Chapter 18: Dance Dance Revolution
Danny rubbed his temples as he paced back and forth in front of the couch. Everyone's eyes were on him as he seemed to be attempting to run a rut into the floor while trying to find a solution to his current problem with his daughter and her "date" who were sitting on the couch, each occupying one end as they refused to sit near each other. Danielle, who had caused this little incident with her assaulting of the young pirate, had her arms crossed and a pout on her face as she refused to look at her father. It didn't take much for her to know that there was a lecture with her name on it, but at the present moment, she didn't care. Youngblood, who refused to look at the young phantom, continued to rub his cheek that would no doubt bruise up.
"Ok," Danny said with a frustrated sigh as he stopped and looked at the two of them. "I don't know what exactly to make of any of this. I mean, first you want to go with him so bad, you spend the last month begging us nonstop to let him go. Then when he says no, you walk around so depressed all week…I thought this would make you happy."
"Well as of right now, I can't stand to be anywhere near him," Danielle said.
"Yeah, I kinda figured that from the way you decked him."
Ember, who had been standing back against the wall observing the conversation, let out another loud laugh as her brother turned and glared at her.
"Shut up! It's not funny!" Youngblood yelled.
"Only in your opinion," she said. "Serves you right if you ask me. Maybe you'll finally learn to watch your mouth."
"Look, it doesn't matter what you say because I'm not going with him anywhere," Danielle said, interrupting the arguing siblings and looking up at Danny.
"Oh yes you are," Danny replied. "I didn't just spend every waking moment with you for the last month, hearing about how much you want to go with him, and negotiate with Ember, just for you to have a little temper tantrum and decide now that you don't want him to go. Oh no, you ARE taking him."
"There is no way I'm taking that immature brat as my date!"
"Hey!" Youngblood cried out in protest. "I'm sitting right here! And are you calling a brat, you brat!"
"You, you ugly, smelly, loud mouth-" Danielle started before being interrupted.
"Annoying, cry baby, goodie-two-shoed-"
"Alright, enough!" Sam yelled as she moved to stand next to Danny. Both children silenced themselves, but continued to glare at each other. Sam sighed before facing Danny. "Maybe we this isn't such a good idea."
"Oh no, she is not getting out of this," Danny said with a shake of his head.
"I already said I'm not taking him. And what happened to not fraternizing with the enemy?"
"That went out the window a while ago, and like you said, he's not your enemy, he's mine. So, here's the deal. Either you take him as your date, or, you don't get to go to the dance at all," Danny said as he frowned down at her with his arms crossed.
"What! But that's not fair!" Danielle screamed as her eyes turned bright green in fury. Everyone looked at him in surprise. Even Ember, who was mostly just there for appearances, was surprised at how harsh Danny was being on her. Sure, the kids were being bratty, but to tell her she couldn't go was definitely not his style of punishment. No, if she knew the Dipstick like she thought she did, he had something planned.
Sam was shocked by what Danny said. Even though she knew that Danny didn't want Danielle to have a date to the dance that he didn't approve of, never would she thought he would go as far as to forbid her from going, no matter how bad she was acting. Although, the look on his face was starting to prove her otherwise.
"Neither is the fact that everyone went through all this trouble to be sure that your first school dance was a good one while you sit here acting like a brat."
"But you can't do that!"
"Correction, I can, and will. And I'd advise you check that, missy," Danny said, arms still crossed.
"Danny, don't you think that's a little harsh?" Sam whispered as she placed a hand on his shoulder. Danny said nothing as Danielle's nostrils flared and the glowing green of her eyes began to fade until they were once again their original blue color.
"Fine," she said as she jumped off the couch and crossed her arms.
"Fine what?" Danny asked.
"I will take him as my date," she mumbled and looked away from him, her anger at him obvious to everyone, even Cujo who hid behind the couch and whined in fear as he had never seen his youngest master this angry before.
