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Royal Pain

Chapter 10: Victory

Previously

Aragon was sent flying and the force of these attacks made his Amulet fall off, thus reverting him back to his base form. He was knocked out cold and without his power.

"Finally..."Dora said as she picked up her brother's amulet and looked at the unconscious forms of her mother and brother.

The battle and their reign of tyranny was finally over.

Dora looked at her brother's amulet and her mother's ring and then glared at the two villains who were beginning to stir awake.

"Oh, my head..."Grimhilde hissed in pain.

"Ow..."Aragon groaned as he came to.

The two villains soon looked at Dora and Team Phantom as well as the revolting citizens and they both growled.

"YOU! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS..."Aragon shouted and tried to change into his dragon form, only to be stumped when nothing happened.

"Looking for this..."Dora said smugly as she held both the amulet and ring.

"MY RING/ MY AMULET..." They both said simultaneously and were about to run to get them, only to be restrained by the guards.

"Unhand me! I will have your hides for this...'Aragon shouted.

"You are done with trying to threaten my people, brother..." Dora said seriously to her brother who was screaming blue murder.

Dora then turned to her mother, who was smiling for some reason and Dora was suspicious, what could she have to smile about?

"My daughter...It seems I was wrong about you...You are not weak at all...I see now that you are a powerful queen...One that I can proudly say is my daughter..."Grimhilde said, making every one stare at her.

"Mother..."Dora said.

"MOTHER?...'Aragon shouted, unable to believe that his mother was siding with his sister now.

"My dear Dorethea, please forgive me for ever doubting your might..." Grimhilde said as she held her arms out, acting like a mother who wants a hug from her child.

Danny, Sam and Tucker looked completely disgusted with such hypocrisy and attempts at manipulation. Did Grimhilde really think that after everything that she has done, Dora would forgive her and take her back as his mother?

The team soon looked at Dora who had an unreadable expression on her face as she approached Grimhilde who still had that fake smile on her face.

"For a very long time, since I was a little girl...I had wanted to hear you say such words...To hear you say that you were wrong about me and say that your sorry for how you treated me..."Dora started and Grimhilde smiled, thinking that Dora would take her back and that she could rule through her.

However, her daughter didn't tell the guards to let her go, she just kept that strange look on her face as she was now in front of her.

'Mother...Usually A royal would never talk like this but I make the exception for you...You are the most cruel, selfish, manipulative, lying hypocritical levereter I have ever known!...'Dora yelled, surprising Grimhilde by her tone.

"Dorathea!...'Grimhilde said appalled, making Dora even angrier

"SHUT UP! You only side with whomever has the most power because you want to use them! You care for no one but yourself and I am ashamed that I have any relation to you or Aragon since you are both just a pair of big, heartless skamelar's who have no place in my kingdom and in my life and afterlife!..." She screamed loudly, finally letting 1,600 years worth of pent up anger out with these words.

"What do you mean?...'Grimhilde demanded, hating that her daughter was still being difficult.

"It means that as far as I am concern you are not my mother and Aragon is no longer my brother...You don't deserve to be..." Dora said, making everyone who heard her very impressed.

"Why you insolent little mistake...'Grimhilde screamed, too angry to notice that Dora had gotten face to face.

"The only mistake made here was you coming back!...'Dora said before punching Grimhilde in the face again, knocking her out once more.

"Way to go Dora!...'Sam cheered while the rest of the crowd followed suit.

"ALL HAIL QUEEN DORA!..." The citizens all cheered, making Aragon get angrier.

'NO! She is not your queen! I AM THE RULER OF THIS REALM! I AM THE FIRST BORN! I AM THE MALE HEIR! DORA IS NOTHING COMPARED TO ME!...'Aragon screamed, but he looked more like a toddler having lost his favorite toy and it was getting on everyone's nerves.

"Aragon..."Dora approached him, giving him a fake smile that Aragon was suspicious about... "SHUT UP!..."Dora yelled as she punched Aragon on the face.

"Nice one...'Danny said in an impressed tone as Aragon was rubbing his jaw.

Before he could do anything to retaliate, the former ruler soon found himself surrounded by his old guards and many, MANY angry citizens, each one with threatening gestures.

