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Resurrected Memories
Chapter 2: The Awakening
Ember was stirring and was beginning to regain consciousness. She blinked and felt some light in her eyes, bothering her vision. Rubbing her eyes, she was finally coming to.
"Ow….What hit me?…."Ember muttered as she hissed a bit, feeling all sorts of soreness from her head to her toes.
"Where am I?..."She thought as she checked her surroundings.
She noticed she was in what looked to be a hospital room and she was on a bed, shaking her head, she figured some ghost must have found her unconscious and took her Ghostly General Hospital, the only hospital in the ghost zone that was worth going to.
All others were run by the ghosts of depraved doctors who enjoyed their jobs a little too much, but Ghostly General was actually trust worthy as far as she was concerned, it was where most ghosts went after major fights or dealing with that pest Phantom.
Looking around, she knew her theory was wrong, this room didn't look like it belong to Ghostly General...it looked...too human.
"What?..."Ember thought in surprise. She tried to get up but felt pain all over her body once more.
"What the heck happened to me?...'She wondered before memories came back. She suddenly remember she was in the ghost zone about to use a natural portal before getting zapped and losing consciousness.
"Oh, it's good that your awake"...A perky voice called out suddenly.
Ember looked up to see a plump, middle aged nurse come in her room and she was shocked to see it was a human nurse.
"What?..." ...Ember was really confused now...If the nurse was human, then that meant she was in a human hospital?
But why?…
"You gave us quite a scare there sweetie"… The nurse said kindly as she brought her breakfast, confusing the ghostly diva even more by her friendly behavior.
Most humans ran away screaming from the sight of a ghost, but she was treating her like any other patient.
"What happened?"...Ember asked in confusion, trying to make sense of what was happening.
Even if she was injured, she knew the chances of someone willingly taking her to a human hospital was unlikely, but it seemed to have happened.
"I'm afraid that's something I should be asking you, dear'...The nurse answered in a concern tone as she placed a tray filled with pancakes and eggs in front of the confused songstress.
Ember suddenly felt her stomach grumble and started nibbling the breakfast in front of her...until her eyes widen as much as they physically could!
She felt her stomach grumble...being a ghost she didn't need to eat, the action was only for pleasure and out of habit and she has eaten a few times but she didn't NEED to.
She hasn't felt the need sinc-
Ember subconsciously placed her hand on her stomach and finally noticed the skin tone and nearly flinched. Her skin was no longer the same ghostly white tone she has had for years now...No!, it was a fair color only common among humans, while some ghosts did have more "human-ish-colors", she knew she wasn't one of them.
"W-What is all this?...What the hell is going on?...'Ember thought in a near panic as she eyed her hands, as if it was the first time she's ever noticed them.
"Are you alright, dear? You look like something spooked you?..."The nurse asked in a concerned voice to Ember, which didn't help her one bit.
"Um...could you please hand me a mirror"...Ember, in her petrified state, barely managed to ask the nurse who did as she ask without question and went to find a mirror.
With her gone, Ember was flat out staring at her hands and feeling her own stomach grumbling, signaling the need for sustenance...If she didn't know any better, it would almost seem like she was hu-
"This isn't possible….It's NOT possible...this is just some mistake!" ...Ember kept chanting to herself in her mind, hoping that her suspicions were wrong. She was in an inner debate whether to place her hand on her chest and see if-
"Here's the mirror you asked for, dearie...'The nurse said as she came in the room.
Ember grabbed the mirror but it took all her willpower to lift it and see if her theory was true or not. Sighing, she took a look and her eyes widen as much as they physically could.
She stared at a face she hasn't seen in years. It was her face! Or at least, it was the face she had before she died all those years ago. She didn't see her ghostly green eyes or the Robbin egg blue flames that made up her hair….all she saw was dark auburn hair and sky blue eyes, along with fair skin.
"SHIT!"...Was all that came to her mind as she stared at her reflection.
She wasn't staring at the face of Ember Mclain, the ghostly pop princess and recurring enemy of Danny Phantom. She was staring at the face of Amberline Carol Mclain...her old self...her HUMAN self!
This was not good.
The nurse was happily doing her routine job but noticed the troubled expression on the young girls face and realized something must be bothering her.
"Are you alright, dear?" The nurse asked in a concerned tone, noticing her patience's uneasy look
Ember's survival instincts immediately kicked in and she knew suddenly she couldn't risk bringing more attention to herself until she figured out what the hell was going on! Using all of her strength she forced a smile on her face and put the mirror down.
"I'm...I'm fine...just a little...dizzy"...She barely managed to force out of her mouth, trying to not faint from the sight of seeing herself alive!.
"This can' be happening...This just isn't possible!...'Ember shouted internally.
While the nurse wasn't looking, Ember placed her hand on her chest for the final test and paled when her suspicions were confirmed. There was a heartbeat...she was alive!
But how the hell was that possible?! Ghost don't just suddenly become humans again! It was a fact of nature for crying out loud!
"Just try and relax dear and the doctor will see you in a bit"…The nurse advices her as she wrote something on her clipboard as the former ghost girl could only sit there in disbelief.
She couldn't just suddenly come back to life, could she?
Ember was brainstorming and trying to find an explanation to this. There just had to be some logical explanation for this!
"Come on Mclain, think?! You were in the ghost zone trying to go through a natural portal and you got zapped and woke up in a human hospital alive as it seems...HOW?!...Ember was desperately trying to make sense of it.
Then it suddenly clicked in her mind.
"Wait...The portal!"...Ember thought as she recalled her memory...it was the only thing that made sense, it zapped her and natural portal's had a strange energy in them, so it clearly did something to her but she still couldn't believe it.
Had the zap from the natural portal somehow brought her back to life?
