Spells and Louds
Chapter 426: Ember McLain.
(September 13, Sharp Residence.)
The day has come, Ember McLain comes out of the room and is in her normal rock n' roll ghost attire and with her axe strapped behind her. She sighs as she looks to the date on her phone. 'This is it, no turning back now. Time for me to go back and reconcile with the past me.'
Ember comes down the stairs and she sees the whole family of Sharps and her daughter Aggie are wall waiting for her. "Hey guys, looks like today is the day huh?"
They all nod. Sam goes to her. "We know what day it is and what it means to you."
"We know we don't wanna get involved, but we wanna be there to make sure that whatever happens, you won't be interrupted" said Simon.
"We all know what it's like to have some part of our past come back to us and also sorta bite us where it hurts the most, and we have to face it eventually" said Adagio. Aria and Sonata also agree.
"We're not letting anyone else who have hated you get involved and ruin this day of mourning and closure, you can count on us and the other Royal Defenders to help keep things at peace" said Kick.
Peter then goes to her and they share a small kiss. "This is a hard day, that we all know and some of us have been through. We know we can't stop you from going, this is something you have to do. To find some closure after seeing things in a whole new different look into life and unlife."
Ember then hugs her boyfriend and they all join in the hug. "Thanks, and to our friends as well for letting me see a whole new look from what I have become." She then breaks the hug. "If it wasn't for me meeting with all of you, I would still be some messed up ghost chick who only hated grownups and authority, I love this new life I have and I wanna keep living this life with all of you, my new family."
They all smile hearing this, then Aggie goes to Ember and holds her hand. "Are you ready to go now mommy?"
Ember smiles and she picks up and then hugs Aggie. "I am." This is another reason as to why she wishes to live this new life, a child to call her own amongst people who all understand her.
They then break the hug and she puts Aggie down and they all walk out of the house, as they exit they see the Royal Defenders. All of them, even Alastor, Angel Dust and Cherri Bomb are there. Why? Because they know what it's like to lose one life and gain a new one, a painful one and they see Ember as one of them, but she has regained her redemption and washed away her sins of the past.
"We're ready to head out now Ms. McLain" said Lincoln. "Everyone is setup at Amity Park and we contacted Danny Phantom and the Fenton's to setup a perimeter with our forces to keep any hostile ghosts from going to your position."
"We know they'll go to you, since you haven't been there for some time and they might get curious and ask where you've been" said Jordan. "We even contacted your ghost gal friends to also help out. They have the whole town on their watch and are also keeping an eye on the ghosts in the ghost zone."
Ember smiles. "Thank you, all of you. You all have no clue how much this means to me."
They then see Gyro land from his raven form. "It is time Ember McLain, the Great Gate is ready for you."
Ember nods and they all head into the many Dropships, and they take off and make their way back to Spellman Estate.
Inside, Ember thinks about who she was once before. She recalls some fragments of who she was and what had happened to her, she can recall her family, her friends and her dreams. But the one thing she knows that is too painful to remember, is the boy who loved her, the boy who broke her heart and made her what she is now.
Aggie can see her mommy is a bit uncomfortable and so she holds her hand, Ember sees this and she smiles at her daughter, she was with family and even though it will be just her and Aggie going to where she once lived, she knows that they will all be there to support her and also be ready for when she breaks down and unleash some form of paranormal anomaly.
"Guys, Great Gate dead ahead!" said Leon who is piloting. "Get ready, we're inbound for Amity Park!"
Ember takes a deep breathe, this was it. Time to go back home, and not just the town. All the dropships and Gyro in raven form fly right through the portal, Neil has left behind some Zerg to guard the Great Gate.
(Amity Park.)
All the dropships come through the great gate at the outpost they have left behind, they then take to the skies once more and spot the town. The town of Amity Park.
"Ladies and gentleman and ghost, we have arrived to Amity Park" said Leon. "We're gonna land at the tarmac of the Fenton works and the other dropships will be landing at different sectors around the town, so hold on people."
The dropship lands and they all come out of the dropship and they see the people waiting for them. Danny Phantom and his lover Sam Manson along with their biological daughter Danni. Also there are Jack Fenton, Maddie Fenton and Jazz Fenton.
Danny and the others greet the Sharps who all come out of the dropship, then they see the ghost who wants to be here, the former enemy of Danny Phantom, Ember McLain.
"Hey Ember" said Danny.
Ember smirks and she shakes his hand. "Hey there Dipstick, you grew up and so did your girlfriend."
