Clockwork P.O.V.
"Hmm, this is good progress, but not enough." I mused out loud as I watched my apprentice explain himself to his beloved through my time windows. I was relieved to find that I could still see him in the present with my powers.
"If he is going to succed in his mission, Samantha needs to know everything." I said and thought. I need to find a way to get Daniel to reveal himself to Samantha.
An idea suddenly developed in my head.
"Dedalus." I called out. A ghost appeared in the tower. He was tall, extremely muscular, had pale skin, one red eye, one green eye, pointed ears, and long white hair that flowed down to the middle of his back. He was wearing black leather pants, black boots, and a white collared shirt.
"You called?" he asked. I nodded.
"I need you to do me a favour." I told him. He nodded.
"I'd do anything for you Clockwork, I owe you everything." He responded. I smiled and nodded gratefully.
"I need you to pretend to be your old self and attack my apprentice." I told him as I created an image of Daniel in his semi-human form. Dedalus nodded.
"He still thinks I'm still locked up?" Dedalus asked. I nodded.
"Yes. I need you to fight him and ultimately have him reveal who he is to Samantha." I explained.
"I understand." Dedalus replied.
"Though, one question, how do you know he will fail his mission if Sam doesn't know who he is? I thought you couldn't see his future? Or mine?" Dedalus asked. I shook my head.
"I cannot. I indirectly saw his future by looking into the future of those closest to him. Even then, I can only speculate." I explained. Dedalus nodded and closed his eyes.
Black flames appeared around his body, and his form changed as he opened his eyes. He now had pale blue skin, crimson red eyes, flaming white hair, and was wearing a black and white jumpsuit with a cape and a white DP insignia on his chest.
"I really don't like this look." Dedalus said with a frown, showing his fangs.
"I know, I'm sorry." I apologised. He shook his head.
"No, I understand." He said as he created a portal to the human realm.
"Time for Dan Phantom to make another appearance." Dedalus, or rather, Dan said as he entered the portal.
Sam P.O.V.
I was walking towards my locker, a massive smile on my face as I hummed under my breath. Many people looked at me with wide eyes, no doubt wondering why the goth girl was so happy, but I ignored them. I arrived at my locker, seeing my boyfriend getting his books from his.
"Hey." I said with a blush on my face. He turned his head and saw me, his face brightening.
"Hey." He said with a smile and a blush.
"You doing OK?" He asked. I nodded and went to get my books from my locker.
"Yeah. Still wrapping my head around it, but I'll be fine." I assured him with a smile, which he returned.
"Oh, Daaaan." A sickeningly sweet voice said from behind us.
"Paulina." Dan groaned. Said Latina girl wrapped her arms around Dan's neck.
"The prom is coming up, and I wanted to ask-" She started, but Dan cut her off.
"No thank you." Dan deadpanned and pulled her arms off of him. I smirked slightly at Paulina's look of shock.
"You don't even know what I was gonna say." She whined with a small pout. Both Dan and I rolled our eyes.
"You were going to ask me to be your date to the prom next month." Dan stated and closed his locker.
"Oh. He's smart and handsome." Paulina purred. I rolled my eyes again.
"No duh he's smart. Have you seen his grades?" I asked with raised eyebrows. Paulina glared at me.
"Shut up Loser!" She hissed. Dan snarled a bit.
"Paulina." He hissed.
"Yes Baby?" Paulina asked sweetly as she turned her head to him. She gasped at the look of fury on Dan's eyes, making me smirk with sick pleasure.
"Go away." he whispered ominously. Paulina shuddered and walked away quickly, not running, but still quickly. Dan copied my smirk.
"Nice." I said as I closed my locker.
"Thanks." He said and gave me a peck on the lips. I smiled at him with a blush and we went to History class.
"Where are Tucker and Valerie?" he asked. I shrugged.
"Don't know. She still won't talk to him." I responded, earning a chuckle from him.
