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"m-mom?" uttered Danny, in total disbelief at what he was seeing.
He at first didn't believe it. It just couldn't be her!
..but, his senses didn't lie. It was her..his adoptive mother. Della Duck.
"danny.." spoke Della, tears forming in her own eyes.
the female duck just couldn't suppress her joy..and, neither could Danny.
"MOM!" Danny ran to his mother, and he leapt into her warm embrace.
Nothing else mattered to him at the moment. there was nothing BUT this.
Della cried as she caught Danny, and hugged the boy tightly in her arms.
It had been TWELVE years. Twelve long years since she held Danny in her arms.
She had often dreamt about this moment. and, now..it was finally happening.
Webby also teared up, for a moment..completely forgetting the danger of Mystica being in the room.
She could almost feel the joy that her friend, and his mother were feeling for one another.
(she wished the boys could be here, too. They really needed to share this with Danny.)
"oh, danny..I've missed you so much." spoke Della, softly.
"I missed you too, mom." sobbed Danny. "so..much."
After a few minutes, Della pulled Danny away to speak to him.
"Danny, you..haven't grown at all." began Della,
surprised that her son was still the same child, and not a grown up man.
"I mean..I know time flows differently in space, but-"
"It's a long story, mom. I'm just amazed you are still alive!" said Danny.
"What happened to you?!, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!.."
Danny took a moment to examine his mother. "And, what is up with your HAIR?, you look like a hippie."
Della sighed softly. "that..is an even LONGER story."
Danny teared up. "mom..I saw your secret video. I know why you really went into space."
Della frowned, exhaling sadly. "Danny, I'm so sorry..I didn't mean to abandon you. ANY of you."
"It's okay, Mom..It wasn't your fault."
"Yes, it was." said Della. "BUT, listen to me..I have something important to tell you."
"What?" asked Danny.
"danny..You are NOT the last of your kind!" began Della. "I found others like you."
Danny's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
For so long he lived his life being the only one of his kind
on this planet of 'Ducks and Dogs', having no one like himself..anywhere!
and, to hear this..that he WASN'T the only one.
That somewhere out there were more people like himself..it gave him hope.
"Your species are called.."Hue-Mans" continued Della.
"And, I now know why the ship that brought you to my world came here!"
"Why?" said Danny, desperate for answers. "Why am I here?!"
"Your father, your..REAL mother. they-" At that moment, Della's body became transparent.
Danny gasped as he literally slipped out of his mother's grasp as she became like air.
"Mom!, oh no..MOM!" exclaimed Danny, in panic.
Della looked at her hands in horror. She was fading away.
..Fading BACK to where she was.
"oh, no..DANNY!, Listen to me!" exclaimed Della, desperately.
"Something is coming..something TERRIBLE! I'm sorry..I led them here, I-"
Della's voice began to echo as she faded in-and-out.
Whatever force that brought her back to earth was weakening.
"Mom, NO!, I can't lose you again!" exclaimed Danny, tears in his eyes.
"Da-ny..Danny!" spoke Della, her voice 'glitching' "He is..coming! He is-, he killed-, DON'T TRUST-!"
"MOM!, tell me where you are, PLEASE!" exclaimed Danny, pleading.
"I'm-, I'm on-," Della tried, but could barely get any words out.
Danny froze, realizing that any moment now..his mother would be gone again.
Della looked at her adoptive son, and reached out to him..only to fade away right before Danny's eyes.
"NOOO!" screamed Danny, reaching out to the open air where his mother once stood.
In shock, he just stood frozen. tears flowing down his eyes.
His mother was right there..she held him. and, now..she was GONE, again.
Webby slowly walked up to Danny, and placed her hand on his shoulder.
This was truly a bitter/sweet moment.
((*SHHK!*))
Mystica groaned as he fell to one knee, dropping her depowered sword hilt to the ground.
the Witch looked tired now..Tired enough that she was easily pinned to a wall by a twelve year old child.
"BRING HER BACK!" yelled Danny, angrily.
Before Magica could even respond, he was jerked away from the witch.
