Next chapter like I promised Phans(: And ya, I still don't own DP...

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Chapter 2: Danielle

Sam's eye twitched. She had not been expecting that, and apparently neither had Tucker nor Jazz because when Danny had asked his questions, they gasped.

"I'm Sam Manson and your Danny Fenton," Sam said, trying to stay calm. They'd dealt with memory loss before. They just needed to give him a little time and a good night's rest. "This is Tucker Foley," Sam said, pointing at Tucker before pointing at Jazz and saying, "And this is Jazz. Jazz is your older sister. Tucker and I are your best friends. Do you remember anything?"

"Um, not really. Just a green flash followed by a white flash and then nothing. Do you know what happened?" Danny asked. He was squeezing Sam's hand, and under normal circumstances, Sam would have blushed. This was not normal though, so she squeezed back and tried to smile.

Obviously, they couldn't tell him that he had been fighting ghosts. That would not be good for his fragile state, so instead Sam said, "You got in a really bad fight with this jerk and he got lucky. You blacked out and Tucker and I brought you here."

"O. Can I ask something else?" Danny asked, all the while never taking his eyes off Sam. She nodded indicating that he could. "Are you my girlfriend?"

Tucker and Jazz gave amused looks at each other while trying to hide their laughter. Sam's face was completely red, but Danny was patiently waiting for her answer.

"Um, no, but we are best friends," Sam answered even though it killed her. She deeply wanted to say yes, but she knew that would only put off Danny's recovery.

"O," Danny said again. He glanced at Tucker and Jazz before squeezing Sam's hand again. His eyes glowed green as he asked, "Why not?"

Tucker and Jazz couldn't help it. They burst out laughing and fell to the floor. Sam looked astonished. Danny had never asked these questions before when he'd temporarily lost his memory, and she hadn't known that he'd thought about this.

Without realizing it, Danny's ice powers began to slightly chill his room. Not wanting him to get mad Sam rushed to say, "I don't know! 'Cause we were both clueless freshmen? I mean, I like you that way but I didn't know you felt the same way but if you calm down, I could be your girlfriend..."

Danny seemed to relax as his eyes changed back to blue and the room's temperature grew back to normal. He smiled a little before asking another question.

"When I remember everything, can you do me a favor?" he asked Sam. Tucker and Jazz had regained most of their composure and were now looking at the couple on the bed with anticipation. "When I remember, can you kiss me? I want to keep this relationship, even though I won't remember starting it. It just feels...right."

Before Sam could answer, Tucker and Jazz yelled, "Yes she will!" Sam smiled as her cheeks began to grow pink and nodded in agreement. Looking at her watch, Jazz said, "Whoa, it's getting late! You guys can stay the night if you want, considering you were suppose to have a sleepover anyways. I'll tell all the parents that you're here and I'll wake you up in the morning." She got up and walked over to Danny before kissing him on the forehead and walking out his door, closing it behind her.

Tucker yawned as he pulled the extra sleeping bag from Danny's closet and got comfortable on the ground. He muttered a 'good night' and quickly dozed off to sleep. Danny took his shoes off and got under the covers of his bed. He blinked a few times when he saw Sam stand up and sit on his window sill.

"Are you gunna go to bed Sam?" Danny asked, sitting up in bed.

"No; I don't have a sleeping bag and someone needs to keep watch to make sure nothing happens during the night," Sam replied as she smiled at him while trying to hold back a yawn.

Danny didn't like this idea, and he told her. "You can sleep in my bed. I don't mind sharing."

Sam shook her head, thinking that would be a bad idea. She knew if she snuggled up to Danny she wouldn't be able to stay awake for longer than a few minutes. Somehow, Danny must have read her mind because he said, "You look tired and if something happens, I'm sure someone will wake us up."

He held his hand out to her, and after a few moments of silently debating with herself, Sam took it. She took her combat boots off and grabbed a t-shirt that was on the floor near the closet. She slipped it on over her tank and laid down in bed. Danny put his arm around her waist and fell asleep within seconds. Sam couldn't help but blush, but she too nodded off to sleep a few minutes after Danny.

