Disclaimer: I still don't own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. Danny Phantom is the property of Butch Hartman, Nickelodeon and Viacom International.

CW: Deleted Scenes

Trapped

An adult Paulina has finally paid her debt to society and is now a free citizen once more but she is still trapped. She has no beauty, no money, no family and no friends and she is forced to live in a world she never wanted any part of.

Shout out to Invader Johnny who gave me the idea, you rule man :)

Amity Park, Bus Stop

March 10, 2011

(4 years after the events of Cupid's Wrath)

It was a windy March afternoon in the town known as Amity Park. People were busy hard at work, children were at school and things seemed more or less the same in the unusual town even after all these years…

The old high school was still the same, the Nasty Burger was still the same and ghosts still haunted the town, though it has decreased greatly over the years thanks to the efforts of world hero Danny Phantom who was in the process of making a real truce with the Ghost Zone in order to convince both worlds to give a chance to co-exist peaceful which had rather fair results.

Some ghosts were now visiting the town with peaceful intentions and some have even lived there now, those were the peaceful ghosts who managed to gain "citizenship" and now lived peacefully with the humans, however it didn't mean there weren't ghosts that didn't cause trouble as the rogue ones that escaped the Ghost Zone still tried to terrorize the city only to be stopped by the town's glorious defender Danny Phantom who was determined to make this new peace work out.

Many people believe that his relationship with world famous ghostly singer Ember Mclain was what inspired him to do such a thing, a rumor that he has yet to deny.

It's to say that things have changed over the years in the little town and it seemed to be for the better. ….Though some things haven't change and it wasn't for the better either.

At a bus stop, a hooded figure got off the bus after paying the driver and readjusted the bandana that covered their face, making it clear he or she wanted no one to see it. The person was wearing a baggy sweatshirt that had a hoodie, a pair of baggy jeans, sneakers and was wearing a red bandana, making it rather difficult to see what they really looked like.

The figure walked down one of the busy streets, hands in their pockets and trying to avoid the people who were happily going on with their lives, unlike the figure who could only feel so uneasy in the large crowd of normal, happy citizens who had much better things to worry about that some weirdo in a hoodie.

"Excuse me sir…Can you tell me how to get to Platinum Lane from here?..."The hooded figure asked a random citizen who shook his head and walked away.

The person sighed and just kept walking, feeling so lost and so trapped in the small town that felt so much larger and intimidating that it was only four years ago, during the last time she was free to walk these streets without a problem but this person could only feel as if all eyes were on them even as she kept walking…

Oh…It seems this person was a woman.

"I got to get there…It's been four years and I already did my time…They have to have gotten over it by now…"The masked woman said as she kept walking, wanting to find Platinum Lane and be done with it.

Suddenly she felt a large gust of wind hit her, it was so strong that it blew off her precious bandana that was sent to a nearby ally, revealing her face much to her dismay.

"No…No….My bandana!..."The woman shrieked and immediately ran into the ally to get that piece of fabric before she lost it. She immediately covered her face with her hands as she tried to find her bandana before someone saw her face.

That would definitely not be a good thing if someone saw her and recognized her or saw her face….it was not a pretty sight. The woman had pale, blotching skin that looked like it was several scars that were still healing, her eyes were blood shot and a tad far apart and her teeth were very crooked and some were even knocked out as well, not to mention a lot of other flaws that were still concealed by her modest clothes that could only hide so much.

"There it is…"She said in relief as she immediately tied it around her face once more, happy that no one had seen her without it yet.

If anyone had seen her, they would have immediately recognize the hideous woman that was once Casper High's beauty queen and who was known as nothing but a juvenile delinquent. She was Paulina Sanchez, who was enjoying her freedom for the first time in four years…yet she still felt like she was someone's prisoner.

Yesterday was her 21st birthday and it was the day she was finally released from the Bludworth Youth Correctional Facility after four long, horrible, grueling years in that prison.

