The year is 1981, Ember McLain is an average young lady in her early twenties with dreams of fame and wealth, but until then she needed a way to pay the bills. So she went into business as a freelance ghost hunter, the best in town... well, the best most people in town can afford that is.
But she wasn't complaining, it kept her fed and she was only doing it until she could get a record deal, not to mention, if it wasn't for this job she probably would've never met the most interesting guy she'd ever known.
Tonight she got a call about a ghost haunting a local hotel. The manager was frantic as he described it, "He was dressed in all black, he had white hair, and-"
"Glowing green eyes?" she asked, having a feeling she knew who it was, "I'll be right over." she assured before hanging up the phone, "That freaking dipstick."
The young lady entered her car and turned on the radio, blasting her favorite rock station as she made her way to the hotel. Upon arrival, she collected her bag of equipment from the truck and entered the building, the hotel manager was there to greet her a soon as she walked in, "Thank goodness you showed up, I was starting to worry you wouldn't come."
Ember rolled her eyes, "Where is he?" she asked simply, wanting to get this over as quickly as possible.
"Room 237" the man answered, confirming her hunch about this ghost's identity
"Of course he is" she mumbled as she walked toward the elevator, she could tell this was going to be a long night.
She arrived at the room to find an envelope in front of the door, it said 'For Ember -Love, your babypop', she sighed as she read it, opening it to find the room key stuffed inside "At least I won't have to pick the lock" she said to herself as she unlocked the door.
Upon opening it, she found the room to be dimly lit by candle with a trail of rose petals leading to the bed, upon which laid the ghost-boy she was here for, "Good evening beautiful" he said with a grin.
The ghost hunter rolled her eyes at the boy, "The room number was 217 in the book, not 237." she pointed out
"I know that. I also know it bugs the hell out of you that they changed it in the movie" he said with a smirk
Ember shook her head in annoyance, "What are you doing here, Danny?"
The boy gave her a fake look of hurt, "What can't I come visit my girlfriend every once in a while?" he asked as he floated toward her
"Babypop, you can visit me whenever you want, but you never do, instead you choose to haunt some random place around town and scare the hell out of everyone until I show up!" she explained irritably
Danny kissed her on the cheek, "Well yeah, that's half the fun. And now that you're here, what do you say we put this room to some good use?" he offered with a sly grin
Ember rolled her eyes but smiled anyway, "I've gotta say, that is a tempting offer, but I'm here for a job, now do you want to come quietly or am I gonna have to use the trap?"
Danny thought about his options for a moment "Hmm, well I certainly wouldn't want to be crammed into the amazing technology of Ramis/Aykroyd Labs again. However, you know better than anyone that coming quietly was never really my specialty." the ghost-boy said as he pulled his girlfriend into a long kiss which she was glad to return.
The rocker chick sighed when they finally separated, "God I missed that."
"I bet you're happy I showed up now."
"I'm always happy when you show up, I just wish you'd show up at my place when you do."
The boy chuckled lightly, "Maybe I'll try it sometime, but for now, would you settle for driving me there yourself?"
"You could just fly there." she pointed out
Danny shook his head "Yeah, but then I wouldn't get to look at you."
Well that tears it, she needed to get this charming bastard to her apartment as fast as possible so she could rip his clothes off, "Turn invisible and follow me." she ordered simply
The two made their way downstairs where the manager sat behind the front desk, "Did you get it?" he asked
"All taken care of" Ember assured, "Now, about my pay…"
"Right, of course." the man pulled out his checkbook and grabbed a pen, "Now, your ad said that you charge five-hundred, correct?" the ghost hunter nodded in confirmation, "Right then I-" the man cut off mid-sentence as his eyes began glowing green and a ghostly aura surrounded him, "Actually, you did such a good job I think you deserve a little extra, how's a thousand sound?"
The girl smiled, fully aware of what was going on, "I wouldn't turn down a thousand."
"Of course not, I'll write up the check right now" he said before his eyes went back to their normal color, "Sorry, I blacked out for a second, what were we talking about?"
"You were just about to write my check for a thousand dollars" Ember said with a smirk
"Right." he said, somewhat confused as to why he would offer so much.
The ghost hunter collected her pay and walked back to her car, her invisible boyfriend following close behind, she couldn't see him but she knew he was there, she could always feel his presence. Ember sat down in the driver's seat of her car, "You couldn't go any higher?" she asked
Danny turned visible and grinned at her, "Sorry, had to keep it believable."
The girl shrugged in response, "Eh, I'll take what I can get."
"Well, you've got me, now what are you gonna do with me?" the ghost-boy asked with a smirk
She smirked in return as she turned on the car's engine, "Oh you'll see, babypop. Let's go make this a night to remember." she then pulled out of the hotel parking lot and sped off to her apartment.
A/N: So I had an idea for an AU where Ember's a human ghost hunter and Danny's a ghost, also I set it in the 80s because who doesn't love the 80s?
I think I'm gonna dub this universe World 3, with World 2 being my "Other Side of the Portal" AU, and World 1 being the actual show.
I was inspired by the fact that pretty much nobody has made any new Danny/Ember stories lately, maybe more people should but that's just my opinion. Until then I guess I can help keep the ship afloat with my ongoing series "Other Side of the Portal" as well as one-shots like this.
So tell me what you think, did you enjoy this little short? Did you hate it with a passion? Do you want to see more stories set in this universe? Let me know with a review and be sure to follow in case I do make more.