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Cupid's Wrath

Chapter 11: Heartbreak

Ember reappeared in her realm, but was still unable to move. The previous events were still fresh in her mind. She felt unbelievable amounts of anger, humiliation, sadness and heartbreak build up in her until she soon found herself sinking to the ground, as if she was about to get into a fetal position.

She thought nothing could have been more painful that what she went through with David all those years ago, but tonight she was prove wrong, she literally felt like her heart was ripped apart.

She finally found love in time for Valentine's Day….but it wasn't real.

"Stupid! Stupid….Stupid….Stupid!….'Ember thought bitterly as she was practically rocking herself back and forth as the cold, cruel, hard truth finally set in.

She wanted to cry, she wanted to scream, she wanted to break something, but most of all….She wanted to forget the whole thing ever happened but she knew she wouldn't be able to. Her feelings for Danny, these last few days and her entire Valentine's Day was nothing more than a lie, a sham and a joke!

It was nothing but a sick joke and she was the punch line!

It was all so obvious, but she was too stupid to see the signs, her sudden interest in Phantom and her strange behavior were just the result of a curse placed on her by a petty ghost who made a fool out of her.

Cupid fully intended to hurt her tonight, he had her experience love just so she could face heartbreak…..And he succeeded.

"Idiot! It was so obvious….I'm such a freaking idiot!…."Ember thought as she wipes her tears away, only to glare at the tiny drops she allowed herself to shed.

She was humiliated that she let Cupid make a fool out of her, but the thing she was most ashamed of was the tears she let herself shed.

She broke her own personal vow tonight: To never cry as Ember Mclain. In her old, human life, she wasted so much time crying about her problems that when she became a ghost, she vowed to never cry ever again.

A vow she broke tonight...and in front of one of her enemies….The same person she thought she had a special connection with tonight.

She should have known it was all too good to be truth.

"Danny…."Ember thought about the guy she spent her evening with, she recalled enjoying his company and getting to know him, talking to him about her day to day life, listening to his cheesy jokes and hearing his sweet laughter...She recalled the warm, tingly feeling she felt when she hugged him and how close she was to kissing him.

"But it wasn't real..."Ember thought sadly as she hugged her knees even harder, just wishing she could disappear for good.

She had opened her heart to the one she called enemy, telling him things she never told any other soul and feeling such a happiness she never felt before

But it wasn't real.

She finally spent Valentine 's Day with a guy that acted like he gave a damn about her and she had accepted that she liked it and was so close to kissing him and asking him to be hers…

But it was nothing more than a spell.

She was nothing more than a victim of Cupid's Wrath, she was forced to fall in love with the enemy and she got humiliated in the process. She remembered feeling such a rage at the revelation, she power and rage were practically leaking out and she just wanted to destroy everything in front of her, only for her to become a blubbering mess when she faced Danny again, who went back to his "Super hero" shtick, which only made her feel worse.

There was nothing between them, they were just enemies and that was all they would ever be. The last few days, their date together at Café Styx, the talking, the laughing, the hug, the revelations and the almost kiss….

It might as well have never happened, she should just forget about it and move on.

What she experienced tonight was not real, what she had with Danny was nothing more than a cruel, cruel joke from the spirit of love just because she rubbed him the wrong way.

But she couldn't stop thinking about her date, telling him about her life as "Amberline" and how angry his reaction was….He really seemed to have cared about her...He even said he liked her music, something she never expected to hear from the goody-goody ghost boy.

She couldn't deny that she had a nice time tonight...but it was not real, no matter how much she wished it was.

"At least….It was nice while it lasted..."Ember muttered as she just sat there, wallowing in her self-pity.

Wondering why this sort of thing only happened to her.

"Poor girl..."Clockwork mumbled as he watched the heartbroken ghostly diva.

He could only shake his head, feeling nothing but pity for the ghostly singer and anger at Cupid's cruelty. He witness what Cupid did, deliberately informing the couple about the spell solely because he wanted Ember to face heart ache no matter what.

Though he shouldn't have been surprised by his actions, he was certainly petty enough to do such a thing, but Clockwork was still disgusted by his underhanded actions, making Ember think that it was all nothing but one of his cruel pranks, that what she had with Danny was not real.

