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~oOo McLain's Secret Admirer Part 1: A White Rose oOo~
A blue-haired teen ghost flies across the Ghost Zone on her blue and purple flame-shaped guitar. What seems to be a usual ordinary day for the ghosts in their immortal day to day afterlives turns out to be the worst one for a certain fiery-haired pop diva. Tears were running down her cheek, ruining that perfectly styled make-up at the bottom of her eyes. Said eyes were dim of sadness and hurt, completely different from the bright emerald green ones that shine of mischief and fun.
Ember McLain wipes away the tears as she arrives at her destination. A purple door floating in the space around the ghostly green sky. Ember straps her guitar on her back and floats toward the purple door. She lifts her fist and starts to knock. But she hesitates at the last second. She floats there for quite some time, deliberating whether she should knock or not. But eventually, Ember lowers her hand and prepares to leave. And as she turns around, she came face to face with the person, or ghost actually, that she needed the most, yet at the same time didn't want to trouble.
"Oh my gosh Ember! What happened?" Kitty, the biker chick of the Ghost Zone as well as Johnny 13's girlfriend and Ember's best friend, rushes to her side.
Ember lowers her head and hugs Kitty with all her might. Kitty was surprised by the gesture as she knew for a fact that her best friend wouldn't act this way. She knew Ember wasn't all about silly and affectionate things like hugging. So now when she was doing it right now, Kitty knew that something bad had happened to her. She reciprocates the hug, rubbing her best friend's back as an act of comfort. What made it even worse was when Ember suddenly shook and trembled as she sobs at Kitty.
"Ember, please, please. Tell me what happened?" Kitty says with a worried tone.
Ember didn't reply. She just continued crying on Kitty, which greatly worried her more.
"Ember, honey. Do you want to go inside?" Kitty asks, indicating her realm door.
Ember replies with a shake of her head.
"Ummm, do you want me to take you to your realm?"
Ember didn't react at first. Then slowly, she nods her head.
Kitty, taking this as a sign, untangles herself from the embrace. "It's gonna be okay Em." Kitty says before holding her by the waist and flying through the zone.
~oOo Ember's Realm oOo~
Ember sits on her living room's couch, tuning her guitar over and over again. Her eyes were on her guitar but were not really focused. In front of her was a fuming Kitty. She was pacing back and forth, muttering threats and dangerous plans.
"I can't believe he did that to you! That's so low, even for him! Next time I see him, I'm gonna banish his sorry metal butt from the whole face of the Ghost Zone!" Kitty threatens.
It went like that for minutes with Kitty ranting threats. Finally, Ember heaves a long sigh, which made Kitty stop her rants.
"Thanks Kitty. But I'm fine now." Ember says.
"No you're not." Kitty argues. "Have you looked in the mirror lately? You're a mess!"
"Ghosts heal quickly. So by tomorrow, it'll be like nothing happened."
"That's not the point Em."
Ember sighs. "I know. It's just that...I really thought that he was the one."
Kitty sighs and sits down on the couch next to her friend. "Ember, Skulker didn't deserve you for what he did."
Ember stops tinkering with her guitar and puts it away. "I know." She lowers her head.
Kitty embraces her best friend, which Ember gladly accepted. "I bet that what he did to you will come back to him a million fold."
Ember snorts. "I hope so. I'll make sure to see it when that happens."
Kitty grins. "Now that's the Ember McLain I know."
Ember rolls her eyes, smiling. "Yeah, yeah."
Kitty giggles. "I'm glad that you're getting back to your usual self. Sad Ember just doesn't suit you."
Ember chuckles, and Kitty joins in on the laugh as well. The two hang out, talking with each other about dumb boyfriends, girl problems, music, clothes, and the afterlife. Suddenly, the clock on the wall rings a silly tune, indicating that it was getting late.
"I better go girlfriend." Kitty says. "Johnny's probably missing me by now. I bet he's flirting with some chick if I'm not around to straighten him up."
"Why don't you just dump the jerk and be done with it? It'll be much less of a pain in the a-"
"It's not that simple Em." Kitty cuts off Ember's sentence. She doesn't approve of foul words, especially when her best friend uses them.
"What do you mean?" Ember questions.
"Well, Johnny and I are meant to be. He's my other half, and I'm his." Kitty answers.
Ember rolls her eyes. "That's just a load of bu-"
"No it's not." Kitty cuts off, stretching her hand and showing her ring to Ember.
Ember raises an eyebrow, wondering what was up. "And?"
"The ring Ember." Kitty says. "Johnny and I have identical rings."
"Wait, I thought you lost that ring? Where'd you find it?"
"Oh, Johnny gave it to me after he fought Danny to get it back." Kitty smiles, looking at her ring. "Isn't Johnny sweet?"
"Right." Ember says dryly.
"Anyway Ember, the main thing is that Johnny and I are compatible partners. All beings have one. Even Desiree will have one. You have too. You just have to wait and find the right guy."
