Ow... my head... Where am...

Rubbing a hand against his head, Danny sat up.

Taking a quick glance around, he noticed he was in a locked room, and he wasn't alone. Strewn about in various positions were Jazz, Percy, and Harry.

In an attempt to move closer to one of them, Danny fell over and took notice of the shackles around his feet. They glowed green, indicating that they would inhibit him from using his ghost powers to phase through them.

Not that that really mattered, he didn't have his powers right now, so they really only worked as just normal shackles.

Come to think of it, Danny didn't really feel anything right now. Despite not really having any problems associated with having Harry's magic transferred over to him, he still felt it.

Was felt it the right way to describe it?

Danny thought so.

It was like a humming of sorts, a constant buzz. A tingling feeling. Yet somewhat distant, as if coming from another source, which it was.

But that's all it was.

Unlike his or Percy's powers which for the most part were showy and physical, was that a way of describing them, Harry's magic was a kind of intangible. There, but not something really showy, unless he used it you'd never know it was there.

Then again, Danny thought, it also seems like Harry and his wizard friends really can't do much without their wands. Actually... now that I think about it, I've only ever seen them use magic with wands. Is wandless magic a thing, but just extremely difficult. Eh, I'll probably never find out.

That didn't matter to him though, he's just like to have his ghost power's back.

Right now... it didn't feel like he had anything.

The constant hum of Harry's magic wasn't there and the raw energy feeling, these descriptions are physically painful to write, that came from his own power wasn't there either.

Perhaps that was a sign that the spell wasn't permanent and was slowly but surely coming back... or the enemy just had a way of neutralizing their powers. With how things were, it could've very well been either of those things.

Coming out of his thoughts, Danny adjusted his position to make moving around a bit easier. Once that was done, he glanced around the room again to see if any of his family was waking up.

Jazz woke up first.

She got up and blearily blinked the weird tired feeling that came with sleeping, something that never makes sense you just had some rest why would you be tired, away. Turning her head to look left to right, taking in her surroundings, she caught sight of her brother.

"Danny... is that you?"

A bit of suspicion was laced in her voice, despite the fact he had his legs shackled together, he could still very much be overshadowed for all she knew. If he was then well she was in no condition to fight in case things went hostile, which they usually did, and she would have to watch what she said. If he wasn't then well it doesn't hurt to be careful.

"Yes Jazz it's me, who else would it be, Tuxedo Mask?"

Really Danny or gho-you know what a ghost overshadowing her brother wouldn't stoop that low. This was definitely her brother.

"Really Danny, of all times to make an anime reference, now?"

"Well it certainly takes your mind off of whatever imminent doom you might be facing.

"Who said anything about imminent doom?"

"The little voice inside my head that tells me that something is very wrong."

"Reasonable."

At that moment, Harry decided it was time to get up. While adjusting to an upright position he looked around to see, well his glasses seemed to be missing so what he saw was really all a blur, Danny and Jazz were both up and not exactly about.

"Mhmm... wha... What's going on?" The first two things he 'said' were pretty much groans that resembled human speech.

"Oh I see you're up."

"Well we all, and by all I mean just us family, seen to be trapped in a room."

"Well that's just great."

"You said it Haise."

"My name is Ha-"

"Ignore him, he's just making anime references to take his mind off whatever imminent doom he seems to think is coming."

I was also going to ask about my glasses, Harry thought, I really can't see for crap right now. Why must I have such horrible vision? Shouldn't wizards have figured out how to fix this with magic? So they can regrow bones, fix teeth to be pretty much perfect, and all sorts of other things but they can't figure out how to fix eyesight? Eh it's probably something they either haven't thought to fix or just can't fix.

You said it, er thought, it Harry.

"Wow Jazz, way to shut down the references, let this guy make his anime references!"

Ok... Harry thought. I must be getting behind on muggle culture, I should catch up when I get the chance... might as well drag the others into it to, could be an interesting group bonding activity.

"Danny I get that this is your newly developed coping method, aside from your puns which I actually haven't heard in a while, and while I do understand. Do you mind?"

"If you understand you will let me make them!"

"Umm... I really have no idea what's going on, can we talk about what is going on?"

"Thanks Harry, now we should try to figure out what's going on and why we're here."

"Well aside from being locked up and restrained in a dark room, I've noticed that our powers have either been nullified or are going back to normal."

"How do you know this?" asked Jazz.

"Well, it's sort of a feeling really, I don't feel either my powers or Harry's magic so it lead me to believe that one of the two things I mentioned is happening."

"Wait, why didn't you bring up being able to feel your powers earlier?"

"Plot hole?"

"Danny for the last time this is real life, there are no plot holes."

"I stand by what I said back in the forest place."

Jazz wasn't sure if a groan or a facewall, because a flacepalm just wasn't enough to convey how she felt, was the proper response.

She didn't get to choose, because Percy took that moment to wake up.

Unlike last time where Percy was the first to wake up, this time he was last. Perhaps because when time demanded it, he was out like a rock.

Like the others he positioned himself in an upright position, although slightly drooping because of that gosh dang awful law of the universe defying fact that somehow when you woke up from sleep you would be tired.

Ok maybe some people don't deal with that, but author~chan does so hghnn.

Also unlike the others who happened to be facing away from each other when they woke up, seriously what kind of a coincidence was that, Percy was already facing their direction and didn't have to adjust it even further.

"Judging by the fact we all seemed to be restrained in a room that's probably locked up, I'm just gonna assume that the person who attacked up probably most definitely very likely kidnapped us."

"Aside from the fact you literally repeated yourself twice, yes it would seem that."

"Well that's just great, next thing that happens if I may guess, the person who attacked us is gonna waltz right on in here."

"And you would be right."

A new, but very familiar voice to the Fenton siblings at least, spoke.

Of course it was him... who else would it have been... guess I was right...

"I don't know how you pulled off that stunt, or even managed to find out where we were, but I figured it was you."

"Well that's a matter saved for another time, it would seem you have some new faces along with you, care to introduce them?"

Whoever this guy is, Percy reckoned, I get the feeling Danny's encountered him more than once...

"Why should I? Shouldn't our host introduce himself before the guests?"

Still can't see, who is he? I don't know, he's a blur. A magenta-ey blur, but a blur. However, blurry as he may be, he still seems dangerous, Harry thought.

"Ah how could I have forgotten, where are my manners... ahem... My name is Vlad Plasmius, and I would like to welcome you to your new home... or prison I should say.

He finished with a smirk, showing off one of his fangs.

why

-cat out!