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"She's awake"

These two words echoed inside Danny's head as he flew towards his house but more importantly, Danielle. All that he could think about at this moment was Danielle, how he needed to get home, and he now had the drive to do it. There was however one other question that was in the back on his mind.

What could he say to her?

It's not like he could say, "Dani, I'm your dad and I want you to stay with me for now on", no he couldn't do that. He'd be, if not worse than Vlad when he tricked Danielle, a monster.

A monster, that's all Vlad was; a genuine monster. He played the world like his own plaything and when he was done with it, he'd destroy it and move on. His sick attempts of creating the "Perfect son" had cost the lives of four beings who were only given life to fulfill his corrupt desires.

Danielle, she was different. In the beginning, she may have only wanted to make her "Creator's" wish come true, but she soon learned the harsh truth about life. A person may say that they love you, but sometimes they do not mean it. He had to witness her learn that lesson at such a young age. She may have looked 12, but she was only just a few weeks old at best. An innocent person caught down the wrong path.

It took the truth for her to see that Vlad was not even close to being the "father" he claimed to be. A true father would put their own lives on the line 24/7 to make sure that their child was safe and healthy, no matter what the cost to himself. Vlad gave no such thing for Danielle, he even tried to pull the whole "I'll save you if you do this for me" card with her. All, of course, backfired on Vlad many times over. Danny remembered the exact moment when Danielle disowned Vlad as her so-called 'Father'.

"YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!"

Danny was so proud of Daniele, for not only rescuing him from Vlad's electro-shock chamber but for finally having the courage to think for herself and not on what Vlad instructed her to do. Once Danny was free of his shackles, together they stopped Vlad's plan from coming to fruition.

However, that wasn't the end of Vlad's sick little game. As it turned out, Danielle wasn't a fully stable clone either and over time her body got weaker that each time she used her ghost powers, her body would Destabilize for a moment until she literally put herself back together, and it would've been Danielle's final moments if it wasn't for the Ecto-Dejecto's incorrect response to ghost's ectoplasm.

Danny did have to take the risk of the Ecto-Dejecto not working, since that he had no idea what effect it would have on Halfa's like himself and Danielle, but it was a risk he has to take. When he saw that Danielle dissolved into ectoplasm, he nearly lost it at the mere thought of failing her. He was about to finish Vlad off once and for all when he heard Danielle's voice calling out to him. When he saw that Danielle was alright, he let out an internal sigh of relief., his dad may not be the greatest ghost hunter, but he is a great ghost helper and when the stakes were raised, his dad always stepped up.

It was ironic, this was probably how his dad felt whenever he or his sister was in trouble, he would do whatever it took to keep them safe from both human and ghost alike, although it was much more towards the later as his father wasn't the most involved in his academic or social standings, to a certain degree. His father may not be perfect, but Danny wouldn't want him any other way.

Now, could Danny be the father that Danielle needs in her life? All that Danny could do is hope that Danielle will want him in her life just as he wants her in his...and Amanda's.

(Amanda POV)

I can't believe Danny's speed right now, it was just like watching a falling star go across the sky. In the blink of an eye, he was already far ahead of me. I guess my body isn't yet back where I was when I was a full ghost. If I'm going to be any help to Danny I need to get stronger fast, if not then what good am I to him. I could hardly see Danny at this point, but I knew where he was going, home.

Home, do I even have a home anymore? I know that Danny is only letting me stay until I'm better but, I don't want to leave him. Even if I do, where will I go? I don't even know if my realm is still in the ghost zone. It made me think of what Clockwork first explained when I first entered the ghost zone:

"Whenever a ghost fades into nonexistence, so does their domain and any other connection they have in both ghost and mortal realms, in other words, they're erased."

A slight chill ran down my spine at that thought. It was a bit unnerving to think such a thing while flying. I felt myself slow down slightly and Danny was beginning to get harder to see. I shook off the chill and started gaining back some of my speed and started to catch up with Danny. Just what did Danny hear to give some the power to fly like that? I'll have to ask him later, something just feels different about Danny's sudden change in mood, just how connected is Danny to Danielle?

I just hope that I can get the answers I need, it may not be today but maybe soon Danny will start to open up more. I started to see Danny's home come into view and Danny turning intangible through what I guessed was his room. I wonder how that duplicate of Danny's managed without us?