"Hell truly hath no fury like a woman scorned." He joked. I giggled at his humor.
"I predict he's going to be in the doghouse for much longer period than a day." I added. We both laughed at our ramblings.
"Valerie's exact words were 'he will not be getting any for a long LONG time.' I wonder just how long she intends for that to go on?" he asked, both of us still laughing as we entered Mr Lancer's class.
Most of the day went by quietly. I was currently in my free Study Hall period, Valerie sitting next to me, while Dan and Tucker had PE.
"So, how did things go yesterday?" Valerie asked me with a wide grin as she put her book down. I blushed as I remembered my date with Dan.
"That good huh?" She asked, no doubt noticing my blush. I nodded in response.
"How far did you go? 3rd base?" She teased. My blush deepened, if that was even possible, and smacked her shoulder.
"Valerie!" I hissed. She burst out laughing.
"Sorry Sam, you're just too much fun to tease." She said through her laughs. I huffed and glared at her.
"OK, OK, but seriously, how did it go?" She asked as she stopped laughing. I glared at her for another split second before sighing.
"It was great. He took me to a karaoke bar, an awesome horror movie, a good meal, and a walk at the lake." I told her, smiling at the memory.
"And?" She asked, eyebrows raised with a smirk I felt my cheeks heat up.
"We kissed." I muttered. She smiled brightly and made a 'go-on' gesture.
"With tongue…" I whispered. She gave a slight squeal.
"And it was the best kiss of my life." I blurted out. She looked at me with a wide smile.
"So you 2 are a thing now?" She asked. I nodded. She smiled even brighter and pulled me into a bear hug.
"Human contact… crushes goth indifference." I muttered, my eye twitching. Valerie burst out laughing.
"A hug is bad, but a full-blown make-out isn't?" she asked me as she let me go.
"That's different! He's my boyfriend now!" I shot back. She grinned devilishly at me.
"So, when can I be a godmother?" She asked. I blushed again.
"It's only been a day!" I hissed. She just laughed again and pointed into the distance. I followed her direction and my eyes widened at what I saw; my man… doing push-ups… shirtless… with sweat dripping down his arms. I felt my heart start to race as I instinctively rubbed my legs together. Out of nowhere, I felt cold water hit my face.
"You wanna go getting all hot and bothered, that's fine by me; just not when I'm right here." She said with raised eyebrows and a water bottle in her hand. I suddenly realised what was happening and felt even my ears going pink.
"Easier said than done." I thought as I tried to ignore the wetness that developed between my thighs.
"Did you have to show me that?" I asked her with a whine. She grinned wickedly.
"I know you Sam, you may be a virgin, but you're quite the closet pervert." She said. I blushed and got up. I grabbed my things and walked away from her.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you've bedded him by the end of the week!" She called after me. I ignored her, trying desperately to keep the images of my shirtless boyfriend out of my head. At least until I got home.
Danny P.O.V.
I was headed back to my motorcycle when I felt a hand take mine. I smiled when I saw Sam walking next to me.
"Hello again." I said with a grin.
"Hey." She responded, matching my grin as we approached our vehicles.
"Will Dani be ready for the summoning tonight?" I asked. Sam nodded.
"Yeah, she's really excited." She said a smile as she hugged me.
"Thank you…" She mumbled. I smiled as I hugged her back.
"For what?" I asked. Sam turned her head to face me, not letting me go.
"You've done a lot for her, and me." She said as she cupped my cheeks.
"I don't know how I could thank you…" She whispered and kissed me gently. I smiled against her lips and kissed back. We separated sfter about 30 seconds.
"There is no need to thank me. I care for you and her a lot." I told her as brushed some of her hair out of her eyes. She smiled gratefully.
"And we've only known each other for a month." She chuckled. I chuckled too.
"True, but we did meet 3 years ago… When you shot at me." I said with a grin. She blushed in embarrassment.
"I said sorry!" She snapped with a glare. I laughed at her.
