A.N: Sooooooo, yo boy didn't have wifi there for a while...buts anyhoosies, yknow ya boy MIGHT make a proper schedule for this someday but enjoy the story and remember to review! How the hell aare we supposed to get inspired and shit these chapters out if you don't review!?
. . .Danielle," Danny paused to take a small breath, and brought his daughter into his arms. "I appreciate it that you did that for me, but we can't abuse our abilities like that."
". . .why not? He was hurting you and you could have stopped him. Easily. Why didn't you?!"
Danny waited a second, then responded, "Part of it is habit. He has been doing that since before I became Phantom. Part of it is keeping up appearances. If I suddenly was beating up Dash everyday, without growing just as large as him or getting lessons in something like karate or kung fu, it would draw everyone's attention, and not the good kind. Also, the teachers side with Dash nearly every time, as long as he does well in football, so I would still be punished."
Danielle quickly retaliated, "Forget about the teachers. If they're that biased, who cares about their rules."
Danny sighed. "Society doesn't work like that-"
"Careful Dad, you're starting to sound like Sam."
"-it. . . wait. How do you know how Sam talks? I don't remember you spending more than ten minutes total around her?"
"Umm. . ." Danielle was glad she was still hidden by the hug, so that Danny didn't see her blush. She didn't want to admit that she occasionally spied on Danny's friends to make sure they were good for him. That was how she spent the two days after Danny first saved her, anyways. It was a good thing that they didn't set off each other's ghost sense, otherwise she might have been caught.
Danny sighed again. "It doesn't matter anyways. The point is that we follow rules so things don't get crazy. While it is true that no jail on earth- except ones made by the Men in White and my mom and dad- can hold me, it would cause too much trouble to escape or avoid being caught. I for one still want to be an astronaut, and being paranoid while trying to become one isn't the best strategy."
"Yeah, but you said that you could duplicate yourself now. You can still stop him from beating you up!"
"Danielle," Danny stepped out of the hug, looking into her eyes. "I just barely got around to mastering it, and it takes a lot of concentration. I can't do it at a moments notice, and it's exhausting to have one the entire time trailing Dash. Besides, you could have dealt with Dash nicer."
"HE was going to beat you up! Excused me for saving you butt!"
". . . Fine, but from now on you aren't allowed to use your ghost abilities."
"B-b-b-but that's not fair! I-"
"For one month. If you use them, I will punish you, and an additional month will be added." Danny sighed. "I don't want to do this, but you need to learn how to control yourself."
Searching for an excuse, Danielle quickly responded, "What if a ghost attacks! You can't expect me to do nothing."
"Well then you just. . . hm. . . I guess you made a point. A week then, with an additional week if you abuse your powers."
"Oh come on. You know Skulker and the box ghost probably will attack within that time!"
"Skulker only goes after me, you won't have to worry about him. And really? The box ghost?"
". . . Fine. Have it your way, dad." Huffing, she turned around, jumping onto the bed in a face first belly flop. Laying there, she smiled as Danny had at least shown he could put his foot down. He was even starting to sound like a dad. She suddenly squeaked when she felt a hand run through her hair.
"Still, thank you Danielle, it still meant a lot to me." Danny sat down next to her. "So, anything you want to do in the meantime? Visit with friends or whatnot?"
". . . Daddy. . . I don't have any friends. . ." Danielle replied, muffled in the blanket, but he still understood her.
"What do you mean you don't have friends. Any friends of mine are friends of yours. You know that." She sat up.
"Dad, look. Only two things interest Tucker, and that's girls and gadgets- from what I've seen anyways. I refuse to go on a date with him and I don't know anywhere close to anything technical to talk to him. I mean, hey, if Technis was a girl, the two would probably marry." Both of them blanched at the thought. However, Danny felt. . . odd. Hearing Danielle talk about dating a guy made him want to beat the guy in question up. . . especially since Tucker frankly did not inspire confidence from a moral standpoint, even more so after the King Tuck incident.
Danielle continued on. "As for Sam, it's either activist stuff, plants," she paused as she mumbled the last part: "or you."
Danny drawn from his thoughts turned toward her. "What was that last part?"
Turning onto her back, she answered, "It doesn't matter. Any ways, there aren't any good topics to have a conversation on. Now with you, we could spend hours comparing notes on astronomy and space programs." She sighed and stretched, closing her eyes in relaxation. However, doing this drew Danny's eyes, as her shirt rode up showing her smooth tummy.
Slowly closing his eyes, the enticing image burned itself into his memory. Why were these thoughts entering his head? Danny knew he was being drawn to his clone-turned-daughter, but he didn't like how his feelings for her were bouncing from fatherly to. . . something like he'd feel for a girlfriend. Maybe he wasn't quite ready for this responsibility. . . no, he couldn't start doubting himself now. First things first, get Danielle some friends and him some thinking room. He needed to sort out his thoughts- very soon.