"May, we, your highness?...'One guard asked Dora who realized what they wanted.

"You may...'Dora said as she went to her friends.

Soon the knights and citizens approached Aragon, who was gulping at what was happening now.

"Oh no..." Aragon said, not liking where this is going.

Everyone attacked him, each one giving the ex-ruler his long overdue beating he so truly deserves!

10 minutes later

As Grimhilde and Aragon were laid on the ground unconscious again and beaten up, Dora turned to Team Phantom who gave her a sympathetic look.

"I'm really sorry Dora..."Danny said, unsure of what to he should actually say now.

"There is nothing to be done about this...One does not choose their family...but one chooses who they can become, that I know...'Dora said wisely, making Sam smile at her.

"Are you sure that you're okay?..."Sam asked in concern.

She thought that her own family was pretty lame but what Dora had to deal with...it was just wrong...

'I am now that I have these...and I will make sure neither my brother or mother ever see them again..."Dora said as she referred to the amulet and her mother's ring.

"Can I see that for a minute?...'Danny asked and Dora handed him the ring.

It was a little hard to believe that such a small piece of jewelry could give Grimhilde such a dangerous power but Dora was right, it was for the best that it stays as far away from the evil former queen and prince as possible. Before Danny could give the ring back, one of the guards approached them.

"My queen, what must we do with the human girl?...'The head guard asked as his subordinate carried Paulina, who was beginning to stir awake.

Danny soon looked at Tucker and Sam, who were still without their helmets and panicked.

"GUYS! Paulina! Helmets!..."Danny said quickly.

Sam and Tucker realized that they took the helmets off when they freed Dora and if Paulina sees them here in the Ghost Zone with Danny Phantom, it was gonna be an unpleasant experience. The two teens soon took the helmets of two nearby guards.

"Can we borrow this for a moment? Thanks!...'Sam said quickly as she and Tucker put their helmets on, just in time as Paulina finally regained consciousness.

Paulina finally regained consciousness and gripped her head, feeling very dizzy.

'Ow...What the heck happened?..."Paulina muttered as she came to and noticed her surroundings.

She was in some kind of arena and she noticed that she was wearing a pink dress and that was when her memories flooded back. She was brought to the Ghost Zone, being kidnap by an ugly prince who her ghost boy would fight to win her hand back.

'Wait? Does that mean..."Paulina's eyes soon landed on her ghost boy who was standing next to the unconscious beat up , ugly prince and creepy queen and she had a big grin on her face.

"GHOST BOY! YOU WON!..."Paulina yelled in excitement and soon pushed herself out of the guards grasp and ran to him excitedly.

'P-Paulina..."Danny stuttered and soon found himself in a suffocating hug as Paulina cling to him.

"Too tight..."Danny thought as Paulina continued to squeeze him.

"You won! You're my knight in shining now and forevermore...'Paulina squealed as she leaned in to kiss him, only for Danny to turn his head and end up being kissed on the cheek instead.

All the while, Sam was practically growling inside as she watched Paulina being all touchy fangirl with Danny, which Tucker noticed but he was too busy being amused by this whole thing to be honest.

"Paulina..."Danny said as he tried to wriggle out of her grasp, but she was relentless.

"You saved me again and you won...you won!...'Paulina cheered as she still held onto him.

"I am glad that you are okay...Now I think it's time to get you back home..."Danny said and he flinched when he saw a strange look in Paulina's teal eyes.

"Oh, you're right! We got to get planning soon...'Paulina said, making Danny raise an eyebrow in confusion.

"Plan what?..." Danny asked.

"Our wedding, my silly ghost knight..."Paulina said, making Danny's jaw drop.

'WEDDING?!...'Danny yelled in absolute shock while Paulina seemed oblivious to his outburst.

"Of course, you won the duel after all..." Paulina said simply, making Danny question her sanity right now.

"You mean that because I won the duel, we have to get married?!…"Danny said in an incredulous tone, hoping Paulina would snap out of this but no such luck.

"Uh-Huh..." Paulina said happily.

All the while, Danny was trying to think of a way to undo this...this...whatever it was that was happening with Paulina now.

