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Cupid's Wrath need
Chapter 3: Danny's Drama
People often dreamed and wondered what it was like to have fame…
Some people wanted to experience having legion of fans, admiration from the public and even having they're likeness on a series of merchandise. Some people would spend they're entire lives trying to achieve fame while some are often born into it or unintentionally stumble onto it by chance.
One thing that was for sure that while some people thrived from having fame, fortune and all related to it….and others found it overrated and at times an extremely bothersome and stressful lifestyle.
Danny was the latter in this situation.
He didn't like being famous….in fact he hated it.
Even before the Disasteroid happened, he had trouble with the press and fans wanting his autograph and literally chasing him all over town….but the combination of saving the world and revealing his secret made his fame skyrocket to astronomical levels….He even had a statue of himself in every capitol of the world!
He got fan mail from all over the world, important people like the world leaders and a bunch of big shots all wanted a piece of him and he was constantly being stalked by fans and the press, both at home and at school.
Oh...Don't even get him started with how things were in school...90% of his school mates either wanted to date him or hang out with him, while the remaining 10% started actively worshiping him like he was a God to them...which he tried to discourage as much as possible.
He didn't want a cult!
But that was nothing compared to what he has to deal with the A-Lister's, ever since he revealed himself they have been pestering him to join, Paulina being the most obnoxious of it all and no matter how many times he rejects them, they won't leave him alone, all because he was "World famous Danny Phantom".
He didn't want to be famous...so far it has given him nothing but a lot of stress..like right now.
It was Saturday morning, exactly three days before Valentine's day and his house was once again surrounded by a bunch of insane, lovesick woman who were screaming and begging him to be they're Valentine….Thankfully, after the first time some fans broke into the house to get to him, Tucker passed a law that made it that his fans couldn't come withing ten feet of Fenton property without being arrested but ten feet or ten inches didn't make a difference with the sheer volume of they're screams and the sight of the many posters and banners which read "I Heart Danny", "Be my Valentine Danny", etc.
Not to mention his fan mail had increased drastically after they found out he and Sam broke up.
"Got another one Danny..."His father said as he carried a large stack of packages which he knew were gifts from his fan girls...likely early Valentine's days gifts.
"Just put it with the rest of them dad...'Danny said as he gestured to a large stack of unopened presents and packages he had no intention of opening.
He saw that the largest one was a pink, custom package with his own logo on it and he already knew this was another gift from Paulina. She's been sending him countless love letters and presents since before the breakup and he couldn't care less about it.
Anything Paulina sent him was either a super expensive trinket he had no interest in using or a home made abomination in pink that reflected her obsession with him...He could still remember that knitted sweater that had both of them in a kiss...a sweater which he promptly threw in the trash before any other eyes saw it.
And that was nothing compared to the more….risque gifts she's been sending either by text or by letter, such gifts immediately went to his SPAM or in the trash where they belonged.
He didn't like or wanted anything to do with Paulina. As he was no longer blinded by her beauty, he was finally exposed to her real nature and finally noticed how disturbing her "interest in his ghost half was getting. Even without Sam, he didn't want her to be his Valentine...He didn't want to be with someone who was only interested in his ghost side and forgot about his human half.
He wanted real love….Not star struck infatuation.
"When will my fifteen minutes of fame be up?..."Danny thought semi-bitterly as he sipped his root beer.
"Man...What the heck are we gonna do with all this stuff?..."He suddenly heard and turned around to see his clone and adopted sister Danielle "Dani" Fenton eying the large stack.
"Throw away….Donate….I don't know but I just don't want them..."Danny said looking down while he noticed his adopted sister sticking her hand in the largest box...the one from Paulina and pulled something out.
"Hey, what are you doing?..."Danny demanded.
"Relax bro, just curious..."Dani said as she pulled the gift out and was briefly surprised by the weight.
Soon they both saw a life size, marble statue of Paulina herself, wearing a revealing dress and in a seductive pose….It was made in the same style of the Roman or Greek statues of women you'd seen in museums.
"She's gotta be kidding? Right?..."Dani said as she openly criticized the extremely narcissistic gift.
"I wish..."Danny said shaking his head as he made a mental note to send it back, just as he done with the half of gifts that were too big to throw away.
Danny couldn't take it anymore, it was only 10:00am, and he's already getting another migraine from this entire situation. He soon found himself taking flight, using invisibility to avoid his fans eyes as he needed some time to relax for himself.
"The worse part of it all is that it's not going to stop after Valentine's day ends, I just know it….As long as I'm Danny Phantom, the rich, famous and single super hero of Amity Park, they'll never leave me alone..."Danny whispered to himself as he looked down at the town below him.
He truly loved flying as it has always been his favorite power, the feeling of the wind in his hair and the detachment of the earth gave him a sense of freedom...freedom from his stress, his fans and most importantly...freedom from his own sadness.
