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geekgirles · 3 years ago

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Your Heart

Chapter 2 -- The Invitation

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Hours could have passed since Sam received the letter and she wouldn’t have noticed, the events were so unreal her mind still hadn’t been able to fully register them. What was supposed to be a day like any other suddenly passed by in a blur. And no matter what she did, she just couldn’t make sense of it all.

The moment Star gave her the letter, the queen recognised the logo engraved on the seal closing the envelope. That forsaken logo had made daily appearances on the news for the last three years, when he started using and associating it to his person.

Danny Phantom.

The current Ghost King.

Nothing could’ve prepared her for the feeling of astonishment that came with that simple realisation. Such was her stupor that, once her back collided against her black mahogany vanity, her legs lost all strength to support her weight, slowly sliding down until Sam was seated on the floor of her chambers. Eyes wide and mouth hanging open.

Terror gripping at them at the sight of their, otherwise collected, queen, the handmaidens immediately scurried over her, checking for any sign that would imply their leader needed any sort of assistance.

A million thoughts materialised inside Sam’s head. How did the Ghost King know there were witches in Amity Park? Did all ghosts know they weren’t the only otherworldly creatures blending in with humans? How did the Ghost King know where to find them? Were her people in danger?

But most importantly, why did the infamous Danny Phantom write her for?

Grimacing, Sam figured there was only one way to find out. With a shaking hand, she gestured for Star to bring her the envelope. Concern still apparent on the blonde’s features, for her queen must have truly been too stunned to perform magic herself, she nonetheless did as she was instructed. “Fluito,” she whispered, and immediately afterwards an orange, fire-like aura surrounded the envelope, until the object came to them.

Sam gripped the envelope like a life line and, with trembling hands, broke the wax seal to get to the letter inside. What she found only made matters worse:

“Dear Madam,

I hope this message finds you well. I would not be able to reprimand you if my sudden writing to you took you by surprise; I found myself disbelieving of my own actions, after all.

I wish to inform you on an important occurrence I believe deserves your attention. However, I will not be able to describe said occurrence through this letter, unfortunately. I fear it might be intercepted by those who would give anything to see me fall, or perhaps by your own enemies if you were to have them.

It is because of such circumstances that I formally invite you and whoever you decide as members of your entourage to my lair in the Ghost Zone, in hopes that we will be able to discuss these matters without fear of our respective domains being put in jeopardy.

In order to save ourselves some time, if you were to accept my proposal, you and your entourage shall go to the outskirts of Amity Park in a week’s time, where one of my subjects will be waiting for you.

I eagerly await your answer,

King Phantom.”

Once she was done reading the letter, Sam could only gape at it. That had been an eternity ago, and now she was pacing up and down her room, massaging her temples as she tried making sense of it all.

When the initial shock from the Ghost King’s message had finally worn off, Sam proceeded to re-read the letter, in case she misunderstood the spectre’s motives and he was actually requesting something far more reasonable than her company. Like declaring war on them. Ghosts and witches going to war with each other made much more sense than members of both species ーthe leaders of both species, as a matter of factー willingly being near the other for the first time in 328 years.

But she came back empty-handed. And that could only mean one thing; she had to read the letter again because, clearly, her reading comprehension wasn’t as good as she thought. And so, Sam read the letter for the third time...and the fourth time...and the fifth time...

By the time she had already read the accusing piece of paper for the eleventh time, she finally understood her company was exactly what Phantom was requesting of her. But why?

“If you keep going in circles like that, you’re gonna get dizzy,” Paulina chimed in, watching as her queen paced around the room, muttering nonsense under her breath. “Or what’s worse, you’re going to make me dizzy.”

“Pauli’s right, Sam. Drawing a hole on the floor will get you nowhere.” Star agreed, her own eyes following the raven-haired girl’s every move. In any other circumstances, say, if Pamela were around, the two girls would get in trouble for addressing the Witch Queen so casually. However, once they were assigned to her and Sam discovered the usefulness of their talents, the three young women had soon agreed to treat each other informally whenever they were away from prying eyes.

Sam wholeheartedly believed familiarity was the key to winning someone’s trust. Because of that, she allowed for witches as loyal as her ladies-in-waiting to get close to her, while keeping anyone she suspected of being troublesome at a respectful distance.

Nibbling on her thumb, a clear sign of her distress, Sam shook her head. “Girls, you don’t understand. This simple letter could lead to disastrous consequences! And I’m not talking about whatever it is that that forsaken Phantom wants from me, which is a whole new level of worrying; I’m talking about the possibility of our clan being compromised!” The Latina and the blonde started when Sam abruptly stopped pacing, stomping her foot against the floor to get their attention. “If the ruler of a race we haven’t had any contact with in more than three centuries knows where to find us, who’s to say the rest of Amity Park remains blissfully unaware of our very existence? This is The Great Burning all over again!” She bellowed in anguish.

This was bad. This was very bad. Unlike ghosts, who revelled in wreaking havoc amongst mortals and drawing attention from it, witches had long decided to remain off the humans’ radar. For centuries, they blended in with normal men and women, pretending to be just like them, while they carried out their spells, rites, and ceremonies away from the public eye in the safety of their manor.

The existence of their society was their best-kept secret, and they’d be damned if such information got leaked. For starters, that pesky witch hunter they often brushed off could very well turn into a real threat.

The fact that their secret depended on a ghost of all things made Sam’s insides churn in fright and rightful outrage.

“Alright, you have a point,” Paulina conceded, but to her companions’ shock her worried gaze soon morphed itself into a swoon, “But you can’t deny that the Ghost King is a total hunk. I’m so jealous of you right now.” She sighed, her mind clearly elsewhere.

Scowling darkly at the Latina, Sam turned to her other lady-in-waiting, “Star, please, do me a favour and smack her. Hard.”

The blonde did as she was told and hit her friend on the back of her neck, eliciting a complaint from her.

Sending a glare to her fellow witch, Paulina began to gently rub the area. “You don’t have to do everything she tells you, you know?”

“Um, Pauli? She’s the Queen...You know, as in our boss? I literally have to do everything she tells me.” She reminded her, earning herself a huff from the aggravated girl. She then turned to her queen, her own eyes sparkling with excitement. “Paulina’s got a point, though. For a dead guy with ice powers, he sure is hawt. Watching him save the day is the highlight of my week!”

Sensing an aura filled with murderous intent, Star flinched slightly under Sam’s withering glare. “He’sーstillーaーghost.” Her queen said through gritted teeth.

Watching the interaction, the Latina beauty sniffed in displeasure, “Hey, no fair! You haven’t told me to hit her for drooling over the Ghost King!”, she whined.

“Girls, focus! This is serious!” Sam snapped.

Her fellow witches actually had the decency to look down in shame at her outburst. “Uh...right, sorry.” Paulina apologised sheepishly.

Somehow, something about the girl’s apology didn’t sit well with Sam. Their knowing smirks, staring down at her as if they knew a secret she didn’t, sent goosebumps down her spine. “What?”

Paulina raised her palms up in surrender. “Nothing. It’s just that I thought you’d be more appreciative of Phantom’s physique given your...preferences.” She finished with a coy smile.

That comment sent the Witch Queen reeling, which wasn’t helped in the least by Paulina’s smug look and Star’s snickering by her side. Her preferences? Was she serious? “Excuse me? Just because I’m a Goth doesn’t mean I’m necrophiliac! I’m not that hardcore, andー! ...why are you laughing?”

Sam’s indignant defence of her lifestyle was met with her two informants doubled over in laughter. Sam could do nothing but stare on, dumbfounded. After a few minutes, they seemed to finally calm down. Star, resting her weight over Paulina’s hunched over form, wiped a tear out of the corner of her eye as her laughter died down. “Sam,” she panted, “what Pauli means is that Phantom looks a lot like your ex. White hair, green eyes...Ring a bell?”

The young witch spluttered at that. Now that she thought about it, Danny Phantom was remarkably similar to her ex-boyfriend, Gregor...or Elliot, or whatever he called himself now. All the more reason to distrust the so-called ‘hero of Amity Park’.

“Whatever”, she huffed, before her expression turned downcast. Plopping down on the starry covers of her bed, she raised her hands to her head as she leaned forward. DeMilo came hopping to her, nuzzling her leg with its stem.

No matter how the Ghost King looked, he had still addressed her by personally sending her a letter. The location of her clan’s headquarters was a secret almost as well-kept as the very existence of her sisters. Whatever she chose to do could endanger hers and their fellow covens!

On the one hand, ghosts were treacherous and conniving. If she went to the Ghost Zone as per requested of her, she could be falling into a trap, bringing chaos and anarchy upon her own coven with her, for she was still too young to have an heiress of her own. And since there were no other purple-eyed witches, her demise would bring forth internal battles for control.

She couldn’t afford that to happen.

But, on the other hand, ghosts were also malicious and resentful. There was a reason why they remained stuck in their realm instead of moving on! If she were to refuse the invitation, they could either attack or reveal their existence to the humans in retaliation. Either way, it would have disastrous consequences for her coven...if they even survived the onslaught.

She certainly couldn’t afford that to happen either.

Sighing through her nose, in an effort to keep her head clear of any doubt, her gaze steeled. Turning to look at her handmaidens straight in the eye, all sense of familiarity gone, she gave but one simple order. “Arrange a Council meeting. Immediately.”

Understanding the gravity of the situation, her companions bowed down to her before hastily making their exit.

....................

