Oh my. A DxE story, huh? Actually, it's only semi-DxE, since this story is a 'prequel' to my other story Future Prisoner.
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Favorite Dipstick
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"Ember, you will remember. Ember! One thing remains. Oh, Ember, so warm and tender! You will remember my name..."
Ember sang as the crowd chanted her name, louder and louder, "Ember! Ember! Ember! Ember!"
Ember sneered. Her flaming ponytail increased in size the more they chanted her name, making her more powerful. This was it! Soon, the whole world would be chanting her name and she'd rule the world! And, unlike last time, she wasn't near that stupid, annoying, mean, foolish, prepubescent...dipstick, Danny Phantom!
"Hey, no-hit wonder! You never did get ta' answer that question if you take requests!"
Ember groaned. Looks like she spoke too soon. Ember frowned at Phantom as he hovered in front of her, his legs fused into a ghostly tail. He had his arms crossed and a lopsided grin on his face.
Ember rolled her eyes, "Great, if it isn't my favorite dipstick!" She held up her guitar and turned the dial on it until it was on the wave icon and strung her clenched fist on the cord, shooting a generic green blast at the half-ghost hero.
Phantom quickly dodged it and charged green and black energy in his clenched fists. "Aw, I'm your favorite? Thanks, Ember!" Phantom fired the blasts from outstretched palms. Ember was sent flying into a wall.
'Holy...didn't know he was that powerful...!' Ember turned the dial on her guitar to the more powerful 'fist' blast and quickly began playing on the guitar, shooting blasts that were in the shape of fists. Phantom yelped and dodged them."You shouldn't be flattered, baby pop." Ember retorted slyly, firing another punch blast.
Phantom blinked and dodged it, "Whatever. So, first time I've had to deal with you for...how long? Two years?"
Ember laughed dryly, "Have you been counting?" She turned the dial on her guitar to the strongest blast on it; a skull icon.
"Maybe, but I'm not very good at math." Phantom shrugged. He gave another lopsided grin before charging at Ember full speed through the air with a punch. Ember ducked under him and swung her guitar.
Ember's eyes widened in surprise when she noticed that Phantom had blocked her guitar with his arm. The half-ghost punched her in the stomach. Hard. Ember screamed as she went flying across the stage. She accidentally shot a blast from her guitar that destroyed the speakers nearby. This broke the crowd out of there spell, and when they saw the two ghosts fighting on the stage, they screamed and ran. Smart thing to do, really. Ember lost a bit of energy thanks to the fact there was no-one chanting her name anymore.
Ember stared at Phantom in surprise for a moment before sneering, "It seems you've gotten powerful?"
"A bit." Phantom replied. His hands glowed green and he aimed one of his hands at Ember, palm outstretched. A large green blast of ghostly energy shot from it. Ember blocked it with her guitar, which absorbed the damage of the blast, but pushed her back slightly. Phantom's other hand, still glowing, formed a long ecto-blade and a handle. He swung the sword and a green wave shot from it.
Ember jumped over the wave and played on her guitar, shooting more skull blasts. Seeing the sword, she swung her guitar at Phantom. Phantom blocked it and then swung back. Ember went intangible, but the sword still slashed a gash in her arm. She yelped and backed away. Her ghost powers healed the wound in a few moments, but it still hurt! Ember glared at Phantom and said, sounding a bit cautious, "You aren't playing, are ya', dipstick?" She swung her guitar as hard as possible. Phantom ducked under it.
"No, playing's for kids." Phantom sneered and fired green rays from his eyes.
Ember quickly blocked them with her guitar, then swung her guitar downwards, hitting Phantom on the head. Phantom groaned in pain and backed away slightly. Ember then hit the ecto-blade out of his hand with her guitar, then swung again. A perfect hit; Phantom was sent flying across the stage and into a wall with a satisfying smack. Phantom hit the ground painfully. Phantom tiredly stood up, holding his forehead painfully.
Ember hovered over him and sneered down at the half-ghost "How 'bout another song?" She turned the dial on her guitar to a new setting. She played the guitar and fired a blue beam from it.
Phantom looked up groggily to be hit by the beam. His eyes widened as the beam hit his chest, knocking him against the wall. Two light blue rings formed at his waist. One moved up and the other moved down, stripping away his ghost form and revealing his human one. Green eyes were now blue, white hair was now black. His hazmat suit was now normal teenaged clothes.
'What's his human name, again? Oh, who cares.' Ember thought as the now human Phantom looked at Ember in surprise.
Phantom groaned as he looked down at himself, "Human? Great. Fine, then."
With a blink, Phantom's human-blue eyes were now his ghostly-glowing green, but he was still human. Ember stared as Phantom suddenly jumped at her with a punch ready, "Take this!"
Ember boredly went intangible with a roll of her eyes and Phantom went flying through her. If he had been in ghost form, Phantom would have maybe been able to hit her if he charged the punch with ghost energy or had turned his arm intangible, but he was human at the moment. Phantom slid along the ground after landing, crouching as he slid. He spun around with a dramatic pose and determined expression on his face. Ember laughed, amused, "You still fight?"
"Well, it is my responsibility." Phantom replied. His hands glowed green and fired a double-palmed blast. Ember gasped as she was sent flying. She recovered in the air.
"B-but...you...since when can you do that as a human!?" Ember asked, shocked.
Phantom rolled his eyes, "Since, oh, I dunno, the whole ghost king thing? Get with the program. Though, back then, I could only fire little blasts from my fingers, but that was years ago, right?" Phantom shot two large blasts from outstretched palms. Ember dodged them and Phantom continued, "Though I'm still weaker in this form."
