Disclaimer: Danny Phantom and related characters don't belong to me. The female ghost (name not yet mentioned) does belong to me, to use her, ask me for permission.

This chapter is on a subject I don't know about and to be honest don't want to know about. i.e. this story isn't based on real facts. It's all made up.

My Aborted Child

Chapter 2

"Ngh, ngh..." panted a mother.
"Almost there, just one more push." A ghost nurse persisted. Finally, the blue baby was out, crying so loud, that the whole ghost zone would be able to hear her.
"There's another one coming!" Another nurse said, surprised when another head came out.

"Keep pressing!" The nurse continued, while the other took the little blue baby and started checking it's health. The nurse found that it was a girl. A short while later, the nurse had the second baby as well, doing the usual checks. Once that was done, she brought the child to it's sister and mother. She then left, so that the mother could have some privacy with her children and also to find the woman's husband.

"Oh, you two are beautiful..." The mother said, feeling awkward at not being able to hold either babies motherly. She looked up, when she felt a soft material land around her neck and knew immediately why.

"Hello Clockwork." the mother said, looking up at the ghost, smiling.
"I take it the birth went smoothly."

"Yes, but no one ever told me it was that painful." Clockwork smiled softly at the mother and flew over to the two babies.
"Do you already know what you are going to call them?" He asked, looking at the two children frozen in time. He stroked the cheek of one of the children and looked up into the green eyes of their mother.

"Well, my husband and I both agreed on calling our child Ember if a girl."
"And the other child?" There, the mother hesitated.

"I don't know. Maybe Ash, my husband still doesn't know that we had "twins." I have to wait until he comes to decide on a name."
"As you wish. I would like to direct you at a name that would have been chosen in an alternate Universe, but ultimately, he is now your child." The mother nodded.
"So why did you come?"

"Just to see if all went well."
"There's got to be more to it than that."

"You are right Mrs. McLain. The child is human, but inherited ghost DNA from you, partly because he grew in your womb, but also so he could survive, seeing as he has been removed from his mothers womb. But there lies the problem, he is still human. That's why I made this." He took out a necklace, it looked pretty plain, just a silver chain, with a silver medallion hanging from it.

"It will hide the boy's human side." He picked up the boy and tied it around his neck. Mrs. McLain waited a moment, after getting the child back, before saying "He doesn't look much different from before."

"No, that's because he already looks ghost. You will one day know why he has been given this. Now, if you excuse me, I'm needed somewhere else." With that, Clockwork disappeared, leaving the mother holding the two babies. She sighed and looked at the boy. Time started moving again and a distant voice started becoming louder.

"I can't believe I missed it!" Her husband yelled down the halls and flew straight into the room. "Honey, are you OK? Not hurt? Nothing went wrong?" His wife in turn just pointed with her head at the two babies, who were both sleeping. The ghost instantly calmed down and smiled at the two children.

Her husband picked up Ember. "She's beautiful." He said, stroking the babies cheek. It let her head rest against his hand, making him smile. He then looked at the baby boy. "We had twins?" Mrs. McLain nodded, now holding the other baby motherly.
"It was a surprise to me as well." There was a short pause, where both parents studied the sleeping baby boy.

"Shall we give him the name we would have given Ember?"
"What, Ash? No. I'd rather not." There was a pause, where both parents thought for a while.

"How about Phantom?" Mrs. McLain asked.
"What? No, that... That's no real name!" Her husband exclaimed, the name "Phantom" irking him.

"But Phantom's my favourite word and it is a real name..." The mother complained, playfully pouting, but at the same time made sure she didn't wake Ember or her son.

"It can be his middle name, but more than that, no. Anyway, you already got to call our little girl your favourite name, I would like to name him." The mother smiled and nodded. Her husband thought for a while, before he said "Danube."

"Danube?" The mother giggled at the name, about to object, when Mr. McLain continued.
"Well, if I remember correctly..." He leaned over his wife, resting his head on her shoulder. "... That river was where we met for the first time, also the place where we got engaged..." The mother stopped giggling and thought for a while. Sighing, the mother smiled and agreed, although she still felt Phantom was a better name. And so the boy was named Danube Phantom McLain.*

Jack just didn't know what was up with Maddie these days. Ever since he came back, she always seemed to be tense around him and she always seemed to have a face full of guilt whenever she looked at Jasmine.