Laying himself next to Danielle so he wouldn't be tempted to admire her figure, he went through the different people he might be able to introduce her to. Paulina, no they ran in different social circles. . . and somehow wasn't as attractive as he thought of her before. Before his thoughts were drawn away, he focused himself on the list of potential friends. Star would have the same problems as Paulina. . . Valerie was a ghost hunter and knew Danielle was a halfa. She definitely wasn't going to be one, considering that if the two were close, chances are greater that Val would discover his secret faster, since both Danny and Danielle were pretty much twins.
His mind running faster, more of his classmates were thought of and promptly discarded. Soon he was left with nobody in school. He thought Jazz might have been a good friend, but he knew sometimes you had to have times away from friends, and Jazz was more the type to stick her nose in others' business, especially those time one would rather gather themselves alone.
Sighing, he sat up and started to turn to Danielle, pausing as an item on his wall caught his eye. Danielle, curious on why Danny was silent for so long opened her eyes and looked at him.
Seeing him distracted, she poked him "What's up?"
The item that caught his attention was an old poster, a remnant from one of the times a ghost tried to take over the town. This particular ghost happened to be of a teenaged girl, one interested in music. . . this could work. Maybe.
"Say, I think I know someone who might be a good friend for you. . ." This caught Danielle's attention. Running through her head, she thought of everyone in Danny's social circle.
"Um, I don't think Val would make a good friend for me." That was the only person who even came close to someone Danny knew that she MIGHT be able to talk to casually and wasn't a complete jerk. The other two she already mentioned.
"I don't think so either. No. . . you mentioned you like my music, right?" Danielle was growing more and more curious with where he was going with this.
"Yyyyeeessss?" she drew out, hoping for more information, as she sat up. Taking a CD player next to him, he opened it and put in a burnt CD with numbers written on the top of it. The CD was made when Danny and his friends had the idea of trying to find a way to cancel out the hypnotizing effect of Ember's music, and was recorded at one of her concerts. They learned two things with the CD- well, three. One, common media didn't record the hypnotizing effect unless she wanted it to. Two, a ghost's music CAN be perfectly recorded on a regular CD. Three, Ember was a great singer.
Attaching headphones to the CD player, he handed it to Danielle. "Here, listen to this, and tell me what you think." Taking the CD player, Danielle lied back down and pressed play.
Danny had decided to have her listen to the music first before he introduced them. If Danielle either became a fangirl or hated the music, it would probably be for the best if they didn't meet. Laying back down he relaxed and started to close his eyes to allow his thoughts to drift when he felt a poke. Turning to Danielle, she offered him an ear bud.
Danielle wasn't sure what to think of the music. For one, she enjoyed the music, but it's source. . . it seemed like it was one of those mix-tapes a person in a band would give to a boyfriend or girlfriend. Another thing was that the voice was familiar. . . very familiar. Her eyes drifting along the wall, a poster caught her eye- mainly because it wasn't space themed like all the other posters. The poster showed a blue haired, blue-tinted skin girl in a black top holding an electric guitar. The concert dates stated that the concert in question occurred before she was 'born'. Thing was, when she last was here, the poster wasn't up. Certainly, seeing the poster drew more questions, but it also answered one.
So, Danielle thought, was Danny actually planning on introducing me to Ember? Why was the poster up now? Was Ember his girlfriend? Or did he meet a fan of Embers and is going to introduce me to him? Or her? Well, if Danny was dating Ember, at least he had good taste. In her opinion, Ember looked hot in the poster. Ha, hot, she made a pun. . . her eyes widened. The last thing she wanted to do was start questioning her sexuality until she was stabilized- ha another pun! I am on a roll, she thought to herself. Of course, this time was more along the lines of having a stable location of residence rather than her physical body being stabilized, but hey, if she could make jokes, she'd take them where she could.
Soon, the CD ended and both of them sat up. "So?" Danielle asked, waiting for answers.
"What did you think?"
"Ember's a good singer. . . last time I visited her poster wasn't on the wall. Why now?" Danny blinked, then turned to the poster in question. Running the dates in his head, he realized that the poster had been from the debut of Ember in Emity Park. . . long before Vlad got the idea to clone Danny. Thinking back on it, he tried to remember when he put it up. . . and realized he didn't.
"Ummm. . . that's a good question. I know both Jazz and Tucker had a poster, but I don't remember putting one up in my room." Changing the subject, Danny continued, "Yeah, so I thought I'd introduce you two. Quite frankly, I ran out of other options. Who knows, you might hit it off with her friends as well."
"Soooo, is she your girlfriend?" Danielle asked, curiosity getting the best of her.