"Danny, CALM DOWN!" exclaimed Magica, who lowered Danny to the ground.
"This is EXACTLY what she is wanting: For you to be angry. DON'T give in to her."
Danny glared at Magica..then, sighed sharply. realizing she was right.
Mystica then rose up, and pulled her black hilt back into her grasp.
The witch had gotten her respite. Though not at full strength, she could still hold her own.
"Bring my mother back..PLEASE." said Danny, softer this time.
Mystica snickered as she staggered forward, approaching the three once more.
"Even if I were that generous..I cannot." began Mystica.
"It took nearly all my power just to project her here..I alone cannot transport her indefinitely."
Mystica then looked to Danny, and extended her hand. "So, I you ask again..
Become my apprentice in the dark arts, and together..we shall return Della Duck to this world.
Think about it, Danny. Her absence has torn Clan McDuck apart. YOU can restore them.
Your mother gave you EVERYTHING. She raised you, protected you, and sacrificed herself for you.
..It is time you gave something BACK to her. AND, to your brothers."
Danny stared blankly, Mystica's word cut deep into him.
Even knowing she was a master manipulator, her words still made some kind of sense.
His mother gave him everything..even her own life.
And, in the end, it was his adoptive siblings who suffered the most.
It just didn't seem fair that he, an ADOPTED son, got to grow up with Della.
Yet her biological children never even met her because of something she did for HIM.
He felt like he DID owe them for "robbing" them of their childhoods.
"Do not listen to her, Danny." Danny turned back, and looked to Magica.
"Believe me when I say..Any promises made by HER always has strings attached.
She may give you what you want..but, NOT in way that you desire."
"And, don't forget LENA." said Webby, a tear in her eye. "She promised Lena things too..Now, she's gone."
"Don't let them cloud your judgement, Boy." spoke Mystica.
"Your power is ever growing..and, they know this. They don't really care about you..they FEAR you.
They fear what you could become, and as such restrain your full potential.
But, I don't want to restrain your power..I would see it Flourish."
Danny breathed heavily. He felt so confused..and, didn't know why.
He fell to his knees, and gripped his skull. "quiet..JUST BE QUIET!, I need to..think."
Magica cast a cold glare at Mystica..who just smirked at her.
Danny was now conflicted. Torn between Light and Darkness.
His future..was now uncertain.
Webby then approached Danny..who looked up at his friend, with tears in his eyes.
"I don't know..who to believe anymore." spoke Danny, his voice trembling.
"what if..she's right. What if they are all just afraid of me."
"I'm not afraid of you." said Webby.
"You SHOULD be..I can't deny that I feel the pull of darkness." explained Danny.
"Sometimes I don't want to resist it. Sometimes I feel..it would be easier."
Danny looked at Webby, tears in his eyes. "If I ever became like her..would you still be my friend?"
Webby looked straight at Danny..She then caressed his cheek,
and wiped his tears away. "Lena was my best friend. YOU, Danny..mean so much more to me."
It was then that Webby leaned forward, and planted her beak on Danny's lips.
Danny widened his eyes, stunned at the tingling feel that shot through him.
Webby broke her kiss, and looked at Danny. "I love you, Danny..Now, and Forever."
Danny's discarded gold crystal glowed brighter than it ever had before.
..This made Mystica smiled wickedly. This was EXACTLY what she wanted.
"AHH!" Webby suddenly screamed as her body was jerked into the air.
"WEBBY!" exclaimed Danny..as Mystica suspended Webby in the air.
"Pathetic." said Mystica. "How typical of you to think that LOVE can make you strong."
Mystica then ignited her plasma sword. "..It only shows how weak you are."
Feeling intense rage, Danny reassembled his sword hilt,
and ignited his golden plasma blade as he pull it into his grasp.
Mystica anticipated this, and held her red plasma blade to Webby's neck.
Danny kept his distance..but, gave Mystica a look of sheer hatred.
"RELEASE THAT CHILD, DE SPELL!" shouted Magica, enraged.
"I will be happy to..Once Danny pledges himself to me."
"NEVER." growled Danny.
