Ch 1

Seventeen year-old Danny Phantom soared through the skies. I always had loved flying, and now that I could do it at any time always made me excited. Flying was so exilerating! I looked down at my high school, Casper High. I landed, invisibly, by a tree before looking around. I turned back into my human form, Danny Fenton. I breathed a sigh of relief - I had kept this secret for nearly four years now, the only people knowing about my dual identities being my sister, Jazz, and my best friend, Tucker.

I fell into step with the other students of Casper, my eyes roaming for Tucker. Spotting him, I stride towards him. "Tucker!"

The african-american boy turned to me, smiling widely. "Danny!" He lowers his voice. "Any news on anything in the Ghost Zone?"

"No." I looked around. "It's quiet, Tuck. Too quiet. I don't like it." I frowned. There had been zero ghost activity. Not even the Box Ghost - who never seemed to be too far from Amity park - had vanished.

"Has Jazz said anything? You know she's good at that ghost psycology, maybe she's found something..?" He said, his last words forming a question, trailing off hopefully.

"No, Tuck, she's not been able to find anything!" I ran my hands through my hair. "It's like all the ghosts have just.. vanished. Which dosen't make any sense, ghosts don't vanish."

Tucker shook his head. "Who knows, dude. All I know is we had better get to class." He smiled lightly. "Don't want to miss our very first day of junior year."

I snickered. "Like i'd want to miss getting stuck in a locker by Dash."

"Mhm. Let's go." Tucker said, leading the way into Casper.

I sat in my desk, nearly falling asleep from boredom. Math! Who needs math anyways? I took my worksheet and I had it half-way folded into a paper airplane when my ghost sense went off. Immediately upright, I closed my eyes. I had gotten good at using my powers lately, and it had been effective. I felt towards the ghost that had sent my sense off, following it with my mind until finding my target. To my suprise, it wasn't a normal ghost like I had originally thought, it was this new ghost that had been popping up. Azure was her name. I had never seen her in person, just had heard rumors.

I opened my eyes and raised my hand. "May I go to the bathroom?"

Mr. Lancer looked at me. "Yeah, sure, whatever."

I took that as my cue to leave. I got out of my seat, giving Tucker a look. He nodded back at me, showing he understood. I walked out of the classroom, following my ghost sense. My footsteps echoed loudly, masking my sense of unease.

I turned the corner, stopping at the sight in front of me. The ghost, who i presumed to be Azure, had her back turned to me. At my footsteps, she turned around. She had snow-white hair like mine - in ghost form - that fell past her shoulders. Her eyes, which were red, bore into my blue ones. She was slender, maybe about five four or five five. Her clothes were black and purple. Her shirt was a short-sleeve top, that extended to her upper stomach, leaving her lower stomach skin exposed. Her pants flowed around her as she moved.

"Danny Fenton." Azure's lips curled into a smile. "We meet again."

What? I had never seen her before in my life!

"What do you mean? I've never seen you before in my life!" I growled out at her, almost turning myself into Phantom. Something inside stopped me, but I didn't know what. Azure studied me for a minute before speaking. "Of course we haven't met, duh!"

Okay, now I was confused. First we've met and then we haven't? What was going on here?

"How do you know who I am?" I asked, feigning ignorance. Msot ghosts knew of my dual identity, being infamous and all, but I still didn't like to reveal myself to strange new ghosts. I had a secret to protect, anyway.

"I'm a teenage ghost. I find the cute boys quiet easily." Azure spoke, almost as if she wasn't meaning to.

I felt blood rise to my cheeks. "U-um, o-okay.." I was truly stumped on what to say now. I usually sought out ghosts, kicked butt, and went back to doing what I was before. Never before had a ghost called me cute.

Azure bit her lip. "I was hoping you would be Phantom. That ghost loves to stick his nose where it has never belonged." She sniffed.

Getting a sneaky idea, I made a clone. My clone morphed into Phantom - while invisible - and appeared behind Azure. "Like you're doing right now?" My clone spoke.

Azure whipped around with supernatural speeds. "Speaking of the devil.."

While Azure was distracted with my clone, I snuck off, phasing into the nearest empty room, turning into Phantom. I stayed intangible, using the ghost hunting device on my wrist. The device, which i called my Ecto - Finder, studied many things. One of the more important things it did, which really came in handy right baout now, was give me a power reading on ghosts. My jaw clenched when the result came up. Azure was a level 7. Myself, I was about a level 8, which was good for a ghost.

I looked up, to see Azure blast my clone out of existance. I then realized - Azure had to be a new ghost to not realize that that was a copy. Ghosts can tell copies almost instantly, depending on the power used to make one. I frowned. A level seven new ghost was dangerous. I had to play this carefully.

"Copy!" I heard her screech. "Where's the real one?"

I revealed myself. I had grown a lot over the years, reaching my growth spurt at sixteen. I was five-eight, and had grown stronger and faster. My jumpsuit - which I had been in since the accident, changed slightly. It adapted ever so slightly to my physical changes, but it had also had a bright D on the chest - for Danny Phantom, of course. My white haire fell into my eyes slightly, and I pushed it away with slight annoyance.

"Present." I smirked slightly, laughing almost silently to myself.

"You! Phantom!" Azure's expression turned murderous. "YOU DID THIS TO ME!"

What?

"What are you talking about?" I crossed my arms. "I haven't done anything to anyone."

She shot an ecto blast at me, but being experienced, I dodged it easily, raising an eyebrow at her. Azure's hand smoked slightly, but this didn't stop her in the least. She kept firing ecto blast after ecto blast, finally making me have to put up a shield. "Stop! You're going to destroy the school!" I phased through the ceiling, hovering above the roof.

Azure followed me out. She huffed, but still looked extremely ticked off. "You have ruined my life, Phantom, and I will destroy yours!"

"I don't know what I was supposed to have done!" I sighed, exasperated. "Maybe if you tell me, I can figure it out."

"You figure it out, hero." she snarls. "It shouldn't be too hard; your'e always poking your nose into where it dosen't belong."

I opened my mouth to speak, but before I could, Azure shot an ecto blast at me, effectively knocking me off the roof. I hit the ground, hard. I felt the familiar white rings around my waist, triggering me to turn back into human form. I had hoped that Azure hadn't seen my transformation, but just as the thought crossed my mind, the world turned black as i lost concoiusness.

When I woke up, it was mid afternoon. There were a crowd of people around me - but the first person I saw was Tucker. "Hey, man." the african-american smiled at me. "Welcome back to the world of the living."

I sat up, groaning. "What happened?"

"So, apperently, while you were in the bathroom," - Tucker stressed that last word - "There was a ghost attack and she threw you outside."

"That must've been some hit!" someone spoke. I turned to look at the girl who had spoken. She had long black hair, and peircing purple was wearing a pink turtleneck sweater, and bluejeans. Her makeup was natural, with pink lipstick and light eyeliner that really drew out her eyes. She was very pretty. She was crouched down, and as I turned to look at her, she stood up. She offered me a hand, and I took it.

I brushed the dirt off my pants. "Thank you." I smiled at her. She smiled back at me, straightening her shirt. "My pleasure." she responds. "I'm Samantha, by the way. Samantha Manson."

My mind clicked - Samantha Manson - the most popular girl in school. "Danny Fenton."

Tucker cleared his throat. "Danny? Your parents were pretty worried, we should go, er, check in with them."

I nodded to Tucker. "Thank you again, Samantha." I smiled at the girl, following him out of the school.

Nobody saw Samantha's eyes flash red, before turning back to purple. "My pleasure, Danny Phantom.."