A first chapter—another attempt to gain attention...I mean...reviews...I mean...never mind.
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2 (Season)-1 (Episode): Memory Blank
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Danny stared at the A+ he had received on his most-recent English test. He looked at Mr. Lancer in surprise. The overweight teacher simply smiled at him before continuing to hand out the test. Danny winced when he saw Dash's annoyed face; it looked like Dash had failed the test, and the jock always took out his bad grades on the poor half-ghost teen. As if Dash just remembered this, he smirked at Danny evilly. Danny nervously gulped and hoped his powers were going to co-operate when needed to escape the jock...
Danny gasped as a whisp of blue mist swirled out of his mouth. He glanced around the room to see Sam staring out the window with an annoyed look on her face. A new 'monster truck'-esque truck was being sold at the deal ship across the road from Casper High, and it was a major environmental hazard, according to it's list of what it was made from. Danny listened carefully as Sam muttered, "I wish somebody would destroy those stupid trucks..."
Unbeknownst to everyone, the genie/wishing ghost known as Desiree happened to be flying by. She heard this wish and smiled slyly before aiming a purple-glowing hand...
It was then that there was a loud crash and there was a slight earthquake. Students screamed when they saw the large cow that advertised the nearby grocery store start stomping towards the enviroment-hazard trucks. Danny took the distraction as a chance for him to transform into Phantom before going invisible and intangible. He phased out of the school and right in front of the giant cow before rematerializing.
The ghost boy vaguely heard the cheers of his fellow classmates, but ignored them as he pointed dramatically at the giant cow, "Stop, fiend! Whatever you do...do not harm those trucks!" Phantom pointed to the trucks.
...What?...You had to admit, those trucks were awesome! So Sam would hurt him for saving them from the giant cow...wait, that would be bad...uh, oh...
...Anyway, the cow glared at him with glowing red eyes before lifting a leg. Phantom's eyes widened in realization as he was drenched with milk.
With a bemused look on our favorite half-ghost boy's face, he remarked, "I...I think I just became lactose intolerant." He quickly flew towards the giant cow with his left fist swirling with blue ecto-energy...
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He's a phantom
Danny-Phantom-Phantom...
Yo' Danny Fenton,
was just fourteen,
When his parents built,
A very strange machine
It was designed,
to view,
a world unseen
(Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom-Phantom-Phantom
When it didn't quite work,
His folks,
they just quit,
But then Danny took a look,
inside of it,
There was a great big flash,
Every thing changed,
His molecules,
got all rearranged!
(Phantom! Phantom!)
When he woke up,
He,
realized,
He had snow white hair,
And glowing green eyes,
He could walk through walls,
disappear,
and fly,
He was much more unique,
Then the other guy!
But then Danny knew,
what he had to do,
He had to stop the ghosts who were coming through!
He's here to fight,
For me,
and you!
Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom!
Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom!
Gotta-catch-em-all-cause'-he's-Danny-Phantom!
He's Danny Phantom!!
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"Nice job beating that evil cow, dude." Tucker complimented as the trio walked out of school. It had been last period when the giant cow had attacked, and the period had been cut short because of the attack, which was a very good thing.
"Yeah, well..." Danny shrugged. "Those innocent trucks didn't deserve such a horrible fate."
"'Innocent'!?" Sam demanded angrily, "Those trucks are the most massive environmental hazard I've seen ever!...Next to that pollution ghost you fought the other day...it's kinda close tie." She looked thoughtful.
Danny, who was still covered in milk, looked down at himself in annoyance. He had managed to defeat the giant cow, yes, but he had used a massive ecto-blast. He had been shocked when it was a dark blue ecto-blast instead of an emerald green. At first he had been worried, since Vlad Plasmius once fired a blue blast when he had been weakened...until Danny realized that this blue blast was extra powerful and Vlad had still been more powerful then him, even with that bleu energy.
Danny guessed that, as he got more powerful, he would fire different colors, which was pretty cool. He wondered how long it would be before he fired violet blasts like a certain fruitloop...
Anyway, getting off-topic, here. When Phantom had used the new-colored blast, he had let it linger so it continued to push against the giant cow until it blew up. This caused Phantom to fall down until he landed in a dumpster. Said dumpster's lid fell down as he reverted to his human form. He had been covered in milk when Mr. Lancer found him. He had a hard time explaining that one without revealing his secret, but he managed.
Danny spoke, "Wait...duh." He went intangible and the milk fell off. Relieved, he brushed himself off before explaining, "Sam, it's impossible to explain a male's affection for amazing trucks...especially when they're monster trucks. But, you do have a point, those trucks are pretty dangerous to the environment..."
"Hey, I have an idea! Why don't you haunt the place, you know...scare off a few costumers...make them buy a car from somewhere else?" Sam asked, eagerly.
