A note: This story started before Eye for an Eye, because I hadn't seen it yet. But then it aired, and the chance to put Danny in as Mayor was too good to pass up. So now it's after that episode.

Another note: We actually have school food like the type I describe in the following chapter.

Vlad's POV

I glared at the old woman behind the counter as she poured some sort of slop onto my plate. "You expect me to eat this? I would expect this in a prison maybe, but in a school!?" She rolled her eyes and used what looked like a filthy ice cream scoop to put something that might have been macaroni and cheese about a month ago onto my plate. "What is this muck anyway?"

"That's for me to know, and for you to hope that you never find out. Get moving or I'll bring out the mystery meat. Then you can complain." Several of the children in line behind me were giving me dirty looks for holding up the line, so I decided that arguing with this woman was futile and gave her another glare before storming away.

Tucker and Samantha were waiting for me at a table. Tucker was swallowing his food so fast that I became nauseous. He ate like he was expecting the food to vanish any second, and his meal looked even less appetizing than mine. I sat down next to Samantha so that I wouldn't have to watch.

If the food had looked bad when the lunch lady had put it on my plate, it looked worse now that I had it up close. I didn't even know what the main course was. It could be called soup, but it looked like gray plastic and was somehow managing to stay on my plate. The yellow stuff she had used the ice cream scoop on was no better. When I tried to use my spork to split it up I noticed that the macaroni and cheese had congealed into a hard unbreakable lump.

Samantha had something that appeared to be grass on bread, and looked down at the food on my tray in disgust. "What were you thinking getting that? It looks worse than what Tucker does after riding too many roller coasters." I closed my eyes and tried not to picture it.

"Are you going to finish that?" Tucker mumbled through a mouthful of something. I shook my head and passed the tray to him. It didn't matter if I skipped lunch. There was a huge dinner tonight after my speech, so-

My eyes snapped open and I felt my breath catch in my throat. I wasn't mayor of the town anymore, Daniel was, and he had a huge speech to prepare for.

"Danny, are you okay? You look like you're about to panic. Is it ghost trouble?" Samantha and the other one were watching me. "We can cover for you."

"Yeah, sure, ghost trouble. I have to go." I stood up and walked quickly out of the cafeteria. Several children turned to stare at me.

"The food's not that bad!" I heard the lunch woman yell at me as I left. Once I was outside the lunchroom I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. It wasn't like it was the end of the world if Daniel ruined my reputation as mayor. I could just bribe the press when I was back in my own body again. But he could get me kicked out of office, and he probably would try to. Being mayor of Amity Park wasn't exactly exciting, but it gave me a good excuse to be here.

Now I had to decide what I was going to do. Two choices came up. I could fly to my new house where Daniel should be if he hasn't already flown off somewhere in my body, or I could use the cellular phone that was in my pocket to call him. If I left the school Samantha would be able to cover for me, but Daniel might panic if I appeared. Probably he would try to fight me and stop me from destroying his life or something. I could beat him as myself, but since Daniel had powers that I couldn't control there was a chance that I would lose.

If I used the phone then we could talk without him actually trying to blast me. Perhaps we could work out a compromise. The downside to this plan was that Daniel might not answer or he would refuse to do anything unless I promised him something stupid.

I dug the phone out of my jeans and dialed my own number.

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Danny's POV

I paced back and forth across the huge room. There was no telling what Vlad was doing right now, and I could only imagine how he was going to get revenge on me. What if he destroyed the whole town? Or if he killed my dad…

Panic began to fill me. I had to stop him before he did anything. It was a good thing that Vlad didn't seem to have anything important to do, so I could start to look for him as soon as I wanted. I changed into Vlad's ghost form and was about to fly through the wall when the phone rang.

I wondered whether or not I should answer. Vlad was the new mayor, so it could be anyone. What if they figured out that something was different about 'Mayor Masters?' Then I could get in real trouble. A smile formed on my- Vlad's- face as an idea popped into my head. I wouldn't get in trouble. Vlad would.

I grabbed the phone just as it rang for a third time and brought it up to my ear. "Hello, this is Mayor Vlad Masters. I've decided that it's not worth my time to listen to you, so shut up and never call this number again." The person at the other end was shocked into silence for a minute, and I was about to hang up when they spoke.

