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Drabble #11: Heroic Loss
He was lost, along with everyone else in that horrible accident. That day went down as one of the worst days in the history of Amity Park. On the day the Nasty Burger exploded, we lost a considerable area of land and many lives, most notably Sam Manson, Tucker Foley, Mr. Lancer, Jack Fenton, Maddie Fenton and Jazz Fenton, who were strapped to the boiler right before it exploded.
Danny Fenton died a hero's death on that day, though. While his family and friends were strapped with a ghost-proof rope to the boiler, he fought tooth and nail to set them free. Seconds before the boiler exploded, he was running at the speed of sound to try and rescue them. He flew towards the boiler like a hero who would save us all. If only he had succeeded-and he was so close! The Nasty Burger sauce blew up when he was only a few feet away from rescuing them. His body was found in the scattered rubble that was left, and his body was the only one we found. All of the others had disappeared.
We all thought he was insane, for running into the explosion like that. Most people would have stood back and watched it with their eyes. Obviously, Danny thought that dying was better than living with no one to fall back on. Danny knew that the reality that he would face without the people he loved was the worst alternative to dying.
That day, we also lost our hero, Danny Phantom.
I always thought he was a villain. Phantom was an evil ghost, to be despised, to hunt. I wanted my revenge. Mr. Masters increased my hunger by supplying me with weapons and a suit. I never knew that the kind, sweet, caring Danny Fenton and that awful ghost Phantom were the same. But it was glaring at us all along- especially after Danny Phantom vanished the same day Danny Fenton died.
Now, I'm trying to redeem myself and protect Amity Park from the ghosts. No wonder Danny struggled in school and was always tired. The ghosts never stopped coming, even though they did get easier to defeat in time. It's harder for me to defeat them then it was for Danny. If something happened to my suit, I wouldn't be able to hunt ghosts as I do now.
There is a large memorial for everyone who died in the center of town. The largest one has statues of Tucker, Sam, Danny, Jazz and Mr. and Mrs. Fenton. An inscription underneath says, "Gone but not forgotten." Names of everyone who died in the incidents related to that are carved underneath. Another statue is there also. It is really two separate statues, with Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom back to back. All of the heroic deeds Danny had done in his years as Amity's superhero are carved underneath his name.
We miss all of them. Dash, Paulina and the rest of the popular kids had felt horribly guilty for everything that they had ever done to Danny, Sam and Tucker. We mourned Jazz also, for everyone liked her and she had a bright future ahead of her. In fact, we even miss Mr. Lancer!
I miss everyone. Jazz was so nice to me. She helped me start over after my dad lost his job at Axion Labs. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton were the quirky ghost hunting parents, who helped save Amity from the ghosts. I feel guilty for how I treated Mr. Lancer. Sam and Tucker were acquaintances and could have been good friends, if we had more time- even after how I treated them before my dad lost his fortune. I wish I had given Danny's phantom side another chance- he was so sweet, caring, kind, funny, cute and smart.
Mr. Masters came and visited Amity after the accident happened. He seemed really guilty, even though he didn't contribute to the explosion. Mr. Masters also seemed to miss Mrs. Fenton a lot. He still helps me with ghost hunting today.
They are just starting to rebuild the Nasty Burger. They plan to make it better then it was before, but the builders hesitated because of what happened to the original Nasty Burger.
No one can visit Amity now without hearing legends of Danny Phantom and his friends. They, along with all of us, wish that this tragedy had never happened.
Oh, how we all wish this had never happened.
A/N: Another AU story about another possible tragic outcome of TUE (which is my favorite episode of Danny Phantom). In case you haven't figured it out, it's Valerie narrating. Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter (shootingdragon, That Bloody Demon and Trscroggs), to everyone I haven't thanked yet (The Gypsy-Pirate Queen, person, aegis, and iluvlucy7) and to everyone else who's reviewed so far! Oh- review and tell me what you think of this! Constructive criticism accepted, but no flames please.