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Resurrected Memories

Chapter 11: A trip to Fenton Works

Casper High

Entrance

The rest of the day flew by and during free period Ember managed to read the rest of the book and she wasn't surprised to see she was right...it wasn't a happy ending, at least as far as she was concerned. The mermaid had lost everything she tried hard to get and the prince married another girl because he though she was the one who saved him. What troubled Ember the most was that the mermaid had a chance to get her life back when her sisters gave her the dagger that would have ended all her suffering if she killed the prince but she couldn't bring herself to do it and kills herself instead when she jumps overboard…

The suppose "happy ending" was her becoming some sky spirit and being told she'll gain the soul she wanted by doing good deeds for the next few centuries! Like that's any consolation, after all she had gone through now she had to do even more work to get what she wanted.

"Stupid mermaid...but at least I finally finished that damned book...'Ember thought about the tale that she felt such distaste for.

Ember stopped thinking about it, she was already ahead and now all she had to do was go to Phantom's house to do the assignment and it be over with...plus get a chance to see how the portal was coming along

"If that stupid thing is up and running, I can finally stop teleporting each morning..."Ember thought hopefully. While she wasn't as winded as she used to be before her little "accident", teleporting still gave her a headache and she was becoming sick of it.

Anyway, school was out and Ember was waiting for Danny so they could start with their assignment and unknown to him, her next step in her plot. However, she heard an annoying and familiar voice called her out.

"Lain!…."A loud, accented voice shouted and Ember rolled her eyes and tried not to attack the source.

"What do you want Paulina?"...Ember said as she glared at the queen bee who looked at her like she committed some horrible crime.

"I thought I warned you not to make a move on Danny!"...Paulina shouted and got the attention of the others who were about to leave the school but were interested in the possible cat fight.

"Make a move on Phantom?! As if!..."Ember thought, feeling slightly disgusted at the idea.

"And I thought I already told you I'm not gonna, I'm not interested in that di-dude..."...Ember said, she almost said "dipstick" and that might have caused some trouble.

"Star told me that she saw you flirting with my Danny by the bleachers during lunch time!"...Paulina said in an accusing tone and Ember was very tempted to silence her permanently.

"First, he's not your Danny, he rejects you like every time, second I wasn't flirting with him, we were talking about the assignment!"...Ember shot back, getting more annoyed with this stupid girl and her obsession with Phantom.

"You don't deserve to be his partner!"...Paulina whined, obviously still jealous she wasn't the one who was going to spend time with Danny reading about fairy tales.

"If your so upset then blame Lancer, he was the one who assigned us together"...Ember reminded her but it didn't change the brats angry face.

"Just remember that he's mine!"...Paulina shouted as she was literally inches in front of Ember's face glaring at her, causing the half ghost girl to get more angry

"Get out of my face, you bitch!"...Ember shouted, forgetting about keeping a low profile, no one talked to her that way and got away with it.

"What did you call me?!"...Paulina demanded, literally red in the face at this point.

"Break it up"...Danny suddenly appeared and tried to break up the would be cat fight . Ember looked annoyed that he stopped her while Paulina had a doe eyed look and smiled dreamily at him.

"Hi Danny! Why don't we ditch this loser and go someplace together"...Paulina said putting on her flirty face and voice, apparently forgetting the last 10 rejections she got from him today alone.

Ember bristled when she called her a loser and was about to say something when Danny raised his hand, signaling her to let it go, and since Ember already almost slipped today, she knew she couldn't risk it.

"She's not a loser Paulina and for the last time no!...Danny said, fed up and tired with all her flirting.

"Why were you with her during lunch time and why are you talking to her now?"...Paulina said in a whiny voice and Danny looked ready to lose it.

"We are just doing homework together Paulina and it's none of your business who I hang out with"...Danny said to the spoiled brat who pouted.

Fed up, Danny walked away with Ember following him ,still snickering from seeing the bitch get rejected like that.

"Sorry again about Paulina"...Danny said suddenly to the auburn girl.

"Like I said, you can't control her"...Ember said, meaning it for once, finding his situation both annoying yet entertaining since he was just as bugged with the brat as she was.

"Do you mind if we fly to my house? I don't want to risk running into the paparazzi or another fan"...Danny asked to her and Ember blinked a bit.

She was originally going to flt out reject the offer but she soon realized the implications of what he just said...the last thing she needed was the tabloids reaching the same conclusion Paulina did if they saw them together.

Not seeing any other alternative, Ember sighed in defeat.

"Why not?"...Ember said in a casual tone to hide her dismay.

Danny transformed into his ghost half and turned them both invisible, carrying Amberline bridal style as they flew to Fenton Works.

A month a go if someone told her she would be in Danny Phantom's arms and flying in the sky, she would have thought they were crazy and would have smacked them, but it was actually happening.