(Flashback 1 Hour Ago, Danny(6) POV)

As soon as the boss and Amanda left, I turned my attention back towards the little girl sleeping in my bed; the boss's bed. Even though we're technically the same person, I'm just a duplicate of him with about half his strength, but all his memories. Even though I'm going be absorbed back into the boss when he gets back, I'll still remember this, because all that has happened will become the boss's memories and vice versa. Right now I have the collective memories of each duplicate and where they went and what they saw along the way.

When we all combined back together it gave the other duplicate a slight overload of information, like when you open to many programs on a computer and your RAM or memory processor just cannot handle it. So, eventually, all the new information that each other duplicate created will eventually it will just become a long-term memory to be recalled for another day and in our case in the bosses dream. With a little bit of practice and some surprising help from Nocturne of all ghosts, the boss was able to control dreams to a slight degree. It isn't perfect, but it will do for all the information gathered.

As I watched Danielle sleep in the condition she's in made my heartbreak. Seeing her like this also made me furious at myself for not being there for her like I should've been all those years ago. I didn't know it, but letting her go was my biggest mistake and I am paying my penance.

Letting out a calm breath, I decided to focus on Danielle and see what I could do to make her at least comfortable while she rests. V.A.I might not the best medical tech installed, but she could at least give me a good reading on Danielle's status. Good thing Tucker had installed V.A.I with extra sensitive microphones for when I was training.

"V.A.I whisper mode," I said.

"Whisper Mode engaged. What is going on Danny?" V.A.I asked in a whisper.

"V.A.I, I want you to scan and add new data entry to the database, File Name: Danielle Fenton," I said.

That name just rolled off the tongue so easily, no wonder why the bosses parents named him Daniel. It just flows.

"New entry added, Danielle Fenton. What relationship does she have with you, Danny?" V.A.I asked still in a whisper.

Now that was a good question, I know how the boss feels about her and I do believe that she'll accept Danny as her father, but that doubt will still be there.

"For now V.A.I list her as unclassified until further notice," I said.

"Confirmed. Danielle Fenton, unclassified. Beginning scan." V.A.I said a light quickly scanned over Danielle.

"Scan complete, Subject: Danielle Fenton, Halfa. Age: Subjects Age cannot be determined, Core: Core hasn't awakened. Ecto Levels: Normal, Physical form: Subject has minor abrasions on face, left and right arm, chest, left and right leg, and her internal temperature is 102*F, a moderate fever. Entry complete, shall I add this to Phantom Scanners database?" V.A.I said.

"Please do V.A.I. Thank you." I said.

"Can I be of any more assistance Danny?" V.A.I asked.

"That'll be all, for now. V.A.I. Thank you." I said.

"You are most welcome Danny." V.A.I said.

So I was right, Danielle does have a fever. I need to bring it down, who knows how long she has had this. I channeled my core's power into my hands and formed a thin sheet of Ecto-Ice, about the size of a dollar bill, but a bit thicker. I placed it on top of Danielle's forehead, hoping it would work. The good thing about Ecto-Ice is that it doesn't melt easily, it can be broken, but not melted by extreme heat; only when I want it to.

It took a few minutes, but the makeshift Ice-pack seemed to be doing its job. Danielle's body was looking much more relaxed than when I first brought her here. I know that the ice-pack wasn't a permanent solution to a fever, but it's the best I can do until the boss can get her to the proper care she needs and I know the best person; scratch that ghost yeti to help. Frostbite and his tribe have the medical knowledge in both realms to help Danielle's ghost half since she and I share the same ghostly biology. Her human half may get slightly better with his care, but I might just take her to be seen by Dr. Emily, our families pediatrician just in case and to have it on file. Until then I should just wait for the boss to come back from his date with Amanda.

I felt my face warm up at the thought of the date with Amanda, also a bit jealous of the boss. I just hope that the Boss didn't do anything too ridiculous or crazy. The last thing I need to remember is how we screwed up.

It wasn't long that I decided to rotate the ice-pack from Danielle's forehead and have V.A.I do another scan to check on Danielle's temperature. Being as careful as I could, I gently removed the ice-pack and turned it over. Before I could say anything I saw Danielle's eyes start to open. She was waking up, I had to let the boss know immediately.

"She's awake." I thought, sending it to the boss.

