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CW: Deleted Scenes
Paulina's Trial
A glimpse at Paulina's fate when she is forced to face the consequences of her actions. Now she finds herself in courtroom with her beauty gone, her parents giving her looks of shame and a judge with absolutely no mercy.
The Courthouse
February 22
(Takes place one week after chapter 19)
'Hey watch it!…."Paulina whined as the cops roughly pushed her out of the police car and dragged her into the courthouse.
"Silence..."One of the cops barked while the other just blatantly ignored her.
Paulina flinched when she saw the large crowd of people booing at her and tried to hide her face the moment she saw the camera flashes but her hands were handcuffed behind her back. Normally Paulina loved having her picture taken...but not anymore.
She was ugly now and it was horrible.
Now that the bitch known as Aphrodite took away her beauty and cursed her with ugliness, she couldn't stand what she saw in the mirror. Even her own mother and father were horrified when they saw her for the first time in her cursed state.
Her parents had gone to Paris, France to celebrate Valentine's day and she had been home alone, only they rushed back the moment the police informed them that she had been arrested for her alleged crimes.
Paulina could still remember their terrified screamed the moment they saw her new appearance, they didn't believe that their beautiful little girl was now a hideous monster, it was so bad that the police actually had to take her fingerprints in order to prove her identity to her horrified mother and father.
"I didn't do anything wrong, I was taking back what was mine..."Paulina thought stubbornly.
Before she knew it, she was inside the courthouse about to face the trial that would condemn her for the rest of her life. She looked around to see that the room was crowded, she saw her family behind her but they refused to look at her, she saw many of her classmates there, including her fellow A-Listers who were staring at her in horror and disbelief at her new appearance.
"This has to be some kind of nightmare...This just can't be happening..."Paulina thought in dismay as she wished and begged to wake up to see that she was still beautiful and free….but it never came.
Nothing changed at all. She was still in the courtroom with her beauty gone, her parents were giving her looks of shame and she stared at a judge who had absolutely no mercy. Her eyes soon landed on her beloved who was standing on the plaintiff side with the two whores and his bratty little sister who ruined everything.
"What are they doing here?!...'Paulina internally hissed, feeling so much anger and hatred at the two girls who stood between her and her beloved, as well as heart ache at the fact that he was glaring at her.
"Danny..."She thought in a mixture of sadness and longing.
Across the courtroom, Danny was waiting patiently for this to be over with along with Sam, Ember and Dani. He could see that the courtroom was packed with practically every important person in the city.
He saw his parents in the crowed, along with Jazz and Tucker who was forbidden to testify due to his status as the mayor but their lawyer promised it wouldn't matter since in his words "Paulina was screwed over".
"Do you think we can charge her for being a nuisance as well?...'Dani asked to her big brother who shook his head.
"I wish..."Danny muttered as he glanced around the courtroom as he waited for everything to start.
His eyes landed on Paulina who was still hideous and was looking straight at him.
"Bitch..."He thought angrily as he sent her a glare, which made her flinch a bit. He was brought out of it as he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Ember giving him a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry, she won't get away with it..."Ember said reassuringly to the half ghost hero.
"I know...and thanks for coming to this Ember, you didn't have to..."Danny said to the ghostly diva who shook her head.
"And miss the chance of seeing that bitch get carted off...As if...Besides you need as many witnesses as possible...'Ember reminded him, causing him to grin.
Danny however soon saw Paulina's lawyer join her and he groaned as he instantly recognized who was going to defend her… It was Roy Matthews, one of the best criminal defense attorney's in the district! Danny had met the man only once before when Tucker dragged him to attend some town Gala event and he could tell he was just like any other high profile lawyer.
Roy was good and he was really expensive as well.
"I should have predicted this..."Danny mumbled, getting Sam's attention.
'Don't worry, Paulina's not the only one with access to a good lawyer..."Sam said and smirked when she saw her secret weapon join them.
Sam managed to hook them up with Mark Darrow, one of the best attorney's in the business who almost never lost a case and only someone like the Manson's could afford his services, only because he was that good.
Soon Mark was discussing strategies and what to do if Paulina tried anything funny.