"It wasn't all fake...The spell stopped at 6, anything that happened between them after that was as real as it could be..."Clockwork thought as he eyed the two heartbroken, humiliated teenagers who were both suffering because of Cupid's actions.

Clockwork rarely got angry, given that his job required a lot of patience and he had way more than enough power to make sure no foolish ghost would deliberately try to bother him, only the Observants and the few other Ghosts that were immune to time were the ones who always ended up testing his patience.

Cupid was the worst one by far, Clockwork was practically shaking in anger at his immaturity and cruelty towards his friend and Ms. Mclain. He wanted to go to them and tell them the truth but unfortunately he was not allowed to directly interfere with "Cupid's work", even if it was nothing more than a cruel prank to salvage his bruised pride.

"You're going to face consequences soon enough, Cupid...I'll make sure of it..."Clockwork hissed as he watched the arrogant cherub go back to his antics, as if he completely forgot what he had just done.

Clockwork blinked as he noticed something in the background, unknown to Cupid, someone was stalking him.

"Hmm...What have we here?..."Clockwork wondered as he paid closer attention to the time screen, and have a feeling his little pest would soon be facing unpleasant times.

Approximately 30 minutes earlier.

Across the street from Fenton Works.

Paulina Sanchez was wearing a dark outfit and ski mask as she hid behind the alleyway and gazed up at the home of her beloved ghost boy. It was late at night and most of the Fenton family was probably asleep right now or out on dates, and Paulina knew her beloved hasn't arrived yet, since he was probably trying to blow off steam from his humiliating incident involving Cupid and that stupid hussy that didn't deserve him.

But Paulina was here to make sure he would forget about all that...and remember about the love that was between them. All she needed was to borrow some of his toys.

She was still fuming as she thought about how that slut tried to kiss her man and those crocodile tears she shed after being told by the spirit of love himself that it wasn't real. It made Paulina furious that her beloved almost let that whore touch him...but Paulina would forgive him, especially after he finally sees the light.

As soon as Ember and Cupid disappeared, a plan formed in Paulina's mind and she immediately went home to gather what she needed for her little errand and now she stood in front of Fenton Works, where the tools she needed to secure her future were inside.

"Here goes everything…"Paulina whispered to herself, bracing herself for what she was about to do and remembering her prize once she succeeded.

Paulina slowly walked up to the unique home and quickly checked all the windows and was careful to keep out of sight, she couldn't risk getting caught right now. Thankfully all the lights were off which meant that everyone was either out or asleep.

"Perfect..."Paulina whispered as she went to the back door and quickly picked the locks.

"Come on...hurry...I got to get out of here before Danny shows up..."Paulina thought as she tried to once more. After a few more tries, she finally managed to open the door.

"Finally!..."Paulina internally cheered as she tip toed inside Fenton Works and searched for her prize: The Fenton Thermos, along with some other gadgets.

"Now if I was my beloved ghost boy...Where would I leave a thermos?..."Paulina wondered as she searched all over the house, though as briefly distracted by the pictures of Danny.

She checked the kitchen, living room and even the downstairs bathroom, she didn't want to risk going up stairs and possibly running into his parents or his sisters.

After a few more tries, Paulina found what she was looking for on top of one of the bookshelves: A genuine Fenton Thermos all hers for the taking.

"Jackpot!..."Paulina smirked as she grabbed the cylindrical device and decided to check and see if there was anything else she could use.

After some more searching, she managed to find what looked to be a fishing rod, some wireless headphones, what looked like a small gun and a metallic belt which she soon recognized as some of the more iconic weapons her beloved had used during battle. Paulina recalled him mentioning them in one of his live interviews, the belt was meant to act like some sort of protections against ghosts, the fishing rod was also used as a powerful binding and the wireless headphones helped "filter out ghost noise" or whatever and the gun was just an ecto-gun that could only hurt ghosts.

"Super Jackpot!..."Paulina internally cheered as she gathered her items.

She was slightly surprised that the Fenton's would just leave these weapons lying around the house, the again, Mr. Fenton wasn't a very organized person and was very likely that he wanted his children to have close access to them. Paulina soon grabbed them and placed them in her backpack and quickly cleaned up, and hightailed it out of there.

