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Letting Go Of Past & Moving On To The Future

Danny's POV

I could see flashes of lights and I could feel my body being moved around a lot. I thought for a second I could see the emergency room sign, but soon my vision faded. Soon I could see people surrounding me with masks on their face and holding tools near me. They looked like doctors and nurses. I couldn't tell though if this was all a dream, or reality. Soon though I started to hear voices here and there, but they were all scrambled around.

"He's losing blood doctor!" A voice spoke.

"DANNY!" I could hear Sam shouting.

"Take him into the surgery room now!" Someone ordered.

"We're losing him, quick nurse pass me that cloth!" The doctor ordered.

"I love you Danny, please wake up . . ." Sam cried.

"Oh god Danny!" Alex exclaimed.

"Doctor he's not breathing!" A nurse exclaimed.

"CLEAR!" Doctor shouted and I felt a rush of electricity in me.

"He's resting now, but . . . whether he wakes up or not is all up to him now." The doctor spoke.

"He'll wake up Sam, I mean . . . it's Danny." I think Tucker said.

"Little brother . . ." Jazz cried.

"Don't leave me," Sam spoke almost like a whisper.

Soon the voices began to get softer, until I couldn't hear anymore. There was only silence and darkness. If I was dead now, then I was glad I was able to accomplish my dream in the end . . . Finding my lost love and getting the chance to fall in love with her all over again . . . I truly died happy knowing she loved me in the end.

Alex's POV

"Will her live?" I asked the doctor.

He sighed deeply as I stared down at him. I clenched my fist together tightly feel all sorts of emotions. However, right now I had to keep my cool . . . It's bad enough that Danny's in critical condition and that I'm currently in a room with a murderer . . . I stared down at Harry as he was currently resting in the hospital room with the doctor and director next to me.

"With his condition, we can only rely on the patient's willingness to heal. We've tried our best . . ." The doctor spoke.

"I don't think he could testify yet, even if he woke up. Due to the patient's great loss of blood, brain damage may occur." The doctor continued and I sighed heavily.

"Murder, blaming an innocent person, kidnap . . . he's broken all the high penalty laws." I stated then turned to the director.

"Do you think he'll get the death sentence?" I questioned, but the director sighed and shook his head.

"No . . . When committing the crime, he continued his daily life and social gatherings as usual. If he is comatose, who could we properly punish?" The director replied as we continued to look at Harry.

Harry's POV (Comatose State)

"Stay back!" I shouted in pain, but she ignored me and continued to help.

"You need help!" She replied and then looked at my wound.

"You've got to get to a hospital, you need help!" She shouted and I groaned in pain.

"I don't need your help ugh!" I shouted.

"Well whether you want it or not you're getting my help!"

. . . . .

"What about me!? I've been in pain and suffering too! I never had a friend, until I met you! Will you leave me and run away again with him after everything we've been through together!?" I exclaimed and suddenly her eyes widen to me.

"I love you Harry . . . I'm not leaving your side . . ." She vowed.

. . . . .

"Zoe. I can also . . . can die for you." I spoke with tears in my eyes.

"Danny it's me Sam! Please wake up!" She cried in pain ignoring me.

"If this is the kind of love you both were talking about, I could have died for you too!" I shouted in anger and sadness as she still cried for him and only him.

"But you won't even give me a chance. Please look at me now." I cried.

"Danny!" She screamed.

"PLEASE LOOK AT ME!" I screamed in pain.

"Someone save him! PLEASE SOMEONE! SAVE HIM!" She screamed and cried.

She wouldn't listen to me. She still only looked to him and not me. I slowly placed the gun down in defeat and continued to cry. I love you so much Zoe . . . but you won't even look at me and give me a chance to die for you too. Suddenly a gun shot went off and I was hit in the right shoulder. I felt myself back up a bit from the shock and pain. Soon I fell to the ground and the police came toward Zoe and surrounded me. Zoe in the end never once looked back at me. This was truly my end . . . No one loved me in the end . . . Mother . . . I'll be joining you shortly.

Harry and Zoe's POV (Last Thoughts Together)

"Zoe . . . Did you ever truly love me?" Harry asked.

"I did love you Harry." Sam replied.

"Not just as family, but more . . ."

"I loved you Harry . . . I used to dream of us being together happily married back in France . . . I saw a future with us in it, but . . . There were too many untold secrets and lies that we kept from each other . . . We hurt one another and that wasn't fair for either of us . . ."

"If I had . . . If I hadn't done what I done, do you think things would have been different? If I didn't kill those people, got revenge on my father, kept secrets from you, and didn't have to have lie anymore would we have had a future together?" Harry asked once more.

