Disclaimer: I still don't own Danny Phantom. It's the property of Butch Hartman, Nickelodeon and Viacom International and it always will be. I am just one of the many fans out there…
Cupid's Wrath
Chapter 15: Love is a curse
Approximately 15 minutes earlier
(When Danny had just woken up)
Mount Amity was considered a local tourist attraction to the citizens of Amity Park. It was a large, majestic mountain that had numerous rivers, lakes, and a vast forest that was several acres long and was surrounding the entire area. It was considered a true beauty of nature and it was the idea place to go camping….or for a fugitive to hide from justice.
Ember, Dani and Sam had finally arrived to vast mountain and were searching high in the skies for Paulina's chalet so they could rescue Danny.
During the entire time, Sam and Ember were not talking and Dani didn't like the silence...and she was still wondering about this entire situation that happened last night between the ghostly pop princess and her brother.
"Uh...Excuse me, Ember?..."Dani asked shyly to the azure haired ghost.
"What?..."She said to the little halfa girl.
"Could you please tell me what happened between you and my brother?...'She asked and Ember flinched.
"Why does she have to bring that up?...'Ember thought in dismay but kept an air of indifference.
"Now is not the time for that..."She said stubbornly.
"Oh come on!...I know whatever happened last night is a part of all of this but Danny wouldn't talk..."Dani persisted but Ember wasn't listening.
"I said that now's not the time for it...We have to save your brother from that psycho fan girl of his..." Ember hissed back to the younger ghoul.
"I'm still surprised that you're helping us right now?..."Sam said to the ghostly pop princess.
Ember blinked and was getting very fed up with Sam's distrust….Sure, maybe she and the goth were still technically enemies but they had a truce right now….
"Oh come on! Is it really that shocking that I actually decide to do something decent?...'Ember asked rhetorically and got angry when she saw Sam nod her head.
'Well, what about you?!..."Ember shot back.
"What about me?..."Sam asked in a confused tone of voice.
"I thought you and Danny broke up...Why are you still going out of your way to help him now?...'Ember asked. Sure, it might sound like a weak comeback, but Ember was actually very curious.
She knew for a fact that Sam was Danny's ex-girlfriend, yet during the entire trip Ember could see the same kind of concern she always had for the half ghost Phantom even though he was an ex.
"Because he's my friend…"Sam answered as if it was obvious but she blinked when she saw the confused look on Ember's face.
"What's with her?...'The goth thought in confusion.
"But...You guys broke up….but you're still hanging out together and...and you don't hate his guts?..."Ember asked to the goth and Sam gave her an incredulous look.
It was almost like the idea of being friends with an ex was foreign to Ember.
"I could never hate Danny..."Sam said without a moments hesitation.
"He's been my best friend for years now...We grew up together and have been through so much...I can't stand the thought of losing him….Even if we didn't work out as a couple, our friendship is still very precious to me…."Sam said softly.
"I know we didn't work out but I'm okay with that….Platonic love or not, I'll always care about him even if we never get back together, it's better for the both of us and I rather he be happy with someone who's actually worth it….and is definitely not a psychotic spoiled brat with an ego the size of the Ghost Zone..."Sam said determined.
Ember was momentarily stun by Sam's words. Ember might not be the most "in touch with her feelings girl", but she could tell when someone was being sincere or if they were spouting nonsense. To her surprise, it seemed Sam really meant what she said, there was no hint of an ulterior motive or a subconscious desire to get back with him...Sam truly seemed to care about Danny without all that romantic stuff….
"She….She really does care about him, doesn't she…."The ghostly diva thought.
Ember didn't know how to view it...She genuinely hated all her ex boyfriends...but then again, she was never childhood friends with them to start with.
Ember then decided to stop talking but Dani kept pestering her for information on what went down with Danny….but Ember was giving the silent treatment and Dani was upset with being ignored.
"You're just like Danny, you know that! I don't know what happened between the two of you but I know it was something really bad by how miserable Danny's been since them...He's so stubborn…. he's too upset and angry to tell me!...'Dani said annoyed and Ember almost stopped dead in her tracks.
Did she really here that right?
"W-What is it?!...'Sam demanded but was shock to see the bewildered expression on Ember's face.
"What did you just say?...'Ember demanded to the younger ghoul.
"I said that Danny is acting upset and angry because of what happened last night...'Dani repeated, not sure about Ember's reaction.
"Upset?….I get angry, for what Cupid did….but he was upset?...'Ember thought in amazement.
What did that even mean?
Sam however broke Ember out of her thoughts/.
"In case you two forgot, we got a rescue to do...Danielle, I'll tell you what happen after we save Danny from the world's biggest brat, but for now let's keep looking..."Sam shouted, snapping the two girls out of it.
