I do not own Danny Phantom or any of the original characters. They are doing a life sentence to their original owners without the chance of parole. The OC's in this are the property of the people who submitted them to me. Enjoy Part 21 of Darkness without light?

Ghost Stadium

The moment the ref gave the word both Ember and Rose flew at top speed and began their battle. Not wasting anytime Ember sent several streams of musical skulls at her sister only for her to create a flaming shield to not only block Ember's attack, but redirect it back to it's sender with the added fire element to the attack.

Ember at the last minute went intangible to avoid her own attack with the added flames only to hear an explosion right behind her. Seeing that her musical offensive attacks were no use Ember took her guitar, and played a wave of music that went out in all 360 degrees something that Rose was all to familiar with.

'That was Ember's hypnotic music wave. She must be planning on getting the entire stadium to chant her name for a power up.' Rose thought to herself as created a flaming battle spatula and before less than a half a second slammed it into Ember sending her flying into a wall.

As soon as Ember hit the wall the majority of the crowd instantly boo'ed Rose, while beginning to do the one thing Rose knew would be trouble.

"Ember! Ember! Ember! Ember! Ember! Ember!" The hypnotized crowd replied causing Ember's wounds to not only heal but give her a sizable boost in overall power.

Feeling the new power and strength pour into her being Ember quickly got up, and flew at her sister with a speed that most of the normal combatants and normal humans's couldn't follow. Doing her best to remember her training with her girlfriend Ember gathered as much of her elemental power she had into her fist and with one quick blow delivered a devastating fire punch to her sister's face leaving a 2nd degree burn on her face. Still not satisfied with her handiwork Ember did the same thing once again however only with her foot and with one quick and forceful drop gave Rose a powerful blaze kick to face this time delivering a 2nd 2nd degree burn mark to her face.

Outside the ring

"Wow Ember can combine her fire element to her punches and kicks? That is something I didn't think she was capable of." Danny said as he watched Ember and Rose fight.

"She didn't think she was capable of it either, however thanks to the help of yours truly, she was able to develop a few new abilities while training to win her way back into the finals." Spectra replied with a smile on her face.

"Aunty Penelope you are ok!" Sierra replied happily as she teleported from Danny's arms right on Spectra before hugging the misery ghost much to her surprise.

"In the time line she came from she was very attached to not only myself, but Kitty, Johnny, Desiree, Bertrand, Pandora, and especially you." Danny explained as Sierra made her embrace more affectionate. "In fact next to me and Desiree she loved you the most."

"Wow that is a first someone other than Ember, Kitty, or Bertrand actually liking you. But then again she is just a 3 year old and extremely innocent so it is to be expected." A sore Dr. Phobia replied.

"That still doesn't change the fact that I made it to the next round where as you got your butt kicked by an ex guard of Pariah Dark. And how does that make you feel?" Spectra said in a mockingly smug tone.

Back in the ring

Not in the least letting up Ember continued her assault on her sister while once again combined her elemental power into each attack. Eventually she did a double handed fist and slammed her sister into the ground.

"Ref start the countdown She won't be getting up after…" Ember never got the chance to finish off her sentence as a blinding flare of fire messed up her vision just long enough for Rose to counterattack with what appeared to be a whip made of fire.

Due to Ember's powered up state from the chanting the attack did less damage then it should have, however, what Ember failed to notice was that Rose's fire whip wrapped around her stomach like if it were a lasso, and with a good tug brought Ember flying towards her. Ember expecting another counter attack prepared her fire element in her fist, and was about to use the momentum of Rose's attack to amplify her punch only for Rose to go intangible at the last minute while letting Ember go from her whip.

Outside the ring

"So that was Rose's plan I see." Nightmare replied causing the Box ghost to raise an eyebrow.

"What was that flaming haired older sibling of Ember planning anyways?" The Box ghost asked.

"To throw her out of the ring using the force of her's and Ember's added momentum. Due to the way Ember's teleporting works if she teleports during said fight she will be disqualified. Plus seeing as that is one of the few ways she can avoid coming out of the ring I must say it was brilliant of Rose to do that." Pandora answered while getting a nod from Nightmare and Technus.

