Danny's POV

I dodge left as an ecto blast misses my head by barely and inch. I, in turn, send several ecto blasts in all different directions of him so that no matter which way he moves, he will get hit at least once. He is hit in the shoulder and chest. He lunges towards me but then goes towards Andrew to my right. He pulls a sword out of thin air and sends an energy strike from the sword to hit Andy right in the chest.

"Andy!" I yell helplessly. I see Jazz go after him since Mayhem is still right in front of me. He tries a similar attack on me but I easily deflect it with a shield that sends the attack right back at him. It hit's the arm holding the sword, causing both arms to be injured. The fight has been going on for an hour and it is hard to fight while still protecting the humans and Elle. I need to stop it soon, but it will be hard to do it without causing harm to the others. After about ten minutes of fighting and trying to think of something to end this quickly, an idea hits me, along with something else. While I was distracted, Mayhem created a clone that was able to sneak up behind me and shoot me in the back of the head.

"Danny/Daddy!" I hear people shout collectively as I try to regain my balance.

"What's wrong little brother? Having trouble beating me?" the ghost sneers at me. "This time, it will be me who kills you, not the other way around! Hahahaha!" he starts laughing like a psycho-killer.

He lunges at me and punches me with extra strength from his powers. I let him get in a few more hits before I finally put my plan into action. Quickly, I create a shield in front of me.

"A little shield won't protect you from me."

Everyone stay back. I have a plan. I tell the others with telekenisis. Then, I make the shield expand outwards. He laughs and heads towards me full force. As soon as he gets close enough, I push it to form a sphere around him. He figures out what I am doing in just enough time. He turns himself into ectoplasm and escapes through the small whole left. "DAMMIT!" I yell.

"Tsk. Tsk. Little brother, it is you who needs the time out. IN OBLIVION!"

He shoots at me and I shield myself. He then aims towards the others and hits Andy in the chest. Our bond as mates tells me immediately that if I don't act fast, Andy will die. A rage unlike anything I've ever felt before fills my entire being. I charge towards the man and produce a sword of ectoplasmic ice. He tries to escape but I am much faster. I plunge the sword in his arm first, only to find that it was a clone as it disappears. I look around to see several more clones. Moving faster than even any ghost has moved before, I destroy them all until one of them doesn't disappear. He looks at me in pure terror, but I don't have any mercy left in me. I plunge my sword in his chest and watch as he turns into black ashes and blows away.

As the red recedes from my vision, I remember my mate lying on the path dying. I fly over to him, take him in my arms, and teleport him to frostbites layer. I feel small arms around my neck when we get there and it takes me a moment before I realise that Elle grabbed onto me at the last second.

"We have to get your papa to Frostbite okay?" she gives me a shaky nod and follows me to find the yeti ghost, holding onto my cape the whole time.

"Great one! This way! Quickly. There isn't much time. Your father told me what happened. Set him down and then please make your way to the waiting room." My tears are flowing freely this time but I pay them no mind.

"NO!" I yell effectively scaring my daughter. "I can't leave him! You can't make me!" I grab his hand and hold on for dear life. "Please. Just help him." I beg.

"Daddy, what's wrong? Papa's going to be okay, isn't he?" Elle asks me.

I can't do anything but squeeze my mate's hand and cry into his arm. I send as much healing power into him as I can, but I know it will only do so much. Elle is carried to another room, bawling the entire way, and the people of the far frozen get to work.

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Jazz's POV

"Jasmine Fenton! What the hell just happened?!" my mother yells at me.

"Maddie, sweetheart, I need you to calm down, and remember that their friend is hurt. They need some time. Let them figure things out and then we will ask our questions when they are ready." Jack tells her calmly.

"You knew didn't you? You've been trying to help them this whole time, and what have I done besides try and hurt them? Nothing!" She collapses and starts crying. "I don't even know what got into me. I used to be extremely supportive of gay people and their relationships. Now, I'm criticizing my own son and trying to keep him from being himself. And I don't even want to. My mind says one thing and my mouth says something completely different, and I didn't even feel bad about it until now."

"Mom, calm down. It's not your fault. The ghost that Danny was just fighting, he was controlling you. There was nothing any of us could do. But he's gone now, and you're free. He was doing it to Vlad too, but Clockwork was finally able to free him the same day that Danny found out he was his father. I know you all have questions, but dad is right. We need to get organized first. We are going to continue on to the castle, and wait for word on Andrew. When we get there, Tucker and Valerie are going to stay with you guys, while Sam and I go to the far frozen to get Elle. Tucker, call Vlad and tell him what happened. He needs to be there with Danny right now." I direct. With Danny and Andy gone, I am left in charge.

"No. I want to see my son. He hates Vlad, why should he be allowed to see them when I'm not?" Maddie demands.

"Fine." I sigh. "But no asking questions. Danny is suffering enough with his husband being this close to fading, he doesn't need you asking a ton of questions to make things worse. If you really have to know something, ask Vlad." I relent.

She nods and we make our way to the castle.

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Danny's POV

I wake up in the waiting room of the infirmary. Once I get out of my groggy state, I remember that I'm supposed to be holding my mates hand. I run to the door leading to where I last saw him, only to find it locked. I try phasing through it as both a human and ghost but fail.

"DAMMIT! Frostbite! Let me in!" I yell.