"How would I know which one is the right guy?" Ember crosses her arms. "Besides, I think I'm gonna lay low for a while in the relationship department.
"Suit yourself." Kitty shrugs. "Anyway, be safe. And stay away from Skulker as much as possible."
"Will do." Ember scoffs.
Kitty hugs her best friend goodbye before exiting Ember's realm. Once Kitty was gone, Ember picks up her guitar once more and flies upstairs to her room. Placing her guitar beside the bed, she takes out her CD and plays it on her player. The music that came was her hit song 'Remember'. She wrote that song before she died. It was about a boy she knew and loved.
A single tear falls down on Ember's cheek as she listens to her song. Once it was over, she just lies on her bed, not moving as she thinks about the past.
"Why is it always like this?" She asks no one in particular. "Why must I be alone?"
Ember lies there, crying silent tears until she falls asleep.
~oOo The Next Day oOo~
Ember wakes up with a start as an irregular beat bangs at her realm door. Groaning, she looks at her bedside clock to see that it was already past noon. Ember rubs the sleep from her eyes and stretches her sleepy joints. She was soon jolted up again as the knock downstairs continues.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Ember shouts.
Flying down into her living room, Ember walks toward the door and opens it to find...nobody there.
"Huh?"
Ember looks around. But there wasn't a ghost in sight. She scowls as she thought that someone had just pranked her. But when she looks down, her expression turns to wonder. Outside her realm door was a single white flower with a note attached to it.
"What the?" Ember grabs the rose and reads what the note has to say. A minute later Ember gapes in wonder at the letter she just read. "What?"
Ember looks around the area in hopes to find this mystery person who delivered a white rose to her doorstep. But there was no on there. Nothing but green space, floating doors, and rocks around.
"Okay, just who the hell are you?" She looks down again at the rose, twirling it as she gazes at the white flower. "Such a shame that this will just dry up. You didn't even bring a vase."
Ember was kidding of course. She appreciates the thought. But just as she said to Kitty last night, she wasn't interested in having a relationship right now. Especially when it's a stranger who she didn't even know a thing about. Besides, flowers weren't her thing.
Going back inside, Ember closes the door and heads into the kitchen. She fixes herself a snack, laying the rose on the table. Even though ghosts didn't need to eat, they just do it just for fun.
Ember sits on the table all the while taking bites off her sandwich. She looks at the white flower beside her, debating whether or not she should keep it or just dump it in the trash. Ultimately, she decided the later.
She gets off the table and picks up the flower. She was about to put it inside the trash bin, but a knock from her realm door stops her. Annoyed and curious at the same time, Ember floats to her door and opens it.
"Hi Kitty." Ember greets.
"Hey Em." Kitty smiles. She then looks at Ember curiously. "What's that you're holding?" Kitty points at Ember's hand.
"Huh?" Ember didn't realize it until now, but she was still holding onto the flower. "Oh."
"What do you mean oh? You're holding a white rose with a n-" Kitty's eyes widen as a thought enters her mind.
Ember, seeing that look and grin on her friends face, had a bad feeling that things were going to be hectic. "Kitty, wait! It's not what you think!"
But Ember words were drowned as Kitty suddenly squeals in delight. She hugs her best friend, pushing her inside.
"Kitty, it's really not what you think." Ember says calmly.
"Oooohhh, what's not to think?" Kitty grins slyly. "C'mon, Em. Tell me all the deets."
Ember rolls her eyes at her best friend's antics. "Fine."
Kitty squeals and hugs her harder.
"But first you need to uh...let go of me."
"Aw, but you seem to like it yesterday." Kitty pouts.
Ember rolls her eyes, with Kitty only giggling. She lets go of Ember and sits comfortably on the couch.
"Okay girlfriend, spill."
Ember sighs. She sits down on a chair and crosses her arms.
"Go on." Kitty grins.
Ember sighs again. "I found it floating outside my realm door just this afternoon."
"And then."
"And then I read the note attached to the flower."
"What does it say?"
Ember gave Kitty a half-hearted glare. "Why don't you read it?" She says, tossing the rose at Kitty.
She catches the flower and pouts at Ember. "Aw, you're no fun."
"Whatever."
"I'll read it aloud then."
Ember groans.
Kitty only grins. "Okay..."
Dear Ember,
I've been having thoughts about you for quite some time now. At first, I just shrugged it off, thinking that it was only nothing. But when these feelings keep coming back, I just knew that there was something going on about me. It was then only yesterday that I realized the severity of my feelings for you.
So as a start, I give you this white rose as a token of my affection. It symbolizes innocence and purity. I just wanted you to know that my feelings for you are true.
Until then, I bid you farewell.
From your Secret Admirer,
POPSICLE17
"...who's Popsicle seventeen?" Kitty says.
Ember shrugs. "I don't know. And I don't care."
"WHAT!" Kitty screeches.
