Observations
Jazz's Journal:
Sammy and Danny
The day they were born our parents thought that they were the most adorable babies. There were a few complications though. Sam's parents not only insisted on calling them Samuel and Daniela, but they thought that it was a bit eccentric to name the twins after each other.
You see, Sam had no idea what they were going to name their children so she came to me. I suggested that if they had a little girl to name her after Danny and the opposite if they had a boy. In the end they settled on naming their little girl Daniela Elizabeth Anne Fenton and her brother Samuel James Fenton. It wasn't quite what I had in mind but the fact that they gave the twins each others' first names and their own middle names was a nice mix. Tucker was wanting to have them test the twins to find out whether they inherited Danny's powers, but Sam's glare and Danny's protests put a halt to that. If only for a few years. Dad was proud to have twin grandchildren, since twins were what he always wanted. I thought that if they were to be anything like Danny, we should brace ourselves for the near-future. Sammy and Danni have since proved me wrong.
We were a bit surprised when the twins first opened their eyes in the hospital room. Danni had Danny's eye color, while Sammy's eyes matched Sam's. Mom thought that this was only temporary, but I doubted it seeing as how she said the same thing about Danny's eyes after he was born.
Danni
At first glance Danni is your average eight-year-old with a twin brother. But she is a very unique part of the Fenton/Phantom family. I have watched her and Sammy develop their own unique personalities, as has our own son, Alex.
But Danni tends to take after Danny in most situations. She, like Danny, is accident-prone. Danni tends to lose sight of what's in front of her when she's upset, which causes her to get hurt. There are instances where she has run into the sliding glass door at their house and it doesn't seem to affect her much. Sam's been after Danny to put something there to let Danni know that the door's shut. So far, no luck. She does tend to heal faster than normal. Just last week, I noticed that she had scraped her knee while trying to use Alex's skateboard. I cleaned it and sent her back outside. The next day there was no evidence of her ever skinning her knee.
She also has Danny's sense of humor and strong moral standards. She can't stand to see others hurt, and tends to stand up for what she believes in. This occasionally causes a bit of a situation. One recent example was just last week. I found out about this from Sammy when Danny came over to see if we had any superglue as theirs had mysteriously vanished. Danni looked like she was trying not to laugh as she and Sammy had followed so that they could play with Alex. When Danni noticed that I was watching her, she darted for the playroom. Sammy tried to follow after Danny left, but I stopped him.
Here's what he told me:
Dash Jr. had messed with Danni and went too far when he pulled her braids, which caused her to accidentally blow up the Smartboard. She decided to get back at him by gluing his pencils to the inside of his desk to spell out 'moron'. The added bonus was that there was a pop quiz that very same day.
I haven't told Danny about this yet seeing as how Dash Jr. is just as Dash was to Danny, only he the twins to contend with. Sammy and Danni look out for each other more than Danny and I did for each other at their ages. I guess that it has something to do with their being twins. If that's the case, their bond is stronger than most due to the fact that they inherited Sam's and Danny's physic link and their Dad's ghost DNA.
I haven't told Danny this, but I had experienced her showing a weak ghost power when she was five and Alex hit her in the face with a snowball. Danni was upset and accidentally turned her snowball into an ice ball. I was able to keep her from throwing it by calling them inside for hot chocolate. I went outside while they were warming up to try and disprove my suspicions. Instead I found that the snowball was completely frozen solid. I felt that it was a one-time thing and let it slide. I guess I should have told Sam and Danny about it as they would have been better prepared for the incident that occurred last month.
Danni has not only inherited Danny's personality, but also Sam's appearance (with Danny's blue eyes) and a dislike of certain colors and accents. I really don't blame her. Sam told me about her mother taking Danni out for the day when the kids were two. Danni had an accident and spilled ice cream on her outfit and that gave Pamela reason to buy her a new one. Poor Danni came home in a pink ruffled dress. That single experience left a major impact on Danni and now she hates anything pink and ruffled, and she won't go near dresses.
I hope that Danni grows up to be like her parents.
Sammy
Sammy is different that Danni. He is almost the opposite of Danni. He looks like Danny, but with Sam's eyes, and he has his mother's personality which could make most people cringe. He's quite possible the sweetest boy once one gets to know him, but watch out if you hurt his sister. Sammy tends to be a bit overprotective when it comes to Danni. Again, I say it's their twin link. He almost pushed Dash Jr. out of a swing in kindergarten after the second-generation bully pushed Danni out of said swing. Danni begged him to calm down and go down the slides with her. Sammy gave in even though Danni was crying from her first encounter with a bully. I believe that's when Sammy's love of pranks was sparked, because the following day, Dash Jr. found himself with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (with real sand). I never put the two incidences together until now. My nephew's pranks have yet to turn on him.
Alex
My own little boy is just a few months younger than the twins, and so much like his dad. I'm not surprised that he and the twins are so close. Tucker and I decided to name our boy Tucker Alexander Foley. Tuck thinks that Alex should be called Jr., but I think not. Tuck's middle name is Michael, and there is no way Alex is a Jr.
When the twins gained the use of their ghost powers, they decided to clue Alex in. He thought that it was the coolest thing to have happened to his cousins, but then he asked if there was any ability that he could expect to have from us. I had to tell him that there wasn't, but Sammy pointed out that Alex got his dad's love of technology and my smarts. That cheered Alex up immediately. I think Alex is bugging Tuck to teach him how to hack into programs. So far Tuck's being a bit reluctant about this, but he'll break down soon. Alex is persistent like I am, which surprises even myself.