Ember was up bright and early. This was so she could get in some practice on her guitar. Strumming a soft melody, she glanced over to the still sleeping Danny and her purple lips twitched into a smile. She thought back to when her feelings for Baby-Pop first began, when he defeated Pariah Dark.

Of course since they were still enemies at the time, especially since Baby-Pop had foiled her plans of brainwashing all of the adults the night before Pariah was released, it would have been weird to go up to Baby-Pop and ask him out. Hell, she was confused over her feelings because they were enemies at the time. It was probably because of this that she dated Skulker, to forget those feelings.

Those feelings grew around Christmas time that year, when Baby-Pop became a victim of the Ghost Writer all because Baby-Pop was upset that his parents would fight over Santa's existence of all things. Still confused over her feelings, she didn't know why at the time she just wanted to hold him and give him a Christmas he deserved.

Her feelings for the halfa were cemented when he saved both the human world and the Ghost Zone from the Disasteroid. He risked everything after Plasmius screwed up. He even went as far as revealing his secret to the entire world, risking his life if his parents didn't accept him. After everyone was saved, the Ghost Zone threw a party in celebration, calling a truce against Baby-Pop for the week. It was during that time she got to know him a bit better and couldn't help but truly fall in love with him.

She was broken out of her thoughts when she heard Baby-Pop rouse from his sleep.

"Morning, Baby-Pop," greeted the fiery girl with a grin as Danny rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Morning, Ember," replied Danny before letting out a yawn. "You're up early."

She gave off a shrug. "Eh, figured I'd get some practice before my concert tonight."

"Where are you holding it this time?" asked the boy as he stretched his muscles.

"Now if I told you that it would ruin the surprise, Baby-Pop~"

He let out a chuckle before standing up. "Have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"No. I figured we all go out to eat together."

"Sounds like a plan. Now we just need to wake up Danielle and we can go."

-:-

After waking up Danielle, mainly with the promise of food, the three headed out to a nearby café. When they got their orders, Danielle stared at her plate with a blank look. Everyone's breakfast consisted of croissants, toast, some fruit, and coffee for the teens and milk for the little one.

"Eat your breakfast, Mini-Pop," said Ember as she spread some jam on her toast.

"This isn't breakfast. This is bird food," replied the ghostling, giving her food a pouty glare.

"This is what the French eat for breakfast, Danielle," stated Danny, taking a sip of his coffee. "And the reason there's so little is because unlike in America, France sees lunch as the most important meal of the day."

Danielle let out a groan before she started eating. If she was lucky she'll be able to get some real food later.

After finishing their meal and paying for it, they set out to their next destination, which happened to be the Arc de Triomphe.

"Now, Danielle, when we get there you need to be on your best behavior."

"Why? We're just going to a giant arch…aren't we?"

"Yes and no. Underneath the arch is the Tomb of the Unknown Solider with an eternal flame that burns in his memory," explained Danny.

"It's considered sacrilege to disrespect someone's burial space, Mini-Pop. This is something ALL ghosts follow and those who don't are punished," added Ember, a serious look on her face.

Danielle gulped nervously. She grabbed hold of Danny's shirt, hoping that it would keep her safe. He patted her on the head as if to reassure her that nothing would happen.

As the three went near the arc, a certain chef ghost had been watching them, scowling.

"Darn it! As long as zey are at ze Arch I cannot make my move!" growled out Pierre. "Zey better not be here all day!"

Much to Pierre's chagrin, the three stayed at the Arch for a few hours, looking at all of the sculptures and details of the outside and going inside to see the monument and the exhibition. So out of it from waiting, Pierre almost missed his target leaving the Arch. He quickly followed after them in hopes to find the perfect opportunity.

-:-

The sound of running water filled the air as Danny and the girls arrived at the Jardins du Trocadéro.

"Look at all the fountains! Hey, Danny! Do you have any coins? I heard tossing a coin in a fountain can make wishes come true!" exclaimed Danielle, looking up at her guardian.

"Sorry, Danielle, but you can't throw coins in this fountain. Besides, there's better ways to have wishes come true."

Ember let out an unladylike snort as a certain genie ghost came to mind.

Danielle was a little disappointed that she wouldn't be able to make a wish. Looking back towards the fountains, her eyes caught sight of a certain tower not far from where they were. "What's that, Danny?"

"That would be the Eiffel Tower, which is where we'll be going next. It was built by Gustave Eiffel, who surprisingly also had a hand in building the Statue of Liberty," explained Danny.

"Huh. I knew Lady Liberty was given to us by the French, but I didn't know Eiffel had a hand in it," said Ember. She then gave off a grin. "You're just a walking encyclopedia, aren't you, Baby-Pop."

