Alright everyone, as my new ritual before we start this story. I want to thank the new followers and reviewers that I been receiving recently. I didn't think that this story would get this popular in the week that I published it. I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for your guy's support, so please keep it up. To the newcomers: bgc341, MadRequiem, wiseguy2415, ImplusivePage 84, and Phantom1234. I want to say welcome.
If you enjoyed my last chapter then you're going to love what happens next.
Clockworks Realm Hours Before Danny found Ember.
Far within the deepest parts of the Ghost Zone, an area surrounded by floating gears and different devices of telling time were shown all over and all with a different time on each, but all synced down to the second. In the middle of it all was a Clock Tower, to the untrained eye, it was just an ordinary clock tower with a weird obsession with gears and clocks.
However, if you are still alive to see it, was a whole other world on the inside. The ghostly Clocktower homes one of the most powerful ghosts to ever wander the ghost zone, The master of Time. This ghost was, in fact, human at one point, although his identity as a mortal was taken from him after a millennium of preserving the natural order of time. as an apparition The Master of Time thought that the time was right for he to have a new identity, being called: The Master of Time wasn't cut out for him and it's a mouthful to say. After a year of deep meditation, he now dons the name Clockwork. A name that suits his title quiet well and his name brought great respect to all the ghosts in the Ghost Zone as a person to not anger, which was a hard task to do as he could see the conflict well before it happened.
That as Clockwork's greatest gifts, being able to view and control time. He viewed everything from the creation of the universe to how it will eventually end. Another of his gifts was that he was no longer affected by time. His ghost form had compensated by aging his body into a child, an adult, and an elder in a continuous loop.
With his gift of viewing the timeline, he witnessed the origin of the first half-ghost in existence, Vladimir Masters and his eventual downfall. This half-ghost wasn't the only one to follow, he saw the creation of the earth's protector. A young fourteen-year-old boy, Daniel James Fenton who accidentally activated a man-made ghost portal by the very humans who helped create the first half-ghost. Clockwork observed the young Danny Phantom and his path of what the humans call a 'Superhero', the good and the bad. It was however when he observed the teen's future that a test had to be taken, to prove the observers wrong. The observers were the ghostly recorders of all time and it was the young Phantoms destiny to destroy the would he tried to protect.
Clockwork found something within the human that he found fascinating, humanity. Taking it in his hands he sought out the young child and tamper with time to meet his needs. So, in turn, the young Phantom had captured his Ultimate Enemy and left him in the possession of the master of time. In the eyes of the observers, he had cheated when he saved the people that sparked the Dark one's creation with their passing. By doing so the young Phantoms future had now diverged, the dark future still a possibility with the dark one and a new future. A future that he couldn't see. All that Clockwork and the observers saw were Alternate futures for the young Phantom. Now they witness something that has never occurred before, rebirth.
Now the destiny of the two has changed from a possibility to something else entirely, predestination. A concept, long forgotten.
Back to Amity Park, Sunrise.
As quick as the night ended, the day had begun. The sun peaking off the horizon, making its way into the sky for the new day to begin. The light shined through the glass of Danny's room and into the eyes of a young woman laying on Danny's bed where Ember used to be.
The young woman had long, darker than the night sky hair, skin the color of glistening sand, and the body of a goddess; all in one young woman. When the light hit the young woman's eyes she started to awaken. Opening her eyes revealed two sky blue eyes that shined like diamonds. Her pain was all but a faded memory of a terrible nightmare.
"Where am I?" The young woman thought as she looked around the room. The room was unfamiliar, but at the same time, it felt safe and comforting.
Taking a calming breath, she felt something heavy on her chest. Looking down she saw the black hair of someone laying on her just above her exposed midriff next to her heart. Then she felt it, her heartbeat. She had a heartbeat.
The young woman placed her hand over her chest where her heart was and felt it, it was beating. She was alive. Then the memory of what occurred last night came back to her as she tried to sit up, holding her head in pain. She fights she had with the Halloween reject, Fright Knight and being saved by Danny. Then everything after that was a complete blank, she knew one thing though. The halfa ghost boy Danny Fenton looked cute when he was sleeping.