During the rest of the flight, Ember couldn't stop thinking about Dani's words and her mind went back to her date. She couldn't explain any of it, but her mind were stuck on what Danny told her before Cupid dropped in.
"I don't think you need to force people to like your music.." She recalled him saying.
"What? You like my songs?…:She remember asking in shock.
"You're a good singer...The only thing I can't accept is the brainwashing….He said to her with that smile of his.
Ember didn't know why, but those words struck her for some reason.
"You're a good singer...The only thing I can't accept is the brainwashing….His voice kept echoing in her mind.
"You're a good singer"
"You're a good singer"
"You're a good singer"
"You're a good singer"
"W-What's happening to me?..."Ember thought as she felt a strange rush all over her, the kind she only got when she had a lot of people chanting her name...but why?
And for some reason, she felt her hair raise a few feet.
'Wow...What are you doing Ember?...'Sam asked but was met with silence from the ghostly woman.
Ember didn't know how to answer her. She didn't know what was happening to her. Ever since the spell was cast, she's been getting these little power boosts and she couldn't explain any of it...She figured it might have been some weird side effect but she also knew that the spell was lifted but for some reason she was getting an increase of power now for some reason…
The memory of Phantom's words were having some kind of effect on her.
"You're a good singer"
She couldn't explain it, but she briefly visualized his smiling face once more and felt a strange sensation once more….but she didn't have time to waste worrying about it.
She had to save Danny before it was too late.
The three girls spent the next 10 minutes searching for Paulina's chalet but Mount Amity was a big place, even by flying. They had already searched the entire east side of the forest and were now searching west.
"Do you guys see anything?..."Dani asked to her partners.
"Nothing! We gotta find that place..."Sam said in agitation.
"You said that this place was suppose to have a view of the lake...I don't see any lakes around here...'Ember said in annoyance, though she felt more worried.
She was worried they might be too late...She didn't want to think about the kind of things Paulina might try to do to Danny with him under her spell.
She couldn't explain it at all but she wanted to make sure that Danny was safe...and to rip Paulina's head off for all that she's done.
"That girl won't stay pretty after I'm done with her...'Ember thought angrily as she briefly imagined smashing Paulina's supposedly pretty face in.
"Wait…I think I see it..."Dani shouted.
"Where?..."Both older girls asked loudly.
"There..."Dani pointed North and Sam and Ember soon saw a small lake just a few miles away...and they also saw a large chalet that was up one of the hills.
It was three stories large and it looked like it had several levels….and it was pink!
"Do you think it's Paulina?...'Dani asked.
"Without a doubt...Who else would own a pink mountain chalet?!...'Sam said sarcastically, expressing her open disgust with the color.
"I see a car at the entrance...She's here!..."Ember shouted and prepared her guitar just in case.
"Let's go knock some heads..."Ember said to her partners with Sam giving a nod.
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this..."Sam said evenly.
No matter what, Paulina was going down.
Present time
Master bedroom, Paulina's chalet.
Paulina smirked as she witness the magical arrow enter her beloved, she watched some kind of red aura surround him and she knew the spell was taking effect. For a few minutes, she had to watch him struggle and spazz around but she knew there was no escape from it.
"Just stop fighting it Danny….You are all mine now...'She said as she witness him still trying to resist the spell's effects.
"No...No...I-I gotta fight it...I can't..."Danny thought as he tried to fight the effects of the arrows.
However , he soon found his mind becoming cloudy and visions of Paulina forced there way into his mind as he felt his heart starting to accelerate each passing second.
"N-No...I-I can't..."He screamed internally as he felt the spell starting to get to him.
After a few more minutes, Paulina was losing patience with his resistance.
"What's taking so long?….She thought impatiently, she wanted her man's love and she wanted it right now!
After a few more seconds, Paulina walked to the side of the bed and was right next to her beloved who, while still tied up, had finally stopped struggling.
"How are you feeling baby?..."Paulina asked in a soft voice to the tied up boy.
"I….I feel...strange….beauti-...No!..."He growled and struggled a little more and Paulina was smirking as she knew he was going under.
"I...I...gotta stop it...Sh-She is a stalker! She kidnapped me! She….She...She's so gorgeous…."He thought as he finally stopped moving around and just stared at his captor
His normally glowing green eyes now had a pink tint and were staring at her, admiring every detail of her visage.
"Beautiful..."He thought blissfully.
Suddenly a smile was on Danny's face as feelings he hadn't felt since early Freshman year came back in full force and he felt his heart vibrating as he stared at the beautiful girl before him.
Why was he so upset earlier? This was the girl he wanted since he first laid his eyes on earth during 9th grade. This was the girl he spent months admiring from a far and dreaming of the day he would make her "Paulina Fenton"...and she was smiling at him!