"Don't worry, we basically already won this thing, the girl basically has nothing to defend herself with and with all the evidence you guys have on her, it's basically all set..."Mark said to his clients.
"I hope..."Ember muttered, really looking forward to seeing Paulina get what she deserved.
Soon the judged entered and the trial began.
"All rise for the honorable judge Hubert Simmons"...the bailiff shouted as the elderly men dressed in judge clothes sat at the podium.
"Please be seated…."Hubert said as he sat down and hit his gravel a few times.
"Today we will discuss the case of the state vs Paulina Sanchez"...the judge said loud enough for the entire room to hear.
Paulina flinched when all eyes were on her and she wished she could cover her face but her hands were still handcuffed and her lawyer was warning her not to say or do anything stupid.
"#60241 Paulina Sanchez has been charged with breaking and entering, theft, aggravated assault, kidnapping and attempt at rape against the plaintiff Daniel Fenton..."A clerk read out loud.
"Defense, you may begin..."Hugh announced as he pointed to Roy.
"Thank you your honor..."Roy said with a charismatic smile while on the inside he was a wreck.
He knew he had nothing here to counter against this, and he didn't want any part of this, he didn't want to defend the girl after he learned it was going to be against Danny Phantom, he knew they were basically screwed but Mr. Sanchez offered him so much money to try and get his daughter out of this and he couldn't refuse.
The best he was hoping for was a miracle and maybe a reduced sentence, this was without a doubt the hardest case yet and he only wanted to leave it with his credibility still intact.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I am here to defend my young client Ms. Paulina Sanchez from these alleged accusations against her..."Roy started off, trying to sound more confident than he really was.
"It has come to my attention that my client has been mentally unstable and thus was not in control of her actions during these alleged crimes as she had no control over herself..."Roy said and Paulina only stared at him in disbelief.
"WHAT?! I'm not insane..."Paulina thought angrily and was about to retort only for Roy to discreetly kick her to shut her up.
"Do you want to get out of this or not?..."He whispered harshly to his client while he still tried to look professional to the judge before him.
Across the room Mark shook his head while Sam and Danny and the others were giving them dirty glares.
"There is no way that bitch is going to use the old "I'm crazy so you can't punish me" excuse to weasel out of her punishment..."Sam hissed to the others.
"Don't worry, Roy is clearly desperate and is making this up as he goes since he has nothing else...but it's obvious that Paulina's actions were carefully planned and contrary to popular belief, obsession and insanity aren't always linked..."Mark reassured them.
"Just make sure she rots in jail..."Danny said to him, wanting the girl to pay for what she did to him.
Soon it was their turn and Mark was working his magic.
"Your honor, the defendant is trying to plea insanity however the evidence gathered shows that Ms. Sanchez was very clearly in control of her actions as they were carefully planned...While it is true that she has had an obsession with the plaintiff for over two years, it does not excuse her from breaking the law..."Mark said confidently and smirked when Paulina's ugly face turned red.
"I AM NOT OBSESSED, I LOVE DANNY!..."She shouted loudly, making her lawyer groan and her parents to look embarrassed.
"Order...Order..."Judge Simmons shouted as he hit his gravel several times, forcing Paulina to calm down.
The rest of the trial consisted on Roy trying to defend his client by claiming insanity while Mark was busy undermining his points and using the evidence to prove that Paulina was very much in control of her actions and thus, needs to be punished to the full extent of the law.
However, during one of Paulina's outbursts, she revealed the bit with Cupid's arrows and Dani knew what they had to do now.
"Excuse me Mark...Let us testify..."Dani said to the lawyer, wanting this done with and to see Paulina receive her punishment.
"Good idea, we should all do so as well..."Ember said to the group and Mark nodded.
"Your honor, I would like to call young Ms. Danielle Fenton to the witness box..."Mark said to the judge who consented.
After Dani took the oath, she soon found herself seated and answering the questions.
"Danielle Fenton, can you confirm anything that Mr. Darrow said about what occurred on the attack that happened on February 15th of this year?..."The clerk asked her.
"Yes I can, I was there...It all started like this..."Danielle soon explained her side of the story, about how she found Ember and Sam unconscious and then learned that Paulina had kidnapped her brother with his own thermos, along with what had gone down with Cupid's arrows.