End Of Flashback

It wasn't long before Danny finally reached his house, turning intangible he flew through his bedroom walls. Immediately, he rushed by Danielle's side who was finally starting to regain consciousness. Amanda, who wasn't that far behind, followed suit now that she was slowly getting control of her powers once again. Once she went through the walls while still carrying the food, she transformed back into her human form and as quiet as she could make her way towards Danny, who didn't even realize she was there. Placing the food on the nightstand next to the bed, she stood behind him and watched the little girl in his bed start to fully open her eyes.

Danielle's vision was a bit blurry, but when her eyes focused she saw two people standing over her. She immediately recognized one of them.

"D-Danny?" Danielle said.

Danny at this moment had a million questions running through his head, he didn't know where to begin. Amanda seemed to catch this and spoke up, that small feeling in her chest coming back.

"How are you feeling Danielle?" Amanda asked calmly.

Danielle followed the voice and turned towards Amanda.

"Who are you?" Danielle asked.

"Amanda, but you might remember me when I was Ember McLain," Amanda said.

"You're Ember McLain? You don't look like her. She's a ghost, not a human." Danielle said.

"It's a long story, but I really am Ember; well was Ember. But enough about me, you didn't answer my question little lady. How are you feeling?" Amanda said.

Danielle was confused, but she seemed to trust this woman. It was almost like something within her told that she was safe with her, just like she was safe with Danny.

"I feel like I've been hit by a truck, what happened to me?" Danielle asked.

Danny(6) finally spoke up, as he was the one to find her.

"You're sick Danielle. When I found you in that alley, you were already burning up with a fever. So I brought you home and have been keeping an eye on you for the boss." Danny (6) said.

Danielle's eyes went wide.

"Am I seeing things or are there two of you Danny?" Danielle asked.

Danny gave a light chuckle at this.

"You're not seeing things Danielle, I've long since mastered duplication and can create almost perfect doubles of myself at will. Speaking of which, I never said thanks to you... I mean me." Danny said.

"It was my pleasure boss, now I do believe that it's time to become whole once again." Danny(6) said.

Danny gave a nod, 6 touched Danny on the shoulder and merged back together into the one and only Danny Phantom. He immediately felt the power and memories of each duplicate come back to him. Danny turned back into his human form and felt his face turned red as he started to remember the kiss that (6) gave Amanda.

"Danny are you alright?" Amanda asked seeing his red face.

Danny shook it off and regained his composure.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little out of it from the merge. Anyway, Danielle, I'm just glad that you're alright. I"m just sorry that our little reunion had to like this." Danny said.

"You don't have to apologize, Danny, I-" Danielle was cut off by the sound of her rumbling stomach. Her face turned red from embarrassment.

Amanda let out a small giggle and finally turned towards Danny.

"I think a certain someone is hungry, don't you think Danny?" Amanda asked.

Danny smiled and turned toward Amanda.

"Yep," Danny said.

Amanda grabbed the leftover meal from Nasty Burger and pulled out the Nasty Burger Kids Meal.

"You think you can eat this without blowing chunks all over the room," Amanda said playfully teasing.

Danielle's eyes went as wide as saucers, she hasn't really had a warm meal in a while, and while Nasty burger may not be the healthiest food in the world, it sure would fill her empty stomach.

"Please," Danielle said almost pleading as she sat up on the bed.

Amanda gave a smile and handed Danielle the meal.

"Just eat it slowly Danielle, I don't want you to upset your stomach," Danny said.

"Alright," Danielle said as he began to open the kids' meal and start slowly eating the hamburger and fries.

"Oh and don't forget your drink," Amanda said grabbing the still cold drink from the nightstand and handed it to Danielle.

Danielle graciously took it from Amanda and took a small sip.

"This is so good!" Danielle said with her mouth full.

Danny and Amanda both smiled as they watched Danielle finish her food. Danielle placed the now empty bag and cup on the nightstand.

"You still hungry Danielle?" Danny asked.

"I think I'm- URP!" Danielle said with a loud belch.

"Excuse you," Amanda said with a slight laugh at the loudness of the burp.

"Sorry," Danielle said with a nervous laugh as she laid back down on the bed.

Danny let out a heartwarming laugh as he sat on the bed next to Danielle.

"At least I know you have your appetite Danielle, now about your clothes," Danny said.

"What about them?" Danielle asked.

"Aren't they a bit large on you?" Danny asked.

Danielle looked down at her clothes and saw that they were bigger on her than yesterday.

"These fit perfectly yesterday, what's happening to me?" Danielle asked a bit panicked.

Danny and Amanda exchanged a look before turning back towards Danielle.

"I'm not sure Danielle, but I do know a certain ghost who can help," Danny said.

