Chapter Four

First Dance

Danny Fenton

"Clockwork!" I exclaimed "What brings you here?"

I was indeed surprised to see the Ghost of Time had arrived here at the Prom, normally he never left the Ghost Zone for anything unless it was something of urgency, but judging by the look on his face, he wasn't looking worried, but rather happy and casual.

"I have been observing you from the sidelines Daniel." Clockwork said "But I felt I had to come and congratulate you in person."

I rubbed the back of my neck and looked around.

"Thanks!" I said "Well...I haven't done much!"

"Modest as always." Clockwork replied "You have done so much for the world, and you were just a child, you made the right choices, and now here you are, 18 years old and about to finish High School with honours."

"Yeah!" I said "Well it hasn't been easy, since the whole Phantom Planet thing, and everyone knows who I am now! It's something to get used to, being an international celebrity and still trying to finish High School."

"And from what I have been seeing, you've been handling it well, and you have your friends and family close to you." Clockwork said, then he glanced at Sam.

"And you, Sam." he said "You have grown into quite a pretty young lady as well as a strong Ghost fighter."

I turned to Sam who blushed.

"Thanks." she said.

"You make such a sweet couple." Clockwork commented as he looked at us "And I can see your future is bright."

"Really?" Sam asked to which Clockwork nodded.

"You have been through so much, both of you, and you have continued to stick together in the toughest of times, whether it is trying to get through your final years of High School, or just fighting Ghosts, and should you carry on as you are, your future is bright."

"What have you seen?" I asked, curious to know what the Ghost of Time had seen in the future.


I remembered the time I had seen my evil future self and how I vowed I would never become him, and I had kept my promise, all the events that had created him never happened and he now existed outside of time and was forever trapped in the Fenton Thermos in Clockwork's domain in the Ghost Zone, never to be released.

Clockwork shook his head.

"That Daniel, is what you will find out yourself," he replied "The future is never something you should see beforehand, whatever is written there, you will discover in due course."

I looked at Sam who placed her hand on my arm.

"We've done fine before Danny." she said "We've been through so much, good and bad, and I don't regret it, not one bit."

"Me neither." I said and lovingly kissed her forehead.


Clockwork smiled then looked at all the students and teachers watching us, frozen in time.

"Each and every one of these people are thankful to you Daniel," he said "When you saved them from mischievous and dangerous Ghosts, and also when you saved the Planet, and you'll always be a hero to them. When we first met, I remember how worried I was when it was believed that you would grow to be the most evil and dangerous Ghost on the Planet, but I was glad that I, and especially the Observers were proved wrong, which shows the future is not always set in stone."

"That's true." I heard Sam say "Danny was always going to be a hero, and he has proven that."

"And I am pleased he has shown that." Clockwork said "And as long as you continue to follow this path, things will be bright for you both."

"Thanks Clockwork." I said gratefully "I promise, I will continue to fight for good and protect my town, and the planet."

"I trust you will." Clockwork said "Now continue to savour in your glory" he glanced out me and Sam's crowns and sashes "I know you deserve it."

He then took the time medallions from our necks and smiled before hitting the button on the top of his staff.

"Time in!" he said before vanishing in a swirl of blue light and no sooner had he gone, than the whole ballroom began to move as time started again.


Sam Manson

The students clapped and cheered for us as Danny and I stood together.

If someone had told me that Danny and I would elected as Prom King and Queen, I would never have believed them, I would have said something like "Yeah right! Me being voted for Prom Queen! Get out of here!" but no, turned out I was so wrong.

I couldn't help but feel a sense of victory that I had won the crown instead of someone like Paulina and Star, but at the same time, I wondered if Danny and I had only won because of Danny being the Ghost Boy, but that wasn't important right now, we were having a great night and it had only just begun.


Before long, the applause had died down, as had the many flashes from the cameras and Mr Lancer waved his hands for silence.

"Thank you everyone!" he called "Now, as well as crowning Danny Fenton and Sam Manson Prom King and Queen, there is something else we wish to present to our Ghost Boy hero, after all his services to Casper High as well as the Planet!"

I saw Danny's eyes widen as he looked at Lancer and we then saw two male students wheeling something covered in a white cloth.

Lancer then cleared his throat.

"Danny Phantom." he said "Or as you are known as Danny Fenton, you have been a true hero to us all, protecting us from pesky ghosts as well as seriously dangerous ones, you have saved many lives, for many years you have hidden your superhero form under your guise of an awkward student, yet you possess a soul of steel and a heart of gold, and we couldn't be more honoured and grateful to have you as a student!"

Danny blushed hard and he wasn't sure where to look, and I placed my hand on his arm to which I saw him relax and he stood close to me.

"There for we wish to present to you, something we shall we placing in Casper High to commend you for your heroism and so for many years to come, you will be remembered as one of our most famous students!"

Lancer then gestured to the cloth then there was a drum role followed by the two boys throwing the cloth off and everyone gasped.

