Author's notes: this is a DannyxEmber story, but you will have to deal with some Sam/Paulina since this a sequel to my one-shot Backfired.
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Danny Phantom was in the park, currently engaged in battle with one of his ghostly enemies: a musical ghost by the name of Ember . The battle was about even, until Ember pulled out a small, rectangular device and sent a sonic blast at Danny, who landed under a tree after being hit.
"What was that?" Danny asked.
"You like it?" Ember said, showing Danny the device she used. "I call it the die-pod. As in, die!" Ember then sent more sonic blasts from the die-pod at Danny.
Knowing he was in tight spot, Danny took in a deep breath and unleashed his ghostly wail. His sonic blasts overpowered the ones generated by the die-pod, eventually hitting Ember and destroying the acoustic weapon. Danny then reverted to human form.
Since the ghostly wail was cushioned by the blasts from the die-pod, Ember was able to quickly recover. When she saw that Danny was exhausted and in human form, she knew this was a perfect opportunity for some fun. She walked over to her downed opponent, picked him up by his shirt, and put him in an aggressive kiss.
It would be an understatement to say that Danny was shocked when Ember put her tongue in his mouth. due to his powers being temporarily depleted, he could do little more than let Ember have her way with him. About thirty seconds after Ember started making out with him, Danny place his hand on the back of Ember's head and released a tiny ecto-blast. Normally, such a blast would do little to no damage, but delivered at point blank range it was enough to render Ember unconscious.
Danny stood over the knocked out Ember, wondering just what the hell happened. When Ember started to come to, Danny instinctively reached for his Fenton thermos and sucked Ember into the cylindrical container. Danny then began walking home, hoping to forget what just happened.
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A few days had passed since Danny's surprising battle with Ember. He was at school, getting some things from his locker for his upcoming classes when Tucker and Sam approached him.
"Hey Danny," Sam said, "have you heard the news?"
"What news?" Danny asked.
"Dash has been kicked off the football team for failing a random pee test," Tucker explained. "Isn't it great?"
"Normally, it would be great," Danny said, "except for the fact that I am Dash's punching bag and he's going to beat the crap out me in attempt to alleviate his stress." After saying this, Danny looked past Tucker and Sam and saw Dash walking towards him. "I hate it when I'm right." Danny started running away from Dash and the jock followed suit.
"Should we follow them?" Tucker asked Sam, who nodded yes and they ran after Danny and Dash. After a minuet of running, Dash shoved Paulina out of his way and into a locker.
"Paulina, are you all right?" Sam asked and knelt down to pick the bubbly latina up to her feet.
"Did I miss something?" Tucker asked as he witnessed this scene. "I thought you two hated each other."
Danny was still running from Dash when his ghost sense went off. Dash stopped chasing Danny and started banging his head against a locker while saying "I'm a pretty girl" in between bangs.
That was weird and unexpected Danny thought as he looked at the unconscious jock, but I can't argue with the results. The ghost I sensed must have over shadowed him. A bell rang which derailed Danny's train of thought and reminded him that he needed to get to class. I'll have to take care of it later.
At lunch that day, Danny went to a secluded area outside the school, planing to transform and find the ghost who over shadowed Dash earlier. However, Ember appeared before him.
"Hello Danny," Ember said. "I need to talk to you."
"Okay, but I have a question first," Danny said. "Did you over shadow Dash and make him beat himself up?"
"If you're talking about the blonde jock, then yes, I turned him into my personal meat puppet and publicly humiliated him. I did that because I could tell that you needed my help. Seriously thought, I need to talk to you about our last battle."
"You mean when you kissed me?" Danny asked and Ember nodded yes. "Why did you that?"
"That was an act of lust," the undead rocker said. "I only kissed you because I could and wanted to. For a long time I've been impressed by your abilities in battle, and that caused me to become attracted to you. I thought I could ignore these feelings but then I acted on them, and I realized that was impossible."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because I don't want us to be enemies anymore," Ember said and handed Danny a piece of paper. "I want you to think about what I've said today. That paper has directions to my home in the ghost zone. Come see me when you're done thinking."
Ember then left Danny to contemplate all that had just transpired. He wasn't sure what to do with the new information he had just received. He suspected that Ember was coming on to him. He would never admit it to Tucker or Sam, but he had been fascinated with Ember ever since their first battle.
Danny wasn't sure how Sam or Tucker would take it, but he was going to pursue Ember.
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"Sam, what was up with you helping Paulina earlier?" Tucker asked as they were eating in the cafeteria. "I thought you two hated each other."
"Do you remember two weeks ago when you asked me to hit on Paulina?" Sam asked and Tucker nodded yes. "Well I did, and it turns out that she is bi as well. So we decided to engage in a physical relationship."
"Really?" Tucker said with a devilish grin.
"I'm gonna have to pop whatever dream bubble you have going and clearify that all we do is meet in secret and make out."
"Why did you have to do that?" Tucker asked, his grin fading. "Sam, what about your feelings for Danny?"
"We both know that Danny only sees me as just a freind. He's never shown the kind of interest in me that Paulina has."
"But you said that the two of you are only in a physical relationship."
"We are, but each of us has learned that the other's not as bad as we thought. I'm even considering asking her to start openly dating."
"Wow," Tucker said and his eyes widened in shock. "I'm very happy for you Sam. Now, considering that I'm indirectly responsible for you two hooking up, is there any chance that you would make out for my amusement?"
"I will consider it."
