Disclaimer: I do not owe Danny Phantom
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Ember POV
We all stood in the lab of Danny's parents saying our farewell to our saviour.
„Danny please come back no matter what happens.", I hugged my man with tears in my eyes.
„I told you that you wouldn't get rid of me even if you wanted to.", he kissed me with passion.
Our kiss broke all to soon and he turned his attention to our children.
„And you two will take care of your mommy while I'm gone right?", I tickled them with a big smile and they giggled happy.
„And should we do boy?", Technus asked confused.
„I want you guys to stay here and protect my family. I don't want to put you in the crossfire when Pariah and I fight.", Danny explained calm as he turned to the other ghosts.
„But you better come back. You still owe me the duel you promised me a year ago.", Undergrowth stated with a smirk.
„You got that right and I will fulfill that promise.", Danny smiled.
With that he jumped into the portal and vanished in the ghost zone. Maddie closed the gates to the portal.
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Danny POV
I flew through the ghost zone to Pariah's realm. As I reached the castle, I noticed that something was wrong. There were no skeleton warriors. No guards. And most important no Fright Knight with his empty phrases. I walked inside and entered the throne room. There he was. Pariah Dark in his full height.
„Ah young lad. It seems you have prepared for our duel.", he stated with a smug smile and pointed at my gauntlet.
„Did you really think I wouldn't prepare myself to face the probably most powerful being in the ghost zone?", I smiled and crossed my arms in front of my chest.
„So you really don't want to join my army? What a loss.", Pariah sighed and pulled out his sword.
I created a man long silver claymore with a black and red hilt. Without a word of warning Pariah stormed at me and our swords clashed. I could feel the reality around us twist from just this one clash. I pushed him back with a sideway swing and jumped after him.
Pariah delivered a quick punch to my stomach and send me flying into the next pillar. Sharp pain shot through my back. With a groan I emerged from the dust of the half shattered pillar and jumped at my enemy again. I land a hit in his face and the rest of the realm behind him shattered and vanished and he coughed blood.
'Damn I just obliterated half of his realm with one punch. This reality clash is really devastating.'
The next thing I saw was his fist in my face breaking my nose and obliterating the rest of his realm which was behind me. Now floating in the ghost zone the fight began to it's fullest.
CLING
Sparks flew around us as our swords clashed dozens of times within seconds. Neither of us landing a hit on the other one. No matter how devastating or painful the fight was we didn't stop.
After a few hours of fighting pain and exhaustion was clearly written all over our faces.
„You are good kid but you know that you can't win.", Pariah spat cocky.
„That's what you think. But I have something that you don't have.", I shot forward and I landed the first real good hit.
My claymore sunk deep in his shoulder. He groaned in pain and pushed me back.
„And what would that be young boy?", he asked still with his cocky smile.
„I HAVE A FAMILY I HAVE TO PROTECT!", I charged again and the clashing of our swords continued.
Neither of us willing to give up kept going. Draining every bit of our powers.
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Three days later
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I was bleeding from many dire wounds. I had my right hand engulfed with my darkness power since Pariah had smashed my bone hand. My other powers failed over the whole fight. My fire power exhausted hours ago. My vision was blurry and I panted like crazy.
Pariah also didn't seem so fresh anymore. He had lost his left lower arm and was also pretty beat up. I could see that his power artifacts were draining him slowly but steady. He was becoming to weak to control them.
Three days of continues fighting brought us to our limits. We held onto our very existence with all our powers.
Pariah threw a barrage of fire balls at me. My shadow lattched up from under me and and defelcted the attacks. We kept staring at each other panting heavy.
„We should end this lad. I'm growing tired of this.", Pariah stated.
„I agree you old goat face. Let's end this.", I spat.
Immediately we began to concentrate all of our remaining power in our swords. They each got a ghostly glow. Pariah's sword was shrouded in dark red while mine was covered in white.
I got a tugging feeling in the back of my head. Someone was calling for me. Someone very important to me begged for me to return. All the more reason to win this fight.
We charged forward for our final clash.
KACHING!
We stood a few meters away from each other back to back. Silence fell upon us. Like a eternity later I heard Pariah groan. I looked over my shoulder and saw him dissolving at rapid speed.
