My Emerald Valentine
By: Wilona Riva
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, just the plot to this story and its sisters.
This takes between Last Thing I Remembered and after Poor Flower, Poor Heart. The poem is called "I Still Love You" by Leilani. Next chapter will be up on Saturday.
Of All
Of all the things I've ever said,
Of all the tears I've ever shed,
Of all the things I did to you,
I want you to know that I still love you.
"I still have that Valentine's card you sent me," Danny mused at he sat down beside his girlfriend on the hill watching the sun set.
"Magic is a girl's best kept secret," Ember murmured, as he sniffed her perfume. "That tickles, Phantom."
"I know," he chuckled. "Remember when we first met?"
"Formally or informally?"
"Formally," he replied. "It was during my first month when my parents found out and made an agreement with Desiree. I still don't know what they wished for. No one will tell me anything."
"Have you thought perhaps it may be because if they tell you, it will void the price of the bargain?" Ember said, punching him lightly in the shoulder.
"Meh," Danny said, waving her off, earning a punch in the other shoulder for his effort.
"So what did you do with the Valentine?" Ember asked him.
He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I thought it was trick of the light, where it keeps changing my name back and forth between my forms. Mom examined every inch of it, but couldn't figure out how it worked. I really am dense at times."
"Well, it did take you what..." came the teasing taunt he'd been expecting.
"Aw, come on, Ember!"
"I'll drop only if you tell me what really happened between your meeting with Walker, Bullet, and the Time Master when you ran away from home," she said.
Danny blew a puff of air, causing his white bangs to lift slightly from the small current. "Fine. How about we meet tomorrow after school and I'll tell you the whole story."
"Where?"
"At Valerie's."
"Why the huntress' place?"
"Neutral zone."
"Deal," she said, rising to her feet with a small smile on her lips. "Danny?"
"Yes, Emb-?!"
Ember smirked slightly inwardly. Catching Phantom off-guard was just as intrinsically rewarding as fighting along him in the field. She leaned forward and nipped his nose with her teeth. "I love you, you darned clueless halfa."
"I love you too, Flame," he whispered, wrapping his arms around her.
Of all the days we fought and cried,
Of all the days I wished I'd died,
Of all the things you did to pull me through,
I don't believe it, but I still love you.