"Who?" Danielle asked confused.

"I'll introduce you to him once your feeling better, I don't want to make your fever worse," Danny said.

"But Danny, I"m fine really," Danielle said standing up, only to get light-headed and fall back on the bed.

"I think you should stay in bed Danielle, just until you feel better," Amanda said.

"Fine," Danielle said in a huff.

"Good, now that's settled. How about we get you a nice, warm bath and some clothes that fit you," Danny said.

Danielle's eyes lit up at the thought of a warm bath, she definitely needed one after the long journey that she has had.

"Then it's settled then, Amanda would you mind helping Danielle while I try to find something for Danielle to wear?" Danny asked.

Amanda turned towards Danielle as if to ask, "If you want me to." When she saw Danielle nod, she knew it was alright.

"Sure Danny," Amanda said.

Amanda carefully picked up Danielle and was surprised by how light she was. She walked out of the bedroom and closed the door leaving Danny with his thoughts.

"Alright, now that that's taken care of. I need to find some-" Danny's thoughts were interrupted when his cell phone went off.

Looking at the Caller ID it read: Jazz. Danny was surprised to actually get a call from Jazz all the way from Yale, but nonetheless, he answered it.

"Hey Jazz," Danny said.

"Danny? Finally, I've been trying to reach you all day." Jazz said.

"Well, I've kinda been busy, sorry. But I'm here now. What's going on?" Danny asked.

"Oh, right. Well, I wanted to tell you that I'll be coming home in a couple of days for a mandatory break from the Dean." Jazz said.

"Really, you actually got told to take a break. That's something I thought I'd never hear from a teacher and especially not from the Dean. What'd you do?" Danny said as he walked out of his room.

"I didn't do anything, the dean simply wants me to in his words: "Rest that wonderful mind of yours" I didn't want to argue with him so I just accepted and am now packing my bags." Jazz said.

"How long did he say you were off for?" Danny asked.

"About a week, since I stayed at the university instead of coming home last year." Jazz said.

"How long will it take you to get here?" Danny asked.

"Shouldn't take too long, remember mom and Dad insisted to upgrade my car for faster travel. If all goes well I'll be home by tonight." Jazz said.

"T-Tonight!" Danny said nervously.

"Yes Tonight, Danny is something wrong?" Jazz asked.

(Meanwhile with Amanda and Danielle.)

Amanda was carefully scrubbing out Danielle's hair with some shampoo, watching the thin film of dirt wash away. In its place was a lather of suds and midnight black hair, just like her's and Danny's. Although Danielle thought it was silly that she needed someone to help her bathe, but Amanda's touch seemed to relax her. Wanting to know more about Amanda, Danielle started asking questions.

"Amanda?" Danielle asked.

"Yes, sweetie?" Amanda said.

"How long have you known Danny for?" Danielle asked.

Amanda thought about it. Before she became human again, she'd try to take over the world with her music as Ember. She really didn't have a way to escape the ghost zone until Danny's, although a bit dense at times parent's created the Fenton Portal into the mortal world. It wasn't until a bit later that she decided to make her comeback and try to have the world under her control. It wasn't until his ghost sense finally caught up to him and he found out about her being a ghost. From that point on she was his enemy and vowed to take over the world. That wasn't until Pariah Dark and the Diasterroid that she finally started seeing the ghost boy in a whole new light.

Seeing that he had the ability to take out one of the most powerful ghosts in the ghost zone and live to tell the tale made her realize that he'd be getting even stronger. So she decided to leave the ghost boy alone and stop her pursuit of the whole world and keep it only in Amity park just to mess with him. Then it got kind of old after a while and seeing that the ghost boy was now actually making friends with other ghosts, she just stopped altogether.

On some occasions, she'd just fly through Amity park just to clear her mind, but after she and Skulker broke up for good. She did it just to get out of the ghost zone just to get away from the wannabe hunter a d pathetic attempts to woo her to get back together like he ever had a chance in the first place, she felt nothing but sorry for him than love. So how long did she know Danny for; two years.

"I've known Danny for a long time, why?" Amanda asked.

"Well, it seems that you and Danny really get along," Danielle said.

Amanda let out a small laugh as she continued to scrub out Danielle's long hair.

"Well, we always didn't get along so well. I kinda hated him for a while and we did fight almost all the time," Amanda said.

"Back when you were Ember?" Danielle asked.