Council meetings took place in the attic of the manor. What in any other house would be a dusty, dark place clattered to the ceiling with old furniture, boxes whose descriptions didn’t match their contents, and the stuff of nightmares of any five-year-old, the attic where the Amity Park Coven gathered was closer in size to a ballroom.

The rows of seats formed a “u” shape, being close to the walls and leaving the middle of the room, which was dedicated to witches making their cases or taking the floor, empty. On the far corner of the room, between the rest of the witches acting as witnesses to the meetings, was the podium where the Council sat down and presided over the room.

The Council consisted of four witches. The leader was the Queen, who oversaw the process and spoke for her and her fellow members once they’d reached a decision. Her second-in-command, and therefore the one who was in charge whenever it was the Queen herself that brought up a case or proposal to deliberate about, was the witch with the most proficiency at spellcasting after the clan’s head. The coven’s “Minister of War” was the best potion-maker in the clan. And, finally, the sorceress in charge of maintaining their anonymity amongst humans was she who was the most proficient shapeshifter.

Her interlaced hands resting on the wooden table from where she’d make her proposal in the middle of the room, Sam met her colleagues’ curious eyes with a determined gaze of her own. She could feel her mother’s disapproving glare on herーPamela never liked it when her daughter brought attention to herself, because it would mean that, if things went awry, all eyes would turn on herー, she could hear her people’s hushed voices, whispering among themselves, wondering what could possibly be so important to deserve an impromptu Council meeting summoned by the Queen herself.

But her mind was made up. Informing the Council in hopes of approval was a mere formality she simply could not avoid.

Clearing her throat, Margaret, the clan’s best spellcaster, stood up from her seat, silencing the room by drawing attention to herself with that simple action.

Margaret was a woman in her fifties. Her Grandma Ida used to tell her that when she was Sam’s age, she used to be quite the lookerーher mother often had to use a spell or two to send her suitors running. Even now, the woman still retained some of her youthful beauty. A woman of average height, Margaret’s sharp features hinted at an equally sharp mind. With chocolate skin, her green eyes hid an intellect and common sense that had often saved the clan from ruin, even during her Grandma’s reign. Her salt-and-pepper hair was cut short, with slightly longer strands framing her diamond-shaped face. The woman’s fashion sense was a reflection of her responsible and professional nature, wearing a business suit consisting of a forest green jacket and skirt over a white shirt. Adorning her neck was a mustard kerchief and, Sam was willing to bet, she was wearing her favourite black heels.

“Your Majesty,” Margaret addressed her, “as you will understand, your sudden wish for a Council meeting has rendered us rather perplexed. We can only assume that whichever matters you wish to discuss must be of importance.”

It was Sam’s turn to stand up from her chair, “Of utmost importance.”

“Then, by all means, proceed.” The Council member nodded, gesturing at Sam.

“My dear subjects, just like your day has been disrupted by this sudden meeting, mine has been disrupted by a most unusual, and might I add disturbing, occurrence. As I was getting dressed in my quarters, readying myself to fulfill my duties of the day, one of my handmaidens came rushing in, a letter in her hand.” Sam braced herself for what came next, “The author of the letter is no other than Danny Phantom, the current Ghost King.”

Everyone gasped at the revelation. Soon after the surprise had worn off, chaos ensued. Indignant cries, questions asked aloud, and general confusion reigned. And who could blame them? Witches and ghosts had cut all ties that bound them centuries before.

“Order, order!” Wilhelmina, the coven’s greatest potion-maker and Minister of War, demanded as she repeatedly slammed the podium with her bare hands.

Once the commotion had died down, Margaret refocused her steely gaze on their Queen. “Your Majesty, please, do explain the contents of this letter.”

“Due to the Ghost King’s fear of the letter being intercepted by his enemies, the message was short yet direct. He wishes to discuss a matter of urgency with me, for which he has officially invited me and whoever I choose as members of my court to his lair in the Ghost Zone.”

Again, the room broke out in gasps and hushed questions Sam didn’t have the answer to. Then came the question Sam simultaneously dreaded and anticipated the most, “And what do you wish to do, your Majesty?”

“I wish to accept his proposal,” was her answer.

All Hell broke loose at her words, only this time, Wilhelmina herself was participating in it. Wilhelmina was a pudgy woman with a round face and a strong will. A woman in her late thirties to early forties, her fair complexion was spotted by countless freckles. She was relatively plain-looking, with auburn hair that she often wore in a tight bun and dark eyes, but judging from the rumours going around, her fiery personality landed her several conquests. Despite what her strong personality might imply, Wilhelmina favoured loose-fitting dresses, such as the dark blue and white polak-dotted one she was currently wearing, and sandals.

The potion-maker was one of the most outspoken in her hatred of ghosts, which in itself was common among witches. The resentment from all those years ago had never really faded, and ever since those damned spectres mysteriously reappeared, old wounds had reopened.

While both Grandma Ida and Sam advocated for steering clear from them unless provoked, Wilhelmina was a firm believer that they should have got rid of the spirits as soon as they first appeared, starting with Danny Phantom. A conviction that was only intensified the moment he was named King of the Ghosts.

“All in all”, Sam mused to herself, “she’s taking it way better than I expected.” The raven haired girl patiently waited until Margaret had, once again, everything under control. Due to her stick-by-the-book nature, the African American woman did not appreciate when one of her fellow Council members encouraged unruly behaviour.

“Your Majesty, this is preposterous!” Wilhelmina bellowed, slamming her hands down on her desk as she hastily stood up. “That husk of a person dares request your presence and you accept the invitation?! Forgive me, my Lady, but nothing good can come out of it.” A murmur of agreement could be heard throughout the room. Their Minister of War was right; what was their Queen thinking?

Then, she added, “Then again, what can we expect from a naive twenty-one-year-old girl.” Her words elicited a gasp from the crowd. On her part, although Sam was dying to tell her off, she masterfully remained impassive, only raising a questioning eyebrow at her direction. Her Grandma would’ve been so proud of her.

Margaret cleared her throat. “Although that last comment was uncalled for,” she admitted, shooting a glare at her colleague for her callous words, “Wilhelmina is right when she says attending this meeting would be...unorthodox,” ーSam had to admit, Margaret was almost as good as her mother at carefully choosing her words to appear as socially acceptable as possible. Almostー, “there is also great danger. We all know what happened the last time our people trusted ghosts; are we really willing to let them make fools out of us again?”

“I say this is ground for war!” Wilhelmina roared. “Your Majesty, you and your grandmother, may she rest in peace, gave orders to avoid confrontation unless provoked. Well, now we are being provoked, by being set up! We cannot let this...this...third rate ‘hero’”, she air-quoted with a scoff, “insult us like that and go scott free!”

“Wilhelmina, let her Majesty explain her reasoning. I’m sure she has thought this through.” Delilah, the clan’s expert shapeshifter, tried placating her fellow witch. Sam could only smile in gratitude.

At 28, Delilah was the youngest Council member, second only to Sam. Despite the usual naiveté and unrealistic optimism attributed to her youth, Delilah was also the one most willing to listen to the other side of the story. She preferred broadening her horizons before making a verdict, trying to understand where the witch in question was trying to get at. And this time, she was trying to understand why Sam would want to go to the lion’s den.

The shapeshifter’s natural beauty was also unmatched. Paulina would sometimes seethe in jealousy at the attention she would get or how effortlessly she pulled any look the Latina herself had trouble with. Narrow shoulders and hips, a well-defined burst, legs for miles… Delilah was any man’s fantasy! With her smooth, caramel skin. Her strikingly blue eyes and long lashes. And her silky, ebony hair she often styled in a long braid. Her fashion sense was so on point it could put any haute couture designer to shame. For instance, to that meeting she wore an off-shoulder, long-sleeved red mini dress, a black belt with a golden buckle tightened around her waist, and knee-high black leather boots.

Wilhelmina nodded reluctantly, crossing her arms. Smiling at that, Delilah turned to Sam. “Your Majesty, please, proceed.”

Sam breathed in deeply. Phantom’s request had piqued her interest; what could the ruler of the Ghost Zone possibly want from her and her people now that his kind roamed freely around the city? The last seven years both species had avoided each other like the plague, and even if they hadn't, nothing they could’ve done would warrant meeting up after centuries apart. Despite all her doubts and questions she wasn’t sure she wanted the answers to, Sam needed to know, above all else, if her people were safe. Determination coursing through her veins, she spoke up:

“As you all know, when I ascended to the throne, taking the mantle from my grandmother, I swore on my life and honour that everything I would do, every single decision I would take, would be with our safety in mind.

“When I read the Ghost King’s letter, I was as stunned as you are now. A thousand questions running freely through my mind. I have thought about this long and hard, until I reached my decision.” She lay her eyes on the potion-maker, “Wilhelmina, you are in your right to be suspicious of his intentions, for so am I, but just like this could be a trap, not answering their call could also very well be our downfall.

“Ghosts are mischievous, resentful, and self-centred. Everything they do is based on what gives them even the smallest amount of satisfaction, which often means that the only way to appease them is doing as they say.” When Margaret opened her mouth to intervene, Sam silenced her with a raised palm. “I wish it didn’t have to be this way, but it is. And that is not all. You might think I am making this choice lightly, but nothing further from the truth. In accepting Phantom’s proposal, I am trying to prevent the ghosts from retaliating, for they could endanger us if I were to refuse in revenge.”

