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As Dash walked through the school he continued to vent about Danny in his mind. 'Fenton thinks he can make a fool out of me. Just because he managed to dodge me for two days. Thinking he can jump me! I'll show him, I'll humiliate him in front of the whole school.'

At this thought Dash stops in his tracks, he was just gonna beat Danny up and prove who was stronger but now. Now he had a much better idea, humiliate Danny in front of everyone. The only question he had now was how to do it. He wanted something lasting, something that would stick with him for life. It was at that moment Dash saw a poster for a movie, Central Intelligence, the home ect club was having a movie night. Looking at it, Dash got the idea of a lifetime. He almost felt like laughing evilly.

"That could work." Dash says to himself, as he rushed off to get some help, this was going to take a little more effort than usual.

As Dash ran off to find some help, Danny was sitting in study hall trying to catch up on the mountain of homework he had yet to do.

Though as he worked Danny found his mind continually wondering to a certain fiery rocker. It also didn't help that he was still wearing her shirt. His mind kept wandering to all the fun they had had the night before. It wasn't even the activities that made him smile, but the fact that he remembered her being happy and smiling.

Danny was so engrossed in his thoughts that he missed the dismissal bell. It wasn't until he felt a hand hit the back of his head, that he snapped out of it.

"Oh good your back with us." Sam said, sounding annoyed. Danny supposed to meet Tucker and herself at his locker to catch a ride with his parents over to his house, but after ten minutes of waiting, Sam dragged Tucker off to go find him.

Entering Danny's study hall, they quickly noticed the sole person, daydreaming into space. Which Sam fixed by hitting him upside the head for worrying her.

Which leads us back to Danny holding his head and looking around for a ghost.

"Hello earth to Danny, it wasn't a ghost." Tucker said seeing his friend's confusion.

"Huh?" Was Danny's ever so intelligent response.

"You were supposed to meet us are your locker. We were going to talk about the whole Ember and ghost zone thing. Your parents were picking us up." Sam said obviously annoyed with her friend.

When Danny heard the part of being picked up he jumped from his seat.

"Sorry guys, I was just thinking. Anyways we got to go if I'm not waiting outside for them they'll freak!" Danny said slash yelled heading for the door. Sam looked ready to kill Danny, and Tucker could only give a sigh.

'It's like he's doing it on purpose for some sort of joke.' Tucker thought following after his now running friend.

Danny got outside just in time to see his father pulling a bazooka from the back of the RV. Luckily Maddie chose that moment to look back at the school. Seeing her son running over to them, she stopped Jake before he could load the thing.

"I thought I told you to be waiting for us. We were just about to storm the school looking for you." Maddie said as Danny came to a stop in front on them.

"Sorry, I was doing some homework and lost track of time." Danny apologized, not completely lying, he did start out doing homework.

"Well, next time please keep track. Especially for right now. We're worried about you." Jack said somewhat chastising Danny.

"Yeah, sorry, I'll keep that in mind. Hey can we wait a minute, Sam and Tucker are coming over to study. I figured we could all just ride together." Danny asked knowing he really didn't even need to, they loved when Sam and Tuck came over.

"Sam and Tucker, sure, do they know were we are?" Jack said instantly recognizing the names.

"Do you need me to walk in with you to get them?" Maddie questioned not seeing the many reasons as to why Danny immediately shook his head no.

Thankfully Sam and Tucker took this moment to walk out of the school. It didn't take them long to find Danny or his parents, it be hard to miss them even without the decked out RV behind them.

As they came over Maddie noticed Sam's annoyed look, and that it was directed at Danny. She could only smile though, it reminded her of her college days, before the incident.

Filing into the RV Sam was still pretty annoyed with Danny, he disappears, comes back, and has the never to tell them to wait for a real explanation, and then to top it off, Danny practically forgot about it.

"So Danny, care to finally explain?" Sam whispered to Danny, her patients had finally run out and she was ready for some answers.

