ELEVEN
Danny slowly-but surely-made his way through the Ghost Zone. He didn't know, or care, where he was going or who found him, the only thing that concerned him was who was going to release him of his ghost self. Danny knew that Clockwork couldn't help him (wouldn't actually). Clockwork would say that he would mess up the time stream, or some such nonsense.
Closing his eyes tight, Danny decided that the next place he saw was going to be the home of the ghost who could help him. Danny spun around in a circle, until he became a little sick, and opened his eyes. He grinned. Desiree would definitely be able to help him with something as major as this.
"Tucker, we've gotta do something!" Sam paced the floor hysterically. "Danny is going to do something drastic! I know it!"
Tucker nodded. "Probably. I've never seen him like this before."
"But what can WE do? We're helpless without Danny or his map, in the Ghost Zone..." Sam paused. "Unless..."
Dani cleared her throat. "Ah-hem." Neither teen heard her.
"Unless...?" Tucker wanted more information.
"Unless we..." Sam stopped. "Oh, I don't know! I don't have anything. BR
Dani tried again, this time a little louder. "Ach-hem!"
Tucker put away his PDA ((there's a first xD)). "Don't say that! We'll find...something?"
Sam shrugged.
Dani scowled. "HEY!" she yelled. Both Sam and Tucker looked at her. "If both of you are done having your lame-oh pity-party, I've got an idea.
"Please, Desiree? Please?" Danny was begging Desiree to grant his wish. BR
Desiree turned her back to him. "I'm sorry, Daniel. I can't grant a wish like that..."
"WHAT?!?" Danny grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her to face him. "You HAVE to! You grant EVERYTHING!"
Desiree pried his desperate hands off of her shoulders. "I am capable, but a wish like that has to go through the Council."
Danny rubbed his forehead. "What if you granted it without them knowing?"
"I...I can do that..." Desiree frowned. "But there would be the possibility of you losing your ghost powers as well as your ability to...er, communicate with ghosts; which means you wouldn't be able to get the powers back..." Desiree looked away from Danny. None of this was true; she was just stalling until his friends could get here-news had come that they were coming-not to mention the fact that he hadn't said 'I wish' yet.
"So what? I don't want them back!?"
"I...I cannot do your bidding."
Danny groaned. "Fine. Then can you at least fix my leg?"
Desiree's eyes brightened. "Of course!"
Hand ready, she waited for her command. Danny thought for a split second. "I wish...that my leg wasn't broken anymore..." Desiree waved her hand. "...and that I no longer had ghost powers." Desiree's eyes grew wide and she bit her lip as she realized what she was granting him. But she had to do it anyway.
"I...must obey," she whispered.
Tucker, Sam, and Dani were currently trying to find their way through the Ghost Zone - without Danny's map.
"Oh, this is hopeless! We're NEVER going to find Danny here!" Sam complained.
All too suddenly, a holographic map popped up. "Real world item found." A red arrow appeared and pointed towards the left of the 'map.' The image that it showed looked like a shadow of Danny's.
Tucker turned the Fenton Flyer (after the Specter Speeder was destroyed in Kindred Spirits, Jack built the Fenton Flyer) in that direction. "This is going to be pretty easy..."
Dani nodded. "Yup, should be."
Tucker landed the ship on a small piece of the Ghost Zone that had a colorful, Middle-East kind of look to it. "Next stop: sand, camels, gypsies, and Danny!"
Sam and Dani glared at him. "This ISN'T the time for jokes," Sam acknowledged him.
Tucker winced. "Uh...okay."
--------------((from this point on, Danny Fenton will be known as "Danny" and Danny Phantom will be known as "Danny Phantom". Read on to figure out what I'm talking about))---------------
Someone was shaking him. "Danny. Danny, please get up." The voice sounded so familiar, but so far away.
Danny groaned and rolled over. "Five more minutes, Mom. I don't want to go to school today."
The person sighed. "When do you EVER want to go to school? Now GET UP!"
Danny groaned again. "If I have to..." He opened his eyes. "GAH!" He sprang back a couple inches. Danny reached out to touch the person.
Looking back at him, oddly enough, was himself. Well, not exactly himself, but it was him! In a way. It was he, himself, Danny, but it was his ghost self. Danny PHANTOM.
The now-conscious Danny looked around the spacious tent-like room and spotted Desiree. He stood up, his brow furrowed. "YOU! You did this!"
Desiree looked up at him. As calmly as she could, she replied, "You have brought this upon yourself. It is only you whom you can blame."
Danny blinked. "Huh?"
Danny Phantom came up behind Danny. "She means that you're the one who made the wish...Well, us, in a way." He directed a question towards Desiree. "Is there any way you could change us back?"
Desiree only stared at a wall.
