The very next day Jack dragged his entire family to the first showing of Gus Tempest. Danny spotted Sam and Tucker sitting in a dark corner. Danny excused himself from his family and joined them.

"Hey Danny," they greeted him.

"Hey guys. Sorry you got grounded Tuck," Danny apologised to Tucker. Tucker shrugged.

"I only just missed my curfew, so they let me off after they heard about this hypnotist thing," Tucker reassured him. Danny smiled happily at his friend but before they could start a conversation and the room went quiet.

"Thank you, thank you, all of you for coming to this little show I'm holding. Now may I ask everyone present to please keep what you see here a secret, we wouldn't want to spoil any surprises. Also every show will be subject to change and volunteers. So without any further ado, allow me to introduce Gus Tempest, the hypnotist!" Vlad greeted the audience and began to clap as a thin, pale man walked on stage. He had messy black hair and wore a scruffy suit and large sunglasses. He didn't look like a performer but he certainly commanded the stage with a sense of unspoken power. The audience clapped politely with Vlad and then Vlad walked off stage leaving the hypnotist alone on the stage and the audience sitting quietly waiting for the show to start.

The hypnotist smiled a humourless smile and raised his hand. A number of people throughout the crowd raised their hands with him.

"If you volunteer to take part in the show, please join me," Gus announced and the number of people with their hands in the air got up and walked wordlessly on stage and stood in a line. There was a total of ten people. Danny noticed Paulina and Kwan among the volunteers.

"Now, before I begin, I must explain a few things about hypnotism. I do this before all my shows. Being hypnotised, puts you into a subconscious state of mind. You will do as I ask only if you are comfortable in doing it. For example, you there little lady. What's your name?" Gus explained. He pointed to Paulina who stepped forward.

"Paulina," she answered.

"Do you have any crushes in school or perhaps in the town," Gus asked kindly. Paulina nodded in a dazed manner.

"I like Danny Phantom, the ghost boy," she revealed calmly.

"Is there anyone else?" Gus prompted hopefully. Paulina shook her head. Gus frowned, obviously wanting something more scandalous.

"You see, if Paulina here wanted to tell us, she would have but she clearly didn't," Gus bluffed. Danny, Sam and Tucker scoffed.

"As I was saying though, being hypnotised is nothing to be frightened of. Also some people are more open minded to being hypnotised, such as my lovely assistants. If you wish to be hypnotised, simply let yourself go and it will happen," Gus assured the audience, brushing the embarrassing moment with Paulina aside easily.

"Now, I'm open to suggestions as to what my delightful volunteers should do. Any ideas?" Gus announced, gesturing to the audience. There was a cough but that was it. Gus scowled.

"Very well, I shall think of what they should do," the hypnotist sulked slightly, clearly having hoped for more co-operation. He then paced up and down the line a few times and touched random people, including Kwan, on the shoulder.

"If I touched you on the shoulder, you are ghost hunters. If I didn't touch you on the shoulder you are a ghost. Pick whoever you wish to be. It can be someone you like. It can be someone you admire. It can be someone you simply want to make fun of. But most of all, you must be entertaining! When I click my fingers, chose your ghost or ghost hunter and begin to fight. However you mustn't touch one another. If you touch someone, you will be sapped of all energy and lay down safely and fall asleep. When I whistle, you will awaken," Gus decided and then snapped his fingers and stepped back to watch the pandemonium.

Paulina announced that she was the ghost boy and mimicked flying around and shooting ghost rays at the ghost hunters and other ghosts. One elderly man pretended to be the Box Ghost. Kwan pretended to be Jack Fenton, clearly making fun of him. A little girl pretended to be Maddie Fenton and one very overweight woman pretended to be Valerie, although only Danny, Sam and Tucker knew that. The little girl took imaginary gadgets out of her pockets and threw them at the ghosts and Kwan ran into the group of ghosts and tried to grab Paulina, pretending to be Phantom. With pure amazement the crowd watched as Kwan instantly stopped as his hand touched Paulina's arm, laid down and began to snore gently. Not fake snores, true, genuine snores. It wasn't long before the entire audience was laughing and cheering certain people on. Even Danny, Sam and Tucker were enjoying themselves. Danny relaxing noticeably despite his annoyance at being there in the first place.

After a while Gus whistled and everyone on stage, sleeping or fighting stopped stood up and ran back into line.

"Now, any suggestions?" Gus asked, knowing that people would get involved. A few requests were shouted up and a random volunteer was called to do the tasks. After the hour passed, Gus held up his hands.

"Now, for the fun part. These people have no memory of the last hour. They will recall the feelings they had. But not the actions they have done. So count with me… 3…2…1!" Gus called out and the audience joined in.

The moment that Gus and the audience shouted the number "1" the volunteers blinked their eyes and started to look around confused.

"Thank you! Thank you all. You were fantastic helpers. Please come to another show and I'll try not to bring you up here so you can enjoy the show yourselves. Please give them a big hand," Gus soothed the recently hypnotised people and the audience applauded the dazed and confused people as they returned to their seats.

"Now, please don't tell anyone what happened here. Feel free to tell them if you found the experience here enjoyable but don't give any details. Allow them to enjoy my show as you did. Filled with wonder and intrigue. Thank you, you were a fabulous audience," Gus finished up and gave a low bow as the curtains fell in front of him, ending the show.

So, that was Gus Tempest. So Danny doesn't know that he's a ghost… you'll have to keep reading to understand why…

Until the next chapter.