The ghostly tour bus of one Ember McLain was on its way to the next city. Inside, the passengers were sitting on the couch watching a movie to pass the time, with the little one sitting between the two teens.

Danny's phone then vibrated, telling him that he got a message. Looking at it, he gave off a snort of amusement.

"What's so funny, Baby-Pop?"

He showed the fiery-haired girl the message. "Apparently Kitty mentioned that you weren't in Amity and my friends want me to keep an eye open for you."

Ember rolled her eyes, but couldn't keep the smirk off her face. "Oh yeah? And what do you plan to do when you see me?"

"Continue to travel the world with you, see the sights, enjoy your concerts. You know, the things that made this vacation way better than it would have been if it was just me."

The ghost girl could feel a flutter in her core as her smirk turned into a grin. Baby-Pop really knew what to say to make a girl feel loved. She had a feeling that he wasn't flirting and just speaking his mind, but she was okay with that. It just meant he was being honest with her instead of trying to butter her up.

"Hey, what about me?" questioned Danielle, tiny hands reaching up to grab Danny's face and in turn his attention.

"What about you?" questioned Danny with a teasing smirk.

The ghostling pouted. "Do you like me being on this vacation too?"

"Of course, Danielle," replied Danny, ruffling her hair. "You're family, remember?"

She gave off a beaming smile before turning back to watch the movie, happy that Danny wanted her there.

While Danielle focused on the movie and Danny decided to send Tucker the photos he took in Tokyo, Ember kept glancing at Danny.

'He'd make a great dad one day,' thought the rock diva. She desperately fought off the blush she gained from that thought. 'Easy, girl. We haven't ever got passed the "friends stage" yet.'

So into her thoughts, Ember didn't hear Danny calling her name.

"Ember!"

"Yes!" answered the rock diva, jumping in shock.

"I was just asking if you could give us any hints as to where we're going next."

"Huh? Oh! Um, well I guess you can say we're going to a city of light."

-:-

Danny stood on the balcony of their hotel room, looking for the Parisian skyline. He felt someone walk up next to him, but he didn't need to turn to know whom it was.

"Enjoying the view, Baby-Pop?"

"I am, actually. Going back to what I said before when we were in the tour bus, I'm glad I'm traveling with you, Ember. I don't think I would have gone to Paris if I was on my own," replied the halfa, giving her a smile.

That flutter returned. "I'm glad to be traveling with you too, Baby-Pop."

Of course their small moment was broken when they were reminded that they weren't alone.

"Hey, Danny! These beds are REALLY bouncy!"

The older halfa facepalmed before going back inside the room with Ember following after him. The two teens found the little one jumping on one of the two beds. That was the only downside, that they could only get a room with two beds. Danny didn't mind though, that he had to sleep on the couch if it meant the girls could get a decent night's sleep.

"Danielle! Stop jumping on the bed! You might fall and hurt yourself!"

"How would you know?" challenged the ghostling.

Danny grimaced as an old memory came back. "Because it happened to me once, so stop jumping!"

Danielle pouted, but complied with Danny's wishes.

"…You really fell off the bed once as a kid?" asked Ember, giving Danny a teasing smirk.

"I don't want to talk about it."

Ember just rolled her eyes. She'll tease him later. Right now it was time to head out to their first landmark to see. She knew they would want to go see the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, and the Jardins du Trocadéro, but there was one place she wanted to visit first.

"Baby-Pop? I have an idea of where we can go first."

"Oh yeah? Then lead the way, Ember."

-:-

The Phantom duo stared up at the architecture in wonder, although for different reasons. Danielle had never seen a building like this before, while Danny was trying to figure out why Ember would want to go to a church of all places.

The three entered the Cathedral of Notre Dame and took in the interior. Danny turned to Ember to ask her something, but found her making the Sign of the Cross, much to his surprise. She turned to find him staring at her with wide eyes.

"What?!" snapped the rock diva, giving him a glare.

"I never took you as the religious type, Ember."

A slight blush came to her cheeks as she glanced away from the boy. "It's…It's something from when I was alive."

"…You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. Kitty once told me that a ghost's time from when they were alive is very personal to them."

"No, it's okay," she replied with a sigh. "I actually came from an Irish Catholic family when I was alive, so some of the teachings stuck around in death. To be honest, I HATED it. My parents were WAY into the religion and didn't like that I liked the "Devil's music" as they called it."

"But…but your dream is to be a famous rock star."

"They didn't care. All they wanted me to do was be a good Catholic girl, which meant to marry and have a family. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to have a family of my own one day, but I don't want to be JUST a housewife that constantly pops out one kid after another."

Danny grimaced at the mental image. "Yeah, I can see why that would be terrible. I can't even imagine forcing a girl into that sort of life. I know whoever becomes my wife in the future, I'd treat them as my equal and support whatever dream they wanted to follow."

