Author notes:
1)English is my second language. Forgive me for any mistake.
2)I don't own Danny Phantom.
3)I only own the plot for this AU and the eventual OCs
4)Thanks Truephan, Christopher Scott and Shaddow the Spirit for your reviews.
5)Special thanks to Truephan for being my awesome beta for this story!
At Amikeco Parko, Queen Teresa was still holding her husband's body. Her eyes were still red from crying. But she couldn't help but to hear the King and Queen Manson arguing with their daughter.
Suddenly, Sam and Danny disappeared right in the midst of the girl's argument with her parents! King and Queen Manson and Queen Teresa gasped in alarm. They had, of course, not expected that. They couldn't understand what was happening but they all now suddenly feared for Princess Samantha's life. Her mother began to cry, and King Thurston only grew angrier with his fear for his daughter. But they did not know that it was at that moment that Clockwork had brought the girl and Danny back to his home. The time Master could have returned the girl at the same moment when he had took her to his home, but her sudden appearance would be one extra proof she was telling the truth.
Though internally relieved at seeing his daughter back unharmed, King Thurston tried to reprimand his daughter: "Samantha! Thank goodness you've escaped! Then, don't you see what I mean, daughter? He's a ghost and look what he just did to you! He could have hurt you or…killed you. Don't you know that it's because of him King Raymond is dead? And where did you get this necklace? I hope that ghost boy didn't give you that. It might brainwash you, so it'll be better to get rid of it now!"
Sam held the medallion Clockwork, which was still around her neck. She remembered how it protected her when the time was stopped once more, when Clockwork stopped time to talk with Vlad, but she didn't know why the Time Master froze the Time once more, however she had to defend Danny from all those absurd accusations.
She held the medallion with her left hand and told them "Forgive me, Lord Father. I know this is weird, but I must insist. He's not evil. He even saved us from Malnova Pordo. Forgive me for my words, but King William did not care in the slightest for anyone in this place. If it weren't for Daniel of the Dead Forest we would all be dead by now."
Her parents were taken aback by her truthful statement. If it weren't for him, they would all be dead. King Mason tried to reason once more: "But our meeting with King Raymond was a secret. We didn't tell King William about it. So, it wasn't like King William was trying to kill us on purpose!"
Sam did her best to not lose her composure: "True. His intention may not be trying to kill us. But does it make any difference? You could see from the window. His army was killing tons of innocent people. It meant King William ordered his army to kill everyone. It doesn't matter if he intended to kill us or not. If it weren't for Daniel, we would be dead."
Her parents cringed not finding any argument to counter their daughter. They also had to admit the boy didn't exactly do anything wrong. He was only trying to talk to his grandfather. What happened in that room was just a horrible accident. However, they were unsure of how things were going to proceed from now on.
The boy's actions weren't harmful, but what about the other ghosts? King Raymond had sent an entire army to kill all the ghosts. If one ghost child could sneak into an anti-ghost kingdom imagine what a whole army would do?
The answer soon came to them when a blue vortex appeared in the middle of the room with Vlad, Clockwork and Danny. Vlad looked at the strange situation at the moment. He never thought he would place his feet in that castle ever again.
He also couldn't help, but to notice the limp body of a man, who he recognized from the painting Madeline had showed him several years ago as King Raymond. He knew that he shouldn't feel like this, but he felt some satisfaction from the outcome, but it soon vanished as he thought how hard it must have been to his son to be the indirect cause of it.
"Who are you?" King Thurston demanded getting scared. Now there were three ghosts there. Sam was the only human there to recognize Danny's new appearance.
"It's okay, Lord Father. That's Daniel of the Dead Forest. He's a bit different because he had to…do some things in order to save his home." Sam said before looking at the strange new ghost next to Clockwork and Danny. She had never met Danny's father before.
Every other human in the room didn't understand what she meant by that, so they were still puzzled by the boy's new look.
Sam also didn't want to sound impolite, so she asked Vlad: "Forgive me for my rudeness, sir, but who are you?"
Danny then realized he hadn't introduced them yet, so he said briefly: "Samantha, this is my father."
King and Queen Manson gasped, while Queen Irongrip only stared at the man with wide eyes. 'That's the ghost who married my daughter…' she thought.
Vlad had nothing else to add to what his son said. It wasn't like he could just say "nice to meet you all", when he really wanted to blame them for the death of his wife. But Clockwork had told him about the girl and Danny's father had no reason to hold a grudge on her. He smiled weakly, but genuinely, and said: "Nice to meet you, Samantha."