"Good. Jazz is gonna drive you two there. Have fun, and both of you stay out of trouble," he said as he gazed sternly at them both. "And call us if you need anything."
"Whatever," she said as she quickly snatched her small handbag that Jazz had loaned her, which held her cell phone, some money, and emergency makeup kit, off the coffee table and made her way out the door. Youngblood looked at Ember, a look of displeasure etched across his face, but soon found himself walking out the door as well from the frown on her face.
"I hope you know what you doing, little brother," Jazz whispered to him as she grabbed her car keys off the hook by the door and made her way outside.
Sam watched them leave, a look of worry on her face, and as soon as the door was closed, spun around to face Danny.
"What the hell was all that?" she asked irritably with her hands firmly planted on her hips.
"What was what?" Danny smirked as he tried to play it off as though nothing had happened.
"Don't give me that, Daniel James Fenton. I know when you're up to something, and I want to know what exactly it is that you just did."
"Tough love?" he said with a shrug of his shoulders as the smirk never left his face.
"Right. And how, exactly, is pissing her off and sending her to the dance all angry a good idea?"
"Sam's right, Danny. Do you really think that was a smart move?" Maddie said.
"What the Dipstick is trying to do is force the two of them to talk it out," Ember said as she continued to lean against the wall. "It's like trying to force a cat and a dog to like each other. You have to force them to be around each other. And I gotta say I'm impressed that you could actually think of something like that, Dipstick."
"Actually, you can thank Skulker. I got the idea from when he tried to force me and Valerie to be his prey in the Ghost Zone and we had to work together to escape him. And besides, what's the worst that could happen? Either they're gonna stay mad at each other, they'll resolve it, or one of them will piss the other off to no end, and if that happens, it shouldn't be too hard to know if that happens. With their tempers, I'd bet we could see the fight all the way over here."
"Danny!" Sam cried. "That's horrible to say! I don't like those odds."
"Sam, calm down. Everything will be fine. Trust me."
"Trust me," Ember said.
"Why would I trust you?" Sam asked in confusion.
"Because if Jacob knows what's good for him, he'll make this work," Ember growled as she raised a flaming blue fist.
As her aunt's car drove way in the direction of her home, Danielle could feel the nervousness building up in her stomach, but kept a scowl firmly planted on her face. From the corner of her eye, she could see that Youngblood was looking at the car as well, but was also looking at her from the corner of his eye. Finally deciding that this wasn't going to make the night go any faster, Danielle decided to speak her mind.
"Alright, look. Neither of us wants to be here, so let's just get through this and then we never have to speak to each other again. Deal?"
Youngblood sighed. He knew she was angry with him, but he never thought she would have been as pissed as she was. Sure, the punch was a dead giveaway, but he didn't mean to upset her. She was only friend he had other then Parrot and Ember, and neither of them were nearly as fun as Dani was. She really was his only friend, which meant that he was gonna have to do like Ember had told him, and find a way to fix this before it really was too late. And that's if it wasn't already.
"Look, Dani, I'm sorry, ok? I really didn't mean to upset you. You're my only real friend and I'll do whatever it takes to make it up to you. I was being a jerk and-"
"Just save it, Jacob. I'm not in the mood for it. Let's just go inside," she said as she made her way toward the doors of the gymnasium. Youngblood said nothing as he followed behind her. As they got closer to the building, the sound of loud Pop music and talking could be heard. Danielle clutched her hands tightly around her handbag as she tried to calm her nerves and to control her excitement. Youngblood, seeing a chance to make things better, grasped the handle, and held the door open for her. Though the jester was nice and very much gentlemen like, Danielle wasn't the least bit impressed, and rolled her eyes.
"Thanks, but it's gonna take more than holding the door open to make me even consider forgiving you."
"I know, but every little bit helps, right?" he asked hopefully, but got no reply as she strode past him and into the social gathering.