"Not now Sam." Danny whispered back with pleading eyes. The last thing he need was his parents hearing about Ember.

"You said later, and this is later." Sam pressed, Danny still hadn't told them everything, like why he went to see Ember or in what way was he hurt. just because he was ok now didn't mean she didn't worry, and while Tucker didn't show it as much, she knew he cared just as much.

"Sam, I don't want to talk about Ember in front of my parents." Danny whispered back even quieter than before.

"Whose Ember honey? I feel like I should know who she is." Maddie says letting them know she heard.

'It's like they thought I couldn't hear.' Maddie thought waiting for her answer. Not getting any though, she turned in her seat and looked at Danny expectantly.

Danny in the meantime was trying to come up with a good answer. Mainly because he didn't want to tell them about Ember.

"She's this jerk we know." Tucker said getting a look from Danny.

"That's an understatement." Sam added, almost glaring as she said it.

"Then why are you talking about her? If you don't like her, just stay away from her. As long as she leaves you alone, you should be fine." Jack said not seeing why they were even wasting their time on someone they didn't like.

"Well Tucker and I do, but Danny hasn't as of late." Sam said, this time glaring at Danny.

"Hey hold it, she's not a jerk! Or at least not anymore." Danny defended. 'Ember has changed, she's nice, caring, pretty, knows how to use a medical kit… wait wait wait, pretty?'

Danny didn't get much time to think about that last though, cause Sam was right in his face.

"Danny people just don't change, I just don't buy it. She's just trying to trick you or something." Sam practically yelled.

"Sam she's actually really nice once you get to know her, and trust me. I know what she was like better than anyone and I know she's changed." Danny almost yelled back at Sam. She was really getting on his nerves.

"Hey knock it off you two, remembered your friends. Now Danny, I'm not sure what to believe but it sounds like you should invite this girl over. That way we can all make our own decisions." Maddie said trying to play peacekeeper between the two, she also wanted to meet this new girl he son seemed to be hanging around with.

"Um… I'm not sure about that." Danny said not sure how'd he get out of this one. With Sam mad at him, he probably wasn't about to get any help from her, Tucker may help but he was just about as good as he was at lying, so that probably was a dead end.

'Think Danny, think!' Danny thought frantically.

"Why do you say that Danny boy?" Jack questioned, confusion on his son's suddenly change. If this girl he was talking about was as nice as he said there should be no problem.

"Um well you see...Ugh!" Danny started only to stop due to the RV suddenly jolting.

"Hold on!" Maddie yelled as the RV skid to the side. Though it soon stopped as it hit the side of a building.

"What was that?" Tucker asked looking out the window.

"I think it was that!" Sam yelled pointing toward the front of the RV. Danny followed her hand and saw a large black dragon heading straight for them.

"Don't worry kids, just hold tight." Jack yelled as he put the RV in reverse. Speeding backwards they managed to dodge the giant clawed hand that was heading for them.

With a quick turn of the wheel Jack had them spun around and heading away from the monster, which decided to give chase.

"Jack try to keep us straight, I'll man the weapons." Maddie said as she hit a button, causing the dashboard to flip and show some controls.

As Jack and Maddie worked, Sam, Tucker, and Danny held on for dear life.

'Ok is there anyway I can get them to let us off.' Danny thought as he looked out the window to see the dragon taking multiple shots from the RV guns, but also send a stream of fire at them. Jack swerved and turned down another street.

"Jack did you remember to install the new update to the house?" Maddie questioned as she sent some rockets the dragon's way.

"Actually yes dear. I just installed it this morning!" Jack said excitedly, making a sudden turn heading in the direction of Fenton works.

"Kids hold on just a little longer. We've been working on a new ghost shield, and I think this is the perfect time to test it." Maddie explained as the RV swerved again.

'This can't be good.' Danny thought remembering many of his parents less favorable inventions. Danny even subconsciously rubbed this thigh, which so happened to be the home of a permanent reminder of one of there more dangerous inventions.

