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Resurrected Memories

Chapter 10: Ember's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Unknown location.

Ember didn't know where she was but noticed she was in her Amberline form and she was wearing some fancy dress. She also realized that she was dancing with someone.

"Huh?..."Was all that came to her mind until she got a look at her dance partner.

He was tall and his blonde hair covered over his eyes so she couldn't tell who he was but she felt strangely happy when she danced with him. Ember felt a strange sort of giddiness as they twirled and danced the night away….as she heard the light classical music slowing down a bit, her partner stopped dancing but held her close.

She couldn't explain it...but she felt happy like this.

"Please….tell me your name?"...The mysterious man asked, his voice was so soothing and Ember didn't know why but she liked it.

Ember opened her mouth to answer his question but no sound came out.

"Huh?...W-What's happening?...Why can't I talk?!...'She thought in a panic as she tried to speak again but still no sound came out.

Ember was panicking right now. This couldn't be happening! It just couldn't! Her voice was her most precious possession, it was all she had that made her feel special, without her voice, how could she even sing?!

Ember desperately tried to get someone to help her, anyone but they were all ignoring her like she was invisible. She tried to somehow ask her mysterious dance partner to help her but he was gone as well.

'Where did he go?..."Ember thought as she couldn't find him.

Searching all over the ballroom, she finally found him, but his back was turned and he was with another woman...a familiar woman?

"Huh?...What's going on?..."Ember thought in confusion.

She froze as they both turned as if to face her and she recognized them...it couldn't be!

Alexandria and David?!

"Who was that girl I saw you dancing with earlier?"...Alexandria asked in her fake sweet voice that always spelled doomed for Ember.

"What girl?"...David said looking genuinely confused, wondering what his dance partner meant.

Ember didn't know why but she felt tears fall from her eyes and she tried to leave, feeling so much sadness and humiliation at being forgotten yet again.

Even after so long, they found a way to hurt her once more!

She wanted to leave but she couldn't escape, she was frozen to the ground as she watched all of the other guests and the ball room disappeared and she was surrounded by darkness and flames.

She wanted to scream and beg someone to help her but no sound came out when they flames approached her….and it wasn't long until nothing but ashes remained.

"AHHH!"...Ember screamed at the top of her lungs.

Panting and shaking, she looked around to see that she was back in her realm, with no grand ballroom, no fire and no David and Alexandria.

"My voice?!..."She thought in a panic, she quickly did a few vocal exercises and was relieved that she still had her voice

"It was just a nightmare"...Ember mutter softly, finally calming down. However, she soon felt angry at herself for getting so worked up over a stupid dream

Now she was getting nightmares?

"What's going on with me? It was just a stupid dream..."Ember thought as she got out of bed.

She was Ember Mclain and she never let herself get spooked so easily. Glancing around, she saw her book laid carelessly on the ground and she remembered that she still hasn't finished it.

"Oh yeah, the mermaid book….I wonder how long I was out...'Ember muttered as she looked over to her clock and almost choked on her own saliva as she saw the time!.

It was already 7:45am!...She's been asleep for almost 16 hours and class starts in 15 minutes!

"Crap!..."Ember thought in a panic as she ran to her bathroom.

Once there, she did a quick shower, and bathed her human form. After about 5 minutes, she got out and got dressed and gathered her school books. Checking the time, she cursed when she saw that it was already 7:52, wasting no more time, she quickly teleported to the human world, right behind the gym of Casper High.

"Ugh...Stupid teleporting..."Ember hissed as she felt her head throbbing from her impromptu trip in between worlds.

Ignoring the headache she was getting ,she rushed to Lancer's homeroom, avoiding the others students who were also running late. She made it and managed to beat the bell by one second!

"That's was close"…Ember sighed in relief as she sat at her desk as the bell rang.

True, she could have just teleported closer to Lancer's class but it was too risky and she didn't want to risk someone seeing her use her powers, which was why everyday she teleported benind the gym because it was deserted during the morning.

