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 16: The final Battle
Ember could only stare in disbelief at what was happening. Whatever those arrows were doing to Danny was unreal.
"Chill out baby pop….'Ember shouted as she tried to dodge each of Danny's attack but he was relentless.
"If you say so..."He said dryly as he sent numerous ice beams at them, nearly impaling Sam had Dani not moved her in time.
"Woah!….DANNY!..."Sam shouted as she just couldn't believe she was actually in a full fledged fight against best friend and former boyfriend.
"I...I can't...I can't lose you like this..."Sam thought determined as she barely managed to avoid another ghost ray.
She was not the only one thinking this, Ember was doing all she could to fight Danny without doing any permanent damage...but things were different now.
She had dueled with Phantom many, many times before but it was never like this. Danny was not only attacking her but also Sam and Dani as well. It was as if he couldn't recognize who any of them were but what troubled Ember the most was the expression on his face...
It lacked any emotion at all….It was like he was a machine and he only talked or moved when Paulina told him to.
"Danny…"Ember thought as she felt some pity for the boy that was being controlled by Paulina.
Speaking of the witch, one of Danny's clones was protecting her while the real deal was attacking them….and Ember knew that this was not going to be like all the other fights.
This time Danny was aiming to kill….
"Heads up!..."Sam shouted as she just barely managed to dodge a ghost ray while Dani was trying to block her brother's attack.
"Snap out of it Danny! This isn't you!…."The younger halfa shouted while she barely managed to avoid a sucker punch.
"My darling said this is me..."He said in a monotone voice as he kept attacking the female hybrid, the goth and the ghostly songstress.
"Snap out of it Danny!…."The goth girl shouted as she blasted a few rays at Danny who easily dodged them and would have knocked her out had Ember not move Sam out of the way.
"Woah….Uh...thanks...'Sam said awkwardly to Ember before Danny shot an ice ray at them.
'Watch out...'Ember shouted as she shoved Sam aside and used her pyrokenisis to melt the ice that surrounded her.
"You okay?...'Sam asked and Ember gave her a quick nod before jumping back in the fight.
"You three might as well give up, you're all nothing compared to my man…."Paulina said as she snuggled to the copy guarding her who only stood there with his red- emotionless eyes.
"Just wait until I get my hands on you…"Danielle growled and Paulina smirked a bit.
"Oh Danielle….I guess since you're going to be my sister-in-law, I could ask Danny darling to spare you so long as you surrender right now..."Paulina said as she still clung to the clone.
"NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS! I'M GONNA MAKE YOU PAY FOR TURNING MY BIG BROTHER INTO A ZOMBIE!…."Danielle shouted at the top of her lungs, completely angry and disgusted with Paulina's arrogance and obsession.
She couldn't really explain it but it brought back a lot of memories of Vlad...but now was not the time to think about that.
"Whatever...Don't say I didn't try to show you some leeway…."Paulina said carelessly while she continued to watch the battle from a safe distance...which was in her beloved's arms.
As much as Dani hated to admit it, Danny was the stronger one of the two and he had way more experience fighting. Ember wasn't fairing any better, the three girls were simultaneously trying to get Paulina and figure out how to undo the effect of the arrows and at the same time avoid the rampaging attack by the one boy that was important to each of them in very different ways.
Ember knew that they would never get anything done just dodging and aimlessly attacking Danny, they needed some strategies or something.
Not thinking twice, she quickly used her guitar at it's strongest setting and sent a blast that sent Danny flying a few yards.
"AHHH…."The ghost boy shouted as he fell down to the earth.
"We won't accomplish anything by just aiming everything at him….Remember that he's under Paulina's control…"...Ember said quickly to the two other girls while Danny was starting to get up.
"What do we do?…."Dani asked.
"Divide and conquer!….'Ember suggested.
"What do you mean?..."Sam asked
"I'll distract him while you two aim at Paulina, since it's a duplicate with her, you guys don't need to hold back on it, and since I have the more power here, I'll fight him…."Ember suggested.
"Do you really think you can handle Danny all on your own Ember?..."Sam asked to the ghostly pop princess.
"I've battled him before..."Ember said to the goth.
"And you've lost each fight..."Sam pointed out.
"Guys!..."Dani shouted as the three girls barely managed to avoid another ice blast from Danny.
"No time for arguments!...GO! GO! GO!..."Ember ordered to the two other girls who quickly ran to the other side of the battlefield.
