Excerpts from Sam's Journal
February 25
I just found out that I was going to have twins. I already knew that I was expecting at least one , and was shocked to find out about the second. I told Danny when he finally got to the hospital after fighting Skulker. The doctor said that they were a boy and a girl. Danny was so excited, but we couldn't agree on what to name them. I decided to ask Jazz for suggestions since she had already picked out a name picked out for hers and Tucker's baby. Danny dropped me off at Jazz's and drove home to start repainting the nursery half blue and the other half purple. He's so sweet thinking like that, especially since I won't allow any shade of pink on the walls of our house, unless it's flowers. Jazz was so psyched when I told her the news. After I told her that Danny and I hadn't decided on names for the twins, she was silent for a few minutes. She suggested that we name them after each other. I thought that was a great idea. I thanked her and walked through our backyards to our home to tell Danny what Jazz said. Danny suggested that we name our son Samuel James Fenton, while I settled on Daniela Elizabeth-Anne Fenton for our little girl.
June 25
Everyone got together for a shared baby shower for myself and Jazz. Danny insisted on finishing the nursery on his own. Jazz tells me that Tuck is doing the same thing as he wants to surprise her with it. I couldn't help but laugh.
September 16
We welcomed our beautiful twins to the world today. Danni had Danny's eyes while Sammy had mine. Our parents wanted to see the twins so I allowed our moms to hold them for a bit. Danny's mom held little Danni and my mom held baby Sammy. They were shocked to hear that they were named after ourselves. Mom automatically assumed that she was holding Danni, until I pointed out that Sammy was our son's name and Danni was our daughter's. She looked shocked until Danny told her that Danni was short for Daniela. Mom insisted on calling Sammy Samuel, until I said that that wasn't going to work as Danny had started calling him Sammy months ago and I wanted it to stay that way.
October 25
Jazz and Tuck had their little boy today. Jazz told us that they had named the newborn Tucker Alexander Foley, but were going to call him Alex. I had a feeling that the kids were going to be so much like us in a few years.
November 03
Jazz and Tuck came over with baby Alex today. While we were talking, Tucker brought up the question that we dreaded…He asked if the twins showed any signs of ghost powers. Jazz elbowed him and I said that it was way too early to tell. Poor Danny was paler that usual at Tucker's question. I wasn't surprised when he excused himself to check on the twins.
November 10
Danni wouldn't sleep last night. Poor Danny was up trying to calm her before she woke up Sammy with her cries. That boy can sleep through almost anything. Anyways, Danny accidentally phased through a wall carrying Danni. It turns out that if Danny wants Danni to sleep, he's gotta be in ghost form and floating through the house to do it. Because that's exactly what happened.
***Next Year***
September 16
The Twins' first birthday
Still no sign of ghost powers from the twins. We are relieved. Jazz and I decided to do all the kids' parties together, so our little house was full of family celebrating the kids' birthdays. I'm so glad that Danny ordered a large cake. His dad ate almost a fourth of it.
October 25
Danny was out late avoiding Skulker. I'm so worried that he'd go after our babies, but hopefully he doesn't know about them yet. We decided to keep the kids in on Halloween from now on.
July 4
We took the twins to the park for the fireworks. Danni screamed and grabbed her big brother when the display started. It was so adorable seeing our little boy calming his baby sister. Sammy is our brave little boy.
September 16
Danni and Sammy's 2nd birthday
The twins had so much fun this year with their birthday. They decided that they were going to feed "Gramps" (Danny's Dad) his cake. Unfortunately, they wanted to give it to him all at once. He didn't mind because he enjoyed every second of it. Danny's mom thought that it was so cute. When Mom saw what the twins were doing she almost fainted. She went to stop the twins form feeding their favorite grandpa. I stopped her because I wouldn't allow anyone to hinder their fun on their special day. After the party was over, Danny's mom and Jazz helped us clean up the mess that the kids made.