"This must be some kind of nightmare!"...She groaned internally, not wanting to believe any of it.
Ember didn't want to be human again, she hated her human life and tried her best not to think about it as a ghost. Her old self, her human self was a girl named Amberline Carol Mclain and she was a nothing.
Amberline Carol Mclain was a loser, a geek, the girl no one else noticed and a popular target for the A-listers. She was routinely bullied, mocked and degraded and ultimately ignored and forgotten on a daily basis and she was sick of it.
It was only after death she experienced what real freedom and power were like...and that was because she took it. Ember Mclain was a tough girl no one dared to cross, she did whatever she wanted to and she was respected. She was a somebody, she was strong, she was popular and she was powerful.
Amberline was none of that, she was born a loser and she died a loser, and only from the ashes she became Ember and that was all that remained on the once shy, pathetic girl who no one remembered.
A girl she didn't want to remember as well.
Ember had to take control of this situation, and she had to know what happened during the time she was knocked out...turning to the nurse who was still writing something idly on her little clipboard, shaking off her soreness, Ember knew what she had to do.
"Um….Could you tell me how I got here?" Ember said in a polite tone, she usually never bothered with that but she knew she was in some mess and she couldn't afford to get on the woman's bad side
The nurse however gave her a warm smile as she addressed her.
"Why certainly dear, Danny Phantom brought you in here" The nurse replied and a smile sprang to her face, it was obvious the nurse was a fan of his.
Ember only stood there agape, she was pretty sure her jaw was hanging open at this point. Did she really just hear that?!
"Phantom?!"...Ember yelped in shock…The dipstick brought her here?!
The nurse however, mistook her reaction for one of amazement
"Why yes, he told us he caught you when you were falling out of the sky and he saved you, but you were unconscious and injured so he brought you here, he also told us to inform him when you woke up"...The nurse explain in a perky way, obviously excited for the chance to see the world hero again.
Ember however didn't share the excitement, not only was she human again but the dipstick saved her life?!...This was humiliating!
The nurse soon left to attend some business and Ember was finally left alone with her thoughts. She was human again and the dipstick was on his way to make sure she was alright...ugh!
"This can't be happening!"...Ember bellowed and slammed her fists on the bed...and to her shock one of her hands fazed through the bed.
'WHAT THE HELL?"...Ember yelled as she pulled her hand out and saw it regain solid form.
"No way?"...She breathed out in amazement as she stared at the appendage. Ember couldn't believe it...she still had her powers?!...or at least intangibility.?
"I can't believe it...How can I have a heartbeat and powers?...'Ember asked to no one but herself, still shell shocked by this little discovery.
She suddenly remember that she heard stories about Phantom and Plasmius and how they got their powers, both were in lab accident and got zapped by artificial portals and became half ghosts. Could that natural portal somehow gave her a human form?!
Did it somehow...half-revived her?
Ember quickly dismissed that idea, it wasn't possible, and it was completely ridiculous...
"There is just no way...Ghost's don't come to life and they don't keep their powers..."Ember thought to herself, until another, more pressing thought entered her mind.
"Then again, it used to be impossible for humans to gain ghost powers and still have beating hearts"…she thought bitterly as her theory was starting to seem less ridiculous.
And it unfortunately seemed to start making sense now.
Phantom and Plasmius were humans who got electrocuted by ghost portals and now had ghost powers but still retained there human forms...Could a similar thing have happened to her?
She had to test her theory…she needed proof...but she also needed privacy to do so, she couldn't afford to get caught. Calling the nurse who was just out the door, she asked to go to the bathroom.
Ember, ignoring her initial soreness, got out of bed but had trouble balancing herself, ghosts weighed much less than humans did and the sudden added weight of her new body threw her off, the nurse quickly caught her and helped her balance herself.
"Whoa, there...Are you sure you're alright dear?...The nurse asked in a very worried tone to her patient.
"I'm fine, I just lost my balance is all"...Ember lied automatically, she was worried about what other surprised her new body had
After the nurse helped guide her to the nearest bathroom, Ember muttered a quick "thanks" before she shut the door and was glad it was a one person bathroom which meant no one else would walk in on her.
"Okay….Okay, Mclain….You can do this...'Ember muttered as she stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror.
Taking a deep breath...something she hasn't done in years, she tried to test her theory. However, after about 2 minutes, nothing happened…She didn't know why but she couldn't change back into her real self.
"How the heck does the dipstick do it?! He makes his transformation look easy!...'Ember growled as she tried to do something, anything, to change her form.
Ember was getting very upset, she wanted to see her ghostly green eyes and fire hair again, not the blue eyes and red hair of her reflection that was almost mocking her. She kept thinking about her real ghost form until she felt a strange sensation around her body...looking down she noticed a pair of blue rings travel up and down her body.
"W-What the-..."Ember gasped as she watched her fair color hands suddenly become chalky white and could feel the rest of her body changing into a much more familiar form.
Once finished she saw herself in the mirror...her ghost self in the mirror.
"I can't believe it…." Ember muttered as shock and realization consumed her and barely noticed when the rings returned and replaced Ember with Amberline once more.
It seems her little theory was true...but it didn't ease her at all.
"Looks like being half ghost works both ways"...She thought ruefully as she gazed in horror at the human face in the bathroom mirror.
-To be continued-
Next time on Resurrected Memories
Memories
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
Invader Johnny: Indeed.
Wiseguy2415: Thank you for pointing out that little error, I still don't know how it happened really
Zachary Gilmore and Anonymous: Thanks.
Winter Arctica: I've always been curious about the portals in general and the very nature of halfa's as well...One day I thought to myself "What if a ghost gets zapped by a portal? Would they become half human?...This is my take on that little theory. Anyway, I'm glad you find it interesting.
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