First thing I wanna do is remind people that this entire story is NOT to be considered part of my fake season four story line. It is the original version of the updated version which can be seen on my profile. Anything read in this story should NOT be considered part of the story line I have written, even if some elements have been carried over into the other stories.

From this point forward, you should also take into account that Danny's friendship with my OC Kim is staying just that, they are remaining friends in the updated version. Kim no longer has feelings for Danny and so therefore no romantic relationship will EVER happen between them. As much as I support DannyxOC, I'm trying to keep my stories as close to the original episodes as possible, which includes keeping Danny's relationship with Sam intact.

Some portions of this chapter will be retained for the rewrite of this story, and others will not. As Danny's relationship with Sam won't be put in jeopardy in the first place, there will be no reason for him to settle things with her before the end.

Chapter 20- Independence Day:

The sound of a prison buzzer is heard through the darkness before a single door opens on the far side of a damp underground chamber with only a small hole in the wall to provide light and air. Light entered the room through the door from the other room before a silhouette appears in the doorway.

Danny enters the room with Danielle at his side. A lone prison guard enters behind them and flicks a light switch turning on a single light bulb in the middle of the room.

On the other side of the room Vlad sat on the dank stone floor in the corner on the other side of thick bars that separated him from the rest of the room. He was wearing black and white stripped prison garments. He opened his eyes and looked up as Danny and Danielle walked up to the cell bars.

It had been a few days since they had defeated him in Green Bay so they had plenty of time to recuperate. Their wounds had healed and they had gotten new clothing seeing as their pervious clothing had been torn beyond use.

Danielle had decided that she liked her hair to hang down instead of putting it in a pony tail so she had it straightened but it still spiked out on the sides. But she still preferred wearing her red beanie; she was a Tomboy after all.

"Come to harass a defenseless old man?" Vlad asked them gloomily as they stopped at the bars of his jail cell.

"Defenseless yes," Danny said. "Harass no."

"We've just come to make sure that you were put in solitary confinement with no human interaction except for the guard who will be bringing you food and water twice a day," Danielle informed him smugly.

"Well you certainly don't have to worry about that," Vlad said as he glared at them. "Thanks to you I no longer have ghost powers. I'm no longer a threat to you or anyone else. That being the case; don't you think solitary confinement is a tad bit too extreme?" he asked them.

"You deserve nothing less," Danielle spat.

"Not only is it to punish you for all of your horrible crimes against humanity, it's also to protect you," Danny informed him. "With the entire planet knowing of your identity and of your plans for controlling it, throwing you in a normal prison would be a death sentence because other inmates would kill you on sight."

"Which is something you probably deserve," Danielle added. "But breaking your spirit by removing any and all human interaction seems fit. It may seem extraneous but it's a form of humane torture that only people with black heart like yours will ever get to experience."

"You've brought this upon yourself Plasmius," Danny sneered. "Never again will you threaten mankind."

"Umm Danny, if we removed his ghost half then does that mean we should still be calling him Plasmius?" Danielle asked him.

"Hmm, good point," Danny realized. "Alright Vlad, now that we have confirmed that you aren't going anywhere we will take our leave," Danny said to him.

"After today this guard will be the only person you will interact with until you die," Danielle informed him.

"And to prevent you from returning as a ghost when you die; we will have the prison arrange to take you into the ghost zone when you die," Danny informed him. "If a human dies here they come back as a ghost, but if they die while in the ghost zone, they will cease to exist."

"Therefore we will ensure you can't ever come back to harm innocent lives ever again," Danielle added.

"You've got this all planned out right down to the "T"," Vlad said. "Impressive; although, you should remember that the past will always come back to haunt you."

"So the saying goes," Danielle responded. "With you in here we won't have to worry about it."

"And now that we control our powers to an even higher degree, nothing can come back to haunt us," Danny added. "It ensures that any battle we get into will end in our favor."

"Or so you hope," Vlad said with a grin. "Eventually someone bigger, stronger and more powerful is going to come along and you will fail Daniel. The bigger the pedestal, the bigger the target and the easier they will fall. It's only a matter of time."