The girl imagined that Danny had told him about her, but it was actually Clockwork who did so.
Before the conversation could go forward, several guards burst inside of the room carrying anti-ghost weaponry. The guard that had accidentally killed King Raymond had told them that a ghost did it and while everyone else was too preoccupied with the Malnova Pordo invasion and the sudden news of their King's death, the guard escaped to be never heard of again, after he lied to them.
"Stop right there, you demons! We aren't going to let you harm them!" said one guard pointing a crossbow with a glowing green arrow on it.
Vlad frowned not liking it. His hands started to glow red as he wondered why Clockwork, who supposedly knew about the future would take them to such a trap. However, his answer came in the form of the queen ordering the guards to drop their weapons.
The guards were confused by that as the same one holding the crossbow asked: "But, your majesty. They murdered the King!"
"It wasn't them who did it." Said the queen getting back on her feet and moving her eyes from her dead husband to the guards. "It was one of the guards who did it. He tried to stab the boy over there, but he ended up stabbing my husband instead."
"A-are you sure, my Queen? Are you not being threatened by them? We can protect you from them!" the guard said not believing that one of his own would have killed King Raymond.
"I…fear it's true." Said King Thurston for the surprise of everyone, but Clockwork. "He left running from here after he stabbed King Raymond. As for the boy, I also fear if it weren't for him King William would have killed us all."
These guards were inside of the castle when Danny saved the entire kingdom, so they didn't see any of it, but they heard some cheers from outside about the Manolva Pordo army retreating. They had just assumed that they had won. "But aren't they monsters?" said another guard.
That comment made Vlad growl only loud enough for himself to hear.
"If they were monsters we all would be dead long before you could have come. Now, don't hurt them unless they actually do something wrong." Queen Teresa warned.
"Yes, your highness" all guards said lowering their weapons, but not taking the ghosts away from their sight.
The Queen had sad eyes as she stared at the ghosts in the room. She then told Vlad: "I think we haven't been introduced properly. I'm Queen Teresa, Madeline's mother. What's your name?"
Vlad was taken aback from that. He wasn't expecting her to be like that towards them. He honestly thought she was just like her husband. "My name is Vladmir Plasmius and I guess you already met Daniel." Then Vlad pointed to the Time Master and said: "And this is Clockwork."
Clockwork merely smiled and said nothing to prevent further questions about why he was there: "I'm just the person who is going to take them back home after you finish talking."
Sam, Danny and even Vlad suspected that the ghost had to have some ulterior motive to actually stay there but they decided to ignore it for the moment.
"How…did you and Madeline meet?" the Queen asked Vlad.
Vlad was feeling quiet uncomfortable. Not because he was annoyed by the question, but because he was being treated kindly by someone he hated for years. "It happened many years ago. One day, she was kidnapped by a couple of bandits, who took her to the Dead Forest, and I saved her. We had an initial quarrel, but we overcame our differences and I started to come visit her here on a daily basis. We just fell in love some time after that. We then got married at my land because we didn't know how you two would react. I'm sorry for saying that, but our fears actually became truth after what happened to Maddie…I was barely able to save Daniel." After saying that Vlad's ire started to rise again. "I'm sorry for saying that, but what King Raymond did was unforgivable."
The guards there interpreted that as a hostile act from Vlad and thought he would attack the queen. They rose their weapons against them. When Teresa raised her hand and ordered them not to do anything.
The others were quite sad for hearing all that. Queen Teresa included. "I want you to know I partake in none of my husband's actions. It's really complicated to love someone and not be able to make him change his wrong perceptions. I…would like to believe he did what he did only because of the heat of the moment and not because he hated our daughter. I know it's still inexcusable. You have no idea how much I cried and begged him to at least make a tomb for her."
After a short and heavy silence she continued: "I never thought low of you. Only my husband did. I guess I should have realized she was already in love with someone when she smiled the way she did…" Queen Teresa said while looking at Vlad who couldn't help but to remember the happy times he shared with his late wife.
She then smiled at Danny and said: "I'm happy you were able to be born. My husband had told me Maddie was pregnant and I thought you had died. It's also good to see you are turning into a fine young man." She said all that because she saw how all the boy wanted to do was talk to them. What happened to King Raymond happened because of his own illogical hatred.
Danny couldn't help but to blush at the compliment.