Due to the fact that Amity Park was routinely haunted by ghosts on a daily basis, they were willing to believe the bit about Cupid, given that stranger things have happened.
"You claim that the weapons Paulina had on her were stolen Fenton property?..."The clerk asked the little ghost girl.
"Yes, on the day of the kidnapping, my sister Jasmine and I found that some of our ghost hunting weapons were missing such as two Fenton Thermoses, The Fenton Ghost Fisher, The Fenton Phones and the Specter Deflector, each of them were used by Paulina to capture and try to enslave my brother and they have been dusted for fingerprints..."Dani said to the entire courtroom before being dismissed.
Soon Sam found herself on the witness box and gave her side of the story as well.
"Ms. Manson, you have been classmates with Ms. Sanchez since freshman year and you have been in a romantic relationship with Mr. Fenton before, have you not?..."The clerk asked the goth girl who nodded.
"Yes I was, not that Paulina cared..."Sam said as the ugly Hispanic girl sent her a death glare but was forced to be silent.
"Explain…"He asked her.
"Ever since freshman year Paulina's been interested in the ghost boy Danny Phantom but she didn't care at all about Danny Fenton until the Disasteroid happened and he revealed that they were one and the same..."Sam said.
"OBJECTION! I ALWAYS LOVED DANNY AND HE ALWAYS LOVED ME!..."Paulina yelled while her lawyer tried to control her.
"Overruled!...'The judge said as he hit his gravel a few times.
"Please continue, Ms. Manson..."The judge said.
Sam soon explained the entirety of Paulina's interest in Danny, that she was fixated with his ghost half and spent months sexually harassing him since the Disasteroid, despite knowing that he was in a relationship with another woman.
Sam even mention the part about the porn Paulina kept sending to Danny who despite burning and deleting all of it, they knew Paulina was stupid enough not to deleted it from her own phone, which served as more evidence against her.
Soon, it was Danny who was testifying now and Paulina was almost crying when that happened.
"Mr. Fenton, is it true that at one point you have expressed romantic interest in Ms. Paulina Sanchez and even asked her out?..."The clerk asked the half ghost teen hero.
"Unfortunately yes but that was years ago..."Danny said solemnly while he still glared at the bitch.
"Is it true there was a previous romantic relationship between the two of you?..."The clerk asked but Danny shook his head.
"No..Never...During freshman year my feelings for her were one-sided while Paulina only expressed interest in my ghost half because I saved her, at first I thought it was nice but then it became very disturbing..."Danny said, feeling embarrassed by his previous foolishness.
"Explain…."The clerk asked.
"Paulina was obsessed with my ghost half since the start, she converted her locker into a shrine of me and she followed me around everywhere, she even spied on my ghost fights despite how dangerous that was..."Danny pointed out.
"However I outgrew her and by the time the Disasteroid happened, I had feelings for Sam Manson and we started dating but Paulina didn't care at all, she kept harassing me, trying to ask me out, sending me countless "presents" and no matter how many times I told her I wasn't interested, she wouldn't stop..."Danny listed off.
"The worst was what happened a week ago when she sucked me inside my own thermos and tied me to a bed with my family's own ghost fisher inside her chalet at Mount Amity..."Danny said, feeling so much anger as he recalled the previous events from that day.
"I demanded that she released me but she wouldn't do it...She...She kept saying crazy stuff like how I didn't have a choice in being with her and then she started kissing me despite begging her to stop...She forced her tongue into my mouth and took my top off while I was still restrained...She then pulled out one of Cupid's arrows and struck me with it so I could no longer resist….Danny said as he felt disgusted as he recalled what the Hispanic girl did that day.
"Objection!..."Roy shouted while the judge consented.
"Do you have any proof that Ms. Sanchez even had these alleged arrows?..."Roy asked and Danny nodded.
"Yes...Your honor..I would like to call Lady Aphrodite to the stand..."Danny said as he immediately put a pair of shades on and everyone in the courtroom was surprise to see a female ghost faze into the room, while most of the men where drooling at her beauty with the exception of Jack, Mr. Manson and the Judge.
"GHOST!..."Jack bellowed and was about to attack only for Jazz to stop him.