For a change, he decided to take Jasmine out to the fair, that so happened to be in town that day. Jasmine was rather excited, pointing at everything and anything in sight, asking "Can I have one". Most of the time he said no, but when she started crying at not getting a teddy bear, he bought it and gave it to her.

Sighing, he took out some fudge that he had bought earlier that day and started eating it. "Daddy, Daddy, can we? Can we?" Jasmine asked, looking up at him with her teal eyes. He looked at the object she was asking about and nodded, when he saw it was the Ferris wheel.

He bought two tickets and he was quite pleased about getting one with only him and Jasmine in it. At first both looked out the window, Jack in deep-thought, Jasmine in excitement. But then she noticed her father.
"Daddy, what's the matter?" She asked, looking curiously at her father. Realising that he must have looked sad enough for a two year old to notice he quickly said "Nothing Jazzerincess, you just enjoy the ride.

Jasmine wasn't happy with that answer and continued asking "Is it mummy?" He sighed, not giving Jasmine an answer. But she was persistent.
"Why's mummy not happy?"

"To be honest Jasmine, I don't know. All I know is that when I came back, she was... Well... Don't worry your pretty little head about it, soon she'll be happy again." He patted her on the head, her reaction being a giggle. Obviously she believed her father, since she settled down next to him and enjoyed the rest of the ride. But Jack's mind was far from the fair.

Later that day, in the late evening...

Jack was ready in bed, waiting for Maddie to come back, holding his own teddy bear, Ted. When she came out, she also got into bed, but kept her distance between herself and Jack. There was an awkward pause, before Maddie grabbed a book and started to read.

"Mads..." Jack started, not daring to look at her. She didn't say anything, she just read. "Did... Did I do something wrong?" She then turned her head sharply to look at Jack, but looked very nervous, her face looking like she was being torn between two choices or something.

"Jack... A couple days ago..." She started after a pause, but then changed her mind. "Jack, you are the most wonderful thing to ever happen to me. It's just that something has happened on my... My family side, and I'm still kinda shook up about it." Jack was quiet for a short while.

"It's Alicia isn't it. You're having an argument with her about me again, aren't you?" Another pause.
"Yes. I'm... I'm sorry I've been acting this way, it may take a while until everything's normal again."

"Do you want me to talk to her-"
"No! I mean, no. I'm sure it will sort itself out."

"Oh. OK Mads, g'night."
"Night sweetheart." Maddie said, also trying to get some sleep. Only to find she couldn't. After a while, specifically after Jack had started snoring, she got up and decided to check up on Jasmine. As she walked down the hallway, she subconsciously looked to her left, to see the storage room. Suddenly, the sickening feeling swelled up inside her and she stared at the room for a long time.

That room was meant for another child... Before she continued that thought, she hurriedly moved on, trying to forget of what could be. She then walked quietly into Jasmine's room, opening the door, which creaked eerily.

She smiled, when she saw Jasmine, curled up on her bed, sleeping quietly, her red hair spread across the pillow. The moon shined down on her little girl, making it seem magical. Maddie entered the room and sat down next to her, watching the girl quietly sleep, hugging a bear tightly. It reminded Maddie of Albert Einstein. Knowing from where it probably came from, she gently touched it, to get a better look at it.

Jasmine stirred a bit, but continued sleeping. After a while, Maddie decided to go, leaning over Jasmine to kiss her forehead. She then whispered "I'm sorry..." to her, as if that would change anything to what she had done. She then left, to leave a Jasmine behind, that had been very much awake, and puzzled at what her mother had last said.

*For those interested, I dubbed Ember, Ember Ashleigh McLain.

I wanted Danny to grow up with a brother or sister, but the only ghosts his age are/is Ember (I'm not so sure about Kitty and Johnny 13). I originally wanted Kitty to be his "adopted" sister, but decided against it, because as I said before, I'm not so sure about her age, and to second that, Ember is (as far as I'm concerned) more popular than Kitty (I maybe wrong, but yeah...) I could have made him grow up with an OC family, but I know how much I, myself, dislike OCs, so I just dumped him in someone else's family, in this case, Embers.

I hope you guys like that idea. ^^; R&R.