Prologue

Sirens filled the air around amity park the explosion had left rubble all around the building that had once been fenton works. All at once firemen all around the area swarmed the smoking ash heap. They hooked up their hoses and let the water put out the smoldering embers. After that was done they all each searched the remains of the burned home of the fentons a well known ghost hunting family. All they could find was the charcoaled remnants of three bodies. "wait three?" they all asked there was four members. Everyone remembered vaguely they had a son and a daughter. They took several more searches and could find no one. So one question remains in amity park what happened to the child known as Danny fenton.

Meanwile.

Vlad masters sat miserably in his mansion in Wisconsin. The news had just shown it. "they couldn't be gone." He thought to himself. "could they?" sure jack fenton a fat fool who couldn't find water if he fell out of a boat he could do without. But then there was her. He burst into tears. He had lost her again only this time permanently. he looked over to a picture next to him. He recognized himself along with two others one was an incredibly fat overweight man with his black hair into a mullet as well as the noticeable orange jumpsuit. The other a girl with curly hazel hair made his heart clench. "Maddie." He whispered to himself. Hugging the picture to his chest.

He remembered vividly the accident that cost him his chance with her. His fist bawled up until his knuckles were white. It was jacks fault this happened to him. He put the picture down and walked up to a mirror. As he got closer two black rings formed around him now changing the middle aged man in a black suit. At once his look was replaced. The suit was replaced with a long white overcoat and a long red cape. His face and features were changed from a man in a ponytail to a vampire looking man with a devil style hairdo. He raised his hand in anger as purple ghostly fire destroyed his reflection. He knelt on the floor and changed back to his original form and wiped the tears already forming in his eyes.

He jumped when the alarm in his lab went off. All at once he phased through the ceiling above and changed back to his ghost form. He looked over to the ghost portal he kept in his lab knowing that what ever was causing the disturbance was on its way through to the human world. At once a ghost with a blue robe and hood floated through the portal. He held in his left hand a staff with clocklike designs and in the other a bundle of blankets. "who are you to dare come into my house!?" vlad bellowed. He had had enough today and just wished everyone would leave him alone. The ghost looked at him not even showing a least bit of fear. "Vlad plasmius." The ghost said causing vlad to jump back. "who are you? How do you know my name?" he asked now in fear. The ghost let his staff float next to him now raising his hand.

"do not be afraid." He said with a cold voice. "I am clockwork master of time. And one of the keepers of the ghost zone." Vlad at once calmed down. He had heard about clockwork through some of his contacts in the ghost zone. "an honor it is to meet the master of time himself." Vlad said changing back. Clockwork nodded. "likewise." He floated around the lab taking note of the odd devices around him. "a strange place you have." He said looking back at Vlad. He stood there quietly until he decided to break the silence.

"if you don't mind me asking clockwork." He started until the ghost interrupted him. "you are wondering why I am here correct?" clockwork explained now seeing Vlad looking at him in shock. Clockwork smiled. "I am the ghost of time Plasmius I know everything." He said retaining his smile. Vlad looked at the ghost in awe. He had heard that clockwork was powerful but this wasn't just power. It was more. Clockwork looked at the bundle in his arms and back to Vlad. "seeing as I know everything perhaps I should let you know what I am holding." He handed the bundle to Vlad who stood there in confusion. He unwrapped the bundle and in shock looked at a little baby boy with a little white hair on the top of his head.

"who is this little one?" Vlad asked now looking at clockwork. "look at his eyes Vlad." He said pointing to the child. Vlad looked closely until the boy smiled. He recognized that goofy smile anywhere. "this is jack and Maddie's son?" he asked in shock. How the baby survived was to confusing for him. Clockwork interrupted his thoughts once again. "allow me to explain for you." He said grabbing Vlads attention. Clockwork looked at him grimly. "the fentons tried to create a ghost portal like the one you have here in your lab." He said indicating the portal. He continued on.

"the only problem was something went wrong." He walked up to the portal and pointed to a small vile filled with green fuzzy goop. "their ecto purifier was not the right kind they needed." He said looking back at Vlad. "and so with that when they plugged it in the reactor relapsed and killed everyone in the building." He then pointed to the child in Vlad's arms who was playing with his tie. "except for the boy." He finished now taking his staff in hand. Vlad looked at the boy and smiled as he saw at once the baby was asleep in his arms. Vlad looked at clockwork still question in his eyes. "I brought him here to you Plasmius because he has no family to take him in. And no one who would understand him." He walked up closer to Vlad now who was listening to clockwork with full attention. "what do you mean by that?" Vlad asked now all at once realizing what clockwork meant before he even said it.

"he like you is half ghost." Those words echoed in vlad mind over and over again. "so what do you want me to do with him clockwork? I can't take care of a child." Vlad exclaimed quietly so he wouldn't wake up the baby. Clockwork smiled. "so far Vlad you are the only thing closest to him to be his family." He said winding up something on the back of his staff. "the council of the elders will not allow him to live in the ghost zone because he is not fully dead. And besides think of what the world would do to him." Vlad shuddered. The guys in white and many other ghost hunting agencies would probably destroy the child.

"don't do it for you or the council Plasmius. Do it for his mother." Right after clockwork said those words Vlad looked down at the child who had his hand in the boys tiny arms. Vlad wiped a tear from his eye and nodded. "very well clockwork. Ill do it." He said nodding his head. Clockwork then reached inside his robes and found a small medallion and put it on the boys neck. Vlad jumped back as he saw two white rings separate around the boy changing his hair from white to black. "This is to keep the boys powers in check until he is older." He said smiling. "I also will assist you Plasmius. I will watch him from my observatory in the ghost zone." He said now ready to walk into the ghost zone. He then stopped a moment and looked back at Vlad. "another thing when he is old enough after his 14th birthday he will attend a school called phantom academy in the ghost zone." He said now pointing to Vlad. "you are to train him and prepare him for that day."

Vlad nodded in agreement and was about to walk away when something in his mind popped up. "wait clockwork one more question." He turned to see clockwork smiling once again already answering his question. "his name is Daniel Vlad." And at that moment Vlad saw the ghost of time disappear into the swirling vortex of the ghost portal. Vlad stood there until he looked down and smiled at the boy. He walked up the stairs and sat there on the couch still rocking the baby in his sleep. "Daniel." He said to himself. "Daniel masters."