Ember flew in through a window in the cabin on Skulker's island. She had just been returned to the ghost zone by that dipstick Danny Phantom. Her plans were foiled again.
She placed her guitar in a case at the foot of the bed, and then laid down sprawled across it. She needed to think of another plan where she could take control of Amity Park while Phantom was out of the way.
But for now, Ember was going to sleep. Being stuck in that thermos always took a lot out of her and she was feeling very drained.
Her eyes drooped shut, and she fell into slumber.
Ember was flying around Amity Park, thousands of people under her control. They were stampeding through the streets, destroying windows, stores, and even dismantling the fire hydrants. There was a small group of people who had managed to weasel their way out of Ember's spell, but her army of civilians were sent after the group. Punches were thrown, and soon they were restrained.
Ember laughed maniacally, still floating in the sky.
"The revolution has begun!"
She floated down to the group who had been restrained, it was Phantom and his friends along with a few people she didn't really recognize.
"And now, it's time for you to join me!"
She struck a chord on her guitar, and their eyes glazed over. Her power was ever increasing, after Amity Park, she would make her way across the world.
Ember was laughing once again when something caught her eye. It was a warm glow. Some sort of yellow light.
All of a sudden, Ember felt a pang of guilt at what she was feeling. This wasn't what she should be doing. This wasn't how she liked to be-
No! She thought.
This is why she got her powers, they gave her a calling. A purpose.
Suddenly, that glow was at the corner of her vision again. As soon as she turned around it had moved. But instead of disappearing, she could see it racing across the sky.
Curiosity getting the best of her, Ember raced after it through the air. Their surroundings blurred but as they started slowing down, Ember recognized where they were.
It was her hometown.
She continued following the being until they came upon a charred building.
Ember felt a pain in her chest. She had never expected to see this place again. To anyone else it would have been unrecognizable after the fire, but Ember could still pinpoint where the kitchen would have been and the stairs leading up to the non existent second floor.
It was her home.
She cautiously floated down into the building after the glowing figure. Her feet touched the ground and it felt all too real.
Suddenly, the thing she'd been following appeared in front of her. At first it was just a blob of yellow gold light, but soon features began to form.
A woman with long hair in a ponytail and bangs now stood before her. She was average height with a face full of youth and beauty that would make one question the possibility of her being middle aged and a mother of a sixteen year old girl.
Ember gaped at the woman before her. She hadn't thought of her in a long time and seeing her here before her was surreal.
"... Mom?" Ember whispered.
The woman touched Ember's face with a gentle hand.
"Baby…"
Tears welled in Ember's eyes and she brought her hand up to her mother's.
"What have you been doing?" Her mother said. Her brows crinkled in a look of disappointment and concern. She seems to know what Ember had been doing since her death.
"I… I became a musician. People love me now." Ember whispered.
Her mother looked at her, meeting her eyes. "You know that's not what I mean."
Ember shrugged, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"This is not who you are. It's not who you were meant to be." Her mother whispered. "You were such a nice girl before. You wanted to help everything. But now…" She looked down. "You're unrecognizable."
Ember's lip warbled, tears still escaping her eyes.
"I know." She whispered.
Ember's mother took her face in both her hands.
"Whatever internal battle you're fighting, whatever is holding you back… Know that it doesn't define you. You can become yourself again."
Ember nodded, a new wave of tears welling up in her eyes.
Her mother dragged her into a hug, wrapping her arms around her tightly.
"It's time for me to go. I love you, Ember."
Her appearance shifted back into the glowing orb, she blinked brightly at Ember a few times before flying off.
Ember's eyes grew weary, and soon they fell closed.
Ember jolted awake from her slumber, bolting into a sitting position. She looked around the room before realizing she was back in the ghost zone.
She hadn't thought of her past in years, and being hit with all of it was taking its toll on her.
She stood up and grabbed her guitar. She began strumming it, a new melody falling off of the instrument.
Her past didn't define who she could be, what she could do.
The sound coming from the instrument was soft, filled with nothing but the emotions she's been repressing for years. It lacked the controlling nature of her other songs.
She began humming along to the new melody, feeling the raw power of only her vocal chords.
Looking up towards the window she flew in earlier, Ember saw a soft glow. An orb was floating there. It blinked a few times before it disappeared.
A tear rolled down Ember's cheek, before she waved to the empty space outside the cabin.