Her violet eyes shone with fiery determination and unwavering confidence as she spoke her last words, “My decision is made. I shall go to the Ghost Zone, even if I must do so on my own. But I will protect our clan if it’s the last thing I do.”

A deafening silence hung in the air. Nobody even moved. Finally, Margaret intertwined her fingers, her shoulders resting atop her desk, her body moving forward. Her green eyes betrayed none of her feelings on the matter. “Very well. Feel free to request anything you might need from us. Have a safe journey, my Queen.”

And with that, every single witch present rose from her seat, bowing their heads to their leader as a sign of respect and submission.

She’d done it. She was going to go to the Ghost Zone.

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Once the meeting was over, Sam got ready to leave the room to start preparing as soon as possible when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Delilah smiling at her. She smiled back.

“Is everything alright, Delilah?” Since the shapeshifter and her were close in age, she was one of the few witches Sam acted casually to, seeing her as some sort of older sister.

Delilah shook her head, the smile never leaving her face. “I just wanted to wish you luck, Sam. You’re not just our queen, you’re also the first witch to visit the Ghost Zone in centuries!”

“I know.” Sam looked down on the floor, feeling slightly uneasy.

Sensing her discomfort, Delilah soon changed the topic. “Also, I just wanted to tell you that your Grandmother would have been incredibly proud.”

Sam gasped. Family was taboo around Delilah, for her family had the misfortune of dying young. Delilah’s own mother had died when her daughter was just fifteen. For her to bring up Grandma Ida...she must have meant every single word she said.

“Thank you, Delilah. That means a lot.”

With one squeeze of her hands, the blue-eyed beauty left her alone.

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That night, after a long, nerve-wracking day waiting for the Witch Queen’s reply, Danny was startled out of his musings by a ring of his doorbell. Taking off and changing his legs for a ghostly tail, the white-haired young man sprinted down his lair’s corridors until he was face to face with his door.

When he opened it, to his immense relief, he found the same ghostly postman he had sent to deliver his letter, only this time he was handing an envelope to him. Snatching the piece of paper with a quick, “Thanks”, Danny went back to his quarters in a blur.

Now that he had the envelope in his hands, he couldn’t help but eye it curiously. The envelope was of a rich, royal purple in colour, sealed with a black wax stamp, the relief of it drawing a rose.

This is it, he thought. Depending on her answer, we’ll either have to look for another solution, or for ways to protect ourselves the moment they turn their backs on us.

With shaking hands, he ripped open the envelope, taking the letter from inside. An immense relief coupled by a healthy dose of anxiety rolled off of him in waves when his eyes scanned over the words:

“Dear Sir,

I accept your proposal.

We shall meet in a week’s time.

Cordially,

Lady Arcana.”

Preparing themselves for a possible betrayal, it was.

..................

Making it to the outskirts of Amity Park was a hassle Danny hadn’t anticipated. If it weren’t because a group of mysterious women and a ghost suddenly appearing in their lab, in front of the Fenton Ghost Portal, wouldn’t fly with his parents, Danny would’ve actually sent the witches there.

Then again, guiding Skulker out of his family’s ghost portal and around town until they made it to their destination was no picnic, either. Especially since the hunter kept giving him the stink-eye and challenging his authority; questioning his motives for choosing him, of all people, as the sorceresses’ escort.

On top of that, the hills surrounding Amity Park really were the perfect place to meet up with the magic users while keeping the secretive nature of their encounter. Not only were the hills a good forty minutes away from the closest highway, a dense forest grew there, protecting its visitors from curious, unwanted eyes.

“For the last time, Skulker, I am not throwing you to the wolves!” It was the tenth time since they left the Ghost Zone that the ghost had accused him of using him as a decoy. “Seriously, will you drop it already?”

The hunter crossed his arms in a disbelieving huff, “Well, forgive me, your Majesty,” he mocked, “for suspecting you of using this as an opportunity to get rid of one of your detractors.” His glowing green eyes narrowed in distrust.

It was only 11AM and Danny was already exhausted. Technically, Skulker wasn’t exactly a detractor of his rule. When push came to shove, he was always easy to convince to lend a hand in times of needーsuch as now. Having said that, their mutual respect and the halfa’s position didn’t stop Skulker from hunting him for sport now and then. “Listen, me choosing you has nothing to do with your personal feelings about me. You’re really the only one I could send to guide the witches through the Ghost Zone.”

“Nice to know I’m so easily disposable…” Skulker quipped sarcastically. “Why not ask your canine companion for help?”

“Come on, you really think I could send Cujo to do this job?” Danny asked, unamused.

“I was actually talking about Wulf, given he’s the only ghost capable of creating portals.” Skulker met his expression with a raised eyebrow of his own. “I can’t believe you’d actually mix them up.”

Danny actually flushed at that, “W-well…Some ghosts have so many things in common, i-it’s a little bit hard to follow without enough...details…”

The hunter took offence to that. Huffing, he shot the halfa a glare. “Well, excuse us for ‘having so many things in common’”, he air-quoted for emphasis, “not all of us can manifest into the body of a human youth, whelp!”

Exasperated, Danny ran a hand through his hair, sighing through his nose. “I still can’t believe Ember hasn’t dumped you yet…” he muttered under his breath.

Unfortunately for him, Skulker heard him just fine. “Says the boy who hasn’t had a girlfriend since he was fourteen.” Seeing the ghost boy’s offended expression plastered a smirk on his face.

“Why you littleー!” Danny stopped himself before he’d lose his cool. If dealing with Skulker, a ghost he’d known since he was fourteen, was proving to be frustrating, he didn’t want to think how meeting up with the queen of a feuding tribe would be like. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he gave it one last try. “Look, Skulker. As much as I’d love to bicker with you like an old married couple all day, we really don’t have time for this. You’re here because you’re one of the most versatile ghosts I know. If there’s anyone capable of handling a group of spellcasting, broom-riding, black-cat-owning ladies, that’s you.”

Before the metallic spectre could so much as get a word in, the young Ghost King leapt into the air after making a show of looking at his ーinexistentー watch. “Oh, look at the time! The witches will be here any minute now. Better hurry back into the Ghost Zone. See ya!” With a mock salute thrown at Sulker’s general direction, he was gone in a blur of black and white.

The hunter was about to take off after him when, from the corner of his eyes, he noticed three cloaked figures approaching. Well, he sighed in defeat, it’s showtime.

Sam arched a questioning eyebrow at the ghost standing on the appointed place. He looked like the lovechild of Terminatra, one her favourite monsters of all time, and a G.I. Joe. With a flaming mohawk worthy of the Ghost Rider himself. In a way, she guessed it was fitting. Her lip curled in disgust when she eyed the arrangement of weapons strapped to his person; a hunter, no doubt.

If the Ghost King expected to scare her and her guards with such a pathetic display, he had another thing coming. Any other would be at the very least intimidated by the ghost’s burly figure and his imposing aura, but to women who battled grotesque creatures resulting from spells gone wrong on a daily basis, that was nothing.

After getting the approval of the Council for her “little expedition”, Sam recruited two witches: Susan Zhou and Stephanie Baker. To an outsider, taking only two other people with her to face such a powerful entity as Danny Phantom, in unknown territory, no less, would seem foolish, even suicidal. But Sam was no outsider; she knew exactly what she was doing.

Susan was Wilhelmina’s apprentice, and therefore, the clan’s next Ministre of War and master potion-maker once her mentor passed down the mantle to her. Short in height, tall in ambition, the Asian girl’s brown eyes were calculating and, if you were foolish enough to cross her, unforgiving; but full of warmth and mischief if she considered you a friend. She held her black and red-dyed hair in a pair of identical buns, one on each side of her head. Susan always favoured comfortable clothing most people would dedicate solely for doing exercise; you never knew when you’d have to exert yourself, she always said.

Despite being only seventeen years old, she already displayed great proficiency in the art of combat, her dexterous fingers useful both for brewing concoctions and sporting weapons. Susan’s family emigrated from China in the early 19th century. After much traveling, they stumbled upon the origins of what would become Amity Park, where the first members of the clan had already settled. Upon finding out the Zhou family weren’t just witches but also warriors, the coven welcomed them with open arms.

Warrior blood ran through her veins. It was no wonder their war-oriented council member had personally chosen her as her protegée.

Stephanie, however, was more of an intellectual. The 21-year-old woman was an avid reader who spent most of her time holed up inside the manor’s archives, where the spell books and records on their clan’s history were stored. The only other person who knew the place better than Stephanie herself was Delilah, who was actually its guardian. But since Sam couldn’t risk leaving her people without a member of the Council, due to her departure being risky enough, she asked Stephanie for help instead.

In truth, everything about the young woman screamed bookworm. Stephanie was a rather plain-looking girl, with a lanky figure and a long face, whose pale blue eyes were hidden behind a pair of oval-shaped glasses. Her straight, strawberry blond hair reached a little past her shoulders, and she was wearing a purple and white striped t-shirt with an equally purple pencil skirt and white sneakers.

As soon as they neared the place where the ghost was standing, Sam nodded at him in acknowledgement; a mere formality given her low opinion on the spectre, which, she was sure, was mutual on his behalf.

Eyes narrowed in suspicion, Skulker warned the witches in his care, “No funny business, ladies. Or I might consider reforming my island so I can have more pelts hung on my walls.” He sent them a malicious grin.

While Sam rolled her eyes at the unnecessary threat and Stephanie flinched away from him in fright, Susan bore her teeth in aggravation. “I’d like to see you try, ghost.”