"No dad, she's a good guy..."Jazz said quickly to her parents who calmed a bit.
"YOU!..."Paulina shouted as she tried to charge at the ghoul who stole her good looks but was restrained by the female guard who held her down.
"W-Who are you?...'The judge asked in shock at the sight of the beautiful woman who suddenly appeared though he wasn't in a trance like most of the other men in the room.
Aphrodite knew the reason why, it was because only a few were immune to her power and that was beings who were her equal in power or men who were committed and she could see the judge with a wedding ring.
"I am Aphrodite, the spirit of love and beauty and I am here to say that everything young Mr. Phantom said is true and I have the proof..."Aphrodite said as she conjured up the sacred love arrows for the world to see.
"As the spirit of love, our arrows are meant to bring two soul mates together but in the wrong hands they can be used to basically take another free will away and cause so much disorder in the world...Ms. Sanchez didn't care when she stole them so she could force Phantom into a relationship with her despite the fact that Danny made it clear he had no love for her at all..."Aphrodite said loudly and smirked when Paulina looked like she was going to explode.
"HE SAID HE LOVED ME!…."Paulina shouted loudly.
"Only because you forced him to...'Aphrodite said quickly and knew she had her trapped now.
"Everything was perfect until you and those whores ruined everything!...'Paulina shouted but covered her mouth when she basically confirmed her own crime.
"ORDER! ORDER!..."Judge Simmons yelled as he kept hitting him gravel, trying to regain control of the courtroom.
"You idiot...'Roy thought in dismay as Paulina basically blew it.
Paulina basically growled, feeling so much anger and rage at the beautiful deity who she blamed for her misery along with the two bitches who stole her beloved from her once more.
"Arrest her! It's because of her that I am like this right now! It's because of her that I'm ugly now!..."Paulina shrieked, wanting to make Aphrodite pay for what she did to her.
"Order!..."The judge shouted as the cops restrained Paulina who was still screeching like a banshee.
"Uh...Ms...Aphrodite...is this accusation true?..."Judge Simmons asked in confusion, feeling bizarre that he was dealing with ghost witnesses as well.
'Yes your honor, Paulina committed a serious crime when she stole the arrows and as punishment I decided to place a spell on her when her "inner beauty" would become visible to all, and as we can all see, there is none..."She said with a smirk while Paulina kept growling and tried to lunge at her.
The judge didn't know how to view this, he was mostly neutral to ghosts due to the influence of Danny Phantom who seemed to trust Aphrodite and believed her actions were just, but as a judge he had to be unbiased.
"Well...technically speaking, this isn't a crime, so I will allow it..."He said quickly and was pleased that with the exception of Paulina, no one objected to it.
Aphrodite soon left to continue with her work and eventually more and more people came up to testify, even Dash and Star who confirmed Sam's and Dani's words about Paulina's actions while Paulina cursed them for the betrayal. Danny even managed to get the judge to let Ember testify since she was a key factor in saving him.
"Is it true that you and Mr. Fenton are enemies?...'Roy asked out suddenly as he was getting desperate.
"Former enemy, but we reconciled and it doesn't change the fact that Paulina basically tried to brainwash him and use him to attack me, Sam and Danielle when we tried to save him..."Ember answered and smirked when Paulina had an ugly scowl on her ugly face.
"Paulina used the arrows and basically turned him into her little puppet until we managed to snap him out of it..."Ember explained but chose not to say exactly how she managed to free Danny from Paulina's control.
It was too personal after all and she didn't want to give the media any fuel to gossip about them.
Soon almost everyone gave their statement about Paulina and how they believe she is capable of the crimes she was accused of.
Now it was the moment of truth.
"Has the jury reached the verdict?..."Judge Simmons asked to the jury.
"Yes we have your honor, we the jury, find Ms. Paulina Sanchez guilty of all of the crimes she's been accused of..."The people of the jury said unanimously.
"NO!..."Paulina shouted feeling more and more desperate as she wished this wasn't happening. She soon looked up to the judge who had absolutely no mercy in his old, gray eyes.
"Paulina Sanchez, I hereby find you guilty of the crimes you committed against Mr. Fenton and his friends and you will be punished accordingly…."Judge Simmons said harshly.