"Hey, I didn't use to get bad grades because I'm stupid. Most of my time was spent on protecting Amity from the bad ghosts, so I never really had time to focus on school."

"Oh…sorry about all of that, Baby-Pop."

"It's okay, Ember. That's all in the past now."

"Wait, you two use to be enemies?" asked Danielle, looking confused.

"It's…complicated, Mini-Pop. Let's just say I was angry at the world and Baby-Pop would try to stop me from doing something stupid."

Danny raised an eyebrow at that. Angry at the world? What happened to Ember that would make her do the things that she did?

Unfortunately any other questions Danny might have had would have to wait as his ghost sense went off. He and Danielle were then suddenly pushed into the fountain.

"What the hell?!" exclaimed Ember. She turned around and came face-to-face with a really fat ghost dressed as a chef. She glared angrily at him. "What's your problem, fatso?!"

"Zere is no problem, mademoiselle, but you will be coming with moi!"

"Like hell I will!"

Before Ember could summon her guitar, the fat chef used his own ghostly powers to create a large doughnut, which was then used to bind her.

"Magnifique!"

"Hey! Let me go, damn it!" growled out Ember as she struggled. The fat chef then grabbed her and slung her over his shoulder, taking off from the area. "I said let go! Baby-Pop!"

From the water, the Phantom duo emerged. Unfortunately they had to watch Ember be taken away.

"Ember!" called out Danny as he got out of the water as fast as he could. By time he reached dry land, Ember was gone.

"Danny! We need to go find her!"

"I know that, Danielle!" snapped Danny, causing the little one to flinch. He was pissed that his friend was taken right from under his nose.

"…I was just saying," replied Danielle, looking at the ground in shame.

Danny let out a sigh before turning to his little clone. Placing his hands on her shoulders, he got her to look up at him.

"I'm sorry for snapping like that Danielle. I'm NOT mad at you. I'm mad at myself for not sensing that ghost in time. I'll make it up to you later, but right now I need your help to find Ember, okay?"

A look of determination entered Danielle's eyes as she gave him a nod. The two transformed into their ghost halves and took off to the sky to find their culprit.

-:-

Ember let out a growl as she struggled against her bindings. This fatso had brought her to some abandoned bakery and then tied her to a chair using ecto doughnuts to bind her arms and legs.

"You better hope I don't get out of here, fatso!" declared Ember as she glared at the chef.

"Quiet, mademoiselle. I am Chef Pierre Gras and I have brought you here to help moi."

"Why the hell would I want to help you when you kidnapped me?!" hissed out the rock diva, her eyes becoming red. "And what the hell would you need my help for anyway?!"

"To answer your first question, you do not have a choice. As to your second question, you will be helping me show ze world the true art of ze French pastry!" exclaimed Pierre.

"Hate to break it you, but I'm not much of a baker," replied Ember in a deadpan tone.

"Who said you will be doing ze baking, mademoiselle? No, you will be helping moi in a different way."

At this point Pierre summoned multiple kinds of pastries. Croissants, macarons, éclairs, and other various cakes floated in the air. A sense of dread filled Ember as she looked at them all.

"Wh-What exactly did you want me to do?" she asked, afraid of what the answer would be.

A malicious grin appeared on Pierre's face. "Why, you will be my taste tester, mademoiselle."

Ember went paler than she already was. "C-Can we talk about this?"

"No!"

As a pastry floated near her, Ember clamped her mouth shut to deny access. Just as the pastry came close, it fell to the floor when Pierre was hit with a double ecto blast and sent crashing into the wall. Quickly looking up, Ember felt relief wash over her when she found Danny and Danielle floating over her.

"Baby-Pop!"

While Danny went after Pierre, Danielle came down to unbind Ember.

"Glad to see us?" asked Danielle with a grin as she tore off the ecto doughnuts.

"Very," replied Ember, rubbing her wrists. "How did you find me?"

"It was all Danny's doing."

A few minutes earlier…

Danny stopped his flight, looking down at the pastry shop with a narrowed look.

"It would make sense that a chef would hide in a bakery," said Danielle. "I'll go scope out some of the other bakeries to see if he's hiding in one of them."

"No. This is the place," replied Danny.

The ghostling blinked in confusion. "How do you know that?"

"I…don't know. It's just that it FEELS like Ember is HERE, like I can SENSE her presence specifically. Come on.

The two headed inside, which led to this moment.

Ember was blushing brightly at what Mini-Pop told her. Baby-Pop could SENSE that she was here? Was this what she thought it could be?

