All right I have at least three things to say before I begin this chapter.
One: I am aware that I update slowly, please forgive me for that, I'm trying my hardest to improve in school so I can actually go to the eleventh grade. (plus, I've been grounded for the longest time ever)
Two: Because of my slow updates new episodes keep on coming in, and once in awhile they ruin part of the storyline for my fanfic. For example, Flirting With Disaster completely crushed something I had in mind for future chapters of TSTL. Yes that's right Chapter Eight is not the end! I don't exactly know how many chapters it'll take to finish but I'll be sure to tell you when the end is near.
Three: Yes, I have noticed that my grammar is not the best in the world and I apologize for that. I know people online now who will be able to help me with my chapters and teach me how to improve my grammar for future stories. Right now I am currently in the middle of rewriting chapters one through seven, making sure I have no errors and maybe adding a bit more to them. Once all the chapters are posted then I'll go back over and fix the mistakes I missed. If you readers see any mistake, no matter how small or unimportant you may think it is, please contact me by review, PM or email and I will change it as soon as I possibly can.
Oh yes, and one more thing, because of the recent events in Flirting With Disaster I will be changing several parts of my story to fit in with the DP plot as well as mine. So there might be some love triangles (I doubt it but hey, I might surprise you guys!) coming ahead with a good portion of drama and maybe a character injury.
Thank you for your time and I'm sorry for the long wait. You guys seriously are just so awesome beyond words! I never imagined this fic would get over 200 reviews! Thank you!
-BlackDecember-
Title: Two Sides To Love
Rated: T
Summary: Valerie witnesses Danny Phantom kiss Sam and assumes that Sam is cheating on her current boyfriend. Takes place after FWD (chapters rewritten)
Disclaimer: Well lets get this over with. . .I do not own Danny Phantom. . . .does anyone on this website own him? No. . .okay then. . .on with the story. . . Oh yeah, Surprise character guys! The last new character in the story. Lets see if readers from DPO and TGS can recognize her! And yeah I don't own her. . .but I do own her soul on a leash! (that should be an easy giveaway and no, it's not Joker)
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Chapter Eight
It's amazing they don't know yet. . .It's amazing how they bought my lies. . .It's amazing how they fell for that one trick. Christine, I hope that wherever your spirit is it's rotting . . . .You were such a lie. . . I don't need you anymore. . .I don't need anyone. . .I just want revenge. . .
The white light was blinding Danny who actually had to look askance so he would be able to see the figures of Bella and Valerie. A colorless and silent flash erased the surroundings of Amity park and left him and his confused friend standing in the middle of a uncanny burial ground. . . .the eerie cemetery was located in none other than the ghost zone. . .
Danny glanced around at the split tombstones and grave markers and realized this region of the ghost zone looked very alien to him; not once in his life as a halfa had he ever been here. Of course there were still many areas of the Ghost Zone that he still hadn't discovered yet. While looking around Danny noticed an old grave marker, with a name engraved carelessly on the aged marble that was somewhat complex to make out. . . Though for some reason, the calligraphy carved seemed very familiar to him.
"So. . .is this where we start looking then?" Danny asked raising his emerald eyes towards the young witch. Bella frowned her trademark scowl while the wail of a soft wind sounded unexpectedly making the malevolent graveyard seem more uninviting.
"How should I know, I haven't ever been in here before nor do I know where Christine really is. . ." her child like voice seemed to echo off of an indistinguishable force, as though mocking her from a distance.
Valerie cast her eyes towards the clouded sky curiously as a shadow flew above her while Bella's words parted the vice air. The young ghost hunter had been to the Ghost Zone before but she was still very unfamiliar with this spirit dimension. A crow cawed and glanced down at her meeting her amber eyes for a mere second. . .it's eyes were a blood crimson, stony and unblinking. It was as though it was searching for something, searching for something lost. . .unable to find it. The ebony crow soon lost awareness of Valerie as it continued on flying straight cawing again in the distance.
"Time's running out for your girlfriend halfa, I have very little patients, start looking!" Bella snapped at him causing Danny to glare. "I'm thinking hold on a moment!"
"Isn't there some kind of ghost phone book?" Valerie asked him awkwardly as she sat down on an old tombstone.
"It'd sure make things a whole lot easier. . .Val! Don't sit down on that!" Danny warned her sharply.
"Why not?" Valerie asked as she got up off the old tomb. As she did something crunched under her feat. Her face paled as she noticed the white bones that looked as though they had been just thrown in the grave, and buried with no respect.