"Jack where did you put the remote?" Maddie asked looking around for it.

"I put it in the back. Hey Danny do you see it, it's just like a TV remote." Jack questioned, as Maddie rolled down the window to fire of her personal blaster. The RV was out of ammunition.

Danny started to frantically search.

"Danny could you hurry up, we're getting close to home and the Dragons gaining." Maddie says way to calmly for the situation.

Hearing what she said Tucker and Sam join Danny in his search, nearly tarring the back apart to find it.

"Wait!" Jack yells startling the three teens, but only gaining a look from his wife. "The remote was in my pocket!" He says pulling the remote out and handing it over to his wife.

"Perfect timing honey." Maddie says turning on the shield as the car comes skidding to a halt in front of the house.

The shield activated and surrounded the house, though instead of being green, it was blue and shone with a bright light.

The dragon crashed right into the shield but instead of bouncing back it was sucked in and pulled toward the top of the dome.

"What happened to it?" Tucker asked confused.

"Haha, it worked!" Jack yelled in obvious joy.

"Yea, but what it do?" Sam questioned, just as confused as Tucker.

"Oh sorry kids. You see this new shield is made with the same technology as the Fenton thermos. Any ghost that touches it getting pulled in and sent into a containment chamber in the roof. We got the idea after seeing that Huntress, or whatever her name is. The technology she used was amazing and we decided to make our own." Maddie explained, obviously proud of their achievement.

'Great another thing to worry about.' Danny thought as he took in the information on this new threat. 'It doesn't even put you back in the ghost zone.'

"Well we better go and check the containment chamber, don't want that thing getting out in our home." Maddie said walking into the house follow closely by her still very happy husband.

Danny let out a sigh of relief before glaring at Sam.

"Oh no! You are not allowed to be mad at me! You were the only who made me this mad!" Sam almost yelled at Danny seeing his glare.

"Oh I'll be as mad as I want to be! Why the hell did you have to bring Emver up in front of my parents!" Danny questioned angrily. "Oh don't you walk away from me!" Danny called as Sam gave a huff and walked into the house, with Danny following right behind.

Tucker gave out a sigh. It was hard being friends with those two sometimes. Following the two in Tucker prepared for a loud evening.

Meanwhile in the ghost Ember was in her apartment messing around with her guitar. After helping Danny out, she felt she deserved some down time.

Coming to the end of a song a knock came from her front door.

'Who could that be?' Ember thought getting up from the couch. For a brief moment Danny's image flashed through her head followed by a quicker smile, though she literally shook the thought away.

Answering the door, she saw her friend Kitty standing on her doorstep.

"Hey Ember!" Kitty greeted excitedly. "How've you been?"

"Kitty! Come on in. I've been good, though what about you? I haven't seen you in a while." Ember said happily after not seeing her friend in ages.

Letting Kitty inside the two headed for the coach, they had some catching up to do.

Falling back into the coach Ember kicked her feet up. While Kitty just sat and lead back.

"Where to start, lets see… for the most part I've been hang out with Johnny. You know messing around, causing some trouble." Kitty started, causing Ember to give a slight laugh.

"Yea, I kinda already knew that. I meant what else have you been up to." Ember said shaking her head. Kitty was always causing trouble with Johnny.

"Well recently I spent some time redecorating my domain. I've had a lot of time on my hands as of late. Johnny went to the human world and got beat by Phantom again so now he's sulking and working on his bike." Kitty said sounding slightly annoyed at the end.

"Oh really?" Ember said trying to sound somewhat surprised at the news.

"Yea, I don't get why he even went after Phantom. Something about new weapons or something, I don't know." Kitty said with a sigh leaning into the coach more. Sometimes it was hard dating Johnny.

At hearing this Ember fought off a cringe, it reminded her of the state she found Danny in. The amount of pain he felt. She knew he was more or less ok now, but she still really didn't like the idea of it. It made her feel real uneasy.

"So what about you?" Kitty asked wanting to leave her problems behind.

