Chapter 29: A Real Hero!
As the ashes of the amulet rained down, Vlad's eyes glowed even redder then ever. Danny flew back down and stood right in front of Vlad. "Well! What do you have to say to THAT, V-man?!" Danny snapped.
"I say, good bye little girl!" Vlad said aiming a blast at Allyson. "NO!" Danny cried grabbing Allyson out of Vlad's hand.
Allyson clung onto Danny's neck and Vlad said: "I said if you didn't give me the amulet by midnight, you'd lose your family and friends, and since it's midnight and there's no more amulet…" Vlad said as he crushed the ashes in his fist.
His hand glowed bright pink and he was about ready to blast everyone Danny cared about.
"VLAD! DON'T!" Danny cried. He did the first thing he could think of and grabbed the Infi-map. He chucked it at Vlad's head and Vlad turned around, fuming with rage.
Danny started trembling as he held on to Allyson even tighter. "You know Daniel, I always used to think you had some potential, but now you're just an annoyance with barely any skill!" Vlad said.
"No I'm not!" Danny said still trembling. "Ha! You can't even protect your family!" Vlad said.
"I could!" Danny said. "Well why aren't you? You do know you brought this onto yourself, right? If you hadn't of blown up the Ghostly Amulet, maybe they wouldn't be in danger!" Vlad said.
"What do you mean, the Ghostly Amulet is blown up?" came a raspy golem like voice. Everyone turned in the direction the sound came and saw Sadister floating a few feet above the ground. His blood red eyes were fixed on Vlad and Danny.
"Sadister," Danny whispered. "Who are you?" Vlad asked. "Sadister! And to whom do I have the dishonor of meeting?" Sadister spat.
"Vlad Plasmius! Now if you'll excuse me, I…" Vlad started, but Sadister grabbed his collar and lifted him off the ground.
"Where is the Ghostly Amulet?!" Sadister hissed angrily. "He destroyed it!" Vlad said pointing accusingly at Danny.
"He did now? And what do you have to do with thissssss?!" Sadister asked, making a snake like hiss on the last word.
"Oh, nothing! Nothing really!" Vlad said sweating a little. "He was trying to use it to rule the world!" Allyson peeped.
Sadister's eyes started to literally flame and he said: "No one may have the amulet without me permission! That amulet is an ultimate source of power! No one may use it but I!"
"He-HE had it first, I just wanted it! But he destroyed it!" Vlad said waving his finger at Danny.
"He may have had it, but I don't think he USED it, did he now?" Sadister asked, a devious smile creping across his face.
Vlad gulped and Sadister's hand that held Vlad up started glowing. "NO! WAIT! STOP! Don't hurt him!" Danny cried.
"WHAT?!" everyone who was there asked in shock. "He may be an evil crazed up fruit loop, but that doesn't mean he deserves to die!" Danny said.
Sadister released Vlad from his grip, letting him drop to the ground. "Oh thank you Daniel, I'm sorry, SO so sorry! If there's anything I could do for you…" Vlad groveled.
"Uh, yeah, answer to those guys!" Danny said pointing the guards from the Observant High Council flying up to them.
"Alright everyone, we'll take care of this," came an unfamiliar voice. Everyone turned to see two figures with large eyeballs instead of heads. They wore long black robs with gold along the edges.
"Vlad Masters, also known as Vlad Plasmius, you are being arrested for attacking innocent human beings, trying to obtain the Ghostly Amulet to dominate the Earth, and for various other reasons," the first one said.
"Take him away!" the second one ordered. Two guards grabbed Vlad and handcuffed him.
Danny sighed and put Allyson down. He started walking up to the two cycloptic beings. "Danny?" Allyson asked.
"ALLYSON! Oh my gosh! Are you okay? I was so worried!" Tucker cried grabbing Allyson and hugging her tightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine!" Allyson said hugging Tucker back. She turned around and saw Danny standing in front of the two cycloptic ghosts.
He bowed his head and held out his hands. "What are you doing?" the first being asked, "Aren't you going to arrest me?" Danny asked sadly.
"For what?" the second one asked. "For killing all those people," Danny said looking back at the graveyard.
"Was it your fault?" the first one asked. "No! He didn't do it on purpose at least, I believe I am the one you should be arresting, it was after all my amulet that caused all the trouble," Sadister said holding his hands out.
"Wh-what?!" Danny asked in shock. "So it seems, alright Sadister, you're under arrest as well, guards," the second being said snapping it's fingers.
The guards handcuffed Sadister, but didn't get very far when Danny cried: "WAIT! I don't understand!"
"I wrote the Dark Spirits book to make a better understanding of the Ghost Zone and all that surrounds it, page three was simply so I wouldn't lose the only thing that could possibly destroy either of our worlds, the copy you found originally was only for me, but then I went to your world to find more to write in it, I misplaced it!" Sadister said.
"So that was why you attacked me, you just wanted the book back," Danny said. "Yes, but I'm actually glad it's gone and the amulet was destroyed, makes it easier for me so I don't have to stop people from using it for worse matters," Sadister said arching an eyebrow at Vlad.