Sam chuckles. "It's good to see you too Ember, and we know why you want to come back here and why the heavy duty defense is needed. We hope you can be able to find some closure from your past."
Ember smiles. "Thanks guys, does the other guy know I'm here?"
They all know who she means. "We did some background checks and deployed ecto-scanner pods in the Ghost Zone, Skullker won't be able to know you're here and we sent him a little challenge so he may stay on his island and not come out of the Ghost Zone and ruin this day for you" replied Maddie.
Ember sighs. "Thanks, I don't need that ex of mine to make me very, very ticked off! Thanks guys, I know we've had some bad times and fought at so many conflicts, but I know things are changing and I appreciate what you guys are doing for me."
"You're a changed ghost Ember and we'll be here to help you with whatever issue you have, also Kitty, Johnny and spectra are scattered around the town and keeping an eye on things, mostly to ghosts and we got some ghosts in the ghost zone also helping" said Danny.
"Thanks again guys, I guess we're all friends" said Ember.
They then check the time and also sense a warning from their phones. "Looks like the Box ghosts is somewhere at the old shipyard warehouse storage, he never learns!" said Jack Fenton. He and Maddie then head out to take that ghost down, for the tenth time this month.
They all get down from the Fenton works building and then they see the many air force patrolling the skies, and all of them have been retrofitted to be armed with ectoplasma combat weaponry.
Peter then hands Ember his sword, Blood Crucible. "Go, go to where you need to be. We'll be doing our part."
Ember smiles and she takes the sword, and she calibrates it to change. She tosses it into the air and it turns into Peter Sharp's motorbike, with the sidecar add-on as well.
Aggie puts on her helmet and she gets into the side car. Ember looks back to the others. "Thanks guys, we'll be back later, and should something go wrong, then don't hesitate to come and do something."
Simon goes over and hugs her. "We know what to do mo- Ember." Ember smiles and feels touched that he would see her as his mom too, as does the others. They all have one more group hug, soon they depart from the hug and Ember gets onto the bike and they drive off, with Misdreavus following.
They all watch as the former villainous rocker ghost with her adopted witch daughter drive off to where Ember once lived her life.
"They'll be fine, and we did not rig Etherea Street with anything, no cameras and no patrols there" said Martin. "But we made sure that the area is nullified of any paranormal anomalies like the portals that lead to the Ghost Zone."
"What surprises us is that there aren't much people living in that neighborhood and from Mayor Tucker Foley, he intends to renovate some of the houses so it may be livable once more" replied Penny.
"But Tucker said he's going to steer clear from touching the McLain house, he knows it has memory and only ember can make the call for him to tear it down and change it into something else" said Sam Manson.
Peter sighs. "There's too much history for ember to go back there, and let's hope she can hold her own before she breaks down into an ectoplasmic paranormal shockwave that could cause some major damage to a wide area around the town."
"We all know how powerful she can be, she has also gotten powerful over the months we've been fighting through hell and evil" said Victor. "We're all concerned for her, but she can handle this."
(Etherea Street.)
Ember and Aggie drive past some houses, most seem abandoned while others seem poor and in bad condition and some are almost burnt and untouched for so many years. They did see the sign earlier. "Welcome to Etherea, the community of peace and joy since 1968."
Yup, they made it to Ember's home. Well, not yet close to her home.
Ember then looks around and keeps her cool, Aggie can tell her mommy is feeling uneasy. Then Ember stops the bike and she looks to her right and so does Aggie. They made it.
They both get off the bike and Ember pushes it to a place where she can park it, which was the very same place where her father would park his car, from long ago.
They both look to the ruined house, the whole place is burnt to a crisp and hasn't been touched for a long, long time which was a great mystery from the people who have been trying to clean it up.
Ember recalls what it looked like back in its hay days. Light blue tiled roof, white painted outer walls and two floors and one room which was hers. She then recalls, that her parents were not in there when it happened and that they have passed away years ago.
Ember then sees the mailbox that still stands and with the last name marked on it. "McLain."
She recalls all the nice people, the neighbors and the mornings where she would feel happy and confident it was a good day for her, and that she would be the rockstar she dreams to be.
She could recall that Luna had that dream and so did Sam, she knows that they too had a life of greatness and had lost so much, and so did she.
Luna lost the trust of her old family and almost lost the trust and life of her brother from a dark time in their life, Sam lost her mom and brother from an accident and Ember…. She lost her joy, trust, love and her life.
This house, this house is the symbol of that day, the day she came home in tears with no one else home. The day, she burnt her life away, the day she casted herself into a fire she made, which is why she bears the name and moniker today, the moniker of her ghostly fire and her name, Ember McLain.