"Oh, you had better rethink that, Child." warned Mystica. "For if you resist me..she will die."
"Danny, NO!, Don't do what she says!" exclaimed Webby.
"quiet, you." growled Mystica.
"If you harm one FEATHER on her..I WILL KILL YOU." growled Danny,
his eyes starting to shift to yellowish-orange like Mystica's.
"Oh, do you HATE me? GOOD..You are already proving to be an excellent student."
Danny glared at Mystica. Hating the fact that she was throwing the truth in his face.
Already he could feel dark impulses growing within him. he WANTED to kill Mystica for threatening Webby.
"WHAT IN BLUE BLAZES!?" Everyone looked..to see Scrooge McDuck enter the room.
The elderly duck had only JUST managed to arrive, and was dumbfounded at what he found.
The Laboratory was in shambles, Gyro and Gizmoduck were unconscious.
And, for some reason there were TWO Magica's with Danny, and Webby was being held hostage.
..and, 'Laser Swords', for some apparent reason.
"Oh, great..YOU." said Mystica, her tone cold.
"DE SPELL!?" exclaimed Scrooge.
"That's MYSTICA De Spell to you." said the witch, who then looked back at Danny.
"I'll cut you some slack, and give you some time to think over my offer.
..JOIN ME, or I will kill the last duck on earth that actually loves you."
Danny could only glare in response.
as a cloud of purple smoke began to swirl around Mystica and Webby,
Danny looked right at his friend who was now apparently his new girlfriend.
"I'll save you, Webby!, I promise..I WON'T let you get hurt!"
Webby looked at Danny. "I believe in you, Danny." said Webby,
just moments before she and Mystica faded away within the vortex of dark energies.
When the calm descended over the lab, Danny dropped his plasma sword.
Scrooge then walked up, casting a glance over to Magica.
"Scroogie..I'm sorry." said Magica, sadly. "I couldn't protect children."
Scrooge looked over at Danny..who had his back facing him. "Danny, I-"
"You lied to me about Magica De Spell." began Danny. "Aunt Amelia" doesn't exist."
Scrooge sighed. "no..she didn't."
Danny finally turned, and looked at his Great-Uncle. "Uncle Scrooge..I saw mom."
Scrooge was taken back at this. "What?"
"She showed her to me..she was HERE." continued Danny. "I felt her..My mother is alive."
Scrooge nearly suffered a heart attack upon hearing this.
His eyes glossy, and ran over to Danny, and knelt down to the boy.
"Where is she, Danny?! WHERE!?"
"I don't know..she wasn't able to tell me before she disappeared again." said Danny.
Scrooge's heart sank. His niece was HERE, and he just missed her.
BUT, at the same time, he felt a renewed hope. SOMEWHERE out there..Della Duck was still alive.
"But, we can't worry about that now." said Danny, oddly serious.
"Mystica De Spell has Webby..we HAVE to get her back!"
"We will, Lad..we will." said Scrooge. "We just need to find her."
"She came looking for something." said Magica, as she approached Scrooge.
"Whatever it is..she didn't find it here. but, she took some crystals, anyway."
Scrooge stroked his chin, brooding on this. "Then..if we can uncover what she is looking for,
We may just find her quicker. PERHAPS even bargain Webby back from her."
"We can't let her get whatever it is she wants." said Magica.
"I know for fact..that that whatever she desires will bring only Pain, and Suffering."
"But, we can't leave Webby with her, either!" said Danny.
"Okay, Ev'ryone, CALM DOWN." said Scrooge "Let's return to the Mansion, and try an figure this out.
"De Spell is Crafty, and Cunning..so, we need to think SMARTER..Not Harder."
Danny nodded. resolving to stop Mystica, and save Webby..no matter what it took.
"Scroogie..shall I return to being Amelia?" asked Magica.
Scrooge looked at Danny..who bore a look of hurt, and distrust.
the old duck then breathed out softly. "no. There is no point anymore.
..Ah' never should have kept this from me' family to begin with."
"Your explanation had BETTER be a good one, Uncle Scrooge." said Danny, icily.
