Title: Preparation of Deceit

Placement: Prequel to Heart As Cold As Ice


Notes: Kinda boring, but might as well include it as a scrapped scene since I wrote it separately.

"Sam," Danny asked, "are you sure about this?"

Danny and Sam stood isolated in the vacant halls of Casper High. The two had arrived to school about fifteen minutes before it opened to assure that their plans would run smoothly. Unfortunately, since it was so early the heat hadn't been turned on yet and they were left in the brisk December air.

The Goth groaned, "Danny, you know I'm loaded. Besides, this cash isn't worth anything next to the priceless look that'll be on Wes's face."

"Yeah," he agreed, "I just know how much you hate Paulina and Star."

"Well, it's not like we have a choice," she said bitterly. "If the real Star happened to show up for some reason-"

"It would get bad, fast," Danny finished.

"Exactly."

In the distance, heavy footfalls could be heard approaching where Danny and Sam were standing. Danny grabbed Sam's hand turning them invisible in case it was a teacher. The action proved to be unnecessary when seconds later, it was revealed to be Tucker walking through the hall.

"There you guys are," he said, exasperated. "I thought we were meeting in the computer lab to print the vouchers. I thought a ghost had shown up or something."

"I have the vouchers here," Danny said sheepishly, holding up two identical slips of paper. "I should've texted you that we'd already gotten them."

"It's fine," Tucker dismissed. "Anyway, where's Amorpho?"

"Here," said a new voice, startling Sam and Tucker. A faceless ghost in a black trench coat suddenly appeared aside Danny.

"How long has he been here?" Sam asked, clearly puzzled.

Danny shrugged, "About two minutes."

"Oh," she said. She turned to the new ghost, "Well, do you know the plan?"

Amorpho nodded. "I am under the impression that I am to change into this Sun girl-"

"Star," Tucker corrected, "but occasionally she'll respond to Satellite."

"That's right, I'll change into Star and fool the redheaded boy with the numbered shirt."

"His name's Wes," Danny said. "Wes Weston."

"Star and Wes," Amorpho repeated. "I'm pretty sure I can pull this off..."

"You better," Tucker said, "after all, Sam's going out of her way to treat Paulina and Star to a luxury spa day."

In one swift motion, Sam lodged her elbow directly into Tucker's gut. "I am not 'treating' them! Damn it, Tucker! You know the only reason I'm doing that is so that they'll be out of the way for the real thing."

"Yeah, sure," Tucker agreed quietly, still clutching his stomach.

Without warning, Danny suddenly went still. "Someone just unlocked the school," he said

Sam smirked, "And so it begins."