"Sam...I'm the good guy, remember." Danny rolled his eyes, motioning to himself, "You know, the 'ghostly superhero of Amity Park'? I don't think haunting a place would be a good idea."
"Fine..." Sam sighed and pouted slightly, crossing her arms.
Danny looked thoughtful, "You know, it's weird...I heard you wish for the trucks to be destroyed, and then that giant cow comes to live and tries to destroy them. Coincidence?"
"No, not coincidence. Ghost." Tucker corrected, "But...what ghost brings things to life?"
"Or...grants wishes." Sam offered.
Danny's eyes widened in realization, a sudden burst of non-cluelessness surging through him. He opened his mouth to speak his mind, when there was a sudden call of his name, "Oh, Danny!"
Danny looked over his shoulder in confusion, "Paulina?" He looked at her in bemusement as the popular girl walked up to him with a smile on her face. Danny asked, crossing his arms, "What do you want?" But he didn't ask this in a rude way—in fact, he sounded rather kind.
"I wanted to invite you to my fifteenth birthday party!" Paulina smiled happily. She frowned and pouted slightly, "Why didn't you respond to my e-mail invite?"
"Uh...because...when you invited me...I thought you were joking." Danny uncrossed his arms and blinked a bit sheepishly.
Tucker nodded in agreement, "Yeah, since when do you invite us to anything?"
"Oh, you silly boys! Of course I wanted to invite you!" She smiled and handed the invite to Danny and added quickly, "Oh, and the ghost boy goes wherever you go, which means if you and your loser friends come, he might come too!" She then waved, "See you there!" She walked off happily.
Danny stared after her before sighing, "Great...why can't I be invited to party for a reason other then the 'ghost boy'!?" Danny read the invitation and said, "Well...if it weren't for the fact I feel bad for not 'bringing' the ghost boy to the last party...and Paulina does really want to see my ghost half..."
"But..." Sam read over Danny's shoulder. "That party is on Saturday!"
"So?" Tucker asked.
"That's when Danny promised to bring me to the most awesome movie of the year..." Sam motioned to the nearby movie poster, which featured three super-villainess'. Danny and Tucker exchanged looks as Sam spoke, "It's the battle of the three most awesome female super-villains in movie history: Femalien vs. Terminatra vs. Nightmerica!" She hugged the poster giddily, "I can't wait!" She paused and turned to Danny angrily, "And you promised we would go!!"
Danny sighed and held up the invite, "Come on, Sam! We're never invited to these things! You guys can come, too, so it's not like you're missing anything! Please?" He pouted.
"Yeah, and if Danny doesn't go, I can't go, either!" Tucker complained before joining in on the pouting, "Please?"
"No." Sam answered, firmly crossing her arms and shutting her eyes tightly.
Danny and Tucker simultaneously plead at a fast pace, "Pretty-please-with-those-dark-licorice-sprinkles-and-that-black-frosting-you-like-with-those-little-gummy-bats-on-top!?"
Sam opened her eyes and stared at them, her arms still crossed. She sighed as Danny and Tucker continued with their puppy-dog eyes, "Fine..."
"Yay!" Danny and Tucker cheered. Danny hugged Sam and said, "You're the best! I better go and chose what to wear to the party...don't wait up!" He ran into an alley and transformed into everyone's favorite crimson-eyed ghost boy before flying off. Tucker happily ran off to do the same...minus the going ghost and flying part, off course.
Sam frowned, "Oh, well..." She sighed and walked off grimly, sad that Danny wasn't going on their second official date as a couple, which he seemed to have forgotten. She muttered to herself, "I...just wish somebody would...I dunno...destroy Paulina or something."
Desiree phased from the ground while invisible as she watched Sam walk away. The wishing ghost smiled evilly, "So you have wished it, so shall it be..." Purple energy shot from her hands and made the poster that featured Femalien vs. Terminatra vs. Nightmerica glow purple as well...
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The next day, the trio were casually walking down the hallway. Sam seemed a little upset, so Danny couldn't help but be concerned for his 'sort-of girlfriend'. He asked, "Are you ok, Sam? You seem a little...upset about something."
Sam sighed at his cluelessness before lying in a sad voice, "No...I'm fine."
"...Ok, but if there's something wrong, all you've got to do is—!" Danny gasped as his ghost sense activated. He glared over his shoulder before he ran around the corner and, seeing nobody looking at him, transformed into his ghost form. Once he was Danny Phantom, he glanced back into the hallway to only see his friends standing there. The crimson-eyed half-ghost walked over to them and said, "I'll be right back." He went intangible and flew up through the roof, his legs a ghost tail beneath him.
Tucker asked Sam, bemused, "He forgot about your date, huh?"
"Yup."
