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I added an extra paragraph in the last chapter explaining some of Sage's powers. I decided she cant fly, but she can jump really far and long distances if she wants too. She can also use a ghostly wail, go invisible and intangible, and she can create a force field.

"I'm on my way. I love you" then the communicator shut off.

Silence filled the room as everyone absorbed what they had just heard.

"So…" Maddie paused. "He's coming?"

"Yeah, it looks like our boy is finally coming home" said Jack as he put an arm around his wife.

Maddie's eyes filled with tears, but not tears of happiness. "But… what will he say to us. What will we say to him? We were the ones who threw him out"

Jack opened his mouth to say something, but closed it when no sound came out.

"It wasn't just your mistake, it was everyone's" Jazz said as she walked up to her mother and gave her a hug.

"He still loves you, you know"

"What?" Maddie whimpered.

Sage smiled. "He always told me that you two were the best ghost hunters". Even though you messed up sometimes, you were always number one in his book. You still are. While we were coming down here he kept saying how excited he was to see all of you again, but he was also really nervous"

"Why?" asked Jack.

"He wasn't sure how you'd react to him or me."

"I can't believe we've driven our only son away from us like this" whispered Maddie. "When will he be here" She looked up to see Sage looking out the window.

"Sage…" Maddie started.

Sage turned her gaze to her grandmother. "He's here now"

"What" Tucker asked, a smile creeping onto his face.

"He just landed and he should knock right about… now" as soon as the words left her mouth, a knock come from the door.

For a few moments, everyone stood still, looking at the door expectantly.

"Do you want me to answer" Sage asked, sensing the anticipation. When no one answered, she walked over and pulled he door open. "Hey dad" she said, smiling.

"Oh Sage, thank god your okay" Danny said, wrapping his daughter in a hug.

"I was trained by the best dad" She said, pulling away. "I think I can handle myself."

"I know you can, but still. I can't really help it" Danny smiled, but the smile didn't last long as he noticed his family looking at him. But before Danny could say anything, Jazz had pulled him into a hug. Without a second thought he wrapped his arms around her shaking body. They stood there for a good minute, holding each other, and then Jazz pulled away and looked at Danny. His hair held the same style it did when he was a teenager, but it was just a little longer. He had grown several inches and was now as tall as Jack. His baby blue eyes were as pure as ever, although they looked tired. His dark blue t-shirt hung close to his body, showing off his muscles. His blue jeans were ripped in several places.

"You've changed a lot" Jazz said.

"Not really" Danny smiled.

Seeing his smile caused Jazz to squeal and jump on Danny for another hug. He laughed and spun her around a few times before he set her down.

"Welcome home, little brother" She said.

He smiled at her, but didn't say anything.

"Good to have you back, dude"

Danny turned to see Tucker, and they both broke out into huge grins. They gave each other a hug, along with a few pats on the back. When they split apart, Tucker asked "where have you been living?"

"I can't say, but we've been hiding under the name 'Smith' " Danny said. "It's such a common last name that it wouldn't be easy to find us if someone was trying to. How have you been? You look good."

"I've been great. Valarie and I started dating a few months ago"

"What?! Really that's great but, has she warmed up to me yet?" Danny asked nervously.

Tucker smiled. "Don't worry, dude. She was on your side the day you revealed yourself".

Danny winced a little at the memory, and then smiled. "Good. It's great to see you again, Tuck"

"It's great to see you again too, man" They pulled each other into another hug. Their reunion was interrupted, though, by' someone clearing their throat. Danny looked around for the source of the noise, only to see his parents watching him nervously. He stepped away from Tucker and faced his parents. They were silent for a moment before Danny said "I'm sorry".

Maddie started at him, shocked. "Why are you sorry?" she asked. "You didn't ask for any of this. We were the ones who threw you out. We were the ones who ruined your life with our careless actions" she finished with tears running down her cheeks.

"Oh Mom, you didn't ruin my life" he said. "I've had a wonderful marriage and a beautiful daughter." He gestured to Sage, and she smiled.