Then Queen Teresa told them one last thing: "All of you are free to come here anytime you desire. Please, also tell the people back in your home there'll be no more aggression against the Dead Forest or any ghost for the matter." She then turned to one guard and told him: "Go send a messenger to the army and order them to retreat now along with the news that King Raymond is dead."
The guard said "Yes, your highness" and then left the room to fulfill the task.
"There are is nothing I can do or say that will erase my husband's crimes. But I hope we can have a clean beginning." the Queen said turning back to Danny and Vlad.
Danny was going to say 'yes', however his father answered for him: "I would be pleased. When all this craziness is over, you are more than welcome to meet my family, your majesty."
Queen Teresa smiled and replied: "You have my gratitude. I hope you have a safe trip back home." She was going to offer them some guards to help to ensure their safety, but she didn't because she knew how things were between humans and ghosts, so she thought they were safer on their own.
"That won't be necessary, Your highness. As I said I can take us back to the Dead Forest the same way we came here." Clockwork said.
Danny then told his grandmother not really sure: "Bye, uh…grandmother?"
She smiled back at him and said: "You can call me grandma if it's better for you. I want us to be a family from now on, Daniel."
Danny's smiled and then turned to Sam and said: "Bye Samantha. I hope we can see each other again."
She blushed and she also told him: "I also hope to see you soon."
'Things are the way they should be…But I have one last stop to make to make sure nothing else bad happens.' Clockwork thought before using a blue vortex to teleport them back to the Dead Forest.
Some hours later, at the Dead Forest, Alphonse was finally alone in a room that belonged to his father before he was thrown into jail. 'How could someone not recognize he was a charlatan? There's not even ONE BOOK here!' the werewolf thought as he looked at the room to know what he could use or not.
Suddenly there was a blue vortex in the room and he saw Clockwork there after the light died down.
"You again? What do you want now? Do you expect me to thank you for your advice? Okay, thanks. Now leave. I'm busy." The lycanthrope said.
Clockwork was not upset by the reception, so he decided to go straight to the point: "A simple 'Hi, Clockwork' wouldn't have hurt, wouldn't it?" the Time Master begun just to grab the attention of the werewolf. He then continued: "Look, Alphonse. I need you to do one last thing before I can leave you alone for the rest of your life. I need you to convince King Pariah to leave humans alone."
"WHAT? How do you expect me to convince them to not attack humans anymore?" Alphonse asked crossing his arms not liking how Clockwork seemed to be bossing him around. He was done with people messing with his life.
The Time Master turned to a child-like form and answered: "It's rather simple. Tell them the truth. That a ghost is now in charge of a human kingdom and even managed to convince the nearby ones to leave the Dead Forest alone and is also interested in being friends with Pariah Dark. You can even arrange a meeting with Pariah and Daniel in a few years after his coronation ceremony or maybe sooner. You decide it."
"Wait. What? Daniel? That ghost hybrid?" Alphonse said flabbergasted.
Clockwork nodded and said: "Yes. Him. Daniel's action finally created peace among humans and in order for that peace to extend to the ghosts, you need to convince King Pariah Dark to stop his vengeance. When the ghostly army reaches the human one, they'll overhear that the human king who ordered the attack is dead. The humans will be able to flee because of their Bloody Blossoms gas bombs, which will prevent the ghosts from following them. All you have to do is tell him something convincing. You know you can do it."
Alphonse then smirked in defiance and said: "You expect me to lie to him? Do you know what he'll do to me if I lie like my father did?"
The Time Master smiled calmly and replied: "You don't have to lie. I know you have your special way to tell the truth in a way he'll believe it. Just one more thing, Daniel's form changed a bit because he had to give up his human half to save all ghosts, so try not be too startled by it."
With that Clockwork spun his staff and left the room leaving a very confused werewolf alone. 'What's that supposed to mean?' Alphonse thought as he rubbed the back of his head.
No one came talk to him at that night. This gave the lycanthrope, who was sitting on a chair with nothing but a firefly inside of a glass tube to illuminate the room, plenty of opportunity for thinking about what the Time Master had told him.
'How the hell am I going to convince that one-track minded king to not fight back against the humans…Now the King expelled the humans from our home, he'll want to conquer the human realm himself and…' Alphonse eyes then opened and he grinned. He had an idea. An awful idea. He got a wonderful, awful idea.
'If I'm luck, the King Pariah will want to add the human kingdom to his. But what if it already were? I need to speak with Daniel quickly, but I don't think he's home yet. Crap, I have to wait until tomorrow…' he thought as he got up towards a door that led to a fancy bedroom.