"Go Aunty Rose! Make the monster pay for hurting my daddy!" Sierra cheered causing everyone to raise an eyebrow.

"Why does Sierra have a dislike for Ember, but is friendly with everyone else? It makes no sense whatsoever." Spectra asked.

"Seeing as this fight is about over I will explain why Sierra doesn't like her." Danny replied as anyone who was interested did so while still watching the fight.

Back in the ring

Ember seeing she only had seconds to stop herself super heated her hand, and used the heat to not only dig her hand into the ring but slow her speed until she was just at the tip of the ring. Seeing that her almost near ring out experience was over Ember began to breathe easy.

'Of all the rotten tricks Rose could have pulled! She thinks she is going to win this one that easily? Well she has another thing coming! No more games I am going to end this right here and now!' Ember thought to herself sourly.

Amity Park Stadium

"That was too close. Any closer and that lame Rose would have won!" Dash said releasing the breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Lame? If anyone is lame here it is that Ember Mclame. Rose not only has the better looks, but she is far better dressed as well. I mean that dress she is wearing is so in. Unlike that Gothic rocker outfit that looks like it is from the 1960's." Paulina replied causing most of the masses for once to look at her like the grew a second head.

"Paulina, Ember is a famous celebrity who is loved around the world. Rose has nothing on her. If I had to choose between the two of them I would join camp Ember." Kwan explained getting nods from everyone with the exception of one.

"Pfft if it were me I wouldn't join either camp. Both of them are selfish and want to force Danny into being with them against his will. Besides that I personally hope they take each other out. It will make for 2 less opponents for Danny to deal with." Valerie replied before turning to Sam and Tucker. "While I have a clue of what Ember can do what about her sister Rose? Seeing as you two have all the answers on the combatants tell us the story."

Having the information pool in their minds the two former sidekicks now announcers delivered the info.

"Rose Mclain as we already know is Ember's older sister, however she was anything but a carbon older copy of Ember. Unlike Ember who was a social pariah like Danny when alive, Rose was the queen b of her school and extremely popular. However, even though she was popular she was anything but nice especially to her younger sister. She would always call her cry baby or baby sis to tease her, bully her both when in school and at home, but worst of all in the case of Ember's death was the reason her date didn't show up. While Ember was burned alive in her home after crying herself to sleep when her date didn't show up Rose was making Ember's date say her name in bed." Sam explained with distaste.

"Now I can see why you like Rose so much Paulina she is basically the ghost version of you. I mean you both are queen B's you both like to bully and torment those you think less of, and you are both so shallow that if I stepped in either of you I would be able to get only my feet wet." One of the nameless nerds girls replied.

"I have to agree especially seeing as she has no problem with stealing boys from other girls." Said another geek.

"Please I only do that when someone wrongs me. Like the way that goth geek did when she made that snide remark about me being shallow when I did nothing to provoke her." Paulina explained in her defense. "But still even with all that it still doesn't change the fact that Rose has good taste in clothes where as Ember looks like an old 1960's person dressed her. I personally hope Rose takes out that washed up has been."

"Ms. Manson Mr. Foley while my young charges are arguing who is cooler and should win could please explain the powers of each of the combatants in the ring so we can know what they can do?" Mr. Lancer asked.

"Ok Mr. Lancer seeing as most of us already know about Ember's abilities I will explain Rose's first. Rose like her sister gets extra power from when people give her any form of attention including chanting though with Rose her boosts become even more powerful when someone extremely self absorbed and shallow chants her name. Like her younger sister she also has power over fire. However, between the two of them Rose has the superior elemental abilities seeing as Rose can manipulate her element to the same degree that both Frostbite and Black Inferno where as Ember can only add fire to her physical punches and kick along with turning her hair into a flaming whip. She also surprisingly has martial arts training and like Mrs. Fenton and Valerie is a 9th degree black belt. Finally like Ember did in her preliminary match Rose also has a pinch mode where her abilities take a massive jump with a few other surprises that could give Ember some trouble." Tucker explained.

"Who cares about that shallow ghost who was most likely her high school's school bus. Go on about the girl we all know and love Ember Mclain!" Dash said smiling.