Morning came fast. Sam was the first one to wake up, like always, but she couldn't move. Sometime during the night, Danny had moved her closer to him so that she was crushed between his arms and body. He was slightly shivering and she couldn't help but grin. She was kind of glad that last night had happened. If it hadn't, she and Danny would still be 'just friends' and nothing more. A few minutes after Sam awoke, she felt a quick squeeze around her torso from Danny.

He must be waking up, Sam thought to herself. She turned her body around so that she was looking into Danny's eyes. She smiled before kissing him, remembering the promise that had been made last night. After about thirty seconds she left his lips and said, "Good morning!"

She couldn't have been more wrong as Danny looked at her and asked, "Uh, who are you? And who am I?"

Sam's jaw dropped before she narrowed her eyes and asked, "Are you messing with me? 'Cause it isn't funny."

"No, I'm not, and I'm sorry you're upset, but I'm being serious," Danny answered. Sam searched his eyes before fear filled her own. She jumped out of bed and ran to Tucker. She shook him awake before running out the door and returning minutes later with Jazz.

Danny was now sitting up in bed, looking just as confused as the night before. Jazz went to look at his eyes and take his temperature. She looked at Sam and Tucker before announcing, "I think he has a concussion. Get changed; it's time we tell Mom and Dad."

Sam and Tucker nodded as Jazz slipped out of the room to get her parents. Sam quickly took Danny's shirt off and put her combat boots back on. Tucker grabbed his PDA and returned his glasses and beret to their respective places on his head.

Danny continued to sit on his bed, left wondering what exactly was happening. A few minutes later, he heard a scream and then a couple, both wearing hazmat suits, ran into the room and rushed up to his bedside. Danny looked at the couple, a little frightened at how fast they'd appeared in front of him.

"O, my baby boy!" Maddie screamed as she wrapped her arms around Danny. "How did this happen?" she asked, turning to Sam and Tucker.

"Danny was in a fight defending me and he got knocked out. We didn't think much about it because we had Jazz take a look at him last night and he returned to consciousness. He didn't remember anything last night either, but this isn't the first time he's forgotten things so we thought his memory would return to normal after a good night's sleep but he doesn't remember anything again!" Sam quickly confessed through silent tears.

"Do you remember last night dude?" Tucker asked to which Danny replied, "No. I just remember a green flash followed by a white flash and then I woke up and she kissed me and then when I asked her who I was she freaked and now here we are."

After hearing about their new reality for the second time, Sam collapsed into tears. Tucker hugged her before Jazz joined them to try and calm the young Goth girl, tears escaping her own eyes as well.

"We better get to the hospital Mads," Jack quietly said while holding on to his wife. Maddie nodded and they quickly lead all the kids into the Fenton RV and headed to Amity Park Hospital. Even though Tucker was deathly afraid of all things hospital-related, he didn't show his fear as he opened the doors and followed everyone inside. Danny got checked and after ten minutes, the doctor concluded that Danny had returning amnesia.

"What exactly does that mean?" Sam asked, a bit scarred of the answer.

"It means that every day, Danny's memories from the days before are forgotten," Jazz answered, her voice sounding empty. The doctor nodded before adding, "I believe it's temporary, but he needs to be around similar things and people. With cases such as these, there's normally something small that shocks the patient's memories back to them. I suggest that you try and be as normal as you possibly can be for the next few weeks. If he doesn't remember by the end of the month, bring him back and we will do a full check-up."

The Fentons nodded as they got up to leave with Sam and Tucker following closely behind. They headed to the RV and silently drove home. No one quite knew what to say, so no one said anything at all.

When they reached Fenton Works, Jazz said, "You three should probably head up to his room. I'll grab you guys a yearbook so you can start filling him in on everything. Mom, you should probably make Danny's favorite dish. Dad, you should probably buy some fudge. We need to remind him of normalcy as much as possible."

"Tucker," Sam said as everyone began to disperse in order to follow Jazz's orders. "Bring Danny upstairs. I need to make a phone call." Tucker nodded before grabbing a sad-looking Danny and leading him inside and up to his room.

Sam pulled her phone out and dialed. "Yes, Jean-Paul? Can you bring me the white binder underneath my bed? I'm at Danny's and I need it as soon as you can get it to me. Thanks." Not two minutes after Sam hung up, a black stretch limo appeared in front of Fenton Works. The driver got out and walked over to Sam, politely offering her the white binder she'd requested.