"If you had never done any of that, then we would have never met and thus never shared all those happy memories we had together. I love the person I had spent 6 years with despite everything that had happened in the end. Sure it might not have turned out the way we both wanted at first, but it's better this way . . . I may not share the same love you have for me, but I do love you Harry . . . isn't that enough?" Sam explained and there was a moment of silence, until Harry gave a hollow laugh and spoke again with a grin on his face.

"I guess I was wrong . . . I truly was loved in the end after all . . ." Harry grinned.

? POV

"In today's headline, the perpetrator for the shooting incident has been caught. As reported by the police department, a shooting occurred injuring detective Danny Fenton, or as we know him as Danny Phantom, and the criminal himself. Both our currently in the hospital receiving treatment . . ." The woman announcer reported.

Sam's POV

? Days later . . .

"The court has decided to immediately punish the people involved with loan shark activity and bribery. The criminal in charge of these activities is Mr. Edward Crown from Crown Bank & Loan. He will be charged with harsh sentences . . ." The male announcer reported.

As I walked into the hospital room I sighed deeply and saw the nurse and gave a warm smile, before I spoke to her.

"I got here pretty fast huh? I got the medicine and came as fast as I could." I replied as she smiled.

I thanked her as she began to exit the room and close the door. I started to hum a song that had been in my head all day. I laid the stuff I brought down and then started to take of my coat and slowly place it on the coat hangers. As I continued to hum my song, while examining my coat I swore I heard a voice.

"Sam . . ." A voice spoke.

I froze in place of what I was doing and slowly turned my head a little. Did I just imagine that, or was someone really talking.

"Sam," The voice said again and I slowly turned behind me.

My eyes widen a bit as I looked toward Danny whose eyes were finally open. I could only stare at him in shock and relief that he had woken up. He looked so tired and weak, but he had finally woken up. I felt his icy blue eyes gaze into mine as he had a small weak smile on his face as he stared at me. I wanted to run over to him and hug him, but I just couldn't move because of the shock. I wanted to cry as well, but I couldn't.

"Sam," He spoke once more and I gave a small smile.

"You're awake. Did you sleep well?" I asked and he gave a small smile and nodded.

"Yeah . . . How long was I out?" He asked as I started to slowly walk toward him.

"Ten days . . . In that time I had sewed your button on your coat and knit whole scarf for you . . ." I choked up on my words as I held the tears back.

"Why did you come back so late?" I asked as I sat next to him on his bed as he kept his gaze on me.

"You must have been worried . . . I'm sorry I kept you waiting." He replied.

I looked at him sadly, but then tried to stay strong. I laid one hand on his and then the other where his heart was. I slowly leaned toward him and hugged him softly trying not to hurt him. I was close to tears, but with him hugging me back and slowly rubbing my back I stayed strong.

"Can you say . . . my name again?" I asked.

"Huh?" He replied.

"Your voice . . . I really missed you saying my name . . ." I replied choking up again and I could hear him give a small laugh.

"Sam . . ."

"Once more, please." I choked.

"Sam," He replied once more and I smiled.

I slowly got up to look into his beautiful eyes again that gave me strengthen not to cry. I watched as he smiled and I smiled back at him. I held his hand tightly now in mine and I had never felt so happy, until this moment.

"Sam," He spoke once again and I smiled letting one tear slip from my face as I looked at him.

I watched as he slowly reached his hand to my cheek and it felt so warm and reassuring. I placed my hand on it and felt his thumb caress my cheek and wipe the tear away. I gave a small laugh as he smiled.

"I've missed you so much . . ." He replied and I nodded to him.

"I know . . . because I've missed you too." I replied.

Just like that without any other words to say we slowly leaned closer to each other and kissed for what seemed like decades since we last kissed. It was warm and sweet just like I remembered it . . .

Danny's POV

8 Months Later . . .

"Come on . . . spill it." I simply said.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I was going to run after I robbed them, but then they screamed. So I stabbed them alright?" The guy replied.

I was currently sitting in the integration room with this guy as he is handcuffed and just not telling me what I wanted. Soon my phone went off and I saw it was from Sam wondering when I'd be home. I sighed deeply and then tossed my phone to the side of the table pissed off because it was getting late.

"I'll ask you one more time . . . Where is the hostage?" I questioned and he sighed and turned toward me and replied.

"I really don't know!" He shouted, but then I punched him and he fell back into his seat.

"HEY!" He shouted, but then I pulled him by the collar and glared at him as he now looked scared.

"You stabbed someone, because they screamed!?" I exclaimed.

"Have you ever been shot with a gun? How dare a police officer beat someone up!? He shouted in anger, but then I punched him again and spoke.

"You don't know me, because I have indeed been shot with a gun!" I exclaimed and pushed him back into his seat.