"Yeah, but I guess that now that I'm now a halfa like you and Danny. I kind of want to have a clean slate with him." Amanda said.

"I'm sure that Danny already forgave you a long time ago, it'd be funny to reintroduce yourself to him," Danielle said with a giggle.

"Yeah, it would," Amanda said laughing along with Danielle. Amanda already imagining the whole thing.

This cycle of questions continued for a while and eventually, Danielle was all clean from head toe, she drains the tub and wrapped Danielle in her towel. Once Danielle was out of the tub, she asked the questions to end all questions.

"Amanda, do you like Danny?" Danielle asked.

Amanda couldn't control the blush on her face, was it really that obvious that even a little kid could tell. No, she had to play it cool.

"Danny's a likable boy, so yeah what's there not to like," Amanda said nervously.

Danielle saw right through her little act, she knows how dense Danny could be so it was easy for her to read Amanda.

"I mean do you like-like him," Danielle said.

"I -I uh..." Amanda said as there was a knock at the door.

"Oh thank you sweet interruption," Amanda thought.

"Hey Amanda, I think I found some clothes that might fit Danielle. I left them on my bed. When you're done in there could you have Danielle try them on?" Danny said.

"Y-yeah, sure Danny. No problem." Amanda said.

"Thank's Amanda, I'll be downstairs if you need me," Danny said as they heard Danny walk away.

Danielle got a smug look on her face as that reaction just answered her questions, but she'd rather hear it from her instead.

"What?" Amanda asked.

"Nothing, forget about i-i A-achoo!" Danielle said with a sneeze.

"Looks like that fever may turn into a cold after-all, come on. Let's see what Danny found for you." Amanda said gently taking Danielle by the hand and leading them back into Danny's room.

Quickly walking into Danny's room and closing the door. Amanda found the clothes that Danny had brought for Danielle. Getting a better look at them she saw. A dark blue t-shirt with a little astronaut on it with the words "Space Explorer" on it and a pair of little gray sweatpants. Danny even went so far as to grab a pair of simple white girls underwear for Danielle. All the clothes looked almost brand new, except for the shirt's image and words were a bit faded.

"What do you think Danielle?" Amanda asked.

Danielle's eyes lit up like stars, her grin could blind you if you stared too long. Like Danny, Danielle loved all the aspects of outer space. When she was traveling the world, she got to see meteor showers and the northern lights in person. She only wished that Danny was there with her, he would've loved to see it.

"I LOVE IT!" Danielle said as she grabbed the shirt right out of Amanda's hands.

Amanda smiled as she handed the rest of the clothes to Danielle.

"You get dressed, I'll be right outside the door when you're done," Amanda said.

Just as Amanda was about to walk out the door, Danielle ran up to her and hugged her waist.

"Hey, Amanda?" Danielle said.

"Yes, sweetie?" Amanda asked.

"Thank you," Danielle said.

"For what?" Amanda asked.

"Being here," Danielle said.

"No problem, now get dressed alright," Amanda said.

Danielle let Amanda go and grabbed the rest of the clothes that Danny had brought her.

"Okay," Danielle said excitedly.

Amanda walked out of the room, closed the door behind her, and she waited for Danielle to get dressed. While Amanda was waiting, she heard Danny downstairs, he sounded distraught.

"This will be the last time I use that many duplicates on patrol for a while. Maybe just having two of me would be better." Danny said.

Amanda didn't want to eavesdrop, but her curiosity got the best of her. She continued to listen to the conversation that Danny was having with himself.

"Maybe Jazz was right, I really do need a vacation from being Danny Phantom," Danny said.

Amanda had an idea of who this Jazz person was. From what she remembered, Jazz is Danny's older sister. She, their mother, and the goth chick stopped herself, kitty and Spectra from their little girls day out.

"Oh man, Kitty! I totally forgot. I was supposed to meet her at her and Johnny's place last night, she must be so worried." Amanda thought.

Amanda was about to rush down the stairs when she heard Danny's door open, revealing Danielle in her new clothes.

"So cute!" Amanda thought.

"What do you think Amanda?" Danielle asked.

"It looks good on you, let's show Danny," Amanda said.

Amanda could tell that Danielle was still a little bit weak from the fever-now-turned-cold, so she gently picked Danielle up.

"W-what are you doing, I can walk just fine!" Danielle said in protest.

Amanda just let out a small laugh as she made her way towards the stairs.