She wasn't exaggerating, Bludworth was just like a real prison, the inmates had to wear jumpsuits, sleep in cells, had strict curfews and were forced to wake up at the crack of dawn to do a series of "activities" that were more like community service and were punished brutally for violating the rules, also the facility had a "school" inside but it was nothing like Casper High classes was as the teacher doubled as a security guard and wasn't afraid of using force if it was necessary…but that was nothing compared with what she faced with the other residents.

Paulina flinched as memories of beatings, foul slurs and emotional, physical torture by the bullies, thugs and delinquents who targeted her because she was hideous…It was almost ironic that while all the people there were teenage criminals and psycho's, the place had a system almost like the A-Listers….and Paulina was one of their victims.

For four awful years, she was their punching bag, especially by these two thuggish girls that went by the names of "Claws" and "Pinky" who were at the top of the food chain at Bludworth, all of the other residents never messed with them and always did what they wanted, either out of respect or fear Paulina wasn't sure but she was leaning and the latter….Claws was a muscular teenage girl that was covered with tattoo's despite still being a minor and she had absurdly long nails that, hence her nickname…nails that Paulina recalled scratching her all over in the most stinging, painful ways possible. Pinky was a large, big boned girl that resembled a hairless gorilla and she was just as violent as one.

Pinky and Claws were the queens of Bludworth who teased, hit and beat her up before the guards would break them up and Paulina tried her hardest to avoid them which had minimal success…but she was happy that she didn't have to see them ever again now that she was a free citizen once more.

Because of some miracle, she managed to survive those horrible years and was finally free of that hell whole and she was a free citizen once more…Her debt was paid in full and no one could say otherwise and she was finally home…or she will be once she finds it.

Before that horrible incident that damned her to go to Bludworth, Paulina rarely used public transportation since she mostly used her family limo which ended with her not having a clear memory of the route to Platinum Lane was…which explained why she was lost.

"I better keep moving…"Paulina muttered as she got out of that disgusting ally, trying to find her old home, wherever it was.

As the bandana wearing woman kept walking through the streets, she looked around her home town for the first time in many years and wasn't surprised that it was exactly as she remembered with the exception of the "friendly" ghost that was now living there peacefully.

As Paulina kept walking, she saw a store with a bunch of large TV's on sale and she couldn't believe what was showing…It was a concert….It was one of her concerts.

"Ghost bitch…."She thought angrily as she tried to block out the "noise pollution" that was her singing.

For those who didn't know, she was referring to Ember Mclain, one of the bitches who were the cause of her downfall and the woman who stole her place in her beloved Danny's heart. Despite being trapped at Bludworth for years, Paulina still kept track of the outside world and all they would talk about was either her beloved or Ember or about their relationship.

She couldn't believe that those two were still together….She just couldn't understand how Danny could be with her for so long and what's worse was that the media was making rumors that Danny would soon propose to the ghostly singer…a rumor that Paulina hoped wasn't true.

She still loved Danny even after all that has happened but he was lost to her forever…He was trapped inside Ember's world and Paulina knew her dream of being with him was lost forever.

Paulina kept walking until her eyes landed on an old magazine on the ground and she instantly recognized who was on the cover…She immediately picked it up to see it was Danny and her heart stopped once she saw him in the arms of Ember, the date read that it was about a week old and the cover was calling them "#1 cutest couple".

"Danny…"Paulina whispered as she stared at the picture of her hearts true desire.

Danny has grown so much in just four years, she thought he was cute as a teenager but now he was stunning as a young man. He looked taller and was much buffer than he was as a kid and he even changed his ghost suit making it look much more sleek and stylish, his gloves and boots were now more high tech, his suit was now a mix of silver and black and even changed the logo on his chest as it was now green and matched his eyes.

Needless to say…He looked hot and that hurt her greatly.

"Why didn't you give me a chance?...I would have given you anything…."Paulina whispered as she placed the old magazine down, no longer able to look at the face that she always loved, not when it was looking at Ember with complete adoration.

It wasn't right!

He was trapped with Ember and she knew that he would never be with her now and that crushed her greatly. Paulina walked away from that spot trying to prevent tears from spilling from her eyes at the thought of her lost love.

