Chapter 7:
HAPPY DAYS: PART 1
For all of those that have followed this story…I am truly sorry. I have the following 2 chapters upon this and had not posted despite the fact I said I would. Let me know how my NEW work is.
Danny and company flew back to Ember's place, chatted for a bit before Johnny and Kitty left leaving them to some time to themselves.
"H-hey, Danny?" Ember started, rubbing her shoulder looking away from him. "I know that our…um 'situation'… "She said motioning back and forth between themselves "…is sudden, especially with what all is going on now and what not, but I do want you to know that I am here for you as well as Johnny and Kitty. Kitty…saw your eyes…don't bring it up but we both know it wasn't you." Danny was confused by the statement but shrugged it off. Ember then grabbed him suddenly slamming him into her home of brick cracking it. "But know this Danny Fenton, after all of this is over, you are mine and mine alone." She stated floating up kissing him gently. Though surprised he cradled his right hand behind the nape of her neck while the other held the underside of her left thigh. The kiss lasted for several seconds ending with the two leaning their foreheads together.
"Very much noted beautiful." He murmured smiling against her lips.
"I'll be back later okay."
Ember nodded and he flew off, faster then what she has seen him do. She frowned a bit at the thought, who was it in the end...Dan or Danny? She shrugged off the thought, that intimacy alone was Danny, she'd always know. His touch, his passion, his smell, his love, and the words he whispered in her ear that night they laid together. In her heart, she knew she'd ALWAYS know.
Traveling home for Danny was a bit, nostalgic, even flying now was so effortless in feeling; he began flying faster swerving through the homes and floating debris in his way.
"I feel awesome, yahooed!" he yelled before narrowly dodging the neck of a ghost dragon into the portal to his home. It was only upon making it back home at noon did his happiness falter.
"DANIEL FENTON!" the yell of his mother coming from upstairs after he passed through the ghost portal. Like any other teen he tried to pretend he was still asleep under the blankets, forgetting about the fact that his family knew who he was.
Madeline Fenton burst through the door with an ecto-whip.
"Mom nooo!" Danny screamed cringing in the fetal position.
30 MINUTES LATER
The Fenton family, were all eating at their dining table for once silently eating with Danny grunting at the difficulty of bringing the food to his mouth with the two fingers he could use and the two eyes almost shut as if bruised like black eyes.
"uuggghhhh…" Danny groaned.
His mother ignored it and responded.
"Under this roof you still have a curfew." She responded taking another bite of her breakfast.
Danny sighed and finished his breakfast quickly avoiding the crowd outside of his home by turning invisible and flying to the roof meeting with his friends.
Once he made himself visible, Sam, Tucker, Valerie, Paulina, James, Starr, Dash, Quan, and Yelled
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY DP!
The group opened a path for him towards the cake… but…this didn't feel right… Danny clutched the right side of his head with his hand, the gloved tips digging in. he looked up and the cake was still there on a lone mahogany table, candles burning in this…this….dark void? Danny felt weird; in fact, when he tried to fly he fell flat on his face before in an aggravated manner began walking up the seemingly floating steps. With each step, the wooden planks he stepped on began glowing upon his every step upon them. He began to move closer and the closer he got he began to feel that same numbness consume him. He turned to see Sam, her seemingly endless black ocean of flowing hair majestically hanging down to her hindquarters. She wore a modest black and red corset that in short made her look like a goddess…yet the closer he got, she…she…wasn't who he had thought SHE was, SHE wasn't who he remembered her to be. No, much worse he sensed…something cold, wet, and sharp slithered around his limbs. The thorns were imbedding within his skin as if it were trying to…hug him? And he was raised to face her and saw the blood red eyes upon a face that sagged due to decay, her teeth yellow and razor sharp. "My King…I...I SERVE ONLY YOU!" the creature screeched before lunging at Danny and then there was nothing but a black void.
'Why? Where am I?'
"DANNY!" his friends screamed loudly causing him to jump up and go ghost.
"Holy hell, wait, what? Where am I?" Danny screamed. Jumping up pushing people back before Tucker grabbed him.
"Yo bro, we were just giving you an early birthday party man. What's wrong?"
"D-Did you see her? She…" Danny stopped after trying to point out the woman.
"What's up man?"
Danny looked around the small crowd sensing that the dark presence is not there, responded.
"I…nothing…" Danny spat at the ground "I guess she…" before blacking out falling to the street in the waking world.
'Danny…Danny, Danny… did you fall for her already?' Dan's voice echoed.
'She's not here, well not yet anyway. We're going to 'make' her. Consider it our…little joy of creation. We demand loyalty or rather, I do.' Dan chuckled before his laughter faded in the darkness.
"Danny?" a soft feminine voice called out to him as his consciousness returned to him.
Fluttering his eyes open to see Sam's face. Danny began to sit up finding that not only was he in a hospital bed but her hand gently holding his.
She smiled warmly.
"Oh my gosh Danny. I'm so happy you're alright." Sam exclaimed excitedly wrapping her arms around him. Danny still frightened by his dream jumped back as best he could to which Sam felt. Instinctually she thought back to their relationship status to which she immediately pulled away.
"I-I'm sorry." She said looking away.
"Don't be. Where am I? Where is everybody?" Danny asked, his eyes darting to the other side of the room, finding the window to be more interesting.
"They left about 30 minutes ago, work and what not and considering this has been a usual constant they figure you'll be alright." She stated in a matter of fact tone.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be." She said smiling at him.
He looked and smiled back.
"Danny you have to take better care of yourself, neither me nor anyone else want to see you like this. You need a vacation." She joked cupping his cheek and turning his face to her's.
"After all, we need you." She then left the room to head home leaving Danny to ponder.
Danny grinned darkly, his black hair turning white and flowing upward while his eyes turned red.
"Oh, you are just a treat. I have big plans for you." Dan stated before phasing out of the hospital and flying into the city laughing maniacally.