October 1
Sammy didn't want to take his afternoon nap, so Danny carried him "through" the house. Sammy hadn't done this before being wide awake, so when Danny absently went towards a wall, Sammy told him that it would hurt if they hit the wall. Danny just smiled and went through the wall with Sammy. I sat in the chair nearby to wait for my boys to come through again. The look on Sammy's face was so adorable. It took about four or five rounds "through" the house before our little boy fell asleep.
May 17
Danni and Sammy went to Danny's parents' for the day. When we picked them up later she said that little Danni was complaining of a stomachache and wanted tea. She tried everything from peppermint (which Danni didn't like) to chamomile (Danni didn't like any of these either). Danny's Mom was going to give up until she saw Danny's stash of cinnamon-apple and ginger teas. She made some ginger tea and gave it to Danni. She loved it and wanted more, but she only allowed her the one cup. I noticed that Danni takes after Danny with that little quirk.
August 20
Mom insisted on taking Danni out for the day. I finally gave in on the condition that I get all the receipts for whatever was bought, Mom reluctantly agreed to the terms. I was SO upset at the results when she finally dropped Danni off at our house. Poor Danny was in tears over the dress she was wearing. I couldn't believe that Mom dropped her off in a completely different outfit than what was on her earlier. Danni said that she dropped her ice cream on her pants and that my mother got her that. It was one thing to wear a dress, but a pink one with ruffles was drawing the line. I took the monstrosity and most of the other junk back. Danni said that she NEVER wants to go shopping with Mom alone again, well that and wear pink, ruffled dresses. Well, looks like she's taking after me there.
August 25
Our twins start school at Amity Elementary. Before their class started, Danni and Sammy were running through the hall when Danni tripped and hurt her knee. Of course Sammy felt her pain and started crying too. Tucker showing up with Alex was a relief and a much needed distraction for the twins. Tuck told us that Alex woke them up at four this morning. Poor Jazz came in with Alex's lunchbox and we dropped the kids off at their classroom. Danni didn't want us to leave which got Sammy crying, causing me to use our "secret weapon" fresh cookies at home for all three of them if they were good. Danni stopped crying and asked if they would be peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies. I promised that I would make all their favorites. We went home to talk in private. Tucker asked if the twins had any signs and said that we should check their DNA just to be safe. I quickly answered that absolutely no one is going to do any tests on my babies. Danny backed me up on the matter.
September 16
Sammy and Danni were so excited when we dropped them off at their class this morning. They were going to have a classroom birthday party and another at home. We were called to pick the twins and Alex up early because one of their classmates decided it would be fun to spill juice on Sammy's pants. Sammy told us that the kid's name was Dash Jr. I got Sammy washed up and gave him a cookie for not stooping to the brat's level. I was a bit upset knowing that Dash hadn't taught his son some manners.
September 20
Danni fell ran into the sliding-glass door after coming from Jazz's where the kids were playing. That girl is so much like Danny, I think it's ironic that we named her after him. She wanted to show me a picture that she drew and forgot to open the door. I really need to let Danny know that Danni needs a sign or something to keep her from colliding with the door when it's closed. She was ok, but ended up tripping in the sandbox running back to Jazz's with Sammy's book. So much like Danny.
October 1
Dani showed up to visit. Jazz had volunteered to drop the twins off after school so there was no rush to get them. When Danni and Sammy came running from Jazz's through the backyard Dani was shocked that they were twins. Danny went to open the back door but didn't get a chance to open it before Danni ran into it. Dani didn't know whether to laugh because Danni was so accident-prone or what. Fortunately Danni was ok, other than a small bruise on her cheek. Dani wanted to know which twin was "Danny". Danny told her that Danni was short for Daniela. Danni jumped onto Dani's lap and bombarded her with questions. Sammy was content just to play with his toys next to Danny's chair. I went to make dinner. We waited until the kids were in bed to talk. Dani wanted to know if they had any powers and knew about ours. Danny told her that the twins had no signs of powers and that they knew about his because when they couldn't sleep he would carry them "through" the house until they fell asleep. I had to smile at the memories.
