Alright readers, this chapter will be shorter but no need to fear the chapters will get longer later on. (I just don't like the A-Listers). I hope you enjoy this and I apologize if this chapter is not as good as the others. This is because the third chapter is the hardest chapter for me. ENJOY!

Suspects on the A-List

"Paulina, you seem to be at the top of the school's social status, would you care to tell me about the people in Casper High?" Adam reasoned his voice mimicking sincerity but in reality, he was bored. Simply by the look of the girl, it was easy to tell she was on the A-list and only cared about her looks. A very shallow girl indeed, it's girls like these that hinder the women population.

"You called me in here just to ask me that?" Paulina interrupted his thoughts, her eyes only half open in irritation.

"Why not hear it from the best than someone else who doesn't have the same viewpoints?" Adam replied flattering the girl to get her to spill the information. She was the type that would be easy to sway when her ego was elevated enough.

Pauline thought about it for a moment before answering. He did have a point. She should get her viewpoint in instead of someone who could potentially insult her such as Sam Manson. "Well, at the top you have the A-list which includes me, Dash, Kwan, Star, and some others. After that, there are the normal kids but they aren't very interesting. Of course, you have the Band geeks and nerds…oh and don't forget the losers!" Paulina paused at that moment before putting the spotlight back on her but Adam caught her before she could begin again.

"Who are these Losers?" Adam inquired, thankfully, Simon was not in the room or he would have been bored to death and distracted the hunter from his interrogation…err… investigation.

Paulina rolled her eyes and answered in disgust, "Sam Manson, Tucker Folely, and Danny Fenton."

Adam remembered Danny when he and Simon went over to his house to talk about ghosts. Simon seemed to be suspicious of him and oddly enough, everyone's files were somehow related to him in some way, along with Phantom. However, the Phantom part was only going off word of mouth and no actual evidence but either way it still perked his interest. Just because these two were both believed to be connected to all these people, Adam needed evidence. Maybe this one-dimensional cheerleader could actually help him get an idea of who to look for. As Paulina said before, it wasn't the normal kids that were interesting or the Band geeks and nerds for that matter. No, it was the troublemakers. All three of the teens Paulina listed as 'losers' were troublemakers, and not the innocent ones that came in late with no excuse or disrupting class. Now more intrigued with the conversation, Adam leaned forward, resting his elbows on the desk, and his head on his hands. "Tell me what you know about these three."

Paulina scoffed, "Like I hang out with those Losers." She rolled her eyes before abruptly asking, "If we aren't going to talk about me then are we finished?" Pauline reasoned that if they were not going to have a conversation about her then she was just wasting her time when she could be talking about her in class with Star.

Sighing in defeat, He nodded and handed the girl a pass to go back to class. She was the most uninformative person he had ever had the horror to meet. Hopefully, the next A-Lister would be more informative. Adam had feared this would happen so he pulled another person off the A-list who was friendlier and would hopefully give him the scoop.

Kwan soon arrived with a small smile plastered on his face. By this time, Simon came back into the room. Adam had no idea where the ghost went but he didn't really care. Glancing down to see the ecto-bracelet was still on his partner, he changed his focus onto Kwan. The young boy sat in the chair across from Adam waiting comfortably with the same small smile he had before. "Kwan, can you tell me about some of the troublemakers in this school?" Adam asked very straightforward already inferring this was another dull jock. It's rare to find an actual jock that was intellectual and observant.

"Hmm, well my friend Dash gets in trouble a ton because of his slip ups when bullying Fenton but he gets out of most of it." Kwan answered thoughtfully.

"Why is that?" Adam prompted the teen with an eyebrow raised.

"That's because he is one of the best players so the teachers let him off easy. Sometimes, I feel kind of bad for Fenton and his friends for they get most of the punishment. I don't know much about Fenton but his friends are decent from when I hung out with them when Danny was popular." Kwan told the ghost hunter leaning back in his chair. To be honest, he was just happy he got out of class. Mr. Lancer had already put half the class to sleep with his lecture.

"Danny was popular?" Simon finally piped up, the conversation now becoming something of substance. From what he understood, Danny was always in the shadow, in hopes of not being noticed.

Kwan simply shrugged. "Yeah, that was because he was dating Paulina but afterwards she doesn't remember it and denied everything. It was weird."

Adam smiled and wrote the football player a pass to go back to class. "I think that is all we need to know for now. Thank you for the information."

Both visits had been short but there wasn't much information; however, when combined with the student files it was pretty obvious who had the potential to be Phantom: Danny Fenton. Most of the students at Casper High didn't get into serious trouble or really trouble at all minus the 'loser' trio. They stood out the most in the student files. It was as if there was a neon sigh hanging over their head, pointing to who was Phantom. Yet when asking a few students about Phantom they would always say it had to be someone like Dash and definitely not Danny.

"Let's bring in Dash." Simon advised, "Finish off the people on the A-list we want to talk too."

"Alright, but this time don't say anything I will probably have to butter this kid up in order to get him to squeal." Adam warned before using the phone to call down Dash Baxter.

"You're the human." Simon joked instead of 'you're the boss'. He leaned back in his chair and continued to write in his notebook. What he was writing about Adam had no idea but he knew it wasn't really his place to ask. Simon would tell him when he wanted to. Ghosts were funny creatures like that; they always preferred to do things their way. Now that he thought about it, half-ghosts should be no different.

It didn't take long for the golden boy of Casper High to enter the room. An air of confidence surrounded him as he walked with his shoulders back. It was a posture that showed everyone that he was the king of the school. Dash sat down in front of the man and faked a polite attitude.

"Before I ask you anything, I would like to inform you that nothing will be said outside of this room. Anything you say will stay with me only. Now, people have been saying around here that you bully Danny Fenton. I'm quite interested in this to be honest." Adam leaned forward in interest before easily lying, "Think your bully stories can top mine?"

Dash stared at the man in disbelieve. He wasn't fussing at Dash about picking of Fenton. To dim to think of it as a trap, Dash leaned back and grinned. "I bet they can…," Dash began as he plunged head first into all the stories he had of bullying Fenton. With a few more pokes and prods from Adam, he had Dash spilling out his guts about everything that happened between Dash and Danny from the pranks and normal bullying to the fitness buddies with Danny then later Phantom when they got shrunk down. Unlike the mere ten or so minutes spent with the other A-Listers, they talked for more that an hour. To caught up in his own stories, Dash forgot all about Adam's bully stories which was what he expected. As a result of Dash forgetting about Adam's stories, Adam didn't have to make any up on the spot.

Finally, Dash left the room leaving Simon and Adam to go over their notes. They sorted through all the information they found and rearranged the points in a notebook to begin connecting dots. One thing of definitely certain…Danny Fenton was somehow involved in all of this, including his friends. The question was simple: How?

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