"We shouldn't be here, I don't know this part of the ghost zone as well as any of you, I've got a bad feeling about this place. . ." Danny muttered.
An eerie howl sounded connecting with the wind and caused many goose bumps to appear on the back of Valerie's neck. The ghostlike howl seemed very near, extremely close. . .
'Too close' Danny thought to himself frowning as the uncanny wind stopped abruptly. A chill ran up Valerie's spine as threatening growls sounded from behind her. Danny looked over at Valerie, who had gone deathly pale for she was afraid to turn around and see the creature behind her even though she already had an idea what it was.
"Well, looks like we've got company. . ." Bella smirked indicating the pack of wolves surrounding them. Snarls and growls where sounding from each of them . . .clearly they did not particularly enjoy strange guests. . .
"Don't make any sudden movements," Danny muttered to Valerie who was frozen stiff beside him.
"Oh shut up, I can take these wolves down with one blow!" Bella snarled at him, preparing to attack.
"Wait, Bella stop!" Danny cried. The ghostly hounds barked and charged at their unwanted company.
"Get down you two!" Bella demanded.
"Decido!"
"Val! Look out!" Danny shouted shoving her out of the spell's path. The blood red light passed through the hounds causing several to drop unconscious instantly.
The remaining wolves howled with rage. Valerie didn't want to look up, Danny was shielding her from any harm.
"Bella knock it off!" he cried angrily as the girl cast her spell once more on the wolves.
"ENOUGH!" a new, strange voice cried out furiously. Some wolves yelped in pain as the spell finished them off.
Bella's excruciating cry extended throughout the graveyard, a new source of power forcing her harshly down on the bone covered ground. Valerie screamed in agony, squinting her eyes closed while a wolf took a painful bite out of her ankle before passing out and felt Danny's arms wrap around her comfortingly in a hug. Right now, she didn't feel up to fighting him off, tears of pain falling liberally down her cheeks.
It all seemed to happen so fast to Danny, taking only the smallest millisecond, everything flashing hastily before his eyes. The hounds were out cold, a heavy blanket of thick red miasma shadowing them from view. Through the crimson smoke Danny made out another figure. . .the figure of a young girl.
"Sam?" he whispered unsurely while comforting Valerie. Another figure appeared next to the first, this one the figure of an animal. A hound, with ghostly blood red eyes.
Some of the smoke parted, allowing Danny's eyes to see the ghost of a young woman. Stunning, long dirty blonde hair fell over her icy sapphire eyes in locks. Floating closer, the mysterious maiden glanced down, narrowing her eyes at the young hybrid.
"How dare you disturb my wolves' resting place! What business do you have here?"
Her voice was carried out by the uncanny wind that once again entered the atmosphere.
"Who are you?" Bella asked, not taking her eyes off of the wolf that stood patiently beside the imposter's feet.
The ghost peered up at the pair of green eyes that glared harshly at her. Her long emerald dress seemed to ruffle in the sudden wind.
"My name is Destiny," She spoke yet again, "And I protect and control all wolves, here in the ghost zone, and in the human world as well."
Through her pain filled eyes Valerie managed to glance at the ghost hound that was now sitting, obeying his master.
Another surge of throbbing pain exploded through Valerie's leg and she cried in agony once again. Danny tore his eyes of Destiny for a moment and looked at Valerie, who was squinting her eyes. She felt Phantom's arms wrap around her more tightly, as though trying to relieve her from the pain.
"The pain will pass, if you are a mere mortal then your suffering should end in less than an hour," Destiny whispered darkly. Deafening silence destroyed this whisper, permitting any sound for the next moment.
"What do you mean? What's going on?" Danny cried desperately wanting to know answers. His ghost sense sent shivers up his spine as the mysterious intruder advanced on him.
"Though I control these hounds I am not responsible if they attack. Apparently your friend threatened my pack and when they attack I cannot do anything. There is no antidote for their poison. . ."
'Poison?' the word echoed terrifyingly in her mind as Valerie's tears froze with shock. The wound on her left leg stung as the pain spread throughout her bloodstream quickly.
"No antidote! There has to be an antidote! Or a spell of some sort. . ." Danny's voice trailed off as he glanced over at Bella with a look of hope in his eyes. She scowled at him, as her long, raven hair caught the uncanny wind as it whispered throughout the ghost zone.
"My spells can heal, but healing your friend wasn't part of the deal Phantom. . ."
"I wonder, why did you disturb my wolves in the first place?" Destiny demanded before Danny had a chance to argue with the witch. Beside her, the hound growled and barred his teeth. His eyes were narrowed and locked upon Danny, as though waiting for his master to say the command so he could attack.