He smiled back, and then turned back to his parents. "And now, here I am. Standing with the ones I love. I…"

He was cut off as Maddie fell into his arms. He held her as she sobbed into his chest.

"…I love you" He finished in her ear.

It was Jacked turn to speak. "But how can you. We banished you from here. We banished our only son. How can you possibly love us?"

"Because you're my parents and I could never hate you. All that is in the past, and we should look to the future." Danny finished.

Before he could say anything more, Jack had joined the hug. They all held each other for a good minute before looking at each other.

"My god, how you've grow" Maddie said, touching his cheek lightly.

"Well, yeah. That's what happens when eighteen years pass" Danny said with a smile. "Now, I'm sure you've all met my daughter" he said as he put his arm around Sage.

"Yes, we have. And were thrilled about it" Jazz said, smiling. "I always wanted a niece"

"She's definitely got the phantom blood in her. "And she's as beautiful as Sam, too" Tucker said, making Sage smile.

Danny looked at her. "Have you told them yet?" he asked sadly.

"Yeah, I did. I felt they deserved to know."

"Thanks" he said quietly.

There was a few moments silence until Sage said "she's happy, wherever she is. I don't think she'd want us to mourn her."

"No, she wouldn't. She never liked people fanning over her." Danny said with a small smile. "She didn't even like the nurses tending to her after Sage was born.

"That doesn't surprise me" Tucker said with a smile. "Hey, remember when she got that cold and her parents hired all those doctors to look in on her. She about tore her hair out" he finished with a laugh.

"Yeah" Danny laughed with him. "And what about the time I was the judge of that stupid beauty pageant…"

"A beauty pageant?" Sage asked suspiciously. "How the heck did mom let you get away with that one?"

Danny and Tucker laughed.

"Well, I didn't choose to be, the women who ran the thing chose me to do it. But then she turned out to be some fire breathing dragon from The Ghost Zone who wanted to make the winner of the pageant marry her brother who just so happened to be a prince." Danny finished matter-o-factly.

"Oh, okay. So what happened" Sage asked.

"Well, your mom figured all this out before and tried to warn me, but before I knew what was going on I accidently picked her to be the winner. And then she was taken to the Ghost Zone and held hostage until Tucker and me could help her."

"Yeah, but by the time we got there she had made a total ruckus of the place" Tucker said as laughed again, wiping a tear from his eye.

Danny smiled. I don't think she needed our help, but that's what friends are for."

"A little more than just friends"

"Shut up Tuck" Danny said playfully.

"You do know that this gives me ultimate teasing rights"

Danny smiled.

"She said you would say that" Danny and Sage said at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed. Soon, everyone else in the room had joined in. The happy moment was short lived, however, when Danny and Sage's wrist watches started beeping rapidly.

"Crap, why can't they leave us alone?" Sage said as she typed something in her watch.

"Welcome to Amity Park, Sweetie" Jazz said.

"Danny, what's going on?" Jack asked.

Danny looked up and said one word. "Ghost's"

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"Everything was going so well" Sage thought as she jumped across town. "Why the hell does the entire freaking ghost civilization have to come at the worst possible moments?" She landed on the ground for a second to blast away a few ghosts that appeared in front of her. "We were just starting to act like a normal family." She ended up making herself so mad she blasted a nearby tree. It crashed to the ground, crushing everything underneath.

"Shit" she whispered under her breath. Now she was mad at herself. She hadn't meant to do that, it was just sometimes she lost control.

"I definitely have to work on that" she said as she leapt off the ground again. About half way up, however, a blast suddenly hit her from behind. She was thrown towards a building, but right before she hit it, she threw a shield around her.

"What the…" she asked herself as she got up. She looked around for her attacker, and gasped at who she saw. A huge black and purple dragon looked down at her. Bright blue fire burst from his nostrils.

"What do you want" she yelled up at him.

The dragon answered by shooting flames straight for her. She jumped straight up and landed on its head. She then started shooting it with ecto blasts. The dragon screeched in pain and tried to throw her off. Finally it succeeded, but she went intangible and fazed through the ground. The dragon looked around, confused. It screeched in pain as Sage let out a huge ecto blast from behind. The dragon crashed into a building and disappeared in the smoke. Everything was still for a moment. Sage listened for anything. She heard a snap from behind and shot a blast towards the sound.