"Good bye Vlad," Danny said to him. They both turned around and walked out of the room without saying another word. The prison guard turned off the light before he shut the door behind him and locked it leaving the cell dark as night.

The scene zooms in on the Fenton Ghost portal before it fades away to the froze wasteland of the Far Frozen. The Specter Speeder descends and lands in the snow as Jack and Maddie bring it to a rest.

"Alright kids, good luck," Maddie shouted to her three kids as they hoped out of the flying vehicle and into the snow. Danny and Danielle were in their ghost forms and had gotten new suits to replace the old ones. They didn't look any different. Jazz had to dress warmly because as a human she wasn't used to extreme temperature changes.

"Thanks mom," Jazz yelled as she waved back to their parents. She zipped up her winter jacket as she ran to catch up to her younger siblings. She caught up with them just as they were being greeted by Frostbite and Clockwork.

"Something deep down inside me told me you would not fail us Great One," Frostbite said as he bowed to him and his sisters. "Your world and the ghost zone have been saved by you once again and we are forever in your debt."

"Weren't you already," Danielle asked before Jazz elbowed her to keep her quiet.

"That's great to hear," Danny said as he removed the infi-map from his belt. "I believe this belongs to you," he said as he handed it over to him.

"A great many thanks to you indeed," Frostbite said gladly as he took the map and handed it off to another snow yeti who turned and took it off to have it locked away deep within a cave.

"And for you sir," Danielle said to Clockwork as she held up the staff of time with the spectral barometer and the reality power gem still attached.

Clockwork took it without haste and examined it closely. "I think these improvements Vlad has made will come in handy," he said upon inspection of his staff. "I do believe you have a few other things for me," he said; knowing everything did have its advantages after all.

Danny and Danielle removed their time amulets and returned them to their rightful owner. Danny also removed the black gear key from his suit and placed it in his hand. "Couldn't have done anything without your help," he said. "Thanks."

"Thank yous are not needed," Clockwork said as he waved his hand. "What occurred was needed for the safety of everyone whether the time stream was messed with or not, but we should still try to stay away from messing with it as much as possible. Speaking of which, we need to find that thermos and free the me of this time period and the Observants," he said to Frostbite.

"I will have our greatest trackers get right on it," he said with a bow to the master of time before he turned to give instructions to his guards.

"Hey Clockwork?" Danny asked. Clockwork turned towards the young hero and changed into his infant form. "There are still a few loose ends that need to be taken care of."

"Such as?" Clockwork asked although he had a good idea of what Danny was about to ask of him.

"Well while Vlad was in control he and those clones we killed, killed a lot of people," he informed the master of time. "I know we can't bring back those who lost their lives in the past because those were supposed to happen, but what of those lives lost in this time period?" he questioned. "Can we still bring them back?"

Clockwork had to think on this for a moment. "Hmm," he said as he held his chin in his hand. He turned into his elderly life stage. "Everything should return to normal on its own shortly but I guess we can fix up some of the damage done," he figured.

"Normally the Observants would be opposed but seeing as they are still in incommunicado it's your call," Jazz informed him.

"That is a very good point," Clockwork responded as he turned into his adult form. "But I don't have the power to fix damage across the globe let alone bring people back from the dead."

"Maybe not now, BUT!" Danielle said before she pulled the reality belt with the reality gems still in place out from behind her back. "This still needs a responsible owner," she informed him.

"And what better owner than the master of time himself," Danny added with a smile.

Clockwork grinned before he took the belt and clipped it around his waist just above his ghostly tail. He pushed the button on the top of his staff and opened a blue time portal in front of him. It showed a view of the entire planet.

"Time to fix the damage caused by Vlad and his gang of goons," Clockwork said as he changed into his infant form. He pressed all three gems on his belt causing them all to light up. He started glowing with a purple light as his staff sparked to life.

He aimed his staff at the portal and released a beam of purple energy into it. The entire view of the entire planet started to glow purple as the damage was fixed.

Buildings in Green Bay Wisconsin were magically restored to the way they were previously. Buildings in Amity Park were restored to their natural states.

The streets of down town Amity Park started to sparkle like the night sky before people magically appeared in the streets. They were amazed at what had happened. The last thing they remembered was being attacked and eaten by the Giant Ecto-Puss and somehow they were brought back.