Blinking, Danny replied, "No." Not wanting to give the wrong impression to Danielle, Danny utilized his ice abilities to stop him from blushing on the idea of dating Ember. Both suddenly jumped when the door opened. They forgot to lock it!
"Oh~ little Dani's jealous! How cute!" Both felt relieved that it was only Jazz, however at the insinuation Danielle blushed. It didn't help that something in her relaxed at Danny's last statement.
"Jeez Jazz, you nearly gave us a heart attack! And how long have you been listening?"
"Oh, around the time Dani mentioned she didn't have friends." Both of them on the bed sighed. Danny was really hoping that Jazz didn't hear his- er- bullying problems. Having a sister-turned-psychologist was not the easiest thing to deal with. Wait, here was Jazz!
"Ah, Jazz," Danny asked, "Did you put up the Ember poster? I don't remember having one."
"Of course! I listened to that Ember concert CD you had. I didn't realize you were a fan. Anyways, since you really liked her music, I put my old poster in here. Oh, you do know she's a ghost, right?" The others deadpanned.
"Yes, we know she's a ghost." they said in sync with blank faces, then blinked, looked at each other, then turned from each other as they blushed. Jazz smiled at the cute display.
"Awww." Jazz couldn't help saying as she ran up to them and drew them into a hug. Stepping back, she looked at both of them. "You know, if I didn't know better, I'd say you guys are twins."
"Yes, Jazz, we get it already. Stop repeating useless information." Danny was starting to get a headache from dealing with his sister.
"Oh yeah, I wanted to tell you, Mom and Dad will be out for the rest of today. Apparently there is a ghost hunter convention going on, and they wanted to visit it for a short while."
"Really?" Danny asked, as something like this usually involved Vlad as well, and they just dealt with Vlad yesterday. Was it really just yesterday, Danny thought.
"Yeah, they weren't planning on going, but then Dad heard there was a chocolate convention within a mile of the place they serve free fudge there." Now Danny was worried, that was definitely starting to sound like the kind of traps Vlad set up. . . "The ghost hunter convention is sponsored by the Men in White." Never mind, it's just coincidence. Vlad wouldn't deal with those jerks too often. The Men in White probably just wanted some more gadgets from his parents.
"Okay then. I'll drop off Danielle at Ember's, hopefully unscathed. If we're lucky, she'll have new friends."
"Calling your daughter Danielle now?" Jazz asked. This was a recent development. . .
"Less confusing that way." Danny replied. "Let's go Danielle." They jumped out of the bed and headed out of the room, to the basement and the ghost portal, leaving Jazz alone in the room.
With them out of the room Jazz looked around. She had noticed just how comfortable Danielle had found Danny's room. With that knowledge, she snooped, checking his drawers, checking his closet. She had an idea, and although it might be a tad. . . cruel, it had a high chance of working. All that might be needed would be an extra dresser and a bigger bed. . . or a bunk bed. A bunk bed would work better. . .
Danny POV
I sighed as we finally made it to Ember's dimensional door. It's not like it was actually tiring to get here, more like traveling through infinite green goo with nothing but some debris and a few small islands makes the trip really boring. I knock on the door a few times and she comes out in all her glory.
I'm not going to even try to lie to myself. As she opened the door with her hair down, wearing nothing but one of my T-shirts that I don't know how she got, that went down to her thigh, and her usual makeup off, I swear my heart skipped a beat. I was about to say something until I noticed her eyes were red and puffy. Was she crying?
We stared at each other for a few moments before her entire face went red. She hurriedly closed the door and I could her her rummaging through her things. I chuckled to myself noting her embarrassment. A while ago, me and my more casual enemies decided that the only time we would attack each other is when they're attacking Amity. I actually became friends with most of them, even Skulker. Honestly, I'm beginning to think the only reason they attack Amity anymore is to hang out. They attack, I beat them, and if I have time at the end of the day, I come here and visit.
Finally Ember gets done dressing up and opens the door once more. She back with her usual clothing on but didn't have enough time to put her makeup back on or her hair up. It didn't matter to me really, considering I liked the 'all natural' look on her too.
"W-what are you doing here BP?" she asks with a tint of red still in her cheeks. I step up close to her and smirk.
"Aw, why'd you change? I was enjoying the view of you in one of my shirts. When did you sneak into my house and steal that by the way?" I flirt. Don't get me wrong, I love Sam, I really do, but my feelings are confusing. I love Sam's independent nature and her refusal to give up on what she feels is right. But I also love Ember's wild nature and fiery attitude.
"I-I didn't steal it. I can't come in your house without you pulling the plug on the ghost barrier, you know that. I just..decided to take a souvenir before I left one time." she said, trying to get her attitude back in order but the blush deepens anyway.
