Dream ("The Ultimate Enemy")

The dreams are always the same.

They start with Danny sitting in a dingy cage. Someone, usually his mom, unlocks it and lets him out. He is reunited with his family, and with Sam and Tucker. They go somewhere fun, maybe Adrenaland or Floody Waters.

At the end of the day, he is imprisoned again. He tries to hang on as they walk away from him, his frantic fingers grasping their clothes. Jazz just ruffles his hair and tells him they'll come back for him soon.

He wakes in Vlad's mansion. He remembers the explosion. He weeps into his pillow.

Nightmare (Ember's POV)

There's no escape.

"Mom!" I scream. "Dad!" I call for my sisters. No-one hears me.

I cough and splutter; the smoke is frying my lungs. My eyes sting as golden flecks flutter into my lashes.

And then there's a WHOOSH as the kitchen door flies off its hinges.

They're here. The flames. They're all around me, licking me, tasting me, consuming me. They work slowly, savouring my roars of agony.

I cannot run. My legs snap. I hit the floor. A soothing blanket of darkness washes over me at last.

Like dead trees in cold December, nothing but ashes remain.

Awake (Paulina's POV, set after "Lucky in Love")

Ow…

My head…

Why was I dreaming of Danny Fenton? Why do I still dream about him?

Nothing makes sense. I thought I'd passed out in the bathroom of Floody Waters. But apparently I've been going to school for weeks. And dating a total loser. I remember it all, but – I don't think it was me doing those things. And that's hard to understand.

The strangest thing, though, is the image in my mind of Danny standing beside the pool. I mean, Inviso-Bill floating beside the pool. I mean, Danny… I don't get it. They're completely different people.

Aren't they?