"Ow, loud much." Ember rubs her ear.
"Ember, a guy expresses his interest on you, and you don't even care!" Kitty seethes.
Ember huffs, looking away. "Why should I? I don't even know the guy."
"Uh hello, secret admirer. You're not supposed to know the guy. He's supposed to be a mystery."
"All the more reason for me to avoid him. Besides, Skulker and I just broke up yesterday. It's too soon for me to have a relationship."
"Okay Ember." Kitty gives in, looking sad.
Ember sighs. "Kitty, why did you come to my realm exactly. There must be a reason for your visit."
Kitty looks up at Ember, giving her a hurtful expression. "Can't your best friend visit without any agendas?"
Ember replies back with an 'Are you kidding me?' look.
"Okay, okay." Kitty holds up her hand. "It's about Skulker."
"What about the jerk."
"Well, rumor has it that yesterday, he attacked Amity Park."
"Well that's stupid." Ember rolls her eyes.
"Yeah, and the reason why he attacked in the first place was because of your breakup."
Ember frowns. "Wait, he's the one upset because of our breakup! Is he blind or something?! I'm the one that got beat up by it! Courtesy of him!" Ember seethes, her eyes turning red, and her hair erupting on fire.
"Chill girlfriend. I'm not done yet." Kitty says, trying to calm Ember down. "Anyway, you know what happens when ghosts attack the town, right."
Ember nods. "The dipstick shows up all hero-like and crams us inside his stupid thermos."
"Right, right. But you know this time, he didn't."
"He didn't?"
"Yeah, Danny just beat Skulker up, like bad, bad. Like I mean, really, really bad. Like ruthless bad."
"Really?" Ember raises an eyebrow. "That doesn't sound like the dipstick at all."
"I know." Kitty agrees. "After the fight, Danny took the real Skulker inside his suit and squeezed the life out of him."
"Wait!" Ember's eyes widen. "Did baby pop just end him?"
"Almost actually. The goth chick and the tech geek mayor stopped him before it was too late. I think Danny would've regretted it if he had done so."
Ember nods. "Never knew the dipstick would be so...unforgiving."
"Yeah, according to the rumors, Danny was like fighting mad. Like a very, very angry vicious dog kinda mad."
"Wouldn't want to be at the end of his wrath."
"Yeah." Kitty nods. "Anyway, after his friends stopped him from making a mistake that would probably haunt him for his entire life, Danny flicked Skulker back into the Ghost Zone, while his metal suit, or parts of it anyway, found its way in the town's trash dumpster for recycling."
"Wow, can't believe Phantom's that strong. Skulker beat the hell out of me while the dipstick just made a fool out of him. I can't believe that I'm that weak." Ember says sadly. "Stupid Phantom for ruining all my plans.
Kitty stands up from the couch and places a comforting hand on Ember's shoulder. "Em, why don't we go clubbing tonight? You can sing on stage and at least get some name chanting."
"Yeah, I think that'd be good." Ember nods.
~oOo The Next Day oOo~
Ember wakes up again with a start as an irregular beat bangs at her realm door. Growling, she quickly goes out of her room and into the living room. She pulls open her door to find no one there again. Looking down, she sees a box with a note on it. Ember grabs it and looks around, searching for that secret admirer. But unfortunately for her, she couldn't find him.
Shrugging, Ember walks inside, closing the door. She then puts the box on her kitchen table. Picking up the card, Ember reads it aloud.
Dear Ember,
Hope you like chocolates because those are my favorites too. :)
From your Secret Admirer,
POPSICLE17
PS. Sorry about yesterday. I didn't think things through. So as an extra gift, here's a vase for that white rose I gave you.
As Ember reads the last part, her entire body freezes on spot in horror and shock. "He knows about the vase. He was there. He was watching and listening the whole time." Ember mutters, her eyes glowing dangerous. She looks at the note and burns it to a crisp.
Ember flies up to her room and takes her guitar. She then exits her realm and flies around the area, looking for that secret punk stalker. She rounds around the place. But to her dismay, she didn't find any ghosts nearby. Sighing, a frustrated Ember returns to her realm. Banging her door, she sits down on the couch with crossed arms.
After about a minute, Ember notices the white rose on a small table near the couch. She remembered that Kitty put it there last night after they went clubbing.
Picking it up, Ember eyes the flower with dangerous eyes. "Okay secret stalker, just who the hell are you? I'll play your game for now. But when I find you, I'll make you talk."
~oOo To Be Continued oOo~
AN:
Hey guys, this is my second DP fic. This will be a two-shot fic. Originally it was supposed to be a one-shot, but it got long, and I don't want chapters to be that long. Hence, it is now a two-shot XD
Can you guys guess who Ember's Secret Admirer is? If you know me, and you know who I ship Ember with, then it will be so easy to guess who it is. Haha XD
Anyway, hope you like this little chapter. My other fic, "In Another Time" will be updated next week X)