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Danny eyes opened to see what looked like a tarp hovering above his head. He heard people talking, younger people. He looked around from where he was lying and found that he was in a tent, and outside was a group of teens playing some game, along with what looked like a garden, and town square. Beyond that, he saw a giant wall, one that seemed to go around.
He sat up completely and looked around. He was still in his ghost form and he was still wearing some of the medieval attire he had been wearing a moment ago. What happened again? I remember being with Dora and traveling with her to some villages that were being contested with other ghost governments. I remember a fight with... was it Aragon? Fright Knight? Who? Ok, besides that, I remember getting hit over the head and I think tossed into a port- oh... That explains a lot. Danny stood up from the cot and looked out towards the entrance of the tent. Time to find out where I ended up this time.
Danny walked out from the tent and was greeted by a girl wearing a beanie. "Hey, you're finally awake! What's with the getup?"
Danny looked down at his clothes, "Uh, I was at a renaissance festival and, cosplay?"
She returned a questioning look.
"Uh, never mind. My name is Danny. Where am I?" He looked around and saw the giant wall that surrounded the area; it enclosed this entire community. What's with this? Is it protecting them? Can we not leave? "Uh, may I ask what's surrounding us?"
"Big wall."
"Okay, that's obvious but what I mean i-" he was grabbed by the hand by the girl and dragged.
"Enough talk. Everyone else has to meet you"
Ok, brash...
. . .
Danny was brought to the town square of this little community. He noticed that he had not seen any adults here. The oldest of all of these kids were nowhere beyond the very early years of adulthood and the youngest were children. Danny was approached by what he assumed was the leader of this community.
As everyone gathered around, Danny just took the opportunity "Hi," waving and laughing nervously, "My name is Danny. Now before I get asked any question, I want to know where I am and what's with the giant wall."
The leader responded, "Welcome to your new home. This is the center of a giant maze and as far as where we are, we don't know."
"Don't know? Wait, you mean that you are all trapped here?"
"Yup, some of us have ventured into the maze that leads out of this center area, but there are dangers, including creatures that lurk in there. During the night is when they are active and the giant walls that are leading out to the maze shut at night. Anyone trapped out there during that time doesn't make it back."
Is this for real? Giant wall. These guys are trapped. I wonder... "Well, I hate to disappoint you guys but I can't stay. I have to get back to where I came from. Important political matters at hand."
The girl responded, "I thought you said you were at a festival."
Danny responded rather nervously, "Um, a political one, that's renaissance themed?" She stared blankly. "Either way," he levitated and revealed his ghost tail "I'm out. Later all!" and took off flying up towards the top of the wall and saw the giant maze surrounding the area. He heard some of the teens and kids screaming after him. He flew further and flew towards the edge of it and right past it. Guess there's no ghost shield. Good news.
Danny returned to the town center where the kids had been discussing amongst themselves, and when Danny landed they all returned a nasty glare at him. He probably deserved that but he didn't want to get their hopes up with what he was about to do next.
"How would you all like a ride out of here?"
