Ch.8
Tuck and Val set down in the two open seats closest to the end of the table. Star and Kwan were beside them. Jazz sat across from them beside Danielle. Mr. Lancer moved to sit down in the next seat over beside Jazz, leaving room for Adonis. Sam took the right seat beside Danielle at the end of the table. Frostbite took a seat beside Lancer.
Mr. Lancer looked over at Jazz, "Where is this Adonis, Jasmine?"
Jazz smiled, "He's doing his rounds before coming to dinner. He may be the Commander of the guards here at the Keep but he still likes to be out there working." Many members of the class looked confused when they noticed Jazz sitting at the table but didn't say anything.
Once all of the class members that were awake, were seated at the table, Sam spoke. "I hope all of you have felt comfortable here. Now that all of you are seated, if you had any questions you would like to ask, you may." Many members hands shot into the air and Sam sighed, giving a half laugh, "Alright, we'll start with you." Sam said pointing at the person beside Frostbite.
The student looked up at the giant Yeti, "Who is this?" They asked while gesturing to the very large ghost.
Sam smiled amused, "Everyone, this is Frostbite. King of the Far Frozen. One of the Realms here in the Ghost Zone. He is very kind, and a very close friend of ours."
Many students nodded and said hello to him. Frostbite smiled and said greetings back. The next student looked at Sam, "What were those floating door things?"
Sam smiled, "Those are doors to my citizens homes. Each door leads to the private home or lair of a ghost."
"Where do they come from?" The next student asked.
Tuck spoke before Sam could, "When a ghost is created, by death, a door is created as well. Each door is empty on the inside until the ghost changes it."
Sam nodded, "Every home, can change to the will of its owner. In the instance of myself and my husband, when we were crowned, this Keep became our home."
"How can a home change?"
Val gave the student an 'are you stupid' look, "The same way ours do. They just don't have to use construction."
The next student looked at Sam, "How did you and the King meet?"
The four at the end of the table smiled and Sam spoke, "I've actually known him since we were young. We are actually best friends."
"What's the Kings name?" Another student, who hadn't been in the medical wing that morning, asked.
Sam smirked and sent a sideways glance to Paulina, "You all are quite familiar with him. My husband's name is Danny Phantom." The silence in the hall was deafening. Part of the students, who had been in the medical wing, were waiting on Paulina to explode. The other half was stunned at the news.
A few tense seconds passed before a fork went flying across the table towards Sam. Sam, who had already anticipated this, was going to dodge but a tiny ecto blast disintegrated it before it could reach her. Everyone looked at the blasts source only to see a young girl with a very angry face.
She floated out of her chair, moving so she hovered above the table and halfway in front of her mother. Danielle glared at Paulina who was staring at the little girl in shock, "Don't touch my Mommy." The young princess warned.
Sam put a gentle hand on the young girls back, "Danielle baby, it's ok. I can handle her." Danielle looked back at her before turning back and glaring at Paulina. She slowly floated back down into her chair but didn't look away from Paulina.
Everyone at the table, aside from the ones that had already met Danielle, stared at her amazed. Paulina's eye twitched before she jolted up and grabbed the empty plate beside her and chucked it towards Sam, "How dare you steal my soul mate! You Bitch! Give him back! He's mine!"
Sam covered Danielle's head with an ecto shield to block out Paulina's words. She caught the plate with ease and slowly stood. The class glanced between the women terrified of the Queen's wrath. Sam smirked as she twirled the plate on her finger, "Oh dear… it looks like I have to educate you." The class shuddered. "First off." Sam said sitting the plate down, "Danny was never yours."
"Yes he is! He loves me!" She screeched as she slammed her hands down on the table.
Sam still held her smirk, "Oh no, Paulina, he doesn't. Second, when ghosts marry, we don't divorce. We cant. Once were married, we're together for eternity. So there is no hope for your little delusion." Paulina's eye twitched again. "And before you start thinking that you can seduce my husband away from me, you can't. Ghosts are very loyal to their mates. He won't ever look at you as more than a citizen of the city we protect."
Paulina collapsed back into the chair she'd been sitting in. She just stared across the table blanky. The ones who'd been in the Medical Ward that morning now understood what the Brown Hunter had said. Sam satisfied sat back down with a smile and released the bubble around her daughters head, "Is there any more questions?"
Maddie looked at her, "Queen?"