She remembered Kitty mentioning something like this, how she and Johnny could just sense where the other was because of how close and in love they were. Did this mean she and Baby-Pop was getting to that point? Was Baby-Pop starting to gain feelings for her after all this time?

She had to shake those thoughts away. There were more important things going on right now, like having to kick fatso's butt!

Summoning her guitar, she and Danielle rushed to meet up with Danny, who was in the middle of dodging flying éclairs.

"Sacré bleu! How dare you interfere with my work!" declared Pierre as he used his ghost powers to levitate some knives and fire them at Danny.

The white-haired teen quickly made a ghost shield, deflecting the knives. "What work? Kidnapping pretty girls for no reason? If you're that desperate for a date, find someone your own age!"

Pierre let out a growl before levitating more kitchen equipment. Once again though, he dropped them when he was hit in the face by a green ecto fist.

"Hey, fatso! I've got a bone to pick with you! The service here stinks!" yelled out Ember as she floated next to Danny.

"Good one," said Danny with a slight grin.

"Well I've been dealing with you for a few years now and picked up some of your quips," replied the rock diva, returning the grin.

"You two are starting to annoy moi!" shouted Pierre, glaring at the teens. "I will not be denied!"

"Too bad!" exclaimed the ghost teens as they started to fly circles around Pierre.

Pierre didn't stand a chance as he kept getting hit or blasted by the teens' attacks. He was barely standing by the end of the barrage, covered in scuffs and bruises.

"S-Sacré bleu."

Danny pulled out his thermos before handing it to Ember. "Care to do the honors, Miss McLain?"

"Well aren't you chivalrous, Mr. Phantom," replied Ember, taking the thermos.

She pointed the device at Pierre before pressing the button. After the many times she herself had been sucked up in this thing, she felt some enjoyment being the one behind the button this time. She watched as Pierre was trapped and with a satisfied grin she capped the thermos.

Walker's right-hand man, Bullet, then made his appearance in a flash of light.

"Where's Walker?" asked Danny with a raised eyebrow.

Bullet gave off a smirk. "He's having a little fun with Tsujigiri."

The teens glanced at each other, knowing what kind of "fun" Walker had. Ember then stepped forward with the thermos.

"You might need an extra large cell of this one."

Raising an eyebrow of his own, Bullet watched as Ember released his new prisoner. Now she understood what she meant when he saw the fat ghost before him.

"Don't worry, we've got just the place for him," replied Bullet as he grabbed Pierre and pushed him through the portal.

When the portal closed, Ember let out a sigh of relief, happy that this was over.

"Are you okay, Ember?" asked Danielle, coming over with a worried look.

Ember gave her a reassuring smile and brought her into a hug. "Yeah, I'm okay, thanks to you and Baby-Pop."

Danielle let out a giggle as she returned the hug.

"Why did that ghost kidnap you in the first place?" asked Danny.

He watched as a scowl appeared on the girl's face. "That dipstick wanted to fatten me up with his damn pastries!"

The boy felt as if his ice core was going into overdrive as a memory of a dark future crept back into his mind upon hearing Ember's words. He's done everything in his power to bury those memories, still afraid of what could be. So wrapped in misery and despair, he almost didn't hear Ember calling for him.

"Baby-Pop!"

"What!" exclaimed Danny, jumping fright.

"What's wrong? It looked like you were about to have a panic attack," replied Ember, worried and scared for him.

"Wrong? Nothing's wrong! I'm doing great! Haha!" exclaimed Danny, even though it was clear to Ember that he was lying. "I…I need to get out of here. I'll…I'll see you guys later."

Before Ember could stop him, he left like Death was on his tail. The girls looked at the spot where he was before Danielle spoke up.

"Ember…"

"Head on back to the hotel, Mini-Pop. I'll go find him and bring him back."

"Do you even know where he'll be? Paris is a pretty big city."

"I have a hunch. So just head on back to the hotel and we'll see you later, okay?"

The little one didn't like this. Something was clearly wrong with Danny and she wanted to help him, but she trusted Ember to fix whatever was wrong.

The girls went their separate ways, with Ember going to find her Baby-Pop.

-:-

Danny sat at the top of the Eiffel Tower, wallowing his despair.

"Why did that have to happen?"

"I had a feeling this is where you'd go, Baby-Pop."

The halfa didn't even react as Ember sat next to him.

"Leave me alone, Ember."

"Can't do that, Baby-Pop," she replied, shaking her head. "Something is wrong and I don't like seeing you like this."

"…"

"What happened? One moment you were fine and the next you're like this. In fact, the change happened after I told you what the dipstick tried to do to me," said Ember. Something then clicked as she gave her friend a narrowed look. "You got a problem with the idea of me getting fat, Baby-Pop?"

