Chapter 1: Arrival

Danny's POV:

Here I was beaten and broken up floating in the Ghost Zone with a major wound covering my entire chest. I knew that I should not have fought against Plasmius, but I had to stop him from taking over Amity Park. I continued to float in the Ghost Zone for a while that I did not even know where I was going at all. I just let my unconscious body take me wherever it needs to go. I continued to float in the Ghost Zone until my head hit a door.

"Please let the ghost who is behind this door be a friend of mine," I said weakly. I saw the door swing open and I saw the last person that I expected, Ember.

'No doubt since she has seen me in this state, she is going to try and finish me without hesitation,' I thought to myself. I waited for the life-ending blow from Ember, but I did not get one from her. Instead, I felt myself being lifted up and moments later, I was placed on Ember's couch.

Ember's POV:

Here I was in my realm minding my own business playing my guitar when I heard a small knock on my realm door.

"Who could that be?" I said to myself as I got up to see who was at my realm door. I opened the door and who I saw shocked me. I saw Danny Phantom right there in front of my realm door, beaten and unconscious.

'Oh, this is going to be good,' I thought to myself. I readied my guitar to swing at him to finally end him once and for all, when I stopped myself. I looked at him again and I saw how badly torn up he was.

'Ugh, I can't believe that I am about to do this,' I thought to myself. I grabbed Danny and I lifted him up and I brought him into my realm. I was able to put him on my couch and I saw all of the wounds that he had on him. I looked at the wounds and I saw all of the cuts, bruises, and gashes on him. I almost vomited when I saw this. I looked and I saw trails of ecto-plasm covering his body as well. I took off his shirt and when I did that, I saw even more cuts, scratches, bruises, and open wounds on his chest. I could not believe it. I looked at all of them carefully. The amount of damage that Danny took would have been enough for any ghost to be wiped out of existence. I went upstairs to grab some supplies.

Danny's POV:

Here I was in Ember's realm on her couch and I felt her rip my shirt off. No doubt to see the other wounds that I had on my chest. In a way, when she did that, I kind of blushed. I was still knocked out cold due to the wounds that I had. I heard her walk off and I heard footsteps going upstairs.

'What is she doing?' I thought to myself. I tried to make sure that I did not fall asleep at all, but I was unable to. I fell asleep on her couch to be able to sleep away some of the pain.

Ember's POV:

I was in my bathroom looking for some medical supplies to try to bandage up the dipstick that was lying helplessly on my couch. I continued to look when I saw a first-aid box underneath my bathroom sink. I grabbed the first aid box and I went back downstairs. When I got downstairs, I saw Danny sleeping on the couch. I went to him and I saw that he was sleeping peacefully on the couch, but I knew that he would wake up from his sleep once I started to tend to his wounds. I looked at his chest and I saw all of the wounds that he had, but I also noticed the muscle that he has as well. I had to admit, Danny looked kind of hot with muscle. I blushed a little bit looking at his body, but I was able to set aside my blush while I attended to his wounds. I first tended to all of the cuts that he had. I grabbed the peroxide and I saw Danny wince a little bit as I was applying it to his cuts. I continued to apply the peroxide and once they were clean, I started to bandage them up. I looked at the bruises that he had and I started to wrap them up so that way they could heal properly. I looked around his chest area and I felt that Danny had a couple of broken ribs. I took the gauze from the first aid box and I wrapped Danny's chest. Once I was sure that Danny's chest was taken care of, I took a look at his legs to see if they were badly hurt as well. I looked and examined them, but noticed that there was nothing wrong with them at all.

'There we go,' I thought to myself as I put everything back in the first aid box. I went back upstairs and I put the first aid box back underneath the sink from where I got it from. I went back downstairs and I saw Danny sleeping on the couch. Not wanting to disturb Danny, I left the room. I still could not believe that I just helped one of my enemies from being a pile of ecto-plasm. To me, it felt weird. Time went by and I was starting to get hungry. I went to the kitchen and I started to make something to eat. As I was preparing dinner, I heard a small groan. I looked over at Danny and I saw that he was trying to sit up. I went to Danny to see if he was okay.

"Are you okay?" I asked him.

"I am okay, but I have a question. Why did you help me?"

Danny's POV:

I woke up from my small nap for I smelled something being made. It smelled good. I tried to get up, but as I was getting up, my body was hurting me. I was groaning in pain. Finally, I was sitting up, but what I heard surprised me.

"Are you okay?" I heard someone say to me. I looked and I noticed that it was Ember that spoke up. I looked and I saw that I was completely bandaged up.

'Wow, did Ember do this for me?' I thought to myself. I looked back at her and I replied back to what she asked me.

"I am okay, but I have a question. Why did you help me?" I asked her. There was silence in the room for a couple of minutes and I could tell that Ember was speechless. No doubt that she had nothing to say to me. I saw her walk away from the living room and I saw that she went back to the kitchen to continue making the food. I continued to sit on the couch. I did not move at all for the amount of pain that I was in. I still could not believe how much stronger Plasmius was. I thought back to all of the new powers that I saw him do. Ecto-lightning, ecto-thunder, and ecto-wind. I could not believe it. I thought that Plasmius would have had only a fire-core, but it seems as if he has a neutral core like me. As I was thinking about the past battle that I had with Plasmius, I felt a bowl being placed on my lap. I looked and I saw that it was a bowl of pasta. I saw Ember walk off without a word. I grabbed the pasta and I started to eat it. To my surprise, it was really good. I continued to eat it and within moments, it was all gone. I was still hungry.

"Uh Ember, could I have some more please?"

"Alright." I heard clattering from the kitchen and within a minute, Ember came back to me with a second bowl of pasta. I ate it and within moments, it was gone. As soon as I was done eating, I set the bowl on the ground to the side and I went back to sleep. I groaned in pain as I went back to lay down.

Ember's POV:

I heard some more groaning coming from where Danny was sitting. I went to him and I saw that he went back to lie down on the couch. I grabbed the bowl that I saw him place on the floor and I picked it up. I put his bowl in the sink so that way I could wash it later. I looked over at Danny and I saw that he was sleeping. I went to the nearest closet and I grabbed a blanket and I put it over Danny. When I was sure that Danny was covered, I left the room. Before I left the room, I do not know why, but I kissed Danny on the forehead. I started to freak out.

'Oh my god. I just kissed Danny on the forehead. Am I starting to develop feelings for him?' I thought to myself. I went back to him and I saw how he was sleeping. It was cute. Trying to fight back a blush, I left the room and I went upstairs to my bedroom for I was getting tired myself. I went to bed, but before I went to bed completely, a thought came to my mind.

'Man, it is going to be hard to since here now since Danny is here.' With that last thought in my head, I drifted off to sleep.