Life across the planet returned to normal as the purple glow faded. The Earth had returned to a beautiful blue ball floating in space. The dark clouds that had surrounded it had disappeared leaving a cloudless sky behind.

"It looks absolutely beautiful," Jazz said in awe. The three teens examined the contents of the portal and were amazed that Clockwork was able to restore everything to the way it was before Vlad began his take over.

"Everything is the way it's supposed to be," Clockwork said as he turned into his elderly form. "Now the best thing you can do when you return home is to enjoy life to the fullest," he advised them. "Because you never really know when someone will come along and try to ruin it."

"Thanks Clockwork," Danny said with a smile before they shook hands. "Good luck rebuilding your home and finding the Clockwork of this time period," he said before he turned and ran back to the Specter Speeder with his sisters.

They waved good bye to the master of time as he turned back into his adult form. Clockwork smiled at them before he vanished to go back to his realm within the ghost zone.

"So what you're trying to tell me is that you want me and Danny to get back together?" Sam asked as she folded her arms and lowered her eye lids.

She was sitting on the couch in the Fenton's living room with Kim as they waited for the Fenton's to get back from visiting Clockwork and Frostbite. Kim seemed depressed and was looking towards the ground as if she were being interrogated by the cops.

"I know that you probably hold a grudge against him and I because he took me to my prom but you have to know we only went as friends," Kim said to her in as innocent a tone as she could.

"I've learned to accept that," Sam said in a forgiving tone. "I only wish Danny had asked me first. He was my boyfriend and if I had known maybe I wouldn't have gotten so mad."

"Danny really is sorry for what he did and he didn't ask me to tell you any of this," Kim told her. "I'm doing this under my own free will so you know that Danny isn't trying to pull your goat. He wants to get back together with you and he would do anything for you."

"I'm willing to be friends with him again but he'd have to do something really special to win my heart back," Sam informed her. "My Gothic nature makes my heart hard to win over you know."

"Well after he unintentionally broke my heart to get us out of that dream world I told him to go after you and he did do something special just for you," Kim said. She reached down to her backpack which was sitting on the floor between her feet. She unzipped it and removed a video tape. "This has proof on it courtesy of Danielle stealing Mr. Lancer's camera."

She stood up from the couch and crossed the room to the TV. She inserted the tape into the VCR and pushed play. Sam perked up and leaned forward when she saw Danny, Jazz and Kim on the stage with Rick Astley.

At this point the others walked back into the room after getting back from visiting the ghost zone. "Hey it's my video!" Danielle, in her human form, screamed with delight before she jumped over the back of the couch and sat next to Sam.

Jazz calmly satin a chair as Jack and Maddie stood behind the couch and relived old memories. "So those kids that were up on stage were our kids?" Maddie asked. She was clearly confused.

"Well they did do some time traveling," Jack reminded her. "We just never noticed the similarity because it was back in our college days long before they were even born."

Danny had decided to stay in the doorway between the living room and the kitchen as the video progressed. Sam had taken a special interest in it as the song being sung came to a close. Everyone in the video started applauding before the camera was turned off.

"I convinced Danny to do this for you," Kim said concluding what they had just seen. "He had Astley dedicate the song to you."

"He also said that it was one of your favorite songs," Jazz added. "So it was like the stars had aligned when he realized this. Personally if Ron had one of my favorite songs dedicated to me; well that would be very special to me."

"So Danny agreed to help finish your parent's college dance if he agreed to have the song dedicated to me?" Sam asked in a quieted tone. "The first time my favorite song was ever sung it was dedicated…to me?" she repeated her question.

Danny coughed drawing everyone's attention to him. He was still standing in the doorway between the two rooms. Everyone was silent as Sam stood up and walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him. Everyone wept happily in knowing that everything had returned to normal.

The scene faded away to the high school which was under reconstruction from the past few weeks of damage it had sustained. Construction workers were all over the place, working diligently to get the school repaired before the summer ended and all of the students returned.

Inside the school Mr. Lancer and Principal Ishiyama were standing on either side of a desk as an African American man in a presidential business suit worked on a few papers behind the desk. Standing on either side of him were two men dressed in black suits and wore sunglasses even though they were inside.