Danny saw them and was about to attack them only for Ember to block his path.
"Not so fast dipstick….I'm afraid you're going to have to get through me first..."Ember said determined as she prepared her guitar.
"So be it..."Danny said with no emotion as his hands started to glow red.
Both young ghosts lunged at each other, clashing like they have never done before.
Dani and Sam were flying full speed at Copy Danny and Paulina who were levitating at a safe distance.
"Don't you guys even bother..."Paulina shouted as the copy set her safely down and then proceeded to attack the two girls.
"No one attacks my darling…."Copy Danny said in a robotic voice as he dodged Dani and Sam's blasts.
"Come on Danny! You're not her darling...You're under a spell!..."Sam said desperately as she quickly dodge a kick and punch from him.
Okay….Sam was a pretty competent ghost fighter due to all the times she helped Danny out in the field. Also, due to her self defense training she took since she was a kid, she was fit and could avoid attacks better than the average girl could...but it didn't help much when he was sending dangerous ghost and ice blasts toward her, along with a lot of other stuff.
Danielle however using a mini ghost shield as she blocked each of her brother's blasts towards the goth.
"Sam, I'll handle the copy, once he's far enough, you get Paulina, alright..."Dani whispered quickly to the goth who nodded.
"I'm going to really enjoy this plan..."Sam said as her eyes were locked on the psychotic bitch who was enjoying the battle from the safety of the roof of her tacky chalet and was looking on with that smug smirk of hers.
Sam felt her blood boil and so much anger and aggression building up inside of her.
"I'm really...REALLY going to enjoy it..."Sam hissed as she and Dani separated.
Back with Ember and the real Danny, Ember was surprised to see how aggressive Danny was getting in battle...even in there previous fights, he only tried to weakened her and all others enough to capture them in that stupid thermos of his so he could dump them back in the Ghost Zone.
But this was nothing like that….Danny was like a cyborg here, he had no emotion….no restraint...and no mercy.
"He really is losing his free will...Enemies or not...He has never gone this far…."Ember thought sadly as she sent a blast of fire toward Danny who quickly used his ice powers to block it.
Once done, he sent a ghostly wail and Ember covered her ears and barely managed to dodge a direct hit with the powerful scream.
"Ah! That does it!…."Ember shouted as she lunged at Danny at soon found herself struggling against him...not unlike a few days ago.
"Damn it Danny! Believe it or not...I'm trying to help you…."Ember grumbled as she tried to push him back but Danny was not a weakling and he was not holding anything back..
Even her mysterious power boosts didn't help much.
"Why should I believe you?….All you ever been to me was an enemy...Why should I believe that keeping me away from my darling is going to help me?..."Danny said coldly and Ember growled.
"Because she's controlling you! You don't really love her! She just placed a spell on you because she's a selfish bitch who wants to keep you all to herself and doesn't give a damn about you're feelings...To her, you're just property...'Ember shouted while she tried to push back…
Only for cold, cruel realization to strike her….As much as she didn't want to admit….Wasn't that no different then how she made people like her music?
"N-NO!….I mean...I just want people to stop forgetting about me….but...but I put a love spell on Danny just to keep him from getting in the way of my plans….and I used my powers to make people listen to my songs…."Ember thought a bit, hating each second of it.
"A-Am I….Am I really no different from Paulina?..."Ember thought in horror, the shock from her own thoughts momentarily made her drop her guard…..
And Danny took advantage of it.
He quickly saw an opening and punched Ember straight in the jaw, sending her flying a bit, before she quickly recovered once she saw Danny heading towards her and she quickly tried to block his attacks.
"Give it up Ember...You've never beaten me before.."The white haired boy said with no emotion as he pinned Ember to the ground who was struggling to break free.
"DAMN IT! Clockwork said I'm suppose to be able to set him free...but I don't have a clue what I should be doing!…."Ember thought and she tried to push Danny off.
How on earth could she save him if she couldn't stop him?
"No! I can't give up….If….If I fail now…."Ember was now staring at Danny's red eyes as he held her down….she couldn't explain it but she felt...bad...She felt bad to see those eyes that were always so filled with energy and emotion, were now just empty orbs.
She couldn't help but feel her heart clench as she briefly visualized Danny as a mindless love slave to Paulina, being nothing more than a living accessory to the bitchy fan girl for the rest of his life.