"As for Ember abilities besides the basic ghost powers, she also has the ability to use pryokinetic abilities which like her overall power grows stronger and can even heal off injuries faster when enough people or people with a strong soul chant her name. She also has power over music which can be used for both offensive and tactical uses such as how when Ember hypnotized the weaker crowd to gain a power boost. Like her sister Rose she can to a lesser extent manipulate her pyrokinetic abilities such as using her flaming hair as a weapon, and recently add her element to her punches and kicks to make more powerful. Lastly when in a pinch she can hit a note on her guitar that when activated will cause her to go into a powered up state that will give her a sizable power boost that also stacks with people chanting her name. However, in exchange for this power she is unable to use her ghostly music though any effects prior to doing this will remain in effect." Tucker explained.

"Everyone that rift into the ghost zone also carries our voices lets help our teen idol win this fight! Ember! Ember! Ember! Ember!" Dash said chanting while the entire audience watching started to follow behind suit with the exception of 2 people.

"I am not chanting for either of them." Valerie said to herself.

Ghost zone stadium In the ring

'I might be down but I am far from out, I refuse to lose this fight especially to her!' Ember thought before she heard some familiar voices that she knew well. 'That is right thanks to the rift Desiree made the masses wishes and voices can't be heard. Looks like Amity Park truly loves me.' Ember thought to herself..

Not giving her sister a second of breathing room Ember used her newly gained power boost to unleash her fury on her older sister in the form of firing several strong shock waves at her. Rose seeing this coming placed up her fire shield only for her to be sent flying due to the sheer force of said attack. Not wanting to let her sister fly out the ring Ember now several times faster out flew her sister, came from behind her, and sent her flying into the other direction.

Within seconds all the normal audience who was chanting Ember's same as well as the people of Amity could see was Rose being smacked around like a pinball.

(1)"Come at me, and you see I am more than meet's the eye. You think that you'll break me, you're going to find in time, you are standing too close to a flame that is burning. Hotter than the sun in the middle of July. Send in your army, but you just can't win; listen up silly boy cause I am going to tell you why…" Ember sang just before she sent her sister flying once again and surprisingly causing her body to go ablaze.

"I Burn! Can't hold me now, you got nothing that can stop me. I burn swing all you want. Like a fever I will take you down!" Ember continued before finishing by slamming Rose into the ground extremely battered and injured and her dress in almost complete shambles.

Outside the ring

"Auntie Rose no! Daddy please save auntie Rose from her!" Sierra cried causing Danny to shake his head.

"I told you Sierra there is nothing I can do until the match is called. That is how this works sweetie." Danny explained.

"Down for the count." Apparition said looking at the match up.

"I have to agree with him on this one. But then again I am not in the least surprised. Ember worked her ass off to get her power up even without people chanting her name. But with it she is a force to be reckoned with. Plus she isn't even using her pinch mode as of yet." Spectra explained in a very approving tone.

"Plus with all the torment Rose gave Ember during both her human and ghost lives I think she got the rightful payback she deserved." Kitty added

"I wouldn't say she is out of it yet. Rose like Ember still has her trump card, and if she can use it it could be a game breaker for her sister." Princess Man-die replied. "After the humiliating defeat by Apparition a month back Rose also worked her ass off in the hopes of getting back into the fight and making him pay for her defeat."

"A lot of good that will do her seeing as she can barely move. With the crowd and all of Amity chanting Ember's name she has the upper hand here as we saw, and even if Rose could activate her pinch mode Ember still has hers as well. Face it girlfriend this match is Ember's and there is nothing Rose can do about it." Spectra said in an satisfied tone.

Amity Stadium

"See I told that Ember would win! Rose has nothing on her!" Dash said in a smug tone.

"That because she had everyone here other than 4 people chanting her name as well as all the weaker ghosts doing the same." Paulina replied upset.

"If you think it will help why don't you chant Rose's name seeing as they both share that power!" Dash said causing Paulina to smile.

"You know what? I will! Rose, Rose Rose! Go Rose Rose Rose! Go Rose Rose Rose!" Paulina chanted.

"Pfft a lot of good that will do seeing as you are the only one chanting her name." Nathan replied not in the least discouraging Paulina.