Ember smirked and, with a swirl of her flaming hair, teleported behind Phantom and swung her guitar, sending him flying. This also created a large bloody gash on his head, but it healed in a few seconds. Ember watched as Phantom stood up.
Phantom laughed, "Even if you did that the first time we fought, it wouldn't have killed me."
"I wasn't trying to kill you. Though, that would have been an added bonus." Ember snapped.
"That was harsh." Phantom said. He struck a pose, "But I'm ending this! Going ghost!" He transformed.
Two light blue rings formed at his waist. One moved up and the other moved down. The one that moved up stopped at his neck and the one that moved down stopped at his knees. They turned so they were one vertical ring as a line of symmetry on his body. It split into two rings. One moved left and the other moved right. Now in his ghost mode again, a portal appeared behind Phantom and he suddenly rocketed into it backwards. A portal appeared behind Ember and Phantom flew out of it full speed. The ghost boy punched the ghostly singer into the ground. Ember hit the ground stomach-first and groaned slightly before rolling over to glare up at the halfa.
Phantom glared back, "Are you sure you weren't trying to kill me."
"I knew you wouldn't die from a simple hit to the head, Phantom. You've survived worse, I've heard." Ember retorted.
"...Good point. Anyway, back to fighting!"
Phantom fired a blast. Ember dodged it and fired a wave of energy from her guitar. Phantom ducked under it and countered. He fired two blasts together so they formed one huge blast that, even when Ember blocked with her guitar, sent her flying through a wall, creating an Ember-shaped hole in aforementioned wall. Ember yelled in surprise.
'How long has he been this powerful!?' Ember though, shocked. She hit the ground with a painful thud and groaned slightly. 'This would be so much easier if people were chanting my name!' She opened her eyes to see Phantom diving down through the air towards her with a determined look on his face and his legs fused into a long tail thanks to his speed.
Phantom then hovered over her with a lopsided grin. He asked, "Give up, yet?"
Ember moaned, "I'm thinking about it."
She shot a blast from her guitar. Phantom dodged it and created a portal to fly into just another blast whizzed past. A portal appeared and Phantom found himself behind Ember. He punched Ember from behind, knocking her flying into a wall. Ember rolled over and held up her guitar. However, it suddenly went flying from her hands and Phantom caught it/ Phantom grinned, "Some ghosts I fight have telekinesis so one day I tried it myself. Well, actually, I used it by accident when I got angry at this kid at school, but I eventually got some control over it." With his bare (well, gloved) hands, Phantom snapped Ember's guitar in half and dropped both pieces to his feet.
Ember stared at his arms for a moment. 'Whoa, muscles...' Ember felt her cheeks heat up slightly at the thought and quickly glared at the halfa before speaking.
"I hate you."
Phantom stared at her for a moment. (Ember half-expected him to burst out laughing.) He looked surprised for a moment, then a bit hurt, then angry.
"You hate me!?" Phantom snapped. Ember raised an eyebrow.
'Something tells me he's going to start ranting...' Ember was right. The half-ghost hero began ranting.
"Yeah, you ghosts all hate me. But do you ever wonder what I feel about you ectoplasmic jerks!? Well, let's see...first of all, I never believed in you guys before. At all. Though, I did think ghosts would actually be pretty cool, I was convinced they couldn't be real. But then my friends dared me to go into my father's portal, the one you are all using to come and try to rule the world, and I turned it on. I'm the one that turned on that portal. But that's how I got these stupid powers! If I hadn't gone into that portal, everyone would be enjoying their normal lives. I wouldn't have to fight you and the other ghosts. Without ghosts in my life, I would just be normal, plain Danny Fenton. But no, I have to be only half of the time normal, plain Danny Fenton. The other half...no more then half of my half-life is spent as Danny Phantom! And what do I get? The town thinking I'm Public Enemy Number 1 for a while, but now I'm 98 thought of as a hero...anyway, my first ex-girlfriend became a ghost hunter thanks to Plasmius and then she began hunting me whenever I'm Danny Phantom. Though, now she isn't hunting me anymore, I can't be with her as Fenton, and I don't think she likes Phantom that much, and she never will.
"What else? Oh, my parents are ghost hunters. Yeah, ironic, huh? I can't tell them who I am, they still don't trust my ghost half. My friends are the only ones that know. Well, my sister knows, but she doesn't treat me very differently. Well, she's more protective, but that goes without saying. And..." Danny paused and sighed. "Never mind." He created a portal by swinging a glowing green hand. He aimed another blast-ready hand at Ember, "Into the portal."
Ember sighed, "Fine." She walked over to the portal and paused. She spoke, "I know you probably don't care, and it doesn't help, but...I'm sorry about all that stuff you just ranted on about."
Danny stared at her, "Uh...thanks?"
"And I'm no psychiatrist (and I don't suggest going to Spectra. With all that misery, you'll feed her with energy for months, maybe years.) but if you ever need to talk...uh...come find me in the zone or somethin'." Ember mumbled.
"...Uh, sure." Danny blinked. Ember went to step into the portal. Danny interupted, "Wait..." Ember looked at him and watched as he picked up the two pieces of her guitar. Ember opened her mouth to say she didn't need them and could force Technus into making another one (though it would take a while), but watched in fascination as the two pieces were placed together and glowed with energy until it was good as new.
Danny handed it to her and grinned lopsidedly, "Uh...here."
"..." Ember silently took it from his grip and looked it over. Yup, good as new. Ember smiled, "Thanks...Danny." And she flew into the ghost portal. Once she was gone. Danny closed the portal with a glowing green hand.
After a few minutes of silence, Danny sighed and said three familiar words which he utters frequently after strange encounters with ghosts...
"That was...interesting..."
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Yes Danny, yes it was. Remember, readers, this is canon to my story Future Prisoner!
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