"And you can't bring yourself to be mad at him?"
"No, I'm mad at him. I just can't bring myself to yell at him." Sam sighed tiredly, "I know he loves me...nothing will change that...but he...he cares too much about everyone at once. That's why he wants to be at Paulina's party, right?"
Tucker nodded, "Yeah. It's all a part of his hero complex of his."
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Meanwhile, Phantom was flying down the hallway with a determined look on his face as he chased what looked like the super villain from Sam's movie she wanted to watch, Femalien. Phantom noted this to himself and decided to tell Sam about it. He dashed forward and watched in surprise as it was revealed to him that it was Paulina that the ghost was chasing.
Phantom shrugged to himself and announced, "Hey, freak-show!" He winced as memories of the person responsible for his crimson eyes floated into his mind, but he couldn't take back witty banter, could he? "Time to say goodbye!" Phantom shot a blue blast that knocked the super villain ghost into the ground.
"Ghost boy!" Paulina smiled happily.
Phantom gave her a quick grin before grabbing Femalien and throwing her intangibly through the floor. Phantom spoke, "Uh...you should get to class or something." He waved to Paulina casually and phased through the floor.
"Wait!" Paulina shouted. Phantom poked his head through the floor, still intangible. Paulina explained, "If I invite you, I can un-invite Danny Fenton and his loser friends!"
Phantom almost glared and defended himself and his friends, but decided against it and said, "Invite me to what, exactly?"
"My party! Please come!" Paulina pouted, holding down the invitation. Phantom sighed and took said piece of paper.
"Fine. See you on Saturday, I guess." Phantom shrugged and phased back through the floor.
Paulina smiled dreamily, "He is so cute..."
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Sam and Tucker, seconds later, were walking down the hallway. Students were all quickly entering the classrooms.
The goth girl and techno-geek went to do the same, when Danny Phantom phased up through the floor in front of the door of the classroom all three of them were about to enter. Two light blue rings formed at his waist as he was still intangible, reverting him human as well as making him solid the instant the rings passed over.
Danny said casually, "Hey, guys...you know, something weird happened when I beat that ghost..."
Phantom punched Femalien off of him and asked, "I didn't know you were a ghost...I wonder if there are any 'fictional' characters that are actually ghosts...anyway, what do you want?"
"Destroy...Paulina..." Femalien responded in a raspy voice.
"Paulina? Why are you after Paulina?" Phantom asked in confusion. However, even if Femalien were able to talk in complete sentences, it wouldn't have been able to respond as it began to fade away. "Wait! Who sent you!?"
"Saaaaaaaaaaam..."The super-villainess ghost responded before completely fading away.
"It said my name?" Sam asked, incredulous. She smiled, "That is so awesome!" Danny and Tucker stared at her weirdly. "What...?"
Danny nodded, "Yeah...but we'll worry about that later." The bell rang. "I'm sure it's nothing, but...I have a feeling that something's going to happen...ah, well, since when have I been right about something like that, anyway!"
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The trio were eating at a picnic table. Sam was sadly looking down at her salad and half-heartedly poking it with her fork. Tucker was eagerly eating his burger and Danny was boredly eating his chicken sandwich.
Sam suddenly asked, "So...are we still going to that party?"
"Huh...? Oh, the party? No...Paulina invited the 'ghost boy' when I, err, 'he' saved her from that ghost, so now we can't go." Danny sighed tiredly, "But it's ok...especially since I can do this, now." The half-ghost stood up, glanced around, and went ghost. Once he was Phantom, he concentrated and a pair of light blue rings appeared to his left, splitting from each other as if someone was 'going ghost' in that spot. When the rings passed over the empty space, a duplicate of Phantom stood there.
Tucker's eyes widened, "You can do that now!?"
"Yup." The original ghost boy smiled. The duplicate added, "It doesn't cost much energy and is actually really easy to control. My 'mind' can only be in one body at a time, except one of us can control the other." The original took over the speech, "I'm working on making a third duplicate, too."
"Look, we all know how excited Sam is to see the fact you've mastered this power." Tucker rolled his eyes as Sam glared at him, blushing deeply. Ignoring the blushing goth girl, Tucker asked, "How are you supposed to avoid suspicion since only one of you can have intelligence at once?"
The original Phantom shrugged and let two light blue rings wash over him, reverting him to human form. He sat down, while his duplicate simply stood their blankly. 'Danny' will be the name of the original, 'Phantom' the duplicate, no matter which one of them is the one with intelligence. Danny smiled, "I can go on the date with Sam, while the 'ghost boy' will go to Paulina's b-day party. Unfortunately, I'll probably need to stay conscious in my duplicate for most of the time, but I'm sure it'll be fine."
