I used chapter one of Mr McLain: Eight years and beyond, so I hope you guys don't mind. Ember and Danny just met the same way, but everything from Mr McLain didn't happen. Remeber this story has no afflication with Mr McLain, Unexpected, or Remember's series.
Shattered memories
Memories
Kitty Katz, PrincessSaraRose and NaruHinaL0vR (For the last chapter)
Flashback
Ember stared at her reflection in the mirror, she smiled and tried to make her hair perfect! She hasn't felt this nervous since... Well the night she died….. her first and last date being alive. And looks where she was now…. she was about to go on her second date but as a ghost, and she was nervous. The greatest pop singer in the world! Ember McLain! A fierce ghost in the Ghost Zone, and could easily play for thousands in a concert! Was nervous over a simple date.
"I hope this is alright" Ember lowered her hands and stared at her reflection, she would have never thought in a million of years! She would go on a date with her worst enemy….. Danny Phantom. She had to admit, Danny was stunning and very good looking for his age but she would have never admitted it back then.
"Come on, McLain…. You can sing for thousands; you can go on a freaking date" Ember took a deep breath and smiled at herself. She wasn't going to let her nerves ruin this night. She walked to the main entrance and waited, Danny had told her to dress nice, she dressed nicely and hope she wasn't overdressed for whatever the dipstick had planned.
"Knock, knock!" Ember glanced at the door and smiled, she had a door bell but clearly, Danny didn't want to use it. She smiled and opened the door, she saw Danny wearing a tuxedo as he held some flowers. She found it corny but she didn't mind, she took the flowers and smelled them before putting them down.
"Thanks, babypop," Ember said took his hand.
"Looking lovely," Danny said staring at her red dress, "I like the red"
"It's my colour" Ember replied and kissed his cheek, "Where's this date of yours?"
"Follow me," Danny said and opened her front door.
Fenton work's lab
"Here?" Ember asked raising a brow and looked around, "I could have come in my normal clothes"
"This is special," Danny said. Danny walked to the centre of the room and closed his eyes, she lifted his hand and removed the illusion spell he had placed. Ember eyes widen seeing the boring lab being replaced with a room decorated in music theme items and not just any music theme... It was all of Ember's favourite bands and singers. He opened his eyes and walked towards a small table, "My sweet rockstar?"
Ember simply stared in shock, she took a few moments before sitting down and smiling at him. Danny walked to his seat and sat down in front of her, he tilted his head and opened his hand again.
"What's with the new powers?" Ember asked watching as Danny summoned two plates of Ember's favourite meal.
"For me?" Ember asked and smiled at the plates
"Naturally," Danny said and lowered his hand, "I had some spare time to work on my advanced version of the teleportation and illusion powers"
"This is… incredible… thank you" Ember said as she held his hand on the table, "No one has ever done something like this for me….."
"I wanted to make you feel special," Danny said holding her hand, "Because you are... Don't ever forget it! It doesn't matter if some asshole doesn't think you're special because people like them are worthless! I believe your special, you're special to me, and I love you for who you are"
Ember smiled slightly with her very bright red face, she looked away and touched her warm cheeks. She couldn't believe Danny said those words….. and she felt… special because it comes from him.
"No one as ever said those words," Ember said as she moved her chair to be closer, "Especially not from a man"
"Listen here, Ember McLain!" Danny said in a serious tone as he pointed at her, "Don't listen to what others say! Listen to what I say…. because you're special in my eyes, and you'll always be special to me"
Present
Ember stared at the ground as she visualised her first date with Danny, the night she realised that she wanted to spend the rest of her existence with him. She smiled slightly and looked back at him; Ember did exactly what Danny had told her, she only listened to the words he had to say. She had face criticism and insults from others but she didn't care, she didn't take them to heart like before, she ignored them and only cared what Danny had to say about her.
"So….. I live here?" Danny asked looking around
"Yes….. here I'll start from the beginning," Ember said and pulled a chair, "What do you remember from what I said?"