"Alright, take him away!" the second being said. "Wait! Sadister, what was on the back of page three? Just curious," Danny said.
"Nothing really important, just how the paths we choose determine how life your in the Ghost Zone will be," Sadister said. For a brief moment, Danny could of sworn Sadister was smiling, not his usual evil smile, but a warm, friendly smile.
Danny couldn't help but smile back. Sadister bent down, grabbed the Infi-map and said: "Observants, I believe this belongs to the Far Frozen."
"Yes indeed," the second being, or Observant, said taking the Infi-map from Sadister. "We'll be sure to return that, now let's go," the first Observant said.
As Sadister and Vlad were dragged away, the Observants turned to Danny and said: "Take care Phantom." before flying off.
Danny sighed and turned around to Allyson. Allyson smiled. Tucker, who was still holding Allyson, gapped at Danny.
"D-Danny?" he asked. "Hey tuck," Danny said smiling. Tucker practically dropped Allyson and ran to hug Danny. Considering Danny was still fourteen and tucker was now 28, it wasn't as easy as hoped, but they didn't seem to mind.
"DANNY!" Maddie cried. She threw Tucker off of Danny and hugged him as hard as she could.
"Oh my baby! We're so sorry, we didn't know! We'll never hurt you again!" she said as she rocked him back and forth in her hug.
Jack joined in the hug and said: "We missed you son." "I…missed you too guys," Danny said, having a gut feeling his friends told them about his secret.
When his parents let go, Danny found himself immediately stuck between Sam's arms. "DANNY! Oh man! I thought I'd never see you again! I've missed you so much! Are you okay? Danny I messed you!"
"I'd be better if you weren't squeezing me!" Danny said feeling like he was about to die again.
"Oh, heh, sorry!" Sam said letting go. "So, this is the Danny I've heard so much about?" Kevin asked walking up to them.
"Uh, yeah, sorry for coming in on your wedding," Danny said. "That's okay, you seem like a nice kid. I can see why Sam liked you so much…" Kevin said.
Sam automatically rammed Kevin in the arm with her elbow and Kevin said: "…As a friend!" Sam smiled and said: "It's good to see you Danny."
"You too Sam," Danny said. Valerie ran up to him and said: "Uh, Danny, I'm REALLY sorry if I ever hurt you and…"
"It's okay Val," Danny said hugging her. Valerie hugged him back and Jazz ran up to them, hugging Danny as well.
"Good to see you again little brother," she said. "I'm really happy to see all of you, especially to see you alive," Danny said.
"Eh hem." Everyone turned to see the Guys in White and the citizens of Amity Park. "Well, we'd just like to say sorry ghost kid," the first Guy in White said.
"Yeah, and we'll do whatever you want us to do to make it up to you," the second guy in White said.
"Thanks guys….in white," Danny said. The Guys in White smiled. "Wait, who's gonna be our mayor if that ghost was the mayor?" a citizen asked.
"Well, until that's decided, I'll take over the office, being the deputy mayor, it's my job," a man with short brown hair with a bald spot on the top of his head.
Danny smiled at his family and friends. "I couldn't have done it without you guys, especially you Allyson, thanks for believing in me," Danny said.
"You're welcome Danny," Allyson said hugging Danny. "Allyson, Allyson Parker?" the deputy mayor asked.
"Well, I was an orphan, but then Tucker adopted me, I don't even know what my last name is though," Allyson said.
"Well, according to this record I found, you're Allyson Parker, daughter of Jeffrey and Melissa Parker, who both died about nine years ago. It seems in their will they left you something," the deputy mayor said handing Allyson a piece of paper.
Allyson read over it and said: "That's a lot of zeros!" "And this was your mothers when she was in high school, I thought you might want this," the deputy mayor said handing Allyson a small diary.
Allyson opened it up and a small page fell out. "Danny picked it up and read:
April 3, 2007
Dear Diary,
Today I was almost attacked by the ghost boy. Luckily he didn't shot me. I really wonder if he's a real hero or not.
-Melissa
"Sounds like your mom was a survivor," Tucker said. Danny suddenly remembered something. The teenage girl he was about to attack. She had light brown hair and jade green eyes. It was almost like an older version of Allyson, but with no blondness in her hair.
"Ally, I'm sorry," Danny said. "Why?" Allyson asked. "If I had killed your mom you wouldn't be here right now," Danny said.
"It's okay Danny, because you didn't," Allyson said. "But…" Danny started. "It's okay," Allyson said hugging Danny.
Danny smiled and hugged her back. "And ghost boy," the deputy mayor said. Danny looked up.
"We're all really sorry about this whole thing, from now on, every April 3rd, we'll celebrate how Danny Phantom saved Amity Park, AND the world!" the deputy mayor said.
Everyone cheered and Danny smiled the widest smile he could. He was finally accepted again. He was a real hero.
Okay, now before you all leave, there's one more chapter. It's more of an epilogue, but could you please read it? It would be appreciated! Please R&R with no flames please! Thank you.