"You don't have to do this for me, Danny..." Sam said, speaking for the first time since Danny had shown off his new ability.
"Well, it's our second date! I mean, the first date is important, but the second is just as, isn't it?" Sam stared blankly at Danny and he sighed, "Never mind..." He let the duplicate vanish. "At least I tried...I guess I should get ready for the party since it's tomorrow." He went to get up, when he suddenly gasped out a whisp of blue gas. The half-ghost groaned, "Oh, great..." In the distance, he heard Paulina scream. "Paulina! Oh, man...I'm goin' ghost!" He stood up on the seat and went ghost. He added to Sam, "Stay here."
"I promise." Sam replied softly. The ghost boy nodded and flew off. Sam then glared after him, "Just like you promised to go on that date!"
"He learned that new power just to go on that date." Tucker pointed out, confused as to why Sam was angry.
Sam glared, "I don't see why he doesn't just not go to Paulina's party. So of course I'm pissed!" She glared angrily and stomped after Danny, putting on the Spector Deflector that she swipe from Danny's backpack. She jumped on her motor scooter and took off.
Tucker sighed, "Oh, well..." He grinned and took a bag of chips from Danny's bag. "Hehhehheh..."
Meanwhile, Paulina was being chased by Terminatra. Paulina was on a motor scooter similar to the ones own ed by the trio, holding a dress protected by plastic in her hand. Terminatra was running along the buildings to Paulina's right. The super-villainess ghost shot a blast that just barely missed the dress. Paulina glared, "Hey!" The ghost didn't show any emotion to this and jumped off the roof, landing on the ground and continued running after Paulina.
The popular girl screeched to a halt and watched in fear as the ghost ran towards her. "This day so totally sucks!" Paulina grumbled sadly.
"Well, then, let's try to lighten it up, why don't we?" Phantom phased up through the ground and landed beside Paulina, regaining tangibility with a grin.
"Ghost boy! My days getting better already!" Paulina smiled.
Phantom looked at Terminatra as she began getting closer. He spoke to Paulina, "I'll take care of her. You better leave before this gets ugly!" Paulina nodded and ran off. Phantom was tackled by Terminatra not even a second later and sent flying into the water fountain.
Terminatra's back opened up with metal-like tentacles that grabbed Phantom and electrocuted him. The ghost boy screamed in pain and was thrown into the water, sitting down with his knees bended slightly as he half-laid down. A tired look was on his face as he reverted to human form. Before the super-villainess could finish him off, Sam suddenly rode in on her motor scooter. The goth girl had the Spector Deflector activated as she shouted, "Get away from him!"
"Sam?" Danny was shocked his sort-of girlfriend had followed him.
Sam smashed into Terminatra, sending her flying. The ghostly villainess glared at Danny and Sam and hissed, "Saaaaaaaaaaaaam..." Before fading away.
"Wow...they really do say my name before vanishing...that is way too cool..." Sam muttered.
Danny frowned at Sam, "You must have something to do with these ghosts attacking Paulina..."
Sam's eyes widened in confusion. She reached out a hand and Danny accepted it. Sam pulled up to help the ghost boy out of the fountain, but the Spector Deflector took action and electrocuted Danny, causing him to fall back into the water again. Sam asked, narrowing her eyes in annoyance, "What are you saying...?"
"I'm saying that you must have done something and now I have to keep saving Paulina!" Danny snapped.
"Oh, so just because the ghosts say my name, it must be my fault! Since when have I made a mistake like that!?"
Danny rolled his eyes and mocked, "'Hey, let's change the lunch menu! Oh, and let's let the gorilla out! Let's not forget going to Circus Gothika!'" Danny's eyes flared a glowing red, "Especially that last one! If none of that had happened, I wouldn't have almost killed you! You mean too much to me!" He stood up and crossed his arms.
"Oh, I must really mean a lot to you!" Sam snorted, "So much that you want to go to a certain shallow witch's party instead of our second date!...You know what, I give up! I wish I had never met you!" Sam stomped off angrily, riding away on her motor scooter.
Danny glared after her for a moment. He paused and looked down. The invitation Paulina had given his ghost form had fallen out of Phantom's pocket before he had reverted human. Danny picked it up and read it over for a moment. Biting his lip, the half-ghost looked up at a poster with the three super-villainesses. Danny mumbled, "Good job, Fenton: you just ticked off one of the two only real friends you have!" He sighed and glanced at the invitation again briefly before calling out, "Sam! Wait up!" He made a move to go after Sam, but his ghost sense activated before he could exit the fountain.
Danny spun around and glanced around. He grumbled, "This better be good." Suddenly, an echoing evil laugh came from no-where as purple mist surrounded the half-ghost boy. Danny entered a battle pose just as Desiree formed from the mist. "Desiree!? You...you"—he went ghost—"look...different..."
