Too Late To Save Them: Frozen in Time Offshoot: What happened in Amity
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What's happened in Amity after the explosion and Danny accident:
The town: Horrified. Vlad finds out about Maddie, was told about his godfather duties.
Alicia was headed to the town to meet Vlad, check on Danny, see if Danny really wants to go with this guy. (Has had a couple phone calls with Maddie about how Vlad was Danny's godfather, (Maddie was always vague about it), but had been considering switching it over to Alicia instead; though Jack didn't agree.) Danny is 14, and while not yet 16, a judge might allow Danny to pick.
When Alicia arrives the Fenton house is blocked off.
Police and strange men in all white suits around. A shaken caseworker walks over to her and - breaks down.
Alicia feels a horrible pit grow in her chest.
Where. Is. Her. Nephew.
She spots Vlad speaking to an officer. His suit is ruffled, hair unkempt. He looks like he hasn't slept in days.
Alicia only looks better because she took a sleeping aid the day before- she needed to be there for Danny.
The caseworker; Molly- eventually manages to say there had been an accident.
Alicia ignores everyone as she pushes her way into the house. There is someone standing at a staircase, asking her to go back out.
She barrels her way down the stairs and sees. . .
She had never seen her sisters lab in person.
Had never seen. . . That grotesque glowing void.
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Vlad: depressed at Maddie's death. He's dismissive of Danny's accident. . . the boy probably ran off to grieve. Vlad's at a loss from the families demise.
Expects Danny to show up at some point.
The town demands the portal be shut down. To find Danny's remains. The GIW attempt to shut it off, but they're idiots.
A week goes by. As the mayor, Vlad has shut down many discussions about the stupid portal and the town upset with the GIW. Tired of it all, he goes to the Fenton house (that has a memorial set up on the steps) as a ghost, and turns off the portal.
The mayor resigns. The town believes it's because he was close to the family. (partially true). The GIW find the portal shut down. (they take the credit).
The house goes to Alicia. She donates most of the items. The tech stuff she refuses to sell to the GIW.
She has it destroyed instead. (She can't bear to destroy her sisters notes though. She sends the notes to Vlad. He was Jacks best friend from college, he can deal with it.)
No one buys the house. Eventually she has the house demolished and turns the land into a community garden.
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A few years go by.
The Manson family take over maintenance of the garden in honor of their daughter. Alicia let's them. (They hire an overseer: they do try the whole “gardening thing”, but it isn’t for them. It was Samantha’s) Honestly the garden does incredibly well. Anyone can ‘rent’ a plot (essentially just stick your name on a stick in an empty plot and it’s yours). Many plots are ‘take what you need’, in honor of the ultra-recyclo-vegetarian.
With the portal destroyed the ghosts don’t bother the town as often. Red Huntress isn’t seen as often. Valerie graduates high school and travels, at first as a ghost hunter, but with age she now realizes that ghosts are. . . Complex. She doesn’t exactly ‘join’ the Justice League, but does work with other minor heroes occasionally.
The Foley's move. Everywhere they walk in Amity they are reminded of their son. They can't handle the sorrowful looks of passerby.
Casper High has invested in programs to support teen mental heath. Most of the town doesn't mind their taxes going up to assist with the extra funding.
The faculty start and continue a scholarship: The Lancer Education Scholarship, awarded once a year to a graduating student who planned to go to college to become a teacher.
The town moves on.