"Thank you!" Sam said as she accepted the binder and quickly ran up to Danny's room. When she got there, she closed his door and went over to sit on the corner of his bed. She looked at Danny, who was sitting at the head of his bed and gasped. His eyes were green and his eyebrows were furrowed.

"Tucker, what happened?" Sam angrily snapped at the Techno Geek.

"All I did was tell him that you weren't his girlfriend but his best friend!" Tucker quickly replied before Sam could kick him in his shins.

"O…" Sam said as she turned back to Danny and slowly began to talk. "Listen, before you got hit in the head, we were just best friends. But yesterday you showed me that you had secretly liked me the same way I secretly like you. So when you recover, I will make sure I tell you what I've been feeling and then we can officially be called a couple, assuming that's what you still want."

Danny seemed to calm down a bit, but his eyes were still green. Sam and Tucker began to worry but then Danny asked, "Of course I'll still want it, so why can't we start now? You've already kissed me anyways."

Apparently, Tucker thought that was funny because he exploded with laughter. He laughed even harder when he saw how red Sam's face had gotten.

With a small glare in Tucker's direction, Sam replied, "Um, it might slow down your recovery 'cause us dating isn't exactly normal, but if it'll make you happy I s'pose we could start unofficially dating…"

Finally Danny's eyes faded back to baby blue. He then noticed the white binder in Sam's arms and asked, "What's this?"

By now, Tucker was in control of himself and he hopped on the bed to join the others. When he saw what Danny was pointing at, he happily exclaimed, "That's Sam's scrapbook! It's got a ton of pictures to document our times together."

Sam handed Danny the binder and told him, "We'll explain any of the pictures you point to." While Danny began to look through the pictures, concentrating hard on trying to remember, Sam pulled Tucker aside and whispered, "The photos of him as Danny Phantom are in the back."

"How do you think he'll react?" Tucker quietly asked.

"I don't know, but—" Sam started before Danny nudged her on her shoulder. Sam was sure he was going to ask about what she and Tucker had just been discussing, but she was pleasantly surprised to find that the picture he was pointing at was the blackmail photo she'd taken of him and Tucker when they were researching the purple-back gorilla. Sam smiled and told Danny the abridged and shorter version of the story. She couldn't help but laugh at the disgusted face both Danny and Tucker now possessed.

Danny opened his mouth to comment, but a small blue wisp escaped before any sound could. Danny shivered as Sam and Tucker shared worried glances before standing up in a protective shield around Danny. They were delightfully surprised and relieved that the ghost who'd flown through the window wasn't an enemy. In fact, she was far from it.

"Danielle!" Sam and Tucker gratefully exclaimed. They jumped at the young halfa after she changed back to her human form and gave her a huge bear hug. Dani had been visiting more often than not between her universal explorations and adventures.

"Hey guys! I missed you too! Where's cuz?" she asked as she returned their massive embrace.

Before Sam or Tucker could answer, Danny spoke up. "Whoa! Who is she and what just happened?!" His eyes were darting between the three teens nervously before he screamed, "Jazz!"

Jazz ran through Danny's door to find a very frightened Danny, a nervous looking Tucker, a saddened Sam, and a confused Danielle.

"Danielle! You're back!" Jazz happily exclaimed when she saw the younger teen before realizing what that meant. "O! O.k., Danny, you need to stay calm. We'll explain everything as soon as we update Danielle." Jazz then grabbed Tucker and Dani and motioned to Sam to follow. She led them to the hallway outside Danny's door, keeping it partly open so they could make sure he didn't do anything stupid.

"What's wrong with Danny?" the younger halfa replied with tears at the corner of her worried eyes.

"Danny has a bad case of amnesia," Jazz calmly told her.

"What?! How?" Dani exclaimed. At that moment, Jazz was very happy her Mom and Dad were in the sound-proof basement. Dani's scream had been loud and high-pitched, and Jazz was in no mood to make up a story about why Dani is here.

