A New Perspective
Ember is a young ghost that is lost and is found by our favorite halfa, Danny Phantom. When Danny finds her, he decides to take her and help her. As he helps her, the two start to become a family, but little did Danny know that he will start to have a family of his own. A person from his past arrives to help him and someone from his future comes to be with him. If you want to know the rest, read and review.
Chapter 1: Ember Meets Danny
It was a quiet day in the Ghost Zone and all of the Denizens were all in their realms staying quiet and not causing any trouble to any other Denizens, all except for one, Ember, the four year old rocker ghost girl. Ember was one of the few children in the Ghost Zone and she hated it. She did not like how there was only just her and two other ghost children in the Ghost Zone, and she did not like that at all. She wanted to be able to hang out with more than just YoungBlood and Box Lunch. She wanted to hang out with more kids her age, but she knew that it was going to be impossible. As Ember was floating through the Ghost Zone all by herself, a thought came into her mind.
'I wish that there was a way out of the Ghost Zone. I want to see what it is like now in the human world. I want to know what has changed since I died.' Not a minute later did the thought that Ember had did a vortex of green swirling energy appeared right before her. Upon seeing it, she was confused as to what it was. She knew that she was not going to go and fly right straight through it. With curiosities peaked a bit, she first poked her head through to see what was on the other side, and to her surprise, what she saw surprised her greatly. She saw that it was the human world. Upon seeing it, Ember, without any hesitation, went through the portal and was now in the human world. It was as soon as she flew through the portal did it close right behind her leaving her in the human world. Upon happening, Ember started to freak out. She had to get back to the Ghost Zone for at least she was safe there and would be able to take care of herself, but with her now in the human world, she was all alone, completely. She knew that she was going to have to figure out how to survive somehow.
A couple of days had gone by since Ember had arrived in the human world and she was already experiencing problems. One was that she always had to look for food to eat to keep up her energies if she did not want her afterlife to fade and she needed to find a place to rest. It was also during those couple of days that Ember had tried to ask other's on the street for help.
"Excuse me sir, can you please help me?" she asked as sweetly as possible. The man that looked at her just scoffed but before he left, he spoke up to her.
"Why would I help you? You are just an annoying little brat and a filthy one at that. Who would want to help you?" Upon hearing what this man said to her, Ember started to cry due to what the man said to her. He was right. During the days that she had stayed in the human world, she had a huge amount of dirt and filth on her that would make her look like a common runaway. Another factor was what she was wearing. She was wearing torn up clothing that had holes everywhere and she even had some gloves that were the same way. Still remembering what the man said to her, Ember still continued to cry. It was as she was crying did she hear a voice speak up to her.
"Are you alright there little one?" asked the gentle voice that Ember heard. Upon hearing this voice speak up to her, she turned around and saw that there was someone who was asking if she was alright. Upon hearing him, Ember turned towards the man and spoke up in his direction.
"No I am not sir. I am lost and I am all alone." It was as soon as she said this did she feel herself being picked up by the man and was curious as to where she was now going with the man. Ember wanted to struggle out of his clutches, but something told her not to and to trust what the man was doing. It was as Ember was still being carried by the man did she have to know something, his name, and that is what she did.
"Uh, sir, if you do not mind me asking, but what is your name?" Ember asked wanting to know.
"My name is Danny. What is your name little one?"
"Ember. That is my name," was her response to what was asked of her. Ember still allowed her to be carried by Danny until she saw a house in the distance that Danny was walking to. Upon seeing this, she knew that she had to ask what he was doing.
"Danny, what are you doing?"
"What I am doing is that I am bringing you to my house. You are a lost little girl and someone like you should not be alone. I am going to help you find your parents." When Ember heard that he was going to try to find her parents, she knew that she had to tell him something about herself that he needed to know.
"Danny, you won't be able to find my parents at all."
"Why is that?"