"I swear there must be some non-ghostly pig trying to fly..."Ember thought as she tried to ignore the fact that her enemy was holding her as if a doll that he was afraid to drop.

"You doing okay?..."He asked suddenly and Ember tried to keep her annoyance under control.

"Just...dandy...'She said, trying to sound normal at the moment, just wishing for this stupid flight to be over with.

Later

At Fenton Works

Soon they arrived to Fenton Works and they immediately went straight to the book.

"So how far along are you?"..Danny asked as he brought some drinks and snacks from the kitchen.

Ember was discreetly eyeing the home since she arrived, mentally criticizing Phantom's house before hearing his question.

"I actually finished the book during free period"...Ember said before sipping her root-beer as she sat lazily on the couch .

"Really? That was fast"...Danny said surprised, it's been a day and she already finished reading the whole book and the only other person he knew that did that was his sister Jazz.

Ember shrugged a bit, like it was nothing.

"I was bored and thought it was best to get it out of the way"...Ember said truthfully as she munched on the chips he brought in.

"What about you?"...Ember asked

"I'm still halfway through it"...Danny said honestly to the girl.

"It's okay, like you said we're probably way ahead of most of the class"...Ember said, figuring it was best to act "nice" right now.

She smirked when Phantom sent her a smile and she knew he was still clueless about who and what she really was.

"Yeah, so what did you think?"...Danny asked as he drank his soda.

"Worst story ever"..Ember said flatly, earning a surprised look from Danny.

"What? What do you mean?"...Danny asked confused, he wasn't expecting this.

"Don't get me wrong it was well written and had a nice flow, but I can't agree with the mermaid character is all"...Ember said while she held the book in her hand, still not understanding why she felt such disdain for the stupid story.

"Why?"...Danny said interested as he sat down on the couch.

Ember cursed herself for being so blunt and getting his attention like that but she doubted that giving her opinion about a book would be counterproductive or be suspicious to him.

"The mermaid seemed like she was pretty happy with her life at the start of the story but she gave it all up to be with some guy who was leading her on, giving up her family, her voice and even her life in the end"...Ember explained as she listed off what irked her of the tale.

"My sister thinks its supposed to symbolize how back then, woman had to sacrifice who they were to fit in with society"..Danny explained to the girl.

"What did you mean by leading her on?"...He asked, since he wasn't all that good at reading interpretation.

"The prince flat out says he doesn't want to marry the princess because he supposedly loves the girl who saved him and hangs out with the mermaid making her feel she has a chance but then when he sees the princess for himself, he stupidly thinks she was the one who saved him and marries her on the spot, and forgets about the mermaid, not caring that he broke her heart in the end"...Ember explained, still not understanding why she felt bitter about it.

"Not to mention she had a chance to change it all but threw that away because she couldn't bring herself to kill the prince and then kills herself in the end"...Ember muttered quietly but Danny heard her.

"Yeah but remember the prince wasn't the only reason she wanted to be human, she also wanted a soul so she could get into Heaven and by sparring the prince, she was given a chance to earn her soul by doing good things"...Danny explained and Amberline looked at him strangely

"I thought you said you weren't done reading"...Ember said warily.

"My sister gave me the recap"...Danny explained and Amberline nodded.

"Let's just get this over with"..Ember said as she looked at her notes and read the instructions.

"What's with her?"...Danny thought with a puzzled look on his face as he observed the auburn girl.

He wasn't much of a reader but he didn't hate the story, but he didn't understand why she reacted like that...Maybe she was the feminist type like Sam, but that didn't seem right...the way she looked at the book, it was a look of disgust but also...was that regret?

"-Nny..HELLO!"...Amberline suddenly shouted, startling the half ghost boy.

"What? What's with the yelling?"….Danny demanded and she gave him a flat look.

"Sorry to interrupt your daydreaming but we have work to do"...Amberline said and Danny blinked, realizing he had been distracted.

"Oh..uh..yeah"...The ghost teen said embarrassed and tried to shake it off.

The two teens then spent the next half hour doing their research, already getting the summary down and were starting with the descriptions, they both decided to leave interpretations for last

"Let's take a break"...Danny said as he placed the book downside, already bored and tired of it.

"Sounds good to me"..Ember agreed while she tossed the book and looked around bored, feeling like she was forgetting something.

She had a feel there was something else she should be doing right now….but what?

KABOOM!

Both suddenly heard a loud explosion coming from downstairs and Ember suddenly remember why she came over…

"Oh man...'Danny thought in dismay as he had a feeling what was happening.

Both teenagers raced downstairs and soon saw Jack coughing and looking singed while Maddie using a fire extinguisher on the portal.

"Are you guys okay?"...Danny asked concerned, while Amberline looked a little perplexed .

'We're fine sweetie, just a little miscalculation is all"...Maddie explained as she put the fire extinguisher down .

In the Fenton household, a "little miscalculation" either meant a small explosion that would leave some damage and a setback while a big one usually meant them needing to stay at either a motel or his friends house for a few days.