She quickly locked the door shut and slipped into the alleyway, just in time to see a car pull up and Danny's sister along with Mayor Foley come out of it. They were completely oblivious to the fact that she had ever been inside.

"This was almost too easy..."Paulina thought giddily as she left her hiding spot and went to search for Cupid and the arrows that were the key to her Phantom's heart.

Present time

Cupid was continuing his usual business, infecting any citizen he could find with his spell, all the while feeling a sense of smugness for his success tonight.

"Serve that girl right..."Cupid thought to himself in regards to Ms. Mclain who was likely back in the Ghost Zone dealing with her bruised pride and aching heart, he couldn't explain it, but he felt such relief to think about it.

"Hopefully this will teach her not to speak ill against the deity of love..."He thought arrogantly, still believing his actions were justice.

Suddenly Cupid felt a blast hit him from behind, forcing him to fall straight to the earth.

Alright, Cupid prided himself in being a "lover" instead of a "fighter" and while he was known for his decisiveness, he never was one for physical fights...along with his belief that no one would actively attack him out of fear of what he could do to their love lives...

Which resulted in less than perfect endurance.

"AHHHHH!..."He yelped as he landed on the pavement, but noticed that the force from the fall caused him to let go of his satchel filled with the sacred love arrows.

Cupid tried to move, but soon felt another painful shock that practically paralyzed him.

"Ahhh!...How...Who dares..."Cupid barely managed to whimper out of pain.

"I do..."He looked up to see a masked human in front of him, holding a weapon in her hand.

"Whoever you are...You'll pay...How dare you a-attack me...I'll...I'll make sure you never find love again..."He hissed as he glared at his attacker but he only heard her snide laughter.

"I'm sorry Mr. Cupid...but I think you're no longer able to affect my love life..."His attacker said as she pulled out what looked to be a metal thermos and before he knew it, he was sucked in and was trapped in the confided of the small, metallic prison.

"What on earth? Release me now!..."Cupid shouted from within the thermos, but his captor ignored his yells and was only in triumph.

"I caught him! And now these babies are all mine..."Paulina smirked as she picked up the satchel filled with the sparkling, magical arrows that almost radiated the power they possessed. Paulina checked her watch and saw that it was getting late and she best be getting home right now.

"With these arrows, soon I'll fix things and Danny will finally be mine!"...Paulina said with a crazed look in her eye as she thought about how close her prize was.

As she walked back to her home, carrying her two prizes, her prisoner and the arrows that promised her a lifetime of love with her beloved, she thought about her situation, her plan and how close her destiny was now.

Clockwork witness the entire event and couldn't believe how careless Cupid was and that the sacred love arrows were now in the possession of a mortal.

"Not good…"Clockwork thought as he started to sense some serious shifts coming up. He may have disliked Cupid but the world needed a guardian of love just as they needed a guardian of time, without it, there would be a grave disorder in both the human and ghost worlds.

"This is all that fool's fault, if he had been taking his duties seriously instead of pulling childish pranks…"Clockwork sighed as he kept a close eye the imprisoned cherub and his captor.

He recognized it as Paulina Sanchez, one of his young charges admirers and he knew her reason and motivation for her actions. She wanted Danny all to herself and she was willing to do anything to make him like her…even capturing the spirit of love and stealing the sacred love arrows in order to do so.

Clockwork saw the new events thanks to Paulina's actions, Danny was in danger now and only one person would be able to save him from becoming a true prisoner of love.

"I better do something before the Observants catch wind of this….Looks like I need to visit a new friend…"Clockwork said as he soon teleported out of his realm, to find the perfect person to get back the arrow and save Danny as well.

All he had to do now was convince her to do so.

Sanchez Manor

Paulina immediately went to her room and all she could think about was her beloved ghost boy, and what the future had in store for them. Soon she would have his precious heart once more and this time, no one would steal him away from her again. Not Manson and most definitely not that bitch Ember.

"Danny"...Paulina muttered softly as she thought about her precious ghost boy and imagined the life she would have with him.