"B-B-But...I'm too young to get married! And so are you!..."Danny shouted, hoping she would have some more sense.

No such luck...

"Not today silly...I am still in high school but I will be 18 in 2 years and we can get married then...Oh, I am so excited, first we got to get home and introduce you to my parents...Sure, my papa might need some convincing but I am sure he will agree after I tell him that you saved me again and then we got to tell all of my friends...Oooh, they will all be so jealous!...'Paulina said as she continued to ramble, making Danny wish he would just faint.

"Are you hearing this?..."Sam whispered to Tucker, totally disgusted with what Paulina was saying.

"What is she? Five years old?...I heard of fangirls being a little wacky, but this is ridiculous..."Tucker said, finding Paulina's word to be disturbing.

They were just teenagers and this was real life, not a fairy tale! She can't honestly believe that she and Danny were going to get married now just because he won the duel, right?

" Wacky is putting it very mildly..."Sam said critically, wondering how Danny was going to get out of this one.

As Paulina kept talking, Danny was getting more and more unnerved by what she was saying. She didn't honestly expect that they had to get married, did she?! She wasn't that obsessed with him was she?!

"Paulina Phantom has a really nice ring to it, wouldn't you agree, darling?...'Paulina asked sweetly.

"Paulina Phantom?! …"Danny thought, horrified that she was actually serious about this whole thing.

"Is that ring for me?...'Paulina said as she took Grimhilde's ring out of his hand and put it on.

"Wait! Paulina...No…" Danny yelled but Paulina wouldn't listen as she stared critically at the ring.

"You have strange taste my darling ghost boy but we can fix that after the wedding..." Paulina said and Danny found his right eye twitching at the word "wedding".

"Please, make her stop..."Danny internally begged, just wishing that someone would end this. He even mouthed the words "help me" to the others, who were still wondering how to get Paulina to let this knight fantasy go.

Suddenly Winston approached the scene with an interesting look on his face, making Sam and Tucker wonder what he plans to do to help save Danny from the clutches of his most crazed fan.

"Excuse me, milady...'Winston said to Paulina who looked annoyed at the interruption.

"What?...'Paulina said rudely to him.

"Perfume..." Winston said as he sprayed and suddenly Paulina found herself getting dizzy.

"G-Ghost boy..." Paulina said in a drawled voice before fainting once again, much to Danny's relief.

"What did you do?...'Danny asked.

"I found this in one of Grimhilde's pockets and I realized it was knock out gas in an old perfume bottle..." The servant said as he put it away and removed the ring from Paulina's finger.

Any longer and Paulina might have triggered the dragon transformation and they have already dealt with enough insane, scaly beasts for one day.

'Thank you Winston...' Sam said, pleased by the silence now that Paulina was no longer ranting over her delusions and fantasies.

"Yeah, thanks..."Danny said, thankful that at least Paulina was peacefully quiet and not spouting crazy wedding details now.

"Anything to help..."He said with a shrug.

"How long is this stuff suppose to last anyway?..."Danny asked, as he examined Paulina.

"It's the Aragonian blend, it's effects never lasts more than an hour..."Dora explained.

"Then we got to get Paulina back home fast before she wakes up..." Danny said as he picked the unconscious girl up bridal style, until she notice her state of dress.

"Uh...Dora...would it be so much to ask if you're servants could give Paulina her old clothes back..."Danny requested.

"Certainly Sir Phantom..."Dora said as she summoned her ladies in waiting and took Paulina to a private room. Five minutes later, the Latina girl was back and dressed in her usual clothes.

'Thanks..." Danny said as he took Paulina in his arms once again.

"It is I and my kingdom whom owe you and your friends a debt a gratitude, for helping us defeat my brother..." Dora said graciously.

"Anytime..."Sam said to her ghostly friend.

"We're happy to help...'Tucker said with a smile.

"How can I ever thank you three for helping me save my kingdom once again?...'Dora asked.

"You don't need to do anything Dora...What are friends for anyway...'Danny said kindly, making Dora smile at that.

"But it would be appreciated if you make sure these two anti-tech maniacs never bug us again...'Tucker said, still hating that Aragon's spell made it impossible for him to use his PDA.