"You are a joy to tease Sam." I told her as I let go of her and got onto my motorcycle.
"Tell Dani that I might be late tonight. I'm gonna head to the library at 'home' if you get my drift." I told her. She nodded in understanding, knowing I meant the Ghost Zone.
"Any reason?" She asked. I nodded as I put my helmet on.
"I need to find out what happened in that image I told you about." Sam looked at the ground in uneasiness.
"If I could do anything about it, I would." I told her sadly. She sighed and nodded.
"I get it…" She mumbled. We stood there in awkward silence for a few moments.
"Do you wanna come with?" I offered her to, break the tension. Her head shot up in surprise.
"To the library?" she asked. I nodded.
"The librarian there has a copy of every word ever written. He'll have books you'll like." I told her with a smile. Her eyes widened.
"Everything?" She asked. I nodded.
"First words ever written, books that were published yesterday, even those notes Star and Paulina send each other in class." I listed, chuckling at the last one. Sam chuckled too, but then blushed.
"Even peoples' diaries?" She asked sceptically. I chuckled again and nodded.
"Yeah, but he makes a point to not touch those." I told her. She thought for a moment before smiling and climbing onto my motorcycle with me.
"Let's go Timeboy." She said with a grin. I laughed and gave her my helmet, just to be safe. She took it and put it on as I revved my bike and drove us off towards my house.
Sam and I were flying through the Ghost Zone, on our way to Ghost Writer's Library. Well, flying was a loose term; more like riding on a disk of dark energy that I made.
"This is really cool." Sam said as she kneeled and inspected the disk with her hand. I smiled at her. I was in my true form, so the disk was easy to maintain.
"Pure dark energy." I told her as she stood up.
"I have a dark core; one of the 2 rarest cores. Light being the other." I explained. She smiled.
"Cool." She said. I blushed at her smile; she really was beautiful.
"Hey Forge!" We heard a voice call. I stiffened.
"Oh no…" I muttered as Ember, Jonny 13, and Kitty landed on the disk, which I halted.
"Hey guys." I said with an easy smile. I then looked at Ember.
"Hey…" I said awkwardly. She laughed at my tone.
"No need to be so awkward Baby Pop. I saw this coming." She said with a grin. I sighed in relief.
"So, no need to…?" I trailed off. She shook her head.
"No need." She said with a smirk.
"Timeforge? What's going on?" Sam asked with a suspicious glare at Ember and I. I blushed.
"Well, remember that friend I told you about?" I asked her. She nodded, but then her eyes widened in realisation.
"Ember?!" She asked in a raised voice. I nodded awkwardly, and the others burst into laughter.
"Oh man Forge, you're headed for the doghouse after only a few days." Jonny said through his laughter. I couldn't stop the blush that made its way to my ears.
"One day…" I grumbled. Big mistake. They all laughed harder, sans Sam, so much so that they had to wipe their tears away.
"Are you done?" I asked in a deadpan tone as they wiped their remaining tears away.
"Yeah, we're done." Kitty giggled. I rolled my eyes.
"So, you guys are friends here?" Sam asked. I nodded.
"Ember introduced me to them and we all clicked." I told her, seeing ember snort.
"Yeah. Dude's been really helpful. He helped me patch things up with Kitty and be a better boyfriend." Jonny said with a massive grin as he slung his arm around my shoulder. He and Kitty didn't know my previous identity though.
"He's also quite the sweetheart." Kitty said with a sweet smile.
"He's always been there for all of us, helping us, giving Jonny and I advice in our relationship…" Kitty trailed off.
"Scratching a girl's itch." Ember added with a grin. I glared at her.
"Is that necessary?" I asked her. She laughed again.
"Don't worry Baby Pop. I got a date too. You can humiliate me in front of him." She said with a smirk.
"I plan to." I growled playfully.
"Anyway, nice seeing you guys, but I am on a time limit." I told them.
