Amity Park. A quiet town in which almost nothing extraordinary occurred. Well, aside from the occasional ghost invasion. On a sunny day in the beginning of fall, three friends were walking through the local park on their way to a movie.

"Danny, as much as we love Spider-Man, I don't think watching his newest movie will make up for you letting Cujo loose and almost drowning me and Tucker in his slobber," a goth girl said unhappily to her raven haired friend.

"Yeah, but it's a start right?" replied the raven haired boy, Danny, as he plastered a large smile on his face. The goth girl and African-American boy did not look amused. Danny sighed, "C'mon Sam, Tuck, you know it was an accident."

Their technogeek friend, Tucker, scowled at Danny, "I broke another PDA because of that slobbering mutt. And I still hadn't paid off the one I broke last week when we fought Technus 2.0!" he cried out, throwing his hands in the air.

Danny jogged in front of his friends, stopping them in their tracks. "Okay, okay, I get it. I'm being a bad teammate again," the teen admitted, hanging his head, "I'm sorry."

Seeing their friend sincerely apologetic for his actions made Sam and Tucker drop their scowls immediately. They walked up to Danny with Sam spinning the raven haired boy around and Tucker slinging his arm over Danny's shoulders.

"It's cool, man," Tucker said, sliding his hand through the air for emphasis. He suddenly shivered and removed his arm from Danny's shoulders so he could wrap it around himself. "Literally," he said, teeth chattering, "I should have brought a jacket."

"C'mon Tuck, it's the beginning of fall," Sam sighed, raising an eyebrow at her chilly friend. She pointed up at the sun shining bright in the sky. "There isn't a single cloud in the sky. How can you possibly be cold?" she asked.

"Guys, hurry" Danny urged his friends, speeding up his walking pace, "we're gonna miss the previews!"

Tucker continued to shiver as he followed after Danny. "What's the rush, Danny? We have plenty of time. It's not like a ghost is gonna pop out of nowhere and ruin our whole day," he chuckled as his teeth continued to chatter.

Danny sighed, realizing his friend had a point. As he slowed his pace back down to a normal walking speed, screams erupted in the distance. The teen whipped around and frowned at Tucker. "You were saying?" he asked the technogeek sarcastically.

Tucker offered Danny a small smile and a shrug in response which earned him a punch in the arm from Sam.

Looking around to make sure there was no one nearby, Danny curled his hands into fists and cried out, "I'm going ghost!". White rings appeared around his waist and washed over his body, transforming his jeans and t-shirt into a black and white HAZMAT suit. His pale skin became tan as his raven hair shifted to white. Baby blue eyes turned toxic green and shone bright with energy. He leaped into the air, flying off in the direction of the screams.

"Don't worry, we'll catch up," Sam yelled after the halfa, knowing full well that he was already out of earshot. She sighed, slapping her hand over her eyes. "I swear that ghost boy is missing some brain cells," Sam mumbled.

Tucker placed a shaky hand on Sam's shoulder. "He may be an idiot, but he's our idiot," Tucker reminded her. He removed his hand and returned to trying to warm himself. "Which means we better go after him."

More screams in the distance caused both humans to jump. They shared a look of fear as they imagined all the horrible situations Danny could be in at that moment. "Right now," they said in unison and started running in the direction of all the noise.

GREETINGS! IT IS I! THE GREAT AND POWERFUL LINE BREAK! MAKING MY FIRST APPEARANCE IN THIS BRAND NEW SEQUEL! BE SURE TO LEAVE ME OFFERINGS AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE REST OF THE CHAPTER!

"You know," Danny yelled as he dodged an attack from Johnny 13's shadow, "there are better ways to deal with breakups than destroying public property!"

Johnny 13 dodged a blast from his on again-off again girlfriend Kitty. He returned fire with a blast from his motorcycle's headlight, hitting Kitty in the chest and knocking the green haired ghost into a tree. Kitty attempted to get back up, but collapsed, unconscious. Johnny then aimed his motorcycle at Danny while the teenage halfa was distracted by the shadow. He revved the engine and grinned. "Oh yeah? I've heard running over pint-sized punks is a good alternative!" the greasy-haired ghost replied, speeding towards Danny.