"More powerful?" Desiree asked, smirking, "Yes, it's true, the more wishes I grant...the more powerful I get! I had to build up on power before facing you. Of course, I don't really need to grant my own wish when the one your girlfriend just made is good enough..."
"What?...N-no...you can't—!" Phantom protested. He couldn't even charge the smallest spark of energy in his hands before the genie ghost shot a purple beam. Phantom screamed as he blacked out...
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The next day at school, Sam casually walked towards Danny and Tucker. She felt horrible about yelling at her sort-of boyfriend, so she spoke to him in a slightly nervous voice, "Uh, hey."
"Do I know you?" Danny asked, confused. 'Why does she look so...familiar?' Flashes of Sam surged through his head, but he couldn't actually identify the memories he was seeing in his mind. 'W-what's going on...it's like...I remember her...but I don't!'
"Haha, very funny." Sam rolled her eyes, "Yesterday I wish I hadn't met you, and now you're acting like we've never met. Hilarious."
Danny blinked, "No, seriously...who are you?"
Sam blinked in confusion. Danny suddenly gasped as a whisp of blue mist escaped his mouth. The half-ghost gulped, "Um...I-I ha-have to-to-to g-go!" He quickly ran down the hallway. Tucker shrugged at Sam before running after him.
"But...they both don't remember me?" Questioned Sam in shock. 'That wish...oh, no...Desiree! She's the one granting all those wishes! She must have heard that wish I made that Paulina would be destroyed, and then the one that me and Danny had never met! Wait, Danny still has his powers...but I'm the one that convinced him to go into the portal...maybe Tucker was the one this time...? Oh, never mind! I have to fix this!' The goth girl ran after Danny and Tucker. She caught up to them as they hid behind the school.
Danny then transformed into Danny Phantom rather quickly. However, his eyes were green again!
'He was right...Freakshow wouldn't have hypnotized him if it hadn't been for me!' Thought Sam, horrified. 'Oh, God...I'm such an idiot!'
"Uh, Danny, you know that goth girl who said she knew you moments earlier?" Tucker nervously spoke, seeing Sam. The goth girl smiled nervously as the boys stared at her.
Phantom suddenly spoke, "It's not what you think!"
Sam sighed softly, "Yes, it is. And don't worry, I already knew. Just...listen to me for a moment..."
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"Why won't you believe me!?" Sam asked as she followed Danny as they walked home after school.
Danny rolled his eyes, "You expect me to believe that we were best friends, I used my powers to be a superhero, and you actually wished we had never met!?"
"Um...yeah." Sam grinned nervously, "Pretty much."
"...Right." Danny snorted, "The only person I've ever saved is my dad from this fruitloop of a ghost...other then that, I haven't saved anybody's lifes! I mean, I've never really had to fight ghosts since I usually keep a low profile."
"Wait...oh, man, you were right." Sam realized. Danny gave her a confused look and she explained, "Before I made that wish, you managed to blame everything that's happened to you on me...having to fight some of your major enemies...you've never met me, and none of that ever happened! I...I really did make your life horrible!" Sam was beginning to cry. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "I'll just be going..." And quickly ran off.
Danny stared after her, feeling a strange emotion. He felt...guilty? But he hadn't done anything! 'You did, you just don't remember it, you idiot. She's telling the truth. Whoever she is...' Danny thought. He sighed and glanced around to make sure no-one was looking before Danny transformed into Phantom and took off after Sam, "Hey, weird girl! Wait up!"
"Hey, it's that ghost kid!" Somebody shouted.
"RUN!" People screamed and ran. Sam was surprised this was happening.
'But they know he's good, now...oh, right, the Freakshow thing didn't happen...wait a minute...they still think he's evil?' Sam wondered, confused.
"Hey, uh, goth girl!" Phantom landed in front of Sam and transformed into Danny Fenton, "Um...I...think I'm willing to actually listen, now. I mean...I lied to you...I do fight ghosts...I just don't...like to. I...I'm just a half-ghost freak...but...you seem to understand...and I...yeah." He lamely finished, rubbing the back of his neck as he continued, "For some reason, I feel like...like...you're really important to me. I want to remember."
Sam stared at him before smiling, "Look at this." She pulled out her photo album, which featured pictures of the trios ghost-hunting adventures.
Danny suddenly suggested, "We should go up to my room." He glanced around and went ghost before picking up Sam bridal style and phasing them into his room. He put Sam down and resumed his status as Danny Fenton before saying, "Let me see that." Sam nodded and handed the half-ghost boy the photo album.