"Oh nothing much just hung out around here." Ember said telling a half lie, she did technically hang out, it just wasn't alone.

"Oh don't you lie to me Ember McLain. I've known you for how long now, your always swings to the left when you lie. The bigger the swing the bigger the lie. So I'll believe you hung out, but the question is what else you were doing." Kitty yelled in Ember's direction pointing at her with an accusatory finger.

Their friendship was a long one, sometimes strained but still good, meaning they new a lot about one another. For example like when the other was lying.

'Stupid hair!' Ember thought as she tried to discreetly her it under control.

"Well, it must have been something big considering your trying to hide her hair now." Kitty said seeing through her every action.

"I'm not lying. And you just made me self conscious about my hair, of course I'm trying to fix it now!" Ember shot back, she wasn't about to lose this fight. If Kitty somehow figured out Danny was here, well she wasn't sure what would happen but she was pretty sure she didn't want to find out.

"Come on. It can't be that bad, what you have a guy over or something?" Kitty questioned jokingly. Ember using all of her will power force out a huff, and hoped it seemed like the idea was stupid to her.

"Your right, what guy would you even have over?" Kitty said getting up from the coach.

"Where you going?" Ember asked as she started to absentmindedly play on her guitar again now that Kitty had stopped investigating her.

"The kitchen. I'm hungry." Kitty said entering the kitchen and going straight for the frigid.

Finding some left over pizza sitting on a plate, Kitty made to grab it only to knock a hot sauce bottle over and onto the floor making a crash.

"What do you owe me?!" Ember called out not as annoyed or angry as one would expect. Kitty was a slight klutz, and Ember knew this and had accepted it a long time ago.

"Hot sauce." Kitty called back already getting the dustpan and broom. Leaving Ember to sigh.

Cleaning up the mess, Kitty moved to the trash can. Opening it she noticed something odd, a white cloth that was dyed in some places red and green.

"Hey Ember what's this?" Kitty asked out loud, picking up the item.

"I don't know, how about you show me." Ember called from the other room.

Picking up the cloth, Kitty then emptied the dustpan. Holding it up she realized it was a shirt.

'What the hell?' Kitty thought as she brought it to the living room.

"Hey Ember what's this all over this shirt, it kinda looks like… blood!" Kitty yelled at the end realizing what it was.

Ember was on her feet in a second, and had the shirt in her hands the next.

"Oh my gosh! Ember are you ok!" Kitty asked concerned that Ember was badly hurt.

"What? Yea, yea I'm fine. This isn't mine." Ember said moving to the trash can. "Don't worry about it."

"Don't worry about it? Don't worry about it! Ember that's a ton of blood! What happened? Wait I knew you were lying. This is from your visitor isn't it? Who would come to see you in that state?" Kitty questioned rapid fire, worry evident in her voice.

"Ok yes some came over, they weren't in that state when they got to my door though. They apparently got into a fight just outside and I found them laying there when I got home. I took them in, they're fine, I'm fine, everything's fine." Ember said trying to get her to drop it.

Kitty seemed to calm down at the explanation.

"Ok, that's good to hear, but you very obviously avoided saying their name, meaning you knew them, the questions now are why won't you say who, and who are they." Kitty said staring at Ember, practically demanding answers without actually saying so.

"Kitty it's nothing, just let it go." Ember said trying to get her friend to let up.

Ember knew Kitty was her friend, she'd even go as far as say she was her best friend, but she wasn't sure how'd she react to finding out about her and Danny talking. They were enemies, but now they were… friends? Ember still wasn't exactly sure what they were, but she at least knew she liked him.

Though that didn't change the fact that Kitty still didn't like him and was his enemy. Ember could have explained his scars to her, but she was hesitant due to how personally that was. It wasn't her place to tell others.

Kitty stared at Ember for a few seconds before finally conceding to her friends wishes.