"Whoa, hey. Watch it…" said a voice, but before Sage could hear what else he was saying, she was blasted from behind. Intense pain flooded her body as she collapsed on the ground. She lost conciseness for a moment, then looked up. She heard the dragon screech in pain, followed by a loud "Crash".

"Wha…" she said as she sat up and rubbed her head.

"Don't move" came a voice.

She blinked to send away the blurriness in her vision to see a boy looking at her. The boy looked to be about 16 or 17. He had raven black hair and dark brown eyes. He wore a striped gray and black shirt and black cargo pants. He was looking at her intently.

"Are you okay" he asked.

"Um, yeah, I think so" she said, rubbing her head.

"Good. Next time stay out of my way and you wont get hurt"

Tat snapped her back in an instant. "Excuse me" she said, standing up. "Don't get in your way? You were in my way."

"Uh, newsflash. I was the one fighting the dragon in the first place, and winning, might I add, until you showed up and start blasting him with whatever you were using. Your technique was way off and that's why you made me get distracted. But don't worry, the dragons gone now."

Sage's hand started to glow a bright purple. "You want me to blast you" she said threateningly. That caused the boy to shrink back a little.

"What are you" he asked.

"Not what, who" she said through gritted teeth. "The name's Sage, and I've been fighting ghost almost all my life so don't you dare criticize me on my technique."

He held up his hands. "Okay, okay sorry."

Sage sighed. "Me too. I let my temper get out of control sometimes. But my god, your ego's about as big as Texas."

"Heh, I got told that a lot, actually."

"Go figure" Sage said, crossing her arms. "So what's your name?"

"Cain"

"Really? Where'd your parents get that?"

"They didn't, I did. I have no idea who my parents are. I've been living alone for as long as I can remember."

"Wow. Sorry" she said uncomfortably. "If you want, you could come stay at my grandparent's house."

"Really?" he asked unenthusiastically. "What are your grandparent's names?"

"Maddie and Jack Fenton. They're really nice and I'm sure they'd be happy…" she trailed off when she noticed the look on Cain's face. It was a look of utter revolt and loathing.

"What" she asked nervously.

"Huh?" he asked, and then shook his head. "Sorry, I don't like the Fenton's."

"What's wrong with the Fenton's?"

He just shook his head and turned away.

"Hey, don't just walk away. Answer me" she yelled after him. She took a step to follow him, but someone called her name.

"Sage"

She looked behind her to see Tucker running towards her.

"Are you okay" he asked. "Danny sent me this way because he saw smoke rising everywhere."

"Yeah, I'm fine…" she trailed off when she noticed Cain was gone.

"Sage?"

"Hm?"

"You had this really blank look on your face."

"Oh sorry. It's just; there was this boy who helped me fight the dragon."

"What dragon."

"The dragon that caused all this damage. Anyway, he helped me, while being rude about it, and then ran off."

"That was the look Danny used to give Sam before he realized he liked her."

"Really? Well…Tucker!" She said sharply, catching what he was aiming at. "I do not like him!"

"Sure" Tucker said with a smile.

Sage sighed. "Now I know why mom always said you were annoying."

"Hey, I am not annoying. I'm just that good at guessing people's feelings."

Sage rolled her eyes and started to walk back towards Fenton Works. As she walked, she wondered why Cain didn't like her family. They hadn't done anything wrong, well, except for her dad being banished under false pretenses. She and Tucker walked until several more ghosts blocked their path.

"Ugh, here we go again" Sage grumbled,

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"Wait, what's wrong with the Fenton's?" Her question rang over and over in his ears as he walked through the streets. He wanted to answer her, but what could he say. He could tell her the truth. That would make him sound crazy. He sighed and looked at the sky as drops of rain began to fall.

"The truth is I don't know" he whispered to no one.

okay, so there ya have it. I really hope you liked it