"It seems you managed to beat the bell this time Ms. Lain, though next time try not to cut it so close"…Lancer said with some humor in his voice and Ember tried to bite back a retort and just ignored him.

She couldn't believe she had to go through all this just to get payback on that dork Phantom…speaking of which…she glanced and saw he wasn't there yet.

"Where is that idiot?..."Ember wondered only for the door to immediately opened and revealed an uneasy Danny carrying a note in his hand.

"Ghost trouble Mr. Fenton?"….Lancer asked in concern to his young pupil. Ever since he learned the truth, he was more worried about the boy.

"Not this time, Mr. Lancer"…Danny said and he handed him the note and quickly went to his desk

It wasn't ghost trouble since the portal was still being updated…It was Dad trouble!

His father woke him up early this morning in order to show him the new invention he made for him called the Fenton Exposy, which was a big ecto-glue bomb meant to capture ghosts without harming them and Danny was also meant to be immune to it.

His dad was super eager to try it and it ended with Danny agreeing to test it out. The end result was the boy himself getting covered by the sticky substance and getting glued to the basement walls. It took over an hour to pry the boy off the wall and a whole lot of apologizing from his dad, especially since there was no way Danny was going to make it to class on time, hence the note he gave Lancer…

"Looks like some things just won't change"…Danny said sighing.

Even without ghosts, his parent's invention were always something he had to be cautious with, especially since his dad was trying really hard to make him immune to them since he learned about his powers, hence the testing of the weapons.

Ironically, he got less hurt by the weapons when they weren't trying to make him immune to them…

While Danny was dealing with his problems, Ember was facing her own problems in the form of hunger…

"Damn it!"…Ember thought bitterly as she felt that familiar sensation within her stomach.

She just had to oversleep and miss breakfast. Since she started attending Casper High, Ember always arrived an hour early in order to get some breakfast from the cafeteria, and after school she would buy some take out home for dinner.

It was already 8:05 am and Lunch was hours away!

"Grrrr..."Ember's stomach moaned as it demanded food, while Ember tried to ignore it and focus on the stupid lesson Lancer was giving and her stupid target who was across the room.

After another five minutes Ember couldn't take it anymore, if she didn't eat something soon, she was pretty sure she was going to pass out or something.

"That does it!..."Ember thought frustrated as she excused herself and took a hall pass .

She remembered having spotted a vending machine not far from here, and she really needed something to eat right now.

"Where is that damned machine?!..."Ember thought agitated while her stomach kept growling.

"I don't see how the dipstick has time to play hero if he has to deal with this needy human body all the time"…Ember muttered, getting more aggravated as her stomach was growling, demanding sustenance…

She finally found the machine and tried not to drool at the variety it offered.

"BINGO!…." She thought in relief as she approached the infernal machine.

Spotting a blueberry muffin that looked tasty, she reached for her pocket only to find it empty...Panicking, she checked her other pocket only to find it was also empty.

'You gotta be kidding me?!"…Ember said in frustrated anger, there was no way she could be broke now, she always carried money on her since she came here…

She suddenly remember she was in such a rush this morning that forgot to check if she had any cash on her.

"Damn it!"…She growled and kicked the machine in anger, she half considered teleporting back to her realm to get the money...until a less stupid idea came to her mind.

"Duh, ghost powers"…Ember thought and was about to do it until she heard the last voice she wanted to here right now.

"Hey, calm down, kicking the machine won't make it give you your snack any faster"…Danny said in a humorous tone to the auburn haired girl.

"What's he doing here?"…Ember thought in dismay, she was starving and this chump was in the way of her meal.

"What are you doing here?!"…Ember said in a hostile tone, forgetting she wasn't supposed to antagonize him, but she was really hungry!

"Wow...touchy much…I had to use the bathroom"…he said as he pointed to the door not far from here.

"Why are you here?"…Danny asked confused about her behavior, so far Amberline wasn't very talkative, but he hadn't seen her so hostile

"Do you both have hall passes?"…A teacher asked, Danny and Ember showed theirs and he walked away.

"Trying not to starve to death!"…Ember said in an irritated tone, either from hunger or from him, she didn't know.