The young halfa noticed the approaching motorcycle in the corner of his eye. He grinned as an idea popped into his head. Danny continued fighting Johnny's shadow, letting the shadow get closer and closer. As Johnny was nearly right beside Danny, the halfa dove out of the way causing Johnny to run into his shadow. The two ghosts tumbled out of the air and landed on the ground, stunned.

Danny floated to the ground, as Sam and Tucker arrived. "Danny, catch!" Sam yelled, throwing a Fenton Thermos at the white-haired teen. 

Danny caught it with ease and opened the cap. He aimed the thermos at Johnny and his shadow, then Kitty. Sealing the thermos he gave it a little shake and chuckled. "Hopefully they'll be able to chill out in there," the halfa said with a laugh.

His joke received blank stares from his friends. "'cause, a thermos can keep things cold or hot?" Danny explained, holding out the thermos.

Sam and Tucker groaned, slapping their hands over their eyes. "Dude, that was probably your worst one yet," Tucker sighed, shaking his head.

Danny rolled his eyes as white rings appeared around his waist, transforming him back into his human self. "Whatever," he mumbled, stuffing the thermos in his pocket. He walked past his friends, heading back in the direction they came from. "Let's just hurry," the halfa grumbled over his shoulder, "At this rate we're gonna miss the mo-." Danny was cut off by suddenly bumping into an unknown obstacle and falling to the ground.

Sam and Tucker rushed to Danny's side and helped their friend to his feet. The raven haired teen shook his head and focused his vision on what he bumped into. Blue eyes widened as he stared into the burning green eyes of a ghost horse.

"Prince Phantom!" a voice boomed, from above. Danny looked up to a ghost clad in black armor with a flowing purple cape. On the cape was a symbol of what appeared to be a golden goblet of some kind.  The ghost's features were entirely hidden by his helmet aside from his glowing green eyes. "Your presence is requested by his Majesty, King Galahad!" the ghost announced loudly, holding out a scroll in front of him. The scroll unrolled itself and showed a short message addressed to Danny.

The halfa groaned. "Come on, not now," Danny whined, "Can't you just go tell him I'm busy right now? I promise I'll swing by after the movie."

"I am afraid that is impossible your Highness!" the knight replied, staring down at Danny, "I was instructed to return with you at any cost."

Danny sighed, hanging his head in defeat. 

Sam crossed her arms, frowning at the ghost knight. "This has got to be the fourth time this week that he's asked you to come to the castle," she said, turning to Danny. She raised an eyebrow and smirked, "Guess he got tired of you ignoring his little messengers and decided to send out the big guns," she said, eyeing the ghost knight up and down.

"I'm glad you're enjoying this," Danny replied, unhappily, "'cause I'm not." Danny finished his statement by slouching and scowling at Sam who merely shrugged in response. The halfa straightened his back, reaching into his back pocket and pulling out three movie tickets. He turned around. 

"You guy's should go see the movie, I owed you guys after all," Danny sighed, holding out the tickets.

Tucker held out a trembling hand and pushed the tickets away. "N-No way man. We can s-see the movie another t-time," the technogeek stammered as he continued to shiver, though he couldn't tell if it was from the cold or fear of the giant ghost knight in front of them. "W-Where you go, w-we go."

Danny looked at Sam who nodded in agreement. A smile appeared on the young halfa's face. He spun to face the ghost knight, transforming into his ghostly alter ego. "Alright, let's go," he huffed, still clearly annoyed by the unwanted invitation ruining his plans for the day.

The black armored knight pulled on the reigns of his horse and turned around. The knight removed a silver horn with green markings on it from his waist and held it up to his helmet. A sharp, brassy note pierced the air and caused Danny to wince and clap his hands over his ears. Tucker and Sam looked at Danny in concern and confusion.

The note died away and the knight returned the horn to its place on his waist. Danny let his hands fall away from his ears and noticed the concerned gazes of his friends. Before he could ask them what was wrong, the air around them grew warm and a portal to the Ghost Zone appeared.

"After you, your Highness," the ghost knight said with a bow, moving out of the way of the portal.

Danny shared a look with Tucker and Sam before grabbing their hands and flying into the portal, with the ghost knight following close behind.

hiiiiii! it's me! littlest line break! i've missed you all so much! i made friendship bracelets for everyone! it would make me super happy if you took one! ok, that's all i had to say. enjoy the chapter! byeeeeee!