Paulina really was so beautiful, with her long, shiny, wavy black hair, her perfect tanned skin, her sparkling teal eyes and her flawless and figure…Man, no wonder she was deemed the hottest girl in school. He was just grinning stupidly as he admired the girl who was looking at him with nothing but desire in her eyes.
Paulina quickly noticed his smiling and leaned closer to the ghost boy of her dreams who seemed to react positively to her presence now.
"Danny darling?..."She asked in the sweetest voice she could muster.
"I forgot how beautiful you are…."He said in a love sick trance and Paulina felt a surge of triumph.
"YES!..."She cheered internally as she quickly embraced the tied up boy who enjoyed her closeness, despite the fact that he was still restrained.
"Paulina...Oh...You're so pretty..."Danny said in a daze.
"Yes I am..."Paulina agreed happily…."Oh...This is too good to be true..."She thought happily and was mentally doing a victory dance.
As she was now straddling her beloved once more, she leaned in a bit with her lips puckered slightly. She was however taken back by how quick Danny closed the distance between him.
Her ghost boy was kissing her back now!
"He...He….OH, GHOST BOY!..."Paulina internally cheered and enjoyed the first mutual kiss she was experiencing with her beloved.
After almost a full minute of passionate lip locking, they finally parted and Paulina...for once in her life was lost for words.
"Wow..."Was all that came to her mind as she blushed and felt tingly all over after what she just experienced….she couldn't help but giggle like a school girl and she saw the way he was looking at her.
She was just so happy that they were finally together.
"I love you Paulina...'Danny said to her, still in his hypnotized state and Paulina could almost shed tears of joy.
He was finally all hers.
"I love you too Danny...'She said before giving him another kiss.
Once done, Paulina went to undo his bidding from the bed she tied him to.
Unknown to Paulina, Danny was still a bit in a confused haze...though he could feel his desires for the Hispanic beauty increase each passing second.
"Oh...She's gorgeous...and she said she loves me…."He thought in a happy daze...only for something to change inside him.
Danny didn't know why but..it was almost like a large part of him was loving all of this...but a smaller part was...he didn't know what it was.
He was brought out of that when he heard her voice.
"So darling, I was thinking that maybe-...Paulina was cut off when Danny, now free, pulled her closer and gave her a passionate kiss that nearly had her dipping back.
"Oh...Danny…."She purred as she kissed him back and gave him access to her mouth. Usually Paulina would want a part of the action but she felt so much pleasure, she chose to sit back and let Danny do all the work.
Once he was done, Paulina only stared at him, feeling a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction and thrills.
"Danny…."Paulina said.
"Yes?..."He asked her.
"You remember the time you asked me to become "Paulina Fenton"?..."She asked and smiled when she saw him nod.
"Well, this is my reply..."She said before she lunged at him and pushed him to the wall and started feeling him up a bit as she kissed him.
"Mmmmmmm….Oh yes….She moaned in delight as she and her beloved did the tongue tango.
As they kept kissing, Paulina felt so much lust and desire building up in her. This is all she's been wanting for almost two years now. She was making out with the ghost boy and it was even better than she imagined.
She was french kissing him and beginning to grind against him and she could tell he was enjoying it now...but it wasn't enough for her.
She wanted more.
After almost 5 minutes of intense making out, Paulina separated from her beloved.
"You liked that didn't you?..."She asked flirtatiously and was thrilled to see him nod.
"Then you are definitely going to love this..."She teased as she quickly pushed Danny onto the bed and was kissing him once more…She was on top of him as she was kissing and biting his neck while her hands explored his well-tone body under his suit.
Danny couldn't believe this was happening, he was making out with Paulina Sanchez on a bed and he could feel so hot right now.
"Paulina…."He thought blissfully….but his eyes widened when he sensed Paulina hands inching closer to a rather private area of his.
Thing were getting very intense and Danny could sense Paulina wasn't going to be satisfied with just kissing, judging by the way her hands were crawling down.
"P-P-Paulina….."He stuttered out, not sure how to take all this.
He constantly had fantasies about this during freshman year but he couldn't believe it was actually happening…..but he wasn't sure if he was ready for this yet….
He couldn't explain it really...His heart, his hormones and his body was okay with this...but something else wasn't so sure.
Paulina however failed to notice the hesitance in his tone.
"Just sit back and relax, darling?...'She winked as she took the top of his suit off and was working on taking her own top off.
She felt such a wild, animalistic, rush of passion and desire as she admired her soon to be lover's perfect torso and looked at the pants that were the only obstacle left between her and her prize.
"Mine..."She thought as she reached down. Paulina was about to take his pants off and fulfill her destiny when she suddenly heard a loud explosion from outside.
