A/N: Well, here is the last chapter. At first, I decided to do this as a story like thing but then I changed it into a Q&A chapterbecause I wanted to finish it in a timely manner. Thanks to everybody who reviewed. Your encouragement made this story possible.
Disclaimer: I did a whole bunch of Christmas shopping last weekend but one thing I couldn't get was the rights to the show. However, I did get Dan's and Jessica's rights. Hehehe…
This chapter is dedicated to:
Blood Vampire
For putting Dan into her "What if" story.
In the gym---
The gang, Jessica and I were partying in the gym. I convinced Jimbo to take a leave of absence this week with my personal guarantee that the school would fall apart. Well, to say the least it technically did since X.A.N.A. attacked yesterday by opening a large sinkhole underneath the school but that never happened. Thank God for time reversal.
We were celebrating the end of an era. An era that took me four years to complete and took many casualties, most notably myself. With the acceptance of Jessica, I could finally lay my search to rest and start living again.
Jeremie was the D.J. He put on some interesting music and even materialized Aelita for this occasion. She on the other hand was just trying to keep with him.
That pink hair of hers' was definitely out of this world. It told everybody how naive she was but it also made her look attractive at the same time. The color complimented Jeremie's shirt nicely too. They looked so cute together.
Yumi and Ulrich were dancing the whole time without a break. Odd was choking down free food at the refreshment table while trying to ask Naomi out onto the floor. She refused citing the many different cookies in his hands, typical Odd. I will admit he did make me laugh every now and then.
As for me, my arms were full of joy, literally. Jessica gazed into my deep blue eyes and was allured with them. I asked her why she studied them so intensely and her only response was a simple smile accompanied by a soft laugh which made me smile. I took her answer as an "I love you" statement. The feeling was mutual.
Suddenly, the music quieted into the background and the gym with all of its occupants looked at the couple on stage with mystery. Jeremie announced that the arrival of the main attraction has entered the building and will be addressing the crowd shortly.
Not too later, I heard people rushing in the hallway. Members of the media flooded the entrance as the main attraction approached the stage. I couldn't see who it was so Jessica and I moved in for a better look.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Jeremie began in an announcer like voice, "Welcome to the main event! Coming up the stage as I speak in the one and only dantheman7777!!!"
The audience gasped in awe at the sight of such majesty. I had no idea he was coming, what an honor! You'd be lucky to hear from this guy let alone meet him. From what I've heard, he's quite mysterious and doesn't like to talk very much. However, everybody speaks highly of him for what he did.
"dantheman7777 how do you spell your name?" asked a reporter once he got in front of the microphone.
"The correct spelling is, d-a-n-t-h-e-m-a-n-7-7-7-7." He answered. I found out this month that he made a novel called A Fractured Life. Naturally, I read the thing like three times; it's such a good read.
The press started to bombard him questions and in response he slowly moved his hand down as a nonverbal attempt to get them to be quite. In other words, he was giving them a chance to take pictures which they did.
"I will get to your questions in due time but first I'd like to say a one thing." The demigod spoke, everybody listened, "I'd like to say that this 'fanfic' as you know it by has been a tremendous success and I'd like to thank you all who reviewed it." He snapped his fingers.
All of the sudden bright flashes of light sparked behind me. I turned my head and saw people that I didn't recognize. I guess they were the reviewers. dantheman7777 has a habit of surprising people like this.
"I will now take questions from the lovely couple over there." The six-foot tall man pointed to of all people, Ulrich and Yumi. Yumi blushed like never before and Ulrich stared in shock, speechless. "Well?"
Yumi quickly got over her temporary crush and asked, "Uh, why did you have Ulrich and I go out on two dates?"
"I wanted to do something different. Fluffies are fun to read and I thought I would put a little twist on things. You liked it didn't you?" His voice echoed in the gym as I recounted the event in my head.
The two bowed their heads in defeat. Yumi again answered for both of them, "Yeah, we did."
"Good, I thought you would." dantheman7777 then scanned the crowd. His face became complex as he glared downward. "Hey, Dan, I thought you had this place renovated before I came." Confused, I ran over to the podium to examine the problem. Two mice were scurrying about around his feet.
"I don't think those are indigenous." I replied. Then a girl with a long brown braid that went down to her waist popped up in front of us and grabbed the black mouse with a white mask and the other mouse which had gray patches and two enormous front teeth.
"Sorry, I like to let them run wild." She said.
"It's okay. Say, you look like you have a question. Let me look inside your mind for a minute." The young girl stood still in awe as dantheman7777 charmed her and put her in a trance. "I see. You want to know why Dan has a grudge against Odd, right?"
