A/N: WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S THE LAST CHAPPY ALREADY! TT.TT :sobs: Not much going on here except that it took about three days to put this up grumbles about ffnet for a minute or two, so here….
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Chapter 18: August 6, 2014
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DING DONG
Sam ran to the door, opening it to see who was there. "Reb?" she asked, surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"Can't a girl visit her cousin?" Rebekah asked as she walked in. "I brought a few friends, too."
"Michael?" Sam asked, smirking. She had met Rebekah's boyfriend and her closest friends last year. Mike walked in, looking upset that she knew it was him.
"Yes, and a few others." Charlie, Elaine, Alexis, and Raymond walked in, saying hello to Sam as they did so.
"Hey, guys," Sam said, only slightly surprised at the three couples. Then, she realized what could've brought them here. "Did you come to see the exhibit?"
"Exhibit?" all six asked.
Either they're really good at acting, or they really don't know,Sam found herself thinking. "Yeah," she said, "S.A. just pulled into town two days ago."
"Sam's here?" Reb squealed.
"Uh, yeah." The three couples all cheered. "Do you guys know him?"
"Yes, we went to college together," Alexis replied, hopping. "I can't believe he's here!"
"There was a loud, quick rap on the door. Sam opened it, and Kay and Nick walked in. They stopped when they saw the crowd.
"Oh, sorry, didn't know you were having a party," Kay said. Nick hit his forehead, and Kay sighed. "I rhymed again?"
"Duh."
"Sorry." Kay paused, turned back to Sam, and asked, "¿Desean venir, también?"1
"Huh?" Sam asked, blinking as she translated Kay's slip. "Oh, yeah, they do."
"Well, we'd better get going…," Kay said.
"We'll take the van," Rebekah said. "Sam can come with us…. Wow, this is weird…."
"What?" Kay and Nick asked, not knowing who everyone was.
"Knowing two Sams, one a guy, the other a girl."
"Wait, you mean, you guys are part of the CRAMMERS that Sam's always talking about?" Kay questioned, both her and Nick's eyes wide.
"Yeah," Charlie said.
"Wow, this is weird…."
"Then you two must be Kay and Nick," Alexis said, crossing her arms.
"Guilty," the two guitarists replied.
"Well, if you think you can replace us, you've got another--"
"Wait, wait, wait!" Kay said, holding up her hands. "What do you mean, 'replace'?"
"Sam said you two were replacing me and Ray!"
"Sam jokes around a lot," Elaine reminded her quietly.
Kay and Nick shared a look. "No, he doesn't. Well, not as often."
"What?" Sam asked, completely lost.
"Sam A. has been kinda… moody? Yeah, moody's a good word for it. He's been moody lately," Nick said.
"Why?" Mike asked.
"We dunno. He doesn't talk much, well, about that kinda stuff. He talks more… about… M.G.!" Kay said, turning on Nick. "¡Debemos demostrarlos, ahora!"2
"Wha--oh! Yeah, we gotta get to the exhibit!" Nick said.
"Why?" Sam asked. Kay grabbed her arm, pulling her outside.
"We needa show ya somethin'!" Kay motioned for the others to follow. "Y'all can come, just hurry!"
"There's not enough room in our van, though," Rebekah said uncertainly.
"We came on our motorcycle," Nick replied. "Just follow us!"
Bek turned to the others, saying, "Well, you heard the guy! Let's see what Sam draws like nowadays!" Within a minute, all nine were on their way to the exhibit. They all noticed (and stopped quickly) when they saw a blinding flash coming from a store a few miles away.
Kay whispered to Nick, "Looks like 'Sam' is back to normal."
"What?" Nick asked, turning to her, shocked.
"Let's just say," Kay replied, smirking as they started driving again, the van behind them, "that Spectral Anomaly just got a severe style change…."
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With Danny! XD
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Dan and Vlad were flung back against a wall. Danny approached them slowly, thinking to himself, After four years, two months, and three days of not using my original powers, this'll probably take some getting used to. He saw Vlad disappear and swung out behind him, punching Vlad in the face. Or, it could all come back naturally….