"It is because I am a ghost." When Danny heard this, he looked at the little girl that was in his arms and could not believe that he had a ghost in his arms the entire time. The other thing that kind of confused Danny was that if she was a ghost, why didn't his ghost sense go off at all. That is right. You heard it right. Danny is also a ghost as well, but he is not a full ghost. Danny is a halfa, a person that is half-human and half-ghost. How he was like that was due to his parents invention called the Fenton Ghost Portal that was made in the basement when he was 14. Upon receiving the news from Ember of who she was, Danny looked at her and gave her a gentle smile.
"What are you smiling about Danny?" she asked wanting to know.
"It is nothing. Nothing at all. I am glad to know that you did tell me the truth." Ember smiled at Danny when she heard this and was happy to know that he was not freaking out at all due to the fact that she was a ghost at all. Danny continued to walk with Ember in his arms until he got to the door of his house. As soon as he opened up the door, he continued to hold onto Ember for he wanted her to get cleaned up first. It was as she was still being held by him that she had to ask of what he was doing.
"Uh, Danny, where are you taking me?" she asked with a bit of trepidation.
"I am taking you to the bathroom for you to get cleaned up. I can tell that it has been a while since you have had a chance to be clean. So, while you are taking your bath I will be bringing up a pair of fresh clothes for you to wear." When she heard this, she was happy to see that he actually did care for her. Upon seeing the bathroom, she started the tub and prepared to get clean. As she was getting cleaned up, Danny went upstairs to get the old clothes that his mother had held onto when both Danny and Jazz were growing up. Upon judging how Ember looks, he guessed her to be at least four years old. With that guess in his mind, Danny went to the box that held the clothes when Jazz was four and brought them down. It was as he came down from the attic that he saw and noticed that Ember was done with her bath. Upon seeing that she had a towel wrapped around her, Danny motioned for Ember to follow him to a bedroom to where she could get changed.
"Alright Ember, since I did not know what could have fit you or anything like that, I grabbed my sister's clothes from when she was younger for you to try out. I would like for you to look through them to see what you like." Ember heard this and she was still in shock to see how he was helping her. It was then that Ember thought back to Desiree, a wish granting genie ghost, which she would always go to for a chance to get cleaned up and for a fresh change of clothes. It was as she saw the clothes that she knew that she had to ask.
"Danny, where did you find the clothes?"
"Oh, my mother kept both my baby clothes as well as my sister's baby clothes. She loves to hold onto them to where she can look at them and reminisce about the past when I used to be your age." When she heard this, she looked at Danny and gave him a small smile. Ember continued to look through the clothes until she was able to find something that she liked, a small sundress. When she was completely dressed, she went to Danny and showed him.
"Thank you for the fresh clothes and thank you for helping me, but I do not want to bother you anymore. If you want, I can leave." When Danny heard this, he knew that he had to stop her.
"Ember, you do not have to leave at all. I would not mind taking care of you. I can tell that your afterlife must have been tough. I would also like to guess that you have been living all alone for your entire afterlife, is that right?" Danny asked her. When this was asked of her, she knew that she had to tell Danny.
"I have been alone for nearly all of my afterlife, except for a couple of times when Desiree would help me out, just like you have, but never had she once told me that I could stay. You are the first to have ever done that for me." When Danny heard Desiree's name, he started to think as to how she could have helped this little girl that was in front of him. It was as he was thinking that he had a clue. He thought that Desiree did everything that he did for her. A chance to get cleaned up and a fresh change of clothes. Danny then looked back at Ember and saw that she still looked different. He noticed that she still had flaming hair and that her skin was a teal color. Knowing that no one that he knew had features like that, he came up with a solution. He had to make Ember look human and he knew the only way to do it, but before attempting, he wanted to ask her.
"Ember if you had a chance to look human, would you take it?" When she heard this, she was shocked. To have the chance to look like a human would be better for her for she would actually fit in with everyone. Looking at Danny, she nodded her head vigorously up and down nodding 'yes'. Danny saw this and knew what he had to do next.