Danny, Sam and Tucker arrived at Saint Graal Castle (Fright Knight had changed the name since he felt Phantom's Keep was no longer appropriate) and were immediately ushered towards the throne room by castle staff.

"Guys, c'mon," Danny said to the staff as they didn't slow down, "what's the rush?"

Danny's question was answered as the three friends entered the throne room. The three teens found themselves being stared at by Fright Knight, Clockwork and two Observants that seemed oddly familiar to Danny. The young halfa felt the glares of one of the Observants bore into him.

"How kind of you to finally join us, your Highness," hissed the Observant glaring at Danny, making sure to add venom to the word 'Highness'.

"Do not forget your manners, Paradai," scolded the golden sash wearing Observant floating next to him, "We are here to instruct the Prince, not scold him."

Danny racked his brain for why the name Paradai sounded familiar. He was suddenly reminded of the coronation, many months ago. The Observant who had objected to Danny's decision to pass on the crown to Fright Knight. The teen offered a sheepish smile at Paradai, who's glare hardened in response.

"We thank you for making time to join us, your Highness," the golden sashed Observant said with a bow. The Observant straightened his back and folded his hands in front of him. "You may not remember me, but I am known as Airian," the Observant said. "And this," he continued, gesturing to his partner, "is Paradai."

While Airian spoke, Clockwork, Paradai and Fright Knight remained silent; their gazes glued to Danny and his friends. Sam and Tucker felt out of place in the room, but they promised Danny that they would stay by his side and that was what they were going to do.

"King Galahad has been very gracious to assist us in contacting you," Airian went on, floating to Danny's side. He subtly pushed by Sam and Tucker and placed a hand on Danny's shoulder, leading him away. 

The two humans stared daggers into Airian's back when they suddenly felt a large hand grip their shoulders. Sam and Tucker turned to see Fright Knight. They prepared themselves to put up a fight, thinking that he was their to remove them from the room, but instead Fright Knight seemed to be seeking comfort. His face was hidden by his helmet but his green eyes shone with concern. Tucker and Sam shared a look and Tucker reached up to pat the Ghost King's hand. Fright seemed shocked by the gesture, but didn't remove his hands. 

As Airian led Danny away from the group, the teen became sheepish. "Yeah, being a teen superhero keeps me pretty busy," Danny chuckled nervously. He wasn't about to admit that he had been intentionally ignoring any and all messages he had received from the Ghost Zone. 

Airian nodded, closing his enormous bloodshot eye. "Of course, of course," he said understandingly, "But I do feel the need to remind you of the agreement you made, my Prince." Airian opened his eye to look down at Danny, noticing that the teen was avoiding his gaze.

Danny hung his head, letting his white bangs cover his eyes. Shortly after the coronation, the Observant's had made a deal with Danny regarding his reluctance to claim the throne. The Observant's agreed to recognize Fright Knight aka Galahad as King regent, so long as Danny agreed to learn the ropes of running a kingdom. With a bit of urging from Clockwork, the teen halfa accepted the deal, but had been doing everything in his power to avoid fulfilling his part of said deal.

"I'm sorry," Danny mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck. "This all still seems like so much."

"I know it seems hard, Danny," Clockwork said, appearing at Danny's side, "but Galahad cannot rule for you forever."

Danny glanced over at the current King of the Ghost Zone. He stood close to Sam and Tucker, almost like he was protecting them. Danny felt a small smile creep onto his face. The halfa knew that Fright Knight was a good choice to rule and was hoping that he would have been good enough that the Observant's would have forgotten all about making Danny the next King.

The teen's eyes widened when Fright Knight suddenly started to walk over to him, Sam and Tucker trailing close behind. 

"If I may interrupt," the King called, gaining the attention of both Observants and Clockwork. "But maybe it would be best if I talk to him?" Fright Knight offered. 

Paradai raised his hand to protest, but was silenced with a quick glare from Airian. 

"Very well," Clockwork agreed, shifting to his elderly form. He and the Observants waited for Fright Knight to say his piece.

The King cleared his throat, adjusting his flaming cape. "I meant, alone," he explained. 

Clockwork narrowed his eyes, but said nothing. Without a word, he and the Observants left the throne room but not before Paradai sent one last glare Danny's way.

Sam let out a large sigh. "Man, I'll never get used to the sight of those guys," she said with a shiver.