August 30
I received a call from the school asking that someone come and pick the kids up. Apparently, there was some sort of activity there and they had to close early. I went to go pick up the twins and Alex, and was shocked at what they told me on the way home. I sent them to the playroom and found Danny in the basement. I told him what had caused the school to close for a few days. After that he believed that Danni caused the short when her braid was pulled and Sammy blew the windows out when Mrs. Chan tried to move him thinking that he did it. This was the last thing that we wanted for our babies. Whatever powers they were going to get would start showing now. We have to find a way to explain this to them.
September 2
We sat with the twins in the basement to talk about the incident. Danny explained to them that what had happened was due to their emerging ghost powers. Just after he finished Danni went through the table and hit the floor, further showing our worst fears. I helped her up and Danny continued to explain things to them. Since there was no sign of their ghost-half, he would help them with what abilities were to show, which at the moment was intangibility. Just then Sammy disappeared and reappeared. Scratch that and add invisibility to the list. The twins looked terrified.
September 3
While Danny was out fighting the Box Ghost after it had found the kids' presents, I decided to explain a few things to them about how they got powers and why their dad was part ghost. Sammy was proud that he was the son of the planet's savior. Danni was too, but looked worried about what Alex would think of all this.
September 5
The kids had a slight mishap at dinner. Danni had the milk and it phased through her hands spilling on the floor. While she and Sammy were cleaning the mess, Dani showed up. She asked what had happened and Danni quickly said that she spilled the milk. Dani bought it up until Dani's fork phased through her hand and hit the floor. After dinner we had to tell Dani that the twins had powers. She looked at Danni and said that she was going to have to call her "Sparky" since that was how she found out about her powers. Danni wasn't too happy with it, but said ok as the three of them "shared" the same, only with slight variations.
September 16
We decided to surprise the kids with a week-long camping trip, but with one condition. They had to get their assignments in advance. Danni ran upstairs and started packing her art supplies from the sounds of it. Danny swears that she is so enthusiastic about her art and books that that's all she would do if left to her own devices. Sammy asked if we could get him some batteries from the store for his games. Danny said sure, but told him that it was only for the drive, as we wanted him to enjoy the outdoors. He asked if Alex and his parents were coming. Danny said that they were, because it was their present to Alex for his birthday as well. Then he hit us with another question, which was if he could ride with Alex. We knew from experience that separating the twins was difficult for them, so Danny asked him what about Danni. Sammy said that they wanted to try something and that it was a surprise.
September 18
We left for our camping trip early this morning with Sammy riding with Jazz, Tucker, and Alex. Danni was with us as quiet as a mouse. I looked back to see how she was doing. She was just staring into space and breathing slowly, almost like she was asleep. I had Danny stop the van. When we stopped, he noticed what had me so upset. We were so worried about Danni that neither of us noticed Jazz pulling over. Just after that, Danni snapped out of it. Apparently, the twins wanted to try something that they had discovered on their own, Telepathy. Jazz told me that she noticed that Sammy had spaced out and wouldn't answer her when she asked if he was thirsty. We told the twins to let us know when they were going to do something like that again so we didn't have to worry.
Danni broke her arm while we were setting up camp earlier. We told the kids to sit in the back of Tucker's truck while we got the site ready. To keep them from digging through the packs for food, I gave them the cookies and juice I keep hidden in the back of the van. Anyways, while they were sitting on the tailgate, Danni was laughing so hard that she momentarily lost control of her powers and phased through the tailgate and hit the ground. She just sat there while the boys started yelling for me, trying not to cry. Jazz took and made a splint for it since it would only be four days before it heals completely. I made it clear that if Danni were to move that arm or re-break it, that she was going to have to wear a cast for the "normal" duration. Danni is so much like her father when he got his powers.
September 22
Danni was begging me to take the splint off so she could go swimming with the boys. The second it was off, Danni was gone. The twins said something about working on their telepathy, so that they wouldn't give us such a scare when they "talked" like that, while we were here. We were so proud knowing that they could use that to their advantage if they were ever in any fights with a ghost. We worried about when they would get their ghost form and what would happen. We only knew that they would "Change" because Clockwork told us that the twins would gain a ghost form IF they had powers. Of course, he only told us one side of the "Coin" as it were. That ghost is so cryptic, it's annoying. He came to see the kids a few years ago after they were asleep and to give us the message about their possible future.