The girl nodded still speechless from his touch. He smiled. She is so lucky.
"In that case, Janika, Dan doesn't get along with Odd too well because Odd still hasn't repaid him for that can of pop he stole." Everybody turned to see the spiky haired jerk stuffing his mouth with even more goodies. Silence swept the room as Odd examined the crowd.
dantheman7777 gave a fake cough and Odd rushed out of the room. A minute later he returned with a can of pop. "Here you go Dan. Sorry for the mix up. Hehehe." He apologized giving the can to me.
"Thank you, Odd." I replied and he returned to the snack table. Since his debt has been repaid in full I have no reason to not like him.
"That's better." dantheman7777 stated. "I'll take questions from the press now." I squeezed my way out of the crowd and made my way back to Jessica. She still had a fear of the media so I knew she'd be shaken. I comforted her and we listened in on the conversation.
"What symbolism did you use in your last chapter?" That question bellowed over everybody's voice and seemed to get his attention.
"Well, first, let's take a look at Dan's desk. Before they cleared it off it had three layers: the documents from the last four years, the protective plastic and the picture itself. The documents represent his struggle to find Jessica. They were on top because it was his top priority.
"The plastic represents a catalyst between telling his friends about his family and personal life. It's similar to what Ulrich does. Everybody knows he has them but he won't talk about them.
"The picture is an obvious representation of his family and his personal life.
"The other piece of symbolism is the clay hand that was on his desk. It represents the worst part of his life, his arm. Now that he's gotten over it Dan no longer needs to grieve about it. The fact that he gave it to Odd isn't symbolic nor is it wishing him bad luck."
Near the end of the response a large dog entered the room and walked over to Janika and her mice. The girl shrieked when she realized that such a large beast was sniffing her or rather her mice.
"Well, if it isn't Kree, the wolf. Nice to see you." dantheman7777 commented. The wolf looked at him and barked. "What's that? Timmy fell down a well?! Ah, let him die. He should have known where he was walking." The wolf echoed another series of barks. He translated for him, "Oh, you what to know how I can hook readers after the first chapter."
dantheman7777 thought for a few seconds before answering. "First, I know how to trick people when I write. When I say trick I mean I can make you think one thing when in reality I'm doing quite the opposite. Just look at all of my cliffhangers as examples.
"The second reason is because it seems like just another day at school when X.A.N.A. attacks. Technically, it is but I always put a twist on things. I made Ulrich sick and made X.A.N.A. take over Dan. You know the rest. In other words, all the characters were in character."
"So that's how he does it." I said to Jessica who was tightly hugging my left arm. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just nervous." She replied, her body shaking. "I really don't like those guys." I wrapped my arms around her and drew her into a hug.
"It's okay." I said and repeated.
dantheman7777 answered a question form a reviewer, "Well, Yumi#1fansanchez, I purposefully made the ending open. If I decide to make a sequel then I'd need to have something to work off of. No, Dan and Jessica won't move back to America. Since Dan knows about X.A.N.A. he has a personal grudge against him now."
"Daniel, what's X.A.N.A.?" Jessica pondered. She doesn't know about it and to be honest she shouldn't. The gang can't afford to have somebody else know.
"Uh, I don't think that's a word. I think it was a figment of speech. You know, like a grunt or something." I told her.
"Hm, okay, it sure sounded like a word, though."
"I'm sure it wasn't."
Okay, instead of having the rest of the questions being answered in a dialog format I decided to just have a Q and A:
Question 1: Do you, dantheman7777, have a prosthetic arm?
Answer: No. I haven't even broken a bone in my body.
Question 2: Did Odd go out with his date at the dance?—Purplegirl13
Answer: Yeah, Odd likes Naomi (we know this from the time they formed a band) so I think he would.
Question 3: Why did you put yourself in the story?
Answer: I liked this show and wondered what it would be like if I were in it.
Question 4: Is Dan an exact copy of you?
Answer: No, he isn't. I made him more creepy and more emotional. Let's not forget his past either.
Question 5: Did you fix the POV problem in chapter 6?
Answer: Yes!
Question 6: What do you plan to do with this story?
Answer: I plan to fix it up. My writing style changed and improved so I'm going to rewrite the first few chapters. I don't know when I will do this but I will. Also, I'm going to change a few things in the plot. It's not going to be much or change the outcome but I want to make this as perfect as it can be. Be sure to check back every now and then.
Question 7: What will be your next story?
Answer: It's going to be a one-shot song fic. I thought of a different ending for this story so I think I'll post it once I type it out.
Question 8: When will that be?
Answer: I have no idea but soon.
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing. Now, how about you add me to your favorites list?