Third Person POV

A soft meow interrupted Vlad Masters from his thoughts. The billionaire looked down at his feet to see his beloved cat Maddie gently rubbing her head against his pant leg, leaving traces of her white fur behind on the black material. Smiling, Vlad picked up the cat and set her down on his lap where she promptly fell asleep.

"Oh Maddie, whatever would I do without you," he cooed, stroking her soft coat. As Maddie purred in response, Vlad resumed looking over the book that had been translated by the Spirit Tome the previous day. The book, which was apparently called the 'Codex of Creation' held all sorts of knowledge and history of the Ghost Zone and its inhabitants. With some especially detailed parts about the Ghost Zone's origins. Vlad had been obsessing over every word of the Codex, hoping it would give him a clue to who were and where are the mysterious Ancients of the Ghost Zone. 

The elder halfa turned the page, fighting off boredom. As exciting it was to finally have an actual clue in regards to the Ancients, the Codex of Creation was a dreadfully boring read. So far all Vlad had learned that the Ancients existed at one point. They were there when the creation of the Ghost Zone happened and then seemed to fade from existence, only appearing here and there as if on a whim. What Vlad did learn, to his dismay, was that not only were there Ancient spirits, but Elder ones as well. What the difference was, he had yet to figure out.

Vlad sighed in annoyance as he finished reading yet another page detailing the oh so wonderful topography of the Ghost Zone. He reached for his cup of tea as he flipped the page, and took a sip. Vlad's eyes widened as he spat out his tea in shock, causing a startled Maddie to hiss and jump off his lap. The halfa reached for a handkerchief to wipe his face as he read over the words on the top of the page.

The Phantom Prophecy.

"A prophecy?" Vlad wondered aloud, a smile growing on his features, "Now we're getting somewhere."

Vlad begin to read over the prophecy, taking in every line and making notes on a separate notepad. The prophecy read,

The Phantom Prophecy

Creatures of death will rise, the living will fall,

One who walks between life and death, the saviour of all,

Captured by death, saved by time

The Prince walks, unaware of his crime

A King without his crown, a bearer of sin

His core, the souls of eight within,

On Day of First Death, two worlds collide,

Presenting destruction and darkness to all who defied,

Find the King, awaiting his throne,

Lest the sins of two worlds be forced to become known

Vlad stared down at the page in wonder. At first glance, the prophecy seemed to be nothing but utter nonsense, but the more he read it over, the more Vlad felt a chill running down his spine. "A saviour that walks between life and death, two worlds colliding and causing destruction, eight souls," Vlad mumbled, writing everything that he could decipher down in his notepad. 

The billionaire quickly skimmed through the book, looking for any other mention of this odd prophecy, its connection to the Ancients or even the Elder Spirits, yet found nothing. Only the one tattered page with its strange and foreboding words.

Vlad smirked, eager to accept the challenge of deciphering this prophecy. When his cloaked associate returned from wherever they had gone off to, Vlad had much to share.

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Danny, Sam and Tucker sat in front of the town movie theatre, huddled in a sad, small group. After being returned to the human world by Percival, the three teens had rushed to resume their plans for the day. Unfortunately, their little detour to Saint Graal Castle had caused them to miss their movie.

"I could always sneak us in to the next showing," Danny offered cheerfully, holding up his hands and turning them invisible.

Sam and Tucker shook their heads. "It's fine dude, don't worry," Tucker assured him, patting his friend on the back.

Danny lowered his head as his hands became visible again. "This stupid Prince thing or King thing or whatever you wanna call it is driving me insane," the halfa grumbled, standing up and walking in the direction of the park where they had been initially interrupted. Sam and Tucker quickly scrambled after their upset friend. "I was hoping that the Observants would be happy that the throne was being taken over by Fright Knight, or Galahad I guess, and would leave me alone," Danny continued, walking past the clearing he fought Johnny 13 and Kitty in as Sam and Tucker kept pace with him.

Danny scratched his head, "But now, I just feel like a jerk for pushing all this onto Fright without even considering how he would feel. Like, I know we were enemies at one point but I learned that there's more to him than just a blood thirsty ghost that wants to kill me."

"Jeez Danny, take a breath, would ya?" Sam said, grabbing her friend's shoulder. 

Danny stopped in his tracks and looked at his goth friend. He inhaled and exhaled slowly, allowing his thoughts to clear. "Thanks, Sam," he said, smiling.

Sam rolled her eyes, "Sometimes I wonder if you would even remember to breathe without me around," she teased, blowing on her hands to warm them up from the chilly late night air. "I won't deny that this Prince thing still sucks majorly, but until we can find a way to get both you and Fright out of this mess, you're just gonna have to be a good little Prince and attend your lessons," the goth continued.

"Who knows, m-maybe through your studying you and F-Fright can f-figure out a way t-to dissolve the m-monarchy altogether," Tucker offered, desperately trying to stop his teeth from chattering.

Danny's worries slowly began to melt away. He was lucky to have friends as understanding as Sam and Tucker. "You guys have a point," the halfa agreed, "maybe I can even get Nocturne to give me some answers. I have the feeling that he's trying to tell us something, without telling us something."

Sam and Tucker blinked at Danny, wondering if their friend had hit his head one too many times in a fight.

"All that today!" Danny explained, walking ahead of his friends and turning to face them. "The Solar place that belonged to an Elder spirit, the other Elder spirits and the fact that Pariah Dark was one of them, the Ancients, whoever they are. Nocturne is dangling a question right in front of our faces," he finished, waving his arms wildly.

Tucker and Sam approached Danny, spinning the teen around and wrapping their arms over his shoulders. "I wouldn't trust Nocturne as far as I could punch him," Sam commented.

"Yeah, he's probably just messing with us," Tucker added. "Besides," the technogeek's complexion began to look a little green, "just remembering that experience is enough to make me want to puke."

The teens laughed into the night as Danny's worries about Nocturne slowly faded, but did not disappear entirely. This was his problem to deal with. Sam and Tucker were already way too involved with the Prince ordeal, he didn't need to bring them down any more with his worries.

Likewise, Sam and Tucker had very strong suspicions against Nocturne. Danny didn't seem to remember Nocturne attacking him during their fight at the castle. Despite their best efforts, Nocturne wasn't willing to answer their questions on why he did what he did to Danny, or what it actually did to the young halfa. 

As the three friends went their separate ways, all harbouring secrets in their hearts, the dawn of a new day awaited them.

As did a chilling prophecy.

A/N: Hey y'all. Still getting back into the swing of things. It might be some time before I have a regular upload schedule but I'll do my best to not have too long of a wait between chapters. I'm going to try to aim for every/every other Saturday but we'll see what comes. Also I gained 1.2k followers at some point?! Thank you all so much for your support. I'll have to think of something special to celebrate. Once again, thank you for reading and I'll see you all in the next one!

(also sorry that this chapter is super short. I promise they'll get longer again soon)