Sam raised an eyebrow as she looked at Maddie, "Yes?"
"The… Brown Hunter… informed me a little while ago that you and the King are only 18." Maddie began.
Sam sent a glance to Tucker who just gave a shrug, "Yes, we are." Some of the class gasped.
"Why would you accept the role of a ruler, get married, and have a child this young?" Maddie questioned with genuine curiosity.
Jazz bit her lip and looked at Tucker who had an 'I told you so' look. Sam noticed this as well before looking back at Maddie, "Well… the simplest answer is, we didn't have a choice."
"What do you mean?" A student asked before Maddie could.
Sam sighed, "Well, I'm sure you all remember the incident with Pariah Dark." Everyone nodded, "Well Danny is the reason Amity was returned to Earth. He defeated Pariah by resealing him in the coffin of Forever Sleep. When he did that, he earned the title of King. Though no one knew this until he became 16. We were 14 when he defeated Pariah, and nearly died in the process." Sam let out a breath at the memory. "When Danny turned 16 he became old enough to take the throne but, he needed a Queen."
"But why?" Maddie asked.
Frostbite answered her, "For balance." All the students looked at him amazed when he talked, "The King needed balance. All of the rulers before Pariah had partners to help rule the Realms. Pariah beat the Queen before him in a one on one. Once he did, he took control of the throne by himself. Pariah's untamed and unbalanced evil destroyed the Realms. That is why so many of them feared Pariah and were happy when the Great One took the throne."
Sam nodded, "When Danny found out that he was the new King, he was anxious but he did what was best for both worlds. Between both of us and help from our advisor and ambassadors we've been able to get the Zone straight again. Aside from the Observants but they've all been dealt with."
"Wait so were you guys crowned and married at the same time?" A nerd asked.
Sam nodded again, "Yes. We were crowned and married not long after my 16th birthday."
"Do you have any pictures?" A different girl asked excited.
The team hesitated before Jazz stood, "There should be some in the archive room. I'll go get a few."
"Thank you Jazz." Sam said as Jazz turned to leave the room.
Dash looked at the Queen, "Why the hell is Fenton's older sister here?"
Sam glanced at Maddie who was listening with interest, "She's our Advisor. As well as the adoptive daughter of Queen Pandora."
Everyone's jaws dropped, "She's a princess?!" A different Jock yelled shock. Sam, Tuck, Val and Danielle all nodded. Maddie's heart sank and it showed when Sam glanced back at her.
Jazz came back a few minutes later with a few pictures in hand. She handed them to Mr. Lancer, "Here you go, be careful with them, please." The biggest picture is a cropped version of the one Star and Kwan had seen in the hall. It only showed the ghost half of the middle picture. Another picture showed a large group of ghosts with ghost Sam and Danny, Jazz, Tuck, Val and Danielle at the very center front. Another showed the five of them with their arms around each other's shoulders and large happy smiles. The last showed Queen Pandora holding Danny in her left arms and Jazz in her right. They all had very large and happy smiles as they laughed.
A nerd girl looked at Sam, "Who is the giant blue lady?"
"That is Queen Pandora." Sam explained and glanced back to Maddie.
Another student looked at the same picture, "Why is she hugging Phan… the King like that?"
"Because she is my husband's adoptive mother as well." Sam said keeping an eye on Maddie while waiting for her words to register with the class.
"Jazz and Phantom are siblings?!" One student yelled out surprised and the class all stared wide eyed at the Queen.
Sam nodded, "Yes they are." Maddie just stared at her daughter blanky, clearly trying to process what she'd heard. Sam looked around, "Any other questions?" A few more students asked different questions and everyone continued to talk. That is until they heard a voice from the left side of the hall.
Danny stretched as he phased through the dining hall door in human form. His still sleepily guff voice echoed through the hall, "I feel like shit. Sammy, we definitely don't need to use our commands again any time soon." He rubbed his hands over his face at the same time he heard Danielle shout.
"Daddy! You awake!" Danielle cried happily as she shot across the room and slammed into Danny's bare chest.
Danny wrapped his daughter in a hug as he looked down at her and smiled, "Hey baby. I'm sorry if I scared you."
"It's ok Daddy! I knew Uncle Frostbite could help! And I got to meet so many new people!" Ellie said happily making Danny tense.