"What the hell?...'Paulina screamed, feeling angry that her intimacy with her beloved was being disturbed.
Paulina quickly ran to the window and gasped when she was the front entrance was destroyed and she could see the goth, the ghost whore and one of her beloved's sisters running inside.
"How did they find me?..."Paulina thought in a panic...only to calm down when she remembered she finally hit Danny with an arrow.
They were too late...He was all hers now.
Turning around, she saw her beloved still gazing at her with those pink eyes of his...He was still under her spell and she had an endless supply of arrows that would last a lifetime.
"Darling, it seemed we have some unwelcome visitors, why don't you get rid of them and once your done...We can go back to what we were doing...Paulina ordered in a seductive tone and smirked when she saw Danny about to go.
"Yes darling..."Danny said as he put his top back on
"Oh! He called me "darling"...aw...'Paulina said in a lovey-dovey tone.
Downstairs
The three girls had just busted open and were finally inside the chalet.
"Couldn't we have just used intangibility?..."Dani asked to the older girls.
"Who cares! At least the debris makes this a little less of an eyesore..."Sam said as she looked at Paulina's girly and over priced decor.
"Come out right now Paulina and we might go easy on you!…."Ember shouted, though she mentally crossed her fingers.
"My….my….You three do realize you're all trespassing, right?..."They heard and looked up to see Paulina at the top of the stairs with an arrogant look on her face.
"PAULINA! Release Danny now! Give it up, you're clearly out numbered!…."Sam shouted as she pointed her own Fenton wrist ray at her enemy while Dani's was preparing a blast and Ember gripped her guitar in anticipation
"Maybe….but you three are way outmatched…"She said smugly.
"Oh darling~..."Paulina said in a sing song voice and the three girls just barely managed to dodge a green ghost ray,
"What th-..."All three screamed, only to turned around to see Danny with his hands glowing and his eyes were bright pink…..like he was under a spell.
"Stay away from my darling…."He said as if he was in a trance.
"Oh no! We're too late!…."Sam said in dismay.
"No!..."Ember shouted, feeling so angry and upset right now.
This just couldn't be.
"Big brother…."Dani gasped in disbelief.
They were too late.
"Believe it baby! Danny is all mine now...Darling, tell them just how much you love me and get rid of them..."Paulina ordered...but was surprised to see Danny still frozen in place.
"HELLO! Danny! You're beautiful and loving girlfriend just asked you to do something!…."Paulina said impatiently but Danny was still in a statue like state.
Ember, Dani and Sam were confused as well….It was almost like Danny was scared stiff...but Sam could almost see that his eyes were on Ember.
"What?..."Sam mouthed.
"Danny!…."Paulina shouted once more but everyone one was shocked to see what happened next.
"S-Sam...D-D-Dani...EMBER!….HELP!…."Danny pleaded desperately, shocking all the other females in the room.
"NO!..."Paulina growled and quickly threw another arrow at him.
"NO!..."Ember yelled as she flew fast to get Danny out of range but was too late as she witness the glowing red arrow enter him and Danny dropped to the ground.
"Ahh!...'Danny screamed as a red aura surrounded him, changing his pink eyes to deep red.
"What's happening to him?..."Ember asked in a panic as she got closer him and tried to do something...anything to snap him out of it.
However Danny soon stopped struggling and got back up and all three girls were shock to see the look in his eyes….it was vacant and as if he lacked any emotions.
"Darling...Get rid of them...Paulina ordered once more.
"Yes….darling…."He said with no emotion as he charged up and started blasting at his ex girlfriend, his little sister and the one he once called his enemy.
Danny started shooting at them and even used duplication and ordered one of his clones to guard Paulina.
Ember's eyes widened as she saw the way Danny was attacking him….It was like he was a machine being put on auto-pilot or something.
Ember felt her stomach drop and her heart sink to realize that that was exactly what he was now...a machine...a toy that was now completely controlled by Paulina.
"No….No...No...I can't let this happen..."Ember shouted as she lunged at the white haired ghost boy.
Needless to say….this was one battle they were never going to forget.
-To be continued-
Next time on Cupid's Wrath
The final battle
A/N: For those with weak stomachs, sorry for what you had to watch there...what Paulina was doing was wrong on many levels….thankfully the girls made it on time.
Also sorry about yet another cliffhanger but I promise that the next chapter will make up for it. I am looking forward for next chapter as much as you all, I can't spoil anything but I promise it will be worth the wait.
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
DannyRangerPhantom: Sorry but I can promise there will be a lot of action next chapter.
Zachary Gilmore: I couldn't have said it any better myself ;)
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Invader Johnny: Very nice observation….
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FeMorgenstern11: Believe it, she's as bad as Vlad was. Or at least that my perception of her.
Awesomesauce: We'll see
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