The half teen ghost hero was internally relieved that this seemed to be just the former situation.

"Who's your friend Danny?"...His father suddenly asked, gesturing to the auburn haired girl who was looking puzzled.

'Oh...This is Amberline, we're doing some homework together"...Danny said as he now realized she followed him down here...then again she was probably worried about the explosion as well.

"Hello Amberline, it's nice to meet you, I'm Danny's mother Maddie"...Maddie said in a friendly way as she shook hands with the girl .

"It's...nice to meet you too"...Amberline said hesitantly, looking shy as she did it.

In reality, her hesitance come from the memory of this woman when she thought her when she, Kitty and Spectra tried to get rid of all of the men and create an all female Utopia, only for her, her stupid daughter and that pesky goth to ruin everything.

Soon, Danny's dad greeted her.

"Jack Fenton is the name, the best ghost hunter in the world"...Jack said in his usual jovial way and shook the girls hand hard while Ember tried not to roll her eyes.

"If by best you mean a klutz that considers even the box ghost challenging"..Ember thought to herself while she faked a smile to the orange clad man.

Ember smirked internally as she realized they were as clueless as their son, they totally failed to notice that a ghost...or half ghost...was literally right in front of them and they couldn't see it at all.

"So much for "world's best ghost hunters"...'She thought as she tried to look innocent in front of the two adults.

"Its nice to meet you guys but what exactly happened here?"...Ember asked as she pointed to the portal which looked to have seen better days.

She was mentally hoping this wasn't as bad as she feared it was.

"As I said, just a miscalculation, though it looks like it'll take longer than we thought before the portal is up and running again"..Maddie said as she stared at her creation, she was glad it was only superficial damage at least or it would take months and a lot of resources to fix it again.

'How much longer...if you don't mind me asking?'...Ember suddenly asked and mentally kicked herself for being so blunt but the Fenton parents didn't notice and just answered her.

"If my calculations are correct, it should be 2 weeks, maybe a month"...Maddie said as she looked over the damaged portal.

As the three Fenton's attention were on the damaged machine, they failed to notice Amberline's eyes widen as she heard the time that would be needed to fix it.

"A month huh"...Ember thought as she looked around the lab, taking it in for the first time, she's only been here a handful of times just to escape into the human world but she never bothered to look around.

"Well, I think it's best if we head back upstairs"...Danny said suddenly, wanting to leave before something dangerous or embarrassing happened again.

"Huh...oh right"...Ember said to the boy while her eyes were still on the ruined portal.

"Oh well..."She sighed as she realized she was going to have to rely on her teleportation for a while longer.

Both went back upstairs to finish their assignment while Ember was mentally was thinking on how to use her time to get her payback on the boy who sat across from her, blissfully unaware of her true intentions.

She was going to have Amity Park all to herself for a whole month at most...and she was going to make it count.

-To be continued-

Next time on Resurrected Memories

More Girl Drama

REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:

FeMorgenstern11: I know right! I always thought it was a big pity that the show was cut before we could see that kind of scenario but oh well.

Invader Johnny: As much as Ember would hate to admit it, she's going to face the fact that she and Danny might have more in common than she originally thought.

Poseidon's Gryffindor Son: Thank you, I really enjoy what I do here :)

Wiseguy2415: Perhaps but remember that Ember is very sneaky and so far Danny has no real reason to suspect anything ghostly from her.

The Blade of Osh-Tekk: Teenage gossip, one of the most addictive and potential destructive past times of them all.

Guest: It's okay...I get it.

Mighty TAB X: Thanks and to answer your questions in that order:

a) Originally I didn't care much for Ember but I did love her song "Remember" and one day I was browsing online and I found her canon past about how she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom and of course her tragic death after being stood up on a date, it got me thinking that maybe there was more to her than just a one-dimensional music themed villain. Also having in mind Vlad's reforming in the Ultimate Enemy, it had me thinking that if Vlad could change if given a real chance, then maybe Ember might not be as evil as she makes herself out to be, maybe she sees herself as a "bad girl" villain but I think what she wants most is to be remembered and admired, but the trauma's she experienced when she was alive obviously jaded her but I don't think she is a lost cause if given a chance and maybe some development. It's been heavily implied that all the ghosts in DP were once alive and thus, were once like Danny 'normal until fate reared it's ugly head" the only difference is that Danny still has his humanity and his connections to his human life. This fic is my take of Ember being forced to remember her past and once again being among humans, true she has very malicious intentions for being there but let's see how long they will stay here.

b) As for the thing with Paulina, I'm afraid you will have to wait and see.

c) Also...hmmm...Interesting concept, I didn't think about it….IF that sorta thing happen, she might get's "smoker's breath" so maybe Ember could lie that she's a regular smoker but since the portal is down and it's been establish that halfa's can't sense other halfa's, we won't know for a while.

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