Taken Too Soon Chapter 10: New Apprentice, a danny phantom fanfic

Danny P.O.V.

It's been a few hours since Sam and the others went home. I was still shocked over Sam giving me her number and asking me to call her, but I was also happy. I was flying over Amity Park, my guitar strapped to my back, to clear my head, in Timeforge form. It's been so long since I took a flight just to enjoy the wind in my face, and it felt so good to be home again. I landed in the park, and lowered my hood. I sat down underneath a tree and tried to think of a song to play. Only one came to mind. Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls, I decided to play it.

And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
And you bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

As I slowed down my guitar strumming and concluded the song, my ghost sense went off. "You can come out, I can sense you." I said to the ghost. The ghostly form of my little girl appeared in front of me. "You're a good singer." She said with a smile. I smiled back. "Thank you, Danielle." I responded. Her eyes widened. "How do you know my name?" she asked. I just kept smiling. "I know a lot." I responded. She clicked her fingers in realisation. "You're the stopwatch's apprentice!" she exclaimed. I chuckled. "Yes indeed. My name is Timeforge." I introduced as I put my guitar down and extended my hand for her to shake. She took it and shook. "So, what are you doing here?" she asked as she sat beside me. "My Master assigned me a mission here, I have some time to myself before I have to focus on it though." I explained. She nodded.

"So, you have CW's powers then?" she asked. I nodded. "What other cool powers do you have?" she asked with stars in her eyes. I laughed at her childishness. She is technically only 3 years old, so I can't blame her. "I have cryokinesis, umbrakinesis, telekinesis, telepathy and my most recent power, illusion powers." I told her. 'Umbrakinesis? Illusions?" she asked. I smiled and held out my hand. A small ball of solid darkness appeared. I then created an image of a lily in her hair. "I can control and generate dark energy, and make people see things that aren't there." I explained to her. "Wow…" she said in amazement. "Can you teach me?" she almost begged. I chuckled. "My illusion powers are unique, and my umbrakinesis comes from my dark core." I informed her. She deflated a little. "Wait, dark core?" she asked. I nodded. "At first, I thought I had an ice core, but it turned out to be a dark core. Sometimes, dark core ghosts develop ice powers before dark powers, but it's rare." I explained. She nodded. "Do you think you can teach me telekinesis and telepathy?" she asked. "Telepathy in ghosts is immensely rare; I'm the first one in millennia to get it. But I'll help you with telekinesis." I told her. She smiled brightly. "Thank you!" she squealed in happiness. "If you wish, I will train you in any other powers you may develop, or need help with." I offered. "Thank you!" she squealed again and hugged me. "Hey, check it out, I have an apprentice." I joked as I hugged her back. She laughed.

"Come back here at 6pm on Sunday, we'll start your training then." I told her. She nodded eagerly. "I should be going now. I have work to do." I told her. She nodded and floated up, getting ready to fly off. "Danielle." I said before she flew off. She looked at me. "Your father," I started. "What remains of him knows what you're doing, and he's very proud of you." I told her. She started getting tears in her eyes. "And he never told anyone this, but he loved you like his daughter." I told her. She nodded, thanked me, and flew off with tears of joy falling off of her face. I flew back home, phased into my room, and fell onto my bed after turning back into my semi-human form. I phased my clothes off until I was left in my boxers. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. As I drifted off, images of Sam and Danielle kept invading my dreams for one reason or another. "Should I call her?" was my last thought before I fell into the peaceful bliss of sleep.

The next morning, rather early, I woke up completely rested with Raven cuddled on my legs. I smiled a stroked her down her back, causing her to purr. I looked at the clock and saw it was 4:30am. I picked Raven up, put her on my pillow, and went to take a shower. I exited the bathroom, completely dressed, minus shoes, and went downstairs to find something to pass the time. I turned the TV on, and played Doom for a little while. I quickly got bored, and switched to TV. An episode of The Vampire Diaries came on. I shrugged and decided to watch it. The episode ended with a scene where a vampire bit into a person's neck and something clicked in my head. "The woman in the image Clockwork showed me had her throat ripped out. Vampire?" I thought. It wasn't impossible, if ghosts exist, why not vampires? "I must make mental note to investigate this some other time, but for now, I still need to wait for that woman to die, so as to start my mission." I thought to myself. "Maybe my parents could help? Bad idea, if they found out I was a ghost, they would try to obliterate me. They wouldn't succeed, but they'd try."

As I was thinking more and more about the vampires, an episode of Doctor Who came on. I loved this show, so I cast all thoughts of vampires aside, and watched. As it ended, my mind drifted to the psychic paper, and I suddenly got a brilliant idea. I went upstairs, grabbed my wallet and piece of paper, and came back down. I created a pair of scissors from my dark energy, and cut a rectangle about the size of an average ID card. I slipped it into the ID pocket of my wallet, and channelled my illusionary energy into the paper. It turned into a detective's ID for the NYPD. "Cool, my own psychic paper." I muttered with a satisfied grin as the badge turned back into blank paper. "This will most certainly come in handy." I said as I relaxed back on the couch and continued watching TV.

