Chapter 2: Phone Call

Ember tried to get up, looking like as if she had no clue what was going on. Her eyes were wide, pupils taking in everything. Her whole body was shaking; then suddenly she collapsed on the hard floor.

Danny quickly got up ran to her, worried. In any normal day he would have just ignored her and left, but this was no ordinary day. Ember had gone through something that was practically impossible; a ghost turning into human. He held out his hand for her. Ember shook her head madly as she laid on the floor.

"No," she croaked, still getting used to her new voice. "I don't know what happened, but I should be able to go through this myself. I need to."

"Please," Danny begged. This wasn't about getting Ember up off the floor, it was now a fight to gain trust. "You are going through something crucial. You need somebody to help you through this. When I first turned into Danny Phantom, I wouldn't have lived without my friends. Please." He offered his hand to her again.

Ember scowled at Danny and with a grunt, she raised her hand towards Danny. Danny took her hand and helped her to her feet.

Ember frowned irritably and looked like she was having trouble standing, but determined not to fall.

"Anyone down there?" Danny's mother shouted from the top of the stairs down at the lab.

Danny and Ember gasped in surprised. "Hurry, we need to get to my room," Danny told her anxiously, throwing glances at the stair case. "I can't
have anybody see us." Danny ordered, take my hand." Once again he offered his hand to her.

Ember crossed her arms rebelliously, still fumbling a little bit with the new weight she felt. "Again, are you just doing this so you can hold my hand?" She asked rudely, her eyes glaring at Danny

Ignoring Ember's comment, Danny grabbed her arm and flew intangibly through the ceiling into his room. He sat Ember down on a chair in his room.

"So what is this thing that is going on that is just so crucial? Ember demanded, her voice like daggers.

Danny had a feeling Ember had a light idea of what was going on, but just needed all the details. And honestly, Danny had not one precise detail of what just happened.

"You have turned into a human." Danny answered easily. He knew he couldn't avoid the truth.

"Human? Yeah, right," She growled sarcastically. Suddenly Ember stood up, ignoring her light headed-ness, and attempted to turn intangible. Nothing happened. She tried again, her face scrunching up. Still nothing.

Ember examined her pale arms, a look of horror on her face. Then her face slowly smoothed out, becoming cold. "Human." She whispered, almost to herself. Suddenly she just gave in to this sudden realization, and slumped into a chair.

"I have to go now," Danny told her uneasily, gesturing her to stay where she was. "I'll be right back."

"But…" Ember began to argue.

"Don't even think about moving," He ordered her sternly. "You don't even know what's it is like being human yet. You'll probably end up doing something stupid."

He turned into his human self while talking. He didn't have time to feel bad for Ember; he needed to call his friends to figure this thing out. There
were enough times anyways when Ember had made Danny's days horrible.

"Just for you information, I am familiar with certain human pop cultures," Ember countered, her mood low. "I know what it is like." Her tone sounded proud, but with a little sadness in it.

"Just don't move any muscles that you can move; I'll be right back." With that said, Danny left his room to go to the bathroom, phone in hand. He didn't want her to hear whatever he had to say about her.

He sat on the toilet seat and called Tucker and Sam in a three way call. "Hey Tucker. Hey Sam. This is Danny." He said once the phones stopped
ringing.

"Hey Danny!" They responded in unison.

"What's up, dude?" Tucker asked in a friendly manner, laid back in his computer chair.

"Well...I actually have a little problem." Danny explained; his voice sounded confused and a little reserved.

"What is it?" Sam asked, getting concerned. Even though Danny constantly got into problems, Sam listened. That's what true friends did, right? Anyways, Sam loved to work out strange ghost problems with his two best friends.

"Well this is the problem," Danny began to say. "My father build an invention called the Humanizer that was supposed to turn ghosts into
humans."

"Are you serious?" Sam asked, disbelief in her voice as she held the phone to her ear.

"So what's the problem, Danny?" Tucker asked, wondering.

"Does it work?" Sam asked.

"Yes, it did work, Sam," Danny answered in a slightly strained voice. "As for the problem, I was attacked by Skulker and Ember. We crashed into the lab and the device shot Ember and turned her into a human and is in my house."

"WHAT?!?" Tucker and Sam exclaimed in surprise and disbelief.

"Yes," Danny answered with a sigh.

"So your dad's invention actually worked for once?" Tucker asked, trying to absorb what he was hearing.

"Where is Ember right now?" Sam asked before Danny could answer Tucker.

"First, yes, my dad's invention worked," Danny answered in a weary voice. "Usually they always work, but not in the way he intended them to be," Danny laughed a little at that. "Or they sometimes have a flaw to them. And second, Ember is at my house."

"Wait..." Sam interject in a worried voice. "You said that his inventions usually have some flaw to them? Since your dad has never made a real, working invention, what will happen to Ember now?" She sounded concerned for Ember, although she had always been a ghostly enemy to them.

"Maybe she will have an outbreak of acne or something." Tucker commented.

"Haha," Danny faked a laugh. Danny could hear Sam giggling a little onthe other line. "I don't really know," Danny admitted "We will have to keep watch on her. Hey, Tucker, do you think you could install something that we would be able to keep track of Ember with?"

"Yeah, I could put a tracking device in her clothes, or video cameras," Tucker began thinking of possibilities to get his electronics to work.

"Okay. So I see we have that established." Sam replied, cutting into Tucker's random babbling. Tucker grunted. Sam continued talking, serious
about this situation. "You said she was at your house? Where is she?"

"I told her to stay in my room," Danny answered.

"What do you mean by stay...?" Sam asked, having a feeling some stupid mistake of Danny's was coming up.

"She's in my room"

"...and where are you?" She asked, knowing Danny, Sam knew that he was somewhere besides his room.

"In the bathroom." He answered in an annoyed voice, leaning back.

Why the heck are you in the bathroom!?" Sam demanded in a stunned voice. "You are not going on the toilet! You should be watching Ember!" Sam's anger bubbled up inside of her. Danny's stupidity was angering, but still hilarious.

"I didn't want her to hear our conversation," Danny told her stiffly.

"Anyways, why would I have to watching Em…" Danny stopped talking. "Oh, I see what you mean now."

"Well, go check on her." Sam demanded.

Tucker's random laughing was in the background. "Shut up, Tucker." She ordered Tucker. Silence.

Danny got out of the bathroom and went into his room and stopped where he was.

"Danny, you there?" Sam asked from the phone. Danny put the phone to his ear. "Danny, are you still there?" She asked again.

"She's not here. She's gone." Danny stammered in a slightly dazed voice. Sam was speechless. Meanwhile Danny took in the emptiness of with room with a hollow feeling to his stomach. This could not be good.