Scrooge looked away, feeling shame at breaking the trust of the one 'nephew'
who had never gave up on him, or doubted him.
Magica then approached Danny. "I know you must have mixed feelings about me, Danny.."
Danny kept his back turned, so Magica continued to speak.
"But, I only lied to you about my name..Everything else I ever told you was truth."
"Who are you?..REALLY?" asked Danny.
Magica looked down, and sighed. "Just old witch who tried to bury old sins..
..only for them to find OTHER way out. And, cause more pain."
Inside the wreckage of 'The Spear of Selene'..Della sat in her chair, and cried.
She couldn't understand how it happened!
One moment, she was trying in vain to get her ship's communications working again.
Then, the next thing she knew..she was whisked away by a whirlwind..and, was back on Earth.
And, there to greet here..was her Danny.
Was it all a dream?, was she finally succumbing to "Space Madness?!"
But..she HELD Danny, and it felt real..TOO real to be a dream.
she could still smell the scent of his hair, and the warmth of his body still lingered.
Somehow she was back home..with her son.
Only to be pulled right back to her private hell just as quickly.
Was she being punished?, It wouldn't surprise her if that WAS the case.
Seeing the sadness in Danny's eyes only reminded her what a terrible mother she had been.
She still remembered the time he expressed fear over losing her,
and she herself promised him that she would NEVER abandon him.
..It wasn't lost on her that her failure to return to Earth only made her a liar.
Della wiped her tears away, trying to stay strong.
She WOULDN'T let this beat her. She was more determined than ever to return home.
She WOULD hold Danny again..along with her other boys.
((*Rrrrrrrrrr...*))
Della gasped, suddenly jolted from her anguish by a low rumbling.
As a dark shadow cast over her ship, she quickly grabbed her space suit, and stepped outside.
Despite being on the light side of the moon..it felt like she was on the DARK SIDE.
Della looked up, and gasped at the terrifying sight above her.
..It was a Spaceship. one that was twice the size of Duckburg, and shaped like a spearhead.
The duck gasped in horror. 'HE' had found her at long last.
[End of Part 13]
[GUEST REVIEW REPLIES]
"Let's say for the sake of argument that Danny's people were Jedi...Are they from a different galaxy or a parallel universe.
Also, out of all the places they could have escaped to, why choose Earth-Ducktales?"
It was implied in the first chapters that one ONE other on the crashed starship
possessed the same powers as Danny (His mother.)
So, not everyone aboard the ship were QUOTE/UNQUOTE "Jedi"
The Universe is a big place. It isn't unlikely that they came from an unknown galaxy
(especially one that was "Far, Far Away..")
They didn't CHOOSE, their ship was damaged, and clearly "warpdrived" to an unknown destination.
(Think Lilo & Stitch. Stitch didn't choose to go to earth, Either.
He just lucked out by warping someplace without inputting a destination.)
The idea is that they were attacked, had little time to act,
and just warped to wherever. So long a sit was FAR away from where they were.
[Author Notes]
So, I finally bring Della make as an active character, rather than just in flashbacks.
AND, give readers my interpretation of Della Duck's return, and her reunion with ONE of her sons.
And, despite revealing so much already..I have Della leave readers with more cryptic questions.
Just what WAS the purpose for the spaceship that first brought Danny to "Duck Earth" as a baby?
If they were trying to escape something, then WHO was chaisng them?
(and, just what was Della doing in space BEFORE crashing on the Moon?!)
And, yes. I decided NOW was a proper time to jump right into the "Dabby" ship,
and have Webby kiss Danny to prove that at least ONE Duck (other than his mother) chose to love him.
(I don't doubt that Scrooge, Donald, and the Nephews care about Danny..BUT, I feel they only do so because of Della.
Webby, however, CHOSE to love Danny despite not needing to..Just like Della did.)
But, the question remains: Can Love keep Danny's heart in the light?,
OR, will Mystica succeed in corrupting it through fear and anger, and plunge Danny into Darkness.
and, finally..JUST WHAT THE HECK IS MYSTICA DE SPELL LOOKING FOR!?
This story isn't over yet.