I decided not to call Sam, and instead decided to ask her out on Monday, in person. Saturday went by quietly, and so did most of Sunday. I was flying to the tree I played my guitar under on Friday to meet with Danielle. I landed, and saw on my watch that it was 5:50pm. "10 minutes." I mused and pulled out my flute. I started playing to pass the time. After those 10 minutes passed, I sensed Danielle headed towards me. I turned in her direction, and saw her landing, with Sam in her arms. "She must've told Sam about me." I thought and stood up. I walked over to meet them.

"Danielle, Samantha." I greeted. "Hey Timeforge!" Danielle greeted excitedly. "Hi there." Sam said in a nervous tone. "It has been a while." I said to her. She nodded. "Wait, you know Timeforge Mommy?" she asked. I was surprised to hear her call Sam 'Mommy,' but didn't say anything. "Yeah, I kind of attacked him in Clockwork's tower." Sam muttered, looking sheepish. "I came with Dani to say I'm sorry." She said. I smiled at her and lowered my hood. "It is quite alright. You just lost someone close to you, I can't really blame you." I told her with a soft smile. She smiled gratefully. "What's with your eyes?" she asked. I smiled. "It works on the same principle as Clockwork changing from baby to adult to old man." I explained. She nodded in understanding. "Are you going to spectate your daughter's training?" I asked her. She nodded. "That is fine. Shall we begin?" I asked as I looked at Danielle, who nodded eagerly.

We sat down on the ground, opposite each other, and I brought a rock into my hand with my telekinesis. "Telekinesis is an ability that all ghosts have, but very few are able to learn how to use it properly. I am confident you can though." I said to Danielle. "Focus your ectoplasmic energy into the rock, and it will move as your energy will." I explained. "The bigger and heavier the object, the more energy is needed." I added. She nodded and held her hand out. It glowed with a neon green glow, as did the rock. "Very good. Now, try to bring the rock into your hand along with the energy." I instructed. She nodded, looking a bit strained, and continued. The rock hovered above my hand and slowly, but surely, floated to Danielle. It landed in her hand, and she opened her eyes, looking proud. "Well done, Danielle." I praised. She smiled at me, and then to Sam, who looked very pleased with her.

A few hours passed, and Danielle was able to float small objects around by midnight. She fell asleep against a tree few minutes later. "She is a very powerful Halfling." I mused to Sam, who nodded in agreement. "Just like her father." She said with a sad look. "I am sorry for your loss." I told her, and hugged her with one arm, which she gratefully accepted. "He didn't deserve it." she muttered and started crying. After about 10 minutes of crying, she fell asleep in my arms. I chuckled and created a duplicate, which grabbed Dani. We flew them to Sam's house and we put them in Sam's bed. I kissed their foreheads. "Goodnight my love, goodnight baby girl." I whispered and left their room.

As I closed the door, I was greeted by the sight of a familiar woman: Ida. She gestured to me to be quite, and follow her. We arrived in her room, and as I closed the door, I felt Ida whack me with her cane. "OW!" I exclaimed, rubbing my sore head. "Was that necessary Ida?" I asked her, slightly annoyed. "Well, since it's been 26 years since I last saw you, and I haven't gotten so much as a hello, yes it was." She said with an annoyed frown. I chuckled. She did the same and hugged me. "It's good to see you Timeforge." She said with a bright smile. "And you too Ida." I said as I hugged her back. I went on to explain my mission and why I was in Amity.

"Interesting." She said as I finished. "Yeah, I just have to wait for that woman to die." I told her with distaste evident on my face. "Why were you in my granddaughters' room?" she asked out of nowhere, in suspicion. "I met them in the park to train Dani with her powers. They fell asleep and I brought them here." I explained quickly, knowing what Ida was thinking. She nodded. "Sam and Dani get along well, don't they?" I asked. Ida nodded. "Yes, but even though Pamela and Jeremy adopted Danielle, Sammy seems to be more of a parental figure to her than them. It is a shame that her father was not reincarnated as a full ghost." Ida said sadly. I nodded. Ida was probably the only person in Amity Park who figured out my identity, besides Jazz.

I said my goodbyes to Ida, and took off back home, but not before asking her if she minded me asking Sam out. I was relieved when she encouraged it, but left before she could start making any kind of marriage or great grandchildren jokes. Despite being one of the only people who can scare me, she is quite a tease and fun to be around. I landed in my room, and fell asleep as I hit my bed. The darkness took over my vision before I had a chance to take my clothes off or even change back into human form.