"Couldn't they pick another time?"

This complain was said by the white and black haired teen, with mismatched blue and glowing green eyes. He was about fifteen years old, and was currently wearing black T-shirt with white stripes and black pants. He actually preferred such a color scheme. Normally during meetings the teen would wear more formal clothes, but as he already mentioned, it wasn't the most comfortable time for an audience.

"I apologize for such unexpected disturbance, My Liege, but the visitor said it's very important," the knight wearing black armor said. The teen shook his head.

"Name me one time when it was UNimportant, Fright?" He asked sarcastically, rubbing his eyes.

"He mentioned that it concerns the fate of the whole world," Fright Knight explained.

"Again, when it wasn't?" The teen deadpanned.

He walked to the garden, followed by his loyal servant. Young king let Fright Knight go after this. He could stand for himself without any protection. The garden was big. There was a small river with fishes swimming in it. A lot of flowers, of every possible color. Nice place for relaxation, the teen often spent time here. After some time of searching, he found the guest sitting on the bench, and what he saw surprised him a bit.

It was an old man with long grayed hair. He had some asian air around him, and the teen was reminded about certain Time Master. The man was wearing headpiece and red clothes, which seemed to come from asian culture. He didn't look like a ghost at all. They are in the dimension inhabited by them, after all.

The teen coughed to call an attention. The guest looked surprised as well at the sight.

"So," the teen grabbed the apple from nearest tree, "I believe that question 'who are you' is in order?" He made a bite, leaning against a tree.

"Yes, but...I'm waiting for the king to arrive," the man said, slight confusion on his face.

"You are speaking with him. Daniel Phantom at your service," Danny bowed with his head slightly and the man's eyes widened.

"I expected you to be a little older," Phantom shrugged.

"Everyone reacts like that at first, but here I am. Now you know my name, but I don't know yours"

"My apologies for misunderstanding, Your Majesty," the man bowed, "My name is Roku"

"Roku, huh? Not to sound rude and all, but what's the reason of so sudden visit?" Danny had reasons, he was woken up in the dead of night, even if there wasn't much difference between two times of day in the Ghost Zone.

"Where should I start?" Roku started to think, "You probably have noticed that I'm different from your...other subjects," Phantom nodded.

"Yeah, I look like human more than anyone else, but that's because I'm half of one"

"I'm a spirit, Your Majesty," Roku clarified.

"Ah, yes, now I remember. I wasn't in your part of the Zone yet," Danny stroke his chin.

"But we still heard about the one who defeated Pariah Dark, and that's why I'm here. You know that the world we are in is connected to many others?"

"Yep. Clockwork is a good teacher"

"I came from the world, where spirits and humans lived alongside, before being separated. The only one able to go between 'Spirit World', as humans call your kingdom, and 'Physical World' is Avatar. I was one when I was alive, now there is a new Avatar"

"And what I'm needed for?" Danny asked.

"I'm getting to it. Aang is just a child, he is only twelve, and already has a huge burden on his shoulders. Aang must stop the hundred years war and restore the balance..."

"And I need to ensure that, am I right?" Danny asked and Roku nodded. The former sighed.

"Very well. I will meet with you later. Just find Clockwork, it will be simple. Everyone knows where he lives. Goodnight"

-Later-

Danny was near a huge clocktower, which was a home of the Time Master. Young king didn't understand how his mentor could live with this unstoppable ticking sound. Rubbing his ear, Phantom entered the building.

Clockwork was standing near Roku in the middle of the main room, their backs turned to him. Danny floated closer.

"Good morning, Daniel," Clockwork greeted with an unnoticeable smirk on his face. Phantom pouted.

"You are boring, Stopwatch. So, any information I need to know before I will go?" Clockwork pointed to his screen.

It has shown an image of the bald boy with blue tattoos, flying on a huge bison. Wait, what's that with it's tail?

"This is Aang. I'm going to send you to the place he and his friends are going to visit soon"

Roku stepped closer and put a hand on Danny's shoulder.

"If there is not much to ask, I have one more request. Make sure Aang will get to the Fire Temple on Crescent Island during Winter Solstice. I need to talk to him," Danny nodded.

"Will do"

He came closer to the screen, which was also the portal. However, he slipped and fell through it, instead of walking inside.

A.N. Stop me someone!