Thankfully, the dominating side of her mind managed to ignore her hunger long enough to realize that snapping at him would be counterproductive in her plot.

"Look…sorry I snapped at you, I overslept and I had to skip breakfast and it turns out I'm broke"...Ember explained bitterly, still not knowing why she was telling him this, but she knew it wouldn't hurt her in the long run.

Danny's glare left and was replaced with an unreadable expression though he didn't look like he was angry anymore.

"Oh.." Was all he said as he looked at her.

Ember was about to leave and hopefully find another machine far away from him, however she didn't managed to get 10 feet away from him before she heard him call her out.

'Hey, wait!"…the dipstick called her.

"Oh, now what?"…Ember thought in annoyance as she turned around only to stop whatever retort she would have said as she stared at the chocolate chip muffin in his hand.

"Don't forget this…"Danny said as he offered her the pastry with a friendly smile on his face.

Ember only stood there with a dumbfounded expression on her face and she probably didn't realize how stupid she looked that moment…the dipstick bought her food?!

Her stomach was demanding her to take the muffin and her mouth was almost salivating at the sight of it, but her mind and pride didn't want her too.

Who did he think he was? She didn't need his stinking charity!

"And why would I take that?...Ember said trying ignore her stomach and just keep an air of indifference.

"Because you said you were starving"...Danny said as an annoyed frown came to his face.

What was with her? He was trying to be nice here!

"I don't need anyone's charity"…Ember said while her stomach was calling her a moron and punishing her for refusing to take the delicious treat .

She didn't care, she didn't want anyone "saving her", especially not him

"Look, no one will think less of you for taking this if that's what you are worried about"…Danny said as he was getting really annoyed now.

She was acting like a kid refusing to eat her veggies, it wasn't like this was going to kill her or something! Besides they were supposed to be partners and they were already at a bad start. He was having a bad morning and she was acting like accepting this from him was beneath her or something.

"Who does she think she is?! It's not like the muffin is poisoned or anything!..."Danny thought angrily as Amberline still looked at him with a look of defiance.

However, Ember bit her lip, she hunger and her pride were practically wrestling each other about whether to accept it or not. One final loud roar from her stomach finally broke her and she caved…besides technically it was Amberline accepting the muffin from Phantom, not Ember Mclain.

That was what she tried to remind herself.

"Alright...Alight...If you insist..."Ember said, trying to keep some of her pride.

She grabbed the muffin and basically inhaled it, savoring the sweet taste of the chocolate and slowly feeling her stomach calm down…

Though she paused when the dipstick started talking again.

"Wow...you really were starving"…Danny said as he watched her consume the muffin like it was her first meal in months.

Ember felt her cheeks flush and felt shame wash over her, not only for breaking her own principles but for basically losing herself in front of her enemy. She knew he didn't know who she was, but the feeling was all the same! Ember glared at him and "humphed" before walking away, not wanting to speak to him.

'You're welcome!"...Danny said sarcastically and his teeth clenched…

Who did this girl think she was?!

Both went back to Lancer's class in foul moods, ignoring each other and the curious look their teacher sent them. However, both were thinking the exact same thing.

'I can't wait until this stupid project is over with!"…Both teens thought in sync as they glared at each other from a distance before resuming their school work.

Later

Around lunch time.

This day was going painfully slow for Ember….after that bad morning, she cursed herself for what she did, and now she had to apologize to that stupid dipstick since the last thing she needed was him hating her and keeping his guard up around her.

After all, how was she suppose to catch him off guard if he hated her?

Besides, there was no way he'd let her check out the lab if he was still pissed at her, so Ember knew that as much as she would hate it, she have to swallow her pride and apologize to that idiot. She reminded herself it wouldn't be a real apology and it was just to manipulate him, so Ember was mentally practicing what she was going to say to him during class time until lunch came around.

"Now where is he?..."Ember thought as she searched for Danny.

She figured he would probably be hiding near the bleachers again like the last time, so she headed their in order to get it over with. She approached the field and was surprised to see it was crowded, she saw some guys playing football nearby as she went to search for Danny.

