Summary: She decided, in a way, to free herself from the shadows of being a clone. (Connected to Doctor Dash)
Pairing: Valerie x Dani(Elle)
Prompt: Redesign
Day Six
It took months for her to master the skill. She probably could have learned how to manipulate the ectoplasmic makeup of her ghostly form if she simply went to her creator earlier. Danny's jumpsuit hadn't changed in design since day one, and she doubted that he even realized that he could change the way his ghost half looked if he ever wanted to have a new look.
Things were still shaky between them, and she still didn't like the idea of relying on Vlad to learn anything about what she could do with her ghost powers. Just because the man claimed to be repentant of his past sins, she didn't know how much Vlad truly meant what he said after she, Valerie, and Danny defeated him for the last time. He looked like a horribly broken man, leaning back against what remained of the wall in his laboratory. Back in human form, his silver hair loose from its usual ponytail, clothes ripped to shreds, blood seeping from his wounds, Vlad stared at them with those dead eyes like he finally lost the last tiny thread he had left to life. It was almost painful to recall that image to her mind.
But at twenty-two, physically anyway, she decided a change was necessary. She lived as "Danny's clone" for ten long years, and now she wanted to be seen as her own person, breaking away from simply being a shadow of her source genetic coding. She shared a lot of similarities with Danny beyond her looks. They both loved comics, liked the band Humpty Dumpty, shared an interest in space.
But she was more than just a copy. Danny took up writing and became a fairly successful novelist while she went into music, learning to play guitar strangely enough from Ember. She smiled as she thought about their frequent jam sessions that they held in the Ghost Zone, occasionally putting on shows for the other ghosts.
"That shade of purple looks good," Valerie said, appearing behind her in the reflection in the mirror. "Are you done playing around with you new look yet, Elle?" She yawned tiredly, trying to hide it behind one hand.
"I think so," Elle replied as she looked over her reflection. It wasn't a total makeover in appearance. She left some of the same elements like the way the white curved from outer thigh down to near inner knee. She removed the black, exchanging it for a light purple, almost lilac in shading to differentiate herself from Danny's black and white jumpsuit. She also added a large white belt that hung at a slant upon her waist and a sleeveless purple hoodie. With a sharp nod, she felt satisfied with the changes after running through a number of various combinations after Vlad taught her how to manipulate her appearance.
"Good. I'm tired." Valerie hooked her fingers around Elle's, tugging her away from the mirror. "Let's go to bed." Elle followed along as the rings of light shifted her back into her human appearance.