"I'll second that," Tucker agreed.

Danny laughed at his friends. Even though he had been around the Observant's countless times, he also had to agree that they were still hard to get used to.

The teen then turned his attention to Fright Knight. As the Ghost King was about to speak, Danny held up a hand. "If you're going to lecture me, Fright, I don't want to hear it," Danny sighed, "I already know I've been irresponsible and that you're disappointed in me and whatever else you're going to tell me."

Sam and Tucker were shocked to hear their friend talk so angrily about himself. They hadn't realized how much the Prince thing had been bothering him. "Danny," Sam whispered, reaching out to her friend.

"I wasn't going to say any of that," Fright Knight admitted, shaking his head. Danny looked up in shock, immediately feeling bad for taking his frustration out on his ghost friend. The halfa opened his mouth to apologize but Fright talked over him, "No need for apologies, your frustration is only to be expected."

The Ghost King walked towards the large throne at the back of the room. Next to the throne was a small stone pillar with a red satin pillow atop it. Resting on the pillow was the Crown of Fire. 

The teens followed after Fright, sharing looks of confusion. "Danny," Fright Knight began, stopping suddenly in his tracks, "I want to make my own deal with you." The Ghost King turned around to look down at his former liege. "I will be honest in saying that I too have not been giving my full effort in accepting my new role as King," he admitted, a hint of shame in his voice. "I felt that I was betraying my word to you as your loyal servant, but at the same time I felt that if I didn't try I would be letting your faith in me go to waste."

Danny felt guilt rise up in his chest. He hadn't even considered what handing over the crown to Fright Knight would do to his former bodyguard. The halfa had been selfish in his decision and felt the immediate urge to apologize. "Fright, I'm so sor-" Danny began, before Fright Knight cut him off again.

"I already told you there is no need for apologies," the Ghost King instructed. He sighed and walked over to the pillar where the Crown of Fire rested. He stared into the luminescent green flames, lost in their mystical glow. "But that is why I would like to make this deal; just between the two of us,"  he said, not taking his eyes off the crown. 

Danny looked from his friends to Fright Knight and back to his friends. Sam and Tucker seemed just as lost for words as Danny was. 

"I will rule the Ghost Zone for however long you need me to," Fright Knight started, jerking Danny's attention back to him. "I will not question it, I will not fight it. Not just as your loyal servant..." the armor clad ghost trailed off, looking to Danny. His green eyes looked at the young halfa fondly, "but as your friend," he finished.

Danny felt his guilt slowly melt away as he sensed no malice or resentment coming from the Ghost King. He was so grateful that he and Fright had been able to bury the hatchet and become friends and allies.

"In return," Fright Knight continued, his tone becoming serious, "you have to at least try to take your royal responsibilities seriously." The Ghost King scratched his helmet, green eyes drifting to the doors of the throne room. "I have done my best to keep the Observant Council and Clockwork pacified while attempting to warn you of their growing impatience, but you never returned my messages," he explained, his eyes drifting back to Danny and his friends.

Sam and Tucker glared at Danny as the teen wished his powers would act up then and there and let him sink into the floor of the castle. He didn't have it in him to admit to Fright Knight that he was intentionally avoiding the messages, even though he had no idea what they said.

"I will teach you myself, and your friends can accompany you if you feel that would make the situation easier," the Ghost King added, looking to Tucker and Sam for support.

The two humans shared a look before nodding. Sam gave Fright Knight a thumbs up while Tucker sent him an encouraging smile. Danny noticed his friends' agreement to the plan and sighed.

"If that'll keep the Observants off my back, then I guess I'll try," Danny finally agreed.

Fright Knight's eyes lit up with happiness and he turned back to the Crown of Fire. He scooped up the crown and held it above his helmet. "Then we have no time to waste," the Ghost King exclaimed, placing the crown on his head.

The Crown of Fire's green flames flickered away as purple flames took their place. Purple flames soon engulfed Fright Knight's entire body, causing the three teens to cry out in alarm. Danny was about to fly off to find help when the flames died away.

Where Fright Knight once stood, was a very handsome grey-ish blue skinned ghost. He had long, wavy brown curly hair that came down past his shoulders. His face was mostly covered by a well maintained beard and he had shining green eyes. The ghost wore a simple black tunic with gold embellishments and black pants with black boots. A flaming purple cape extended from his shoulders to just above his ankles. Around his waist was a silver belt and sword sheath that held what appeared to be Fright Knight's sword, the Soul Shredder.