Both teenager and hunter stared the other down, but before they had the chance to jump at each other’s throats and brawl, the Witch Queen raised a placating hand, effectively telling her subject to stand down. Still, Susan would’ve given anything to wipe that smug look from the ghost’s face.

But Sam really hadn’t the time to keep those two in check. Focusing on the energy within her, she blocked everything around her, every possible distraction, out of her mind. All that mattered was her connection to her anima. Once she felt the familiar tingling of power, she extended a hand: Stephanie’s signal to take the magic grimoire out of the duffel bag she carried and hand it to her queen with a bow of her head.

Skimming through the pages, Sam stopped when she found what she was looking for. A section of the spell book portraying the silhouette of a person in front of a swirling opal, several runes surrounding it.

The spell to open up portals.

Once upon a time, any witch would have been able to conjure the spell without the need to check it out in a book, but ever since witches and spectres parted ways, her people no longer had the same use for it anymore. Nowadays, it was an almost forgotten practice.

Taking a deep breath, Sam extended her free hand in front of her and chanted, “Alium se orbem terrarum ad ianuam.” Soon, a familiar sparkly, violet mist emanated from her fingertips. The manifestation of energy rose into the air until it was the size of an average person, and then began to spin up and down, until a portal was in front of them.

Stephanie raised a confused eyebrow at Skulker when she thought she heard him mutter something along the lines of, “Show off”, but squeaked and looked away when the hunter lay his own eyes on her.

Handing the book back to the bestacled girl, Sam motioned for them to enter the portal. What they saw on the other side left them speechless.

The Ghost Zone was nothing like they had imagined. Instead of a clear difference between earth and sky, their world’s parallel dimension seemed to consist solely of a never ending abyss composed purely by ectoplasm, the most reminiscent thing to a floor it had being a few beat-up pathways made out of rock.

Floating in mid-air were all sorts of lairs. Some, like a faraway island in the shape of a skull, far more pretentious than others. Judging by how scarce those were in comparison to the countless doors with no building to be attached to in sight, Sam figured the more powerful a ghost was, the bigger its lair would be.

Which bore the question: what would Danny Phantom’s lair be like?

Sam was snapped out of her thoughts by the ghost hunter suddenly materialising in front of her. Susan was about to unsheathe a few of her most lethal potions when the apparition simply showed them the way with a motion of his hand. “This way.” He turned around and began walking, after a minute or two, though, he turned his head to them, “Oh, and by the way, if any of you is afraid of heights, you’d better not look down.”

Stephanie gazed down, unbidden, and almost fainted. Below them was nothing but an endless abyss, no land on sight. Feeling queasy, she squeaked, “Dutifully noted.”

They walked along the rocky path for what could’ve been hours or mere minutes, the absence of a sun making it difficult to accurately pinpoint the passage of time. After what felt like an eternity, Skulker abruptly stopped, almost making Sam and her entourage bump on him in the process, pointing somewhere in front of him.

“Well, this is it, ladies. The Ghost King’s lair.”

Standing proudly on top of a drifting piece of land was a brick three-story building. If Sam hadn’t known any better, she’d think she was looking at an apartment complex, rather than a king’s castle. Then again, Skull Island ーas she lovingly nicknamed the placeーwas very tacky for a powerful’s ghost lair, so for all she knew the building before her could be the latest scream in home decor in the Ghost Zone.

While it was a mostly modest space, the highest floor in particular stood out for its large picture windows, which were at least three times bigger than the rest. “That must be Phantom’s chambers”, the violet-eyed girl guessed. “Overseeing your subjects, eh, your Majesty?”

When they arrived at the door, they were momentarily startled when it opened on its own accord. The Witch Queen scoffed at her own ridiculous behaviour; she’d seen and done way scarier things on Halloween, for fuck’s sake! Once inside, Skulker guided them through several corridors, taking so many turns in so many different directions it was enough to render anyone disoriented. As they strode down the halls, Sam took notice of how...sterile the lair was. Most walls were bare of any decorations, at most they’d have some sort of blue wallpaper on. The few walls with paintings hanging from them were decorated by rather impersonal portraits: a picture of an ectoplasm swirl here, a portrait of a shapeless ghost there… Instead of a castle interior, this looked more like a cheap Halloween haunted house.

The place was so barren that she noticed the shift immediately. Suddenly, before her were two large, mahogany doors, which, once again, opened without any exterior help, revealing the throne room.

While still impersonal, the space was much grander in every single sense of the word. Granite, Corinthian columns stood proudly on the sidelines. Several tapestries depicting what Sam could only guess was Danny Phantom’s battle against Pariah Dark and a few other adventures she couldn’t recognise hung from the ceiling. Right in front of them a red velvet carpet was rolled down until it reached the throne itself ーa rather modest metal chair with black velvet upholsteryー where the infamous Ghost King was seated on.

Upon their arrival, the ghostly monarch stood up in respect. “At least he’s not arrogant enough to forsake manners”, Sam quipped internally. Standing at both sides of him were a bipedal, arctic-wolf like creature with an arm encased in ice, and a blue spectre wearing a hooded outfit, a sceptre in hand, whose physical form was constantly fluctuating between child, adult, and old man.

As the Queen and her companions neared the throne, and hence, the so-called Hero of Amity Park, she took him in. Snow white hair, glowing green eyes that appeared capable of staring right through you, a black and white hazmat suit over a well-built physique… Yep, in front of her was Danny Phantom, alright.

The only thing making it obvious that she would be addressing the Ghost King instead of the most controversial public figure in town was a very minor, yet significant, change in his appearance.

Draped over his shoulders was a cape, white on the outside and black on the inside, with two verdigris medallions which had engraved that wretched logo of his keeping the garment in place with the help of a chain. Resting on his shock white hair, reflecting the item’s otherworldly glow, was the Crown of Fire; its green embers burning almost as intensely as the Phantom’s radioactive green eyes. The crown’s partner, the Ring of Wrath, surrounded his white, gloved ring finger. One could feel the raw power emanating from its green material. The mere sight of the engraved skull and its unforgiving, blood red, ruby eyes was enough to send anyone subjected to it running.

But there was no way Sam would ever run away after making it this far.

Danny observed patiently as the Witch Queen and her two companionsーonly two?ー arrived before him. Once they were eye-level (or as eye-level as two people could be when someone was standing over an incline) the Queen of the Witches of Amity Park took off her hood. At the sight before him, Danny had to fight very hard to suppress a sharp inhale in surprise.

He supposed that, in hindsight, expecting the queen to look like an stereotypical wrinkly old lady was a tad narrow-minded of him, but in all fairness, nothing would’ve prepared him for the person standing right in front of him.

Upon taking off her hood, silky, raven hair came cascading down until it reached a little past her shoulders, the strands and diamond-shaped fringe framing her heart-shaped face. Smooth, ivory skin contrasted greatly with the mop of hair, black as night, resting on her head. Her full, velvety lips were emphasised by her purple lipstick. And her long, mascara-coated lashes surrounded a pair of amethyst orbs. Those had to be the most tantalising eyes he had ever seen; a galaxy of mystery lay hidden behind their depths.

Lady Arcana was the kind of woman he would’ve tripped himself over for, back in high school. Now a college student...he might’ve signed up to a couple of classes that had absolutely nothing to do with his degree if it meant seeing her again.

Looking down, and praying to all things above him it wasn’t noticeable, he took notice of what the sorceress was wearing. The Queen was wearing an off-shoulder ball gown, of a pale violet in colour, with a sweetheart neckline. The bodice hugged her body until it flared down into the skirt. Adorning its neckline and hem were embroidered black thorns. Resting on her head lay a silver tiara, with diamond-shaped obsidians running alongside the top ornament, and a noticeably bigger amethyst in its centre. A black and glittery cloak, resembling the night sky, rested atop the young witches’ shoulders.

Beautiful, yet deadly. A clear warning against the Queen of the Witches of Amity Park: get too close, and you will regret it.

Knowing they had much to discuss, the halfa bowed down before her, with a hand behind his back and the other in front of him, making a flourish, as a sign of respect. “Lady Arcana, it is an honour to have you here.”

Sam and her entourage curtsied in response. “King Phantom, the honour is all mine.”

“I will cut to the chase, since the circumstances are unorthodox enough: my people need your assistance.”

Well, at least he was direct… “And what, exactly, is that which you need help with, your Majesty? As much as I would like to aid you, there is not much I can do without knowing the details.”

“And you are in your right to question that, but first…”

With a motion of his hand, a green-skinned, red-eyed maid wearing a blue dress brought a smaller chair close to the king. When his eyes landed on Sam, she understood that was meant for her. If there was one thing experience had told her, that was that being invited to sit down meant it was going to be a lengthy discussion.

When Lady Arcana had sat down, Danny continued. “Now, that’s better.” Seeing her unresponsive expression, he cleared his throat nonchalantly. “What we need your help with is the Ghost Zone’s portals.”

The violet-eyed girl raised a confused eyebrow at that. “The portals?”, Phantom nodded. “But, King Phantom, my people have not had anything to do with your world in centuries! Today was the first time in over three-hundred years that anyone used a spell meant to open portals.”

Leaning forward in an attempt to appear closer and not intimidating, trying to get the witches to underestimate him per Frosbite’s suggestion, Danny explained. “My apologies, your Majesty, I did not mean to imply your people were responsible for the problem. No, what I mean is that only your people can help us control them.”