Danny glanced at the mirrored image of himself. "Is there?"
Danny Phantom shrugged. "Dude, you - we brought this upon ourselves, just like Desiree said."
"Apparently Danny's ghost self is smarter than his human self." Danny turned around and saw Dani smiling smugly at him. Sam and Tucker came inside the tent as well.
"Guys!" Danny cried. He ran to them and crushed them with the force of his arms in a hug. His friends and clone detached him from them. "How'd you find me?"
Dani answered his question. "It's not that hard to find you - you haven't showered for a week!" Danny frowned. "Actually, you haven't. Because you were in a coma for so long..." Danny shrugged and made a mental note to shower before going back to school.
Sam quickly told him the truth: "That thing in the Fenton Flyer. As soon as you were separated from your phantom form, you popped up on the screen."
Tucker, paying no attention, WHATSOEVER, to the current conversation said, "Ya know, this reminds me of the time you used the Ghost Catcher to split yourself in half."
Both Dannys (("Dannies" plural? O.o)) snapped their fingers. "That's how we can do it!" they both exclaimed in unison.
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Sam quietly went over to join Desiree in her little corner. "How come you can't fix this?"
Desiree shrugged. "It's kind of a 'one wish a month' kind of deal..." Sam didn't look convinced. Desiree sighed. "I can't fix it because Danny needs to want his powers to get them back. I saw him the last time he separated himself, and he really looked like he was enjoying himself. He's the one who has to have his powers back. Otherwise, I can't grant the wish."
Sam stood up. She walked out of Desiree's tent where both Dannies, Dani, and Tucker were waiting in the Fenton Flyer. "Jeez, take forever, why don't you!" Tucker said.
Sam got in and buckled her seat belt. "Yes, actually, I will."
Danny and Danny were stalling outside the Fenton household's kitchen. "You go first!" Danny Phantom urged.
"Why don't YOU? You're the superhero!" Danny Fenton pointed out.
They both thought for a bit. Finally Danny came up with an idea. When he told it to Danny Phantom, he grinned.
Danny stepped into the kitchen. Jack, Maddie, and Jazz were seated at the table, eating dinner. "Um...Mom...Dad...I id something REALLY stupid..."
Maddie sprang up and hugged her son, showering him in kisses. "Oh, but you're all in one piece!?"
Danny pushed her away. "Not exactly..."
Danny Phantom stepped out from the other side of the wall. "Uh...hi, Mom...Dad...Jazz..." He shuffled in further and stood next to Danny.
Jack stood up and said, "You know, this is just getting TOO confusing for me with a son that's a ghost and a son that's a human..." He exited. Jazz followed her father.
Maddie turned her full attention to her boys. "How did this happen?"
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After the two Dannies had explained to their mom everything, it was nearly midnight. Maddie stood up, pushing her chair back in. "This will be just like having twins...except they both have the same personalities and one's a ghost!" Turning to her boys, she told them, "Danny Phantom, you may keep the name 'Danny'. As for Danny Fenton, here, I think it would be wise to call you by a slightly different name...how about Dan? Yes, Dan. Both of your first full names are still Daniel. Got it?"
Dan and Danny both nodded.
Maddie smiled. "Good. Now both of you get to bed because you BOTH have school in the morning."
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Danny slept on the floor in his room, and Dan slept on the bed. Dani was in the guest room in the op-center. Tucker had left for home immediately after the group had returned to Fenton Works and was now asleep, as well. Sam had gone a few minutes after her tech-geek friend. She was the only one lying awake on her bed, staring at the ceiling.
Have you ever been unable to fall asleep because the next day you knew something bad or good was going to happen? Or that you knew SOMETHING was going to happen soon, but you didn't know what? That second, that was happening to Sam, right then.
Right as she was starting to fall asleep, Sam felt the unusual feeling of a ghost grabbing her by the arms and pulling her through the walls -intangible and unexpected- just like the first time Danny had ever taken her through a wall. Sam opened her eyes and found herself dangling above the two-story house, that she called home, by the arm.
Before she could panic, Vlad Plasmius turned himself visible. Sam's face darkened. "What do you want?"
Vlad shrugged. "Oh, I don't know...You're just to be the bait for the fish."
Sam rolled her eyes. "Oh, you're hilarious."
Vlad grinned. "Yes, aren't I, child?"
Vlad didn't search Sam for a cell phone. She pulled out her phone and texted Danny with her free hand. She sent it. "Help VMVP! PLZ help! SM," then she dropped the phone in the bushes.
Vlad wasn't paying any attention. "Is there anything you'd like to get before we leave?"
"Nope, I'm good." Sam's expression didn't change.
"Excellent, then we're off." Vlad took out handcuffs and cuffed Sam. He started to fly them to his mansion.
