A/N: So, I'm rewriting this fic and adding more. I wrote it about 3 years ago, so it wasn't my best work. However, I'm sure this edited version will be better and more enjoyable. To old readers: I hope you like the edited version and be sure to review! To new readers: Thanks for reading my fic dedicated to Sam Manson and Danny Fenton/Phantom. Be sure to review! Thanks! By the way, I'm pretending that Phantom Planet never happened, so no one knows that Danny is a ghost.
"Where do I begin?" Skulker asked himself as he looked at the three teens.
"How about at the beginning?" Danny asked sarcastically. Skulker growled at him as he raised his gun. Danny looked at the gun before smiling at Skulker.
"Very well. Centuries ago, the Ghost Zone was split into two kingdoms. The North and South Kingdom. You see, King Pariah Dark was the ruler of the South Kingdom. He was a cruel leader who didn't care about his ghostly subjects. He was trying to conquer the North Kingdom, which was ruled by King Aidan and his queen, Aislin. Aidan and Aislin were Amber's parents. Pariah lost and vowed revenge against King Aidan and his family, who had reunited the two kingdoms. Anyway, Amber was born after the war was over. She was so sweet and very beautiful. The king and queen were truly blessed with her." Skulker said, dazing off as he conveyed the tale.
"You don't need to tell me that." Danny replied as he too zoned out. Sam smiled to herself as she watched Danny gust over her.
"She really is a babe." Tucker added, causing Sam to freeze before she decided it was best for Skulker to continue lest Tucker make her sick with his crush on her.
"Moving on, her life was wonderful. Her parents loved her as did everyone else in the kingdom. Everyone except Pariah, of course. He was plotting to get rid of her parents and steal the throne for himself. Then, one fateful night, he went through with his plan. It was one of the worst days in Ghost history as the Ghost Zone lost one of the greatest rulers it ever had. After Pariah took over, the Ghost Zone plunged into darkness. Amber was young when her parents died, so she had no control over her emotions."
"Unable to control her hatred for him, Eris, her dark side, was born in her. Eris survived by feeding off of the anger and hate in Amber, which made her even stronger. When Amber was 16, she lost control over herself and Eris was released when she met Pariah. Eris went berserk and, using her powers as well as Amber's, she nearly destroyed the Ghost Zone. Fortunately, King Pariah was able to stop her. However, she caused his powers to break and she sealed it away in his ring." Skulker paused and studied Danny's face as comprehension dawned.
"So, that's why Pariah needs his ring." Danny remarked, looking over at Skulker, who nodded.
"Exactly. You are very slow, Ghost Child." Skulker replied, looking at Danny, who cleared his throat and turned away.
"That's Danny all right." Sam smirked, looking at Danny who made a face at her.
"Totally clueless." Tucker added, looking from Danny to Sam. Sam growled, causing Tucker to look away.
"Anyway, Eris became sealed away in Amber's soul. However, that was centuries ago. Shortly afterwards, Amber disappeared completely. She knew that her control over Eris was slipping. Some ghosts said that she went into hiding, while others said that Eris probably took her over and is plotting her revenge. I think, and many agree with me, that she died. But, according to an ancient prophecy, she will return one day. The only thing is that one must die. According to the prophecy, only one can live so the other must die. All we know is that Amber is back and so is Eris." Skulker concluded his story, turning and looking at the three teens.
"She returned in me." Sam thought as she looked away. She was a princess, she knew that. She had been a princess for a long time. A very long time. Every time she was reincarnated, she had both Eris's and Amber's powers. However, she had been born a half ghost, not a full ghost like she was before.
That was because Amber had always wanted to have a human part, so it would have been harder for Eris to break out. Even if the prophecy did come true, Amber might still be able to survive. Or, at least Sam would.
"It is even more dangerous now because if Amber is not careful, Eris will be released again and Pariah will wake up. Pariah wakes up if someone tries to take his ring or if Eris is awakened. If he wakes up, there will be a war in the Ghost Zone and, sadly, I don't think Pariah is going to win." Skulker sighed as he turned towards Danny.
"So, our mission is to make sure Eris is not awakened?" Danny asked, earning a laugh from Skulker.
"You? You're going to make sure that Eris is not awakened, Ghost Child? What will you do if she is? She is powerful, even if she is only a half ghost." Skulker said, causing both Sam and Danny's heads to shoot up
"She's a halfa too?" Danny asked, unable to believe what he was hearing. How could she be a halfa but still be so powerful? It made no sense.
"How do you know that?" Sam asked from besides Danny. Both Skulker and Danny turned towards her and stared at her. She hadn't uttered a word since Skulker began telling then about Amber. Danny had begun to think that she wasn't interested in it at all.