She imagined him just being nothing more than a human robot to the girl, doing whatever the heck she wanted him to do, taking advantage of his name and fame and just using him as her own toy.
She...She didn't like it….She actually hated the idea...She couldn't stand it…
"I...I can't lose now...I can't lose him..."Ember thought desperately as she tried pushing back.
She couldn't explain it why...but she felt that little rush from earlier and more memories of her date with Danny were in her mind.
She remembered the beautiful white rose he gave her when he came to pick her up, she remembered those corny jokes he said a few times to help break the awkwardness they initially felt...She remembered their dinner at Styx's cafe and the beautiful fire works show they watched together….She remembered the warmth she felt from that hug they had….She also remembered his eyes during all of that.
Spell or not….She could still remember seeing so much….so much life in them.
"You're a good singer" was repeating in her mind like a broken record...and it was doing something to her.
"I...I'm not trying to beat you….I'm trying tosave you!….'Ember shouted as her fire hair started rising a bit and Ember could feel so much power within her right now.
"What the-?..."The ghost boy shouted as he struggled against the ghostly diva who was getting stronger by the second.
Ember's hair was slowly but surely growing several feet and she could feel more strength then before as she was now pushing Danny back.
"What's happening to me?...It's like...It's like I'm gaining power from the memories..."Ember thought in amazement before grinning in determination.
"Okay Baby pop...NOW IT'S MY TURN!..."Ember shouted as she pushed Danny back and quickly sent a blast from her guitar which was noticeably stronger than before.
Danny wasn't fast enough to dodge it as it hit him straight on.
"AHHH!…."He shouted as he flew a few yards away and was now lying on the floor.
"Woah….This power….It's….It's incredible..."Ember thought in amazement as she briefly stared at her own hands and guitar, enjoying the power she got from them.
Whatever this was...She liked it.
Ember quickly flew toward Danny as he got up and were once more fist fighting each other.
However the tables were soon turned as Ember has somehow gotten stronger and Danny was struggling to keep up with her.
"What's happening? You only get this strong if you have an audience…."Phantom demanded.
"Heck if I know..."Ember said offhandedly as she kept fighting Danny.
Back with Sam and Dani, they were too busy fighting Copy Danny and trying to get to Paulina, however copy Danny was a very persistent little "guard dog".
"What's taking so long darling?...I wanna reward you and wanna do it now...""Paulina whined like a five year old.
"One moment please..."Was all Copy Danny said as he kept attacking Danielle who was dodging everything he threw at her.
Dani was doing everything she could to distract the copy while Sam discretely snuck away and ran up the stairs of the chalet all the way up to the roof...where Paulina was.
"There you are you shallow witch!…."Sam thought angrily as she reached the door and slowly and quietly opened it, to see Paulina who was watching the fight, completely oblivious.
As soon as Dani and the copy were a good distance away, Sam knew now was the time.
"PAULINA!…."Sam shouted as she tackled the wicked girl to the ground.
"Ahh!...You bruised my totally flawless skin…."Paulina shouted as she tried to get out of Sam's grasp.
"Oh! I'm going to bruise way more than just skin..."Sam shouted as she pushed Paulina to the ground thought since both were human teenage girl sand since Paulina was technically fit from all her cheerleading, it was a pretty even fight.
"GHOST BOY!…."Paulina shouted as she was yanking at Sam's hair and trying to find escape.
Copy Danny turned around and was about to assist his "darling" only for Danielle to block his path.
"Sorry big brother...Not happening..."Dani said as she assaulted on him, doing everything she could to avoid his attacks and keep him from tending to the crazy she-witch who was receiving a much deserved beating from Sam.
"AHHHH! YOU BROKE MY NAIL!..."Paulina shrieked at the top of her lungs.
"I'm just getting started Sanchez!…."Sam growled as she and Paulina kept wrestling each other for dominance.
"I'm serious Paulina...If you value you're face, then you'll tell us where you put the rest of the arrows…."Sam hissed as she slapped Paulina several times.
"What! so you can steal my ghost boy away from me again?!….'Paulina hissed as she clawed Sam with her perfectly manicured nails.
"No one here ever stole him from you Paulina! Danny doesn't belong to you! He's not a pair of shoes that you own!….'Sam shouted.
"Danny is mine!…."Paulina shouted as she kept fighting Sam.
"You really are hopeless…."Sam said in disbelief as she kept trying to subdue the obsessive girl beneath here.