Sam didn’t understand where this was going. Taking her silence as permission, Danny went on, “As you know, the Ghost Zone has been opening up portals to Earth for millenia, however, many more gates have been opened as of late. Many more than any previous date has ever registered.” Understanding dawning on the queen’s face, Danny pressed. “We wish to ask you to help us close and pinpoint the cause for such bizarre occurrences.”

Sam had mixed feelings about the proposal. On the one hand, random portals opening up was never a good sign; the space-continuum fabric was very delicate. But, on the other hand, her people would gain nothing from it. Nothing but endangering themselves by putting their lives in the hands of ghosts. She had to make sure her trip hadn’t been for nothing and that her people were truly safer for it.

Resting her elbow on the arm of her chair, her legs crossed in boredom, Sam appraised the apparition before her with a pensive frown. “And how exactly, pray tell, would my people benefit from assisting your kind, your Majesty?”

The way she basically spat the word didn’t go unnoticed by the white-haired half-ghost. He narrowed his eyes on her. “Well, your people,” he snarled in return, “would be safe, of course.”

Sam’s hopes plummeted. He was all talk, just as she feared. ‘Her people would be safe’? Was he threatening her? Please, they were already in danger solely from his knowing of their existence, let alone their headquarters! With a huff, Sam stood up from her chair. The conversation was over. “Thank you for having us, King Phantom. But I am afraid we must depart.”

Although the original plan was to ask them for help and look for alternatives were they to refuse, seeing the queen walking away from him stirred a primal fear in Danny. Somehow, he knew she was the only one who could help him. They were doomed if he let her slip away. “Lady Arcana, wait!”

His frantic call got Sam to stop. Looking over her shoulder, she gave him her full attention. Seeing he had caught her interest, Danny insisted. “When I said your people would be safe, it wasn’t an empty promise: the sudden appearance of portals is a sign that something is amiss. The more portals open, the more unstable our world becomes.” What he said next was chilling enough to elicit goosebumps to run down their spines. “The Ghost Zone is a parallel dimension to Earth, if our realm is destroyed, so is yours.”

Sam’s eyes widened at his words, even Susan couldn’t stifle a startled gasp. If what he was saying was true, then her people were doomed, regardless of how well-kept their secret was. If she refused his proposal, her subjects and the other clans all over the world would pay greatly for her mistake. However…

Her gaze hardened, determination motivating her actions once again. In the off chance that Phantom was only making things up to get her to agree, she needed to ensure her people wouldn’t pay for her mistake. And there was only one way to do it.

Taking firm steps, she walked resolutely to where the green-eyed spirit stood. Staring deep into his eyes, she made her counterproposal. “Very well, I shall help you with your problem.”

Before Danny could let out the breath he didn’t know he was holding, Lady Arcana spoke up again. “But in return for my services you must ensure my people’s safety. Under no circumstances will anyone discover our existence or whereabouts. We already have to deal with a witch huntress coming after us.” She could’ve sworn the king choked at that. “If I find out our way of living has been compromised in any way, you and your kingdom are all alone. Now,” she extended her hand for him to shake, “do we have a deal, King Phantom?”

Danny eyed her suspiciously. Her violet eyes simultaneously held a fiery temper and cold determination, even with his powers, he could sense there’d be Hell to pay if he didn’t keep his part of the deal. Then again, everything they’d ever known was in danger, even if the Queen couldn’t care less for the Ghost Zone and its inhabitants, and her request was what any sensible and caring leader would ask for. On paper it looked like the perfect compromise…

He just hoped he didn’t come to regret it.

Holding the witch’s hand in a firm grip, he shook hands with her. “We have a deal, Lady Arcana.”

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Up In The Castle It’s A Real Hassle, No Thanks To The Spooky Phantom:

- Far off the shores of Coolsville USA was a place known as Haunted Isle, the location of Vasquez Castle. A pirate named the structure after himself. In his prime he had sailed the seven seas alongside such other (and even far more notorious in nature) pirates such as Redbeard and Iron Face. Deciding to retire from piracy as things started to heat up between the pirates and the Royal Navels of the american colonies of the area began to extinguish the flame that was piracy. He fled northward to the then smaller settlement that later became “Coolsville” and built the castle all for himself w/ the riches he acquired in his years of pirating. What was left he hid in an undisclosed location on the island. Was a massive recluse to the point no one knew the actual time and date of his death. Though many speculated that it occurred when the island became shrouded in a dense mist that almost never lets up. Said to have been the work of the ex-pirate’s ghost in order to keep people away from his buried treasure. Centuries later in the late 20th century, around the 60’s to be exact, a master magician turned criminal, Bluestone The Great, hid out on the island from the authorities. He, like many before, sought the elusive treasure of the haunted island. He donned a disguise and used his skills as a magician to create the Phantom. Thought to have been the pirate’s ghost by those who dared journeyed to the island and witnessed the spooky spectre. This went on for months till one night, Bluestone witnessed the ghostly aparation of the REAL Vasquez, or so he believed. Frightened, he turned to flee the spirit when in his haste he stepped and tripped on his own Phantom costume and tumbled down the large flight of stairs. When he finally reached the bottom he was dead; his neck had broke. Now his spirit haunted the castle. Cursed to now and forever be in search of the hidden treasure and to keep others away. An even denser haze crept over the island afterward. Decades later in the 21st century, Mystery Inc. had found themselves lost in the mist and forced to go ashore Haunted Isle for the time being until the haze cleared up enough for navigation. The Phantom, believing they were also after the treasure like himself and many before, went after the gang to dispose of them after not heading the many warnings. With the little equipment they had and could find, they set a trap for the Phantom and successfully caught him (after a few previous mishaps/failed attempts) and unmasked revealing his identity as Bluestone. During their trapping of the ghost the gang had found the now no longer lost treasure of Vasquez. Having been sealed up w/in the brick walls of the lower sections of the castle. Now that he had found it, his ghost was able to move on. Before the gang could give any kind of solace, the castle began to crumble and collapse. The gang barely made it out before it fell atop of them. As the dust cleared, they realized they could see the sun again. With the sky and mist gone, they made their way back to the mainland.

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In other versions I am a doctor or a ghost. Perfect devices: doctors, ghosts and crows. We can do things other characters can’t, like eat sorrow, un-birth secrets and have theatrical battles with language and God. I was friend, excuse, deus ex machina, joke, symptom, figment, spectre, crutch, toy, phantom, gag, analyst and babysitter. I was, after all, ‘the central bird … at every extreme’. I’m a template. I know that, he knows that. A myth to be slipped in. Slip up into.

— Max Porter, Grief is the Thing with Feathers

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Fic: The Darkness Within (2/?)

Summary: When washed-up paranormal investigator Rum Gold meets Belle French, he does not quite know what to make of her claim of a supernatural presence in her life, but sensing her genuine fear, he begins to investigate. What he uncovers shakes the cynicism he has so long held to its very core, and he calls in the help of disgraced ex-priest Father Macavoy to help him lay some demons to rest…

A slow burn, eventual rumbellavoy. The rating may increase in later chapters.

Rated: T

[One] [ [AO3]

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Two

Gold woke with a feeling of unease and the sense that his sleep had not been at all restful. For some reason, the feeling of being watched that he had experienced the previous evening was still haunting him, even though he knew that there had been nothing out of the ordinary in the garden. Somewhere in his subconscious, the scared little boy that most definitely believed in ghosts was begging to be let out and have his voice heard and his fears taken seriously. Gold tried to squash him down. There was nothing out of the ordinary in the house, he was safe here. His gaze caught the old leather-bound journal on his nightstand, worn from use and years of care and love. His aunts had protected him again, it seemed. He shook his head; he was being silly. There was no such thing as the supernatural and the words on the pages in the journal were just that, words. Words had power, certainly, and they had definitely made him feel better the previous evening, but ultimately there was no magic in them. At least, that was what Gold was trying to tell himself. The feeling of unease was refusing to die as he went about his morning routine, and for a long time, Gold found himself nostalgic for the hustle and bustle of the city where he had spent most of his adult life. At least in New York, the noise of the city going about its daily business drowned out all the strange sounds that might have come to his attention. The quiet here in the countryside that he had originally sought out now seemed oppressive, as if it had a life of its own, and he found himself listening for the slightest thing that might be out of the ordinary.

He shook himself crossly and spat toothpaste into the sink with unnecessary violence. There was nothing out there and the quiet was supposed to be restful, not stressing him out even more than he had been in New York. He had come out here for a time of reflection and solitude and he was never going to get anywhere if that very reflection and solitude was having the opposite effect.

His mind wandered back to his encounter with Belle the previous evening, and he wondered if the mystery that surrounded her had somehow rubbed off on him on a subconscious level and he was seeing spectres where there shouldn't be any simply because of her story. An incomplete story. Well, if he was being honest then it was barely a story at all, more the promise of a story that he desperately wanted to hear. But why should that be causing these long-suppressed feelings of fear to resurface after all this time? He'd already convinced himself that whatever it was that was troubling her had a perfectly logical real world explanation, she just didn't know what it was, and since he had no idea what her ailment was, he didn't either. Nothing was completely inexplicable. He'd been on TV enough times proving that, and getting into a lot of trouble with devout religious believers of all faiths when he set about proving that their miracles were not, in fact, anything of the sort.

Gold found himself going back into his study with his breakfast, drawn to stand at the window with his morning tea and stare out into the sunshine. There was nothing to see, just as there had been nothing to see in the darkness, no eyes lurking in the shade of the overgrown bushes, no rustling movements, no...

