Inspired by "Remember", the full version of Ember's song in Danny Phantom. If you haven't heard it, search for it on youtube, it's beautiful.
I don't own Danny Phantom, or any of it's characters, that belongs to Butch Hartmen, the lucky bastard who also own Fairly Odd Parents, both wonderful… well, mostly.
Anyways, I hope you like me take on 'Remember', even if it's different than what you expected.
Disclaimer: Butch Hartmen, where ever he may be, owns Danny Phantom and all characters… doesn't stop me from writing about them, but I must give him credit…
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The next day, Tucker looked at his computer and at the search it had done automatically. Looking over it, his eyes widened. The article was about a fire that had happened several years ago, killing a Mac Lane and an Ember Johnson, high school students.
He then searched Ember Johnson and found an article about her having amnesia due to a car accident.
This was just sick and wrong in Tucker's mind, not something that should happen. Everyone thought that Ember had committed suicide over a guy that dumped her, but this, this was just different and wrong.
'Maybe she started the fire,' Tucker thought, 'Killing them both. She seems sick enough to do that.' He pondered, deciding he would show this to Sam first, he wasn't sure how Danny would react.
Dialing her number, Sam picked up, "What is it Tuck?"
"I found some info on Ember, something that explains her name, and her name. But I'm not going to show it to Danny without you looking over it. You know how he'll react."
"Alright, email it to me," Sam sighed as she walked over to her computer, popping a small piece of tofu into her mouth to snack on.
"Done and Done, don't call me, I'll know whether or not you called Danny," Tucker said, hanging up.
"I don't even want to know how," Sam sighed as she opened her email account and clicked the link.
She blinked in shock as she read the two articles. That would certainly explain a few things, and she was not going to tell Danny. She was going to tell Ember. She would just have to sneak into the Fenton's house and through the ghost portal.
That was easy enough, Danny was out working at the Comic store, so she rushed over after a quick shower and used the key Danny had made for her in case of emergencies.
Sneaking past the parents, she went downstairs, and entered the Ghost Zone with the Specter Speeder.
She had also nabbed the map, and though, 'Take me to Ember'. She zoomed through the Ghost Zone, until she found the crying rock star.
Getting out, she went over and spoke, "Ember Johnson, died in a fire started mysteriously. Four months previous suffered amnesia due to a car accident."
Ember looked up and glared, "Yeah, and?"
"You knew?" Sam asked, surprised.
"Yeah, I knew. I lied to get out of there. My life ain't your business Dipstick!" She flamed up, daring the goth girl to back down.
"Well, how much do you remember?"
"I remember every little detail of my fucking life from birth to death, it's that way with every ghost. We get new clarity, even if we don't want it."
"Well, did you… well?"
"Did I start the fire? Is that what you're trying to ask Babypop?" Ember sighed and grabbed a cigarette and lit up. Noticing Sam's look, "Hey, ghost's can smoke too you know. And no, I didn't burn it down. That was Mac's doing. Stupid bastard couldn't stand me not knowing his name."
"So… the song is…"
"Yeah, he wrote it for me. Gave it to me the day we died, before a gig I had. I never got to sing it in front of a live audience… well, at least not while I was alive." She chuckled at the small joke.
"That's not funny," Sam shouted, almost crying.
"When you're dead long enough, anything can be funny. Now scram before I barbeque you, something I think you're boyfriend won't be too fond off."
"Fine, see you around Ember," Sam said as she got back into the Specter Speeder.
"Maybe with bad luck Dipstick," Ember said, dropping her cigarette into the endless space beneath her.
Sam sped off back home, leaving Ember alone, once again. Inspecting herself, she sighed.
"Looks like even when the truth is found out, I'm still stuck in this shit hole of a world. I guess I'll never see you again Mac… too bad I'm not human, then I could just kill myself and we could be together.
She sunk against a wall and cried, not paying attention to anything around her. Not even the pale white glow that was surfacing in front of her.
"Ember, don't cry… please don't," a gentle voice said.
She looked up and whispered, "Mac?"
"Yeah Em, it's me babe. You finally got our story told right, didn't you?" He walked over and hugged her.
Once again she cried, but this time in happiness, "You Dipstick, where have you been?"
"Watching you Ember. It wasn't your time to die then, not yet. When that happens, you become a ghost until and angel is willing to escort you to heaven, or until the big guy gives the word," he ran his fingers through her hair.
"So, it's my turn? I'll be with you, forever?" She looked into his liquid brown eyes.
"Uh huh, forever and ever," he whispered into her ear.
"I don't have to wear white or give up on smoking, do I?" she asked.
He chuckled, "No, you just have to be with me."
"I can do that," she grinned, bringing her face to his.
Their lips collided, enjoying their first real kiss. Without realizing it, they were enveloped in white light that had accompanied Mac, and slowly, they began to disappear. Fading out of this world, it was truly a heavenly moment. Then, when the light was gone, so were they, on to a better place, just for them.