"Wait, where did that come from. I know that he has grown since our last fight and rather handsome. Uhh, I got to stop thinking that. Besides he has a girlfriend already, that goth chick who ruined my concert all those years ago. Why would he ever want to have a relationship with someone who almost tried to take over the world with their music and end his life? But why does it hurt so much that I actually want him to notice me?" Ember said as tears leaked from her face and onto the sleeping teen.
Danny felt something warm and wet hit his face, opening his eyes he saw that he was laying on something warm and soft. That all changed when he moved his eyes to see a woman's stomach and breasts staring right at him. Shocked and with a blush on his face, he quickly sprung out of the lap of the woman and fell to the floor on his bottom. Danny looked up to see a very beautiful woman sitting on his bed with tears in her eyes staring at him.
The two just sat there looking into each other's eyes for quite sometime before the young woman finally broke the ice.
"Are you okay Danny?" The young woman said.
After shaking his head and clearing his dry throat Danny finally spoke.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Wait, who are you?" Danny asked.
"Oh come on baby-pop we've known each other for years. Maybe it's the fact that I'm now alive threw you off, but it's me Ember Mclain or at least that's who I was before this happened." Ember said.
"Ember, is that really you?" Danny asked questionably.
"It's me alright, the question is. How did I become like this?" Ember said her hands pointing down to her now human body.
Danny had to try not to drool at the sight of the attractive female standing in his room, his eyes wandering to her almost exposed chest.
"Dipstick, my eyes are up here!" Ember said annoyed, but with a slight tinge of red in her face of embarrassment.
Danny shook his head and brought his eyes back to Ember's.
"Sorry, to answer your question of why you look like that. I don't really know, well not 100% certain. I think it might have been something when I used my ghost wave to heal your wounds, let me run a quick test to see what happened." Danny said grabbing the scanner that fell on the floor.
Danny aimed the scanner at Ember, with the X-ray function still off still so no chance of last nights little mishap. Then he pressed a button and scanned himself with it.
"Why did you scan yourself, Danny?" Ember asked.
"Well if my theory is correct, I may have given you some of my human DNA in the wave by accident. But how is beyond me," Danny said.
"Wait, I may be a halfa like you?" Ember asked.
"It's possible, but I want to see if there's anything else," Danny said as the scanner pulled up a list of both subjects, Ember and then himself.
"Subject Halfa, Age 18, Core Ice Flame, Ecto Energy levels normal, Physical form No Damage, Skeletal System No Damage, Muscular System No Damage, Subject has Mid Morph DNA and life Essence of Daniel James Fenton, New Entry Added." The Phantom Scanner said as it read Embers results.
"Subject Halfa, Age 18, Core Ice, Ecto Energy Levels Normal, Physical Form No Damage, Skeletal System No Damage, Muscular System No Damage, Subjects hormone levels are above normal, Subject Daniel James Fenton condition: Ecto Split Occurred, New Entry Added." The Phantom Scanner said as it read Danny's results.
Both Ember and Danny were shocked, Ember was indeed a halfa. Her core was now an Ice Flame whatever that was, maybe she could use ice powers like Danny along with her Fire Element. Danny, however, had a major blush on his face, the device basically said that he was in love with Ember and Ember heard it. He had a confused look on his red face.
"What is an Ecto Split?" Danny said.
"It is time." Clockwork thought. (I know it's from The Lion King, but it fits so well I had to do it.)
"TIME OUT," Clockwork said as he froze time and appeared in Danny's room. Placing a Time Medallion around Danny's neck, Danny became unfrozen and his ghost sense didn't go off for some reason.
"Clockwork, what are you doing here?" Danny said.
"I have witnessed similar events like this occur in many different timelines but with other women that you were affectionate with in the past with different outcomes. This wasn't in the possibilities." Clockwork said.
"Wait, are you saying that I changed my own future?" Danny said.
"No, as I said. This wasn't a possibility, it was predestination. Your future with Ember Mclain was destined to occur, the observers and I witnessed this event pass as it happened. We cannot see your future to this point." Clockwork said.
"So did I make Ember a Halfa by accident or was this predestined to happen?" Danny asked.
"You will realize your destiny soon and that my young friend is something only time can tell." Clockwork said as is took off Danny's Time medallion and had Danny frozen back in place before Clockwork even showed up.