"Given that you are still a minor, you can't be sent to prison, however instead you will be sent to the Bludworth Youth Correctional Facility until you reach 21 years of age..."The judge announced while Paulina paled.
"B-B-Bludworth..."Paulina stuttered in fear when she that name.
Bludworth was one of the most intense juvies in the state and it was basically considered teen Hell. It was where some of the worst teen offenders ended up and were basically treated like real criminals rotting in prison cells. She was only 17 years old, which meant that she would be trapped there for four years!
"Also you will be placed under probation for 5 years upon your release as well as be given restraining order, forbidding you of coming within 50 feet of The Fentons, The Mansons and Ms. Mclain..."The judge said as he slammed his gravel once more.
"Yes!..."Sam said triumphantly while Ember, Danny and Dani all grinned when they saw Paulina's face when the judge announced her fate.
It was a pity they couldn't send her to a real jail but they all knew that Bludworth was an even worse place to be if you were a teen.
"Your honor, don't you believe that Bludworth is a tad extreme, wouldn't some place like Amity Park's detention center be more appropriate?..."Roy asked to the judge who shook his head.
"It has come to my attention that Paulina is a danger to all those around her as she has no regard for others, the extent of her crimes are very severe and Bludworth is famous for it's top security system as well as it's strict discipline...The judge said as he made his final decision.
"Damn it...We lost..."Roy thought and sighed.
Paulina only stood there on the spot as things finally sunk it. She was basically being sent to teen jail and the law was keeping her away from her beloved.
It couldn't be!
"NO! I WON'T YOU KEEP ME FROM MY GHOST BOY!..."She shouted and kicked the cop that was restraining her, breaking free and she tried to reach the judge, only to trip when she felt a ghost ray melt her shoes before she could reach her target.
"Ow...Huh..."Paulina turned to see the direction of the blast and saw Ember's finger still smoking, revealing that she was the culprit.
Soon more guards came at her and restrained her while the guards gave her an angry glare.
"TAKE HER OUT OF MY SIGHT!..."The judge ordered and the bailiff and the others who took Paulina into custody.
"Get your filthy hands off of me!..."Paulina shrieked as she tried to wriggle free as they they dragged her away.
"Damned girl..."Roy thought angrily as he groaned.
Meanwhile back on the plaintiff side, Danny was relieved that Paulina was being taken away while Sam was grinning a mile wide as one of her old predictions came true while Ember only shook her head in disbelief at Paulina's actions.
"Just how stupid could she be? Trying to attack the judge?..."Ember muttered while she watched the bailiff and others drag Paulina who was kicking and screaming.
"Nice shot by the way..."Danny said in an impressed tone to the ghostly pop princess.
"It was nothing really..."Ember said smiling.
"I'm glad it's finally over and that crazy girl is finally going to be out of our hair..."Dani said in relief, happy that Paulina was finally done for.
"Yeah...Let's leave...Anyone up to the Nasty Burger for a victory lunch?..."Danny asked his sister and friend who nodded.
He turned around to Ember who was about to leave.
"Hey Ember...We're heading to the Nasty Burger for some lunch, ya wanna come?.."He asked to the ghostly diva who gave him a strange look.
"Nasty Burger?..."Ember asked with a raise eyebrow.
"Contrary to the name, it's a great burger joint..."Danny persisted.
"They also sell some pretty good salads..."Sam offered kindly and Ember blinked a bit at her friendliness but she figured she was probably in a good mood.
"Heh...Why not?...I'll try anything once..."Ember said with a shrug.
"Alright...Ultra Nasty Deluxe, here I come..."Dani said happily as they left the courthouse.
They all felt a great weight lifted from their shoulders as they knew that justice was finally served and that Paulina could no longer bother them anymore, now that the entire world now knew the truth about her.
The really, really ugly truth about her.
-To be continued-
Next time on CW: Deleted Scenes
Ember's Makeover
A/N: Hey everyone, great news, I got hit my a huge dose of inspiration this morning and I managed to finish Paulina's trial way before schedule and I decided to push "Ember's Makeover" for later.
Sorry about the slight confusion but hopefully this chapter makes up for it.
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
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