The Apprentice of Thanatos

Chapter 21: Ultimate Enemy Part 1

{We live! Hope y'all have those conspiracy logbooks at the ready. You're gonna need 'em.

This chapter starts a week after the previous one.

We do not own Danny Phantom or Percy Jackson, only this story and our original characters.}

Unknown POV:

      Somewhere in the green expanse known to its inhabitants as the Infinite Realms was a place where the rules of time were subject to the whims of its resident ghost. The only building in the area was a foreboding clock tower on a small island, surrounded by floating clockwork gears.

      Within the main room of the keep were monitors that allowed one to look into the tangled web known as Time—to view moments days in the past, or even thousands of years in the future. To view moments destined to happen, or ones that never would.

      At this particular moment, the screens displayed Danny Phantom in his various fights. Three ghosts, two with eyeballs for heads and one in a purple cloak, floated in front of one of the larger monitors, arguing with one another.

      "Clockwork, please reconsider," one of the eyeballs pleaded.

      "No, I will not." The purple-cloaked ghost, Clockwork, answered forcibly.

      "But this is a potential future!" The other eyeball argued.

      "It was. It no longer is," Clockwork countered. "Not since Lord Death stepped in." Not that you Observants seem to care.

      "But it could have happened!" The first eyeball glided forward. "Which means that something of equal devastation could still happen!"

      "And not to mention what she has brought to our attention-" The second began.

      Clockwork held up a hand to silence the Observant. "She gets no say in what I should or should not do."

      "Yes, she does!" The first snapped. "She has control over all ghosts!"

      "For the time being, yes, but her hold over these Realms will not last." Clockwork reminded them. "The rightful king will one day reign, and her power over the denizens of the Realms will greatly diminish."

      "Diminish?" The first Observant sounded appalled. "Lady Melinoe will be the Zone's ruler forever if we have any say in the matter."

      You shouldn't have any say in the matter. Clockwork thought with frustration. However, he only glared at the two ghosts as he spoke. "How could she be ruler? You say Daniel is unfit because he is not a full ghost, yet neither is she. By your own standards, she is just as unfit."

      "But she's a goddess," the second one defended. "And she has saved us from several attacks."

      "And Daniel has saved the entirety of the Realms from Pariah Dark." Clockwork countered, his patience waning.

      "That was but a simple fluke." The first Observant said dismissively. "He had the help of his human parents, as well as several of his rivals. He didn't even defeat Pariah Dark with his own power!"

      "They simply held off Pariah's forces long enough for Daniel to fight the old king," Clockwork corrected. "And there is nothing in the rules that states that one cannot use their available resources to increase their chance of success."

      "That abomination didn't even seal the sarcophagus! The other one did," one Observant sneered. "Are you saying that Plasmius has a right to the throne as well?"