Ember sighs and she sits in front of the house at the dead grass that was once the front yard. Aggie also sits next to her and so does Misdreavus who looks to the ruined home.
"Are you okay mommy?" asked Aggie.
Ember strokes her daughter's hair and smiles. "Not sure, but this place was a good place. I grew up here, I learned so much here, I played music and wanted to be a famous rockstar like those I saw in concerts." they both look to the house. "I had so many nice memories here, memories of the past that made me who I am now and could've been long ago."
Aggie smiles hearing this, but she knows there is much more to the story, so much that hurts for her mom. "Do you wanna play a song? You don't have to."
Ember smiles and she pulls out her axe and switches it to acoustic mode. "There is one song, it's a song that I once used as my act for revenge and pain, but I think it's time for me to turn it into something…. Something that could be more than anger and rage."
She then strums on her guitar and sings, the very first song ever heard when she came to wreak havoc in Amity Park. But this one is not in its original rock genre, this one is more gentle and emotional.
Yeah.
Oh, Oh.
It was, it was September.
Winds blow, the dead leaves fall.
To you, I did surrender.
Two weeks, you didn't call.
Your life goes on without me.
My life a losing game.
But you should, you should not doubt me.
You will remember my name.
Oh, Ember, You will remember.
Ember, one thing remains.
Oh, Ember, so warm and tender.
You will remember my name.
Your heart, your heart has rendered.
Your walls, now bear the shame.
Like dead trees in cold December.
Nothing but ashes remain.
Oh, Ember, You will remember.
Ember, one thing remains.
Oh, Ember, so warm and tender.
You will remember my name.
Oh, Ember, You will remember.
Ember, one thing remains.
Hey, Ember, so warm and tender.
You will remember my name.
Yeah.
You will remember my name.
Because you will, remember…. My name.
Ember then stops strumming and she places her axe down and sheds some tears. Aggie also sheds some tears and she hugs her mommy. Ember then hugs her back, memories can be painful sure, but sometimes you have to let them in, in order to let them go.
They then break the hug. "You okay mommy?" asked Aggie.
Ember wipes away her daughter's tears. "I am, and I think it's about time for me to let the past go. This was just one last thing for me to do, before I have to let everything go, but there will be some memories I will keep, memories of good times. The times I spent growing up and becoming who I want to be, but I will let go the memories of pain, fear, misery and the love who left me."
Ember gets up and so does Aggie, they then share another hug and this time Misdreavus joins in. Ember then looks to the house. "The reason why this house wasn't cleanable, was because I was the one who kept it standing."
They break from the hug and look to the ruined home. "But now, it's time to let it fade and pass on." Her eyes glow blue and fiery, the house then starts to ignite into blue flames and then begins to rebuild itself into the home it once was.
Ember then whispers to the wind. "My memories of pain, are nothing more than a soft tough from the flame." The whole burning house then starts to turn into ashes and soon fades away on the winds.
Aggie smiles and she looks to her mom who is now shedding tears of joy. "Let's go home mommy."
Ember smiles. "Okay sweetie, okay." They then walk back to the bike, and then Aggie says something that could make this date even better than just closure. "Happy Birthday Mommy."
Ember smiles hearing this and she picks up Aggie and hugs her before they hop into the bike. "Thank you Aggie, thank you for coming here with me. I love you so much sweetie." she then kisses her daughters forehead.
Aggie kisses her cheek. "I love you too mommy, always."
Ember smiles and sheds a lone tear, a lone tear that shows how much she has gained from what she lost. She has gained something else from her shattered life from the past, just as Luna regained her brother's love and new family and Sam regained her brother and a new family, Ember has regained a new life to live for, a life with the heroes, a life with her daughter and a life with the family, known as the Sharps.
To be continued ….
A/N: I did what I could to find any info on Ember McLain, and since there wasn't much, I just winged it and I hope this was good. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
I figured that Ember may have died in 1979 when she burned herself in her own home after her boyfriend never showed up or ever called her. So, she's technically in her early years of 16 in looks and ever since her showing in Danny Phantom which was in 2004, so in this story at 2020 she would be around 33, but in truth she is supposed to be 57 years old if she did continue to live and not commit suicide.
That's all I got, also I did some math to piece this together, unless you guys got an idea of how old she was when she died, what year, how old she would be now if she did live and of course how old she should be since her debut all the way to 2020. PM me for that one if you guys want.
This is what I calculated:
1979 – 2020 = 57.
2004 – 2020 = 33.
Date made: 8/22/20.