therefore, next chapter because I am not throwing away my shot! At posting a new chapter as I will never be satisfied, until you guys have a new chapter to read. And yes this is a hint that I will be using Hamilton references wherever I can fit them in my author's notes because how can I say no to this?

"You've got to be kidding me!" I groaned as my path was blocked by none other than the most annoying ghost I have ever had to fight.

"Beware the box ghost! For I will destroy you as you face cardboard doom!" the Box Ghost stated as he raised his arms in what he thought was a menacing motion but in reality just looked completely ridiculous.

"Give it a rest boxy, you know as well as I that Clockwork's tower is neutral territory, you couldn't do anything even if you wanted to. Now do me a favor and go hang out with the Lunch Lady or something," I spoke as this was the third time old Boxy had tried to get me to fight him. At first I had just been slightly annoyed by him but now I was getting irritated as I was supposed to have met Clockwork to train a few minutes ago but as soon as I had stepped into the ghost zone Boxy had blocked my path. Making me late as he was trying to get me to tell him where I was living in the human world but no way was I giving up that information.

"Very well ghost child, I shall leave for now but only to retrieve my BubbleWrap Of Doom!" Box Ghost proclaimed before he flew out of the tower, and I sighed in relief, continuing on my way to the viewing room.

"Sorry I'm late Clockwork I," I began to say as I flew into the room only yelp as an ecto blast flew at me, barely managing to dodge it in time, "what the heck!"

"Ghost child!" a familiar voice yelled as Skulker flew at me.

"Oh great, this is just what I needed," I groaned as summoned my sword before I attacked Skulker with it, "what are you doing here?"

"Why to hunt you of course! You didn't really think I'd let my most valued prey get away from me did you? You're far too big of a prize to do that," Skulker taunted me as he used one of his blasters to block my sword.

"Aww you really do care about me," I teased with a smik as I managed to cut his blaster in half, "which is why I hate to say I won't be a pelt on your wall any time soon." With that I roundhouse kicked Skulker, catching him off guard as he was expecting my sword, into the wall. Rushing at him before he could recover and turning him intangible to fling him through the wall and out into the ghost zone.

"10 minutes," Clockwork spoke as he stepped into the room, "good work."

"Is this really necessary?" I complained, "I mean, I understand the need for training but is letting my enemies attack me at your tower really the only way to do that?"

"No, but I enjoy watching your battles," Clockwork spoke with a slight smile, causing me to roll my eyes as I dusted my jumpsuit off.

"Of course you do, now is there an actual training session today or am I just going to be fighting my enemies all day?" I questioned.

"Why young phantom I'll have you know that a battle is the best experience and training one can receive, it shows what you've learned far better than a simple meditation session," Clockwork informed me, "and to answer your question today will be a mix of both as I want you to train with Frostbite for the day as you haven't practiced your ice powers in quite awhile. However, on your way there I have instructed some of the ghosts to lie in wait for you, your job is either beat them in battle or somehow escape their sight."

"Piece of cake," I spoke offhandedly, already forming a plan in my mind.

"But you can not use your invisibility," Clockwork added, "I want to see you accomplish this goal without the use of that power to truly show your growth, any other power you posses you may use to its full extent."

"Alright," I conceded, "not like I have much of a choice anyways."

"You always have a choice young Phantom," Clockwork stated before it was my turn to be thrown out of the tower, "now good luck!"

"This is going to hurt," I realized as waiting for me had been a multitude of ghost octopus that didn't waste any time as they charged, effectively surrounding me and cutting off any means of escape.

-10 minutes later-

After defeating the ecto-octopus I continued on my journey towards the far-frozen with more scrapes and steadily forming bruises then I would've liked having driven them back with ect-blasts and thus giving a few of the bolder ones time to get a couple hits in. That being said I put my slight pain to the side as I continued on my path, taking the quickest route to the far frozen as I was using my gem to guide my way.

Due to the meditation I was able to see a few feet ahead of me into the ghost zone and thus was able to avoid a good number of the ghost waiting to ambush me. Ignoring the toll using so much power at once took on me as this was a power I haven't really had time to practice with due to the craziness of yesterday. Nonetheless it did it's job as the only ghost I didn't manage to avoid was the box ghost who was easy enough to take care of as he was a slight nuisance at best.

Finally arriving in the Far Frozen I gave myself a few minutes to recuperate from the strain of my gem before I continued to the village. Immediately spotting Frostbite waiting for me in the area and I changed my destination accordingly.

"Great One!" he greeted me as soon as I came into his few, scooping me up into a bone crushing hug.

"It's good to see you too Frostbite," I spoke in a slightly strained voice, "but could you not squeeze me so tightly?"

"My apologies Great One," Frostbite spoke as he released me from the hug, "in my excitement I seem to have forgotten my own strength."

"It's fine really but, could you maybe call me Danny instead of Great One? Or even Phantom? I get that you have your whole thing of me being the savior of the Ghost Zone but Great One just sounds a bit too formal," I questioned nervously as I rubbed the back of my neck."

"It is of no problem Great O- I mean Phantom, we here in the Far Frozen will do anything to make you feel comfortable as our token of thanks," Frostbite answered with a beaming a smile."

"Right, anyways let's just start training alright? I need to get used to using my ice powers again after my absence," I suggested."

"Yes of course, your first duty is to show me what you remember from our first session and we will continue developing your skills from there," Frostbite suggested warmly, "start with the basics.

"Right," I spoke as I held out my hand palm up and focused my energy until a snowball formed. Going further as I tapped into my core and the snowball turned into a crystal that I then handed to Frostbite for inspection.

"Good," Frostbite spoke as he surveyed each side and edge of the Crystal for a sign of imperfection, "perfect Phantom, now let's move on to forming the ice into weapons. Remember.."

"Picture the weapon in your mind and don't go above your limits I remember," I interrupted.

"And don't get distracted," Frostbite added with a fond smile, "the weapon is only as good as its wielder."

"Of course," I spoke as I proceeded to spend the next few hours refining my ice powers and learning how to use them in more detail as this time there wasn't an imminent threat to deal with like before. Only leaving once Frostbite had deemed my progress adequate and only after I had promised to return regularly to continue that progress.

Returning to Clockwork's tower I was relieved that I didn't have to fight any ghosts along the way and that the journey across the ghost zone had been relatively peaceful, saying goodbye to Clockwork before I returned home.

Only to realize why it had been so peaceful as I was greeted with, "Fear me and my bubble Wrap of Doom!" the second I stepped through the ghost portal and back into my basement.

"Can't I get a break!" I yelled to the sky as I prepared for the first sleepless night in a cycle of many.

And that's where I end this for the time being, on another note I apologize for the inconsistent updates as I have extracurricular activities I have to attend to as well as homework so I am barely finding time to write. But fear not as I am in no way abandoning this story no matter how long it takes me to update as I have become too far invested in this. In other news my cover art contest is now over and I will contact the winners shortly if I have not already done so. Thanks again to everyone who participated and before I get to the reviews please check out Fallen Paragon's story Steven Universe: I Live To Serve, it is Oc-centric but it's a cool concept so please check it out! Now onto the reviews.

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