"Um, Mr. Mayor, I was just calling to confirm the time for the speech tonight. It's at seven. Please don't be late, if that's all right. A lot of people will be there, and so will the press."

Now I was silent. A speech? In front of the whole town? "Could you remind me what the speech was about again?"

"Yes Mayor, you were supposed to talk to the town about the nuisance Danny Phantom, and what's going to be done about him. Are you feeling all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks." I hung up the phone and stared at it. Why did I have to get Vlad's body the day he had to make a big speech? I hated talking in front of crowds. But then again, it was a speech about me. Maybe it would work out fine after all.

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Vlad's POV

I glared at the phone after receiving a busy signal. Who could Daniel be talking to at a time like this? I was just about to try again when someone pulled it out of my hand. "Who do you think you are? I was using that, and you have no right to take it away from me." I glared up at an out of shape bald man who was probably a teacher.

"Actually as your teacher I have every right to stop you from breaking the rules, Mr. Fenton. Cell phones are not to be used during school hours. Especially not for"- he glanced at the number on the screen- "Making prank calls to the mayor. I've also been told that you skipped all of your morning classes and showed up for Gym in your underwear. I have no clue what has come over you today, but I will make sure that you get to the rest of your classes and stay there, or else."

"Give me back Dan- my phone! I need to call someone, it's an emergency."

"You must think I'm an idiot. Miss Manson was given detention this morning because her phone rang in class. Cell phones are not allowed in school. If it's a real emergency use the phone in the office, where the principal can hear what you're talking about." He turned off the phone and walked away. I stood up and tried to turn intangible; so that I could overshadow him, but all that happened was that it started snowing.

I growled under my breath and went back to the lunchroom. Sam came up to me and said, "Are you all right? You look really angry."

Habit made me want to tell her to leave me alone, but this girl was supposed to be Daniel's girlfriend. Or at least, the girl he liked. "I'm fine Sam, the ghost got away, that's all." Something in my tone suggested differently, however, because she suddenly looked suspicious again.

"I forgot to tell you that I got a phone call this morning." She said, studying my face.

"Oh really?" I asked, trying to make my voice sound interested, although I couldn't care less about teenagers and their cell phones.

"Yeah, from Plasmius."

I wasn't sure if it was my instinct to tense up, or one left over from Daniel, but I did. She was testing me. Now what would Daniel say? "What did the fruitoop want?" Hmm, it was sort of fun to call Daniel the fruitloop for a change, even if it really was me.

"He told me that you two had switched bodies, and that he was actually you. Weird, huh?" Samantha still didn't trust me. Time to get rid of her suspicions.

"What? That's ridiculous Sam. If I was Vlad, then wouldn't you think that I would have done something evil by now? You can tell that I'm really me, right?" I looked into her eyes.

Sam stared at me for a minute, then smiled a little. "Yeah, you're right, what was I thinking, almost believing him?! Switching bodies, that's got to be the lamest trick he's ever pulled." The bell rang, and Sam sighed. "Good luck in English Danny. Lancer's on the warpath today."

She left, and I went back to wandering the halls, trying to figure out which classroom I was supposed to be in. Finally, after about ten minutes I spotted the fat teacher from earlier, Mr. Lancer, and entered the room. All of the students turned to look at me, some of them snickering.

"Late again Mr. Fenton? Detention after school. Take your seat."

I scowled and walked over to the only empty seat, next to Tucker. "Dude, another ghost attack?" he whispered. "They're just not leaving you alone today, are they?" I ignored him as Lancer walked over and dropped a book on my desk.

"Today we will start reading Macbeth. And sorry, there's no nice modern English translation this time." Several groans issued from my classmates. "Now, I want you to start reading…"

After three more hours of being late to class and boring lessons I finally left the school. Sam and Tucker were at my side again, when suddenly a hand grabbed my arm. "Unhand me you foolish-" I turned and saw that blasted teacher staring down at me again.

"Mr. Fenton, I believe I assigned you a detention." He glanced at Daniel's friends. "Miss Manson, the same goes for you. Mr. Foley, you are free to go." I groaned as he led Samantha and I to the detention room. High school really wasn't pleasant.