"What's the matter, V-man," he mocked, "having a hard time beating someone with, what? Twenty-some years less experience than you?" Danny fired an ectoblast at Vlad, knocking him out and sending him back to human-mode. Danny was thrown into a wall by Dan.
"You may be able to beat him, but you seem to be having trouble with me," Dan said, laughing.
Danny stood up and sent a powerful ectoblast at him, followed quickly by a Ghostly Wail. Dan didn't get hit by the blast, but the Wail knocked him against a shelf of animal cages, breaking them.
"Don't you know that animal abuse is against the law?" Danny asked, hitting Dan with ecto-lightning. "There might not be someone from humane society here, but I'll gladly do their job for them!" He swung Dan around and threw him into a wall. He shot back at Danny and punched him, kicking him to the side. Danny regained control of his flight and rushed back at Dan, locking together in midair. The two exchanged blows for awhile, both trying hard to land a punch, before Dan blasted Danny away with ectoplasm. Danny landed roughly on his back. Dan flew down and walked over to him, stepping on his chest to keep him from getting back up. Danny tried to push his foot off but couldn't, and Dan was readying another ectoplasmic blast in his hand.
"Say good-bye, Danny," he said, sneering. "Your time is finally up." Danny surprised him by smirking.
"Good-bye," he said, disappearing into the ground. Dan, enraged, turned around, firing at a surprised Danny who had just reappeared behind him. Danny was thrown backwards against a wall and prevented from sliding down by a blast of ecto-goo. While he was stuck to the wall, Dan approached him again, holding an ectoplasmic, fiery hand inches away from his face.
"Now, this will only take a slow, painful, agonizing moment," he said, grinning broadly. "Oh," he whispered, "and don't worry, I'll tell Sam that you'll see her again soon… in the Ghost Zone!"
Danny glared as Dan's hand changed to a black deadly-looking fire and closed in on his face. He flinched and there was a loud scream.
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At the museum (8:20-ish)
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"So, why are we here?" Sam asked as they got out of the vehicles and looked at the building. It seemed deserted.
"Sam, we're supposed to show you something," Kay began. "Ya see, there's a part of the exhibit that's still under wraps, and--ay,"3 she muttered. She turned to Nick, "I need to finish getting stuff up. You explain."
"What? Me?" Nick asked, but Kay had already left. "Guess so…." He turned back to the others and said, "Well, Sam had a whole bunch of pictures of this girl he called M.G. Kay and I called her Bava because of one of her pictures. It stands for Black-And-Violet-Angel. M.G. stands for Mystery Girl because Sam couldn't remember who she was, just what she looked like. The room we wanna show you is full of pictures of her. We think you might… know her."
"Okay…," Sam said, looking slightly disappointed.
"What's wrong?" Rebekah asked, concerned.
"Nothing," Sam sighed. "Let's go in."
They went inside, where they met up with Kay, who led them through the exhibit. Halfway through, they ran into Jazz and Tucker, who had come to look at it again. After introductions were made, they continued on to another display, and Rebekah and her friends stopped to look at it. Kay motioned for Sam, Jazz, and Tuck to keep following her and Nick. Suddenly, the door opened, but, before anyone could turn to see who was there, the lights went off. A moment later, there were two screams, one female and one male. Kay waved a hand, and the lights turned on again to show a guy getting hit repetitively by Alexis' purse. He had dark hair and pale eyes, and Kay walked over to stop Alexis' attack. She grabbed the guy by the front of his shirt.
"Tú tienes tres segundos a decir me que tú seas y porqué tú estás aquí antes de que I --"4
"Whoa, Kay, calm down!" the guy said, holding his hands up in surrender. "It's just me!"
Kay, slightly suspicious, growled, "Define 'me'."
"It's Sam," he said, surprised that none of them recognized him. "Why--?"