Later at the Park

Paulina sat in the park bench as she needed to take a rest, her feet were tired for the constant walking and she still had no clue how to get from Platinum Lane from there….She supposed that was the one downfall of having used a chauffeur since infancy and being arrested when she was still learning to drive, it left her with no sense of directions.

She had to find Platinum Lane before nightfall or she would be stuck sleeping in the streets, it's been 24 hours since she was free from Bludworth and she immediately used the small sum of money she saved on a bus ticket and it took her nearly a whole day to ride from there back to her home town.

She had to find her old home and her parents and beg them to take her back…Paulina had many regrets in her life but the worse was when her parents abandoned her four years ago. She could still remember that painful conversation when they visit her at the Police station and said that they were ashamed of her and that she was no longer their child.

She wanted to believe that they didn't mean that…Each night in her old cell in Bludworth she would hope and dream that they would arrive the next morning to take her back home…to tell her that they still loved her and they could be a family again…but they never came.

Paulina was unhappy that they never even visited but she had to hope that they would at least hear her out now, she had already paid her debt to society and she was free now…they had no reason to keep hating her…

They were her parents and they were supposed to always be there for her….They was supposed to!

"What am I going to do?...'Paulina thought depressed as she was running out of time. Suddenly she felt something ram into her face and knock her to the ground…

"Ow!..."She hissed as she soon realized she got hit by a soccer ball and looked up to see a small blonde child that looked no older than three run up to her.

'Oh…Sorry mister…I di-…"The child paused before letting out a scream as soon as he saw her.

"AHHH!..."The child screamed, getting attention from the other patrons of the park.

"W-What are you screaming about?...'Paulina asked but soon realized that her bandana was off and she panicked. Seeing it on the ground, she immediately grabbed it, put it on and ran before anyone else could see her.

She immediately hid behind a tree, hoping that no one could see her and give her a hard time about her appearance….She hid and watched who she assumed was the father comfort his child and Paulina's jaw almost dropped as soon as she recognized the father.

"Dash Jr… What happened?..."The father, Dash Sr said as he comforted his toddler son.

"I…The person I hit was a monster…The face…It was really scary…"Dash Jr cried and Dash sighed as he comforts him.

Paulina couldn't believe what she was seeing…Dash was a father now and judging from the age of the kid, it probably happened not long after she was sent away but that was nothing compared to what happened to Dash. In just four years, he lost his muscles and six pack and now had a noticeable gut and judging from his clothes, he didn't have a lot of money for the kind of clothes he used to wear, implying a blue collar worker salary.

She always figured that it would be downhill for Dash once high school was done but she couldn't believe how much in such a short amount of time.

"They didn't do nothin' to ya did they? Because I'll pound them if they do…"Dash said angrily while his kid shook his head.

"No…They ran away as soon as I hit them with the ball…It was almost like they were scared or somethin'…"The child said to his father.

"Good…No one messes with a Baxter…Now let's go, I promised your mom I would take you to her house by noon…"Dash said as he picked up his boy and walked out of the park.

Paulina only shook her head and stare at disgust…She couldn't believe what a loser Dash has become, now he was a young father, obliviously had a low level job, and that was if he even had a job and was obviously divorced judging by how he said "her" house.

It was obviously his life sucked but it wasn't as bad as Paulina's life was. At least Dash's son clearly loved him and the former jock could at least walk the streets without fearing that someone would see his ugly face. Maybe Dash was trapped by a shitty lifestyle and early fatherhood…but he wasn't trapped in a world where society would shun him for his ugly face and the ugly things they thought he had done.

He wasn't trapped by that…but Paulina was.

Not wanting to think any more of that and not wanting to risk someone else seeing her face, she left.

Paulina kept walking through town and came across more of her former classmates and by that she means that she saw them but they didn't see her and she was surprised how much information she managed to gather just by eavesdropping on them.

She discovered that Star now worked as a waitress at some cheap diner, Kwan didn't go to college and instead joined the army, Dale knocked Ashly up and was forced to marry her and had to get a job at some factory to support her and their twins and Steven apparently dropped out during senior year and rumors was that he took up a crack addiction that landed him in a lot of trouble with the law.