Even if it was weeks ago, he still felt upset by the breakup with Sam, even if it was for the better, it still hurt. He knew that what they had was gone now and he should be lucky that they are still friends...but it bothered him that the nice time they had together was gone….and how he was going to be alone once more on the day of love that's always been nothing but awkward and lonely memories for him.
Unknown to the ghostly teen hero, a certain diva with flaming blue hair was flying as well with her own troubled thoughts regarding the affairs of the heart.
"What the hell was up with me last night?!...I must have been on something…."Ember thought in disbelief as she recalled her actions the previous night regarding her enemy.
Lat night she became….odd at the mention of Phantom's name and was like in a trance like state as she watched his image on the television for quite a while...only to snap out of it once the show was over and recoil in shock and disgust of her actions.
She was relieved to have woken up apparently normal and decided to take her chances and rock out once more….with no Phantom to bother her this time….sure, she didn't have a plan for world domination right now but she would at least get the thrill of being on stage once more and revel in the worship from her adoring fans.
She could always count on playing music and listening to people cheer her name make her feel better about herself...especially after these stressful few days.
She thrived when she was in the spotlight.
"You will remember my name..."Ember hummed her best and favorite of her songs, all the while picturing her fans idolizing her once more.
She loved nothing more than being on stage, singing her heart out and hearing the love and adoration everyone had for her whenever they said her name...Absolutely nothing else was more precious to her.
"EMBER?! Back for more I see?..."A male voice said that made Ember stop dead in her tracks…
"That voice…."Ember thought as she suddenly found her body in a statue like state...and suddenly felt her face become warm though she had no idea why.
She knew that voice, and normally she would have been fighting the source right about now...but right now her body wasn't listening to her...and she felt that weird feeling from yesterday again...only it was stronger.
"Um… HELLO! Is anyone home?…."The voice said sarcastically but Ember was still too out of it until she was face to face with the source of the voice.
The wild white hair, the glowing green eyes and the tight black jumpsuit confirmed him to be Danny Phantom, her sworn enemy...and the one that was making her feel all those strange feelings as of late.
"Uh...yeah, isn't this the part where you try and attack me and we exchange witty banter before I kick you're butt all the way back to the Ghost Zone..."Danny said with his arms folded but Ember still looked unmoved...almost like she was in a trance.
"Has he always been this well-tone?..."Ember thought to herself as she was checking out the white haired boy who was getting weird out by her lack of response.
She didn't know why...but lately she was noticing a lot more things about the ghost kid that caused her a lot of grief….she was noticing a lot of things that she liked…
"He has dimples!….They're so cute..."Ember thought in a fond way as she was eying him appreciatively, making the half ghost uncomfortable with her staring. This is the longest he's ever been around the ghostly pop princess without fighting her….and it was making him rather uneasy.
"Um….Ember...Not that I care or that I'm complaining but...are you alright?..."Danny asked hesitantly due to not being comfortable with the silence from the usually loud and boisterous villain.
"HUH!...Uh..Oh...Um...Yeah...why wouldn't I be, dipstick?..."Ember said in a rushed voice once she realized she was outright staring at her enemy and having rather...not normal thoughts about him.
Danny seemed to calm down a bit at the return of her hostility and the mention of her "nickname" for him and his hands started to glow.
"Then are we gonna fight or not?...'Danny challenged and Ember soon found her hand on her guitar that was behind her….She was looking forward to the chance to knock him around a bit...only to find that her hand wouldn't pull her weapon out.
It was almost like her body...and something else didn't want to fight the annoying goody goody that ruined her plans over and over again...She also felt that strange swelling in her chest once more as she noticed her enemy descending on her...only to stop before he could lay a hand on her.
"Hello! I thought you came here to fight me again? Seriously Ember, what's up with you?...'Danny asked in a suspicious tone as he eyed the strange behavior of the musical ghost girl.
He had assumed that Ember came back for a rematch from yesterday and to go back to her plans for wold domination...but so far she hasn't thrown a single punch or even a real insult at him which was very strange.
"What is she up to?..."Danny thought as he glared at his enemy who suddenly looked away from him, though he wondered why...if he didn't know any better, he would have thought she was being shy around him.
"He's looking at me…."Ember thought as she suddenly felt that feeling in her chest again and she felt….light was the only word she could think that could describe it, she even found a smile crawling on her face thought she couldn't figure out why.
"What's with that face?...and why are you looking at me like that?...'Danny asked in an uneasy voice as he suddenly found himself floating a few feet away from the ghostly pop star.
Something about this situation was not right, especially with the way she was looking at him right now.
"What do you mean?...'Ember said in a friendly voice which made Danny even more nervous, especially since she was getting closer each time he moved away.
"THAT! I don't know what kind of game you're playing Ember….but it won't work!...'Danny said as he put his guard up around her while Ember suddenly giggled, making this situation even stranger.
"What are you laughing at?..."Danny yelled indignantly while Ember only kept giggling.
