Remember: A father`s daughter

Aria's betrayal

Danny picks her up and carried her inside, he places her on the sofa and went to look for Ember. He walked around the home and stop, he sighed and found Ember on the phone.

"Ember" Danny whispered as he stood in front of her, "We need to talk"

"Hm…. alright, thanks" Ember replied before hanging the phone and staring at him, "What's wrong?"

"Something very wrong with Aria" Danny explained and sighed deeply, "She killed my clone without any hesitations and used very dark powers! I've never seen such powers…. it was impossible for her to learn such skills in such a short time, her gaze was…. Pure darkness and cold"

"What?" Ember mutter in shock and couldn't believe her own daughter would kill Danny's clone without any hesitations. She covered her mouth slightly and knew Aria could do the same to the real Danny, their own daughter could kill him or her.

"Aria has gained powerful powers but I don't think she knows how to use them properly, I was able to knock her out and disable her powers," Danny said taking Ember's hand and bringing her downstairs.

"How do you know this will hold her back?" Ember asked running downstairs with him.

"This is exactly why we must bring her to Clockwork! He might have something too…. I don't know?!" he said walking into the living and sighed seeing Aria still passed out. "The only advantage I have over her experiences," Danny said opening his hand and created a portal, "Along with powers Aria hasn't seen yet, but watching her fight against my clone... I'm not sure if I would win"

"Danny…." Ember whispered watching him taking Aria in his arms, "I don't want to lose either of you….. especially not like this!"

Clockwork's realm

"You've come," Clockwork said while Danny placed Aria down.

"What do we do?" Danny asked and placed her against the wall, "Those powers... I've never seen such abilities in my life"

"These powers aren't from Aria's body" Clockwork explained turning his back from them, "These dark powers was implanted inside and it's starting to fuse within her body, and changing her"

"Who would do such a thing?!" Ember asked looking down at Aria, who moved slightly.

"Pariah Dark when he attacked Aria and Atticus" Clockwork explained showing them the images of the fight, "He took a portion of his powers and placed it inside of her body"

"Aria…." Ember whispered as she watched this monster striking Aria's chest, she looked away and just wanted to cry… but she couldn't…. not when Aria is like this.

"His powers have become a virus," Clockwork said moving his hand down, "It's taking over the host's body and will be reversible unless you remove it"

"How…. How terrible could Aria do? If she stayed like this?" Ember asked holding her hands together.

"She will bring down destruction and death upon the world!" Clockwork said sighing and sadly stared at his goddaughter. Clockwork knew if he had a heart it would hurt, he never wanted to see his goddaughter like this!

"She going to become like Dan" Danny mumbled staring at Ember.

"Worst" Clockwork corrected with a stern glare, "Its Pariah Dark's powers! She will become much worse than Dan, or any creature that as ever existed"

"How do we stop this?!" Danny asked clenching his fist and glared, "I'm not going to let my own flesh and blood become a monster!"

"You have to-!" Clockwork quickly dodges and landed quickly, he stared at the smoke ground and looked up. Danny and Ember slowly backed away while Aria stood in front of them, her entire eyes were pitch black as she glared at them.

"Aria!" Ember shouted as she tried to approach her daughter when Danny held her back.

"It's not her, Ember!" Danny said glaring at his own flesh and blood, "We have to see her as an enemy now…."

"What?!" Ember shouted quickly turning her head to him, "NEVER! She, our CHILD!"

"Don't you think I know this?!" Danny shouted and could feel his heart break within his chest, "I don't want this! She's our daughter!"

"Mommy? What's wrong?" Aria asked in a deeper tone with an eerie smile, "I need a hug…"

"Be careful you two" Clockwork whispered as he slowly flew towards them, "She is the worst enemy you two could face…."

"I know" Danny whispered and glared at her, he clenched his fist slightly and knew he was at a disadvantage. Aria was his own flesh and blood, she knew most of his weakness, she had access to strange powers, and he couldn't hurt her… he just... couldn't.

"I only have experiences and a few powers she isn't aware of…. The odds aren't in my favour….." Danny took a deep breath and glared, he slowly approached her.

"Aria… is the real you still there?" Danny asked with his guard up

"It's me, daddy" Aria said in a childish tone of voice, "You wouldn't hurt me?"

"Stop playing games!" he said. Aria stops smiling and lifted her hands, she quickly formed a large ball of energy. Danny's eyes widen and had a terrible feeling, he saw Aria fire her attack as he flew towards them. Danny could feel the heat coming from the ball on his skin, he quickly returned to Ember and teleported themselves to safety.

Pariah Dark's castle

Aria landed and walked towards his throne room, she stops and kneeled down and bowed at her king. Pariah smiled and knew his plan was going wonderfully, he sat up and motioned his little servant to rise.

"The final nail in the coffin of pain" Pariah said with his hands lighting up, "Don't move"

"Yes, your highness!" Aria said while she stood in front of him

Rooftop – Human world

"Ugh! At least I managed to teleport to the human world" Danny thought as he stared at the rooftop there had landed on.

"Danny!" Ember gasp quickly going to his side, "You're hurt! You've must have been hit before we teleported away!"