Alphonse could almost not believe that his father had been living in luxury at his expenses for so long. He tried to rest, but he was too agitated to sleep. He tried to just think in nothing, but then he started to think about his wife, Jadiwiga.
It wasn't like he hated her. He felt next to nothing towards her, or any other being for a matter of fact. But she was always sweet and kind to him. 'I guess, if I could feel love, it would be towards her… What the hell am I thinking. Ugh. This is what I get to listen to Clockwork.'
Alphonse then opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. His mother had died from birth issues, so he was basically raised by his father and a bunch of nannies. At first he thought that the nannies liked him, but then he discovered that they were only taking care of him and being nice because it was their job, nothing else. He tried to please his father in many ways when he was just a young cub.
But it didn't take long for Alphonse to discover his father only wanted to use him. He had no idea how to even care about other living being. Let alone love. 'Maybe I should give it a try. I'll consider that another experiment…' He pondered before finally dozing off.
On the next morning, Alphonse woke up and decided to go straight to Danny's house to see if he was home already. But as he walked, he saw Fright Knight in the halls.
The lycanthrope then used this opportunity to ask him: "Good morning, general. May I ask you something? It's quite urgent."
Eric was in a bit of hurry, but he decided to grant the lycanthrope's whish: "yes, you may, but make it quick, I'm about to leave."
"Thank you. Do you know when exactly does King Pariah intends to attack the human kingdom? It's because I'm worried about the…ghosts who were hurt you know. Don't you think all the ghosts should be evacuated to the inner parts of the forest before anything else?"
The general found the sudden question quite odd, but then he dismissed the thought once he remembered what had happened last night. That lycanthrope pretty much saved them from being destroyed by his father ideas. He then answered: "As you said yourself, we are already organizing a mass evacuation of the villages near the exist of the forest to the center of the Dead Forest. We intend to do it in a couple of days. When we are done, we'll attack while some me soldiers stay just to make sure there's no human nearby and give the refugees proper shelter."
"I see, thank you for your time, general." Alphonse said before leaving towards the Plasmius Manor. Eric just ignored what the lycanthrope desired with those questions and moved on to fulfill his orders.
Meanwhile, at Plasmius abode, Danny and Vlad were already awake. It wasn't like they had slept at all that night. So much happened that they were still thinking about it.
Danny was still trying to get used to his new appearance because he had to explain what had happened to his grandparents and also to all employees at the abode. They were shocked to say the least.
James and Christine, Vlad's parents, were furious with the boy. They scolded him for hours telling him how suicidal his actions were. Vlad also scolded his son. It wasn't because they had a positive conclusion in this story that he was going to let his son slide so easily.
While Danny was being scolded by his father and grandparents, one maid appeared and told them: "I'm sorry for disturbing, but Professor Alphonse would like to talk with Count Vlad and young Master Daniel in private. He said it was urgent. He went to the library and he's waiting for you there."
Vlad sighed wondering what the lycanthrope wanted with them at such hour. "We'll continue this talk later, Danny." Then he turned to his parents and said: "We'll be right back."
Danny shrugged to really wanting to know how he was going to be punished, but apart from the tragedy involving his grandfather, Raymond, he didn't regret going there. He just wished things were a bit different.
When they got to the library, Alphonse was leaning against a wall and greeted them once they closed the door behind them: "Hello, Daniel, Count Vladmir." Alphonse said looking at the boy's new appearance. 'That guy wasn't kidding when he said the boy was different. Luckily his scent is still the same.' He added in his mind.
"You don't need to be so formal, Alphonse, but what do you desire?" Vlad asked when he realized that Alphonse hadn't met his son's new appearance. He didn't even know how to even begin to explain. But then he noticed that Alphonse had recognized his son. "Wait, you know this is my son? I mean…" Vlad said shaking his head in confusion.
Alphonse tried to give a sympathetic smile and said: "Don't worry. That ghost named Clockwork explained me everything that happened to you. This is the reason why I needed to talk with…"
"You've met Clockwork?" Daniel interrupted him aghast. He didn't expect the Time Master to contact his teacher. Now he wondered to what purposes Clockwork had with his teacher.
"I'm afraid I have. He told me briefly that you put a stop on the human side from continuing this war and he gave me the task of stopping the ghost side from slaughtering the humans back. To put a halt on this nonsense I came to the conclusion that we must tell King Pariah about your origins, boy" Alphonse replied not minding that much that the boy stopped him.