There were pictures of Danny Phantom nervously trying to persuade the Lunch Lady to go away, pictures of Phantom fighting the ghost dragon with a newfound determination in ghost fighting, pictures of Phantom trying to escape Skulker (the memory-erased Danny said that he had to fight Skulker, anyway), the ghostly superhero facing off against Technus, and various other adventures that Danny either confirmed as happening to him or not. The 'Ember thing' was different since Danny wasn't distracted by being hypnotized into being in love with Sam, and Valerie actually wasn't a ghost hunter in this 'alternate universe'.
Sam suddenly asked, "Wait, you've fought very little ghosts...fighting them seemed to make you more powerful over time...how powerful are you?"
"I dunno. Come on, we can go down into the lab and test my powers out. I don't...really use them often." Danny went ghost and phased himself and Sam down into the lab. Sam was the one who activated the training simulation and Phantom immediately sprung into action. He could only fire green blasts, wasn't that fast of a flier, and had a hard time staying intangible.
"Oh, this is useless! I'm guessing my wish was granted by Desiree, the wishing ghost, and she's pretty powerful according to what I've heard from you and Tuck about her. How are we supposed to power you up enough?" Sam sighed and threw the Fenton Thermos at her feet at the Fenton Portal. The thermos hit the 'open' button and it opened...to reveal the portal wasn't even activated. "W-what...but if you didn't activate it, how'd you get your powers?"
"I did activate it, but I wasn't that much inside the portal." Danny explained, in human form now.
"...Wait, that's it!" Sam pulled a picture of the portal she had taken before Danny's accident. She walked over to the knobs beside the portal and set them so they were the same in the picture, "We just have to have the accident happen again...then you should be powerful enough!"
"Are you insane?" Danny asked, dryly.
Sam glared at him, "Look, it's either we try...or you don't get to go to Paulina's party because she didn't invite you in this altered universe, and...you can be a butt-kicking superhero!...Plus, the town won't think you're evil anymore if we get Desiree to reverse everything. I think she has to grant every wish she hears."
Danny hesitated before nodding, "Fine. Let's do this."
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"You what?" Tucker asked, shocked.
"I went into the portal again, and now I'm powerful enough to probably face off against the ghost that changed what Sam remembers." Danny explained. He paused, "Why do you remember everything, anyway?"
Sam smiled and pointed at the Spector Deflector around her waist, "The Spector Deflector, I guess. I had it on when Desiree granted the wish, so I wasn't affected."
Tucker pointed out, "Why were you so angry at Danny, anyway?"
"Well...I..." Sam glared slightly down at the floor, "we were sort of...going out...and he...he had promised as Danny Phantom that he would be at Paulina's party, instead of going on our second date!! It made me so angry! And then he blamed me for everything that's ever happened to him...though...I guess...after seeing what it's like without you guys meeting me...Danny was right." Sam's glare softened into a guilty one, "I...I've made life so hard for him...you." She corrected herself, staring at Danny quietly.
Danny froze as his eyes suddenly began to glow red and flashes of memory surged through his head.
"You must have something to do with these ghosts attacking Paulina..."
"What are you saying...?"
"I'm saying that you must have done something and now I have to keep saving Paulina!"
"Oh, so just because the ghosts say my name, it must be my fault! Since when have I made a mistake like that!?"
"'Hey, let's change the lunch menu! Oh, and let's let the gorilla out! Let's not forget going to Circus Gothika!' Especially that last one! If none of that had happened, I wouldn't have almost killed you! You mean too much to me!" He stood up and crossed his arms.
"Oh, I must really mean a lot to you! So much that you want to go to a certain shallow witch's party instead of our second date!...You know what, I give up! I wish I had never met you!"
"Good job, Fenton: you just ticked off one of the two only real friends you have!" ... "Sam! Wait up!" Ghost sense goes off. "This better be good." ... "Desiree!? You...you"—he went ghost—"look...different..."
"More powerful? Yes, it's true, the more wishes I grant...the more powerful I get! I had to build up on power before facing you. Of course, I don't really need to grant my own wish when the one your girlfriend just made is good enough..."
"What?...N-no...you can't—!"
Danny's eyes returned to an icy blue and he held his head painfully. Sam, concerned, asked, "Danny? What's wrong?"
"...I remember our argument, and after it, too. I was going to go after you, but th-that wishing ghost came in and granted your wish before I could do anything...except go ghost."
Sam smiled sadly, "Now I feel even worse..."
"Don't. Besides, tonight's Paulina's party, and there's a meteor shower in the place she's having it. There's going to be a lot of wishes, and something tells me that Desiree ghost will be there." Danny glared over his shoulder, eyes glowing green, "She is so going down."
"That's the Danny I remember." Sam proudly smiled, crossing her arms. The trio laughed and walked on. 'Wow, I can't believe it...this is going to turn out alright!...I hope...' Sam thought.