Her narrowed gaze became a full on glare when Danny shuddered in fear. She was about to curse him out, but he spoke.

"It's not that. It's something else."

"Baby-Pop, you better start explaining or else I'm going to smack you," growled out Ember, her glare still on him.

An internal struggle happened in Danny's head. He was afraid to tell anyone about him, but he knew Ember would not let this go.

"…Do you remember when you asked how I knew Clockwork?"

"What does the old timer have to do with this?!" demanded the fiery girl.

"Everything!" snapped Danny. He let out a sigh. "Just…Just let me explain everything before you decide to end me."

"Baby-Pop?"

"It all started with a test. Since I was always busy protecting Amity Park, I didn't have time to study. So I decided to actually cheat and steal the answers from my teacher.

(Ember's eyes widened at that. She never took Baby-Pop as anything but a goody-goody)

This was a mistake though, as my teacher called my parents and met them at Nasty Burger to talk about me. My sister and my friends also went, probably because they were worried about me. That's when it happened. One of the machines in the kitchen exploded, killing everyone…and I had to watch it happen.

(Ember was confused. She knew for a fact that Baby-Pop's family and friends were very much alive)

In my despair I went to the only person I could turn to. Vlad. He was my enemy, but he was all I had left. Things didn't get better though as the memories of everyone's deaths kept haunting me, so I asked Vlad to take the pain away.

(Ember was scared. What did Vlad do to her Baby-Pop?)

He used a pair of gauntlets that would separate my ghost half from my human half.

(Her jaw dropped a little. Something like that was possible?!)

My ghost half though was warped by the negative feelings I had. He took the gauntlets from Vlad and used them against him. He then took Vlad's ghost half and fused with him to become stronger. After that he killed me while Vlad went into hiding.

(Ember watched as tears came to Baby-Pop's eyes)

The evil me, or Dan as he called himself, decided to destroy everything. Human and ghost alike would suffer at his hands as he had no qualms for killing ANYONE who stood in his way. Sometimes he would let them live, just so they could suffer. Johnny for example, Dan took put him in a wheelchair by taking his motorcycle and smashing his legs.

And what he did to you. H-He purposely torn out your vocal cords, taking away your dream, and because of that you turned to food for comfort.

(Ember felt as if her fire core turned into an ice core. B-Baby-Pop…no, this Dan guy, ripped out her vocal cords?! How and when did this all happen?!)

The only reason this dark timeline never happened was because Clockwork came back to the past to prevent it, by having me fight my future self. Dan was the worst enemy I've ever faced, not only because of how powerful he is but because I'm afraid. Everyday I fear I might become like Dan. Everyday I fear I might hurt the people I care about because I was too weak!"

Ember had a lot to process. How long has Baby-Pop been dealing with this? She realized that he has been dealing with PTSD this whole time (if it weren't for the fact of how serious this was, she'd have laughed at the thought of her getting fat triggering it) and he was still suffering because of it. Would he really still become this Dan Phantom if given the chance?

As she thought about it and went back over everything Baby-Pop told her, she realized something.

"…Danny. Danny, look at me."

At the sound of his real name, something Ember almost never used, he turned to look at her. She reached up to grab the sides of his head so she could look him directly in the eye.

"It is impossible for you to become him, Danny."

"You don't know that, Ember," he replied in a small, almost defeated voice.

"Yes I do, because you said so yourself."

He looked confused. "Huh?"

"That test you mentioned. That happened awhile ago, right? And you took it without cheating, right?"

"W-Well, yeah."

"And your friends and family are all alive and well. We both know that to be true."

"Y-Yes…but that doesn't mean I still can't become like Dan."

"Danny, you said it yourself that Dan is pretty much a fusion of you and Plasmius. Plasmius is gone and never coming back, so how can you possibly become Dan if half of him is no longer around?"

Danny was about to say something when what Ember said clicked. She was right…she was right! Dan technically only existed because of Plasmius, but the evil halfa was GONE. It really was impossible for him to become Dan!

Tears of relief came to his eyes before Ember brought him into an embrace. She let him cry on his shoulder as she rubbed his back and listened to him spout apology after apology.

"You don't need to apologize, Danny," stated Ember softly, holding him close. "I know you would never hurt me or anyone else. Even when we were enemies I know you would never permanently hurt me and the others."

"It still hurt thinking I could have."

"I know, but you don't need to be afraid anymore, Baby-Pop. You have me, Mini-Pop, your family, and all of your other friends in your corner. If you ever need to talk about what's bothering you, you can always come to us."

"…Thank you, Ember. For everything."

