Chapter 4: Waking Up

The next thing everyone knew, they were back in Danny's room with Valerie looking confused.

"Judging by how during the last cycle, his tossing and turning lessened, it worked?" Valerie asked

"I think so" Dani said

Maddie turned to the girl

"Just HOW are you related to Danny again?"

"Cousin?" Dani tried

"Jack's an only child and my sister is childless." Maddie said

"Huh?" Valerie asked

"Fine" Dani sighed. "I'm…Danny's….clone"

Silence. Not even Sam and Tucker knew the full story.

"I always knew Vlad was messed up in the head" Sam said under her breath

Suddenly, Danny stirred and opened his neon green eyes.

"What happened?" he groaned as if he was suffering from a headache

"Nocturne's Nightmare beam" Tucker explained "You were trapped in your top 4 nightmares for almost 2 hours"

"They seemed so real" Danny said "Especially the last set"

"Are you okay?" Dani asked

"Dani?" Danny asked "Yeah…I think so. What…oomph!"

His question was interrupted by her hugging him

"I was so worried about you" Dani whispered

"Something tells me I have YOU to thank for my waking up" Danny told his clone

"I had a bit of help" she confirmed with a smile towards those who helped and a VERY confused Valerie

"Help?" Danny asked confused

"Let's just say…did you HAVE to pair me up with DASH!" Sam asked

"You mean…you saw that?" Danny asked with a wince

"We all saw EVERYTHING" Maddie told her son as she sat on the bed.

"Except me. I was on guard duty" Valerie said

"So you know?" Danny asked as he looked away

"In that last cycle…those little twists… that was us interfering" Tucker informed his friend "Turning the nightmares into REALLY good dreams"

"Except that last one." Sam said

"So…you were serious when you said that you don't mind this?" Danny asked his parents

"And about that helping us with the ghost hunting" Jack confirmed

"Did I MISS something?" Valerie asked

Danny sighed and decided to let Valerie in on the secret since she helped

Valerie fainted as she saw Danny Phantom turn into Danny Fenton.

"She took that well" Jazz mused

Danny then turned to Sam.

"Sam…about what you said during that second dream…what that true?"

"Well…I mean…I…" she hesitated

Suddenly, she remembered something her grandmother had told her

Dreams are they peepholes to the subconscious

If Danny dreamed that he and Sam were together for eternity, then that must mean he felt the same.

Seeing Danny's face drop, her mouth took over for her brain

"Yes Danny! Every word!" Sam blurted out

"Let's leave them alone" Jazz suggested as the room had gone silent

Jack picked up Valerie and the group left Sam and Danny to talk about their past, present, and future

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Meanwhile,

Speaking of past, present, and future, Clockwork was smiling at the sight of the two talking.

"There." Nocturne told the Master of Time. "I kept my end of the bargain. Now, you'll talk to the Observents?"

"Yes Nocturne. I'll have a word" Clockwork promised as he smiled at new Fenton thermos that was placed right next to an open dented Fenton thermos.

In case you haven't figured it out, Clockwork had used Nocturne's power to send him into Danny's nightmares. When the group started interfering, Clockwork unleashed Dark Dan who had been beaten by the element of surprise. Thanks to Nocturne, when Dark Dan was split, he was REALLY split.

Now the future Danny Phantom from the past where everyone died was placed back in his true alternative dimension by Clockwork time traveling back to before he helped Danny fused back with the ghost of his half human self and was now a 19 year old spending eternity with the 14 year old ghost of Sam Manson making up for the wrong he had caused when Vlad's evilness had taken over

But now Clockwork was focusing on the REAL time stream and was enjoying what he was seeing.

Danny and Sam were in a lip lock. His secret was reveal to those that mattered the most, and Vlad had nothing on him anymore

Clockwork moved the screen to see downstairs to show Dani hugging Jack and Maddie looking like all her own dreams had come true and Jazz was doing a happy dance.

After all, Jazz had ALWAYS wanted a little sister

The End

A/N: Okay. Despite the fact I have a good amount of time travel fictions, let's see if I can't make that last long paragraph a BIT easier to understand

Key: Danny A: Dark Danny from bad future that was trapped in thermos

Danny B: Human Danny that was killed by Dark Danny and turned into a ghost but was put in a ghostly coma due to the whole halfa issue.

Danny C: Split Dark Danny, or Danny Phantom from future since he's not dark anymore

Danny D: Present Day Danny Phantom

Clockwork A: Clockwork from Pre-Ultimate Enemy

Clockwork B: Present Day Clockwork

After Danny D split Danny A turning him to Danny C, Danny C went with Clockwork B back to Pre-Ultimate Enemy before Danny D went back in time and was handed off to Clockwork A and merged with Danny B.

This is why time traveling hasn't been invented yet. It's too confusing. If you still had trouble understanding, draw it out (or P.M. me and I'll P.M. right back with a hopefully better explanation)