"I know right? Ember has the masses on her side where as Rose only has one person cheering for her." Mikey added before going back to chanting Ember's name.

In the ring

"You tormented me, humiliated me by reading my dairy to Baby pop, and worse of all you made both my living and afterlife a living hell. Let this be a reminder to you who is the better fighter and who is the washed up has been. Ref start the count." Ember replied causing the ref to do his job.

"One... Two... Three... Four... Five." The ref counted.

As the Ref began what appeared to be her final countdown Rose tried with all her might to get up but due to the injuries she received was unable to move. As this daunting fact went through her mind Rose couldn't help but feel despair.

'I can't believe it. All my hard work to get back in the tournament undone due to cry baby! If only I could move my body I would get up and teach her a lesson she would never forget!' Rose thought pissed as the ref continued to count.

"Six… Seven." The ref said while she looked up at her sisters smiling face.

'Darn it, come on body move damn… what the? Someone is chanting my name?' Rose thought to herself before her body began to glow. 'I don't know who they are but they must really must be like me because I can feel a massive surge of power.' Rose thought to herself.

This didn't go unnoticed by Ember who wasn't going to allow her to her feet.

"Oh no you don't sister, you won't be getting up this time around." Ember replied putting her platform boots on Rose's exposed stomach while applying pressure.

"Eight… Nine… Te…" The ref lost his chain of thought when a massive surge of energy went out in all directions while Rose not only managed to get from under Ember's heel but came back with her battered body healing.

Amity Park Stadium

"No way! I don't believe it Rose is back and she looks like she is ready to rumble again!" Lester replied dumbfounded.

"But how? The only person chant Rose's name is Paulina." Dash said equally shocked.

At this moment it was Sam who now had as smug expression on her face explain how it happened.

"Did you all forget that with Rose the more shallow and self centered the person chanting her the more powerful the boost she gets? I of all people know next to Spectra, and possibly Rose herself that Paulina is extremely self centered and shallow and this is proof of it." Sam explained.

"Sam now is not the time to rub it in everyone's faces. Besides this could mean trouble for Ember especially if Rose uses her pinch mode." Tucker replied as he now looked at a now pissed off Rose.

"It also goes to show you that quality is always better than quantity." Paulina added before going back to chanting Rose's name.

Ghost zone stadium

"No way! I can't believe it. That self center Latina girl was able to fully revive Rose." Kitty said an awe.

"I am calling the match right now in favor of Rose." Princess Man-die said in a somewhat neutral tone.

"A change in the tide." Apparition replied.

"I can feel her power, and from what I am feeling the power boost she gained from that one person is almost equal to the amount Ember gained from everyone who is chanting. Though if she were to go into her pinch mode, Ember would once again be outmatched." Pandora explained.

"Yay auntie Rose beat that monster and show her what she gets for hurting daddy!" Sierra cheered.

In the Ring

"I must admit cry baby, you almost had me. If it weren't for that person chanting my name I would have lost." Rose admitted before getting extremely pissed. "However I am done playing around with you. You not only damaged my perfect body and face, but you also ruined my dress!" Rose hissed before the glow around her body intensified.

'Her power is still rising? This isn't good, I am going to need my pinch mode if I hope to stand a chance.' Ember thought to herself before striking the special cord on her guitar causing it to turn into pink mist that Ember absorbed.

Everyone watched in awe as both Ember and Rose's forms began to glow brightly. Ember's form like before went ablaze while the fire from her hair rose 50 feet into the air while turning white like Dark Danny's. As this happened some of the other injuries she had sustained earlier healed before her hair settled down but burned brightly.

As for Rose her change was similar in some way but vastly different. For one her body like Ember's glowed, however what happened to her shocked everyone. Her body glowed in a bright light blue aura as her ruined dress transformed into a stylish two piece rose designed bikini, however the most surprising thing of all was what happened to her hair. Instead of it being ablaze like her sister's, it had completely changed from fire to what appeared to be water much to the surprise of even Ember.

"I really didn't want to use this form crybaby, but if it helps me win and come one step closer to getting cutie then so be it!" Rose replied before she made a water barrier similar to Dark Danny's fire barrier surround the ring.