"Spill it. Until you tell me everything, I'm going to continue to beat you. Do you get it now? Tell me when I ask nicely. Do you even know who I am?" I asked him, but he refused to look at me as I gave a grin to him.

"I'm Danny Fenton, a detective of Amity Park, and I'm also the world's hero. . . Danny Phantom. So let's get this over with shall we?" I replied.

. . . . .

"I'm home!" I shouted as I closed the door behind me.

I quickly got inside and took the chicken that I bought and laid it on the kitchen counter. I looked around and didn't see Sam as I took off my coat. Recently Sam and I have just moved in together, but in a house now which wasn't too far from where Alex or even Jazz and Tucker were. The house was perfect for the two of us. Nice kitchen where Sam spends her time making food we both can enjoy, three bedrooms, there bathrooms, an upstairs, living room, dining room, and etc., the house was just perfect.

"Sam? Sam!?" I shouted, but no answer.

Suddenly I saw my sister come downstairs dressed up very nicely and it looked like she was modeling for me as she came down. I gave a small laugh, but then spoke as she walked toward me.

"What's going on?" I questioned and she smiled as she pointed at the stairs again.

Suddenly I could see Sam's mother and even my mother coming down the stairs and modeling as well. I was very confused and shocked. I was even more shocked when Sam's grandmother came down. I watched as the girls laugh along with me, but then my eyes turned back up the stairs to see Sam. I was speechless as she came down wearing a beautiful dress which was of course purple. Her hair was a little wavy now that it was a lot longer and wore black sandals. She came down as everyone clapped and she waved while laughing. She walked over to me and I smiled to her.

"What's going on, because I'm seriously lost." I spoke and everyone laughed.

"All these clothes we're wearing are made by Sam!" Jazz exclaimed.

"She wanted some models to wear her clothes and we were available!" Mom explained.

"I knew my daughter had some sense of fashion in her. She's just like me." Sam's mother praised.

"Yeah, but she's feisty, determined, and suborned just like me." Sam's grandma said and we all laughed.

"Looks like I'll have to make extra room for some dinner tonight then huh?" I spoke to Sam and she smiled to me and nodded.

Soon after that Sam and I began to prepare dinner and then soon everyone gathered around the dinner table where we began to eat. I watched and saw how happy everyone was around the table and I couldn't help but feel happy too. Soon though I had some big news to tell everyone.

"Guess what today is everyone." I said and all eyes were on me as they looked at me confused as I grinned and turned to Sam.

"Give me your hand and close your eyes." I told Sam as she looked at me confused.

"Why?" She asked, but then I smiled and did as I asked.

Soon I pulled the item out of my pocket and quickly placed it in her hands, while my hands still covered hers. I saw everyone's face looked confused.

"Is he proposing!?" Sam's mom exclaimed with a hint of happiness.

"Is it a ring!?" My mom shouted.

"It can't be because Danny already proposed to her?" Jazz pointed out.

"HE DID!?" Sam's mother and my mother shouted and turned to face me as I turned red along with Sam as Sam's grandmother laughed and cheered in happiness.

Suddenly I turned my attention back to Sam and then smiled to her and slowly released my hand from hers. She then opened her eyes and looked what was in her hand and she was speechless as she got a better look at it. Her eyes widen as she turned to me and then back at the card. It was Sam's official I.D. card with her real name and everything on it. Soon everyone began to look at it and Sam's grandma was the first to speak with happiness in her voice.

"Danny . . ." She spoke and I smiled.

"Since we found Sam, we have to get her name back too." I explained.

I watched as Sam stared at the I.D. in her hand and saw she was getting teary eyed on me as she looked like she was about to cry. I placed my hand on her shoulder and shook her softly as she looked to me and I smiled at her. She gave a smile back to me and then took a deep breathe trying to hold the tears in. Soon everyone started to congratulate her and I smiled to that. I watched as she smiled at everyone and laughed as well. Finally I got to see that smile again . . . There was no more sadness now and everything was finally over . . . Now we could finally start our lives together . . .

. . . . .

Soon I waited in the integration room by myself as I waited for the prisoner to come in. Soon right on cue the door opened to reveal Mr. Crown handcuffed walking slowly to the chair. He looked at me once, but then stared at the table as we sat down now and the guards leaving us out of the room. It was silent for a while, until I broke the ice.

"How are you feeling Mr. Crown?" I asked and he gave a hollow laugh, but he didn't look at me.

"I know you've heard that I got shot 8 months ago. It's completely healed now. But the scar hurts whenever I look at it." I spoke and then for a while we again sat in silence, until he spoke.

"Why are you here . . .?" He spoke.

"I only came to talk to you . . . To understand . . ." I replied and then he looked up to me with an emotionless face.

"Understand?" He questioned.