All four teens were now just brawling with their respective opponents, Dani was doing everything she could to keep Danny away from Paulina and Sam was releasing over two years worth of pent up anger on the selfish bitch who was resisting her with all her might.
Back with real Danny, he couldn't understand what was happening but Ember somehow got much stronger without the need of a crowed chanting her name.
"How the heck can you be this strong?!…."Danny demanded as he soon found himself pinned by the powerful diva.
"Clockwork said that only I can save him...but how? Paulina used more than one arrow...and he's so messed up right now…."…."Ember thought as she pinned Danny to the ground.
She knew about love spells since she used one but hers were different from Cupid's as they only lasted a few days at most and she knew for a fact that the only way to break hers was a broken heart.
Ember could only stare down at the halfa that was struggling to escape her and she briefly recalled the night in the alley when she…
"Wait…."An idea suddenly popped into Ember's head. She didn't know a lot by the effects of Cupid' arrows...but….but just maybe…
"Could it work?...Could it really work?...I mean, it's so fairy tale like but..."Ember thought to herself.
"Let me go Ember!…."Danny shouted as he glared at the ghostly diva on top of him...he couldn't explain it but he was starting to get mad by the fact that this girl was keeping him away from his bel-
Danny stopped his struggling and ranting and literally all movement when Ember suddenly crashed her lips onto his….
She….was….kissing him?!
"M...Mhgh..."Danny's voiced muffled as he tried to break free.
"Please let this work….Were Ember's last thoughts before locking lips with Danny….along with only one other word.
"Warm…".She thought briefly while she kept Danny in her embrace.
"W-What is she doing?! Paulina is the only woman I kiss!...She...She...She..."Danny's angry thoughts slowly stopped and the red orbs were slowly becoming glowing green once more.
"W-W-What?What's happening?...What am I...…..Ember?…."He thought as he felt as if something snapped out of him until his mind soon stopped altogether as Ember kept kissing him.
Back to the roof of the chalet, Copy Danny suddenly disappeared, much to the shock of the three remaining people.
"What?! Danny?! Where did you go?!..."A battered Paulina demanded while Sam saw an opening and hit her square in the jaw, finally knocking her out.
"Nice hit Sam..."Dani said impressed.
"You have no idea how long I've been dreaming of doing that..."Sam said as she got up and stared down at the unconscious girl.
"We better tie her up and help Ember with Danny...'Sam said as she soon found the Fenton fisher and tied Paulina up.
"I...I don't think Ember needs up right now..."Dani said suddenly and Sam saw a growing grin on the younger girls face.
"What do you mean?...'Sam asked and soon her jaw dropped as she saw Ember kissing Danny on the ground.
And from where Sam could see….He wasn't resisting her.
"Seems Ember managed to lift the spell..."Dani said with a smirk while Sam could only stare dumbly at the sight.
She honestly didn't know how to feel about this...but she was just happy that the battle was over and Danny was no longer under anyone's control.
-To be continued-
Next time on Cupid's Wrath
Freedom
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the fight, it's the first time I wrote a fight like that so I'm open to criticism. Also, I would like to give a shout out to AwesomeSauce who correctly predicted that Ember would kiss Danny here. You rule dude!
Announcement: Good news everyone, I already have most of the next chapter written and I should have it ready tomorrow morning before noon at the latest...It's just that there seems to be a glitch here on fanfiction and if I update before 24 hours from the last one, it won't be noticed on the "update thing"...So just giving you all a heads-up.
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
The Blade of the Osh-Tekk: You aren't the only one I'm afraid...but that chapter was good for drama.
Invader Johnny: It is ironic...It's even lampshaded a bit here, as I'm sure you noticed.
Zachary Gilmore, rebfan90, Guest and memmek10k: Thanks everyone.
Wiseguy2415: Thanks and happy 20th birthday.
DannyRangerPhantom: Believe me when I say I have very special plans for Paulina coming up soon…..
FeMorgenstern11: I cannot express my gratitude for this comment in English, so I will say it in Spanish: "Muchas gracias, me da mucho orgullo que te gustas mi cuento, escribiendo es una de mis pasiones y me hacer sentir muy feliz cuando la gente lo aprecia…."….
For the love of Frisk: Hope you enjoyed the final battle…..
AwesomeSauce: Congrats on you're little prediction...are you psychic or something?
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