Vlad had to step into the conversation because he didn't like it in the slightest. "Wait a minute, Professor Alphonse. You had promised us years ago to never reveal Danny's secret! Are you going to betray us? The King will do unimaginable things with my son if he suspects that he's a traitor."
The werewolf raised his hands as soon as he saw Vlad's red energy around his clenched fists: "I'm not saying for us to just talk to the King out of the blue. I have a plan that'll prevent any further war plan from the Ghost King. Are you willing to listen to me, or do you intend to zap me in front of your son? You don't have to worry about a thing. If you don't like my suggestion, I'll forget this whole idea."
Vlad then turned to see his son, who looked at his father quite scared not only because of what his father said about the ghost king, but also his dad was about to hurt his teacher.
Vlad sighed and asked: "What do you have in mind?"
Alphonse sighed trying to suppress the anger from being threatened like that. He then explained: "The King is going to conquer the human kingdom that attacked our home. He wants to crush and turn it in part of his territory. But what if the human kingdom was already his?" he finished saying looking at Danny.
"But, how? Amikeco Parko isn't King Pariah's." The teen said confused.
Alphonse then smiled and said: "That's when I tell about you, Daniel. Sure, we won't tell him the whole story and we'll have to lie a bit in order to make this work. That Clockwork person told me what happened while you were there, boy. But we aren't going to tell the Ghost king this version. We'll tell him that you killed the human in charge of that Kingdom and…"
"WHAT?" Both Vlad and Danny yelled at the same time.
"This is outrageous! I'm not going to allow my son to be labeled as a murderer!" Vlad snarled at the lycanthrope.
Alphonse then replied trying to keep his patience. 'Why don't they shut up and listen before snapping at me?' he thought before saying: "No one in the human Kingdom will be told this lie, just King Pariah will know of it. You all are familiar with the Ghost King system of leadership in the several parts of the Dead Forest. Each area has a leader. For example, The Far Frozen area has Frostbite, the Lycanthrope village has Nicolas, Wulf's father. My plan is to convince King Pariah that you, Daniel, 'killed the human king in order to avenge for your dead mother and that you want to swear loyalty to the Ghost King. While the humans are clueless about this whole deal, they'll actually think you are their king. I'll even do my best to convince King Pariah to keep this façade, after all if the humans think they aren't under the rule of the Ghost King, they won't rebel against Pariah Dark. I think our King will agree with this under the argument to prevent the loss of our fellow ghosts and still expand the territory out of the Dead Forest."
Alphonse made a short pause to let the two digest his plan he then continued: "I know this plan sounds bad, but it's the only way to prevent the King to retaliate. He intends to send his army in two days led by none other than Fright Knight. If you think you can prevent more blood bath before that, be my guest. But you must have had a great trouble in convincing the humans there to trust you, didn't you Daniel? What do you think the humans will think once the ghost army knocks at their door?"
Danny and Vlad looked at each other worriedly. They didn't like the idea of lying about Danny being a murderer. In fact, Danny had to protest: "We still have a couple of days, right? Can't we think about something else? This can't be our only option."
Alphonse had the urgency to press the boy a bit: "You mean the choice to save humans, right? Because you have plenty of different choices, but I've cogitated a lot, this is the only way to stop King Pariah from doing any harm to you or the humans. If we are convincing enough, King Pariah will leave Amikeco Parko to your care and everybody will be able to live in peace. I know pretending to be a murderer doesn't sound good, Daniel, but you have to think about the consequences of doing something else. Do you think King Pariah Dark will simply have your word for granted that the humans won't hurt the ghosts anymore? I don't know if they had told you, boy, but your grandfather army killed several innocent ghosts. The people are hungry for revenge. You can use the fact that your grandfather is dead in your advantage. But, again, this is your choice. I would only make myself of a fool if I tried to put this plan in action without you to give me support and evidence."
Vlad's eyebrow rose and asked: "Evidence? What do you mean?"
Alphonse tried to deliver this information the best as he could: "King Pariah will want to see King Raymond's body. I think you must ask your remaining family in Amikeco Parko to help you with that. I suggest you also make an offer showing your good will. For example, remove all the human's blood blossoms from the kingdom. You can tell them to keep their weapons hidden in case it's really needed and more importantly for them to feel like they can counter-attack anytime. This way, King Pariah will be convinced to leave that place under your care, boy. It'll also allow the humans to feel safe knowing that the ghosts won't attack anymore."