"Great one, I apologise but we have direct orders from Frostbite to not let you pass. Even if it is an order directly from the king. He says it will be better for the both of you if you stay away for now."

"Blizzard, he's my mate! Do you really believe he's better off without me?!"

"I do when you are this emotional. He needs calm energy. The energy you were producing was full of rage and fear. It will do him more harm than good. I was told to inform you that Plasmius is at the entrance asking to see you. We are aware of the fact that you are on bad terms with him and so I was sent to ask you if he is allowed to enter or not."

"Bring him in please. I need to see him."

"Yes, your majesty."

Blizzard leaves and returns five minutes later with my father in tow. Right now, he is the only one here who has any chance of relating to me. As much as I hate to admit it, I need him. Instead of the reserved pleasantries we used to have, once Blizzard leaves, I run up to him and grab him in a tight hug. He seems surprised at first, but he hugs me back when he realizes what's going on.

"Daniel, I'm so sorry for everything I've done. I know it's not exactly good timing, but you need to know that if I could take everything back without ruining the timeline, I would. And I would be a proper father to you." He tells me.

"I don't care. What's done is done. It wasn't your fault. Please just don't leave me alone right now. They won't let me see him and I just- I don't know what to do. Please don't go." I beg.

He sighs and guides me to the couch. He sits down and has me lay my head on his lap.

"I'm not going anywhere. Just try and get some rest. It will make the time pass faster."

I try to do as he says even though the only reason I was able to sleep before was because I had used up so much of my power.

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Elle's POV

Icey carried me to a vehicle big enough to hold all of my parents classmates and family. She put me in a car seat they have for when they have the younger yeti ghosts riding. We ride in silence other than the few muffled sobs that I let out. In twenty minutes we reach the class and land. She unbuckles me and I run into the arms of Aunt Jazz and Aunt Sam.

"Elle, sweetie, we need you to stay here with your Uncle Tuck and Aunt Val. Jazz, your grandma, and I are going to see daddy and papa, alright?" Sam asks me. I nod my head.

"Why didn't daddy answer me when I asked if papa would be okay?" I ask, I want them to tell me that he just didn't hear me even though I know that his hearing is good enough that he could have heard me even if I whispered.

"It's because your papa is hurt really bad. That mean ghost hit his core. If something happens, your daddy will come and get you right away. We just need to wait and see what happens right now." Jazz tells me.

"But I want to go with you. I want daddy. Please!" I cry. She sighs and picks me up. She sets me in my car seat and we all start heading to the castle to drop the class off. Then we head back to the Far Frozen.

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Danny's POV

I'm still lying on my father's lap, his hands running through my hair, when the door opens and Elle runs through the door and straight to me. I get up and pick her up, holding her as tightly as I can hold a three year old. I can see that she's been in a similar state as me, not knowing what is going to happen.

"Daddy I thought you were with papa."

"I fell asleep because of all the power I used up and they moved me out here. They won't let me back in." I say through the facefull of strawberry scented black hair in my face from holding her.

"How is he?" I hear Maddie ask from the door.

"Maddie? What are you doing here?" I ask.

"I wanted to be here for you. I used to be very supportive of gays and anyone with similar life choices. I don't know what's been going on with me lately. I'm so sorry. I know what I've done to you and Andrew is horrible, but I do support you know that I've snapped out of whatever spell that creep had me under." she confesses.

"It's alright. I'm glad you're here too. Just no questions right now alright?" I plead.

"Just one, when where you going to tell me that I'm a grandma?" she asks holding her arms out.

I hesitate to give her up simply for the fact that it feels good to have her in my arms while Andy is in such a bad state. I reluctantly hand her over to the expectant new grandmother and go to my two friends waiting behind her. They wrap me in a big hug and we stay like that for a long time.

"How are you doing?" Sam asks.

"I'm living my second biggest nightmare. How do you think l'm doing?" I reply.

"Second?" Elle asks.

"The first would be if you both were hurt this badly." Jazz informs her.

"I'm so sorry all this is happening my boy. I promise that if there were anything I could do, I would do it in a heartbeat." Vlad tells me.

"Actually, if someone would get ahold of Ember, tell her what's going on, and to bring the stuff, that would be great."

"I'm on it." Sam says, already dialing the number.

"You are NOT drinking in front of your daughter!" Jazz reprimands.

"She won't know the difference if you can just keep your mouth shut." I snap.

"You can't be serious!" Maddie exclaims. "You're only eighteen yourself. You aren't old enough to drink."

"Actually, Madeline, the legal age for ghosts and half ghosts to drink in the ghost zone is seventeen in public. Thirteen with a parent's permission as long as they don't leave their lair."

"What?! That's-" Maddie is cut off by Elle.

"But daddy, you let me have stuff to drink all the time. Papa too. Is that bad?"

"No sweetie. This is a different kind of drink. It's only for adults." I tell her.

"Do you mean like when you and papa changed in front of each other but said only adults can change in front of each other unless an adult is helping me?" she asks confused. My face turns bright red because my parents just heard my daughter say that.

"Y-yes." my face turns even redder when I have to reply to her. My mother has a look of amused shock while everyone else is full on laughing at my expense. "Be quiet. It's not funny."

"I don't know love, I think it's extremely hilarious."