A knock was heard at the door before it opened and Jazz poked her head through. "You wanted to see us?" she asked confusingly.

"Ah yes, Jasmine come on in," Mr. Lancer ushered her. The door opened the rest of the way and she entered the room with Danny, Sam, Danielle and Kim behind her. Sam and Danny were holding hands now that they had gotten back together. They didn't notice who was behind the desk until he stood up.

"Ah, so these are the teens I've heard so much about?" the African American man asked as he stood up and walked around the desk.

"Yes they are," Principal Ishiyama informed him. "President Obama, meet Kimberly Masters; niece to Vlad," she hissed slightly. "And these three are of course the Fenton's; Jasmine, Danny and Danielle."

"Well it sure is nice to meet the real you," Jazz said as she shook the presidents hand firmly.

"The real one?" he asked with a cocked eye brow and stopped shaking her hand.

"Long story; nothing to really worry about," Jazz reassured him.

President Obama turned to Danny and Danielle and bent down so he was eye level with Danielle. "So you two are the world famous Danny Phantom's?" he asked them as he ruffled Danielle's hair. "It is a real pleasure to meet the two of you."

Danielle moved her head to make him stop messing up her hair. "Sorry Mr. President," she apologized. "But the last time we met wasn't exactly a meeting I would like to remember, even if it wasn't real."

"I'm going to have to hear more about this later on," he said as he stood back up and walked back behind the desk. "Now we must get to the reason as to why I asked you all here." One of his Secret Agents handed him a folder and he opened it. "Due to recent events you two were unable to make it to Washington to receive your awards," he said to the two older girls.

His other Secret Agent handed him a thicker folder that had larger items in them. He opened the folder and two golden medallions fell into his hands. He handed them to Mr. Lancer who placed them around the two older girl's necks.

Jazz and Kim examined them and noticed they looked exactly the same as they did in the dream Nocturne had put them in.

"Now as for you two," President Obama said to the Phantom siblings as he handed the folder back to his Secret Service guard and was given another folder. "You have saved this entire planet countless times and the only reward you have been given is a statue in your memory," he reminded them. "Of course I am one to know how the celebrity spot light can be somewhat overwhelming so I will give the two of you a choice."

He opened the folder and removed a sheet of paper and read off of it like a script.

"The choice you two will make will determine whether or not the news will make you two bigger celebrities than myself," he informed them. "We can let the world now about what happened and you two will become even bigger world heroes than you are now, or we can keep things quiet to a degree so you two can go about your lives peacefully without too much interruption. Now you two must decide."

"I've already got my answer," Danielle spoke. "I'd rather get on with my life. I don't want the press following me everywhere I go."

"I agree," Danny said. "I like the hero status but I also like my personal time and activities to be just that, personal." He turned his head and smiled at Sam who smiled back.

"That's what I figured you two would say," President Obama said before he wrote a few quick notes on the sheet of paper. He closed the folder and handed it back to his Secret Service personnel. "Well nothing left for me to do except thank you for saving us all from an evil menace and making sure he was locked behind bars. Now, I'm afraid we must take our leave and get back to Washington," he said as he stood up from the desk. The teens and teachers moved aside as the three men walked passed them and out of the room.

"Well I assume you kids have enjoyed the past few weeks?" Mr. Lancer asked them sarcastically. Before they could scold him he started chuckling. "Just trying to add some humor," he explained. "I will be sure to put in a good word for the two of you at Amity Park University," he said to Jazz and Kim.

"We will certainly enjoy having Danielle in our school in another year," Principal Ishiyama said to her. "We will see you in another two months Danny," she said to him before she took her seat at her desk.

"So we can go then?" Danny asked as he pointed his thumb over his shoulder.

"Until early September," Mr. Lancer said with a smile. "Then you're mine."

"Still got two months," Danny said jokingly as he dragged Sam out of the office. The others followed and waved goodbye to the teachers.

"You think we should go a little easier on him when he returns?" Principal Ishiyama asked Mr. Lancer.

"He knows the rules of the school," he responded. "My teachings have an effect on every one of my students, even him. He will get no special treatment from me unless he earns it from me directly like Jasmine and Kimberly have done over the years."