"Are you saying that Val is going to . . .to . . ." The word was launched in the back of his throat, as though blocking any hint of relief, allowing panic to take control.
"Next time, you should look where you trespass and. . .know your enemies before you enter their domain," Destiny's eyes shifted towards Bella, giving her a silent glare before vanishing into the mist. After giving them all a cold stare, her wolf growled at them one last time, and then trailed after its' master.
'Know your enemies before entering their domain?'
" What does she mean by. . .Valerie!"
The hunter let out another cry of agony, sending fear into his emerald eyes. Danny glanced over at the bite mark, wincing as he noticed the bite marks turned a nasty shade of black.
"I thought ghosts couldn't hurt humans in the ghost zone. . ." he muttered to himself, supporting his friend as he held her.
"We have to get help!" he cried over at Bella. Bella's frown had never left her face and her eyes narrowed down upon the ghost teen, turning the same malevolent red from before.
"Have you forgotten ? Saving your friend was not apart of our deal!"
Winds began to howl eerily as Bella levitated above the ground a few inches. Black mist was forming from the howl, weaving itself with grace around the witch and it was only then did Destiny's words make sense to him.
'Know your enemies before you enter their domain. . . .'
"Bella! What have you done with Sam?"
'It can't be. . .she couldn't have. . .'
"I'm surprised you hadn't figured it out sooner you stupid halfa!" Bella laughed viciously as the winds around her howled with rage.
In Danny's arms, Valerie felt the poison weigh her body down. To her it was becoming hard to breath and she felt very faint. Pain continued to serge throughout her body and she gritted her teeth in order to trap the scream that was wanting to explode from her throat.
"It was all a trap and you fell for it! Do you honestly think with my powers I would allow that damn town of yours to destroy me? NO! I was born with this curse and it wasn't Christopher who found out first it was Christine, yes the sweet young twerp of a girl who you saw through that vision!"
'Why was I so blind! I should have known not to trust her!'
"What have you done with Sam! We had a deal! Where is she?" Danny yelled with rage as he felt Val pass out in his arms.
"Val! Come on, don't faint on me now! Fight it!" his voice was filled with a high wail of panic; Valerie didn't open her eyes.
Danny braced himself upon the ground as winds raged, howling as though mocking him.
" DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT I WOULD STOP AND HELP YOU STUPID HUMANS? DID YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THE LIE? YOU IDIOT NOW YOUR LITTLE FRIEND WILL SUFFER AND WITH YOU WORRYING ABOUT HER I CAN CARRY OUT MY PLAN!"
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH SAM?" Danny shouted above her yells, his green eyes began glowing with rage as Bella laughed her familiar laugh.
"YOU'D BETTER GET USED TO A WORLD WITH OUT YOUR STUPID GIRLFRIEND HALFA! SHE'S BEEN THE GUINEE PIG FOR MY PLAN SINCE THE BEGINNING!" Danny's heart began to fill with heavy realization. It was all a trap, a damn trick! And Sam was going to. . .it would be all his fault again. . .
"DAMN YOU! LET HER GO!"
'I can't believe I trusted that. . .that. . . And now. . .'
"I DON'T THINK SO HALFA!YOU'RE GIRLFRIEND IS DOOMED AS THAT OTHER BRAT IN YOUR ARMS! AFTER YOUR PRECIOUS SAMANTHA IS DESTROYED I'M COMING BACK FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAMNED TOWN! PEOPLE WILL BOW TO ME! BELLA! THEY'LL LEARN TO RESPECT MY POWERS AND SOON THIS WHOLE CITY WILL BE UNDER MY CONTROL!"
Her voice. . .that voice. Danny realized it was that inhuman voice that the damned witch used before.
"Fool, your pathetic threats mean nothing to me, especially since I've already been through hell and back!"
'Especially since I've already been through hell and back. . .!'
'Through hell and back. . .!'
'Through hell. . .!'
The words echoed within his mind as a high pitched roar sounded from the winds. Gravestones began cracking, the whole cemetery began shaking. It was only then that Danny realized Bella wasn't all she appeared to be. . .
"You're . . .you're not a ghost! " Danny shouted at her.
'Ghosts can't go to heaven or hell! They're bound to earth or the ghost zone until they can find true peace. Only souls are permitted to enter the other worlds. Bella's not a ghost!. . .'
"CLEVER DEDUCTION! IT TOOK YOUR DAMN GIRLFRIEND LONGER TO FIGURE IT OUT THAN YOU!"