With the exception of Kwan, none of her old friends seemed to have a future ahead of them and that was only ifKwan managed to do well in the military. Most of her old friends either didn't go to college, some were in rehab, some were young parents and others were either homeless or doing hard time. It seems that she wasn't the only one facing a shitty future….but the same could not be said of the old losers she used to mock and tease during her glory days.

She learned that the geeks like Nathan and Mikey graduated with honors, Nathan went to Princeton while Mikey managed to get a scholarship to Brown University and the two were well on their way to success. Also it turns out that Foley resigned as Mayor and went to Yale to be with Danny's sister Jazz who was studying psychology while Foley was studying to be some engineer.

She also learned of what became of the Goth bitch Manson who was one of the people that ruined her. She learned that Manson left town for college and even joined some big environmental protection program with her fiancé…some guy named Chip or Chuck or Chris…She had no idea and she didn't care.

Even Valerie was better off, she heard that she was in her third year at Amity Park University on scholarship and she would soon find employment at Fenton Works which was no longer a small family business but has now expanded into a large corporation. Needless to say Valerie was very well on her way of becoming a successful person as soon as she graduated, something Paulina didn't want to be jealous of.

Not to mention she managed to get some information on Danielle as well, despite being just 16 years old, she has become a media darling do to her own heroics in keeping the town safe with her brother and she even managed to catch a glimpse of her when she was flying in the sky and she certainly grew up.

She was no longer a child but grew into a beautiful young teenager and Paulina hated that…She hated the fact that one of the girls that ruined her life was happy, pretty and adored by the town while the opposite happened to her but that was nothing compared to her beloved and that bitch that stole him from her.

Danny was attending college at APU and has mentioned in some interviews that he was planning to join the astronaut program like he always dreamed and Ember was about to go on her second world tour in a few months and the entire world absolutely loved her. Paulina wanted to believe that it was because she brainwashed everyone into loving her like she did with Danny but she insisted that she had "reformed" or whatever.

All her old rivals and victims…all of the people she used to look down on and hated with every fiber of her being…They all had a good future ahead of them and Paulina had nothing but a criminal record that would be stuck to her for the rest of her life…her only salvation would be her parent's forgiveness.

If she couldn't get that, she knew that she was screwed once again. She had to keep moving, she didn't have any more money for bus fair and it was already 1:00 in the afternoon, she had to keep moving before nightfall or she was going to end up sleeping in the streets.

Later at an unknown place

5:00pm

Paulina was about to give up when she noticed some surroundings that were familiar…She had recognized this street from a half forgotten memory of seeing it….when her limo driver was bringing her home!

"I know this street! If memory serves me right…Platinum lane is on the next block..."She said hopefully as she ran this time, feeling better as her destination was much closer than before. As she turned the street corner, she smiled for the first time in years though her bandana was covering it.

"Home…."Paulina thought in relief as she soon spotted her old house. A large, beautiful house that was the Sanchez Manor that was in her view.

She ran up to the steps and knocked on the door, feeling a mixture of hope, nervousness and anxiety. She soon saw the door open and saw that it was a maid at the door, one that she didn't recognized.

She maid eyed her critically and raised an eyebrow at the guest.

"Yes….May I help you…"She said in a stuffy tone of voice.

"Yes…I need to speak to either Juan or Maria Sanchez…I am an old acquaintance of theirs and I need to speak to them…"Paulina lied on the spot, she had the feeling that there was a slight possibility that her parents wouldn't let her in if they knew that it was her.

"I am sorry miss but there is no one here with those names…"The maid said with a shake and Paulina nearly toppled over in shock.

"W-What?..."Paulina muttered out in disbelief….This couldn't be…Her parents had to be here!

"I said that there are no people with the name Sanchez here…This is the home of the Bartley family…I believe that you have the wrong address…"The maid said, but her tone had no sympathy in it.

Soon another servant came up, this was one that Paulina recognized, it was Millicent, one of the maids that around since she was a small child and she looked as the same as she remembered.

"Who is this Luciana?…"Millicent asked her co-worker.