Gold almost dropped his tea in shock as he took a step back from the window, moving a little to view the glass from a slightly different angle. There was a handprint on the outside of the glass, the early morning sun showing the smear clearly now. A single right hand print, that Gold knew he had not made himself. He rarely went into the backyard as it was, and he'd never had reason to put his hands on the windows. True, he walked with a cane and was prone to lose his balance and grab out for the nearest stable thing to hold him up, but this was definitely a right hand print and definitely on the outside of the glass, and he held his cane in his right hand. He looked down at the stick, leaning innocently against the windowframe, and glared at it.

The print was definitely new. He spent enough time in the study to have noticed it if it had been there before. Gold sat down heavily in his plush leather office chair, turning it this way and that as he continued to contemplate the hand print. On the face of it, there was really nothing to worry about. It was a human hand, not any kind of strange creature that didn't exist. Whilst strangers in his backyard was definitely cause for concern, it wasn't anything wholly strange. A homeless person looking for shelter perhaps. Nothing malevolent. It was only the continued feeling of unease that he still couldn't shake from last night that was making him so wary. If it hadn't been for his odd little encounter with Belle then he wouldn't be overthinking this new evidence.

But the fact remained that he had had an odd little encounter with Belle and he was wary. Tea drunk, he left the house, moving around to the backyard and inspecting the handprint. It was just a handprint, and he found himself giving a dry laugh. Perhaps if it had been a handprint smeared with blood then there would be more reason to fret but even then... just an injured person looking for assistance and coming to the first house they found.

Actually, the fact that this smudge was made with just human skin and nothing more shocking unnerved him more than blood would have done. A bloody handprint would be attached to a bloody person and he would no doubt have heard cries for help or something akin. Just an ordinary person pressing their hand against his window was a strange behaviour indeed. He inspected the print again. His time as an investigator had made him aware and observant. One of his frequent contacts had often joked that he would have been a detective in another life, and the skills had never really left him despite not being used properly in such a long while; it wasn't really something that he could switch off. The print was deliberate, not smeared like prints so often were. Someone had pressed their hand up against the window with intent. But intent to do what? The curtains had been closed all night and the lights off, there was no reason for it that Gold could see. A quick check of the other back windows yielded nothing; they were as clean as they normally would be.

Nervousness was giving way to intrigue, and Gold retrieved some tape from his study, carefully pulling the fingerprints from the print before cleaning it off the glass. Out of sight, out of mind. He might have been able to forget about it completely had it not been for his increasingly frantic desire to work out who the owner of the hand was. It was definitely not himself, which at least put extreme somnambulism off the map. He would admit to being glad about that; he'd never be able to live it down if it turned out that he was haunting himself.

Gold paused. Why that word, haunting? Why had that suddenly sprung to mind, instead of something more tangible. Like stalking. Or just generally annoying.

He looked again at the prints where they sat on his desk. The hand was small, female possibly? Once again Gold's mind came full circle to his meeting with Belle in the bar. It couldn't possibly be Belle; she had no idea where he lived for a start. All the same, he couldn’t shake the image of her out of his head when he looked down at the prints. Someone was trying to send him a message, and the only person whom he could think of who would want to send him a message was Belle.

It was ridiculous, he tried to tell himself over and over again, but his brain was having none of it. His sudden unease, the feeling of being watched, and now this handprint on his window, they all seemed to be inextricably linked to Belle. It must just be coincidence, the cynical part of his brain was trying desperately to tell him. Of course it was. The fact that these things had started happening the day after he met Belle had absolutely nothing to do with anything.

But then, the phantom voices of his aunts were there, shouting down his own cynicism with the sage words that nothing was a coincidence, and everything that looked like it was a coincidence was just the universe’s way of telling us that everything in life was far more interlinked than we all like to think.

Gold got up suddenly, grabbing his laptop from his desk drawer and opening it. He hadn’t had any luck with the phone directory but in this digital age, that was not the only way to track someone down.

He typed ‘Belle French’ into Google, and was irrationally angry at the comparative lack of results. There were a few hits that were obviously not the correct Belle French, and the only thing that he could see that looked like it was at all related to the predicament he had found himself in were a couple of small newspaper articles from a local paper in Florida. The first was an announcement that the local library was due to reopen under the directorship of new librarian Belle French. There was a picture, grainy and bad quality, but definitely the same woman that he had met the previous evening. A few years younger, and smiling, but even despite the positive expression he could still make out the dark circles under her eyes. Whatever was bothering her had obviously been doing so for quite some time.

The other piece was an obituary for a Maurice French, who had died of a heart attack three months ago, leaving one daughter – Belle.

Gold sat back in his chair as he digested this new information about his acquaintance. It was not unheard of for people to start believing in some kind of supernatural phenomena after the death of a loved one, be it restless spirits haunting the house or more benevolent ones looking out for them and being a source of comfort. Whatever Belle’s plight was, it looked far more likely to be the former if her broken nights were any indicator.

All the same, something didn’t quite add up about the whole equation. If she was originally from Florida then how on earth had she ended up in small town Maine, of all places? And whilst he might ordinarily have put her problems down to grief over her father’s passing, the photographs seemed to show that it had been going on for much longer than that.

Gold closed the laptop lid; he was determined to get to the bottom of this by whatever means necessary. The snide voice in his head kept telling himself unsuccessfully that he simply wanted to stop people trespassing on his property and attempting to vandalise his house. Did leaving handprints even really count as vandalism?

The more dominant voice in his head, the one that had been suppressed so much in recent years and was only now really remembering the events of his childhood, was telling him that this was perhaps the mystery it took to reignite his interest in the paranormal and fan the flames of his passion once more.

He was restless for the remainder of the day until the bar opened, and to the untrained eye he would have looked like someone in need of a fix. But it was not the alcohol that brought him to The Spinning Wheel as soon as it opened, but a thirst for information. It had been months since something had truly piqued his interest like this, perhaps because this was one case, like the visions he had seen in his childhood, that he actually had a personal stake in.

The barkeep made no comment on his altered personality, the sharpness that now pervaded his movements and words instead of the lethargic, passive man that he had always been before. He simply served up his usual whiskey like he always did.

Gold did not drink the liquor, just turning the glass this way and that and wondering if his trip here had all been in vain after all. There was no guarantee that Belle would be back tonight. His meeting with her may well have been an unrepeatable fluke. All the same, Aunt Elvira’s wise words on coincidence were still running through his thoughts.

He had been in the bar for two hours before she appeared. She seemed paler than she had been yesterday, the circles under her eyes more pronounced, and there was a heaviness in her posture that spoke of both sheer exhaustion and sheer determination to stay awake. When she saw him, she gave him a slight smile of recognition, and she settled herself on the bar stool beside him in response to his unspoken invitation.

“Mr Gold,” she said. “What a coincidence.”

Gold shook his head. “I don’t believe in them.”

Belle gave a snort of dry laughter. “Neither do I.” She paused. “So do you think that we both came here seeking each other?”

“I would think that was likely.”

Belle didn’t respond to him for a long time, ordering a large glass of red wine and sipping it slowly.

“Bad night?” Gold asked. She nodded. “Maybe you’d like to tell me about it?”

She shook her head. “No. I know your reputation. You wouldn’t believe me. Besides, I can’t remember. I can never remember. That’s the whole problem.”

Gold had no idea what he was letting himself in for, but he took the plunge nonetheless.

“Try me.”

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101 SCI FI MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFO… ABANDONED SACRED BEASTS GN VOL 03 ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 02 ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 06 ADVENTURES OF JO, ZETTE & JOCKO [1]… AKAME GA KILL GN VOL 09 ALICE IN WONDERLAND MAD HATTER TEA… ALIEN – OUT OF THE SHADOWS (Book 1)… ALIEN VS PREDATOR ARMAGEDDON – The… ALIENS – SEA OF SORROWS (Book 2) MM… ALIENS SET PHOTOGRAPHY HC ALL YOU NEED IS KILL 2in1 GN AMERICAN GODS – ILLUSTRATED Edition… ARE YOU ALICE GN VOL 01 ART AND MAKING OF THE FLASH (TV) HC ART OF CASTLE IN THE SKY HC ART OF MIYAZAKI’S HOWLS MOVING CAST… ART OF WORLD OF WARCRAFT HC ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM GN VOL 01 ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM GN VOL 02 ASSASSINS CREED COMPLETE VISUAL HIS… ASSASSIN’S CREED HAWKE TRILOGY (Vol… ASSASSIN’S CREED TP VOL 01 TRIAL BY… ASSASSIN’S CREED TP VOL 02 SETTING… ASSASSIN’S CREED: TEMPLARS TP VOL 0… ASTERIX #21 AND CAESAR’S GIFT TP ATTACK ON TITAN COLLECTION 01 (2 DV… ATTACK ON TITAN COLLECTION 01 Blu-R… ATTACK ON TITAN COLLECTION 02 (2 DV… ATTACK ON TITAN COLLECTION 02 Blu-R… ATTACK ON TITAN END OF THE WORLD NO… ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 01 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 09 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 10 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 11 B.C. – BEST OF B.C. (Johnny HART) H… BARAKAMON GN VOL 03 (MR) BATMAN – HARLEY QUINN MUGSHOT BUST… BATMAN (Batman Vs Superman: DOJ) -… BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES HARLEY QUINN… BATMAN BAT SIGNAL KIT BATMAN BATMOBILE KIT BATMAN COLLAGE 1000pc PUZZLE BATMAN CUFF LINKS BATMAN DARK KNIGHT CUFF LINKS BATMAN HARLEY QUINN NECKLACE BATMAN I CAN READ – MEET The SUPER-… BIZENGHAST 3in1 GN VOL 01 SPECIAL C… BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 02 BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 03 BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 23 BLACK HOLE (MR) SoftCover [Charles… BLEACH COLLECTION 01 (5 DVD-SLIM) BLEACH COLLECTION 02 – Eps 21-41 (5… BLUE (Pat GRANT) TP BUFFY The VAMPIRE SLAYER COLLECTION… CALVIN & HOBBES ESSENTIAL HC CAPTAIN AMERICA SHIELD CUFF LINKS CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY – BLUE BOX (… CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY – GREEN BOX CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY – RED BOX (E… CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY (AU Edition) CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY (BIGGER) BIG… CATS VS HUMANS FAIRY TAILS (Yasmine… CHICKEN WITH PLUMS SC – Marjane SAT… CHILDREN OF PALOMAR HC (New Tales o… COMPLETE ALIENS NOVEL OMNIBUS MMPB… COWBOY BEBOP REMASTERED SESSIONS Co… COWBOY BEBOP REMASTERED SESSIONS Co… DANGANRONPA THE ANIMATION TP VOL 01 DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS 1000pc PUZZLE DC COMICS CHIBI PLAYING CARDS DC COMICS FLASH RETRO PLAYING CARDS DC COMICS HARLEY QUINN RETRO PLAYIN… DC COMICS ICONS WONDER WOMAN STATUE DC COMICS The NEW 52 POSTER COLLECT… DC COMICS UNIVERSE CAST 1500pc PUZZ… DC DESIGNER SERIES HARLEY BY BRUCE… DC SUPER FRIENDS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK… DC YR My First SUPERMAN BOOK (Touch… DEADPOOL – MOPEEZ PLUSH

