Ladies and gentlemen, please don't kill me for killing Danny! Here, here! I'm gonna give him life again! Hahahahaha just kidding!

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AMNESIA: The Quest for Answers
A Danny Phantom Fan Tale

The Quest: Chapter 12
DREAMS

"Huh? Hello?" A man dressed in black and white suit woke up. "Where am I?" He asked himself.

The young man woke up to find himself in a room, a room as dark as the night. "What am I doing here?"

The young man stood up and walked around to know his whereabouts. "Am I in the Ghost Zone?" He asked himself.

Suddenly, blood started to flow from the boy's forehead. "Aah! What is this?" He tried to wipe it out, but as soon as he started to clear it all, the blood suddenly disappeared! "Wait! Am I dead?" He asked himself.

"No, you're not yet." A voice came from around him. Soon, a mob of ghosts appeared in front of the boy and revealed his location. He was in the deepest realms of the Ghost Zone, where the Ghost of Dreams, Nocturn, reside.

Young Danny was greeted by Nocturn. "Hello, Ghost Child. Welcome to the Ghost Zone!"

"Oh. Hello. What am I doing here?" He asked.

"Don't you remember what happened to you?" Frostbite asked his 'Great One'.

He answered, "Well, I jumped down from the tall statue at Amity Park. I wanted to end my life."

Everyone was shocked. Skulker asked, "Why did you do that? Why did you tried to end your life?"

Danny wanted to end his suffering and drain all of his emotions so that he could forget Sam. But as the ghosts mentioned his girlfriend's name again, this only made him emotional again.

"Because…" Danny stammered. He couldn't make up his mind. "I give up! I failed to protect her, okay!" His emotions made him cry again. "If only I was decisive, I could have saved her!" Danny fell onto his knees.

Clockwork appeared in front of Danny and asked, "And you decided to end that by ending your life?"

"Well…" Danny was interrupted before he could ever answer. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. That's not a wise decision, young Danny." Clockwork said. "I have already known of your decision before you could ever do it."

Nocturn continued, "Clockwork was supposed to stop your plans, but we decided to see if you would truly stick to your decisions."

"Well," Danny said, "then why am I here? Where's my body?"

The ghosts did not respond to his questions. Clockwork raised his staff and created a portal to the human world, where Danny passed through.

There, Danny saw his body, lying in a hospital bed, where his parents, sister and friends were all in sorrow. Danny's body was full of bandages, and his life is measured by the beeps of a life-supporting machine.

Clockwork raised his staff once more and created another portal for Danny to enter. He soon arrives at the Manson's residence.

There, Danny saw his girlfriend, Sam, at her room, opening a photo album. It was the photo album that Danny held before he committed suicide, and Sam found it afterwards. Sam glanced at the photos, and while seeing a single photo, she was shocked. "Danny Fenton is Danny Phantom?" She exclaimed to herself. Opening another page, she found out that he was her boyfriend. "And he's my boyfriend?"

Danny couldn't help but cry again.

Sam rushed onto her drawer and searched for something. Finding a velvet box, she opened it to find a golden ring with an ocean blue gem in it. Engraved on the inner rim of the ring is her name, "SAM". As tears begin falling form her face, she quickly went out of her room, left the mansion, and made her way to the hospital.

Again, Clockwork raised his staff and returned Danny to the hospital.

Sam arrived at the hospital, where she immediately found Danny. There, she realized, that the young man who was with her at the hospital was her best friend, her boyfriend and the infamous Danny Phantom. Sam quickly hugged the Ghost Boy's frail body, crying. "Why didn't you tell me, Danny?" At that point, Tucker, who was sitting at a chair, knew that she discovered her past and her relationship with the ghost kid.

Danny began disintegrating back into the Ghost Zone. "Wha- No!"

Clockwork's voice echoed. "It's time to go back."

Arriving back at the Ghost Zone, Clockwork asked Danny, "Now, do you think Sam never cares about you?"

Danny became ashamed of himself, trying to end his life because of his girlfriend. "I'm sorry. I should have known that Sam cares about me." But he tried to defend his decisions. "And hey, she only discovered about me when she found my photo album and discovered the ring I gave her."

Frostbite responded, "And that is no reason for ending your life! You should have known that, Danny! The world needs you! We need you!"

Danny angrily exclaimed, "What about Sam? Does she still need me? Not anymore, after she forgot about me."

Clockwork replied, "Yes, she still needs you! You still have a mission, and that is to bring her memories back, and protect her till the day your lives end."

Danny asked, "Then how would I ever do it? I kept thinking and thinking and nothing happens!"

Skulker responded, "I myself have no history in these "love life" you say. But if you really want to bring her back, use not your mind."

Danny was puzzled by his advice. "What do you mean?"

Skulker answered, "Use your heart, Ghost Child. This is where love prevails, not your mind."

Danny ignored Skulker's last statement, saying, "As if my heart would bring her memories back."

Clockwork gave his final advice to Danny. "The people's hearts, just like their minds, have a special spot for their loved ones. Even if their minds wipe out, the heart can tell them all the people you love."

Danny never dared to question Clockwork's advice. The master of time continued, "In simple words, the heart is stronger than the mind."

The advice of the Master of Time seemed to calm down Danny and give him courage again. "Thank you very much. I'll remember that."

The ghost boy's feelings seemed to calm down, and Danny was able to finally breathe deep. His worries were replaced with inspiration, his doubts faded into courage, and his ultimate love for the Goth Girl started to grow back.

"Very well then," Nocturn and Clockwork raised their hands and smoke started to cover Danny. "I now return you back to your world, and we hope that you finish your quest."

The combined powers of the Master of Time and Master of Dreams sent back Danny into his world.

TO BE CONTINUED!

Whoa! Well, this took me a while! Anyway, lemme know your thoughts!

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