The black mist began to turn into heavy fog, forming a barrier between Danny and Bella. He heard Bella's malicious laugh again from behind the ebony smoke.
An ear piercing wail screeched throughout the grave yard, matching the howls of the troubled winds.
"IF YOU'RE NOT A GHOST THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?" Danny's yell was abolished by the crying winds and did not even reach the thick fog that blocked him from the one he hated most.
The winds began to roar tremendously, as her laugh echoed against it. Danny glared at her, his eyes filling with even more rage than ever before. He wrapped his arms around Valerie tighter and watched as the ground shook, causing some of the thick, black smoke to fade away.
The winds began to die to a soft whimper, circling around Danny as though unsure of what to do next. At last, the smoke parted and Danny saw what Bella actually was.
Her soft, pale skin turned a dark scarlet, scaly and tainted with dirt and wrinkles; her long raven hair was cut, short only inches above her shoulders, and her eyes glowed a vicious malevolent crimson, that could pierce through any night shield. Bella was no ghost. . . She was a demon. . . . ..
"Fool, did you honestly think I was your friend?" she smirked at him with glowing, red eyes. Winds continued to whimper, a soft and slow cry as they watched Bella advance upon the hybrid.
"I trusted you. . ." his voice was soft, but filled with emotional pain and anger.
"Did you honestly believe the lies. . . ?"
"SHUT UP! TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH SAM!" Danny laid Valerie's limp body on the soiled earth and stood up, his fists clenched and his eyes filled with pure rage.
"I was quite certain that memory would do the trick, I pride myself on that. My powers are great you know, I can transform into any creature or human I'd like. . ."
Through his emerald eyes he witnessed Bella's hideous form melt into the vision of Jazz. He growled as Bella chuckled in his sister's form, undoing the sky blue ribbon that was often seen in her hair out and tossing it onto a cracked grave.
"My powers permit me to create mystical allusions, so that enemies become hypnotized by the ring of lies that were settled within them. That vision you saw was not but a mere trick if you haven't noticed. . ." Danny snarled as Bella's form began to melt once again, into the image of Sam. His heart froze and he began breathing hard.
'Sam. . .'
"A mere trick. . .a lure to guide you to me so I could dispose of you. You see I didn't want anyone messing up the plans I've worked so hard on since the day I died. . . I didn't want anyone getting in the way of my revenge. . ."
He couldn't say anything, his heart blocked the words that he wanted to scream at her, the words that described his hatred and pain. . .
A soft wind entered once again, a whisper that barely reached past his ears. Bella smirked and in the figure of Samantha Manson, began to walk towards the ghost teen.
"It's amazing what a few spells can accomplish isn't it Phantom?" Bella whispered, causing the likeness of Sam's gentle amethyst eyes to turn her dreadful blood red.
"It's amazing, how much a simple story can catch your attention, how a simple story can lie to your heart. . . ."
Danny stared at her as she walked up in Sam's form, yet another smirk etched upon her face. She trailed close, so close Danny wanted to kill her as the demon put a hand upon his shoulder.
"It's amazing how one lie can break one's heart. . ." her painfully soft voice.
"TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH SAM!" He yelled with all of his might and anger.
"I'LL TELL YOU NOTHING!"
White pain surged throughout Danny's body, as though a fire was burning inside of him at the very moment. He felt Bella's hand clench at his shoulder and screamed in agony, as he experienced the same pain from before. . .
"IT'S OVER HALFA! YOU'VE LOST TO ME! AND NOW YOU WILL LEARN TO RESPECT ME!"
Danny fell upon his knees as the pain began to lift. His scream died down to a series of pants as he tried to catch his breath.
"That's it Phantom, Bow down to me!"
Weak from Bella's second attack he felt her shove him face first into the bone covered ground. Dirt tainted his pale face and pure green eyes, as the rage continued to build up within his own heart, mind and soul.
"You pathetic excuse of a ghost. . ." Danny heard her muttered and lifted his head as the winds around them began to howl at one another. Valerie's faint image came into view and he began to crawl over to her, ignoring the aching pain that had remained in his body.
Her body was beginning to become cold as the wound spread up her leg. The poison was taking over. . .
"Val, stay with me. . .come on, stay with me, please. . ."Danny whispered with fear as he ran his fingers through her hair.
"Silence!"
Danny let out another anguished cry as he felt Bella's spell hit him once more, twice as hard. He had no strength left. . .this was all of his fault. . .
"You're finished Phantom, you can't even save your own girlfriend. . ."