"Oh, and saving the world doesn't qualify?" Principal Ishiyama asked him with a chuckle.

"When his studies save the world then I will be impressed," Mr. Lancer said to her. "Until then he will abide to the rules of the class room."

"That's just like you Lance," Principal Ishiyama said as she got comfortable in her chair. "Always thinking of other's futures and how you've had an impact on them."

"That is my job," he said with a smile as he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

The sun was starting to set and dusk was arriving quickly, but many families were still enjoying their time playing games and relaxing on blankets in the town park.

Cujo ran through the grass in his puppy form and jumped to catch a Frisbee that was thrown through the air. He caught it before running back to the Fenton's with it in his mouth. He dropped it at Nicole's feet and barked happily.

"My turn!" Becky shouted. Nicole picked it up and tossed it to Becky who in turn flung it through the air. Cujo barked as he chased after it.

"You'd think that dog would run out of energy eventually," Sam sighed as Tucker shook his head.

"Well he is a ghost," Tucker added. "He could play all night if he wanted to."

"So have you guys decided on a college yet?" Danielle asked Kim and her older sister.

"Well Mr. Lancer is putting in a good word for us at the University on the other side of town," Jazz mentioned. "I guess we'll be going there."

"They do offer our selected majors in two year, four year and eight year degrees," Kim added. "I'm going for Archeology and Jazz is going for Criminal Psychology and Paranormal Activity."

"They also teach Business Statistics for large multi-national corporations," Ron informed them. "Which is exactly why I'm going there; dad makes a lot of money doing it and I've got a special interest in it."

"Well that's good for you three," Sam spoke up. "Going to a school close to home saves a lot on College tuition bills. My parents may be loaded but they won't spend anymore than fifty grand a semester for my schooling after we graduate."

"That's still a lot," Danielle pointed out. "I personally think you three got lucky that your selected majors are offered so close to home."

"Close to home or not I think I'll be dorming," Jazz informed them. "I want the full college experience and I can't be living at home to do that."

"Same here," Kim and Ron added in unison.

"Well that's all fine and dandy for you guys but college is still a long way off for us," Becky said as she threw the Frisbee again.

"I'm gunna enjoy life while I'm still young and not worry about my future until that Lancer guy is forcing it on me," Nicole added as she sat next to her older friends.

"We should all do that," Danny said drawing all of their attentions to him. Cujo brought the Frisbee back to Becky and they both sat down with the others. "Life is a gift and we should all cherish it. We can't just sit back and watch it pass us by, we need to take hold and go with it no matter how many wild dips and turns it may or may not take."

"You would know all about life's little gifts wouldn't you?" Sam said before she gave him a peck on the cheek.

"You two love birds want to find another room or do you want to watch the show?" Danielle teased them before a bright red light flashed above them and exploded into a firework.

"Don't you think it's ironic that the entire world was saved only days before July 4th?" Tucker asked the others as they watched fireworks exploding over them.

"It's just a coincidence dude," Ron answered him as he wrapped his arms around Jazz and buried his face in her hair making her giggle.

The teens went silent as they watched the fireworks exploding overhead. The bright lights lit up the entire park. Everybody oohed and ahhed in amazement at the show being performed on their independence day.

The lights from the fireworks were bright enough to light up most of the town, even remote parts like where Vlad was being held prisoner in his underground jail cell.

A rat squeaked as it came out of a hole in the wall and scurried into the light from the fireworks light coming through the one window in the entire room.

It scurried across the room and squeezed between two bars of Vlad's cell. No light lit it up except for the light coming through the window leaving a small section of the floor lit up.

The rat stopped and sniffed the air as a hand reached out of the darkness slowly and opened up with the palm up. The rat sniffed the hand before it willingly crawled into the hand. It was pulled into the darkness before a pink light blasted it away and through the cell bars. The remains of the charred rat hit the wall and disintegrated into ashes.

An evil laughter came out of the darkness of the jail cell before a pair of glowing red eyes appeared. Beneath the blood red eyes were white fangs like that of a vampire. The evil laughter became more maniacal before the story came to an end with a pitch black out and the words "The End" appeared before fading away.