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The sun was setting, and Danny had reached a conclusion. After checking to make sure he was where Amity should have been several dozen times, just to be sure, he had decided that he was in an alternate dimension. Now Danny wasn’t 100% sure, but out of the probable ideas he’d come up with, this seemed to be one of the most likely options. Danny should be able to get home through the ghost zone. This would have been a problem for Pre-Ghost-King-Danny , seeing as he would have had to find a portal, and with the normal readings of ectoplasm it didn’t seem likely that there was a portal in Tamily. Luckily for him he was the Ghost King, so withdrawing to the Ghost Zone would be a piece of cake.
Danny transformed into Phantom (as Danny had previously de-transformed), ebony hair bleeds into stark white and sky blue eyes turn gleaming green.
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He was on his to tell Sam in Tucker at the moment. How do you tell someone that the multiverse was real and not just a theory? What was he supposed to do? Just say “Oh, by the way the multiverse is real and because I’m the King of the Infinite Realms I have access to it.”
They were going to meet up at Tucker’s house anyway because of the summoning so he’d tell them then. Ancients , how was he going to tell them?
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“The multiverse is real.” Danny blurts.
So that is how he’s going to tell them.
“What?” Sam asks incredulously, not convinced she heard him right.
“Well, after I finished with the whole summoning thing I flew back to Amity, except Amity wasn’t there. Not to mention the ectoplasm readings were whack. Anyways, after I went to the Ghost Zone and found Clockwork we had a chat and apparently the multiverse is real and I have access cuz’ I’m the King of the Infinite Realms, so uh, yeah..” Danny says rapidly not pausing to take an admittedly unneeded breath (considering he was, you know, half ghost .).
“You can travel through the multiverse?!” Tucker says this at the same time Sam says,
“The multiverse is real, like, real real?!”
***
There were no other out of dimension summoning for a solid two weeks after that night. Ancients, there hadn’t been any summoning for the past two weeks. Hence Danny eagerly giving in to the tugging sensation at his core. Danny transformed into Phantom before he gave in, deciding to really embrace the whole King of the Dead aesthetic.
He crawled his way through the concrete floor shadowy limb over shadowy limb. The only part of him that wasn't a finicky shadow was his tall and wicked crown and eyes radiating an eerie neon green. The candles that previously illuminated the warehouse he and his summoners were in flickered out, replaced with green fire the same color as Phantom’s glowing eyes. Phantom made sure to remember to look menacing as he took in the situation. It appeared to be the classic cult. About twenty figures draped in black robes stood encompassing the summoning circle, chanting intelligibly.
“ Silence !” He screeched.
And the room fell quiet.
“ Tell me, mortals, why hath’ thine called upon me, Ruler of the Infinite realms.” Phantom's booming voice amplified by the practically empty warehouse.
“My liege,” One of the cloaked figures stepped forward. “We are your humble servants, please accept our offering.”
“ I asked you why you hath summoned me.”
“Please, grant us the power to defeat our enemies, and in return we give you the life of this meta girl.”
“ You dare attempt to trade life for strength!”
The cult people shift, nervous, sensing they made a mistake. The temperature of the room dropped. Ice started to form on the floor, ceiling, walls and the people themselves. The frost rapidly grew into sharp large and menacing icicles. The weird cult people were swiftly encased in blocks of ice, leaving only Phantom and the would-be sacrifice in the warehouse. Silence hung heavy in the air before Phantom de-transformed. Shadows and ice receded (the cult people stayed in the ice blocks), Danny deftly made his way towards the terrified girl, she was bound and blindfolded. The girl tried to back away from his approaching footsteps, it wasn’t very effective considering she was, you know tied up.
“Hey, It’s alright,” Danny murmured soothingly “I’m not going to hurt you.”
The only response he got was a whimper.
“I’m going to take off the blind fold now.” And Danny did just that, gently dislodging the cloth bound tightly over her eyes . Her green eyes were red and puffy from crying and blown wide from fear.
“It’s okay, Is it alright if I untie your hands?”
She nods shakily.
Danny moves quickly and efficiently.