"Now that is a very easy task..." Dora said as she ordered her guards to send her still unconscious brother and mother to the dungeons where they could spend the rest of eternity in chains, just as they had try to do to her.

"Anyway, we got to get going before Paulina wakes up again...I think I have an idea of making her "forget" about this whole day...'Danny said as he turned to Tucker and Sam.

"Now this, I got to see...'Sam said as she used the keys to summon the Specter Speeder.

"Bye Dora...Bye Winston..." Danny said as he took to the air.

"Take care everyone..." Sam said as she entered the Specter Speeder.

"Call us once you progressed to having working phones in this realm...'Tucker said as he got in.

"And thank you once more, my friends..." Dora said as she and her people waved goodbye to the trio of heroes as they flew back home.

"Such nice young folk...Those modern worlders really are a fascinating bunch..." Winston commented as he was about to go back inside the palace, only to be halted by the Queen.

"Not so fast Winston..."Dora said in a commanding voice to her servant, who looked at her in confusion. Dora suddenly went from serious to smiling very widely..."I do believe I have yet to reward you, for your heroic actions..."She said smiling to her most loyal servant.

"I wouldn't really call it heroic my queen...I was just fed up with being a coward all of the time..." Winston said sheepishly.

"Winston, you were never a coward...A coward is a person who lets fear run his entire life and who would never put himself on the line to protect another...What you did today proves that you are no coward and I want to thank you for helping free me and inspiring the people to no longer fear my brother..."Dora said and Winston just blushed at her praise.

"Just having a queen as kind as you is my reward, your highness…" Winston said as he bowed, making Dora smile wider at that.

"Never the less, I believe I have a special reward for you...'Dora said, making Winston wonder what she means by that.

Later

Back in Amity Park

Danny, Sam and Tucker managed to make it back to Amity Park and were now at the Sanchez Estate, landing on the balcony that was connected to Paulina's bedroom. Once inside, Danny winced at the numerous posters and newspaper clippings of him that adorned the room, he even saw one of the Danny Phantom plushies that people were selling now, making him feel ever more creeped out.

"Paulina's bedroom, a place that I have only visited in my nightmares..." Sam said as she looked around the place in absolute disgust.

"You dream about Paulina and her bedroom?..."Tucker joked.

Before Sam could retort, Paulina was beginning to stir a bit, on the verge of regaining consciousness.

"Oh man, she's waking up..."Danny said as he quickly placed Paulina and soon grabbed Tucker and Sam, turning them invisible as the popular girl was finally awake.

'GHOST BOY!..."Was the first thing Paulina yelled out, until she noticed her surroundings, that she was back in her room and not in the ghost zone.

"Please work..." Danny practically prayed, hoping that Paulina would think that the whole thing was a dream and let it go.

Thankfully, the Universe seemed to have taken pity on him, as Paulina looked disappointed for some reason.

"It was all just a dream..." Paulina said with a pout, which made Danny want to high five himself.

Suddenly Paulina's door opened to reveal her father, the very tall and burly Mr. Sanchez whom Danny still found intimidating but he and his friends were invisible right now.

'Mija...When did you get home? I thought you were out shopping..."Mr. Sanchez asked his daughter who looked confused.

Danny quickly put Sam and Tucker in Paulina's closet and then flew fast to overshadow Paulina, temporarily taking control of her body.

"Oh, I was but I came home and thought I'd take a little beauty nap...not that I need it since I am already so pretty..."Danny said with his best impression on Paulina, which wasn't all that great.

Thankfully Mr. Sanchez didn't notice that anything was out of place and just bought the whole act.

"Well alright princess, enjoy your nap..."Mr. Sanchez said, finally leaving.

Danny let out a sigh of relief, happy to have dodge that bullet. He soon fazed out of Paulina who gripped her head and seemed confused.

'Huh? Papa?...'Paulina asked out loud only to see that her father wasn't there.

"Must have dreamed that too..."Paulina muttered and Danny tried to resist the urge to snicker at how gullible she could be.

Paulina just shrugged and soon went to her mirror, happy that she didn't have any horrible bed head and that her make up was still alright.

"Just like Sleeping Beauty...Always waking up looking this good...'Paulina said proudly before leaving her room.