"She'd be a lucky girl to have you, Baby-Pop," said Ember, hoping that one day SHE would be that girl.

Danny let out an embarrassed laugh as he gained a slight blush. He then felt a tug on his shirt.

"Danny, what is this place exactly?" asked Danielle.

"It's a church, Dani. People come to places like this to worship God."

"Who's that?"

"…I'll explain that later. In the meantime, have you seen the giant bells?" asked Danny, pointing up.

Looking up to where he was pointing, Danielle's eyes widened at the size of the bells. "How strong do you have to be to ring those?!"

"Very strong. In fact, they have a hunchback named Quasimodo who lives here ring the bells," stated Ember, unable to help herself and tease the little one.

"Quasi-what-o?"

Danny gave the smirking Ember a blank look before letting out a sigh. "Don't listen to her, Dani. Much like King Kong and Godzilla, Quasimodo isn't real."

"Why are all these cool sounding people not real?!" demanded the ghostling with a pout.

He ruffled her hair as a way to calm her before turning back to Ember. "You've read Victor Hugo's novel?"

She gave off a shrug. "Had to when I was in high school. It was actually pretty good. Anyway, let's get out of here. The memories are starting to get to me."

"Sure thing, Ember."

-:-

The trio was walking down the sidewalk, making their way towards the Louvre. On the way though, Danielle tugged on Danny's shirt to get his attention.

"What is it, Danielle?" he asked turning to her in concern. He watched as she pointed to a nearby building, which turned out to be a gift shop. What she was really pointing at though, was a plushy frog wearing a beret and scarf in the window. "You want the frog, don't you?"

"Yes, please!"

"Alright then," replied the older halfa with a laugh.

The little one beamed happily before rushing on ahead to grab the frog.

"You're spoiling her, Baby-Pop~"

"Can you blame me for wanting her to be happy? Besides, if all she wants on this trip are plushies, then I'm fine with that. It'll be like a memory of each place she's visited."

After heading inside and paying for Danielle's gift, the three continued on to the Louvre, passing a passing a pastry shop in the process. Inside said pastry shop though…

"Sacré bleu! Is zis really what has become of French pasties?! Zeese are awful! Back when I, Chef Pierre Gras, was alive my bakery was ze best in all of France!"

Floating in the middle of the bakery was a really fat chef ghost with a long, thin, curly mustache, glaring at all of the wasted pastries that he had destroyed. He was currently the only one in the bakery as he had scared everyone away.

"Zere must be a way to bring back ze dignity of my craft, but I will need some assistance," stated Pierre. He then noticed two teens and a child walk by the shop, his eyes landing on the teenaged girl. A malicious grin appeared on his face. "She will do."

-:-

"I don't think I've ever been to an art museum before," said Danielle, holding her new frog plushy close.

"Then you're lucky that your first one is the Louvre, Danielle. This is where the Mona Lisa can be seen," explained Danny.

"What's the Mona Lisa?"

"It's pretty much the most famous painting in the world, Mini-Pop, and it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci."

"Who, if we're lucky, we might actually get to meet," stated the older halfa. "He did spend the last few years of his life in France, so it's possible his ghost could still be around."

"I doubt a big name like Leo would want to stick around here instead of wanting to hang out with other ghosts of famous people, Baby-Pop."

"You never know."

They entered the museum, unknowingly being followed by a fat chef ghost that stayed far enough away so they wouldn't detect him. Danny and the girls traveled through the large museum, going from department to department to see the various pieces. From the Egyptian Antiquities to Decorative Arts, there was so much to see. Eventually they made it to the star of the museum.

"Whoa, she actually looks really pretty!" squeaked out Danielle as she looked at the Mona Lisa.

"That's one of the reasons this painting is so famous," explained Danny. "There was just something about Leonardo's abilities as an artist that he could just bring out the best from his subjects."

"Which led to him being considered the greatest painter of all time," added Ember. She then turned to Danny. "Wasn't he into other stuff too?"

He nodded his head. "Yeah, he was an inventor, architect, musician, scientist, engineer, and writer. In fact, he's considered as the father of paleontology, ichnology, and architecture."

"So he was a musician, huh?" wondered Ember, causing Danny to roll his eyes. Of course that would be what she'd focus on. "I'm joking, Baby-Pop. I think it's impressive that Leo was able to do all of that."

Closing time soon came and the three made their way back to the hotel for the night, ready to go see more sights the next day.

-:-

Later that night, Pierre was back at the bakery preparing for tomorrow.

"I should have grabbed her when I had ze chance," muttered the chef to himself. "That boy with her zough, zere is somezing about him zat tells me he will be trouble. I will need to be carful when I snatch the girl."

Thinking of what was to come, Pierre started to laugh as he continued to prepare his recipes. Soon, very soon, people will know his craft once again.

"Vive le France!"

TO BE CONTINUED

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If you're going to travel the world, Paris is definitely a place you need to go. But what could this new enemy want with Ember?