Danny woke up with a huge headache. It took him a few moments to realize what had happened the day before and then he bolt upright in his bed, causing him even more pain. He looked around. He was alone in his room, but he heard noises coming downstairs. He ran straight trough his door and bolted down the stairs. He found his mother and father on the couch in the living room. Jazz was sitting in a chair opposite of him and tried to calm everybody down. Tucker stood in the opening near kitchen, holding Danielle's hand while she was hiding behind him. When they noticed him, everybody went quiet. He ignored his parents looks and ran to Dani and took her in his arms. "Dani, are you alright? What did he do to you? Are you okay? Are you hurt?" he rushed out. She hugged him back and tears formed in her eyes. "I am okay, Danny. Stop worrying so much. I am a big girl now." She grinned at him. He sighed with relief. "Good, where is Sam?" "She's sleeping upstairs. She used a lot of her energy, to much if you ask Frostbite. He was mumbling things that he warned her, but he also said that she would be fine." He nodded, looked around and than groaned. His parents had seen him transform and the look on their faces showed that they weren't happy at all.
He went to the other chair and sat down, dragging Dani on top of him. Tucker came up from behind and put a friendly hand on his shoulder. Danny gave him a grateful smile. "So," he started, "am I going to be kicked out of the house?" He knew he wasn't being reasonable and that he should have started kinder, but he didn't care anymore. He was just glad Sam and Dani seemed fine, and Tucker and his family were save. He looked at his parents and saw a tear falling down his mothers face. "Of course not. Why would you say such a thing?" He shrugged. "I'd just rather get kicked out than be torn apart molecule by molecule." At this his mother started to cry, while his father paled. "Danny, we're so sorry. Your mother and I, we just didn't know. We thought you were an evil ghost, just like the one who kidnapped us." "Well actually, you're right about that. That ghost is the only like me and Dani here. We're halfas, half human, half ghost." His mother shook his head. "But how? You can't be dead and alive? It's scientifically not possible. And how come there are only three of you? How come you are one of them? And who is she? She looks just like you." He sighed and gave a look at his sister, her boyfriend joined them and sat beside her. Jazz gave an encouraging nod, so he started explaining.
"The ghost you saw is Vlad Plasmius, you also know him as Vlad Masters. When you guys attempted to create a ghostportal in high school, Vlad got hit by an ectobeam. It turned him into what he is now. Vlad has always wanted Mom to be his wife and me to be his son, so he could have his sick little family. But I refused and stopped him multiple times. That's when he decided to clone me. After several failed attempts, he created Dani. When she realized how evil Vlad was, she decided to go through life as my cousin. I had a portal accident as well, only the big one that's now in the basement. Half of me died that day, but somehow I didn't die completely. I don't know how it works, I just know it does. But that's the reason I guess there only three of us: it isn't normal, it isn't supposed to work. And well ghostportals aren't really common. Now I think that answers all your questions for now. If you have more, just ask Jazz or Tuck. I am going to check on Sam and when I come back you can tell me what is going to happen with me." With that he stood up and walked towards the stairs. "Come on Dani, she'll want to see you as well." Together they walked up the stairs while the rest sat in silence in the living room.
Dani didn't bother to open the door and just walked right through, like Danny had done when he woke up. He walked inside and saw his girls hugging each other. He smiled at the view and at his thought, no matter what Sam and Dani would always be his girls. "How are you feeling Sam?" She smiled at him. "I am fine, just tired. You?" He shrugged. "Everything still hurts a little, especially my head but other than that I am fine." He sat down and looked at them, he could feel the tears fall on his cheek. He grabbed both of them in a strong hug. "Never and I mean never do that again. I am always here for you, you can always ask me for help. You should have told me about Vlad and about your need for a roof. Next time, and I hope there will never be a next time, just come to me. Please?" The girl looked at each other and hesitated. Then Sam spoke up. "No, I won't do that. And not because we don't speak anymore, but because we were worried for you. You don't always have to be the hero Danny." He looked confused. "Why would you worry about me? If I had know Vlad had hurt Dani I would have killed him." With a quiet voice Dani replied. "That is exactly what we're afraid of Danny. You're a good ghost, you're a hero, our hero. We didn't want to lose you. And if you would have killed Vlad, you would have been a murderer. He deserves it, I know. But I don't want to lose you Danny, I don't want to meet a Dark Danny like Sam did."
He stood up and began to pace. "I told you Sam, I will never turn into him. I promised you. I thought you trusted me?" "I do trust you Danny. But sometimes promises are broken. Sometimes you can't help it. You left me, even when you promised to be there. And I know I deserved it. I was being selfish and it's my fault you can't have a normal life. You have so much pressure on you and you are so young Danny. I wouldn't even blame you if you went Dark. I would understand, it is to much. And when you would kill a man, ghost, human or both, you wouldn't be able to live with yourself. You would have turned Dark. Not you and Vlad, but just you. I saw it happen Danny. I went to Clockwork, because I knew I should tell you. But when I saw your rage, when I saw Vlad's body at your feet and I saw your pain, I decided I would handle this." He walked back to the girls and sat beside them. "I thought you left me Sam. I didn't know why and it hurt. I somehow lost my best friend, my Sam, and yesterday I found out it was all my fault. I am so, so sorry for hurting you, for let you handle this on your own. And I don't care what you saw. I will never, never turn evil. I promise you. I will learn to live with myself for you. And I won't break any promises I make anymore. Just please, please come back." She hesitated. "I don't know Danny. It took me a long time to get myself together without you. I don't want to go trough that again, but we can try."
The three of them walked down the stairs, Danny helped Sam, who was still to exhausted to walk on her own. Jazz was talking to Dean, who still looked a little flabbergasted. His parents were interrogating Tucker, who looked extremely uncomfortable. "So it wasn't Danny's fault you know, it was Walker. He was possessing the Mayor. And Danny made sure to never hurt you, he just sometimes needed you to not stand in the way you know. I mean you guys are obviously extraordinary ghosthunters, but Danny is just better I guess." Tucker stopped rambling when he noticed them. He quickly stood up and helped Sam to a seat, talking quietly to her. She just nodded and smiled. Danny looked at his parents. "So did you decide what is going to happen next? To me I mean?" His mother looked at him with sad eyes. "We won't kick you out and of course we won't tear you apart. But we would like to help, actually we wished you would stop putting yourself in danger, but Tucker already explained that that wasn't going to happen. So instead we would like to learn how to defeat the ghost who aren't to powerful, so you can study and enjoy you teenage life. We also would like if you would come to us if you need help nursing your injuries. We know what we're doing and we have a more complete first-aid kid. But most of all we wish you to be our son and we hope you can forgive us."
Danny looked around. Everybody and everything was messed up, but somehow they were still one family. He smiled. "I think it's time to enjoy Christmas."
Well that's the final chapter I guess. Maybe I'll be writing a sequel. I am not sure yet, but let me know if you want one. Thanks for reading, I hoped you liked it.