"You're welcome, Baby-Pop," replied the rock diva. She then reached up to place a kiss on his cheek, causing him to blush brightly. The two then just sat there, with Ember's head resting on his shoulder, watching the sunset together. After a few moments, Ember spoke up in a soft tone. "Do you want to know how I died?"

She could feel him tense up. "Wh-What? You don't have to do that, Ember!"

"I want to. You trusted me enough to tell me about Dan even though it was hard for you. I trust you to tell you about this."

"Ember…"

"I wasn't very popular in high school. In fact, I was considered a freak because of my love for music. I even had to deal with my own version of the A-Listers."

"I definitely know your pain there," replied Danny in a deadpan tone.

She smiled slightly before continuing. "Anyway, one of them came up to me one day and asked me out on a date. Being the naïve girl that I was, I was ecstatic that one of the popular boys asked me out."

Danny felt dread wash over him as he felt he had an idea where this was going. "No…"

"…I waited for him at the movies for hours, telling myself that he was just running late, but he never came. I ran home and cried myself to sleep and because of how exhausted I was, I never woke up when the fire started."

The halfa boy clenched his fists, anger coursing through his entire being. "Give me his name."

She looked up at him, surprised to see him so angry. "Huh?"

"His name! Give me his name! Someone hurt you and I'm not going to let him get away with that!" exclaimed Danny, ready to go on a manhunt for this mystery person.

Ember could feel her core swell with love to the point that she felt like crying. This was the first time a boy has EVER shown any type of love and care for her. She reached forward and wrapped her arms around him in another embrace.

"Thank you for caring about me, Baby-Pop," said Ember, tears running down her face.

"No one has the right to treat you like that, Ember," replied Danny, holding her protectively. "If I had known…"

"It's not your fault, Baby-Pop, so don't go blaming yourself. Come on, we should head back. Mini-Pop is probably worried about you."

"Yeah, she's probably scared out of her mind right now."

The two teens stood up, getting ready to fly. Before they took off, Ember grabbed Danny's hand, intertwining their fingers. She smiled when she felt Danny give her hand a squeeze, as if he was giving her one more "thank you". Hand-in-hand, they took to the skies and headed towards their hotel.

-:-

"Danny!" exclaimed the little one as she glomped him around the waist. She looked up at him with teary eyes. "You're okay!"

He reached down and ran a hand through her hair, giving her a reassuring smile. "Yeah, I'm okay, Danielle. You don't need to worry anymore. I'm not going anywhere."

"Good! Now that you're feeling better, we can go to Ember's concert!"

The rock diva frowned at that. As much as she would love to be on stage, she would rather stay here with Baby-Pop since she had a feeling he was still dealing with what happened earlier. She wanted to be there for him. She was about to say that as much, but Baby-Pop cut her off.

"She has a point, Ember. Don't want to be late for your own concert."

She stared at Danny like he grew a second head. "But, Baby-Pop…"

He stepped forward and brought her into his arms, causing her to blush. "I know how much this concert means to you, Ember, and I appreciate that you're willing to cancel it for me, but I would rather see you perform and live your dream. Besides, you helped me a lot earlier to where I can finally move on and leave my fears behind. So don't worry about me and go rock the house."

Ember tightened her hold on him, happy that he cared so much for her. "Has anyone ever told you how much of a goody-goody you are?"

"If it means making you happy, then I'm a goody-goody."

A giggle escaped her before she released her hold on him. She had a concert to get ready for.

-:-

The City of Light got even brighter as people gathered at the Eiffel Tower where Ember set up her stage. Danny was actually surprised that so many French citizens actually liked rock n roll music, since they always came off as preferring something softer in tone.

He looked over to the girl who has helped him so much during this vacation as she played her heart out to her fans. He saw how happy she looked as she played and came to a conclusion.

He never wanted to see her sad ever again.

PARIS END

-:-

Paris ended up longer than I expected, but I felt this was the perfect time for Danny and Ember to bring up their respective baggage.

Fun Fact: Another food item that is considered a French pastry is the ice cream cone, having originated in France around 1825.

Part three of the MHA version. The Dekusquad would arrive in Paris as the next destination, where Aoyama would take center stage since this is his home country. The villain for this chapter would have been another hero-turned-villain by the name of Chef Pierre. This version of the character would have been skinny, a smaller mustache, and was more of a cook than a baker. His Quirk would have been Kitchen (allowing him to turn any part of his body into a kitchen appliance) and he would have become a villain because he became resentful towards others who did not take him seriously simply because he was French and therefore a coward. Aoyama would be the one who defeats him, showing him what a true hero of France was like.