"This person here is asking for a Juan and Maria Sanchez but I keep telling her that there is no one here with those names…"Luciana said to her co-worker but Millicent's eyes widened.

"Oh I forgot that you joined the staff a year after…Those were the names of the previous owners of the estate…"Millicent said, surprising her co-worker and now was staring directly at the masked girl.

"I am sorry miss but Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez moved out of here almost 4 years ago…"Millicent said to the person who was trying hard no to cry.

"They…They moved out…"She choked out, trying hard not to cry at the thought they would actually leave the place that was her home for almost 17 years of her life.

"Do…Do you have any idea where they might be right now?...It's been years since I have seen them and I wanted to see them after all this time…."She said, this time not lying to the servant.

"I am sorry my dear but I do not know…They never left a forwarding address…."She said to the masked girl.

"Well…Thanks anyway…"She said solemnly as she walked away from the mansion that was once her home.

Her parents weren't there….They moved away and never told her!

"Now what am I going to do?...'Paulina muttered as she walked through town, feeling truly like a lost child who wanted to find her mother and father.

After what felt like an eternity, Paulina soon found herself on a different street and this one was a middle class suburb, it was getting late but she saw kids playing in yards until their mothers were calling them into to get ready for dinner and or some parents who were still playing with them until they had to go inside.

Seeing them all so happy just reminded her of how miserable she was. Paulina was going to keep walking through until she saw a small red ball roll to her and she picked it up.

"Excuse me…Can I please have my ball back?...'A little girl around three ran up.

"Here kid…"Was all she said, not really caring.

"Thank you…"The child said happily and Paulina's eyes widened as she finally got a good look at the child's face and nearly froze on the spot.

It couldn't be…That face?! She saw a pair of big, beautiful, sparkly teal eyes, beautiful ebony black hair that was in a pair of cute little pigtails, tan skin and precious little smile that could light up a room….It was…It was…

It was her?! It was her as a little girl….but how?!

The child was oblivious to her thoughts and ran back to the house from where she came from, a modest two story house with a nice yard. To a commoner, it would have been a nice place to live but to someone from the upper class of society it was practically a hovel.

"Mamá! Mamá! I wanna play…I wanna play…"The child shouted as she ran to her mother than came out of the house.

Paulina hid behind a large shrub, not wanting anyone to know that she was spying on them. Her jaw dropped when she recognized who the child's mother was….It was Maria Migdalia Sanchez…

Her mother…

"Mamá…"Paulina whispered in shock as she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Not now mija…It's time for dinner, now come inside and wash up…"Maria said as she picked up the little girl and carried her inside the very modest house.

Paulina only stood there in complete shock and was briefly relieved her mother didn't notice her yet as she was still processing this entire thing….

They had another child?! And a girl too?!

Paulina couldn't believe that, all her life she was her parent's only child and they always told her that she was their miracle baby, their precious gift from heaven and that made her even more special to them…She never imagined that during her time at Bludworth, they would have another child…one that looked exactly as she used to.

She couldn't believe it….She had to see this for herself.

Paulina waited until the cost was clear and snuck around the modest yard, finding a big tree that had a good view of a window. Being quick and careful, she climbed up and was happy that the dusk of the evening and the tree's leaves acted as an effective cloak. As Paulina sat in the tree, her jaw dropped at what she saw, the tree had a good view of the kitchen and she could see a happy little family of three having dinner.

Her mother Maria had aged a bit in the four years since she last saw her, she had some visible wrinkles and obviously dyed brown hair, but the rest was more or less the same as before. Her papá still looked mostly the same except that now he sported salt and pepper hair but he was still the same as she remembered….but her full focus was on the child that sat between the two of them.

Paulina couldn't hear much of what they were saying but she managed to hear just two words loud and clear and they were "Priscilla" and "mija" when her mother scolded the child for playing with her food.

So the kid's name was Priscilla….Priscilla Sanchez….

During the entire meal, Paulina could see them laughing at something her father said, her mother tending to little "Priscilla" and the little girl acting like any cute three year old child at that age…They looked like a real happy like family….without her in it.