"Oh… my… gosh," Kay said, dropping Sam on the floor and staring down at him. "Your hair… and your eyes…. They're different."
"Wha--?"
"¡TúestáscambiandodetrásTúestáscambiandodetrásTúestáscambiandodetrás!"5 Kay squealed, hopping while hugging him. He and Nick exchanged a "she's-being-creepy-again" look over Kay's shoulder. Then, the Amity Park trio figured out what Kay had said.
"What do you mean, 'he's changing back'?" Sam asked.
Kay looked at the artist, and both, as well as Nick, nodded. The artist turned to look at the reporter, saying, "I need to… show you something. Come with me." He took her hand and led her to a door covered in "Do Not Cross" tape. He opened the door with his free hand but blocked the room from her view. "Cover your eyes," he said softly.
Before doing so, she could have sworn that his eyes had brightened and his hair darkened. She was led blindly into the room.
A voice said quietly, "Okay, you can look now." She took her hand off her eyes and gasped at the room. It was completely covered in pictures of… her.
"Oh… my… gosh," she whispered, turning to him. He had an acoustic guitar in his hands, gently strumming the intro of a song that only two people knew.
Hidin' in the shadows, don't want them to know it's you, 'cause, boy, would they be mad if they knew the truth, runnin' all your life, can't seem to get away, wow, today isn't your lucky day, Come on out, now's the time, show who you are and finally shine, 'cause they'll find out somehow, so why not just show them now,
And open up your eyes, take off the disguise, you know I love you, come on, now, just say you love me, too,
I left you standin' there, but I never wanted to, so now I'll make amends, and show how much I love you, no matter what they say, I know for sure, 'cause I just can't wait 'til I can open up your door, Come on out, now's the time, show who you are and finally shine, 'cause they'll find out somehow, so why not just show them now,
And open up your eyes, take off the disguise, you know I love you, come on, now, just say you love me, too,
This life, this love, feels like something from up above, you and I, wish we could find the one we love the most, 'cause 'til then, love's a ghost, it's there, but you can't see, that's how it's been for me, 'cause I've been all alone, with no one else, but now, with you, I have all the help I need, 'cause I have you by me, So come on out, now's the time, time for you to finally shine, so come over here, 'cause now you'll see, who you are and who you'll truly be,
And just open up your eyes, take off the disguise, just be yourself today, and who cares what they think anyway, (Just say you love me, too) you know I don't care, but you still won't dare, just be yourself, 'cause you can't be anybody else, (Just say you love me, too) I love you just the way you are, you don't gotta be a star, my love is gone too far for me to pull it back from you, so come on, now, and say you love me, too, please, put my mind at ease, and just say you love me, too
Sam had surprised herself by singing backup on the last chorus. (Parenthesis) Both she and the guy were crying slightly. "D--Did you write that?" she asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I did. I… wrote it for Mystery Girl. I was gonna sing it to her once I met her."
"Then why did you sing it to me?" Sam asked, feeling her hopes fall at his words.
"Because, I've finally got my memory back. M.G. helped me do that, so… I wanted to thank her," he said, looking up at her with bright eyes through darkening bangs.
"But why sing to me?"
"Sam," he said, holding onto her hands, "I'm singing to you because you…. I've missed you, Sam."
"If you really are S.A., I just saw you last night," Sam said, confused. He chuckled.
"I just told you, my memory's come back. I remember who I was before I woke up."
"…What?"
He sighed. "I woke up. I had been in a coma for ten months at least, and I woke up on June 4, 2012. There was this girl there, Marissa Anthony. She was the one who found me. I had amnesia, and the only name I could remember was Sam. I lived with the Anthony family from July 4, 2012, to February 14, 2013, before I proposed to Marissa. We would've been married on April 4, 2013, but some… thing attacked her when she was on her way to the altar, and she… didn't make it…." He was crying now, and Sam felt very sorry for him.
"Oh my gosh, that's horrible!" she said, nearly crying herself. He shook his head.
