Apricity

the warmth of the sun in winter


(These prompts are from Laora, originally for the video game The Last Story)


161. Shade

She loved to bask in the sunshine, but never complained when Johnny decided to lay their picnics out under a tree with spreading foliage; she always knew he preferred the shadows.

162. Mourn

Nearly the entire town turned out for Phantom's ceremony as they celebrated the one who had saved them all, but the funeral of Danny Fenton, one of the handful of casualties from the massive ghost attack on Amity Park, went largely unattended except by close friends and family.

163. Fountain

Sam knew it was unseemly for a Manson and a Goth to cry like this in front of everyone, but she couldn't care less, because right now she was just Sam, the only member of the trio left.

164. Sour

If you had asked anyone at their university whether there was anything Vlad Masters or Jack Fenton could do to alienate one roommate from the other, they would have told you that there was a better chance of the ghosts they wanted to study existing.

165. Treason (Treason)

She's eighteen and a legal adult now and has been acting as the rational head of the family for a while already, but she's still so young, and wishes she didn't have to be the one in charge and she's trying to listen to what the people in dark suits are telling her but it's so different than anything she's ever done before and the words are difficult and sound like they're coming from so far away and none of her schooling seems to be helping even though there are lawyers and representatives explaining all of the terms to her until she nods and she can do this and she has to but it's her parents but it's Danny and it's her choice and it's all up to her and all she can hear is the hard faced woman saying that she has to testify against her parents so that they can be proven dangerous and maybe even clinically insane for attacking their own son because they thought he was a ghost (as if such things existed) and they'll be put away forever and she's old enough to take custody of Danny now and they say that the two of them will be fine that she's responsible and can take care of a teenage boy but she's just so young and inexperienced really and what will they do and how will they live even if they do get to keep the house and why did it have to be her and all come down to her signature on a page?

166. Eternal ("The Ultimate Enemy")

It was nice for Mr. Lancer to imagine that his impact would continue long after he stopped teaching and that when he was eventually gone, he would not be forgotten.

167. Clash

"Nonononono, Danny, don't wear that tie with that suit; you want to impress her, don't you?"

168. Matter (Deathwish)

She was a failure just like the many clones before her, using up precious materials that he could use in a more advanced prototype; it was time to melt her down.

169. Infect

"I just have one question, Danny-boy," Jack asked with a deeply furrowed brow, "is being a half ghost catchy?"

170. Mine

"I know you guys are just trying to help, and I get that, I do, but you have to realize that this isn't your fight… it's mine."

171. Human

As one of the two humans in the world with the most knowledge of death and the afterlife, Danny found it very odd that he had no clue what would happen to him when he fully died.

172. Exile (TP: At My Doors)

There had long existed a system of punishment in the Ghost Zone, to ensure that the likes of Pariah Dark and their overwhelming powers could be contained, but there was only one time they ever saw fit to completely exile a being from their world and sent them through the black door in the middle of the vast swirling expanse of empty space.

173. Bright

Despite the sub-par grades consistently racking up on his report cards, Jazz was sure that her little brother was actually pretty smart.

174. Threat

Danny Phantom was a menace and piece of putrid scum and a threat to Casper High and Amity Park and the entire world and there was nothing that anyone could do or say to convince her otherwise.

175. Night

Green and pink collided in a flash of sparks that was drowned in the darkness as they tried to overwhelm each other.

176. Lament

Danny just regretted that he wasn't going to be able to say goodbye to anyone.

177. Hypnotize

"Now repeat after me, you big fruitloop: I'm going to leave the Fentons alone and the Packers stink."

178. Spirit (#157 Bull's Eye)

If Mrs. Foley had ever found the makeshift target range in the back corner of their backyard between the bushes and the fence and saw the scorch marks scoring through the perfectly manicured lawn, she would have pitched a fit, but she never saw it… just how her son's pinched and determined expression eventually gave way to one of surprise, pride, and exaltation.

179. Siren

If Sam didn't know any better, she might have suspected that Paulina had stepped straight out of a Greek legend to lure all of the guys of Casper High away from anyone else who might have been a potential girlfriend, but it wasn't until her two best friends had been caught under her spell that she actually cared.

180. Throne ("Phantom Planet")

Vlad had never been an assuming man but he had to admit that he liked the view from the throne from which he ruled the world.


I'd to extend a general thanks to dannyboymw on this chapter for helping me brainstorm ideas even though he's never seen the show ('cause I got the best brother in the world, y'all). ;D

And since #165 Treason is actually a full fledged fic now, I decided that you can see its messy beginnings without whittling it down to a single nice grammatically correct sentence.