Hatred rose to a dangerous level as the winds began to whisper in fear. Hot anger and rage consumed his heart and his eyes once again turned a dangerous green.
"I . . .AM . . .NOT. . .WEAK!"
Bella smirked as Danny tried to stand up. He was shaking with inhuman anger, anger that he never experienced before in his life. Bella's taunting laugh rang through out his ears as he built up as much energy as he had left inside him.
"Fool! You can't deal with the fact that you are defeated? HA! You really ARE a pathetic excuse for a ghost. . ."
". . . .AND I AM NOT JUST A GHOST!"
Danny felt his heart grow heavy as he stood up, eyes shadowed with the hatred he felt for that damn demon. Ignoring the pain, he released the blow with all of his might.
The lost crow had once again returned to the graveyard, beginning to fly around in circles matching the motions of the troubled and perplexed winds. It watched with unmistakable sorrow within its' stony eyes, glancing down at the battle as Bella pushed the attack aside with one hand. This only caused the rage and hatred to consume more of Danny's mind. As the last of the energy in his powers evaporated he collapsed, weak from the pain and guilt. . .
"Pathetic, and here I am not even breaking a sweat. . ." He shielded his eyes as a storm of dust and dirt pelted against him and felt Bella perform yet another spell. Valerie was right next to him, her body was cold. . . He felt her hand, and gently held it within his own. . .
"I've wasted enough time with you here! If you do not wish to see your friends, family and town destroyed. . .I suggest you keep your eyes shut. . . ."
Bella's last malevolent laugh mocked him once more and faded away as the sound of the crow, cawing a sad cry as it still searched for what it was seeking. . . .
Danny felt a cold and fresh breeze upon the back of his neck. The kind wind cooled the multiple cuts and bruises that where seen around his body.
Without opening his eyes, he could hear the faint, distant cries of mourning. . .he could smell the ashes and ruins, and he could hear above all, the petite ripples of the lake behind him. . .
Bella had sent him home, she had sent him and Valerie home. . .
Valerie was still underneath him. He felt her hand in his, hers was as cold as ice. He opened his eyes to her closed ones and a small relief had lifted his weak heart.
"Val, come on open up, it was just a nightmare. . .you're going to be okay. . .you and Sam. . ."
No use, the young ghost hunter kept her eyes closed and a pang of hurt had once again entered into his heart.
"SAM!"
This cry wasn't answered.
He couldn't help himself as tears began to fall down his cheeks, he couldn't find her. . .he couldn't save her. . .
'No, she's still alive! Don't think like that, EVER!' his mind argued, unable to prevent the silent tears running down his filthy, dirt covered face.
'If she's alive then why couldn't I find her! Why couldn't I?' he argued back.
Danny felt the winds' soft whisper ruffle his hair and looked up towards the sky. Night had fallen in layers over Amity Park yet the sky was still shadowed and clouded. It was a starless and moonless night, just like the night within the false vision Bella had presented to him.
Winds began to howl once more, sending chills up his spine as distant thunder rumbled. He saw the whole town go into a black out, he heard the screams as another lightning storm began to form at the beginning stage and he knew that Bella had returned to take revenge upon the once peaceful town. He knew that he needed to stop her even if he couldn't, he knew that he needed to defeat Bella once and for all. . .He knew that Sam was still alive somewhere, deep in his heart he knew she was alive and it was up to him to save her, Valerie, his family and everyone else who had unfortunately fallen in the middle of Bella's disgusting plan. Danny knew he had to be the hero but he also knew that he couldn't do any of this alone. . . .
A/N Don't worry! Not end of story, not end of story! XD I already have chapter 9 forming in my mind so that update should be a lot quicker than this one. If anyone was confused in this chapter then it will all be explained in the next one, but to clear one thing up it wasn't the townspeople in Amity Park who murdered Christine it was Bella and her reasons shall be revealed in the next chapter. Oh and if you guys couldn't guess (I don't know how you couldn't I was trying to make it sort of obvious) Destiny was Wolfz! Yup, I made her wear a dress (I actually have right to torture the admin thank you very much! XD) But she will not be making any more appearances in this story (maybe) and she's the last of my OC's. Chapters 4-6 are in the middle of being rewritten, I just wanted to get this chapter up because everyone has been waiting ages for it. I hope it isn't that bad and if it is, I'll make up for it in Ch9 because I plan to make Ch 9 better and longer so please don't stop reading and thank you all once again for all your support and reviews! You guys rock so much you seriously do! I love you all!
-BlackDecember-