Yeesh, guys. Thanks so much for sticking with this little story of sorts. I'm glad you've all enjoyed, but unfortunately we've reached the end.

Ghosts I thought about but couldn't find a place for include Klemper, Lunch Lady, Lydia, Fright Knight, Pariah Dark, and Youngblood. Nocturne, Vortex, Undergrowth, and Wulf were also in the list but then I thought, 'meh, they probably weren't human, they don't really fit..." Ah well...there's always next time...

Big thanks to all the reviewers, including MsFrizzle, UltraRecycloVegetarian, koryandrs, PsychicEevee0103, i kissed danny and he liked it, and two guests! Thanks also to those who favorited, followed, and just took the time to read. This is for all of you guys!

Rules for Being Human

Most ghosts were once human. The rules of humanity can still be applied.

10: Forget

You will forget all this.

~Anonymous

Danny Fenton was not stupid. (His family consisted of genius ghost hunters; he must have inherited some brains.) He could remember most things he learned.

Keyword: most.

He'd found the sheet of "rules for being human" that the Health class teacher had given out so fascinating, but he was somewhat disturbed by the last one. This was something he didn't want to forget.

He had to cling to his humanity and never forget it and never let it go.

So he tried. He kept the list everywhere he possibly could: nailed above his bed, above the bathroom sink, on the refrigerator.

The last one still haunts him whenever he looks at the list.

Because if he forgets, then who would he be?

And on top of that, there is one thing he can never, ever forget.

His promise.

Clockwork knows everything. Clockwork has seen everything that has happened, everything happening now, and everything that will be.

He cannot forget. Sure, things get pushed around in his mind as the most important details – Vlad exiling himself, Danny's almost-future, the third rise of Pariah Dark, humankind's rise to power, the creation of the very universe itself – are forced to the front of his mind as things he should focus on, make sure are constant – or possibly change. But he never forgets anything. He can recall everything asked of him – though it might take him a few minutes if it's something he (and the Observants) deem insignificant.

He won't forget. Some things, though, he would love to forget.

Maybe that counts for something.

He never was human. But it's nice to know that he's close enough.