Chapter 8: Time to Realize

"My lord? What are you talking about?!" Vlad looked up at the Fright Knight with a confused glare, "Who the hell are you?"
"I am your servant, The Fright Knight."
"The Fright Knight? What kind of name is that?" Getting up, "Where the hell am I?"
"Your lab?"
"My lab? I have a lab?"
"Is everything alright?" Fright Knight watched as the confused Vlad walked around, "No I'm not alright. I wake up in a strange ass place with an even stranger guy in a flaming bed sheet costume!"

"Flaming bed sheet…I am not a flaming bed sheet! I AM THE FRIGHT KNIGHT! THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN! If I wasn't serving YOU, I would send you to a dimension of your worst nightmares for your insolence."

"ooooOOOOoooo scary. Not like I know what the hell my worst nightmare is! For all I know this is my nightmare!" Vlad had walked up and started to poke at the Fright Knight's armor to his surprise, the ghost didn't react. Vlad kept poking, but the knight did not do anything.

"ookayyy…" Vlad stood back and noticed something around his neck because of its weight. A blue strap holding a golden pendent with a sapphire center with white letters "CW" engraved into the gem.

"CW? What the devil does that mean? Cheese Walnut?"
"Close, although that sounds disgusting." A voice in the air commented, causing the man to look around.
"Uh…hello? Who said that?"

"I did."a voice from behind him. Vlad jumped and turned around meeting the red eyes of a blue robed ghost with a pendulum and gears in his chest and a staff with the same gears and the CW in graved there as well.

"I am known as Clockwork. I am the Ghost Master of All Time. I have been watching you, Vlad Masters." The middle aged ghost suddenly turned into an wrinkly old man.
"Watching me?! What did I do?"
"Over the course of 20 years you had swore vengeance against another man named Jack Fenton all because he ruined your chances to marry Maddie Ringwald and caused you to become a half ghost."

"Half…ghost?"
"Yes."
"That's bloody impossible."
"Oh it is. When Jack married Maddie, you disappeared to plan your revenge. Here in the present you have tried to carry out your revenge, but stopped everytime by the son of Jack and Maddie Fenton, Daniel Fenton aka Danny Phantom, a half ghost that was accidently created by Jack Fenton. One week ago you saved the child's life despite your hatred. You tried to protect the boy when the Star Watcher came and kidnapped Danny, but now you are here with amnesia."
"So what does that all mean?"
"It means that you having the amnesia was suppose to happen. It is a test." Turning into a child then back into a middle aged man.
"A test?"
"Yes. It is your choice right now. You have committed so many sins over the past twenty years and tried to ruin the lives a family. This is your chance to live a life slate free and forget about the child. Or," he snapped his fingers and a white flower appeared, "regain your memories and plan a rescue."

Vlad stared for a moment, "How long do I have to think?"
"You only have a minute to think."
The man stood there. 'Did I really live an evil life? What about this child he keeps on mentioning, this Danny Fenton? I don't see him anywhere, I guess that's where the whole rescue thing comes in. A minute huh? I could live a new life..but…what happened to the child? I wonder what would happen if I just walk away from all this?'

"You're minute is up, your decision?"
"I…I choose to…"

----Few Minutes Later: The Ghost Zone----

Without warning at the man-made entrance of the Ghost Zone, Plasmius and the Fright Knight busted through with the halfa shouting while pocketing a golden whistle, "We only have two hours before Sirius breaks the barrier! Where is this 'Temple of the Soul Devourer'?"
"It is near Pariah Dark's castle. The Guardians created an invisible force field around the temple along with a protective barrier."

"So it's easy to find….grreeaaaattttt…."

--Few Minutes Earlier: Vlad's Lab—

"I..I choose to regain my memories."
"Really? What may I ask influence your decision?" he turned into a baby again.
"Don't get me wrong, having a new life sounds great after what you told me what I did in the past."
"But?"
"But you said I had saved the life of my mortal enemy's son and tried to protect him. I can't walk away from something like that. No one should have such a fate. It wouldn't feel right."

Clockwork smiled, "Well then. Congratulations…you passed the test."
"Huh?"
"Most people after hearing their past would choose the new life, but you picked regain to save a life. There is still a new chance for you." Clockwork pointed the staff at the flower. "You're going to get a slight headache, but it'll go away in a second."
"Before you do…what would've happened if I had picked the new life?"
"A common question, but in your words, 'There are some things that are best left unsaid.'."
The staff started to glow along with the flower. There was a flash of light and when it disappeared, Vlad was holding his head while groaning.
"Gah….Why does it have to hurt that much."
"I warned you."
"Yeah you did."
"Here." Clockwork, turning into an old man than a young adult, held out a small golden whistle. Vlad gave a confused look, "Uh, you want me to use that for…"
"It's a whistle that will temporarily paralyze his dogs, but it will block Sirius's mind reading powers."
"Ah yes, something to get that damn bugger out of my mind."Vlad took the whistle. "So where's Daniel being held?"

"The Temple of the Soul Devourer. You don't have much time. Two hours really before Sirius uses Danny to unlock the barrier."
"What's in the barrier?"
"A terror that Pariah Dark used and must not be unsealed EVER."Clockwork got into his face while turning into a child.

"Alright alright. Don't unseal the terror got it."
"Good. Now then, I wish you luck and do bring back the child unharmed, he is my charge after all."
"Wait your CHARGE? If he's your charge why do you save him?"
"Oh, change your mind did you. Trust me I would looove to destroy Sirius over and over for betraying the Star Watcher Council and causing this mess, but, I cannot personally distrupt this particular time line. It has to remain or else time will start to unravel."
"Fine…You owe me more explanation after this is all over."
"If you survive this rescue mission."Clockwork lifted up his staff and held his finger over a button, "Good luck..TIME IN."

There was a flash again. "AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD- uh."Fright Knight looked around in confusion.

"You would what? May I remind you who your lord is?"Vlad said as he transformed into Plasmius.
"Uh, My lord, you remember everything?"
"We'll be having a talk later, right now we need to get to the Temple of the Soul Devourer."

"Yes my lord."

The two jumped into the portal.

---Temple of the Soul Devourer---

"I have brought Aquarius, Master Cerber." Sirius bowed at the figure standing on the stairs. Danny, still in his ghost form, was standing there staring blankly.
"And the other halfa?"
"Heh, he's most likely getting himself killed trying to figure out who he was."

The figure smiled, "Good. Prepare to dismantle the water barrier, once we get through that we'll have no problem with the other six."
Sirius stood up and pulled out the sparkling flower, "As you wish. Daniel Fenton, sleep."

Danny shut his eyes and became limp. "Good boy. Now to find that pendent of yours…"

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SG: Temple of the Soul Devourer? Cheese Walnut? To find about one of these two things you'll just have to wait for the next Chapter! Read and Review with no flames please!

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