Both stared on in amazement at the setup that was before them. Directly across from them at the far end of the gym was the stage which was currently being used by the DJ as his sound station, complete with turntables, speakers and soundboard equipment. To their right was a whole wall lined with tables that held various treats and snack foods, including a punch bowl. On the last side, were various round tables setup for the students to sit at and to relax from dancing.
"Danielle!" Danielle spun around to see her classmate, Lin, rushing toward, followed closely by the ever annoying and yet simple Jordan. "I'm so glad you made it! The way you were talking and acting, I was sure you weren't gonna come." She said as the two embraced in a hug.
"Yeah, I know. Things got a bit…heated back at my house, but here I am," she said as she tried to think of a good way to describe the argument she had just had with her father. "I see you decided on the green dress. I told you it would go great with your eyes and it really brought out the light blonde in your hair."
"Yeah, I know, you were right. And I just love the way your hair looks when it's down!" she said excitedly.
"Thanks," she said before noticing Jordan standing right behind Lin. "You look really nice in green too Jordan."
"Thanks, Dani," he said as he swept some of his dark brown hair out of his eyes.
"So, I'm guessing you came alone?" Lin asked. Danielle sighed as she knew it was only a matter of time before that question came up.
"No, I brought a date. Lin, Jordan, this is Jacob," she said, gesturing to Youngblood who hadn't paid any attention to what the three were saying as he was too busy looking at all the decorations. Upon hearing his name, he turned back to the small group and smiled at the two unknown humans who were busying themselves looking over his pale skin, green hair and ghostly aura.
"Hi, nice to meet you," he said, his voice giving off a slight echo.
"Whoa! Are you a ghost!?" Jordan asked in way more excitement then was necessary.
"Yes, Jacob is a ghost, Jordan," Danielle said with a sigh. Lin, noticing her friend's distress, quickly thought of a distraction.
"Hey, why don't you guys be gentlemen and get us some punch?" she asked sweetly.
"Sure thing," Youngblood said as he and Jordan made their way across the dance floor toward the refreshments.
As soon as they were out of ear shot, Lin crossed her arms and looked at Danielle with the same look she had given her on her first day.
"Alright, Fenton. Spill. What's with all the sighing and that look on your face?"
"It's nothing Lin. It's just…I don't really want to be here with him," Danielle admitted.
"Then why did you bring him?"
"Because…I had no choice. I knew Youngblood from before and had asked him to be my date, which Danny wasn't happy about, but he had said no which is why I've been all, well…"
"All emo for the last week?" Lin said with a grin which caused Danielle to laugh.
"Yeah, that. So he showed up earlier to apologize, but I was so angry, I didn't want to bring him, but Danny said either I bring him or I couldn't go because apparently I was acting like a brat just because I decked him. So now I just want to get this over with as soon as possible, but he's bent on trying to make it up to me."
"Well, I think you should let him."
"What? Why?"
"Oh come on, Dani. Are you really gonna stay mad just because he said no?"
"It wasn't because he said no; it's the way he said it. It just…really hurt."
"Well then make him work for it because if he's really sorry, he'll do whatever he needs to make sure you forgive him," Lin said with a wink just as the two boys made their way back over. Jordan handed her the punch, which she thanked him for happily, while Danielle merely grumbled a low thanks to Youngblood. Lin was starting to get annoyed with Danielle's attitude, but knew it would take time for the stubborn girl to get over it. "Here, give me your bag. I'll put it with our stuff. You guys go dance and we'll meet you on the dance floor."