It was love at first sight when she met Danny Phantom. Ever since she met him, Paulina knew he was the one she was destined to marry someday. He was everything to her, all she ever dreamed of in a man and so much more. Her Danny was like a Prince Charming, he was rich, famous handsome, strong, brave, daring, charming and she knew he was as kind and faithful as a man could get.

He was totally perfect for her! Yes, Danny was perfect!

Paulina giggled as she thought about their soon to be fate together. She wanted Danny so much. She wanted to kiss him, she wanted to date him and she wanted to pleasure him in all ways...she wanted to make love to the Ghost boy and Paulina always got what she wanted.

She pictured them dating throughout the rest of High School, then getting married and starting a happy, perfect family together. She wanted nothing more than to become Mrs. Danny Phantom and mother a son or daughter that was as beautiful as she was and was as darling as her precious ghost boy.

"Oh Ghost Boy..."Paulina said dreamily as she felt her heart fluttering.

She giggled and blushed when she visualized Danny in a tuxedo whispering "I do" to her, and she drool a bit as images of the honeymoon and a happy married life filled her mind, with the eventual arrival of little Paulina's and little Danny's to call their own.

"Soon, Danny my love, soon"...Paulina thought before finally going to sleep, with nothing but dreams of her darling ghost boy and how soon she would have his heart again.

Meanwhile back at Fenton Works, Danny had just arrived home, feeling a horrible combination of humiliation, shock….and some sadness as well.

"I should have realized it was just a spell….I'm so stupid…as if she would ever actually want to spend Valentine's day with me…"Danny thought sadly only to feel angry now.

He was angry at Cupid for his cruel, humiliating spell, he was angry at Ember for making him feel like they could actually become friends or more…

"I can't believe I let myself get tangled up in all that….I can't believe that I almost kissed her!..."Danny growled as he stomped around his house, wishing that this entire night never happened.

However, once he made it to the living room, he witness an event even more bizarre and disturbing than what he experience just a few moments ago.

"AHHHH!..."Danny yelled as he witness his older sister and best friend making-out.

"Aaaah..."The two kissing teens yelped as they realized they were no longer alone.

"W-What the hell?..."Danny said in disbelief at the sight before him, feeling his frustration from earlier swell up again.

"D-Danny..."Jazz said in a combination in embarrassment and dismay.

"H...Hey...man...'Tucker said awkwardly, not liking the glare he was sending them.

What are you suppose to say to your best friend after he catches you lip locking with his sister?

"What the hell is going on?!...'Danny demanded the two and Jazz and Tucker were still blushing hard.

"I...I...think it's pretty obvious man…."Tucker joked but it only made Danny angrier.

"Answer!…."Danny demanded once more.

Jazz sighed and knew there was no going around him, but this wasn't how she wanted him to find out. She told him about how she and Tucker have been flirting and semi-dating since her internship and how she agreed to be his Valentine tonight.

All the while Danny was getting angrier, the stress and humiliation from earlier only made it worse. He couldn't believe his best friend was trying to get with his sister...and they didn't even have the decency to be honest about it either!

"I can't believe this! My sister and my so-called best friend become a thing and fool around and don't even give me the heads up..."Danny shouted accusingly to the two lovebirds in front of him.

"Hey! What are you talking about a "so-called best friend"?..."Tucker asked in an offended voice. He knew maybe this was a big shock to him, but Danny was taking this waaayyyy too personally in his opinion.

Danny just kept glaring at him, the anger from earlier and the shock from now was only worsening his mood.

"You know what...Whatever...I don't care...Do whatever you two want but stay out of my sight!...'Danny shouted before marching up to his room and the two shell shock braniacs could hear a loud door slam.

"What the heck is wrong with him?! I get that maybe we shouldn't have waited too long to tell him but he's taking this way out of proportion..."Tucker said, he couldn't believe his best friends behavior.

Jazz however knew her brother very well and during his entire rant..she could see the hurt in his eyes...but she knew it wasn't because of seeing her and Tucker kiss.

"Something tells me his date didn't go well tonight….'Jazz said, feeling pity to her brother who was having a lot of bad luck in love as of late.