"I mean weren't both of her parents ghosts? So, how could she be a halfa?" She asked in a confused voice. Skulker sighed again before he turned away. He didn't understand humans. Such strange creatures and very slow.
"You see, Amber agreed to give up her full ghost powers in order to become a halfa. However, she became a halfa as did Eris. It was all done using dark magic centuries ago. Every time the human half died, she was brought back. Every time, Amber and Eris were reincarnated as a halfa. Amber believed that if she was a halfa when she came back, Eris would not be as powerful if she was ever to be released." Skulker replied.
"Not really." Sam thought to herself, looking away once agaib. She could feel Eris's powers and anger flowing through her veins. Eris was a part of her. It didn't matter if she was half ghost or a full ghost. Eris was still as powerful as she was before. Maybe even more now. Maybe even more powerful than Amber. Sam shuddered at the thought. No, Eris could not be more powerful than Amber.
If she was, it was all over. Sam shuddered again at the thought. She didn't want to think about what would happen if Eris was released, what would happen if she was released in the Ghost Zone, what would happen if she was released in Amitypark.
"Sam, are you okay?" Danny asked. noticing Sam shuddering besides him.
"Huh? What?" Sam asked, looking to up to see Danny looking at her worriedly.
"Are you okay?" He asked again, touching her shoulder.
"Sure, why?" Sam asked, unsure what just happened.
"Well, you are kind of pale and bloodless. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that you are breaking my hand." Danny said, raising his hand to show her. Sam gasped and let his hand out of her iron grip. It was red and her hand was printed into it. Sam turned away, blushing at being caught holding Danny's hand, even if she had crushed it.
"God, Sam. You're stronger than you look." Danny smirked at her, earning a scoff from her. Sam looked up and saw Skulker looking at her curiously.
"It is true. I've seen you catch more ghosts than the Ghost Child." Skulker remarked, earning a glare from Danny, which he didn't see.
"I am not just a goth chick. I am strong too. Are you forgetting I am better than both of you in gym?" She asked, smiling at Danny before turning towards Tucker.
"Shut up." Tucker grumbled as he looked away and hugged his PDA.
"You're all I need, baby." He cooed as he hugged his PDA.
"All right, Sam. There's no need to brag. And Tucker, cut that out. It's kind of creepy." Danny said as he looked from Sam and then to Tucker, who he regarded with a disturbed look.
"Are you scared, child?" Skulker asked, looking over at Sam. Sam looked at him and knew he meant something else in his question. She smiled and nodded, pretending to look embarrassed.
"Well, yes. It's kind of difficult not to be scared of someone who can easily destroy Pariah." She said, turning her face away as she pretended to be embarrassed.
"Don't worry Sam. It's okay. I'm a bit scared too." Tucker said before he burst out laughing. Danny looked over at him before he too joined in laughing.
"Really, Sam, you're such a girl sometimes." Danny remarked, earning a death glare from Sam.
"You should be more like us boys." Tucker added, laughing along with Danny.
"Shut up!" Sam growled as she got to her feet and glared at them. How dare they laugh at her!
"I have seen things that would make even you scream and run in fright." She growled as she felt something inside her begin to snap. She could feel her eyes about to turn black and realized that Eris was urging her to go on.
"That's right. Let your anger take over." Eris' voice said in her head. Sam breathed in and forced Eris back down. She needed to control her temper. She could not explode, especially not here in the Ghost Zone. Especially not against Tucker and Danny. Not Danny.
"Sam, we're kidding. Lighten up." Danny said, noticing that Sam was getting pissed off. Sam smiled as she felt herself calm down. She looked over at him and chuckled before she lightly punched him on his arm.
"I know. But, you know how I get when you say stuff like that." Sam replied, causing Danny to smile. She was back to normal. He hated when she got into one of her tempers. He liked when she was smiling. Sam had a beautiful smile. He shook his head to clear the thoughts that suddenly entered.
This was Sam he was talking about, his best friend since 2nd grade.
He looked over at Sam who was smiling and hitting Tucker. She leapt up before pouncing on him and grabbing his hat.
Skulker looked at Sam, who was laughing as she held Tucker's hat above him and made him jump for it. She had just gotten angry and he momentarily thought that he saw her eye color change. He shook his head against the silly thought. There was no way that this girl, this weak human girl was the powerful Amber or Eris. However, if she was, she had good control over her temper. He still felt uneasy as he looked at her and decided to put his doubts to rest.
"What were the scary things you saw?" He asked. causing Sam to look up. Her expression changed into one of confusion before she almost seemed tense.
"Oh, scary things I saw." She said, recovering from her lapse in thought.
"Well, there was the one time I accidentally opened the bathroom and saw my grandma taking a steam bath. So much wrinkly skin. Then, I saw Lancer in his boxers once when I was passing by his house. That was terrifying, especially when he turned and began shaving his back. The worst was probably seeing Vlad shirtless in a magazine once as 'Sexiest Bachelor'." She replied as she shuddered at the last two. Besides her, Danny and Tucker shuddered as well.