"Come young Prince, Lady Sam and Sir Tucker!" the ghost said excitedly in a voice that sounded very similar to Fright Knight's, "We have much to do!"

All three teens' jaws dropped as they came to the same realization. The ghost in front of them was in fact Fright Knight.

"What... just happened," Tucker managed to say, breaking the silence.

Fright Knight looked at his body, eyes widening in realization. He chuckled awkwardly extending his arms. "This is how I looked in my human days," he explained. "This is who Galahad was before I became Fright Knight."

The teens began bombarding the Ghost King with questions, which he answered as best he could. He had a feeling that being royalty wasn't going to be as bad as he thought. And as he saw the excitement in Danny's eyes, he felt pride in being able to serve his liege and help him learn to rule the Ghost Zone one day. 

HI! IT'S ME! THE AMAZING LINE BREAK! I am so excited to see you all again! I can't wait to see where this story goes :) Ok, you can go back to reading the chapter now!

Outside the throne room, Clockwork paced back and forth shifting from form to form. The Observants had long left, saying something about needing to report back to the Council. Airian had asked Clockwork to let them know what the Prince had decided upon once his conversation with King Galahad had finished. Paradai had tried to burst back into the room, but Airian dragged him off before the frustrated Observant caused a scene.

"It seems like someone's getting anxious," a voiced cooed from above the Time Master.

Clockwork looked up and found himself looking at a starry night sky. His form settled on his elderly form as a scowl graced his normally expressionless features. "And I wonder who is the cause of my problems?" he hissed in return.

Nocturne chuckled as he shrunk in size and floated next to Clockwork. "Come now, old friend," he whispered, his voice sickly sweet, "You of all spirits should have known what was going to happen when you involve me in one of your plans." He extended a hand, admiring his shimmering claws. Splashes of purple became more prominent on his glittery body as he smiled to himself. "I agreed to help you, but I never agreed to follow your plans," he reminded. 

Clockwork narrowed his eyes, glaring at Nocturne. He decided to not feed into Nocturne's need for attention and ignored the Elder Spirit, resuming his pacing.

Nocturne flew in front of Clockwork. "Need I remind you that it was you who asked me to meet you here today for some oh so important reason?" Nocturne said, resuming his normal tone. He raised an eyebrow at the Master of Time.

Clockwork stopped his pacing and looked at Nocturne from the corner of his eye. He adjusted the time on his staff as he shifted to his toddler form before floating past the starry spirit. "Come," he urged, "we don't have much time."

Nocturne snickered, following after his fellow Elder Spirit. "Now isn't that quite ironic," he mused to himself. 

The two spirits exited the castle and came to a stop just outside the realm. Clockwork twirled his staff and a blue portal came into existence. The two spirits crossed through the portal and found themselves in Clockwork's viewing chamber.

The purple clad spirit turned to Nocturne, a deadly serious look in his eyes. "What happens today, stays in these tower walls," he warned, the scar running through his left eye glowing a dangerous red, "Understood?"

Nocturne rolled his eyes, huffing in annoyance, "Yes yes, can we just get on with it now?" he asked, a slight whine in his voice.

Clockwork narrowed his eyes at Nocturne, but didn't push the subject any further. He tapped his staff on the largest of the viewing screens. The screens began to gently rock into each other until the image of a darkened hall appeared on the main screen.

Without a word, Clockwork flew into the screen, the image rippling around him as he disappeared into the image.

Nocturne felt a devious smile creep onto his pale features. "Oh," he giggled, "this is certainly going to be very interesting!" He finished his statement by flying into the screen. Once the starry spirit passed through, the image rippled once more before disappearing. 

An eerie silence filled the chamber, only being broken by the sound of ticking clocks.

A/N: Welcome to the sequel y'all! New and improved! We're starting off with a clean slate. If any of you have read the previous incarnation of this book, throw everything you know out the window. This ol' girl is getting a fresh paint job. I'm also really sorry that this took a while to come out. I wanted to get this new book out ASAP but everything in my life decided to happen to me all at once. Hope you all enjoyed the chapter! And as always I'll see you in the next update! Phantom OUT!