Synopsis: Sam dies and is reincarnated as a new girl at Casper High. In order for her soul to move on, she has to help a grief stricken Danny get over his guilt. The catch? She can't tell Danny who she is.
Danny was in full blown panic mode. Flying at over 125 mph, he tried keeping up with the arrogant narcissistic billionaire. Plasmius, in another one of his grand schemes, had released all of Danny's enemies and let them lose on Amity Park. Ever since Danny foiled his cloning scheme, Vlad was hellbent on making his life a living hell.
Danny had exhausted himself trying to recapture the rampant ghosts alongside his two best friends, Tucker Foley and (the secret love of his life) Samantha 'Sam' Manson. In the confusion, neither of the boys noticed Vlad give Sam a small shock and take off with her until it was too late. A few bystanders pointed out where they saw Plasmius head off too. Warning his friend to stay behind, Danny flew off to save Sam. This was all his fault. He should have never let Sam put herself in such a dangerous situation.
The chase ended on the bridge connecting Amity Park to Chicago (in my stories, Amity Park is located in Illinois). One hundred twenty five feet below was the cold icy river. Vlad held a still unconscious Sam in his arms. Danny wondered if she was even still alive.
"You've been slacking off, Daniel; you barely managed to keep up with me" Vkad taunted.
"Let her go, Plasmius" Danny said, desperately pleading.
"What, no witty banter, no smart alek remark? I was actually looking forward to it" Vlad said leaning Sam over the side of the bridge. "But if you want me to let Miss Manson go, that could be arranged…"
"No!" Danny screamed. Plasmius stopped and smiled sinisterly at him, relishing every moment of having the almighty Danny Phantom at his mercy. He pulled out a knife and held it to Sam's throat. "Please, don't hurt her" he pleaded, practically begging at this point. "This doesn't involve her"
"You couldn't be more wrong. I've seen the way you two look at each other. How you swoon over one another. How protective you are over her." Plasmius snarled. "I want you to see, I want to feel what it's like to have the love of your life taken from you"
"Please, I'm begging you" Danny continued to implore.
"All I wanted was to take my place as ruler of the world and have a perfect family. But then you had to ruin my chances with your mother, then you destroyed my lab, robbing me of my perfect clone all to help that imperfect brat clone of yours! You ruined my life, now I'm about to ruin yours" Plasmius barked before he slit Sam's throat and tossed her body over the bridge.
Danny wasted no time and leaped after her even though there was nothing he could do to save her. Danny caught her just before she hit the water.
"Please be alive, please be alive, please be alive" Danny thought, placing her down and trying to stop the blood that trickled from the cut on her neck.
"Sam? Sam?!" Danny called her name, shaking her trying to wake her up. The sticky red liquid now coating his gloves and jumpsuit.
Overhead he heard Vlad laugh.
"Don't waste your time, Daniel; she's gone"
"No, no; she can't be dead" Danny said, in clear denial.
But it soon became apparent that Vlad was right. Sam's body became stiff and cold. Danny's tears splashed on Sam's face.
"Sam!" Danny screamed one last time.
Sam found herself surrounded by a bright light. Apparently all those stories were true. Her eyes struggled to adjust to the brightness. In front of her stood what appeared to be a young boy with golden blond hair who appeared to be around 14, blue eyes just like Danny. He was clothed in all white.
"Where am I?" Sam asked.
"Why, you're in Heaven" the boy said.
"Heaven?" Sam stated, quite skeptical. "And who are you?"
"My name's Gabriel" Gabriel introduced himself. "My role is something of a guardian angel for you"
"So Gabriel, you're telling me that I've died and gone to Heaven?" Sam asked.
"Yes, I regret to inform you that you've suffered a terrible fate" the boy told her. "Had your throat slit by a psychotic fruit loop"
"So you're telling me I'm dead?" Sam asked.
"Afraid so" The boy replied.
"There must be some mistake, I can't be dead" Sam protested.
"See for yourself" the boy said, pointing to where Danny was cradling her dead body.
Sam looked at the scene and was in disbelief. This had to be a prank of some sort. But this how could anyone play a joke like this?
"No, no, no; I can't be dead; I can't be" Sam said. "I didn't even get a chance to tell Danny how I felt about him"
"Don't worry, you'll see him again but you still won't be able to reveal your feelings for him" Gabriel said.
"What do you mean?" Sam asked.
"Your death is the catalyst for a deadly chain of events. Danny will now have the ultimate goal of killing Vlad Plasmius. Once he's accomplished that, he'll still be in a state of despair over his failure to prevent your death. He will forever view it as his greatest failure. Said failure will drive him insane and it'll be harder and harder for him to stop killing. All leading to him ultimately becoming his evil alternate counterpart, albeit retaining his human half. At the risk of sounding cliché, that would lead to the end of the world" Gabriel explained.
"So my death is the catalyst for the apocalypse?" Sam asked.
"Not exactly the apocalypse but rather a massive loss of life we'd like to avoid" Gabriel said. "You're going to be reincarnated to aid your friend in getting over his grief and thus come to terms with your death, ridding him of his desire for revenge. The only thing is you can't tell Danny who you are"
"Why not?" Sam asked.
"If he knows your alive yet in another form he'll become too attached and more reluctant to let you go, you've to help him without revealing your identity." Gabriel said. "Would you like to see your new appearance?"
Sam nodded. Gabriel snapped his fingers and Sam instantly changed appearance. She was around 5'6, had green eyes and short black hair. She wore a black jacket, and tight blue jeans and black sneakers.
"My apologies if your new appearance" Gabriel apologized. "But we had to change your appearance as much as possible.
"So, what's my new name?" Sam asked.
"Jessica Storm" Gabriel said.
"One more question, how am I supposed to help Danny without revealing who I am?" Sam asked.
"To be honest, I don't know; don't worry, I'll be with you to guide you every step of the way" Gabriel said as Sam began descending back down to Earth. "Good luck"
Hi there, the name's Tim D. Aka the guy with 1001 Names. A/N: Gabriel's appearance is based off Schrodinger from the series Hellsing OVA. Now the following is a fanfiction based on Nickelodeon series Danny Phantom. It is property of Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon. Please support it by helping with its official release... you know you want to.