"Wow, those are disturbing images. I feel sorry for you, Sam." Danny said, shaking his head in sympathy.
"You have no idea. I nearly brought up my lunch both times." Sam said as she turned away and shook her head to rid herself of the images.
"Anyway, I think we should go now since we got what we wanted." Sam said, causing Danny to look up at her.
"What? Why? We can learn more about Amber and Eris." He replied, causing Sam to give him a shocked look. Danny actually wanted to learn?
"Well, sorry if you wanted to learn more about your girlfriend, but I happen to have a date with Nicolas, my boyfriend." Sam replied, noting how Danny's expression almost unnoticeably changed before he nodded at her.
"Of course, Sam." He said as he made his way back to the ship. He mumbled something as they boarded, not bothering to thank Skulker. Just as they set off, they felt the ship shake as Skulker launched a rocket into it.
"Until next time, Ghost Child!" He yelled.
"So, you have a date with Nicolas?" Danny asked as Sam continued walking at a faster and faster pace. Sam nodded and quickened her pace even more. Any faster and she would be running. She felt awkward as she walked, not because Danny and Tucker were walking her home but because Danny was asking about Nicolas and her.
"So, is it serious?" He asked the one question she didn't want him to ask. She blushed before looking away.
"Kind of." She replied, turning to face him. Danny smiled and nodded.
"That's great Sam. Absolutely great. I'm glad it's serious. Great. Just great great great!" He felt himself grinning and babbling like an idiot. In his mind, he had just killed Nicolas about a million times. Danny turned and noticed a blush on her face as she confirmed that she and Nicolas were in fact a couple.
"Thanks Danny." Sam managed a smile, although she knew that Danny wasn't happy that she was dating Nicolas. She knew how he got when he didn't approve of something and his string of 'great' confirmed that he was pissed off.
"So, what time is he coming to get you?" Danny asked, looking over at Sam, who looked down at her watch.
"In about an hour." She replied, hoping he would not be there when Nicolas picked her up. That was a scene she wanted to avoid.
"So, where are you two going?" He asked casually as he pushed his hair out of his eyes. Tucker seemed to have sensed the tension between the two and cleared his throat before turning towards Sam and Danny.
"Hey, don't we have dates tonight as well?" He asked, watching as Sam's eyes grew wide. She turned and stared at Danny, waiting for an explanation.
"Right. Paulina. I almost forgot." He mumbled the last part. Sam, however, gasped before putting her hand to her head.
"Paulina? Danny, you're dating Paulina? Since when?" She exclaimed, looking over at her best friend for an answer.
"Well, we're not exactly dating. Okay, we are. But, she asked me out." He replied, watching as Sam's eye grew even wider.
"Wait, Paulina asked you out?" She asked, clearly confused.
"Yeah, same time Valerie asked Tuck out." Danny said, gesturing to Tucker, who smirked at Sam.
"And when were you two going to tell me this?" Sam angrily demanded as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Well, we were going to, bu-" Danny began, but didn't get a chance to finish. His eyes grew wide as a blue smoke escaped from his lips. He looked up and saw Skulker not too far away. He groaned before shaking his head. Why could he never leave things peaceful? He had to pick a fight with him right after he had finished helping him.
"Going ghost." Danny yelled, throwing the thermos at Sam and Tucker. He ran into an alley and Danny Phantom emerged.
"This isn't over!" Sam yelled as Danny emerged in his ghost form. He smirked at her before he flew up to Skulker and shook his head.
"What do you want now? Can't you just let us be peaceful for a day?" He asked as he shook his head in defeat.
"I'm not here for you, Ghost Child. I want to see Amber again." Skulker replied, causing Danny to raise his eyebrows.
"However, I will need you as bait. If she thinks that I am here to destroy the city, she will come out." He replied, looking around the city. He just had to put on a good enough show to lure Amber out. Then, he would capture her and put and end to Eris.
"What makes you think that?" Danny asked, shaking him from his thoughts. Skulker smiled and suddenly shot out an energy blast at him. Caught by surprise, Danny wasn't fast enough and flew into a building.
"Danny!" Sam and Tucker both yelled, watching as Danny crashed into the building. Tucker ran over to where Danny was lying unconscious. Sam looked around before she turned and ran into the alleyway. If it was Eris that Skulker wanted, then it was Eris that he would get.
Seconds later, Amber emerged, her eyes glinting as she looked towards Skulker.
"Perfect." Skulker smirked at her before flying over to Danny. Danny opened his eyes and growled up at Skulker. Skulker smirked down at the halfa before pointing. Turning, Danny saw Amber and gasped.
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-DramaQueen95