"Vlad did this to him. You need to understand that he doesn't remember anything. So when we explain to him what his reality is, be prepared to answer some painful questions." The young halfa solemnly nodded. "And no matter what, remember: our Danny is in there somewhere, and he loves you very much," Jazz hurried to add. She smiled at the grateful looking Dani.

The four teens looked at each other as if silently saying 'Here we go' before walking back into Danny's room. Sam walked over and sat next to him. He put his arm around her waist and asked, "Are you guys going to explain what I just saw?"

"Ya, but you have to promise to not interrupt until we are finished, o.k.?" Sam said, trying her best to give him a reassuring smile.

Danny nodded, and Tucker began the story of Danny's life by saying, "Before we talk about what you just saw, I think it would be best if we started at the beginning."

When Tucker, Jazz, and Sam had finished telling Danny everything, and Dani explained herself, Sam asked, "O.k., any questions?"

"A few," Danny replied before asking, "Why haven't I told Mom and Dad after all this time?"

"You're fearful that they would still want to tear you apart 'molecule by molecule,' which is ridiculous. We both know they love you to bits and pieces, but you never wanted to risk it until absolutely necessary," Jazz answered.

"O.k.," Danny said before turning to Dani and asking, "So, you're my clone?" Dani nodded, allowing Danny to continue and ask, "How old are you actually?"

"Well, I'm about three in reality, but I'm stuck in a twelve year old's body. My intelligence was kind of downloaded and I won't be able to start growing until I turn thirteen thanks to the Fruit loop stunting me," Dani nervously answered.

"Then why do we call each other cousins? We're more like father and daughter than cousins," Danny plainly stated. This caught everyone off guard, especially Dani who'd been looking discouraged from the first question. Her blue eyes looked into his as she stared in disbelief.

"You know, he's right; you came from his DNA so technically you're his daughter," Jazz slowly said.

"And another thing, whose your Mom?" Danny asked.

He was met with blank stares until Tucker asked, "What do you mean? She's your clone dude."

"If she was only my clone, then she'd be a he. Obviously, she's a girl so she must have gotten female DNA from somewhere. I'm just wondering whose it is," Danny stated as he shrugged his shoulders. The group stared at each other for a few quite minutes.

Finally, Sam broke the silence by asking, "Where did Vlad get Danny's DNA again?"

"He took some hair from a few of Danny's shirts," Dani answered as she watched Sam lean over to Danny. She plucked a piece of his hair from his head.

"Ow," Danny said as he rubbed the spot Sam had plucked the hair from. "What was that about?"

But Sam ignored him as she stood in front of Danny's mirror. She plucked one of her hairs off her head and held it next to Danny's. Although her strand was a little longer than his, they looked identical. She held them out in front of herself towards the group. Everyone gasped at the realization.

"So, does that mean that you're, um, my Mom?" Dani nervously asked as she floated between Sam and Danny.

All Sam could do was nod her head in response before Danny collapsed back onto his bed and Sam fell against a wall. They both locked eyes and just stared at each other for what felt like an eternity before huge grins filled their faces. Before anyone could ask what the heck was going on, both Danny and Sam launched themselves at Dani and embraced her in their first ever family hug. At first, Dani hadn't known what to do, but slowly she found herself shedding tears of joy as she hugged her parents back.

When they finally let go of each other and sat back down, Dani found her way to Danny's lap. Jazz walked over and hugged her niece and little brother before walking over to Sam and congratulating her. Tucker gave Danny a firm handshake, Dani a small hug, and a huge smile aimed at Sam as he jokingly said, "See, I told you this would happen one day."

"What?" asked Jazz slightly bewildered.

"Well, even though me liking Danny was a secret, Tucker found out and confronted me. For a few years now he's been teasing me about it," Sam answered.

"O please, there was no secret," Jazz said as she giggled and rolled her own eyes. Only Tucker nodded in agreement before she continued. "Everyone but the two of you knew that you each liked each other more than 'just friends'."

Sam looked astonished. Dani joined the giggling and Danny asked, "Was I really that clueless?"

I'm a sucker for Danny-Dani father/daughter moments(: I don't know if "returning amnesia" is the actual medical name, but I'm sure you guys got the gist of what I meant! Next update might even come later, so see ya later Phans!