DEADPOOL 1:4 SCALE AF DEADPOOL CUFF LINKS DEATH MARCH TO PARALLEL WORLD RHAPS… DEATH NOTE BLACK ED TP V0L 01 DEATH NOTE BLACK ED TP VOL 02 DEATH NOTE BLACK ED TP VOL 03 DEATH NOTE COLLECTION (9 DVD) Fatpa… DEUS EX TP VOL 01 CHILDRENS CRUSADE… DEVIL IS PART TIMER GN VOL 03 DEVIL SURVIVOR GN VOL 08 (MR) DISHONORED – CORRODED MAN MMPB DISNEY GRAVITY FALLS JOURNAL 3 DISNEY MANGA STITCH GN VOL 02 DOCTOR WHO – 10th DOCTOR with Sonic… DOCTOR WHO – 12th DOCTOR (White Shi… DOCTOR WHO – ELEVENTH DOCTOR BOBBLE… DOCTOR WHO – HIDDEN TARDIS MUG DOCTOR WHO – TENTH DOCTOR BOBBLE HE… DOCTOR WHO – WAR DOCTOR AF DOCTOR WHO & The CRUSADERS DOCTOR WHO & The DALEKS HC DOCTOR WHO & The ZARBI HC DOCTOR WHO 10th DOCTOR HC VOL 01 RE… DOCTOR WHO 10th DR’S SONIC SCREWDRI… DOCTOR WHO 10th HC VOL 06 SINS OF T… DOCTOR WHO 11th DOCTOR HC VOL 02 SE… DOCTOR WHO 11th TP LTD ED VOL 01 AF… DOCTOR WHO 12th DR’S ‘SECOND’ SONIC… DOCTOR WHO 12th DR’S SONIC SCREWDRI… DOCTOR WHO 4th Dr 12ft SCARF DOCTOR WHO COLOURING BOOK! DOCTOR WHO DALEK MUG (Light Green) DOCTOR WHO MICRO MONSTERS MULTI PAC… DOCTOR WHO SONIC SCREWDRIVER TOOL DOCTOR WHO TARDIS (11th) USB 4 PORT… DOCTOR WHO TARDIS BOTTLE OPENER DOCTOR WHO TARDIS CERAMIC MONEY BOX DOCTOR WHO TARDIS COOKIE JAR w/ LIG… DOCTOR WHO TARDIS COOLER BAG DOCTOR WHO TARDIS COSTUME DRESS L/X… DOCTOR WHO TARDIS EMERGENCY FUND DOCTOR WHO TARDIS LADIES CLUTCH WAL… DOCTOR WHO TARDIS LIGHT-UP KEYCHAIN DOCTOR WHO TARDIS MEGA MUG DOCTOR WHO TARDIS MUG WITH REMOVABL… DOCTOR WHO TARDIS NECK TIE DOCTOR WHO TARDIS TEA POT DOCTOR WHO TARDIS TOTE BAG DOCTOR WHO TARDIS UMBRELLA DOCTOR WHO TITANS HEAVEN SENT/HELL… DOCTOR WHO Yoat INTERACTIVE SONIC S… DOCTORS (Dash SHAW) GN DORBZ X-MEN – WOLVERINE (Logan w/ J… DRAGON AGE – ASUNDER (David Gaider)… DRAGON AGE – STOLEN THRONE (David G… DRAGON BALL 3in1 TP VOL 14 DRAGON BALL COMPLETE COLL PART 1 (1… DRAGON BALL COMPLETE COLL PART 2 (5… DRAGON BALL FULL COLOR FREEZA ARC T… DRAGON BALL Z REMASTERED MOVIE COLL… DRAGONS DEFENDERS OF BERK COLLECTIO… DRAGONS RIDERS OF BERK COLLECTION T… EC JOHNNY CRAIG & AL FELDSTEIN VOOD… EVANGELION 1.11 YOU ARE [NOT] ALONE… EVANGELION 1.11 YOU ARE [NOT] ALONE… EVANGELION 2.22 YOU CAN [NOT] ADVAN… EVANGELION 3.33 YOU CAN [NOT] REDO… FABRIKATIONS DEFORMED PLUSH – GOTG… FAIRY GIRLS GN VOL 01 FAIRY GIRLS GN VOL 02 FAIRY TAIL COLLECTION 01 (2 DVD) FAIRY TAIL COLLECTION 01 Blu-RAY FAIRY TAIL COLLECTION 02 (2 DVD) FAIRY TAIL COLLECTION 02 Blu-RAY FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 21 FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 22 FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 36 FIRE FORCE GN VOL 01 (Pyrofighters… FIREFLY – LEGACY COLLECTION MALCOLM… FIREFLY A CELEBRATION ANNIVERSARY E… FLASH CUFF LINKS FOOD WARS SHOKUGEKI NO SOMA GN VOL… FOOD WARS SHOKUGEKI NO SOMA GN VOL… FORGET ME NOT GN VOL 05 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST 3in1 ED VOL 01 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST 3in1 ED VOL 03… GAME OF THRONES POP! DAENERYS & DRO… GAME OF THRONES POP! DROGON 6″ (Gre… GAME OF THRONES POP! RHAEGAL 6″ VF GAME OF THRONES POP! TYRION VINYL A… GAME OF THRONES POP! VISERION 6″ VF… GANGSTA CURSED GN VOL 01 (MR) GARDEN Of WORDS Blu-RAY GAZE OF DRIFTING SKIES SC TREASURY… GHOST IN SHELL KODANSHA ED GN VOL 0… GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5 HUMAN ERROR… GHOST IN THE SHELL Arise Part 1 Blu… GHOST IN THE SHELL Arise Part 1 DVD GHOST IN THE SHELL Arise Part 2 Blu… GHOST IN THE SHELL Arise Part 2 DVD GHOSTBUSTERS PROTON PACK AND WAND GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2 DVD) GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME Blu-RAY GREEN LANTERN CUFF LINKS HAGAR THE HORRIBLE EPIC CHRONICLES… HAIKYU GN VOL 01 (MR) [Haruichi Fur… HAIKYU GN VOL 02 (MR) HAIKYU GN VOL 03 HALO – FRACTURES MMPB HAPPINESS GN VOL 02 HARLEY QUINN (SS) Jrs WOMENS LOGO G… HARLEY QUINN (SS) Jrs WOMENS LOGO G… HARLEY QUINN (SS) Jrs WOMENS LOGO G… HARLEY QUINN (SS) Jrs WOMENS LOGO G… HARLEY QUINN RED BLACK & WHITE HOLI… HARLEY QUINN RED WHITE & BLACK STAT… HARLEY QUINN ‘ROLLER DERBY’ BLEACHE… HARLEY QUINN Sublimated BILL SNAPBA… HARLEY QUINN WOMEN’S CARDIGAN SLIM… HARLEY QUINN WOMEN’S CARDIGAN SLIM… HARLEY QUINN YR SC WILD CARD (Backs… HARRY POTTER – GOLD HOGWARTS CREST… HE-MAN & MASTERS OF UNIVERSE HC MIN… HERGE & TREASURES OF TINTIN (Domini… HE’S MY ONLY VAMPIRE GN VOL 07 HOBBIT SPECIAL PARCHMENT HOKUSAI X MANGA JAPANESE POP CULTUR… IMMORTAL HOUNDS GN VOL 03 IN SPECTRE GN VOL 01 INCREDIBUILDS BATMOBILE SIGNATURE S… INTERVIEWS WITH MONSTER GIRLS GN VO… IRON MAN CUFF LINKS JASON SHIGA DEMON HC GN JEM & The HOLOGRAMS – LIGHT-UP SYNE… JOHNNY RED – FLYING GUN (Tom TULLY)… JOJOS BIZARRE ADV PHANTOM BLOOD HC… JOJOS BIZARRE ADV PHANTOM BLOOD HC… JOJOS BIZARRE ADVENTURE VOL 11 TP KIDS ARE WEIRD – OBSERVATIONS FROM… KIKIS DELIVERY SERVICE (MIYAZAKI )… KINGDOM HEARTS II TP VOL 01 KINGDOM HEARTS II TP VOL 02 KISS HIM NOT ME GN VOL 02 KISS HIM NOT ME GN VOL 07 K-ON! COLLEGE TP VOL 01 KUROKO BASKETBALL 2in1 TP VOL 01 KUROKO BASKETBALL 2in1 TP VOL 03 LAID WASTE GN LEGEND OF ZELDA HYRULE HISTORIA HC LEGEND OF ZELDA LEGENDARY ED GN VOL… LIFE & LEGEND WALLACE WOOD HC LIFE & LEGEND WALLACE WOOD HC LIVINGSTONE GN VOL 04 LORD OF THE RINGS SPECIAL PARCHMENT MAGI GN VOL 21 MANDRAKE MAGICIAN (Lee FALK & Phil… MARVEL CAPTAIN AMERICA PLAYING CARD… MARVEL DOCTOR STRANGE RETRO PLAYING… MARVEL HERO PLAYING CARDS MARVEL IRON MAN PLAYING CARDS MARVEL IRON MAN RETRO MAN PLAYING C… MARVEL SELECT DOCTOR STRANGE (Movie… MARVEL VILLIANS PLAYING CARDS MASTER KEATON GN VOL 09 URASAWA MODESTY BLAISE TP VOL 28 MURDER FRA… MOOMIN & The WISHING STAR (Tove JAN… MOOMINS: I SPY! WITH MOOMIN (Jansso… MORE HEROES OF COMICS HC PORTRAITS… MR POTATO HEAD – DOCTOR WHO DALEK F… MUSNET GN VOL 02 IMPRESSIONS OF MAS… MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 05 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 06 MY LITTLE PONY GLORY & ILLUSTRATED… NARUTO ITACHI STORY SC NOVEL VOL 01 NARUTO ITACHI STORY SC NOVEL VOL 02 NARUTO SHIPPUDEN COLL 01 (2 DVD Ep… NARUTO SHIPPUDEN COLL 02 (2 DVD Ep… NARUTO VOL 01 NED KELLY – MAN BEHIND THE MASK (Hu… NGE SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT TP… NICHIJOU GN VOL 01 NICHIJOU GN VOL 02 (Keiichi Arawi) NIKOPOL TRILOGY VOL 01 (MR) NINTENDO LEGEND OF ZELDA LINK 12″ P… NINTENDO LEGEND OF ZELDA LOGO SUBLI… NINTENDO LEGEND OF ZELDA SHIELD THR… NORAGAMI STRAY GOD GN VOL 13 NORMAL (Warren ELLIS) NOVEL SC NORSE MYTHOLOGY (Neil GAIMAN) SC ONE PIECE (UNCUT) COLLECTION 01 (2… ONE PIECE 3in1 TP VOL 01 (v1-3) ONE PIECE 3in1 TP VOL 02 (v4-6 EAS… ONE PIECE 3in1 TP VOL 07 ONE PIECE 3in1 TP VOL 17 ONE PIECE 3in1 TP VOL 18 ONE PIECE TP VOL 02 ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 01 ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 03 ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 08 PAC-MAN GAME BELT BUCKLE PEANUTS – SNOOPY (Charles M SCHULZ)… PEANUTS – YOU’RE OUT OF YOUR MIND,… PEANUTS EVERY SUNDAY (10) 1958-1961… PEANUTS FINGER PUPPET THEATRE PEANUTS MOVIE SNOOPY FLYING ACE FIG… PEANUTS SNOOPY & WOODSTOCK KIT PHANTOM (FREW) #1000 UNBAGGED (n.mi… PHANTOM (FREW) #1001 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1005 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1007 (FN+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1009 (VF+) 1992 ‘CO… PHANTOM (FREW) #1012 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1013 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1014 (FN) Trial of… PHANTOM (FREW) #1016 (FN+) [100 Pag… PHANTOM (FREW) #1020 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1021 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1022 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1023 (FN+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1024 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1025 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1026 (FN+) Secret M… PHANTOM (FREW) #1031 (NM) PHANTOM (FREW) #1034 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1035 (VG+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1036 (NM-) PHANTOM (FREW) #1037 (NM-) PHANTOM (FREW) #1040 (VF) Drug Shar… PHANTOM (FREW) #1041 (VF+) “GOES TO… PHANTOM (FREW) #1045 (VF+) [1993] PHANTOM (FREW) #1046 (VF+) [1993] PHANTOM (FREW) #1047 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1049 (FN) Son O/T D… PHANTOM (FREW) #1055 (GD) PHANTOM (FREW) #1062 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1064 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1065 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1066 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1067 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1068 (NM-) Julie! PHANTOM (FREW) #1068 (VF) Julie! PHANTOM (FREW) #1069 (FN+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1070 (FN+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1071 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1072 (NM-) Maestro!… PHANTOM (FREW) #1073 (VF+) Dinosaur… PHANTOM (FREW) #1074 (VF+) Ghost of… PHANTOM (FREW) #1075 (FN) Charlyle’… PHANTOM (FREW) #1076 (FN) Operation… PHANTOM (FREW) #1077 (FN) Charlyle’… PHANTOM (FREW) #1078 (VF) 100 Pages PHANTOM (FREW) #1079 (VF) Election… PHANTOM (FREW) #1080 (VF) Election… PHANTOM (FREW) #1081 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1082 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1083 (GD) Demon of… PHANTOM (FREW) #1083 (VF) Demon of… PHANTOM (FREW) #1084 (VF) Hunted! PHANTOM (FREW) #1085 (VF) Princess… PHANTOM (FREW) #1086 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1087 (VF) Evil Game… PHANTOM (FREW) #1088 (VF) Evil Game… PHANTOM (FREW) #1090 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #1091 (VF) Commander… PHANTOM (FREW) #1092 (VF) King of C… PHANTOM (FREW) #1093 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1095 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1096 (VF) Triads PHANTOM (FREW) #1097 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1098 (GD) PHANTOM (FREW) #1098 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1099 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #1099 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1100 (VF) Triads Pt… PHANTOM (FREW) #1101 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #1101 (VF+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1102 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #1102 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1103 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #1104 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1105 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #1106 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #1107 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #1108 (FN+) PHANTOM (FREW) #1108 (VF) PHANTOM (FREW) #981 (FN) PHANTOM (FREW) #982 (FN+) PHANTOM (FREW) #983 (FN) Ape Idol o… PHANTOM (FREW) #986 (VF) Blue Gang/… PHANTOM (FREW) #994 (VF) Cathedral… PHANTOM (FREW) #995 (PR) Vultures O… PHANTOM (FREW) #995 (VG) PHANTOM (FREW) #996 (VG) PLANTS VS ZOMBIES RAISE YOUR OWN ZO… PLUTO URASAWA X TEZUKA GN VOL 01 POKEMON ACTION POSE FIGURES ASSORTM… POKEMON OMEGA RUBY ALPHA SAPPHIRE G… POKEMON PIKACHU RUBBER KEYRING POKEMON PIKACHU RUCKSACK POKEMON POCKET COMICS XY GN POKEMON POKEBALL MOLDED MUG