"I don't get people like you, who can care less about their own families and yet care more for their fortune. How can you go as so far to kill your own wife right in front of your own son all for the sake of money . . .!? You put your own son through a living nightmare as he had to grow up with only the feeling of revenge! It's because of you that your son had become a psycho killer and almost took your life, my life, and even the one Ryuu and I both loved life!" I exclaimed, but he said nothing to me, but then I continued.

"It's people like you that I can't understand nor forgive. I mean . . . to me you're not even human." I replied and then he looked at me and shrugged a little.

"Is that it? Is that all you have to say?" He asked and I nodded to him and he gave a hollow laugh and then stood up and was about to leave with the guard, until he stopped and turned back to me slowly.

"I don't understand why you came to see me at all when you should go visit the person who shot you and interrogate him. You must be crazier than him . . . What a joke . . ." He replied and then left, leaving me alone by myself in the integration room.

"If you had stayed longer I would have told you why I came . . . You have no idea what your own son's going through . . ." I spoke to myself.

Sam's POV

I held Danny's hand firmly in mine as we slowly walked down the hall with the nurse next to us. I looked to Danny as we gave a small smile and nodded to me. He placed a small kiss on my head before the nurse stopped at a room and spoke to us.

"He'll say a few things, but not a lot . . . He can't stay here forever. He'll have to be moved to the prison as he is sentenced for life." The nurse explained and then leaving us in the room with him.

We looked around the room and saw how he was in a wheel chair looking out of the window. I watched as he slowly extended his hand toward the window. He then grasped something as if he caught something and then extended his hand back. He then opened his hand and revealed nothing. I watched his expression change a little to sadness as Danny and I watched him from behind. He slowly began to turn his head toward us and I swear he gave a tiny smile toward us. I tried not to tear up as I spoke.

"Hello," I greeted and he slowly gave a warm smile.

I gave a warm smile back and I could feel Danny's arm comforting me as I smiled to him.

. . . . .

We down were sitting down together with Ryuu still in his wheel chair not looking at us, but at the ground. I watched as Danny was in the middle between us and I slowly extended my hand toward Ryuu with my I.D. card in it. Ryuu didn't move though, but then Danny took it from me and slowly placed it into Ryuu's hands. Ryuu then began to stare it as if he was reading it.

"My name is Sam Manson." I spoke up, but no one said anything.

I watched as Danny stared at him and then back at me, but then I turned to look toward Ryuu again. He carefully examined the I.D. in his hand and didn't even take his eyes off it.

"Ryuu," I spoke, but he still looked at the card.

Danny then began to pull out the leaf he picked up outside the hospital. He then slowly spun it in his fingers to Ryuu. Ryuu slowly looked over to Danny and the leaf in his hand.

"It's already winter again." Danny spoke.

Ryuu stared at the leaf now and then slowly began to reach for it. Danny then gave it to him as Ryuu held it in his hand and stared at it. Danny looked to me surprised, but then we looked back at Ryuu. Ryuu then looked back at Danny and smiled warmly to him and then he began to look at the leaf in his hand again.

"I guess he liked that." Danny spoke again and I nodded.

Ryuu then continued to smile as he held the leaf in front of my I.D. card. I felt a hint of sadness, but then I began to slowly lift my hand to his face and began to wave it as he looked at me. He slowly raised his head higher to me and only stared at me as I tried not to cry. He looked rather confused and yet somehow I felt like he knew what it meant . . .

"Now you only have to make good memories." I explained.

Soon though he looked back at the leaf and stared at it as we twirled it in his hand. I felt sad, but then I put on a warm smile again.

"I guess he really liked it." I said and Danny nodded.

Danny's POV

Soon Sam and I walked out of the hospital hand in hand and once we got outside we realized it was snowing. I looked to her as she looked at me surprised, but then we smiled and began to laugh.

"It's snowing!" I exclaimed.

"It's the first snowfall!" She replied.

We looked to each other and smiled. The snow brought back a lot of memories for us. Both good and bad, but it was because of those memories that we ended up where we are today. So we made a promise only to ourselves that when the day of the first snow came again . . . We would get married . . .

Ryuu's POV

I watched from my window as those two people ran hand in hand together. I then looked down to the ring that I had in my hands and began to play with it. I looked back at the window and I began to extend my hand again. Soon I began to remember holding her hand in mine and how warm and comforting it felt. I would close and open my hand as if I was holding someone's hand in mine. I smiled to those memories . . . The only thing that really left an impression on me was her touch . . . Soon though I would remember the pain of seeing her in when I held her in my arms . . . That sadden me . . . However, I then began to wave my hand just like she had done and then I would remember what she had once said to me.

"Erase all the bad memories and replace them with new happy ones." She would say.

And to that I smiled and continue to wave my hand . . .