Ember not in the least phased by this used her new speed and power to move at an even greater speed than before and went on the attack.

"Reign Supreme, in your dreams; you will never make me bow. Kick my ass? I am world class, and Super Saiyan now! You are starting up a fight that you just can't finish…" Ember sang on as she scored a white fire punch to her sister's face that had enough force to send her flying like before.

"Watch the little hearts while I scrape you off the floor. Bring out your rockets? Well shoot them up baby, High as you can go, but I am the one who is going to soar." Ember sang on before turning her sister once again into a human pinball.

'Darn it even with all the chanting going on I feel as though I am losing power. I guess I am going to have to work out the kinks with this pinch mode after this.' Ember thought before she went into the finishing stretch.

"I Burn! Can't hold me know, you got nothing that can stop me. I burn swing all you want, Like a fever I will take you down!" Ember sang on just before striking her sister with a double handed flaming fist causing her to slam into the ring once again.

Noticing the water still wasn't dying down Ember kept her guard up and as expected Rose got up like it was nothing, while all the damage Ember inflicted to her vanished.

"Is that all you got cry baby? Cause if that is all you got, you might as well give up because this match is mine. But then again with your power has been slowly fading away I shouldn't have expected too much from you." Rose replied.

Amity Park stadium

"Ember's power is fading? But how is that possible? I can understand Rose getting an extremely potent power up due to Paulina's chanting, but…"

"It is because of Rose's elemental abilities in her powered up state. Water can drown out sound for humans and some ghosts, and seeing as Rose created that water barrier around the ring she effectively drowned out all of the chanting the people in both this and the other stadium have been doing. That has caused Ember to lose a good deal of the power she had even with her pinch mode." Tucker explained.

But why isn't Rose getting weaker as well? If she drowned out the sound she should have drowned out Paulina's chanting as well? Nathan asked.

"Another ability of hers. Her senses especially hearing is just as strong in water as it is on dry land. So while the water barrier is drowning out the chanting for Ember Rose can hear it just fine." Sam said with Disdain. "I hate to admit this, but things aren't looking too good for Ember. Her power in her pinch mode is only a few times greater than it was when she delivered the first beat down to Rose, which at the rate it is going won't be enough for her to win without a miracle." Sam said with dismay.

In the ring

"I refuse to lose to you Rose! I will win this, and I will have baby pop as my man!" Ember screamed with a blazing hot determination before she once again took off with blinding speed to deliver as scorching hot blaze kick to Rose's jaw.

Or at least it would have been if Rose didn't block it with a hand covered in water. Ember seeing that her attack failed attempted to laugh a white fire punch to her sister's jaw only for Rose to grab her fist before twisting it into a position that caused her extreme pain.

"Since you had fun doing that to me while singing, now it is my turn!" Rose replied before sending a deadly water punch to her sister's face sending her flying.

Mirroring what her sister did Rose used her newly found speed to send her sister flying in the other direction.

(2)"Take a good look, got you sprung got you hooked. If looks were a crime, I'd be the biggest crook. My sexy lips, dreamy eyes, look into my eyes. I got you under my spell I got you hypnotized." Rose sang as she sent Ember flying into yet another direction. "I will make you my fool, my living foot stool, I am beauty, you are the beast I am the stallion you're the mule. I am looking so good, from head to toe. I see you looking at me your pants tells me so." Rose went on as she went like Ember did prior turned her into a human pinball.

Outside the ring

"Darn it Ember, I know you can do better than this! Are you going to let all that training go to waste? You worked you ass off so you could get back into the finals, and you said you wouldn't let anyone stop you. Are you going to renege on your word especially to that inferior sister of yours?" Spectra spat with distaste.

"Spectra, I know what you are trying to do, but Ember unlike Danny has reached her peek in power, and as long as Rose continue's to use that water shield to block out the chanting Ember's goose is cooked." Desiree replied watching the fight.

Inside the ring

"Pull out the red carpet cause the queen is here, and bow down before me and be a good cheer. I have my bath ready and my food prepared. It is not my fault you are ugly stay over there." Rose sang as while sending Ember flying like a rag doll once again. "Say mirror mirror on the wall who is the prettiest one of all? Me, me, me, me I am the queen of the ball, I will raise never fall, I'm forever standing tall me, me, me, me I am the prettiest one of all!" Rose sang just before slamming her sister to the ground.