POP ANIMATION – COWBOY BEBOP – ED V… POP ANIMATION – COWBOY BEBOP – FAYE… POP ANIMATION – COWBOY BEBOP – JET… POP ANIMATION – COWBOY BEBOP – SPIK… POP ANIMATION – DRAGON BALL Z – BAD… POP ANIMATION – ONE PIECE – Portgas… POP ANIMATION – ONE PIECE – TRAFALG… POP DISNEY – ALICE IN WONDERLAND AL… POP DISNEY – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -… POP DISNEY – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -… POP DISNEY – BRAVE – MERIDA VF [57] POP DISNEY – CINDERELLA – CINDERELL… POP DISNEY – DUMBO VINYL FIGURE [50… POP DISNEY – FROZEN ANNA VINYL FIGU… POP DISNEY – FROZEN ELSA VINYL FIGU… POP DISNEY – FROZEN SVEN VINYL FIGU… POP DISNEY – LADY & The TRAMP VF 2… POP DISNEY – LILO & STITCH – STITCH… POP DISNEY – LION KING – SIMBA VINY… POP DISNEY – LITTLE MERMAID ARIEL V… POP DISNEY – MICKEY MOUSE VINYL FIG… POP DISNEY – MOANA – MAUI (w/ Weapo… POP DISNEY – MOANA – MAUI VF [214] POP DISNEY – MOANA & KAKAMORA VF 2… POP DISNEY – MOANA (Voyager) VF [21… POP DISNEY – MOANA (w/ Oar) VF [216… POP DISNEY – MOANA (w/ Pua) VF [213… POP DISNEY – MOANA (Young) VF [215] POP DISNEY – MOANA (Young/Sitting)… POP DISNEY – MULAN VF [166] POP DISNEY – SNOW WHITE EVIL QUEEN… POP DISNEY – TOY STORY BUZZ LIGHTYE… POP DISNEY – TOY STORY WOODY VINYL… POP DISNEY – UP DUG! 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