„You win... boy.", his voice trailed off into silence as he fully vanished.
„Finally...", I sighed.
After three long days of fighting it was over. My pain caught up to me and I could hold myself airborn anymore. I fell upon the next stray boulder floating through the zone. I didn't even fell the pain of my crash. It was too much pain. Too much...
Through the pain I threw a last look at the zone around me. Our fight nearly destroyed everything. There was nearly nothing left. The ganutlet was running low on power so I had to choose. Either restore the ghost zone or heal myself and survive. No matter what I would choose the reality gems would burn out.
'Crud! I guess I can't hold my promise to you Ember. Please forgive me my love.'
With the last threads of my consciousness I concentrated. And one last time the gauntlet began to glow. With a flash of light the ghost zone returned to his former glory and even better. I restored it to the point it was before the ancients broke it apart a long time ago.
That was the last thing I saw as I felt the cold embrace of death creeping into my very core. Darkness began to cover my whole body and soon I was fully engulfed into the darkness and there was nothing left except a small whispering that I couldn't really make out.
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Ember POV
It's been three days. Three long days. We all could feel the wrath of the fight between my fiance and the ghost king. Reality began to twist all around the world. Small pigeons turned into infernal dragons or shadowy beasts. People disappeared or aged at rapid speed. The chaos all over the world was perfect. Thanks to the ghost shield around the house we were safe from most of the effects but the shields were on their limits and now the disruptions also began to form inside the house. I was cornered as a disruption closed in on me and my children.
'Danny please. I don't want it to end like this. I want to see you again.', I pleaded and hugged my children, my eyes closed in fear.
Then suddenly the disruption disappeared and slience fell upon the house. I opened my eyes again and saw that the others were also puzzled of what just happened. It took a few minutes for me to realize it. The wrath. The pressure of the fight was gone. The fight had ended.
„Who do you think won?", Technus whispered unsure.
„I believe it was the Great One. I can't feel anything of Pariah anymore. He is gone.", Frostbite said but he wasn't his usual jolly self, gloom darkened his features.
„But I also can't feel anything from the Great One.", it was silent again.
„Nooo...", I breathed in the silence.
„Daddy don't leave us. Come back daddy.", Michael and Sonia whispered in union.
I turned my head to them. Their eyes were glazed. They seemed to be in some kind of trance.
„Daddy don't leave us. Come back daddy.", they repeated in union again.
„What's going on?", I asked afraid for my children's well being.
„They seem to feel that something is wrong with Danny. Maybe they have some kind of telepathic link to him.", Jazz tried to make a plausible point.
„That would be right young Jazmine.", cut a new voice in.
We all turned around as a blue portal appeared in the corner of the room and Clockwork floated out of it.
„Clockwork? What are you doing here?", Sam asked confused.
„I am here to inform you of the outcome of the duel.", he explained as he shifted into a old man.
„Well? What is it? Don't make it so exciting.", Jack stated peeved.
„Very well Jack.", Clockwork answered.
„Young Daniel has won the fight. Pariah Dark is no more.", he stated and chaged into a toddler.
A bigh smile crept on my face but immediately smashed by his next words.
„But he is direly wounded. He is fading away. After he decided, full well knowing the consequences of his doings, to restore the ghost zone the reality gems burned out and left him at the brink of death. Your children are connected to their father telepathic and feel him faiding.", he explained with a sad tone.
My ectoplasma froze in my veins. This couldn't be. Danny promised me that he would come back to me and he always held his promises to me.
„Isn't there a way to save him?", pleaded Jazz as she grabbed Clockwork's cloak.
„There is a way.", he paused and turned into a middle aged man.
„If Ms McLain's children are able to reach him through the link he may be able to come back from the brink and return to you all.", Clockwork explained.
„Daddy don't leave us. Come back daddy.", both of them whispered again.
„So all of our hopes rest on your children Ember.", Maddie gave me a reassuring look and smiled.
„We all place our hopes in you two. So plaese bring your daddy back to us.", I whispered to them with a fragile smile.
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Sorry that it's such a short chapter but I couldn't pull the fight much longer. I was running low on ideas for a bloody battle. Somehow the idea sounded better in my head before I wrote it down.
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