The silence in the room after Alphonse stopped talking was awful for everyone, including himself. Vlad was the one to finally break the silence: "If we do what you suggested, Alphonse, we would still need to talk to Queen Teresa! I don't even want to know how she's going to respond when we ask her to not bury her husband just yet. Besides how are you going to enter Amikeco Parko with all the blood blossoms there?"
Danny had to interfere: "But, dad, when King William attacked my grandmother's kingdom they set almost all of those flowers in fire."
Alphonse found it amusing to hear that the humans were fighting each other like that. He then spoke: "I know this won't be easy, but we need to act fast. So are you two going to follow my plan? You are more than welcome to make a better plan if you so desire."
Danny and Vlad looked at each other nervously, but they ended up accepting Alphonse's plan hoping it would work.
A few months later, Queen Teresa still found unbelievable how the war ended. The Queen was more than grateful for all her son-in-law, grandson and the werewolf's help in the matter.
Sure she found it bizarre when they had come to her with their plan to prevent King Pariah to retaliate. Sure she had to be harsh with her population to not even dare look at the Ghost King at the wrong way.
Pariah Dark was hardly satisfied seeing the corpse of King Raymond. It hurt Teresa to lie about Danny being the one to kill her husband. But she had to trust her ghost relatives. She didn't want anymore conflict with the ghosts.
She even told King Pariah that her husband's actions were his only and that she never agreed with them. She also told him that Danny's coronation was going to be scheduled soon to make the "illusion" to her people that they were still not related with the ghosts. Queen Teresa knew that was just a ruse to fool the Ghost King.
King Pariah had also stated several terms for the humans if they wanted to keep living. Such as the destruction of all anti-ghost material and never step a foot inside of the Dead Forest again. He also told her that there would be inspections every now and then.
That's where Sam's parents entered in action. In fact, no anti-ghost weaponry was destroyed. Just moved to her kingdom in case they're needed. Pariah Dark knew nothing about the kingdom of Batalo Babordo, so their plan was safe.
As for the population of the Dead Forest, many desired revenge against for their lost loved ones, but they had to accept that at least the person behind the massacre was dead.
And as for the population of Amikeco Parko, they were quite scared of how things would be by having a ghost king. They've been fed with tons of lies and it would be hard to erase all that, but Danny accepted the challenge.
Danny and Sam were at Danny's new room at the Castle of Amikeco Parko since Sam couldn't go the Dead Forest due Pariah Dark's decree. She had also managed to convince her parents to let her visit Daniel since it would be vital for their kingdom to be friends with the ghosts.
She tricked her parents because she really wanted to know Danny better and if the relationship between their kingdoms improved, it would be just a bonus effect.
The two started to chat a lot and even were introduced to each other's friends. It didn't take long for the two become good friends as well.
"Doesn't being chosen to rule over an entire nation feels like a huge weight for everyone? I mean I want to do my best to keep this peace going and maybe I can persuade King Pariah to remove the decree forbidding humans. But it's harder than I first imagined…" Danny confessed to Sam.
The two teens were sitting on chairs next to each other in Danny's room. In fact they had sneak there while everyone else thought they were strolling. Danny wanted to get to talk to Sam without several eyes staring daggers at them.
"It's hard, yes. But imagine being in my place. I can't inherit my kingdom unless I marry someone." Sam replied.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to…" Danny quickly apologized.
However, Sam wasn't mad. She just smiled: "I know you didn't mean harm. I just wanted to lighten you up a little. But really, the hardest part is already over. That plan of your teacher worked like magic."
"Professor Alphonse's is really smart. He's even going to be a father soon, but the weirdest part was that when I overheard him talking to my dad. He asked my dad how to be a dad. Can you believe that?"
Sam chuckled and replied: "Maybe he's just nervous."
Danny smiled and said: "Maybe you're right." But then the boy blushed when he remembered what she had just said about having to marry someone. The two knew each for a short period of time, but more Danny knew about her more he liked her. 'I hope Johnny and Ember don't take this in the wrong way…' he thought to himself.
Sam noticed his sudden silence and asked: "What are you thinking about?"
Danny snapped out of his thoughts and quickly said trying to cover himself: "N-nothing."
The girl raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment on that. "Okay…But it's like I said Danny. The worst part is over. I'm sure you'll be a strong and beloved person."
Danny smiled and said: "Thank you, Sam." He then looked at the window and saw a clear blue sky now with hopes renewed to fight for a better future for both humans and ghosts.
End of Story
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