"There's more," he said grimly. "After Marissa died, I left to go on tour. I met Nick, Jon, and Leo at a coffee shop. They needed a lead guitar for their band, and… I needed a few friends. We met Kay a month later, in a… not-so-good town. We kinda, heh, fought some before she joined us. After that, we just sorta toured around for a while. Then, we came here. You know the rest."
"Well, if you remembered, what happened before that?" Sam asked, surprised at his… recent history.
"Before that, two ghosts, well, they… tortured me… until I forgot everything."
"That's terrible…."
"But, before that, I had run away from home. From my friends, from my family, and from my… girlfriend."
"So, you have a girlfriend?" Sam asked, lowering her head, disheartened.
He grabbed her chin lightly and pulled it back up. "Yeah, I'm…," he stared at her, about to cry, "I'm looking at her…."
"W--What?"
"Sam, it's me, Danny," he said, and she suddenly realized that his hair was now….
"Black…," she whispered. "Your hair… is black. Your eyes… are blue…. Oh… my… gosh. Danny, is it really you?"
He smiled slightly. "I told you I'd come back."
"Oh, Danny!" she squealed, hugging him. "Oh, I missed you so much, Danny!" Both were crying in joy, so much so that neither heard the door open.
"Is--is that really Danny?" a voice asked, the crying couple looking up at it. Jazz and Tucker were standing at the door, the former crying and the latter trying to keep from shedding tears.
Danny nodded, and Jazz rushed over to hug her brother. Once they parted, Danny walked towards Tucker, who met him halfway. Tuck stiffly reached out a hand, and they shook, then Tuck pulled Danny in and patted him on the back.
"Good to have you back, man," Tuck said quietly.
"Good to be back," Danny replied, smiling as they drew back.
"Ha! I knew it!" a voice said happily. The foursome on the ground looked around suspiciously before Danny looked up and gasped.
"No way… 'Rissa?" he asked. The others looked up. A ghost with brown hair and glowing brown eyes was floating above them. She flew down, landing in front of Danny, who was now crying again.
"So, you're the infamous halfa, hm?" she asked, smiling.
"How'd you--"
"The other ghosts told me. I knew that you were actually… well, you. That's why Plasmius attacked me. He thought I'd tell you who you are, er, were. I tried to find you again, but you were on tour."
"Wow… wait, how much of this were you listening to, and how come my ghost sense didn't go off?"
"It did, but neither of you were paying attention."
Danny's eyes narrowed. "How much did you hear?" he asked angrily. His eyes glowed green.
"Heh, I forgot how scary you get when you're mad…. I heard the whole thing. Why didn't you just come out and tell her right away?"
"Um…," Danny said before glaring again. "That's not important."
Marissa laughed, then said, "By the way, how'd you beat Phantom and Plasmius?"
"What?" Jazz, Tuck, and Sam asked, surprised.
"Well, I had knocked Plasmius out, but Phantom had me stuck to the wall with ecto-goo. I couldn't phase through it, and he was right in front of me with a handful of black ecto-fire, which is deadly for anyone, ghosts and halfas included. But, when he brought it towards me, I felt nothing, and he started screaming. Apparently, he couldn't touch me with it, or get it anywhere near me, without hurting himself. He lost focus, so the ecto-goo disappeared, and I was free. I hit him with some ecto-blasts while he was still hurt and caught him in that cool paint tube Ray made for ghosts. Here--" he pulled out said metal tube and showed them. "He's in there."
"Good work, Danny," a new voice said.
"Hi, Clockwork," Danny replied without even looking. He turned to see Clockwork, surprised that he was able to guess correctly. "I'm guessing you want this," he said, handing the tube to Clockwork. He took it.
"Yes. Also, I wanted to offer you the chance of… none of this happening. You can go back to your eighteenth birthday, only this time, Dan and Vlad won't come."
"I'd love to, Clockwork," Danny replied slowly.
"But?"