Danielle apparently decided that was enough flirting because she pushed herself in the middle of me and Ember, separating us. Ember eyes widen as if she just noticed there was another person here at all.
"Okay!" She screams with some irritation in her voice. "First, who the hell is 'BP'?! Second, why the hell were you wearing nothing but his shirt and underwear?! Do you sleep with them on or something?! Thirdly, why were you at his house anyway?! Why are you acting so friendly?! Aren't you enemies?!" she screams. Well after slapping her in the back of the head the number of times she said 'hell' I explained that me and most of the ghosts are cool now and BP just stands for BabyPop.
"And now that you mention it" I turn back towards Ember "why are you wearing my shirt, that you stole by the way, with nothing on but underwear? Do you actually sleep with it on? Not that I'm complaining, the sight almost turned me full ghost."
"I-"
"No! No more flirting! Gross!" Danielle yells irritated. I laugh at her frustration.
"So you gonna invite us in or not?" I ask. I really needed a change of scenery.
"Oh! Yeah, come on in." she says letting us in. "So who's the miniature female version of you?"
"This is Danielle but most people call her Dani...with an 'I'. I explain.
"So why is she here with you?
"She's my daughter so I came to introduce her to you so you can be friends." i say quickly. I try my best to hide my smile as I know that she's going to freak out.
"Oh okay…"
Hold it
".."
Hoold it
"WHAT?!"
There it is. Ahhh I love my job.
"Yea, that's a long conversation that we'll have at a later date. To sum up a long story short, Vlad cloned me because he wanted a perfect son, and I definitely wouldn't become the fruit loops child. He used my DNA so technically, Danielle is my daughter and before you ask, I have no idea how she became a girl."
"Hm.."
"Yup.."
"What the hell is going on!?" Danielle yells in more frustration. I again smack her upside the head for cursing. I sit down on Embers couch, getting myself comfortable. I look at Ember in the eyes, all playfulness completely gone.
"Why were you crying?" I ask. By the way her eyes widened I can tell that she forgot about what happened for a little moment. Although that's great, I still need to know what happened so I can make sure it doesn't happen again. My feelings may be jumbled up right now between Sam, Ember, and even Dani, but until I chose, I will make sure that nothing ever hurts them. Whoever made Ember cry, will pay, dearly.
Ember POV
Skulker broke up with me. Skulker broke up with me! I've had this on and off thing going on with Skulker for a while now, but it was always me breaking up with him. I shouldn't let this get to me, I know, but it's hard being broken up with. Although I usually don't care about what others think of me, I can't help but ask myself questions. 'What did I do wrong?' 'Am I not pretty enough anymore' 'Did he dump me for someone else'
My own questions begun breaking down my emotional shield until a few tears forced themselves out. At that moment, I called Kitty, Desiree, and Spectra and told them to come over to have a sleep over. I took off my clothes and changed into my favorite pajamas. It was one of Danny's plain white shirts with a red oval on the chest.
I stole it a while ago when Danny invited me over to his house. He went to the bathroom so I was left in his room alone. I guess that's what he gets for being only half ghost. There was a shirt on the side of his bed. I picked it up to put it in his dirty clothes bin that was on the other side of the room but before I could a certain scent stopped me. It was weird but not bad, kinda musky. I put the shirt up to my nose and took a sniff. It smelled like him.
After a while of sniffing his shirt, I could feel my..nether regions getting a little wet. Me and Skulker weren't going out at the time so it wasn't cheating if I thought about Danny that way. Well..I was thinking of Danny that way when I was dating Skulker too so I guess that point is invalid. I heard the toilet flush and the water start running. I couldn't let him see me like that so I flew back to the ghost zone right before he came out the bathroom. Needless to say, the shirt helped me..relieve myself rather quickly.
When I heard knocking at the door, I thought it was the girls so I opened right up. I stood there, looking at Danny awkwardly. I could feel my face heat up. Oh god I didn't have my makeup on, my hair was down, and he saw me wearing his shirt. His shirt that I stole!
After a little bit of playful flirting a little mini girl version of BabyPop showed up out of nowhere. Turns out, Danny has a daughter now. I'm not gonna lie and say I didn't mind. I wanted BabyPop to start a family with me, if he wanted to even go out with me at all. I mean he literally hunts and fights our kind for a living. Hmm, maybe that's why the only acceptable person here is Skulker, he's the most like Danny I can get here.
He sits down on my couch and his face turns serious. He asked me why was I crying. To be honest, I forgot about the whole situation for a moment there. BabyPop just knows how to take my problems away.
As I was about to answer him, I felt the room get colder. I shiver as I look around the room to try to figure out what's going on. How is that even possible,in my dimensional room, no one should be able to change anything in here without my permission. I look at the only person I know who has ice powers that are strong enough to do this.
I take a step back. Has he always been able to turn his eyes red?