"Mamá….Papá….You…You both really forgot about of me?..."Paulina whispered as she felt a tear slide down her cheek. She felt as if someone had suddenly slapped her…much like how they did during their last real meeting four years ago when they left her to rot at Bludworth.

Not only had her parents disowned her but it seemed that they got rid of anything of her in their lives…Not only did they abandon and forget about her but they replaced her as well….They replaced her with a new daughter that looked exactly as she did and moved to this dingy little street because they never wanted her to find them….

And she wished she never did now….

Not wanting to see any more of this, Paulina climbed out of tree and ran away from there before anyone caught her and she didn't want to see anymore of her fami-…No…they weren't her family anymore, as far as they were concerned, it was as if she never even existed to them in the first place.

It was all over now….

Her final hope of at least finding a place where she could at least feel that she belonged was long gone now…It was obvious that her parents meant what they said all those years ago when they said that they were done with her and she knew that they likely never told their precious, new daughter about her and she wished she was still clueless of that fact.

It hurt to know that the child even existed, she was living proof that her parents really were done with her and moved on to whatever life they had now but it was a life that Paulina could not and would never be a part of, no matter how much she wanted to be.

As the ugly girl kept walking through the streets, she tried not to think about the fact that it was already late and she would likely be sleeping on a park bench or in some disgusting cardboard box in an alley, she tried not to think of the fact that in the morning, she would be cold and hungry like she was right now, she tried not to think about the fact that she didn't even have a penny to her name now and she tried not to think about the heartbreak that she felt at the fact that she really was all alone in the world now, with no friends, no love and no family as well.

As she kept walking through town, she looked at her surroundings and felt a sense a dread as she briefly imagining that the large building were instead giant iron cell bars, each citizen that passed her by was a guard that was keeping a close eye on her, waiting for the chance that she would slip up and every other person was an inmate that would hurt her physically or emotionally because of her ugliness.

It was almost as if she never left Bludworth…She was free but she still felt trapped….

She was trapped by the fact that all of her old friends had long abandoned her, she was trapped by her unrequited love for Danny who might soon be married to that ghost tramp singer that ruined her life, she was trapped by the fact that her parents had truly cut her out of their lives and she was trapped in a cold, cruel world that would not only sneer at her ugly appearance but would still despise her if they recognized that she was Paulina Sanchez, the girl that was viewed as nothing more than a violent stalker of the world hero…

No matter what she did or how much she wanted to escape, she was still trapped in a prison, just a much larger one than Bludworth was. No matter where she went or how long time has passed, she would always be trapped.

No matter what, she was trapped and she knew that she would be until the day she died….and she had a weird feeling that that day might happen sooner than either she or anyone else thinks.

But until then, she was trapped….

-To be continued-

Next time on CW: Deleted Scenes

The Breakup

A/N: I would like to dedicate this chapter to Invader Johnny for suggesting it and giving me some ideas like The Sanchez's moving and Ghosts co-existing with humans in Amity Park, among other things. You rule Invader Johnny ;)

A/N(2): "Platinum Lane" is a neighborhood for rich people and the place where Paulina (used to) live, it's mention in my other fic "Yandere Simulator: Paulina edition" but the two stories are not connected, I'm just using the neighborhood here.

Also for those who are confused by the Sanchez's new lives, let me explain…Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez are still rich but when Priscilla was born they decided to move to a middle class neighborhood and give up their posh old lifestyle because they don't want to risk making the same mistakes they made with Paulina with their new child, for Priscilla they want to make her grow up valuing hard work and morals over money and looks.

A/N(3): Also, Danny's new look is inspired from Butch Hartman's "Danny Phantom 10 years later" video on his YouTube page, where he designed Danny, Sam and Tucker as adults and gave Danny an awesome new suit.

A/N (4): Chapter edited 2/11/2018.

I hope that clears things up.

REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:

Zachary Gilmore: Thank you ;)

Invader Johnny: Indeed, you realize that it's a very tragic situation and remember that the person going through it deserves it….

Wiseguy2415: I know exactly what you mean….

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