"If that is the case, would you please follow me? I know a place that might help be able make you look like a human. Since I see that you are already dressed, let's head on out." Not wanting to waste any time at all, Ember flew right to Danny's head and just sat on his shoulders. Danny saw this and he just laughed at what she did, but he did not care at all. If this is how she wanted to be carried then let it be. Luckily for Danny, when they arrived at Waverly Dye's, which only took Danny ten minutes to get to, he had to get Ember off his shoulders for he had to look around to find the proper dye's. As he was looking around, he saw a section in the store that was labeled 'hair dyes' and 'skin dyes'. Upon seeing this section, he looked at what the selection was. As he looked at Ember who was standing beside him, he thought of what would look best for her. It was as he was thinking that it came to him. He would grab a bottle of skin dye that would match his skin color, well close to his hue. As he was now looking at the hair dye's, he looked at Ember and had a question that he wanted to ask her.
"Ember, what color hair would you like to have?" As she heard this, she thought about it for a bit and did not know what she wanted. It was she looked at Danny did she see his hair color, his raven color black hair.
"I want your hair Danny." When he heard this, he smiled. Looking back at the shelf, he grabbed a bottle of raven-black. Having everything ready, he bought the items and went back to his home. When they both arrived, he read the instructions on the bottle and saw that the skin dye had to be diluted in water first then the person is then submerged in the water dye color. One thing that Danny was able to do was that when he was at the store, he bought a couple of miscellaneous items such as a hair-cap and a couple of place holdings for the fingers as well. With everything now in his hands, he looked at Ember and spoke up to her.
"Ember, can you please follow me to the bathroom?"
"Okay Danny." Ember followed Danny to the bathroom and it was there did Danny start to get the preparations ready to transform Ember. When she saw what he was doing, Ember began to wonder of what he was doing. She was about to ask when she heard Danny speak up instead.
"Ember, are you ready to look like a human?" Not wanting to waste a second at all, Ember quickly took off her clothes and jumped in the tub. As soon as she was in, Danny grabbed the skin dye that he was going to apply first. With careful ease, Danny started to apply the skin dye first making sure that Ember was covered from head to toe. He was able to get every part of her, except for her face, which for him was going to be difficult, but he had an idea.
"Can you please put this hair cap on?"
"Why Danny?"
"It is so that way your hair does not turn the same color as your skin." Hearing this from Danny, she took the hair cap that was given to her and put it on. Once it was on, Danny looked at her and spoke up again.
"Now this is going to sound crazy, but can you please close your eyes and hold your breath? I am unable to get your face, and you going under the water is the only way that it will be able to get applied." Hearing Danny's explanation, Ember began to hold her breath and she submerged herself in the water. About twenty seconds went by when Ember came back up with human looking skin everywhere. Once she was done, Danny started to drain the tub thus allowing Ember to step out of the tub. Once she was out, she was about to dry herself off when Danny stopped her.
"Ember, can you please not dry yourself off for about a minute? The skin dye has to set in." When she heard this, she listened to Danny and waited for about a minute to go by until she would be able to dry herself off. Once she was done, she noticed that Danny was starting up the water again, which confused her.
"Danny, what are you doing?"
"I need to fix your hair. That is the last thing that I have to do." Ember heard this and knew that he was right and she let him fix her hair so that way she would look like a human everywhere. Once Danny knew that the water was at a good temperature, he asked Ember to politely lean her head over the tub so that way he could apply the hair dye. Ten minutes went by until Danny was done with the hair dye. Once that was done, he let Ember know that she had to wait another minute for her to dry her hair off. Once that time passed, she was able to dry her hair off and once she was done, she looked at herself in the mirror, and with what she saw, she was happy to see what she know looked like. She now looked like a girl that could easily pass for a human. Upon seeing her full transformation, Ember went to Danny and started to give him a hug. It was as she was hugging him that she spoke up.
"Thank you for taking care of me." Danny looked at the little girl that was before him and knew that he was going to be taking care of her for a long time to come.
The days had been going by quickly for the two and it was also during those days as well that Ember was loving the time that Danny was spending with her. It was also during one of those days as well when Ember was getting ready to go to bed, and it was she was being tucked in by Danny, did she softly say in her sleep the words that would change Danny's life.
"I love you dad," she said as she fell asleep.
"I love you too, my little angel." It was there and then did the two finally became a small family due to the small changes that the two brought upon one another.