"Fine, but I swear if you get into trouble and don't come to me for help, your trouble will be the least of your worries." Kitty said slightly jokingly. She was still worried, but Ember was always the stubborn one. She'd have to look into this herself later if she wanted answers.

Ember content that Kitty had let it go threw the shirt back into the trash can. Before walking back into the living room. What she didn't notice was Kitty grabbing the shirt again and hiding it in her jacket.

Back in the human world we find Sam storming out of the Fenton house heading home.

"Jackass!" Sam called out as she left. Danny having not left his room could still hear her from the street.

Once they had gotten to his room, they had gotten in to a full blown yelling match. A lot was said and feelings were hurt on both sides.

Sam was worried for her friend and had some mixed feelings about Danny hanging out with another girl.

Danny didn't get why Sam was so worried and why she seemed to have it out for Ember.

Tucker just kept his mouth shut. Saying something then would do neither of them any good, since neither were in the right state of mind to hear what he knew they needed to hear.

Seeing that Danny need some space, Tucker said a quick bye before heading out.

'Sam better say something before she loses her chance.' Tucker thought shaking his head as he walked down the street.

Back in Danny's room Danny was now laying on his bed.

'Ugh, what the hell. What's her problem. Embers kind and fun and just a good person.' Danny thought as he stared at the ceiling, conveniently forgetting every other encounter they've ever had.

'Whatever, tomorrow is Friday and then I can relax a little. Maybe even hang out again with her.' Danny thought with a smile as he tried to get some sleep. Though just as his eyes closed his ghost sence went off. And a yell was heard from the street below.

"Ugh… well back to the grind." Danny said as he transformed. Tonight was about to be a long night.

Elsewhere in the ghost zone we find Kitty flying on her own. She had just finished watching High School Musical with Ember and now was on her way to complete a self appointed mission. Finding out who the shirt belonged to, which was why she was now outside Desiree's realm.

Desiree's realm was an exotic arabian garden, with sand and a beautiful pond surrounded by lush green plants.

"Hey Desiree! You home?" Kitty called stopping just outside. It was considered very rude to just enter someone else's realm. She wasn't like a certain Phantom who went around like he owned the place. What was his deal anyway, all ghost knew the basic rules of the ghost zone.

Kitty was pulled from this train of thought as she saw Desiree emerge from her garden.

"Hello Kitty, it has been quite some time. How are you?" Desiree greeted in a much calmer way than most thought possible of her.

"I'm fine, I'm actually here on a mission though, so I was hoping this could be fast." Kitty explained already pulling out the t-shirt. "Do you know who this could belong to?"

Seeing the shirt it took Desiree a minute to realize as Kitty had, that it was indeed a shirt and that it was covered in blood. When she did though, she gasped.

"Belong to? Who ever that belongs to is no longer with us!" Desiree exclaimed in distress, it unsettled her, this must have been torture, no ghost would hold their form long enough to create this much blood.

"No that's the thing, I found it in Ember's trash can. She says the owner is fine, but as you can see that doesn't really make me feel any better. I want to find out who the owner is so I can help Ember. Who ever the owner is, they went to Ember, and to get into this shape they must have dangerous enemies. I don't want Ember getting caught up in it alone." Kitty said talking fast, hoping that Desiree could help.

"I'm sorry, I don't believe I know anyone with a shirt like this. Though I would say they were in the human world when this happened. See the red, that's human blood." Desiree explained, trying to be as helpful as possible.

Kitty took a second closer look at the shirt, she was right human blood.

"What has Ember gotten herself into?" Kitty asked aloud worried for her friend. Little did she know that her friend was probably better off than before.

Unlike a certain time lord, who knew everything was moving to plan.

Ok people, I'm back as for all my stories, if this bombs I'm willing to rewrite it. I've had some real bad writer's block on all my stories, and well I am worrying about this one. I hope that there are no real plot holes and if this one it not rewritten, know that this is kinda setting the tone for the rest of the story. Well anyway enjoy, don't know when I'll update next so try to live with it.