"Don't worry about me!" Danny said quickly standing and knew it was only an amount of time before Aria would find them. "Ember! You must leave here, now!" Danny shouted standing while he held his burnt arm.

"I can't leave you!" Ember said and felt her family being tear apart, "Danny….. our family…"

"I know, Ember," Danny said turning to face her and holding her hand, "I don't want to fight Aria either… but I have to think about the safety of the world"

"The world?! What are you saying?! Are you telling me, you are willing to kill her?!" Ember shouted and pushed him back, "You would pick the world over your own daughter!"

"I can't risk the safety of the world for just one person's life!" Danny said back as tears started to form, as his heart broken into even more pieces.

"That person is your daughter!" Ember shouted as she cried and hug herself, "You want to kill her to save the world?! To save people who've hated you? To thousands of strangers?!"

"Yes!" Danny shouted with more tears falling down his cheeks, he shamefully looked away and clenched his fist even harder, "Y…. yes... I…. would…."

"H…. how could you…" Ember mutter and covered her mouth with her hand, "Killing your own child…..?!"

"Ember! Billions of lives are at risk! If the only way to stop Aria is to….." Danny stops and stares at the rooftop's floor, he could see his tears dripping down and forming a small pool.

"But….. she's our daughter….." Ember said falling to her knees and hugging herself, "You can't….. she's our…. My child….. she my child….."

Danny stop and looked away from her when he realised Ember had said 'her child' instead of 'our', he backed away slightly and whip some tears away. He knew Ember had chosen Aria over him, he knew she would choose Aria over the safety of the entire planet! But he couldn't….. he had to protect the earth and the Ghost Zone.

"Ember….." Danny whispered whipping more tears away before he looked up, "Go home"

"Never….." Ember whispered in return and glared at him, "You will not kill her!"

"The earth is in danger!" Danny shouted

"You can find another way! There must be another way!" Ember shouted back, "Why are you resorting to killing her instead of looking for another way?!"

"There isn't another way! She's gone!" Danny shouted back and turn around from her, "This darkness has taken over!"

"HOW DO YOU KNOW?!" Ember shouted and pushed him back once more, "HOW?!"

Danny stared at his wife and looked away, he just wanted to go in a corner and cry….. he was losing his family… his wife hated him and his child wanted to kill them. He stops and realised this was Pariah's plan all along! The worst fate than death.

"Found you," Aria said as she landed and smiled. Danny quickly turned around and took a defensive stance, he forced the pain in his heart aside and glared at her.

"Bring it!" Danny shouted and opened his hand, and started to create something in his hand. Aria stared at her father and has never seen this power before? She backed away slightly and waited, she knew not to underestimate Danny Phantom.

"Danny PHANTOM!" Aria shouted and fired the ghostly wail; Danny quickly placed a barrier around Ember before he fired his own wail. He watched as the two wails struck each other and tried to push the other one back; Danny closed his eyes and focus more power in this strange tug of war.

"Ugh!" Aria lifted her hand and surrounded her powers around it, she formed a strange blade shape around her hand. She quickly moved away and dodge Danny's wail, she smiled and flew towards him with her strange hand sword at him. Danny watched Aria head towards him and knew there was no other choice, he looked back at her with an apologetic look.

"He's going to…." Ember covered her mouth and knew what Danny was about to do.

"DON'T!" Ember shouted from the ground, watching the two people she loved the most trying to kill each other.

"Aria… I love you" Danny closed his eyes slightly with some tears flying back, he opened his eyes and prepared his final attack.

Aria shouted as she aimed her hand towards Danny's chest, she surrounded her dark powers around her hand and extended its length. Danny stared at the upcoming attack and surrounded his hand as well, he charged at her as the two flew towards each other. The two lifted their hands back before their struck each other's chest! Aria smiled and knew she had won! Her attack was longer than his, she had won!

"I've won!" Aria said laughing and smiling at her victory

"Look down, Aria" Danny said with tears overflowing.

"What?" Aria slowly looking down at their chests, her eyes widen and saw her hand had phased through his chest. Danny had turned a small portion of his body intangible which was the only reason he could win. Aria moved her gaze to her own chest and saw Danny had punctured It straight in the heart, she looked up at him and cough up blood.

"No…." Ember covered her mouth and looked away from the horror she had witnessed. She quickly turned around and threw up, she simply burst into tears and fell to the ground.

"I'm... I'm so sorry, Aria" Danny said in a broken voice as he held her in his arms, "I'm so sorry…. please... Forgive me…."

Aria stared at him blankly with blood dripping; Danny removed his hand from her chest and gently placed her down. He stood on his knees and simply cried, he had killed his own child…. he killed her...

Pariah Dark's castle

Pariah smiled as he watched the fight from a special orb he had created, he smiled and burst into laughter! He couldn't have been happier! His plan had worked! Danny Phantom was destroyed from within! He! Had! WON!

"YES!" Pariah shouted laughing hysterically, he flew around his castle in celebration of his victory! "I'VE WON!" he shouted.

"Congratulations, my king"

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No joke, I seriously started to cry writng this chapter!