In math class, Sam was struck with a sudden burst of creativeness. She doodled what seemed to be a D, except the arch in the D stopped so it looked a bit like a P, but the arch went down enough that it also looked like a D—half a D, half a P, D for Danny, P for Phantom. Smiling to herself, she wondered how she would get it onto Danny's suit...
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The trio stood on the hill overlooking Paulina's party. Danny was in human form, Sam was holding the Fenton Thermos, and Tucker was fiddling with his PDA. Danny asked, "What do we do, now?"
"Um, well, you go ghost, and then we...wait, I guess." Sam shrugged.
Danny nodded, "I'm...going...to become...ghostly!"
"...It's... 'goin' ghost'..." Sam corrected, rolling her eyes in annoyance.
"...I knew that." Danny muttered before actually transforming into Phantom. He crossed his arms, "How long is this going to ta—!"
Sam interupted, "The meteor shower is starting, so it should be now." Phantom nodded, uncrossing his arms and nervously clenching his fists.
The half-ghost admitted, "I'm...kinda nervous. I mean, I've fought a ghost or two, but...I'm not sure...what exactly to do. I'm not really good at the fighting part...I usually just get lucky."
"I'll help you, ok?" Sam gave him a sympathetic look, "It'll be fine...uh, oh." She watched as blue mist swirled out of Phantom's mouth.
"I may not be experienced, but I know what happens after I see my breath...and it's blue." Phantom nervously gulped.
An evil laugh was heard and Desiree formed from purple mist. The genie ghost didn't notice the trio as she began granting wishes of the people at the party below, but twisted them so they did something evil. For some reason giant evil creatures began popping up and causing destruction. The people of the party didn't to notice, as they were too far from them.
"Do something." Sam urged her ghostly friend.
Phantom nodded before hovering to Desiree, "Hey, uh...candy pants! Stop that!"
"Candy pants?" Questioned Desiree, not looking at the ghost boy behind her, "No...it can't be!" She spun around to Phantom who backed away slightly in the air as the wish-granting ghost glared angrily, "How can it be! You can't possibly have your powers!"
"Yeah, well, not everything turns out everyone wants it to." Phantom pointed out, angrily glaring, "Now...uh...turn things back the way they were!" Desiree gave him a bemused look before smashing her elbow into his stomach, sending him flying into a tree. The genie ghost grinned evilly as she pinned him to the tree.
"Of course...you have the powers, but without your little girlfriend, you didn't have to fight many of us!"
Phantom glared and pushing the genie ghost away and attempted a punch that the wishing ghost ducked under. The ghost boy snapped, "She's not my girlfriend! Or, well, she was...but I don't remember it...I guess...never mind!" He looked at Sam, "What do I do, exactly!?"
"Uh...shoot a ghost ray! You can shoot blasts, remember!" Sam pointed out.
"Right..." Phantom shot a green blast at Desiree. The genie ghost quickly dodged it and fired a violet blast of her own that was much more powerful then the ghost boy's. Phantom yelled in pain as the blast continued to hold him in the same spot in the air, but continued to hurt him.
"Danny!" Sam gasped as the violet blast finally subsided. Phantom hit the ground and stood up painfully.
The ghost boy glared at Desire, "I am so going to"—he changed back into Danny Fenton and the angry look disappeared the instant the light blue ring moved over his face—"lose this fight..."
"You cannot defeat me, foolish ghost boy!" Desiree laughed evilly.
She granted another wish and a few bushes that were behind Sam came to live and held her back from helping her friend. Sam growled, "Who the hell wishes for freakin' evil plants!?" She paused and had an idea, "Danny! Take this!" She kicked the Fenton Thermos at him after it fell from her pocket.
"For what?" Danny asked as he caught the thermos. He asked dryly, "Soup?"
Sam sighed and rolled her eyes. She gasped as Desiree swiped the thermos from Danny, the containment device rolling on the ground until it reached Tucker. The techno-geek said, "I wish I had a monster truck..."
"Tucker you idiot!" Sam growled. Tucker gave her confused look. A monster truck suddenly popped up beside him.
Tucker grinned, "Awesome!" Suddenly, the monster truck became a literal 'monster' truck and began chasing him. "Not awesome! HELP ME!"
Sam sighed before looking up at Danny and Desiree. The wishing ghost was about to crush Danny with her hand as a giant hammer. Sam bit her lip, "This is all my fault...I shouldn't have made that wish...wait...wait...of course! She's granting every wish she hears, which means..." The goth girl took a deep breath and shouted. "I wish that everything was back to the way it was before I made that wish and"—she managed to pull out of the 'alive' bushes and pulled out her notebook. She took out the page with the DP logo in it and finished—"this logo was now on Danny's ghost form's hazmat suit!"
Desiree froze and gasped, "No!...I...I can't...must...obey!"
