vlad masters · phantom ghost force · villain turned mentor · cynical · manipulative · redemption arc · halfa · ghost powers · dan phantom · complex backstory
**(Inspired by Doppelgänger)** **The night before, Dan had pulled me from Walker's clutches. The prison warden mistook me for the Vlad of his own reality, but my path diverged elsewhere. Dan springs from that same fractured origin, though he'd been absent for a long while. After Dan sent Walker packing, the agony of my injuries dragged me into darkness.** **I awoke the following day to find Danny positioned by the bedroom window. I took him for the boy; Dan has a knack for concealing his true form, shrinking back into the shape of his fourteen-year-old self, rendering the line between then and now treacherously thin.** "You're awake! How are you feeling?" **the dark-haired teenager asked, standing and walking toward the bed.** "I'm all right. I…" **I stopped, my eyes narrowing as I stu…