October 20
The kids wanted to go trick-or-treating this year, and despite our better judgment, we allowed them to go this year only.
October 31
We took the kids door-to-door for candy. Danny was helping Danni put the finishing touches on her costume, she ripped the seam of her cape, when she said that there was a mini copy of him right behind him. When he heard Sammy's laugh, he turned around to see what was funny. Sammy was dressed like him as Danny Phantom from when he was younger. With my help Sammy looked so much like Danny did when he first became Danny Phantom. Sammy had planned this as a surprise for Danny for a while and I had Danny's old uniform, so it was a perfect plan. Danny looked so confused with a miniature version of himself and a ghost princess wearing a purple hooded cape, that I just couldn't resist snapping a picture of it for the scrapbook. Danni thought it was so funny when Sammy and Danny jumped at the flash.
During our family night, Danny's ghost sense went off. It was Clockwork, come to see the twins again. Danni and Sammy yelped and hid behind us, shaking. This was the first time they had seen a ghost, which with our luck in the past was a bit surprising for them. Clockwork told them that it was ok and that he was our friend and ally. Sammy, being the bravest, came forwards followed by Danni. He was pleased to see that the kids were handling being part ghost quite well at the moment. I took the twins to the next few houses, leaving Clockwork and Danny alone to talk. It was a good thing that I did, because Clockwork said that the time for their transformation was drawing closer. Danny told me this after we sent the kids to bed.
September 15
I noticed Sammy wearing sweaters while it's still hot out and complaining that he's cold, but there's no sign of a fever when I check him. This started a few days ago, and decided to keep the twins home just in case. I was keeping an eye on Danni because she had a fever and wasn't feeling too well, leaving Danny to handle Sammy's trying to keep warm in this heat. I didn't want our son to overheat. I wonder why he's acting this way.
September 16
Sammy's still complaining of being cold and Danni's not any better. We cancelled the reservations for the Pizza Palace since there was no way we were letting the kids out in their condition.
September 17
Danny told me that Sammy fainted after complaining that he was freezing again. I was in Danni's room when there was a bright light coming from the living room. I was leaving Danni's room when they told me that what had just happened. We went to the kitchen for some tea, when Sammy said that he couldn't "talk" to Danni. He ran upstairs to offer her some cinnamon-apple tea. I heard him at the top of the stairs saying that he couldn't wake her up. We rushed to Danni's room to try to wake her. No luck. Just then Clockwork showed up to explain everything. He stated that Danni's fever was interfering with the change and in order to help her a decision had to be made as to whether we force the change or try and bring her temperature down and risk loosing her. He then said that we had less than three days to figure out what we were going to do.
September 18
Danny figured that overshadowing Danni and forcing the change would save her life. I broke down and agreed that he could do it. Sammy had stayed up to watch over Danni all night, so we weren't surprised to see him in her room. We noticed that Danni was having a hard time breathing. Danny went ghost and looked at our little girl. We were so worried that this might not work. Her breathing was starting to worsen when I told him to do it and save our baby girl. It took some effort to overshadow her, since she was so sick and we didn't want her hurt. Danny forced her to change and left right after that. After Danny appeared next to me, Danni woke up, accidentally hitting Sammy in the nose. I was going to keep Danni home for a few more days to make sure that she was going to be ok.
September 20
Danni's upstairs complaining that she wants to go outside and play Tag. I swear that girl is obsessed with that game. Every time she's sick or has been stuck inside too long, she wants to play Tag. Last year she was sick with an ear infection and confined to the couch, and when she felt better attacked Sammy and Alex to get them to play the game. Sammy and Alex went to Danny's office and Sammy made the two of them invisible to hide from Danni. Poor Danni was upset that the boys didn't want to play Tag that she announced that she was going to raid Sammy's candy stash. I had never seen Sammy react that fast. He let go of Alex and ran to his room to find a better hiding place for the candy.