Danny slowly looked up, "New… people?" His eyes widened in horror when he saw their entire dining table full of students he'd been in class with for years, staring back at him just as shocked as he was. He looked at Sam, Jazz, Tuck and Val to see them all sharing a very similar expression of horror.
"Daddy? Are you ok?" Danielle's concerned voice said knocking Danny out of his frozen state.
He looked at her and gave a strained smile, "Of course baby. I just didn't realize we had guests… would you go sit back at the table. I need to go put a shirt on." Danielle nodded and floated up to kiss his cheek before flying back to the table. Danny slowly backed towards the door he'd come through and phased through it.
Everyone stared at the door stunned and speechless. Sam abruptly stood up from the table and sped walked across the room. She swung open the door that Danny had just been standing in front of. She walked through it and disappeared into the hallway and a smacking sound echoed in the room. Tuck, Jazz and Val flinched knowing Danny had just been smacked upside the head.
Dash finally regained his voice, "How the hell is Fenton here?! And how is he so muscular!?"
Maddie was staring at the door and Jazz, now full concerned as to why both her children were in the GZ. She grew even more concerned when the registered the fact that a ghost child was calling him daddy and why the Queen had got up to leave after him.
"Hey! I thought that bitch said she was married to Danny Phantom!" Paulina's angry snarl came as she glared towards the door. Jazz, Tuck and Val glared at her making her flinch. The three of them stood up and hurried out the door as well.
A random student looked at Danielle, "Princess Danielle?"
She looked in the direction of her name, "Yes?"
"You just called Danny Fenton… A human… daddy…" He continued confused and drawing everyone's attention.
She nodded, "Cause he's my Daddy." She said like it was obvious.
"But… isn't your mother the Queen… of the ghost zone…" The student continued even more confused and many other students nodded, just as confused.
Danielle started to answer but Star cut in, "Ellie, why don't you go join your parents in the hallway."
"Ok." Danielle said floating back out of the chair. She stopped a few feet from the table looking back at the class. Clearly just as confused as them and Maddie, "Daddy's not human, he's a Halfa. He's still King." Star, Kwan and Lancer face palmed as the young girl floated out of the room.
After another few minutes of awkward silence the group returned with Danny now clothed in a suit. No one said anything as they all sat back in their seats and Danny sat on the other side of Sam who was still in ghost form.
After a few minutes of no one saying anything, Danny looked at Mr. Lancer. "I heard the Speeder was wrecked."
Lancer nodded, "A pair of Observant's attacked the ship. But the hunters protected us. And Her Highness came to help as well."
Danny sighed and rubbed his head. He looked at Frostbite, "Can your people fix the Speeder? It's that thing you fixed for me, Sam and Tuck when we first met you."
Frostbite nodded, "I will have to look at it Great One but my people should be able to fix it with no problem."
Danny smiled, "Thank you." He looked at Sam, "Did you arrest the other Observant's?"
Sam looked away, "No. But they won't be a problem anymore. They had re-gathered some of the Wasteland beasts. Those have been split between different domains."
Danny places a gentle hand on her shoulder making her look at him. His face was kind and soft, "Are you ok?"
Sam sighed but nodded, "Better now that you're awake. You scared the crap out of us."
"Yea dude!" Tucker cut in, "You scared the crap out of us! When both of you just suddenly dropped, we were terrified! Hardly anything takes you down anymore. And you've been asleep for almost 2 days!"
Danny sighed, "Yea, I guess I used to much energy commanding them. There were four of them and an entire army."
"I was fine after a few hours! You've never been out for this long… well not since we've been crowned. I was terrified." Sam said staring at him.
Danny moved his hand to the back of her head pulling her in and kissing her forehead, "I know, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you so much." Sam gave him a soft smile not caring about anyone around them.
The class just stared in pure confused shock as they watched the weirdest people they knew interact like it was no problem. But someone was missing, and that's what Paulina decided to point out.
She shot up from her chair angry clear on her face, "What happened to your crush on the goth girl! You went behind her back and had a freaking kid with a ghost! And this bitch had the nerve to say she was married to Danny Phantom!" Some other jocks and popular kids piggy backed off Paulina's statement. More of them confused than angry, aside from dash, who was too stunned at Danny's appearance to talk.
Tuck's low whistle could be heard by those not talking. Danny turned to look at Paulina and the others making a fuss. The look on his face caused every one of the students to freeze instantly. Maddie shivered at the look. She had seen it before, but not on this Danny's face.