Danny resisted the urge to roll his eyes at that comment and Paulina's super high maintenance.

"She reads waaaay too many fairy tales... "Danny commented before opening the closet door.

There Tucker and Sam got out and Sam gave him a really annoyed look.

"Sorry about that guys, but Paulina's dad was asking dangerous questions..."Danny said.

"So that was Paulina's closet? Man, it's huge...It even has it's own sofa, a TV and an expresso machine...'Tucker commented.

"Really?...'Danny question.

"Can we please go home, now? I have already spent enough of my life around pink and Paulina and the two of them together is making me feel sick!..."Sam said.

Danny nodded and grabbed the two of them, fazing out of Paulina's mansion. Soon they landed in an alleyway and Danny transformed back to his human self, finally feeling at peace.

"Man, that was too close..."Danny said as he wiped some sweat from his forehead.

"Yeah, five more minutes and you would have been engaged to a cheerleader...but hey Paulina Phantom is close to being Paulina Fenton anyway..."Tucker laughed while Sam looked annoyed

"CUT IT OUT!...'Danny yelled angrily, surprising Tucker and Sam with his hostility. Danny realized what he did and retracted.

'Sorry about snapping at you Tuck..."Danny apologized to his bespectacled friend.

"Wow man, sorry about the teasing...You know I was just playing with you..." Tucker said, confused by his behavior.

"I know that you were...It's... it's just been a really long day..."Danny sighed once more, making Sam curious.

"Danny...Don't you...like Paulina anymore?...'Sam asked, wanting to be certain of something.

Danny looked uncomfortable, but decided he might as well tell them since they were his best friends.

"No...Not anymore...'Danny confessed, unaware that Sam was smiling on the inside upon hearing this.

"Paulina is beautiful, I can't deny that but she's...She only seems to care about my ghost half only because I saved her life and because I'm famous now... I don't even think she actually even cares about Danny Phantom as much as she thinks she does...She's just having a celebrity crush, and there's no base there...no compatibility, no intimacy...no special connection, just a lot of hormones... I still think she's pretty but she's just fangirl...A hot fangirl but I...I don't see any future there...I think I rather have a girl who cares about me beyond being just Danny Phantom..." Danny said, finally expressing what he truly felt about Paulina now.

Sam was smiling widely upon hearing this, happy that Danny has truly broken free of the spell Paulina placed on him and all of the boys at school.

"Don't worry Danny, there's a girl out there for you...Someone who would love to have a guy like you, not because of your powers or fame, but because you're a great guy that any girl would feel lucky to have as their own...'Sam said, making Danny smile at that.

"Thanks Sam...I hope you're right about a girl being out there for me..."Danny said.

'I'm sure you'll find her soon enough...'Sam said, looking down shyly.

'Maybe she's even standing in front of you right now...'Tucker said only to hiss in pain when Sam stomped on his foot to shut him up.

Danny blinked at that and decided to not question it. He looked up to see that the sun was about to set down and he checked his watch.

"Well, the movie is almost pretty much over now, but we can still make bowling and video games..."Danny said optimistically to his friends.

"Now you're talking...'Sam said.

"I'll say, after being in that Tech-Free Zone for two hours, I need me a good old dose of violence and three dimensional graphics...'Tucker said eagerly.

The trio of friends soon left for the bowling alley, happy that Aragon and his mom were defeated and Paulina was returned safely home, Dora and her kingdom were free again and no one was going to be forced to marry at all now.

All in all, a good day of work for Team Phantom.

-To be continued-

Next time on Royal Pain

The End

A/N: I just posted a drawing of Grimhilde on my DeviantArt page, if you want to see how the evil EX-Queen looks like, go to:

flower-princess11/art/Ex-Queen-Grimhilde-of-Aragon-756990639

A/N(2): Also the words "levereter" and "skamelar" are some medieval insults I looked up and thought would be more authentic when Dora gave her ex-mom and brother the tongue lashing they deserve.

DeviantartREPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:

Invader Johnny: That was my favorite part too, along with that punch Dora gave Grimhilde too :)

The Reviewer: Thank you.

Wiseguy2415: Nice predicting skills my friend.

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