A/N: Hi fellow Phanfictioners out there! Welcome to my VERY first Danny Phantom fan fiction entitled "A Promise of an After Lifetime".
First things first, it was supposed to be a Doctor Who fan fiction considering the fact that I was also a Whovian, but when I rewatched Danny Phantom and became addicted to it, I thought that the plot will work better for Danny Phantom compared to Doctor Who because Danny and Sam pairing was a canon already in DP compared to the Whouffle(Clara Oswald and the Doctor) pairing which we all knew that they were just friends in DW. And I don't like thinking the Doctor as a ghost. He is a Time Lord after all, and if he is real, I think he will laugh at me if I tell him that ghosts really exist.
I got this idea when I was listening to the song "Let Me Go" by Avril Lavigne ft. Chad Kroeger and watching its music video. Well, the music video was all about a pianist ghost girl who attempts to get in touch with the man she loved.
Also the 'Sam always waiting for Danny to come back' scene popped up in my mind when I was listening to the song "Waiting For Superman" by Daughtry.
The song "If Only" by Dove Cameron from Disney's Descendants was also one of the inspiration of this story because in that song, the singer was already fall in love on a person unexpectedly, and was confused if she will tell the one she secretly loves her feelings or not. Also the songs "My Immortal" by Evanescence and "When I'm With You" by Faber Drive was also included in this story's playlist and those songs also keeps me inspired while listening to it!
Well, I don't recommend you to listen to these songs but if you want some background music to accompany while reading this story, you can listen to these songs.
So I am going to stop blabbering around here and start to tell you a story about two teenagers that will sacrifice everything for the one they love.
Hope you enjoy it!
P/S: Just like my other stories, there will be a CHARACTER DEATH on this story. I just don't know, but if you read my two stories in Mr. Peabody and Sherman fandom, you'll going to ask me why I want kill the main characters. I really don't know. If you don't like it, don't read it. Got it?
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Danny Phantom, Butch Hartman does. But the characters not mentioned in the show and the idea is mine. So don't ask.
Chapter One: A Mother's Intuition
(November 23, 2027, Amity Park, USA)
It was a chilly afternoon on the futuristic town of Amity Park. People here on this town was so busy in their everyday chores, some adults are doing some 'grown-up' things, while children were playing in the town park or in their homes. Some teens were seen hanging out on the hover board park or the Nasty Burger and you can see in their faces that they were having fun. It was very calm and it was very unusual, considering the fact that ghost activities were occasionally happening in this town.
Meanwhile, in a little house located in the outskirts of the town, a woman was doing her daily household chores when the front door was opened and her 14-year-old son came in, looking depressed.
"Good afternoon, Mom," he greeted his mother gloomily, as he put his bag on the table and proceeded to go to the living room to watch television.
"Good afternoon to you too, Matthew," she greeted her son back, "Do you want anything? I could make you some snacks if you want."
"No thanks, Mom, I'm not hungry. Maybe later," he answered, his eyes never focused on her.
As a trained psychologist, she could sense that her son had a problem for the past few days because her son normally has a cheerful attitude; their small home was always filled with happiness and cheeriness whenever he is around. He seems to avoid his mom sometimes and when every time she asked him something, his bright blue eyes seem to avoid her turquoise ones.
When Matthew was still young, he was totally close to his mother, he always loves to play with her, always listening to his mother's bedtime stories and even likes to kiss her and says 'I love you' to her many times. He was his mommy's baby boy and considering the fact he was an only child, his mom always protects him at all costs, sometimes becoming over-protective to him. She loved him very much more than anything.
When he was eight, she was considered her son's hero during his show-and-tell in school and she even nearly cried in that day, her heart was filled with happiness whenever she remembered that precious memory she always kept in her heart.
It was her best day of her life.
But when he grew up, he had changed, and it seems that he was taken away from her physically and emotionally. He seems distant from her for he was always seen hanging out with his friends, Clara Peterson and David Foley, than with his parents. He was started to get embarrassed whenever she kissed him or shouting his name in public, he always gets angry whenever his parents never let him hang out with his friends and he seems that he's hiding some secrets.
Her baby boy is so already grown up.
When she was just a teenager, she was always embarrassed of her parents whenever she was in public because of their occupation or their weirdness and she always believes that she was only the sane one of their family besides her sweet little brother.
Now she is now a parent, she now felt what her parents, most especially her mother, felt whenever they sensed that their only daughter was embarrassed of them.
As her distressed son sat down on the couch, she stopped what she was currently doing and sat beside him. She started to ruffle her son's black hair as Matthew started to push her hand away from his hair.
"Mom! What are you doing?!"
She smiled. Matthew just looked like her little brother when she and her little brother was still a teenager. He has bright blue eyes and his black hair seems to cover his right eye. He was pale; he is 5'9 tall and he was thinner than someone of his age. He wears a blue t-shirt with red stripes on it, baggy pants, red converse shoes, and sometimes wears a hoodie. He likes science; he was always fascinated with the stars and something related to space, just like her brother.
Oh, it is been exactly 21 years since she had seen her little brother and she misses him terribly. Maybe I could visit him later; she thought to herself, He will be totally angry at me for not visiting him recently.
Matthew swatted her hand away from his hair and started to fix it. His mom rolled her turquoise eyes.Teenagers these days, they always care about their appearances.