Danny took a breath to calm down, "You people come into my dimension, on and unauthorized trip. Make my wife and friends fight to protect your lives. And you have the audacity to disrespect the royal family."
"But…" Paulina started but Danny's eyes flashed green as he glared at her making her gasp and drop into her chair. Many others noticed the flash of green in Danny's eyes.
Danny rubbed his face and sighed before standing. He looked around and his eyes landed on Maddie with no emotion. Two white rings formed around his waist and moved in opposite directions. The classes jaws dropped as Danny Fenton was replaced with Danny Phantom. The class and Maddie just stared at him in shock. Sam Phantom sighed but didn't move. She looked at Danielle and shook her head. Danielle nodded in understanding.
The class didn't move, the silence in the dining hall was so thick it the maids in the opposite corridor could be heard walking around. Danny moved to sit back down and looked around, "Anyone else going to insult my wife?"
Star looked at Danny and he looked back with a raised eyebrow. "You've changed." Star stated.
Danny looked at her confused, "Ummm… yes?"
Star waved a hand, "I don't mean into ghost mode. I mean your Phantom form has changed since last year. Obviously, I remember when the crown randomly appeared like a year and a half ago but your outfit never changed that much. You still had the jumpsuit. I mean the colors did shift a little…"
"Yea and now you've got a freaking muscle shirt and cargo pants! What the Heck happened?" Kwan added.
Danny looked at Sam who shrugged. He rolled his eyes, "You and your sass." He directed at Sam.
"You asked and obvious question." Sam replied before sipping her drink.
Danny let out a sigh and looked back at Star, "Well when we were crowned, which was in fact a year a half ago. Mine and Sam's, power levels, abilities and outfits changed. However, we can control our outfits some degree so when we were in Amity, I tended to leave it to the old outfit. It's a little weird now, I'm used to the normal pants. After we were crowned ghost attacks became less prevalent because I told them to stop. So, no one really got to see the change much anyway."
"Ahhh." Star nodded, "Makes sense, but Sam said her core changed. Didn't yours?"
Dash cut in, "But what about the goth? She had the biggest crush on you! What was her name?" He trailed off.
Danny crossed his arms and leaned back, "Her name was Sam." Everyone jerked up and looked between the Queen and him.
Sam sighed, "Alright. Look." Sam said finally getting irritated with all the questions, "Yes I was Samantha Manson." Everyone gasped in shock. Sam closed her eyes and turned her hair black. When she opened her eyes, they were the violet color that so many of them had seen before. However she was still extremely pale and no rings appeared like Danny had. Most of the classes eyes bulged.
Star playing dumb looked at her, "Sam? What happened? How are you a ghost?"
Sam smirked at her slightly before answering, "I told you on the island not to ask about a ghosts death." Sam looked at Danny and took his hand, "It can be hard for those around us too." She looked around and landed on Lancer, who was a displaying a pricelessly horrified face, perfectly. "It happened during an attack in Amity a while back. A plant ghost called Undergrowth attack and captured basically all of the town except Danny. For some reason he decided to use my body as a gardener of sorts, for his plants. Before Danny could defeat him though, Undergrowth had flooded my system with so much ectoplasm. I became a ghost. So I didn't really die, per say, but I'm not like Danny. He's a Halfa. Half ghost, half human. When Danny beat Undergrowth, my hair was still back and my eyes returned to their original color. So we didn't actually realize I was technically dead. Which is why you all still saw me at school, up until this year." Most of the class looked at Sam concerned and saddened but accepted what she said.
Kwan looked at Danny, "So you're a Halfa, but you have a core?"
"Yes. I have a normal human heart and a core. They sort of sit there together I guess." Danny explained.
"Ahhh." Kwan and Star nodded together.
Kwan looked at Danny, "So what's your power?"
Danny held up his hand and everyone watched in amazement as a larger ice crystal began to form. He pushed it up and it floated towards the middle of the table. He sent a small ecto-blast at it and blue and green dots began circling the room, like a disco ball. Everyone stared at it amazed and Danny just crossed his arms and smirked, "Ice. I have an ice core, much like Frostbite over there." Danny said gesturing to the large Yeti man.
"Can you do any of this in human form?" Star asked watching the crystal.
