A/N: So, quick timeline: The attack with the "Seven Days" warning happened on Wednesday. Danny talked with Clockwork on Thursday. The Observants' Council Meeting was on Friday. Jazz showed up on Saturday. Sam tried to induce a heart attack on Pamela on Sunday, Tucker and Valerie showed up on Monday and immediately got stuck with dress fitting/tux tailoring.

Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow is the promised "Seventh Day"

Sorry that this chapter is so short, but…it's kind of a WHAM chapter. :D Answers to reviews at the end!

Chapter #14: Past and Future

Clockwork can feel it – something is happening in the Ghost Zone, something that he's long since foreseen. His grip tightens on his staff, and he takes a deep, calming breath.

If things go wrong, they go horribly wrong.

They won't, though, he assures himself, everything will go as it should. We will, perhaps, find ourselves a little worse for wear, but sometimes you have to tear up the grass to plant a field.

He turns to look through a single window through time, seeing a vibrant, glowing city. It floats upon the miasma of the Infinite Realms, which seem somehow…brighter. Not the dim light he's used to – something infinitely more pure, more akin to sunlight.

The Infinite Realms used to have continents much like those in the Mortal Realm. They all varied, some with forests, others with vibrant flowers, and more with icy, snow-capped mountains, all populated with peaceful souls living peaceful lives. Some were barren, desolate wastelands full of dark souls possessed by their obsessions.

One could argue that the Infinite Realms used to contain both Heaven and Hell.

So they did, until Pariah Dark swept in and shattered them all, scattering them into the unending expanse. Now it is neither – it is Purgatory, abandoned by even Death himself. He took the few souls uncorrupted by the king and vanished – to where, even the Ghost of Time doesn't know.

"You must wear the crown, Daniel," he hisses into his window, "You must save us."

He is the only one who understands – save for The Ancients, wherever they are. He cannot find them either. He curses under his breath – they always were a difficult bunch to deal with. His brothers and sisters, the only ghosts as old as he.

War is brimming in Amity Park! Danny had snarled at the council.

"I'm afraid, my young halfa," he sighs, "War is brimming here, too."

A/N: We have more votes for "Library Love" and "Turquoise Poetry"! We also have one for Turquoise Scarf and Insightful Calligraphy!

Guest (Wish you'd chosen a name!): Yes, there is a lot of foreshadowing. I wrote TWO FICS before this one FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING THE WORLD and FORESHADOWING. So, heck yeah. You'll just have to see what IS foreshadowing and what ISN'T. ;P

Randamwriter: I feel like you're partially right. Danny would freak out initially, and then Sam would tell him that Jazz's love life is none of his business – so long as GW isn't being malicious – and that she's a big girl and can make her own decisions. Danny would (quietly) storm over to GW's, tell him very quietly that he will completely obliterate him if he hurts Jazz, and then leave it at that. Ghost Writer would keep sipping quietly at his coffee the whole time, trying to decide whether to play along or deny any such relationship between he and Jazz.

deathnoteno1fan-codegeasslover: Welcome! I hope you enjoyed the previous two books as well!