There stood a small bronze statue of Danny Phantom in a hovering pose with his arms out firing his green energy that was silvery metal with the words carved at the feet that read 'Danny Phantom, Casper High's Hero, Past, Present and Future'

"Oh wow!" I saw Danny's mouth move "I...I don't know what to say!"

"But we do!" shouted one student from below "It's our way of showing how grateful we are!"

"Yeah!" another agreed "And we thank you so much!"

Everyone else then agreed and cheered in unison as well as clapped.

Lancer beamed at Danny then one of the students handed him what looked like a large book, and he handed it to Danny.

"And this, is from all of us, so you'll always remember our gratitude!" Lancer said.

Danny then opened the book and I saw it too and it showed pictures of Danny's achievements as the Ghost Boy as well as written comments from all the students saying how they had been saved by Danny and how grateful they were.

It was then Danny looked up and said how thankful he was to everyone and how he would miss them and how he planned to still continue being Amity Park's hero.

"As long as Danny Phantom remains!" he said "There will be no trouble from any Ghostly Pest!" to which everyone cheered loudly.


Lancer then waved his hands to calm everyone then cleared his throat.

"Well," he said "Now that we've crowned the Prom King and Queen and honoured our Hero, it id now time, for the tradition of the King and Queen to begin the first dance!"

It was then I felt my stomach sink, and I looked at Danny nervously, yet he smiled softly.

"Don't worry." he said "I'll look after you!"

He took my hand and lead me down the stairs of the side of the stage, as we did, we passed Valerie and Tucker and we handed my flowers, Danny's book and sceptre to them which they took gratefully.

The students who had been crowding the stage soon parted and left a huge space in the middle of the dance-floor and Danny lead me to the middle of it, and he and I stood opposite each other.

"Keep your eyes on me Sam." Danny whispered "Just imagine we're alone, forget everyone else."

I swallowed the lump in my throat and I looked up at Danny's icy blue eyes I loved to gaze into and I placed my hands on his shoulders and he placed his hands around my waist.

No sooner were we in position that the DJ played the first song for us to begin dancing and I recognised it as 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' by Aerosmith.

As the song started Danny began to move slowly and I began to follow him. I was so nervous, I was scared my legs would give way.

I wasn't nervous about dancing with him, as I had danced with him before, but we were alone, such as at our homes or on that hill top overlooking Amity Park where we had our first kiss.

We had the whole school watching us, and I could feel all eyes were on us, as well as the photographers taking photos.

As we moved, Danny moved one hand up to the side of my head and stroked my hair then pulled me nearer to him, I then felt him kiss my forehead.

I was so overwhelmed with joy as well as nerves I felt a tear escape my eye which Danny noticed and he leaned down and gently kissed the tear away.

"Don't cry." he whispered.

"I'm not..." I breathed "I'm just so overwhelmed."

Danny just smiled and pulled me closer to him.

"Close your eyes." he said "And put your arms around me."

The song was building up and he wrapped his arm tighter around me and I snaked my arms around his neck and shoulders then slowly closed my eyes.

"Trust me." Danny whispered then kissed my forehead again, and I felt a tingling from his lips then as the song reached it's climax I suddenly felt myself lifted off the floor and several gasps and cries were heard around the ballroom!

I then opened my eyes and saw instead of Ocean Blue eyes and raven black hair, I saw glowing green eyes and hair white as snow then looked down to see the ballroom floor several feet below as all the students looking captivated!

I then realised Danny had gone Ghost and was dancing in the air with me!

My heart soared with excitement and I clung to him, I knew he wouldn't let me fall, for I trusted him so much.

Tucker and Valerie were beaming as well as taking photographs, though Tucker was videoing the whole thing, and all the other students were amazed and captivated as we danced and floated through the air in time to the music.

Before long, the song started to reach it's end and Danny gently lowered us to the ground to hich I nearly fell over as my legs were so wobbly but Danny held me up.

At once the students cheered and clapped.

"That was epic guys!" Tucker shouted "That'll go down in History!"

I looked at Danny and grinned.

"I loved that!" I said "Thank you so much!" to which Danny held me close.

"I wanted to make this special." he said "You deserved it Sam!"

"And I loved it!" I smiled.

"It was like watching a newly weds first dance!" Valerie said gushing "It was beautiful!"

"Wonderful dance from our Prom King and Queen!" Mr Lancer shouted "Such a captivating performance! One that will no doubt go down in School History! And now, what you've all been waiting for! It's Party Time Yo!"

As he shouted those last words, the DJ started some more upbeat music to which the students cheered and began to dance.

Awwww! Such sweet moments!

Clockwork merely came to congratulate Danny! Danny has had a statue dedicated to him that will stand forever at Casper High! And Danny and Sam did a Prom King and Queen first dance no-one will forget!

Frankly when it came to the first dance song, I would have liked to use 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran, but as this fic is set in 2011 the song of course didn't exist then.

I love that song! I felt it suited Danny and Sam perfectly!

Hope you enjoyed the chapter!