Danny nodded turning back to human. He formed an ecto-blast ball in his hand and shot it at the crystal shattering it and making small ice dust fall around the table. "It took a while but I can control and use my ghost powers in human form. When I first turned into a halfa, I was dropping and falling left and right."
Kwan looked at Danny again, "Wait so you are a half ghost. Are there any others?"
Danny's face darkened, "Yes. There are only 2 in existence right now."
Star looked concerned, "Who's the other?"
"Vlad. The vampire looking ghost that attacks Amity. He's half ghost too. He's also the first that we know of." Valerie sneered drawing attention to her.
Maddie stood up gaining everyone's attention, "That's not possible! The existence of a half ghost shouldn't be possible!"
Danny looked at her emotionless, "It might not seem possible but it is. Obviously." Maddie shook her head, refusing to accept the fact that she tortured her own son.
Sam glared at her, "Oh right because the mighty ghost hunters know everything!" Sam slammed her hands down onto the table, her hair turning white again and her eyes going green as she stood up, "Maddie, you and Jack don't even realize your creations are what made the first two half ghosts!"
Maddie froze, "What?"
Sam looked at Danielle before turning and yelling for a maid. The maid ran in a second later, "Danielle please go to your room or your grandparents. Mommy needs to say somethings you don't need to hear." Danielle nodded as she floated over to the maid and left the hall. As soon as the doors were closed she glared back at Maddie.
"You. Are. The. Reason… It's not right to put all the blame on you, it was my fault too. But your creations are what caused Vlad and Danny to become Halfa's!"
"Wha?" Maddie started.
"The portal." Danny cut in making Maddie's eyes widen. She covered her mouth, "It was my fault for going in when you said to stay away. It's not like I blame you." He glared, "For that." Maddie's eyes began to water as she collapsed into her chair.
Tucker cut in, "Currently there are two types of half ghosts. Vlad was exposed to a very large dose of ectoplasm, but not as much as Sam was. Danny was also exposed to a large amount of ectoplasm but… he was also almost killed in the process." Tuck explained with pain in his voice.
Tears ran down Maddie's face, "Why didn't you tell us! We could've helped you!"
Danny's face softened, "You and Dad were fighting so much, I was scared. It's my own fault for getting myself half killed. Plus you know, growing up hearing Dad yell he'd tear any ghost molecule by molecule, didn't exactly help. But what you did last year cut any emotion I had for you." Danny said as his face hardened.
The class stared in horror at the story they'd just learned about unfolded. The ones that had been in the Medical Wing earlier, were horrified to learn that the Fenton's had tortured their own son. The rest of the class was wondering what happened between them.
After another minute, the door opposite the one Danny came in, opened and Adonis came into the hall. He smiled when he saw Danny, "Your Highness, your awake! I'm glad."
Danny looked over at Adonis and his eyes widened as he looked at Jazz and back to Adonis. He stood and moved so quick no one had realized he'd moved. He was in front of Adonis in seconds.
"My King?" Adonis said nervously. Jazz's eyes widened and she bolted up from the table knocking over her chair in the process. Val, Tuck and Sam face palmed.
"Danny! Wait!" Jazz cried as she ran towards the pair.
Before Adonis could react Danny had ripped a whole in his shirt above his core. There, was a mark. A symbol that meant a ghost had pledged to marry. Danny whipped around to Jazz and grabbed her hand that held a small ring with the same symbol.
"Danny we can explain…" Jazz started.
"Danny leave him alone!" Sam cut in from the table.
"But!" Danny started.
Sam sighed, "No buts! Get your ass back over here! You know full well he won't hurt her. Just be happy for them."
Danny groaned, "I am happy but she's still my sister! I have a right to beat him up!"
"Danny if you fight him, you'll kill him. You know that full well. No stop being a baby and get back over here." Sam said standing up with her hands on her hips, "Jazz didn't try to hurt me! We she found out we were getting married. So just be happy for them." Danny sighed in defeat and ran a hand over Adonis's shirt repairing the spot.
Jazz let out a sigh of relief, "Well that didn't go as planned."
Adonis laughed nervously, "No kidding…"
"Adonis." Danny said making the guard stand stock still as he looked at his King. Danny smiled, "Just be good to her." Adonis relaxed.
He smiled lovingly at Jazz, "Of course my King." Danny smiled too and moved back to the table. The pair followed and Adonis sat Jazz's chair back up before sitting himself. The class just watched stunned.