"Hey beautiful, came to watch me play?"...She heard Dash say when he approached her with his clone Kwan giving him a 'thumbs up" from across them field.

Morons!

"Keep dreaming"...Ember said not even looking at him as she headed to the bleacher only for Dash to cut in front of her.

"Come on baby, don't be like that, I actually have something for you"..Dash said as he pulled something from behind him and handed it to her. It was an invitation with the word "Dash Bash" on it.

Ember looked at him unimpressed .

"You are here by invited to the annual Dash Bash, hosted by moi being held this Friday night and you get the chance to bemoi's date"...Dash said trying to be smooth but Ember rolled her eyes.

She'd rather hear one of Technu's attempts at being "hip' than do anything with this half wit.

"Not happening"...Ember said rudely as she purposely dropped the invitation and walked passed him only for Dash to grab her arm and Ember was this close to murdering him…

How dare he! Who gave him permission to touch her?! The expression on Dash' face told her even he didn't realize what he did wrong...idiot!

"Hands off! Who said you could touch me?!"...Ember demanded when she pulled her arm away from the blonde idiot and wondering how risky it would be if she threw him off a building.

"Hey, don't be like that! Here I am being nice and inviting you to my party and your blowing me off"..Dash said looking pretty offended, thought it was obvious the only reason he wasn't trying to hit her was because she was a girl...a hot girl anyway.

"Let it go Dash...also I don't think she appreciates you pulling her like you just did"...A voice suddenly said and both turned around to see Danny with an annoyed look.

Ember by instinct glared at him but Dash suddenly got an excited look in his eyes.

"Hey Danny man, one of the people I wanted to see, your also invited to Dash Bash, as the guest of honor, since it won't be a party without you"..Dash said excitedly as he held out the invitation to his idol/former victim and Danny looked unimpressed.

"For the tenth time Dash, I'm not going to one of your parties, I'm too busy with saving the town from ghosts and all that"...Danny said in an annoyed tone as they have gone through this about thousand times already.

Dash was second only to Paulina in annoyance since he revealed himself, Dash would always be after him either for an autograph, a party invitation, inviting him to join the A-listers or the team and Danny kept rejecting him….

After a few more rejections, Dash left, leaving Ember alone with Danny.

"What brings you out, I thought you would be hiding from Paulina and her clones at this time?"...Ember said, mostly confused if anything.

She was going to talk to him in order to get him to stop being mad at her but why did he suddenly show himself like that if he was so worried about some crazy fan seeing him?

"I heard your little chat with Dash..." Was all Danny said.

He didn't know why he stepped in, especially after the way she treated him earlier but he saw Dash grab her arm and he suddenly found himself coming out of his hiding place. Tucker would probably say that it was his hero-complex acting up or something.

Ember looked at him confused...first the muffin and now telling Dash off?...Especially after what she said to him earlier?…

"What's with him?...'Ember thought in confusion as she glanced at her enemy, wondering his intentions.

Why did he help her? He didn't even know who she was, if he did she was sure he would have left her to fend for herself...still, she supposed she should be grateful, another second and she probably would have lost her temper and attack the jock and blow her cover...so Phantom helped her continue her ruse….although she wondered why he did it?

'Why did you try and help me with Dash?"...Ember asked, genuinely sounding confused, she knew he was a goody goody, but she also knew Phantom held grudges if Plasmius was any indication.

"Dash is a moron and a major nuisance, as well as the biggest bully at this school, so I could tell he wasn't going to let up soon"...Danny said automatically, wondering why she looked so confused…

"That doesn't answer my question...why did you help me?"...Ember repeated, still not understanding this and Danny looked at her incredulously .

"Because I felt like it, don't ask why, I just did"...Danny said starting to lose his patience with her, though he saw her blinking a bit.

"What's with her?"….He thought curiously, wondering what was going on in that head of hers.

Ember shook her head and remember she was suppose to do something

"Oh..um...well...I..."..Ember started. Danny noticed she looked...awkward to say the least and wondered where this was going.