"My name is Danny Fenton…," Danny said and nodded his head slightly
"Which is short for Daniel," Ember said and smiled, "Danny Fenton, you went by that name when you were in your human form. And Danny Phantom when you were in your ghost form"
"Forms?" Danny asked and raised a brow
"You see… when the portal electrocuted you it killed you-"
"KILLED ME?!" Danny shouted and interrupted her
"Let me finish!" Ember said and covered his mouth, "It didn't kill you completely, only half"
Danny stared at Ember with a very worried and confused look, he couldn't believe what she was saying to him... She must be nuts. Ember removed her hand and waited to see if Danny was going to panic again, she sighed and continued.
"A half ghost? Is that even at thing" he asked
"You were one! And two more are the same" Ember said
"Who?" he asked
"We'll meet them later," Ember said and waved her hand
"What about us?" Danny asked and moved his hand slightly, "You said we were married?"
"Yes," Ember said and nodded her head, "We love each other but at first we didn't"
"What do you mean?" he asked
"When the portal gave you powers, you decided to use them for good and protect the city. I originally was your enemy and we fought many times" Ember explained and smiled, she didn't miss those times one bit. She loved her new life with Danny being her husband than her enemy.
"How did we end up together then?" he asked a bit surprised
"Well….."
Flashback
Danny sighed while he flew above the city it been months since Sam broke up with him, but it felt like it was just yesterday. He couldn't understand why Sam just left him over something he couldn't control. Danny saw a rooftop and landed, he walked around and looked down at the city below.
"It's quiet up here" Danny mumbled and smiled, he liked it up here. All of his crazy fans wouldn't be able to see him, he could be alone and have some private time... something that was rare these days.
"Heads up!" Danny looked up and felt his ghost sense go off, he quickly dodges Ember's attacked and flew in the air.
"Ember," Danny said smirking and glaring at her, "Are you here to scare off the children?"
"Oh… now that was mean, babypop" Ember said with her arms crossed, "I think you hurt my feelings"
"Yeah… whatever" Danny said sighing before he created a plasma ray
"He's not joking around?" Ember raised a brow and simply dodge his attack, she quickly waited for his next one but didn't see it.
"Why are you here, Ember?" Danny asked while he simply floated in the air, "I wanted to be alone"
"Why aren't you fighting, Dipstick?" Ember asked landing on the rooftop, "You seem…. Off? You're usual rant and throw your attacks at me"
"I'm just not into it….. that's all" Danny said landing as well and looking away
"Wh…? You're not even going to ask why I'm here?" Ember asked while she watched Danny sit down.
"Just…" Danny clenched his fist and tried to hit her, Ember simply stopped his fist with her hand and looked at him. She could clearly tell something was wrong, the dipstick wasn't acting like himself.
"Dipstick, I can tell something up," Ember said letting go and raising a brow, "Just talk"
"It's just…. My breakup" Danny said sighing and watching the sunset, "With Sam"
"The goth chick?" Ember asked sitting down but made such there was a lot of space between them.
"Yeah... The goth chick" Danny said and smiled slightly
"What's up with her?" Ember asked. Ember didn't care about Danny or that goth chick he was seeing, there were tonnes of news about them but Ember never kept up to date with it. She could easily avoid the gossip news, magazines, and every related to the dipstick in the Ghost Zone.
"She broke up with me because she was in the spotlight! The press! The fans and the reporters!" Danny said moving his hands in the air, "She was tired of The Great Danny Phantom's life!"
Danny said and pretending to be one of the reporters, he sighed and leans his head on his hand with his elbow resting on his knee.
"I thought she was nice and shit," Ember said looking away. Ember glanced at Danny quickly since she understood what he was going through, the sacrifices you have to give for being famous along with the struggles of having a normal life.
"She changed I guess," Danny said moving his arm away
"Didn't you explain that it wasn't your fault?" Ember asked turning her head towards him, "We can't control them"
"I did but she blamed me," Danny said turning to face her, "She asked me why didn't I do more or I should control my fans"
"What a bitch," Ember said and shook her head, she couldn't believe Sam was that dump…. Well not really, she never liked Sam to start with. Danny looked at her and smirk slightly, something Ember quickly caught on. "I'm sorry but she is a bitch," Ember said again.
"I never said the opposite" Danny said and chuckled softly, "Your right"
"Like she a moron! She should be supportive, I don't see why she blaming you for something you can't control" Ember said waving her hand around while she ranted. Danny smiled slightly while he watched her, he had never talked to Ember like this before even during the Christmas truce. They usually avoided each other, or whenever they did spoke it was small talk but nothing else.