"I know you can, but I'm pretty sure Danny wouldn't want you falling down the stairs, especially now that you're sick. Better safe than sorry, but don't worry once your feeling better. You can run up and down the stairs to your heart's content," Amanda said.

"F-fine, just this once," Danielle said.

Amanda just smiled as she carried Danielle downstairs where Danny was now sitting down, phone now in his pocket. He looked like he was in deep thought. It must've been hard for Danny to create all those duplicates after all. Amanda was about to say something to get Danny's attention but he already seemed to know that she was already there.

Danny opened his eyes to see Amanda carrying Danielle in her arms. Seeing the two together, he thought it was very adorable. Especially seeing Danielle in the same clothes he wore when he was her age, however old she is right now. If he had to guess, she was probably 7, maybe 8 years old.

Amanda put Danielle down and stood next to her just in case she got dizzy again

"How do you like them, Danielle. Do they fit okay?" Danny asked.

Danielle beamed her smile towards Danny.

"They're awesome Danny, where did you get these?!" Danielle asked.

"Well..." Danny said.

(Flashback 10 minutes ago)

"Danny are you alright?" Jazz asked.

Danny shook his head and cleared his throat.

"I'm fine Jazz, just surprised that's all," Danny said.

"Oh, well I better get packing I'll see you tonight alright." Jazz asked.

Danny was about to hang up the phone when he remembered his little problem with finding Danielle some clothes.

"Hey Jazz before you go, can I ask you something a bit weird?" Danny asked.

"Danny, it's our family you're talking about. I don't think anything you can say would be classified as weird anymore," Jazz said with a little giggle.

"Well, um...do you know where Mom and Dad may have put some of our old clothes from when we were little?" Danny asked.

"I take it back, that's kinda weird, what for Danny?" Jazz asked.

Danny decided to surprise Jazz with the news when she got here.

"Well, I thought that I'd donate some of our old clothes to the children's hospital. We don't need them anymore and I believe that they would love the donation from Amity Park's favorite superhero." Danny said.

"Aww, how sweet of you Danny. I believe Mom and Dad put all of our old clothes in the Storage Closet in the Lab, kind of a weird place to put them. All the boxes should be labeled with your's or my old clothes." Jazz said.

"Thanks, Jazz. I'll see you tonight." Danny said.

"You will love ya." Jazz said.

"Love ya too. Bye." Danny said.

"Bye." Jazz said as she hanged up her side of the call.

Danny put his phone in his pocket and turned intangible and phased through the floor into the Lab. Once he was in the Lab, he became tangible again and went to what his Parent's called it, The Fenton Ecto-Free Storage Unit. Kind of a ridiculous name for a storage closet, but it wasn't unlike his parent's to do that. Opening the closet door, he found everything neatly organized. From all the holiday decorations to old inventions that they thought could be used later. He soon found the boxes labeled "Danny's Clothes" and "Jazz's clothes" on them. Pulling them out, he noticed how light his and his sister's clothes felt. Either that his parents didn't keep a lot of their kid's old clothes or that he was stronger than he thought.

"Alright, if Danielle's like me then she would probably want something comfortable. And if she's like her Aunt Jazz, she may want something a bit more stylish." Danny said to himself, then it occurred to him that he called Jazz, Danielle's Aunt.

"Well, she is Danielle's Aunt and I really hope that Jazz isn't too surprised about now having a niece." Danny thought as he opened his and Jazz's boxes. All the contents were individually sorted and even vacuum sealed to keep them fresh as the day they were put in.

Danny looked through his old clothes first. The first thing he saw was a smaller version of the shirt he always wore in high school. Why his parent's kept buying him the same style shirt, he didn't know. He kept searching until he found one of his all-time favorite shirts. A dark blue t-shirt with a little astronaut on it with the words "Space Explorer" on it. The shirt brought back memories and a smile on his face, it was when he got this shirt that he started getting interested in outer space.

"I think Danielle would love this," Danny thought as he grabbed the shirt and resealed the others in his parent's automatic vacuum sealing bags. If his parents weren't so focused on ghost's they'd probably be millionaires with their other non-ghost inventions.

Danny looked through his old sweats and found that none of them would fit Danielle at her current size. So he put away his box and looked through Jazz's old sweat pants. A bit weird for sure, but at least he found a nice gray pair of sweat pants that looked like a good fit. Now came the challenging part that really freaked him out, finding a pair of underwear for Danielle. He may be the all so great Danny Phantom, but it's still embarrassing to having to go through your sister's clothes to find a pair of underwear. Luckily for Danny, he did find a, still in the packaging, basic white girls underwear. His parents must've accidentally bought these for Jazz years ago and didn't return them because they were so small, but the perfect size for Danielle he hoped.