Danielle was about to protest when Lin snatched her bag from her hand and took off for their table with Jordan not far behind. Danielle's shoulders slumped in defeat as she watched her only chance at not having to deal with Youngblood the whole night by herself, take off with her bag. Youngblood could feel his hand shaking in nervousness as the cup he was holding began to spill some of his punch. If there was one thing Youngblood was always trying to avoid, it was dancing. For as long as he could remember, when he was still alive, dancing was something he had always loved to do. Of course some dances he enjoyed more than others. He could still remember how much he disliked having to take ballroom dancing lessons, but none the less, it was always something he enjoyed. Of course, he tried to keep it secret. If anyone had discovered his hobby, he never would have heard the end of it. Unfortunately for him, word got around, causing him much embarrassment and making his life horrible. With this in mind, he vowed to not dance ever again. For reasons unknown to him, that attitude carried over into his afterlife. If his men knew he was secretly into dancing, he could only imagine the ridicule that they would give to him. Not to mention the mutiny that would probably occur, and if that got out into the Ghost Zone…
But for some reason, in the back of his mind as all these thought were raging around in his head, a tiny, small part of him was telling him that he had to do it and that everything would be alright. And that small thing was Dani. Because he knew that if there was anyone he could trust with his secret and that would stand by his side through anything, even the total and complete destruction of his afterlife, it was Dani, his only real friend.
Without another moment of hesitation, Youngblood dropped his cup, punch pilling everywhere, and grabbed Danielle's free hand before dragging her off toward the dance floor. Danielle, who was surprised at the sudden urgency in his steps, quickly snapped out into her senses as she yanked her hand from his grasp and brought both of them to a stop.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asked in irritation.
"We need to dance," he said urgently.
"What?"
"We need to dance! Dani, we need to dance, right now! It's the only way things can get better!"
"Ok, I don't know what has gotten into you, Jacob Jemerson, but I do know that there is NO WAY, I am dancing with YOU!" she said, poking him in the chest with each word.
"Then don't dance with me. Dance against me," he said, a smile coming to his face at the brilliant idea. If he knew anything at all about Danielle, it was that she NEVER turned down a challenge.
"Oh no," she said, shaking her head as she saw the look in his eye. "You're not going to get me with that, Jacob."
Youngblood never let the smile fall from his face as the music began to plus threw him. Without missing a beat, his feet began to move, sliding him from side to side, a small trail of his ecto energy following behind him, lighting his body up. Many of the students who were around the couple began to notice not only the flashy display coming from the undead boy, but were mesmerized by the way he seemed to move so effortlessly, as if it were second nature to him. Youngblood looked up at Danielle who he could see was watching him with a bored expression on her face, but watching him none the less.
"What's the matter, Danielle? Don't tell me the ever over confident girl halfa is afraid of a little dancing? Or is it that she can't, and is actually giving up for the first time ever?" he taunted, knowing that it was getting under her skin, even if she wasn't showing it.
Danielle rolled her eyes, but fell for his baiting, and started to slowly move her body to the beat of the music. As the song began to transition into another upbeat one, Danielle found herself moving more and more with the beat, as well as increasing the pace of her dance steps, bringing a small smile to her face. As her gazed turned to her opponent, she was surprised to see that he had already started to increase his pace and was in the process of standing on his hands. To both her surprise and amazement, he was still able to keep up with the beat of the music as he spun around on his palms before leaning forward into a summersault that brought him back to his feet and a cocky grin to his face.
A small crowd had gathered around him, and was now cheering and clapping for him as he bowed to them and then to her which did not sit well with her. Or at least, that's the vibe he was receiving from the pout on her face.
As much as she hated to admit it, he was a good dancer, and he was definitely dancing better than her. But if there was anything he knew about her, it's that she wasn't going to sit for that. Doing a quick scan of the area, she smiled at the site of an empty table nearby. Youngblood, who hadn't taken his eyes off of her, had a confused look on his face as he followed her gaze to the table, but never voiced his question as he knew she was up to something sneaky.