Ember couldn't help but find his actions funny and adorable...The way he tried to sound tough just made the feeling in her chest go deeper. The strange feeling made her feel warm and light at the same time….She couldn't explain it but...she was starting to like the way he was making her feel lately.
"Why is he so cute?...'Ember thought in a fond way as the feeling got stronger the closer she got to the cute half ghost boy that kept trying to stay out of her reach.
"Hey! Stay back!...'Danny said in a defensive voice….being extremely freaked out by her behavior.
Suddenly he found Ember's arms around him and he immediately thought she was about to attack him...only she wasn't. She was looking at him, glancing at him from top to bottom.
"Get off of me!...'Danny demanded but Ember wasn't paying attention at all since she was paying more attention to his chest.
"Wow..."Was all Ember thought as she made a reach to feel it only for Danny to wriggle out of her grasp and try and get away from her.
"Hey! What's wrong? What are you doing?..."Ember asked as Danny still kept his distant from the bizarre ghostly girl.
"What the hell are you doing?...'Danny demanded in an exasperated voice. Ember was not being herself lately.
If anything….she was acting more lik-
Danny suddenly notice Ember put on of her hands on her head and looked like she was getting a migraine...She also looked tired all of a sudden, only once her eyes locked on him….She jumped a few feet back like he had leprosy or something.
"What the hell is with her?...'Danny thought as he looked at the ghost girl who suddenly had a distressed look on her face.
"What….What's going on?...'Ember asked to herself as she looked really troubled. She couldn't believe her actions around the ghost teen hero. It was bad enough with her having such strange thoughts about him but now she was outright trying to touch him!
"What the hell is wrong with me?..."Ember thought as she tried to fight back those weird thoughts and feelings and tried to make sense of the situation.
"That's what I'd like to know! Seriously Ember, what are you trying to pull?!...'Danny demanded but still kept a good distance from the pop idol out of fear that she'd tried to do...whatever it is that she was trying to do earlier again.
Ember flinched at the sound of his voice and suddenly a whirlwind of flames surrounded her, making her disappear, leaving a confused Danny by himself.
"Okay, even by my standards that was really weird...'Danny said out loud as he decided to fly back home, no longer having the desire to be outside.
Unknown to the half ghost boy, someone had witness the entire exchange between the bewildered hero and the distressed songstress from a safe distance.
"Aw love...It's being wasted on the young and the ignorant..."Cupid thought with a smirk.
Cupid had been spending the entire day spreading the love to the human world, though whether it was a blessing or a punishment depended on the person. Cupid did not consider himself an evil being, he actually did like humans and truly wanted to make sure people experienced love. Though he often felt it was his duty to punish those who either misused it or disrespected it's nature.
Just today he helped a plain looking man who was trying to woo an attractive red haired woman. Cupid could tell that the man while average looking was a good soul and he seemed to have genuine feelings for the woman, he was even impressed with the way he asked her to join him for dinner this Valentine's day, with a large bouquet of roses and a poem he made by himself. Cupid also noticed that the woman was touched by the gesture, so he deemed this man worthy of love and did his trick.
Also he found a young college boy who had the word "play boy" written all over his face, Cupid could see that he had a reputation of stringing along a bunch of young girls until he got them in bed, only to leave them once he got what he wanted. Cupid was disgusted with that type of person, he found it utterly despicable when a person used love only to satisfy sexual desires before tossing it away.
He showed no mercy when he struck him with an arrow, making him fall head over heels for a young woman who despised him for his reputation and didn't waste time in rejecting him, making him experience heartbreak for what was probably the first time in his life.
He was one of the victim's of Cupid's Wrath. A fitting punishment for one who abused and took advantage of love for only a few moments of sexual pleasure.
Not to mention he found a lying gold digger who was trying to seduce a rich doctor away from his wife, Cupid could sense how deep the Doctor's love for his wife was and was pleased he didn't have to do anything when the doctor flat out rejected her, leaving her angry and humiliated in the process.
No one knew it but Cupid loved it when he found people who valued love as much as he did and not even a bimbo with double D's could change it. And he made a mental note to punish the gold digger soon for trying to destroy real love just for trying to gain some money
His entire day was like that, either spreading joy or heartbreak only to those who deserved it….and witnessing the fruits of his labor. Though he noticed that the little spitfire known as Ember McLain was trying hard to resist her new found feelings...with minimal success.
'Oh Ms. McLain...You can't change how you feel...only I can..."Cupid whispered to himself before leaving to continue with his duties as the spirit of love.
With only three more days to go before Valentine's day arrived.
-To be continued-
Next time on Cupid's Wrath
Ember's Crisis
A/N: I apologize for taking longer than I anticipated but I have a lot going on with college, not to mention life and my other stories...but I hope this chapter will be enough for now.
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Invader Johnny: I gotta tell you I had a major blast writing Ember like this...I can't explain it but it's just too fun making her all "Tsudere" around Danny, her trying to fight the spell and keep hating him while having some moments of her feelings slipping out :D
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