Tucker blinked a bit at that response, and soon realization sunk in….and all he could do was feel bad for his friend. He was surprised to see Danny willing to take Ember up on her offer but it was his choice and he wished him the best.

Though it seems something happened between them during the date...and given his reaction, it was something bad.

"I'm a bad friend…."Tucker muttered, feeling guilty about the whole situation. His friend was depressed and likely had a time tonight and Tucker only spent the last few days doing his mayor stuff and flirting with his sister instead of acting like a friend should.

"Don't say that, you're a great friend to him Tucker...He's just upset and fuming right now….Jazz reassured him but it didn't have much success.

"I gotta talk to him..."Tucker said as he made his way upstairs only for Jazz to stop him.

"No...Right now he's angry and won't listen to anything we say….He needs time to sort out whatever is bothering him..."Jazz told him, if they went up to him now, Danny would just keep yelling at them and refuse to listen to them.

He needed some time to vent.

"Look...It's getting late Tucker, I think it's best you go home and we talk to him again tomorrow..."Jazz offered to the techno geek who saw her point.

"Fine..See ya Jazz..."Tucker said before giving the red haired girl a quick kiss, one she reciprocated.

"Bye Tucker..."Jazz said as she watched her boyfriend leave.

Once alone, Jazz only thought about her brother and his behaviors tonight. She knew that something big went down tonight and she cursed herself for encouraging him to give Ember a chance tonight, he was still too depressed from his breakup with Sam and now whatever went down tonight just made it worse!

"What happened to you tonight Danny?..."Jazz thought in concern.

Unknown the red haired psychologist in training, the boy in question was currently lying in his bed, feeling a whirlwind of emotions.

He wanted to be so angry right now, he wanted to be angry at Cupid for his spell, at Ember for making him like her, at Jazz and Tucker for lying about their relationship

"Stupid Cupid...Stupid Ember...Stupid Jazz….Stupid Tucker….Stupid...Stupid...Stupid..."Danny whispered as he felt a tear slid down his cheek.

He wanted to be angry at all of them….He wanted to blame them for his humiliation and his aching heart right now….

But….The person he was most angry with right now was himself for letting it happen.

"Why?….Why….Why did I let myself like her tonight?..."Danny thought as he remember his sham date with Ember and letting himself go.

As much as he wanted to deny it, he did come to like Ember, he did enjoy the attention she gave him, it wasn't the shallow flattery his fans gave him but it was also like she was genuinely interested in himself and not his fame and powers….something he rarely experienced nowadays outside of his family and circle of friends.

He thought she looked beautiful tonight and he learned so many things about her, her tragic past, her beguiling personality when she wasn't trying to take over the world. He saw a completely different side to Ember he never knew existed.

A side he liked…..

For once in almost a month, he wasn't sad or depressed about his breakup with Sam, he actually almost felt like himself again.

"But it wasn't real….She would never have done any of that on her own free will….I'm such an idiot..."Danny mumbled as he laid on his bed, crying and just wishing to forget the whole thing.

-To be continued-

Next time on Cupid's Wrath

Bitterness

A/N: For those of you who think Danny was being too harsh, just remember he was feeling very angry and upset about what happened with Ember and Cupid, so he unintentionally took some of his unhappiness out on Tucker and Jazz.

Also for those who are confused, this all roughly happened around the same time, just from different point of views.

A/N(2): That's it for now, I know you all enjoyed the chapter marathon these last few days but I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up, though I'll try and have in done in a week or 2 max.

REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:

Invader Johnny: Don't worry, Cupid will gets what's coming to him soon enough. Though I'm open for suggestions if you have any.

For the love of Frisk: Awww...(Blushing and smiling shyly) It was no trouble at all, I love writing fanfics and you and everyone else have been a great audience. I like being in touch with my fans ;)

Vaulttec01: I guess we just have to wait for the ending, but I can't give any spoilers…sorry.

Wiseguy2415: I know right, and as show in this chapter, it's just going to get more intense.

Mr. R3M: I'm glad you really enjoyed this chapter, I was just lucky enough to find my inspiration earlier than anticipated…although the motivation from my amazing readers certainly helped ;)

:) Till next time beautiful people, remember to read and review :)