Danny Fenton walked towards his school slowly. He had two test and a quiz all in the same day. His friend Tucker was walking next to him. "I wonder if all the teachers get together and plan their test this way."

"It wouldn't surprise me." Tucker did a quick search with his PDA, "They do seem to plan their test very close to each other."

"And they wonder why we fall asleep in class." They reached the door, "What next, another ghost invasion." He opened it and walked in. It was pitched back save for the light coming through the open door. "What is this?" The door slammed shut on Trucker. Danny pounded on the door in the dark. "Going Ghost!" His ring appeared, but then fizzled. A small light appeared down the dark hall. Danny gulped and slowly walked towards it, "Hello!" The light was coming from a candle that was on small table covered with a checkered table. A ghost appeared behind him. Danny's ghost sense went off and he spun around, "Skulker! Skulker?" Skulker was wearing a waiter's suit over his armor and even had a funky black mustache.

"Your table, sir!" Danny stood still for a moment before shaking the shock off. Two chairs appeared next to the table. He slowly sat down as Skulker snapped his fingers. "Your friend will be here in a minute."

He vanished and Technus appeared. He set two plates down on the table and a basket of bread, "The special is spaghetti in red vegetable sauce." Technus disappeared.

"Hi Danny!" Sam walked into his view. Danny nearly fell out of his chair. She was wearing the dress she had worn to their school dance. "Sorry I'm a little late."

"Its fine!" Danny stood up and found himself in a suit. Ember appeared and was playing a slow love song. Danny walked to Sam, "I don't know what to say."

"Don't say anything." Their lips moved closer to one another.

Danny Fenton yawned and sat up. "Whoa!" That was the third time in a row he had had that dream. He glanced over to his alarm clock, "Its only six am." He sighed, "Its only Monday and I can't seem to sleep." He got out of bed and walked over to his desk, "Not a single ghost for almost a week." He picked up a photo of him, Tucker, and Sam. "And what is with this dream? Do I really feel that way about Sam?"

Danny and Tucker walked together to school as Danny told Ticker about part of his dream. He had left out the part about Sam. "So what do you think it means?"

"Your in love with somebody Danny. Any idea who was this mystery girl was?"

Danny thought for a moment, "No! Hey where is Sam?"

"She had to get to school early. Something important."

"Oh!" Danny was having a dream flashback as they approached the school. "Do we have any tests today?"

"Two test and a quiz. Why?"

He slowly walked to the front doors. There were no other kids in sight. He opened the door slowly and sighed with relief, the hallway was full and well lit. "So far so good." His first class went without incident. Except for his mild panic attack on the English test. He spotted Sam in the hall on his way to his second class. "Hey Sam!"

The girl smiled and waved, "Hey Danny! Sorry I missed you this morning."

"No big! So why did you need to come to school so early?"

"I had to meet someone."

"Who?"

"You can see him at lunch!" Sam walked to her class.

Danny shrugged and walked into his math class, "Him?"

Danny walked outside with his lunch tray and spotted Sam and Tucker at their usual table. And there was a guy there he hadn't seen before. He had black hair, wore sunglasses, and was dressed all in black. "Ok! He might just be another Goth. Please!" Danny walked over and set his tray down, "Hi guys."

"Hey Danny! Sam was just introducing us to Derrick."

"Hi Derrick." The guy just glanced at him and shrugged his shoulders.

"No need to be rude."

Sam sighed, "He is mute! He can't speak!"

"Oh!" A blue puff of steam came out of Danny's mouth, "Ah oh!" Danny spun around, but didn't see anything.

"What is it Danny?"

"I don't know Sam. I..." Danny gripped his head and fell to his knees.

"I can see you Phantom! Can you see me?" A voice was talking in his head.

"Who are you?"

"Come to the gym!"

I'm Tucker, your best friend." Tucker helped Danny up.

"Sorry! I need to go get a drink!" Danny ran into the school. He ran into the empty locker room, "Going Ghost!" He transformed and flew into the gym, "Where are you?" A small green dart shot from the ceiling and hit his back. It shocked him with green energy. Danny fell down and returned to normal.

"That dart was charged with spectral energy. Now you ghost sense will go off randomly."

Danny stood up, "Who are you? Show yourself!" A ghost floated down and landed in front of him. He was dressed in black with dark gray metal armor. He had a mask and glowing green eyes that seemed to smoke. "Great a ninja."

The ninja pulled a small silver orb from his belt and held it up. An image of a very old Vlad appeared, "Hello younger Danny. Your probably wondering who this strange ghost is and why I am talking to you. To make a long story short, This is the ghost assassin Dusk. He may not be able to destroy your future self, but he will make short work of you." The image disappeared and the sphere exploded. Dusk turned transparent, "I will finish you soon." He vanished.

"Great! First I have a crazy dream, Sam gets a new friend, and now a killer ninja from the future. What next?" The school bell rang and his ghost sense went off, "Oh yeah, the science test."

Danny walked home alone as he tried to sort things out in his head. "Maybe I should just change my name and move to Iowa." His ghost sense went off, "Great!" He looked around. He was alone on one of the stone paths through the park. "That is the fourth false alarm today."

"Phantom!" Dusk appeared behind him, "I gave you time to say goodbye, now I finish you."

"Going Ghost!" Danny transformed, "What makes you think you can take me on?"

He pulled a small silver rod from his armor. It length increased to three feet and a green glowing blade appeared on one tip. "Allow me to give you a demonstration." He charged with good speed and lashed out with the weapon.

Danny just managed to duck it and move to the side, "Nice toy!" He fired a ghost beam. Dusk spun the staff and blocked the shot. He jumped up and landed a kick to Danny's chest. Danny flew up and Dusk followed. Dusk swung his weapon with speed and skill and it took all of Danny's energy to dodge and block with ghost barriers. Danny turned transparent and flew into the ground. Dusk's hand phased and he reached in after him. He grabbed his leg and pulled him out of the ground. He then tossed Danny away. Danny stood up, "Your good! Pretty handy with that weapon." Dusk pulled a smaller stick from his armor and tossed it to Danny. It sparked and a three foot green sword blade shot out of it, "What is this for?"

"When I destroy my targets, I want them to know they were beaten by a superior warrior. If you think my weapon gives me an unfair advantage, then I will even the playing field."

"You reminded me of someone."

"Before I finish you, I will reminded you about a lot of your old foes. It was their combined efforts that spawned my creation."

"WHAT?"

"A question to be answered only if you beat me." He swung his weapon which Danny blocked. He then let loose a borage of staff swipes and thrusts. His skill was above Danny's and it didn't take long for Dusk to push Danny back and knocked the weapon clear of Danny's hand. Dusk chuckled as Danny fell into a bush, "Do you admit that I am superior?"

"Yeah!" Danny smiled and turned back into Danny Fenton, "So I'm going to tag in a partner. HELP!" Danny shouted as loud as he could.

Dusk laughed, "There is no one who can save you now." A silver hover board slammed into his back and carried him into the air.

Valerie in her ghost armor ran up, "Are you alright Danny?"

"That ghost has some grudge against my parents. I tried to fight him."

"Your just luckily I was nearby. Go call your parents, I'll handle him."

"Sorry I'm so useless."

Valerie smiled, "Hey! Can't the girl save the guy once and awhile." Danny nodded and ran off. Valerie turned as Dusk floated down after freeing himself from the board.

The ninja laughed, "It has been awhile since our training matches."

"What?"

Dusk cracked his knuckles, "This should be fun."