"I'm sorry'...She finally said, causing Danny to blink and look confused this time.

"Come again?"...Danny said, not sure if he heard her right .

"You heard me already, I said I was sorry...you know for...earlier...Amberline said looking away embarrassed.

Danny was a little out of the loop...though maybe he made a snap judgment on her, the girl did say she was having a bad morning and she was apologizing...

"It's okay...I guess"...Danny said finally "You mind telling me exactly what happened?"...He asked, feeling a little curious.

"I already told you I was having a bad morning, first I woke up from a nightmare and then I realize I oversleep and had to skip breakfast, so excuse me if I wasn't all sunshine and rainbows this morning"...Ember said half sarcastically, half honestly, thought Danny for some reason didn't feel annoyed.

"It's okay we all have bad days, and funny enough at the same time"...Danny said as he thought back to his disastrous morning with the Fenton Exposy.

"What got you so worked up this morning?"...Ember asked curiously, wondering what got Mr. goody goody all grumpy.

"Bad morning, lets just say I was helping my dad test an invention and it backfired...literally".. Danny said as he thought about that stupid Fenton Exposy. Getting glued to the wall for half an hour was not a pleasant way to start your day.

Ember had some idea of what might of happened and tried not to laugh as she thought about Phantom getting trapped by one of his folks crazy gadgets….she briefly imagined him getting sucked into his thermos and tried to control herself.

"It's okay, we all have bad days"...Ember mimicked him and for some reason he chuckled.

"So...uh...bygones I guess?"...Danny said starting to feel awkwardly.

"Uh..sure I guess...Ember said, feeling glad to get this over with, and that she could continue with her plan.

Half a minute passed of painful silence as neither knew what to say now.

"Oh...uh...did you finish the book?"...Danny suddenly asked in a desperate need to break the uncomfortable silence.

"Huh..oh, not yet, I only read about half way until I fell asleep, which kinda explain why I overslept"..Ember said and briefly frowned as she tried to shake the memory of her nightmare away.

"It's okay, if anything I think were more ahead than the rest of the class"...Danny said with a smile.

Ember didn't noticed herself briefly smiling as well but Danny did and couldn't help but notice for the first time she was pretty now that he got a good look at her, however he quickly realized what he was doing he stopped staring.

"So anything, we're still gonna head to my place and do what we can tonight, m'kay?"...Danny asked hastily and was pleased when the auburn haired girl nodded.

Neither teen noticed that a pair of aqua blue eyes were spying on them from a distance. It was Star, Paulina's "satellite" and best friend, she was walking by when she saw Danny talking to the new girl by the bleachers, she didn't know what they were saying but she saw Danny smiling at the new girl and that was huge news as far as she was concerned

'Like, OMG, I got to find Paulina ASAP!….The blonde girl said dramatically as she left to search for her friend who she knew would not be happy about this

-To be continued-

Next time on Resurrected Memories

A trip to Fenton Works

REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:

Guest: I'm sorry if I gave that implication, I actually love the Little mermaid but I was just writing from experience as I recall one of my high school teachers saying something similar when we had to do a book report and couldn't use a movie adaptation.

Invader Johnny: Next chapter will have a glimpse at that, but I can't say how or how much.

Spectre kid: I'm sorry for going so long with Dani Fenton School Daze but the latest chapter is out since Friday, so feel free to check it out.

The Blade of Osh-Tekk: Next chapter will be covering about that, along with a special twist I have planned.

Xeziel15 and LooneyAces: Thank you.

FeMorgenstern11: I know right!

Mazamba: The reason Ember didn't do that is the same reason she didn't want to attack Dash, she is trying to keep a low profile and she knows she can't risk getting in trouble if she wants to spy on Danny and plot her next move….it's tough for her but she has to watch her temper.

Naluforever3: Thank, I try to keep my characters as "in character" as possible and I agree, I hate it when authors basically obliterate one's personality in order to fit with the flow rather than just work it out with development.

Kyokoberis: I'm glad you like it.

:) Till next time beautiful people, remember to read and review :)