A/n: Sorry I took so long to update... and to those who are new to the story I hope you'll enjoy it. By the way, to my friends who know me, I hope that we'll all get good results and move on to the next level. Okay, one more thing this is the first time I'm doing a little french here so I hope that Igot it correct.

A special dedication to all my friends who had studied with me and I hope that we can all graduate and go on to the next level in life...

Disclaimer: I own nothingyou know of,butonly the plot of the story. The french translation is from some website.

Chapter 4: Project Haunted Hallways

The next day in school started as usual though there were more rules were being implicated to 'so call' control the crowded hallways and one of them include, no opening of the lockers during break time or period change. Thus everyone was only allowed to open their lockers before or after school.

Then, items like mobile phones, Mp3 players and disc-man players within the possession of the pupil were confiscated even when they were not using during lessons. Surely, these were Payne's ways of ensuring that everyone in school were focused academically and leisure items like these were considered to be things that would corrupt the minds of the young. Though there were students who tried to work against Payne's ways, they did not survive her wrath as they were either suspended or expelled unless their parents were loaded enough to cover up their tracks.

As the days go by, Payne's way soon got into the way of the teachers too. She would often drop by during lessons to see if the teacher were doing their job properly and for those who did not meet up to her expectations were given a one week's notice to adapt or resign. Later she began holding long staff conferences and every staffs had to report in their progress and what they hope to achieve by the end of it.

Practically almost everyone hated Payne's ways with the few exceptions of Mr. Louie the new discipline master, Madam Darnel the History teacher, Ms Lanner the Literature teacher and Mr. Weiner the janitor were pleased with her ways and were now known as the underdogs of Payne herself.

Mr. Louie will now march down the hallways with his beady eyes and trusty long ruler to catch unworthy students in for detention. Madam Darnel and Ms. Lanner would often find ways to please the headmistress with their full reports and sweet lips. Mr. Wiener on the other hand is nowadays glad that he could report students and make them help him do his unfinished jobs though there were a few exceptions on not to bother the untouchable upper class students (a.k.a. absolutely well to do).

However, little did they expect that there was a small secret force going on within the campus that will to put a halt to all of these…

"Ring…" the school bell rang to mark the finished of another day.

I carried my load of heavy books down the stairs and headed to my locker and begin to fill in my almost empty personal space. I sighed and looked at my only luxurious item, the photo of my one and only favorite phantom. As strange as it may seem, my intuition told me that I had to take down the photo as what my friends and I had planned to do days before would change everything. After giving one last look at it, I pocketed the photo and made my way out of the school gate to meet my friends.

"Hey! What took you so long?" asked Lindsey.

"Sorry, I was being forced to clean the class…" I replied.

"Oh that…" remarked Sharon.

"Okay. Let's go." Priscilla said curtly. She was moody since this morning after having her Mp3 player being confiscated by Madam Darrel.

Together with my friends, we made our way back to my home. Seating crossed legged in a circle at the attic, we begin to report our progress.

"Alright, let's see… Lindsey, you got the stuff?"

"Yup, you bet I do…" picking up her lunchbox.

"Neat disguise." I said as I took the box from her.

"Thank you."

"Sharon, have you managed to get a mirror from the music room?" I asked as I explored the contents in the lunchbox.

"Yes, I have gotten it and I'm all ready for my role tomorrow, your phantomess."

"Hey… stop flattering me… Anyway, this plan wouldn't be possible without teamwork." I said bashfully.

"Err… Pris, is the costume ready yet?" I asked.

"Yes. It's ready." She said as she took out a brown package from her bag.

"Have you tried it yet?"

"Nope. It'll be better for you to try it out first." She said.

"Oh… Thanks." I said feeling slightly flushed.

"Alright! Would you stop blushing and go try out your outfit?" said Sharon impatiently.

I made my way to the toilet to try out the costume. Well… the package consist of a long sleeve white shirt, a black velvet vest and emerald green tie and a pair of black leather gloves and pair of long black trousers. After, I making some final adjustments to the tie, I put on my spectacles and stared at my own reflection. Rather than, seeing a girl I looked like a teenage boy from another century.

"Whoa… could this be me?" I asked myself.

I took a deep breath and quickly made my way back to the attic, only to find my friends awestruck by my new look. There was a moment of silence until Sharon said something.

"Monsieur, may I have your number?"

"No, Rêver sur… (No, dream on…)" I said as I smacked her back playfully with my file.

"Okay… okay… I was just joking. I'm not a lesbian."

"Well… I know that my mother's skills are great but I think you should lose the glasses and put on some contact lens." said Priscilla.

"Wren. Don't you think you're missing something?" asked Lindsey.

"Oh… you mean this?" I said as I put on my cloak and mask.

"That's much like it, but I was referring to this…" said Lindsey as she waved the wig at me.

"Oh… that…" I took it and put it on and it was finally completed. Behold, a full-fledge phantom ready for action.

"Hey talking about getting jobs done, have you completed the letter?" asked Sharon excitedly.

"Yea. It's done. Wanna read it?" I said as I bend down and waved the letter before her.

"Man… I hope that you're really a guy." She said as she took the letter from me.

"Alright! Who wants to try the costume next?" I asked, straightening myself.

After everyone had their turns on trying out the costumes, we settled down and continue with our little meeting.

"So, when do we initiate PHH?" asked Lindsey.

"PHH?" we asked curiously in queue.

"Duh… Project Haunted Hallways?" she explained.

"Hmm… how about Friday, after school in the evening? I bet Payne is superstitious." I replied.

"Tomorrow? That's fast." Remarked Sharon.

"Well… there a saying that goes you should hit the iron while it's hot." Quoted Priscilla.

"Let's go ahead and give her a pain in the butt!" cheered Lindsey enthusiastically.

To be Continued...

A/n: Okay that's all for now folks, I hope you liked it and I would really appreciate it if you could just hit the "Go" button and submit a review... No flames please.