The genie-ghost shot violet energy around Danny, Tucker, and Sam. The drawing of the DP emblem floated off the page and towards Danny. It went onto the half-ghost's chest and faded away. Memories hit Danny and Tucker like...the monster truck that was chasing Tucker, which had disappeared. Tucker unfroze and cheered when the monster truck became a normal monster truck...before disappearing. Tucker groaned, "Aw, man!"
Danny's eyes glowed red momentarily as his memories returned. After a few moments, his eyes faded to blue again. He smirked at Desiree as she smiled nervously. Danny struck a pose and said in a determined voice, "I'm goin' ghost." Two light blue rings formed at his waist and split vertically, transforming him into Phantom (including the DP logo on his chest thanks to Sam). He shot blue energy that surrounded the Fenton Thermos. The energy lifted the thermos into the air and into the ghost boy's hands.
Desiree gulped and backed away. The other wishes she had granted were fading away behind her. She smiled nervously, "Can't we just...um...put everything behind us and—I mean—you know...um...so...what's with the red eyes?"
"Once again, none of your business, candy pants!" The ghost boy snapped and activated the Fenton Thermos, "This is for totally making things complicated!" Desiree screamed as the thermos sucked her inside the thermos.
Desiree could be heard before Phantom put the lid back on the thermos, "I seriously have to stop granting every wish I hear..."
Sam ran over to Phantom and hugged him, "You're ok!"
"Of course I am." The red-eyed ghost smiled softly, hugging his sort-of girlfriend back. "I'm sorry about...Paulina and everything..." He froze and pulled away from Sam. He pointed to the emblem on his chest, "Uh, was that always there?"
Sam smiled innocently, "Um, yes?"
Phantom blinked and smiled, "...Oh, ok." He transformed back into Danny Fenton and the trio sat down in the grass, looking down at the party below.
Sam suddenly pointed out, "You should really be down there. I mean...the 'ghost boy' should be down there, at least."
"Nah, she'll be fine." Danny shrugged, "Besides, I have a much more important promise to keep." He stood up and went ghost with a wink. Sam grinned and took his hand. Phantom took Tucker's wrist in his free hand and turned them all invisible, flying through the air towards the movie theatre. On the way, they dropped Tucker off at his house.
Once at the movie, they took there seats (Danny in human form, of course) and Danny spoke suddenly, "I really am sorry about everything that's happened. I shouldn't have yelled at you."
"No, it was my fault. Especially that wish. I mean, what kind of girlfriend wishes she and her boyfriend never met!?" Sam pointed out. Luckily they were pretty much the only ones in the theatre.
Danny smirked, "One that's incredibly pissed off."
Sam laughed softly, "Good point...forget everything that's happened in the past day or two?" She smiled.
"So you have wished it, so shall it be." Danny responded before kissing the goth girl gently. Sam blushed deeply and kissed back. Soon they totally forgot about the movie—but do you blame them?
Of course, they did stop at one point when our half-ghost hero noticed something,
"Did you just call me your boyfriend?"
"...You say that like you didn't make that same mistake."
"Is it really a mistake?"
"I guess not..."
"Good. So, uh, can we call each other 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' without 'sort-of' before them, now?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Good...now, where were we?"
"I can't remember. We'll have to start all over again."
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Changes: All of these are changes that aren't obvious changes in certain lines/certain events that happen. Well, some of the obvious stuff will be mentioned...never mind.
Danny says Tucker's 'lactose intolerant' line from the opening.
Sam asks Danny to haunt the car deal ship after the theme song.
Danny doesn't want to go to Paulina's party—in fact, he tries to decline the offer, but Paulina doesn't listen to him and walks off happily after inviting him. Danny knows she just wants to see the ghost boy, but feels he should go if she wants to see his ghost form there so badly. Sam still wants him to go to the movies as she did in the episode, but here, it was planned to be their second date (I was going to make it a first date, but Danny wouldn't skip a first date to go to party, no matter what—he's devinantly not heartless, especially when it comes to Sam!)
I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think I did the three super-villainesses in order they appeared in the episode...I couldn't remember. :P
There are a lot of changes, starting mainly with Danny and Sam's argument. Everything after Sam makes the wish is incredibly different.
Yes, I actually let Danny get the emblem in the end. For some reason I haven't been able to decide whether I like his costume better with or without it—one moment I hate the emblem, the next it's the opposite...I'm weird.
The ending was a bit different, obviously.
I editted a few things after reading my reviews. Please review if you see any mistakes or have a suggestion! Review even if there aren't any mistakes, as I am feeding these reviews to Danny...I mean...coughes
Danny: HELP ME!!!
GET BACK INTO YOUR CAGE, PHANTOM!...Ahem...right...uh, just read and review, please and thank you.