Danny smiled slightly, "But, I have so many great friends, I'd hate to lose them, but… I just wish Marissa could come back." He looked sadly at the female ghost.
"Oh, don't worry!" she said, grinning. "I find being a ghost so much fun!"
"Well, this turned out okay, then." Danny turned back to Clockwork, "Thanks for offering, but I'd rather just keep it like this."
"Very well," he said, disappearing, "but don't forget to explain to your parents…."
Danny blinked, suddenly remembering. He gulped. "M--my parents?"
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Outside Fenton Works
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"C'mon, Danny!" Sam said to the hiding twenty-three-year-old. "It's just your parents!" There were twelve approvals, and Danny gave up.
"Fine! Fine, I'll tell them." Several glares. "About everything."
"Good," Kay said, pulling him forward. "Now, no matter what, stay here until they ask you in."
"What are you--" Kay rang the doorbell.
"DING-DONG-DITCH!" she yelled as she and the twelve others ran away just in time.
"Danny?" the woman who opened the door gasped. "Is that you?"
"Uh… hi, Mom," he said nervously, shifting from foot to foot.
"Danny!" she squealed, pulling him inside despite his protests. "Jack! Danny's back!"
Jack ran up the stairs, saying, "Danny!"
"Where've you been?" Maddie asked her son.
"Oh, around," Danny replied vaguely.
"Why'd you leave?" Jack questioned, happy his son was back.
"Well, … you remember that lab accident? About nine years ago? Well, it gave me… ghost powers." They gasped. "That ghost you used to chase? Yeah, that was me."
"You were Danny Phantom?"
"Yeah…."
"That would explain the voice, the hair, the disappearances--"
"The grades, the late nights, the injuries…."
"Heh, yeah…. You guys are okay about this, right?"
"Of course, Danny; you're still our son, and we love you, no matter what."
"But, why'd you leave?"
"Two of my enemies threatened to kill Sam if I didn't."
"WHAT?"
"Where are they, Danny? We'll get 'em for you!"
"There's… no need. I beat them already. They're the reason why I left. … But I'm back now. To stay."
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LYRICS
We shared a life, we shared a heart But what we united seems to be breaking apart It's a haunting pain, goes right to the core Now we're dividing what's mine from what's yours I'll keep the same old things I had when we met And you'll keep what's yours 'cause that would only be fair But what about the heart that we both created together?
We used to be the toast of the town We used to have the best love of all We had blue skies but they came falling down What happened to us You and I once were loversNo cheating hearts and no one did wrong So why did we break, can't say our love wasn't strong But I know with time things that start to mend So let's fix these hearts so they can't be broken again You need a man who sees how lonely you've been Don't worry, I will start all over and then We will get back the heart that we both created together
We used to be the toast of the town We used to have the best love of all We had blue skies but they came falling down What happened to us You and I once were lovers
Last night I cried but girl you were not here So it was just a big waste of tears But then I smiled, I heard your voice in my ear Tellin' me you wish it could be like it was in the beginning
We used to be the toast of the town We used to have the best love of all We had blue skies but they came falling down What happened to us You and I once were lovers
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A/N:Cries: Okay, next is the epilogue, April 4, 2026. I'm not gonna say anything about it so I don't spoil it. BYES, y'all!
Oh, my gosh, I am sooo sorry to those of you who don't know Spanish! Due to a stupid mistake on my part, I forgot to put in the translations for Kay's rants, so here they are, sorry!
"¿Desean venir, también?"1 - Do they want to come, too? "¡Debemos demostrarlos, ahora!"2 -We have to show her, NOW! ay,"3 -woops. "Tú tienes tres segundos a decir me que tú seas y porqué tú estás aquí antes de que I --"4 -You have three seconds to tell me who you are and why you're here or I'll-- "¡TúestáscambiandodetrásTúestáscambiandodetrásTúestáscambiandodetrás!"5 -You'rechangingbackYou'rechangingbackYou'rechangingback! "DING-DONG-DITCH!" -No, seriously, she actually meant that one. Lols.