"TIME IN," Clockwork said as he disappeared back to his realm.
"Be careful my young friend, I cannot help you any more than I already have." Clockwork thought as he returned to his lair to watch the young humans.
Danny and Ember became unfrozen as time began to flow once again. Danny's ghost sense now going off.
"What's up Danny?" Ember said.
"Just had a little chat with the Ghost of Time," Danny said still trying to process what Clockwork meant by asking the right questions when the time is right.
"Really Clockwork? I don't believe it." Ember said. A second later, Embers new ghost sense went off, hers was a mix of white and blue.
"What was that?" Ember said.
"That was your ghost sense, it lets you know when a ghost is nearby. If you practice hard enough you can know which ghost is nearby by the ecto field they give off. Clockwork's isn't easy to pick up, but each ghost or now half-ghost as their own unique ecto field. I'm still working on it myself but I can definitely tell when the Box Ghost is nearby." Danny said.
"How?" Ember said.
"It's hard to explain, you just have this sensation that occurs with each different ghost. The Box ghost, for example, his ecto field gives off a weird scent, kind of like old cardboard. I think that whatever characteristic of each ghost is strongest, my ghost sense creates a scent for each to distinguish them." Danny said.
"Really, so if you had to guess. What would be mine? I mean my scent, I mean…." Ember said stammering.
"Well, I don't know. Your ghost scent may have changed if you are now a halfa like me. Let's see if you can transform into your ghost half." Danny said.
"How do I do that?" Ember asked.
"It's a feeling, try concentrating on your ghost energy and bring it out. Whenever I said "Going Ghost" It was a trigger for me to transform, Try it." Danny said.
"Alright, here goes. Going Ghost." Ember said coping Danny's trigger.
Danny saw two silver rings rise up and down Ember's body like when Danny would transform. Ember's hair became snow-white, still tied in a ponytail. Her new ghost costume looked similar to Danny's old costume except it was much more effeminate, really showing off her curves and feminine parts with modesty. The only differences were the shirt, the thigh-high boots, and the white letter A on her chest.
Her scent had definitely changed, usually when Ember was around Danny's ghost sense gave her the scent of burning embers mixed with roses. When his ghost sense when off now, her scent still had the rose-like smell to it, but now it was much stronger. Mixed with the roses was something entirely different that he couldn't distinguish, maybe in time, he will get it.
Danny was in shock by Embers ghost form. It looked nothing like he imagined, it looked way better. What was bothering him was the letter A on her chest.
"Ember, What was your name before you died?" Danny asked.
"My real name? It's been so long but I think it was.." Ember stopped when memories started coming back to her. Memories of when she was alive. Her name was.
"Amanda, my name is Amanda Emberaline McClain," Ember said.
"Amanda McClain, so what do you want me to call you then. Ember or Amanda?" Danny asked.
"Danny, I'm not sure. I've been Ember for so long, but since that now I'm alive, I want to have a human life again. I want to be Amanda McClain, but a different Amanda McClain then before I died." Amanda said getting a sad look on her face.
"You weren't always the confident rock star were you?" Danny said.
"No, when I was alive. I did play the guitar, but never went public about it and never once did I sing in large crowds. In many ways, I guess you and I were alike, I was a loner with only two real friends and a very jealous ex-boyfriend. My parents encouraged my music, but I never believed that they did." Amanda said.
"If you don't mind my asking and you don't have to answer this, but how did you die?" Danny said hitting a sore subject.
Amanda at first didn't want to tell Danny about her life, it wasn't his place to know. Then the thought of how kind he was for taking care of her and giving her back her life, even if she was now only half-human. She felt that she owed Danny the story of her life, he cared enough that she trusted him. So after taking a cleansing breath she stared Danny right in his astral blue eyes.
"This stays between us. Understand?!" Amanda said.
"Yes, I do. Amanda, I will not tell another soul, you have my word" Danny said crossing his heart and raising his right hand.
Wow, Ember is now a halfa! Danny seems to like the new Ember don't you think. What was Ember like when she was alive? Why does it seem that Clockwork is hiding something from Danny? Find out in the Next Chapter.