"That's a relief, at least they're all not be hand-me-downs," Danny said to himself grabbing the whole package and putting away the rest.

Danny resealed the boxes and put them away as neat as he could, not wanting for everything to come crashing down on top of him. After the closet door was closed, Danny walked back upstairs clothes in hand and towards the upstairs bathroom to hand Amanda the clothes for Danielle.

(End Of Flashback)

"So that's how I got them," Danny said.

"Your parent's really don't like to through anything do they?" Amanda asked.

"They really don't, but at least I found a use for these clothes," Danny said.

"Well at least they didn't though away this shirt, it's awesome!" Danielle said with a smile.

Danielle's smile was infectious, Danny gave one back to her as Danielle twirled a bit in her new shirt. Before Danny could say even "you're welcome; his, Amanda's, and Danielle's ghost sense all went off simultaneously. Danielle, even though she was sick went into a fighting position and was about to transform when Danny recognized the ghost scents, cinnamon, and sandalwood. These two scents could mean one thing, Kitty and Johnny.

Danny put a hand on Danielle's shoulder seeing as she was about to get ready to fight.

"It's okay Danielle, I have a good idea on who just came by," Danny said.

Both Danielle was confused, how could Danny know which ghost is near?

"How do you-" Danielle said before she saw Johnny's shadow come into the room.

"Shadow?' Amanda said.

Shadow flew over towards Amanda, he gave her a small sniff before flashing his toothy grin and flying around Amanda happily.

Danny approached shadow and with a stern face, he calmly asked.

"Shadow, can you bring Johnny and Kitty up here please?" Danny asked.

Shadow stopped circling Amanda and with a nod, he flew back to Johnny and Kitty who were still in the Lab.

Not even a minute passed before Kitty and Johnny phased thew both floors and into Danny's room.

Now both Kitty and Johnny's appearances have changed over the two years, Kitty still wears her red jacket and skirt, but her black tank top was replaced with a short top with a white outline of a cartoon kitten on the front. Her hair was cut a bit shorter, but still long enough to not be a pixie cut. Johnny's scarf is now wrapped around her neck, but his promise ring is now on her ring finger. (Hint Hint)

Johnny hasn't really changed too much, just his clothes. Instead of his gray trench coat, he now has a dark charcoal leather motorcycle jacket with the words "Bad Luck" embossed on the back. The jacket was an anniversary gift from Kitty, which Danny help her purchase since that people don't usually don't deliver to the ghost zone. All the money that she used to buy it was all from a small investment that Danny helped her make. It did take a while for it but she finally had enough to cover the full payment of the jacket a whole $500 dollars and another $200 for some new parts for his motorcycle. On that day Johnny did go beyond with a full seven course, candlelit dinner and asked her the question. It was definitely worth it, at least to Kitty it was.

"Danny, finally! We need your help, Ember she-" Kitty stopped and looked at the two other girls in the room.

"Uh, Hi Kitty," Amanda said a bit nervously.

"Ember?!" Kitty said surprised.

"No way," Johnny said.

"Yeah, it's me," Amanda said.

"W-what, how!?" Kitty asked.

"Long story, but I'm not Ember anymore. I'm back as-" Amanda said.

"Amanda?" Kitty said.

Amanda nodded. Kitty got tears in her eyes as she launched herself at Amanda, giving her the warmest hug she could muster, despite her being a ghost.

"You're back!" Kitty said.

Johnny walked up and placed a hand on Amanda's shoulder.

"Welcome Back Amanda," Johnny said.

Amanda returned Kitty's hug with one of her own. Danny watched the reunion with a smile on his face, Danielle was confused at the whole thing.

"Um, would somebody please explain what's going on right now. Aren't Kitty and Johnny your enemies Danny?" Danielle asked.

Kitty and Johnny both turned towards Danielle and when they did, both their eyes went wide.

"What?" Danielle asked as all the attention was now on her.

Kitty let go of Amanda and approached Danielle.

"Oh my word, Danny you didn't.." Kitty said

Danny knew what Kitty was thinking. She knew about his and Sam's start-up/break-up relationship. It wasn't too long after the Diasteroid did Danny finally mend the bridge between Kitty and himself. So after a while and a few Tiff's between himself and Johnny, Danny started opening up more and Kitty did the same.