"I know… she wasn't the one" Danny said as they sky turn a beautiful orange and purple, "It's nice tonight isn't it?"
Ember smiled and turned to the sky, she wow slightly as she watched the beautiful sunset with the sky in a light orange and purple. She had never seen something as beautiful as this and she was watching this with Danny, her enemy, she wasn't supposed to be doing this?! She was supposed to be fighting him at the moment! And why did she asked about his problems?
"Dammit! What's wrong with you, McLain?! I couldn't care less about the dipstick!" Ember kicked herself for even stopping the fight when she could have taken his moment of weakness and finally defeat him. She could do it right now! She could attack Danny when his guard is down, she could defeat him and finally take over the world! Her youth revolution could finally happen with Danny out of her way... If she attacked him now.
"Do it... Do it…" Ember opened her hand and started to form a plasma ball, she smiled at her upcoming victory until she stopped. She had never seen Danny this close before… and she couldn't help but notice how handsome he was. She knew Danny for the longest time but she never took the chance to stop, and look at him. "Wow…" Ember moved her gaze and noticed Danny was more muscular from when they had first fought.
"FUCK!" Ember looked away and lowered her hand, she watched the plasma ball disappear from her hand. She couldn't believe she was thinking about Danny in that way!
"Something wrong?" Danny asked turning to face her
"No…. it's nothing," Ember said smiling slightly and turned back to the sky. Danny nodded and stared at Ember, and she was beautiful. He noticed her beauty when they first met but there were no chances he would admit it, but staring at her right now…. he felt his heart beating slowly beating faster in his chest.
"What the hell wrong with me… it's Ember! For goodness sake!" Danny quickly turned and sighed some more. The two didn't say anything to each other and simply sat on the rooftop, and watched the beautiful sunset being filled with stars.
"It's a very nice view from up here," Ember said staring at the full moon surrounded by a blanket of stars.
"It is…" Danny agreed as he moved his head as a shooting star passed by.
"You'll find someone," Ember said while she continued to stare at the stars. Danny raised a brow and looked away from the night sky, he turned and stared at Ember.
"Find?" he asked
"A woman? There's a woman out there for you, who's going to understand your lifestyle... You just have to find her" Ember said softly with her flaming hair moving along with the wind. Danny smiled some more and nodded his head, he looked down and stared at his feet.
"You're right," Danny said moving his hand around, "And there's probably someone for you out there! You know besides Skulker"
"I doubt it," Ember said closing her eyes, "Its too late for me"
"Don't be so hard on yourself," Danny said tapping her shoulder, "You'll find someone too"
"If you say so…," Ember said smiling slightly.
"Stubborn as always" Danny shook his head slightly and gave her a quick glance.
"Thanks…" Danny said getting up and looking back at her, "I really needed this... Thank you so much, Ember! You know... when we're not fighting or you trying to rip my head off…. Well, you're a kind woman and I would love to see this side of you more often."
Ember simply watched Danny fly off, she didn't know what to think or how to react. Was she supposed to be mad? Was she supposed to attack something? What the hell was she supposed to do… how was she supposed to even react over this?
"What's going on…," Ember whispered softly staring at the stars
Present
"And that how it happen," Ember said smiling tenderly at the fond memory.
"Wow…." He mumbled. Danny couldn't believe a simple conversation could lead enemies to lovers, "Just… wow…"
"Your friends were supportive, Tucker Foley, Wulf, Dani, Valerie, and many others," Ember said and sat up, "Except for Samantha Manson, she wasn't big on us dating"
"Samamtha…," Danny mumbled and stared at the floor; he squinted his eyes and felt like he knows that name from somewhere.
"She was terrible! But in the end, she accepted it and changed" Ember said and looked down at him, noticing Danny had a strange look on his face, "What's wrong?"
"I do remember someone... From the names you've mentioned," Danny said feeling his memory click.
"That's wonderful! Who?" Ember asked with a big smile
"That… girl…. Sam? I kind of remember her" Danny said and glance at her. Ember eyes widen in horror, she slowly looked away and tried to hold back her anger and tears.
"Why does he remember her?"
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