Turning to her left, Danielle made a dash toward the tables. Many of the spectators were confused by her reaction, wondering if she was upset or embarrassed, but Youngblood knew she was up to something. As Danielle got closer to the table, her eyes suddenly flashed green and an electric green aura began to emit from her body that left a trail similar to the one Youngblood had created. Once she was in range of the table, Danielle began to push her energy into her legs, increasing their strength, which allowed her to leap onto the table with grace that surprised many people. As her feet landed on the flat surface, without even pausing to let people adjust to the idea, Danielle sprung up into the air. The spectators gasped as they watched her go almost ten feet in the air and lean backwards in a clear indication that she was going to perform a back flip. Youngblood watched as it all progressed, almost as if it was in slow motion, and was truly surprise when she folded her body in and began to twirl like a ball, the aura swirling around her the entire time. As she came closer to the ground, Danielle spun around, facing Youngblood again before she landed into a graceful spilt that could give any cheerleader a run for her money.
The crowd that had seen it began to roar in applause and admiration for the young woman's impressive feat, and she couldn't help but smile at the stunned look on Youngblood's face as she righted herself and stood up.
"What now, smart guy?" she mocked as she walked up to him and crossed her arms.
"Oh, you're good, I'll give you that. But this is definitely not over yet," he said as his eyes began to glow green. As his body, still a glow with ghostly energy, began to levitate, Youngblood held his arms out at his sides as his hands began to shine with light. "I call this one, the Tornado!"
Danielle watched as Youngblood began to spin around, slowly gaining speed until he was nothing more than a blur. Soon, any recognizable features of the pirate were gone as nothing but green light began to spiral into a cone shape that moved about gracefully between and around the dancers before wrapping itself around her, almost as if it were alive. As much as she hated to admit it, Danielle was loving the feeling of the energy as its warmth moved over a body, reminding her of the sun on a clear day.
As the mini tornado moved back to its original spot and began to slow, the crowd cheered once more, many of the students loving the show that they were being provided. Danielle smiled as Youngblood dropped to his feet, wobbling slightly from his spinning frenzy. Once his eyes focused on her, she couldn't help smirking as she rose onto her tip toes.
"Watch and be amazed, boys. There's a reason Danny's so protective of me," she called out.
To everyone's amazement, she began to twirl around like a ballerina, using her momentum to build speed. As she closed her eyes, smirk still on her face, her body flashed in a bright white light that many recognized, especially Youngblood, as a sign of her transformation. However, to everyone's surprise, the rings did not appear around her body, but instead at her feet. Everyone watched in awe as the single white ring rose up from the ground. As it passed over her feet, her once midnight black flats were now a glistening snow white. The ring continued up her legs and over her waste and chest, changing her white dress into an exact black replica of it that seemed to sparkle with left over energy. Throwing her arms out, the ring split, transforming her gloves to match her shoes. But the thing that truly struck all the boys senses was the way it travelled over her head. Whipping her head back to allow her now free hair to fly around her like a shroud, everyone gasped as it slowly moved through each strand, changing the color from black to white. As Danielle felt her transformation finish, she came to a halt and faced Youngblood. Opening her eyes, she smiled as some of her hair had fallen perfectly over her right eye, giving her a more adult look that truly showed how beautiful she could be. For a moment, everyone was stunned before all the boys started to cheer and whistle at her. Even many of the girls, who should have been upset with her that their dates weren't paying more attention to them, where amazed and couldn't get over just how beautiful she looked. Smirking, Danielle folded her arms behind her back before addressing her own date.
"So, Jacob, what do you think?" she asked the still stunned young man as his jaw hung open.
"I-I…uh…wa-I mean WOW! Dani, you look…really pretty," he said as he brain began to reconnect with his body.
"Thanks," she said as a small blush came to her face from all the attention she was getting. "My m-ur, Sam. Sam helped me practice that transformation. She told me about how she'd seen Danny manipulate his rings, so she helped me come up with that one."
"Yeah, well it's…I don't even know what to say."