"So how was school?" She asked her son.
"It was another boring day, Mom," he replied, his bright blue eyes staring at the floor.
His mother snorted and decided to talk to her son face-to-face.
"Do you have a problem, sweetie? You looked so depressed for a couple of days. Tell me about it," she said to her son.
Matthew suddenly looked at his mother with surprise. How? Oh, right...she is a psychologist.She could sense that I had a problem by just looking on my facial expressions. Oh, crud, he thought to himself.
"Um, I-I-I don't have a-a prob-prob-problem, Mom. I'm just alright," he stammered. Great, Matthew Daniel Tyler, now Mom will start pestering me with questions. How great. Truly great.
Mrs. Tyler looked at him worriedly. "Matthew Daniel Tyler, I can sense you are lying to me. I am your mother and it is my responsibility to help you whatever problem you currently face," she said it in a motherly tone.
Matthew sighed, raising his hands on the air.
"Okay, I gave up. I had a problem, but please don't laugh at me after I tell you about it."
Mrs. Tyler was confused. What is really her son's problem? May it be from school, bullies or anything?
"I promise I won't laugh at you. Just tell me what's wrong."
Matthew took a deep breath, staring intently at his mother.
"I had a crush," he blurted out, his eyes stared at the floor as he blushed.
Mrs. Tyler looked at him, she could not believe at what she had heard. Her son has a crush? What so funny about it? It is normal for his age to have crushes.
She put her hand on her son's shoulder. "And who is that lucky girl?" she asked cheerfully at him. Oh, her son is now a grown up.
He blushed. "Clara," he mumbled embarrassingly but it is loud enough for his mom to hear it.
"Clara? As in Clara Peterson? Your best friend? She is your crush?"
Matthew nodded. Mrs. Tyler placed her hand on her son's shoulder and squeezed it gently."How long you had a crush on her?"
"A long time ago, since fifth grade," Matthew muttered, his eyes still looking at the floor.
"And does she know about it?" Mrs. Tyler asked.
Matthew shook his head. Mrs. Tyler looked at him in a comforting way. Her son had a crush on his best friend "since forever" and his best friend does not know about it?
It's time.
"Wait here."
She went to her bedroom and hurriedly opened her closet, looking for something.
And she found it. It was a small black jewellery box with beautiful and intricate designs painted on its dusty surface. It was beautiful and antique, a little bit dusty for it was never touched nor opened for many years.
She returned to her son and sat down; looking at him with those motherly eyes as she gently gave the box to her son.
Matthew was confused. "What is this?" he asked.
Mrs. Tyler smiled at him. "Open it and you will know what's inside of it," she said.
Matthew opened the box and it revealed a beautiful shining gold ring with a blue sparkling diamond garnishing it. Matthew looked at it amazingly and plucked it from the jewellery box.
"It was beautiful, Mom," he said, looking at the ring in admiration.
"Yes it is. It was such a beautiful ring," Mrs. Tyler said with a smile.
"But Mom, is this yours? I mean, did Dad give it to you on your wedding or something?"
"No, it isn't," Mrs. Tyler answered," Look at the ring closely. It will give you a clue."
Matthew looked at the ring closely and noticed something at the ring. A name was engraved in the ring. Sam, it said.
"Sam? Who's Sam?" Matthew asked his mom curiously.
"You want to know?" Mrs. Tyler asked him, and Matthew nodded eagerly.
"Okay..." Mrs. Tyler grinned. "I think I will tell you a story..."
"Mom, I am too old for storytelling time," Matthew spoke as he pouted.
Mrs. Tyler laughed. Teenagers...
"Matthew, I thought you want to know about the real story of the owner of that ring and how I got it?"
After a few minutes of awkward silence, Matthew sighed and said,"Fine, tell me about it."
And with that, Mrs. Tyler smiled at her son and started the story.
"Okay, here we go. I will now tell you a story of two best friends, who fell in love with each other as the years went by, but they had hidden their feelings for each other for the sake of their friendship. But when a tragedy strikes, they are willing to sacrifice everything for the one they love..."
To be continued...
And chapter one is already finished!
Okay, the names mentioned on this chapter (with the exception with the name Sam) are named after someone from the longest-running British sci-fi show, Doctor Who. Matthew was named after Matt Smith, the actor who portrayed the Eleventh Doctor, the surname Tyler came from Rose Tyler, a companion of the Ninth and the Tenth Doctor, and lat but not the least, Matthew's best friend and crush, Clara, was named after Clara Oswin Oswald, the Doctor's Impossible Girl and Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor's companion.
And the surname Peterson came from Penny Peterson, a character from DreamWorks's movie, Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
Also the date mentioned above (November 23), was the anniversary of Doctor Who.
And guess who Mrs. Tyler is. If you can, I'll give you a ghost cookie! (::)(::)
Trivia about this story: I wrote this story without a deadline so I had a writer's block and forgotten about this thing...But weeks after, I need to write a story about anything for a school work, so I had written a new Danny Phantom revelation fic worth of 4000+ words for that school work...Unfortunately, at the middle of the encoding the story, I accidentally deleted the story. I was so devastated and had to rewrite it, but the deadline was the next day, so I had to finish this story... And now, I'm full of ideas what will happen in here.
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The Gallifreyan Phan Girl here signing out!
