Chapter 1: Ember and Dani

Danny's POV – Amity Park:

I was flying over the city doing a last sweep to make sure that no ghosts escaped from the Ghost Zone. I was about to head home, when I decided to phone Tucker in.

"So, Tucker, any ghosts on that end?"

"No. Valerie and I got this area covered." Years of ghost fighting with Tucker made Tucker mature quite fast. His voice was now deep. Tucker was now well-built just like me. We were the strongest team when it came to ghost fighting. Sam was also an excellent ghost fighter like us, it just sucks that she is in England with her parents for the summer. She told me that her parents decided it was time for her to have some form of class to her personality. I laughed when she told me that. I was about to fly back home when my ghost sense went off.

"Well, Tucker, I have a ghost on my end."

"Which ghost is it Danny?" Tucker asked me through the ear piece. I looked and paid attention to the area and I noticed which one it was. It was Ember McLane.

"The dead-diva princess of the Ghost Zone, Ember McLane."

"Oh, so your crush then." I could not believe of what I just heard from Tucker. How did he even know that I even liked Ember in the first place? I knew that I was going to have to ask him later, but as of right now, I knew that I had to play it safe.

"I do not have a crush on her Tucker."

"If that is the case, then why do you listen to her music constantly and why did you say in your sleep 'I love you Ember?' Danny I know that you like Ember. I am not that clueless."

"I know Tucker. I know that you are not clueless and that was one of your redeeming qualities that made Valerie want to be your girlfriend. I am happy for the both of you."

"I was happy as well. Well, the two of us will be on our way there. See you later Danny." With that being said, Tucker than went off comm. I went to Ember to see why she was out of the Ghost Zone.

"Ember, what are you doing out of the Ghost Zone now?"

"None of your business, dip-stick. Just leave me alone." I noticed that Ember was already hurting as I saw her use her right arm to grab onto the left one.

"Ember, are you okay?"

Ember's POV:

"Ember, are you okay?" Danny Phantom, aka Danny Fenton, asked me. Yeah, I knew who the dip-stick was, and I was the only one in the Ghost Zone to ever figure it out. Everybody else was just plain clueless. Knowing that Danny was only trying to be nice to me, I swung my guitar at him.

"Hey, there is no reason why you should even be swinging that in the first place at all."

"Get away from me. I do not need your help." I continued to swing my guitar at him trying to ignore the pain that was in my arm. It worked for a little bit, but the pain came back. I tried to ignore it, but I was unable to. I was able to swing my guitar once more before I crashed onto the ground unconscious. That was the last thing that I remembered.

Danny's POV:

I could not believe it. I just saw Ember just fall down to the ground. I immediately flew to her side and I noticed that she was unconscious. I knew that I had to help her. I grabbed her bridal style and I flew with her in my arms heading back to FentonWork's. As soon as I saw my house in the distance, I flew with great haste. I went to my room and I placed Ember on my bed. I left her there for a bit for her to rest up when I heard the ear-comm start up.

"Danny, where are you?"

"I am at my house. Why?"

"Because Skulker is trashing up the town. He is fighting your cousin, Dani." As soon as Tucker said that, I immediately left. I have always worried about Danielle. I never thought of her as my cousin. I thought of her more as my daughter, which is true. Dani is my clone and she was cloned by Vlad Masters, aka Vlad Plasmius. Plasmius is like me, another halfa, and that is what Dani is. I was able to get back to the city and I saw Skulker there fighting Dani.

"Get away from her," I said while charging towards Skulker.

Dani's POV (five minutes earlier):

Here I was back in Amity Park because I wanted to visit Danny again. Well, when I came back, I was greeted, but not in the normal manner as most people think. I was greeted by a ghost, Skulker, the most annoying ghost ever. He greeted me by launching missiles at me.

"Why don't you just leave me alone you big bully?" I said to Skulker.

"Never. You will be my prize ghost girl, and I will have you as a pelt." Gross. Skulker always had a thing for pelts. As I continued to dodge his missiles, I did not pay attention at all when he came to me and punched me in the gut and knocking me out unconscious.

"Get away from her," was the last thing that I heard.

Danny's POV:

"Get away from her," I said to Skulker when I approached him. I noticed that Dani was falling out of the sky. I immediately sped up and grabbed her before she hit the ground. I was able to catch her in time and I laid her carefully on the ground. I turned around and noticed that Skulker was still there.

"You are going to pay for this, Skulker. No one hurts my daughter at all."

"She is your daughter? Well, that makes her even more valuable." I growled at him when he said that.

"You will not touch her at all. She is not yours to take at all." I flew straight towards Skulker with all of my might and I pelted him with punches and kicks all over the place. The fight only lasted for a couple of minutes when I was able to put Skulker in the FentonThermos.

"That takes care of that." I went to Danielle and I carried her back to my place. I went to Jazz's room and I placed her on the bed. When I covered her up with the covers, I heard her say 'I love you daddy'. That put a smile on my face for I knew that is who I was, Danielle's father. I kissed Danielle on the forehead before I left and I went to my room to see how Ember was doing. I noticed that she was still sleeping, so I decided to see what was wrong with her and why she was in pain when I saw her. I pulled back the covers only to reveal her top part of her body. What I saw made me gasp. Ember had a huge wound on her arm and I noticed that she was leaking ecto-plasm out fast.

'She is leaking out too much ecto-plasm. At this rate, she will fade away from existence. I can't let that happen. I just can't.' I knew what I had to do.