"Then don't say anything. Just watch," she said with a weird echo to her voice that didn't go unnoticed by him. In another flash of light, there were suddenly two Danielle's as her duplicate smiled at him too. Youngblood was at a loss for words as the two girls began to dance in unison around him, each winking at him. Just before he thought he'd pass out from their beauty and the scent of her strawberry perfume, both backed up to their original spot, the duplicate back flipping while the original Danielle ran up and jumped off her back, this time going much higher than the last time.
The duplicate smiled one last time before turning into a ball of green energy that instantly flew up to Danielle's body, swirling around her like a gravitational ring. As she floated in the air with the energy, she once again began to spin, this time at a slower pace, allowing everyone to see as her hands began to glow. One by one, she began to throw balls of energy into the air towards the ceiling. Everyone gasped as they believed that the balls were going to connect with the roof above them, but were surprised when the balls suddenly stopped and hovered in place. As Danielle finally came to a stop, she smiled at her handy work while charging an ecto disk in her hand.
"And now for the big finish," she whispered to herself as she reeled back and tossed the disk into the air and straight for the ball in the center. The second the two came into contact, it set off a chain reaction, one miniature explosion after another and created a miniature fireworks show. Everyone in the room screamed as loud as possible at the brilliant display as little sparkles of energy fell from the sky and onto them before vanishing. Danielle lowered herself into the center of the applause and in front of Youngblood who had the biggest smile on his face she'd ever seen.
Much to her surprise, the young pirate bowed to her before declaring, "As a gentlemen of honor, I humbly concede."
Danielle couldn't help but laugh at his jester, especially considering anything else he does would never classify as gentlemen like, but followed suite, and curtsied to him.
"Why thank you, good sir. Now, shall we head outside for a bit of air?"
"But of course, me lady," he said, offering his arm to her to which she gladly took. The crowd soon parted and paved a small path for the two young ghosts as they cheered them on for a show well done. As they reached the doors, Danielle could see none other than Tammy and Timmy Turner, both dressed in red, as well as their group of friends, glaring at her from the wall near the refreshments, which only brought a bigger smile to her face. It didn't take her enhanced hearing for her to be able to decipher the threat that was moving across the blonde A-lister's lips.
Once they were finally outside, the two walked around to the playground and took a seat on the swings next to each other.
"Well, I gotta say, you really know how to have a good time, Jacob," Danielle said.
"Thanks, Dani. You certainly surprised me too. I mean, where did you learn those moves?" he asked in excitement.
"I watch a lot of those dancing shows. I guess I just picked somethings up," she said with a small laugh before her face became emotionless again. "Bet you enjoyed yourself, huh?"
"Yeah. I haven't had that much fun since…"
"Since what?" she asked.
"Well…since before you moved in with Phantom," he said as he looked at the ground guiltily. Danielle was shocked by this, but also very confused. How could he not have had fun when he had plenty of time as a ghost?
"I don't understand."
"It's just that…I only have fun like that when…I hang out with you," he said as he brought his head up to look at her.
"Only when you hang out with me?"
"Yeah. Contrary to what you and everyone else might think, I only have three real friends. The only people who really respect me as something other than a Captain are you, Ember and Parrot. But those two never have any fun with me. Ember only does if we're causing trouble, and Parrot is my assistant. He's only there to make sure I'm doing things properly, and when he's not with me, he's doing his own thing. The only person who likes to have fun with me like a kid is you."
"Well…" Danielle said, a little thrown off by his sudden revelation, but quickly remembering why she was mad in the first place. "Then why did you say no and act like a little jerk when I asked you to come here with me in the first place?"
"Because I was scared."
"Scared? Of what?"
"Of what you and everyone else would think of me. When I was alive, I used to dance all the time. I even took classes and learned how to ballroom dance. But do you know what happened when kids at school found out?" he asked, looking at her. "They laughed at me. They called me names. They beat me up. It was terrible. I used to have nightmares about it. When I died, I still remembered everything I had learned and my love for it, but by then, I had become a Captain and had my own crew. Do you know what would happen if anyone ever found out about me dancing?"
"No, I don't, Jacob," she said with sympathy.