"No worries Dude." Jonny said as we fist bumped. Kitty and Ember hugged me, gave apologies to Sam, and flew off. Before they were out of range though, Ember decided to ice the cake of awkwardness.
"Hey Goth girl!" She called, gaining Sam's attention.
"You're in for a treat in nights to come! That guy can do things with his tongue that will drive a girl crazy!" Ember yelled. Sam and I both lit up bright red at the comment.
"Hang on tight! You're in for the ride of your life!" Ember yelled with a massive and mischievous grin and she flew off.
Sam and I stood still in awkward silence for a few minutes.
"Shall we get going?" I finally asked. Sam nodded, still blushing in embarrassment. I nodded back and continued our way to Ghost Writer's Library.
"I'm sorry about." I told my girlfriend.
"I've been friends with them since a little after I died. They have this thing about teasing each other that I got roped into." I explained. Sam shook her head.
"You don't have to explain anything. It's not my business who you slept with before." She said, seemingly emotionless. But I knew better. I could sense fear and unsureness coming from her. I sighed and stopped the disk. I walked up to Sam and held her in a gentle hug from behind.
"I know what you're thinking." I whispered.
"I want you to know that I don't expect anything from you." I assured her.
"If you don't want me to touch you, I won't. I'm this relationship because I like you, not for sex." I finished. She let out a sigh of relief and leaned into my hug with a hum.
"How did you know what I was thinking?" She murmured.
"Telepathy, remember?" I asked her with a grin. She gave a soft chuckle as she turned around in my arms. I smiled at her and kissed her gently. There was no sexual tension in this kiss, just my pure affection for her. We separated and I smiled softly.
"Let's go." I said. She nodded and leaned into my arms. I smiled and held her with one arm while I used the other to direct the disk we were on.
"Ugh, nothing!" I exclaimed in frustration as I slammed another book closed. I had been through at least a dozen books that mentioned anything supernatural. I found out that a human can develop immortality by implanting a piece of a ghost's core into their body, ghosts can merge their cores with others to boost their power, and, the grossest of all, if a human were to drink ectoplasm directly from a ghost's body, they would develop various different abilities. But NOTHING even hinted at the existence of vampires, or even any kind of ghost that drinks human blood. I was starting to wonder if the image Clockwork showed me really was just an animal attack. If that's the case, why did he send me to Amity? Did he need me out of the way or something? No, he would have told me to spend the time at Ember's or something. There is something going on, but I wasn't going to find any answers here. So, I got up and went to find Sam, who was no doubt running through the Gothic Isle like a kid in a candy store.
I walked over to the Gothic Isle, and sure enough, there was Sam, sitting on the ladder, reading one of the books, with a pile of about 7 other books next to her.
"Sam." I called out to her. She turned her attention to me and smiled.
"Hey." She said happily. I chuckled.
"I'm done in here. We can leave now." I told her. She pouted.
"I'm not done with this book…" She mumbled. I laughed a little louder this time, earning slight glare.
"Ghost Writer allows me to take books as I please. You can take that book, and those." I said, pointing to her small tower. She smiled brightly and jumped up to her tower.
"A little help?" She asked with a grin. I rolled my eyes and encased the tower of books in a box darkness before lifting the tower, and we left the library on another disk. I directed the disk towards the portal I had built. I can create portals to the Ghost Zone, but they're a little unstable and only manage one person going through before collapsing. The technique was actually a lot more complicated than I initially thought. I snuck a glance over to Sam, seeing her bright smile as she held the book she was reading, and then glanced at the books I was holding in darkness for her.
"I can't help but feel whipped…" I thought to myself as we neared my portal.
A/N: I am SO sorry for the lack of recent updates in this story. Like I said, I got Writer's Block. But, now I have a rough idea for the rest of this story.
Updates WILL happen, but not as fast as they used to.
Thank you for your patience! I love you all! Please review.
Just a little spoiler to drive you nuts: there will be something VERY SPECIAL happening with Dani soon ;) XP