Johnny did share some of his stories, but a lot of it was about his bad luck than anything else. At least it was something and Danny could tell that in maybe a few months that he and Johnny would get along as well as he and Kitty do.

"It's not that Kitty, Danielle she's-" Danny said before he was cut off.

"Danielle, you mean the little girl that you consider your," Before Kitty could finish her sentence Danny rushed up and carefully covered her mouth and whispered in her ear.

"I want to tell her, but I don't think nows the right time to do it," Danny whispered he removed his hand from Kitty's mouth.

"Oh, okay then. Whatever you say, Danny," Kitty said.

"You consider me what?" Danielle asked.

Danny knew he had to change the subject fast, but V.A.I already covered that.

"Danny, I've just received a software upgrade from Mayor Foley, shall I install it?" V.A.I. said.

"Yes, oh yes. Install it V.A.I!" Danny hurriedly said.

"Initializing software upgrade. V.A.I main operating system will be on standby for approximately 2 Hours, do you still wish to continue?" V.A.I said.

"Yes, start to install now," Danny said.

"Installing, V.A.I system now on standby." V.A.I said.

Kitty and Johnny looked around for the sound of that voice that just spoke.

"Uh, Punk-I mean Danny, where in the heck did that voice come from?" Johnny asked.

"I can fill you in Johnny, it's just Danny's A.I program that's installed in his house. Pretty cool huh?" Amanda asked.

"Yeah, really cool," Johnny said unenthusiastically.

Kitty elbowed Johnny on his side.

"Ow, babe. What was that for?" Johnny asked.

"Be nice," Kitty said.

"Yes dear," Johnny said defeated.

"Wow, he's whipped, Danny and Amanda thought at the same time.

"Anyway. Em-I mean Amanda, what happened last night. We were worried that something happened to you." Kitty said.

"Well had a little run-in with these cloaked weirdos and the Halloween reject. If it weren't for Danny I would've disappeared, for good." Amanda said.

"Cloaked weirdos?" Kitty and Johnny asked.

For the next ten minutes, Amanda explained that night in the ghost zone and the cloaked ghosts that sent the Fright Knight after her. After that, it was all a blur until she woke up human, well half human.

"Wow," Kitty said.

"All that happened just last night, man you get into some crazy stuff Amanda, but at least you're still, well now alive," Johnny said.

They all had a good laugh, even though Danielle had absolutely no idea what was going on. She felt a warm feeling in her stomach and just laughed along all of them. But what was Kitty going to say? This day was just getting more confusing by the minute. After a few seconds, Kitty noticed how happy Amanda was with Danny and pulled Danny out of his room for a minute.

"Hey Danny, can I have a minute with you?" Kitty asked.

Danny was a bit confused, but he followed Kitty out of his room and downstairs so that they could have a private conversation.

"Alright Kitty, what did you-" Danny said before Kitty stopped him.

"Danny, no beating around the bush. Do you love Amanda?" Kitty asked.

(Downtown Amity Park Airport)

"Ladies and Gentleman, we wish to thank you for flying Amity Airlines. We hope to serve you again in the future." The airplane captain said.

The doors opened and the passengers walked out of the plane into the terminal. The first one to exit the plane was a woman, dressed in a dark dress and sunglasses. Her long hair almost down to her back, you could hardly see the purple eye shadow through her sunglasses. Meeting the woman at the gate was an older man dressed in a complete suit with a sign with the word Manson on it. The woman walked over to the man with her bags in her hand.

She walked passed the older man and towards the limousine parked outside, the older man followed behind her and opened the limo's doors for her and she placed her bags next to her. Closing her door, he made his way towards the driver's seat. Before turning the key, the man asked her.

"Where to Ms. Manson?"

"Home Reginald."

"Yes, Ms. Manson. And Ms. Manson?" Reginald asked.

"Yes?" Sam asked.

"Welcome home," Reginald said as he turned the key and the limo's engine came to life.

"Look out Danny, here I come." Sam thought as the limo began to move.

Uh oh, Sam's back in the picture! What will happen when she meets the new "Ember", will there be fire? Will Danielle get the answers she wants? Will Danny admit his feelings for Amanda? Just what is going on with Danielle and will Frostbite be able to help?

Find out all this and more in the next update of When Core's Collide. Chapter 12: Questions under fire, I'm What?!