"My crew…they would laugh at me. They would betray me. And if that wasn't bad enough, they would probably see me as unfit to be their Captain."
"Which would lead to a mutiny," she said as she started understand why he was so cautious about this.
"And what's a Captain without a crew? And it wouldn't stop there. Ghost in the Ghost Zone gossip, so if word got around that I liked to dance and that my crew left me, then that would be it for my afterlife. So…that's why when you asked me to go as your date to a dance-"
"You became defensive because of your fear of losing everything," she said.
"Yeah. But then when your friend suggested we dance, I don't know why, but there was this small part of me that told me that even if my secret got out, that everything would be ok. Do you know what that thing was?" he asked with a smile on his face. Danielle shook her head no as she watched him. "It was our friendship."
"Our friendship?"
"I knew that if anyone would accept me for my secret, even if no one else did, you would. When I figured that out, I knew the only way to get that comfort back would be to lay my cards out on the table and show you how much it all meant to me. I'm really sorry for everything, Dani, and I'll do anything to fix this, just please…tell me you forgive me."
Danielle was quiet as she stared into his eyes and could see the truly desperate pain he felt to make it up to her. She smiled as she stood up and walked in front of him, his eyes never leaving her.
"Lin was right. You really did do whatever he had to apologize," she said. As if on instinct, the two began to lean in toward each other, their faces coming closer and closer, almost touching.
"Sounds like you two had a good time," a voice cried out that made both young ghost jump back in surprise. Danielle whipped her head around to see none other than her parents floating behind her.
"Mom! Dad! What are you guys doing here!?" Danielle cried out as her face started to turn bright red.
"Well, we decided to come check up on you two to see how things were going," Sam said as she tried to hold back her giggles.
"So you sneak up on us!?" she cried out. "Oh God, I'm so embarrassed!"
"Well we hadn't meant to," Danny said as his body shook with laughter. "Look, you two go back to talking about whatever you were, and we'll see you later, Ellie." The two teens waved before vanishing in an invisible light, fading away. Danielle groaned as she turned back around to see Youngblood blushing as well.
"Well…that could have gone better."
"Tell me about it," Danielle said as she sat back in her seat. "I swear, my dad is always checking up on me like I'm some little kid."
"I'd rather it be him then Ember. You haven't seen her as made as I have."
"I guess that's true. Oh, and Jacob?" she said before leaning over and placing a kiss on his cheek, smile on her face. "Apology accepted."
Youngblood couldn't help the smile that rose to his face as he placed his hand on his cheek where the bruise was now covered by a kiss.
As Danny as Sam hovered above their daughter, unseen, Danny couldn't help but smile at her happiness and seeing her grow up right before his eyes.
"Hey, Sam."
"Yeah?" she asked as her eyes continued to look at the sweet moment below them.
"Looks like you'll be giving her that talk sooner then you thought," Danny said as he began to laugh at the horrified look on her Sam's face at his joke. Though shocked at first, Sam quickly recovered and growled as a vine sprouted from her back and shot sharp, pointed spikes at him. Danny yelped in surprise as the spikes lodged themselves into his backside. "Ouch! Jeez, Sam! It was just a joke!" he cried as he began pulling the spikes out. As he turned around, he once again yelped in surprise as he dodged more spikes. "Sam!"
"I'll show you whose laughing, Daniel James Phantom!" she yelled as three more vines sprouted from her back and pointed themselves at him in a fire ready position.
"Uh, I think this is the part when I fly away screaming," he said before taking off.
"You can fly, but you can't hide, ghost boy!" she yelled as she chased after him.
Ok, sorry for the long wait, I've been super busy, yada yada yada, blah blah blah. You know what this is. Anyway, just wanted to say that this is probably going to be the LAST normal chapter because the story is about to take a bit of a plot twist that I've been working on for a long time and that will lead into the sequel. So, be prepared because things are about to get good!