Fortunately for Ember even after she slammed into the ground taking massive damage her fire element like Rose's water element healed her wounds even without the chanting. However, it still did nothing to stop the diminishing power she felt.

'This is a massive gamble, but if it works I can keep myself in the match and win.' Ember thought to herself as her body began to once again burn brightly and white flaming tornado surrounded her body.

Outside the ring

"That is right Ember burn and don't ever bow down to that bitch of a sister!" Kitty cheered as she and all the others watched the sister fight.

"So she resorted to using 'that' move. She is really desperate if she is resorting to that." Spectra added in a more critical tone.

"What do you mean 'that' move? What does it do and what is the backlash of using it?" Danny asked expressing concern.

"She originally developed that move to use on Dark Inferno which in turn would be so strong that all heat based attacks would be absorbed into it. It also should be hot enough to evaporate any water and melt any ice. However, it doesn't come without it's drawbacks. I am guessing Ember is going to risk everything on this one shot." Spectra explained.

"Sierra I know you don't like her, but that doesn't mean we should leave her wounded lose or win. Will you heal both Ember and Rose if they need it for me?" Danny asked causing Sierra to pout.

"Auntie Rose yes, but I don't want to heal that monster. She hurt you daddy!" Sierra explained.

"No it was your time line's Ember that hurt your daddy in that way. This Ember however, hasn't done a thing to hurt me like that. If I am going to be a king that makes you a princess, and a princess has to be kind and caring to her subjects even the ones she doesn't like. Plus if she did perish it would hurt your auntie's and I know you care deeply for them even if they like someone you don't." Danny explained causing Sierra to pout once again.

"Fine I will do it, but not for her!" Sierra replied earning a smile from Danny.

In the ring

Rose upon feeling the power coming from her sister raise an eyebrow seeing as her power once again spiked to the point where it was once again rivaling hers. However upon taking a look at her baby sister's face Rose had a clue that what her sister was doing came at a heavy price.

"I will not be the one who loses here Rose. Try to block this attack if you want, but I will show you how strongly my flames burn!" Ember replied as she unleashed her final desperate attack at her older sister.

Rose seeing the attack coming at her surrounded herself in a water sphere and channeled a massive amount of her ghostly energy into it just before Ember's final attack collided into it causing a massive amount of steam to form. Everyone then gasped in surprise as the water barrier surrounding the ring vanished. When the steam cleared Ember and Rose both stood Ember stood in the ring.

"I must admit... Cry baby, you really have... Come a long way." Rose replied before falling to a knee.

"Even when you kneel... Before me you... Still mock me…" Ember never got the chance to finish her sentence as she fell over with her eyes slowly closing while her hair returned to it's normal blue and her guitar reappeared on her back.

The ref at this point began the countdown, like the first time, however this time around Ember didn't move even after the countdown ended at 10. As soon as the match was over Rose reverted her pinch mode causing her hair to change back from water to fire, and her outfit to change back to her dress which surprisingly was no longer in shambles. However, the moment she did this was the moment she to collapsed and fell to her knees.

'If I hadn't blocked out that chanting with my water barrier it might have been a draw or I might have lost.' Rose thought before she to joined the land of the dreams.

"The match is over. Rose wins!" The Ref said as Danny and a copy of himself went into the ring a carried out the knocked out combatants.

(1) Some of the lyrics of Yang's theme from the RBWY game series.

(2) Some of the Lyrics of It is all about me from Max Anarchy game series.

Stage out

Sorry for the long wait for this chapter, however several things kept me from updating. One was writers block. The second was developing Rose's abilities seeing as originally she didn't have any. The third being who would be the winner of this fight. As for the songs each character sung the reasoning for those songs were simple. I felt that each song deserved each character perfectly. I apologize to all the Ember fans who wanted to see her win this one, however before I close this out know this. Losing this match doesn't mean that she is out of the running. This will not be the last we see of Ember. Any thoughts, comments, concerns? PM them to me or leave them in the reviews.