Danny woke up the next morning stiff and sore. He groaned and pushed himself off the hard floor and vaguely wondered where he was. Then it all came flooding back to him and he groaned.

Skulker heard him and nodded, "Oh, you're up. Good, I was just about to wake you up anyway."

Danny sighed, "What time is it?" he asked.

"7:45," Skulker replied.

"What!" Danny yelled. "Oh man, I'm gonna be late for school. Skulker, I need to get home, like now."

"All right, Daniel. Can you change your form?" Skulker inquired.

Danny concentrated and managed to go ghost. "For now," he said a little breathlessly.

"Okay, then let's go," Skulker said and Danny followed him out of the huge underground cavern.

"It is so weird following you," said Danny.

"Well, don't get used to it," Skulker growled.

Danny put his hands up, "Hey, I was just saying."

"Well, the door back to your home is coming up, we'll all come into the real world while you're at school and we can plan the rest after you're done," he said.

They stopped in front of his portal and Danny could see that it was open. He made a mental note to thank Jazz and faced Skulker, "Thanks," he said holding out his hand.

Skulker looked at it and grudgingly took it. "Don't get used to this," he said again.

Danny nodded and prepared to go into his own world. "Yeah I know."

Once he was through Skulker smiled. A temporary smile, he told himself. Don't get used to it.

Danny went into the lab and flew into his bedroom where it stayed exactly as he left it 24 hours ago. "Looks like Jazz did it," he said.

He transformed back to his normal self and heard a knock on the door. Unsure of what to do he stayed silent and hoped whoever it was would go away. "Danny, you in there?" asked Jazz.

Danny breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door. "Hey Jazz," he said.

Jazz came in and hugged him tightly. "Hey, you look terrible," she said.

"Gee, thanks," Danny said sarcastically.

"What happened?" she asked.

"I ran into a few ghost issues," he sighed. "I'll tell you everything later, right now we need to get to school."

Jazz nodded, "I'll give you a ride, you can tell me in the car."

Danny grabbed his back pack and followed Jazz down the stairs. "Hey, just what excuse did you use?" he asked.

"I told mom and dad you were studying for your exam in my room. Then later I put pillows under your sheets to fool them and… Danny you okay?" she asked her paling brother. "You look like you just saw a ghost. I mean…"

Danny cut her off, "Oh my god, I didn't study for my exam," he said in a panicked voice.

Jazz handed him flashcards, "Use these to study during your free time. This is a one time only deal little brother."

Danny took the cards gratefully and nodded. "Thank you soooooo much," he said.

"Don't mention it. Now," they walked out to the car without saying good bye to their parents. "Tell me what happened."

Danny sighed and got into her car. "Well some of it I'm not too sure what happened myself."

Jazz started the car and backed out of the driveway. "Go on," he said.

Danny told her the story as quickly as he could on the way to school and once they got their Jazz looked like she was going to have a break down herself. "I hope you know what you're getting into, Danny," she said in a shaky voice.

"Yeah, me too," he said.

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Danny walked into the school as the normal stream of students made their way inside. Once he could breathe he was attacked from behind by Sam latching onto his back. "Danny!" she yelled and they attracted some stares.

"Sam!" he said surprised and jumped as she hugged him.

"Oh my gosh, why didn't you call me!" she said.

"I-I'm sorry, it totally slipped my mind," he said. "I ran into some problems."

Sam let him go and Danny turned around to face her. "You had my worried sick!" she said.

Tucker came over and placed his hands on their shoulders. "Dude, everyone is staring."

Danny and Sam looked around to see most of 9th and half of 10th grades staring at them. Dash chuckled and said loudly, "See! I said those two losers would end up together!"

"We are not together!" Danny and Sam yelled simultaneously.

"Riiiight," said Paulina. "And you two aren't totally into each other either."

"We're not!" Danny and Sam said together.

Before the kids could start teasing them again the bell rang and they were sent of to their first classes.

"So, what happened?" Sam and Tucker asked together.

"I'll tell you in Mrs. Chara's class," he said.

They nodded and went to gym.

Over the course of the day Danny managed to have a fairly normal day considering the circumstances. He pulled a good grade on a pop quiz in Algebra and didn't make a fool of himself when he was asked to remember the previous day's lesson in History. Which was all he ever really asked for to begin with.

Lastly came Mr. Lancer's class. He held the study cards Jazz gave him with sweating hands and walked into the room.

"Are you ready Daniel?" Mr. Lancer asked in the kind of voice that was normally reserved for the question, "Are you ready to face your worst fear?"

Danny laughed nervously, "Funny thing, not really," he said.

"Well, I hope you studied," he said in a slightly annoyed tone.

Danny nodded, "I did."

Mr. Lancer handed him a stack of papers that probably a small tree had given its life to make. "Good luck, Mr. Fenton."

"Th-thanks," Danny said and took the papers, amazed at how heavy they were. Or maybe he was just really tired.

He sat down at the back of the class room and started to take the test and to his amazement he knew most of the answers. Jazz's cards really did the trick and he made a mental note to ask her how to make them for his other classes.

While he was taking his exam there was an assembly in the gym on how to ride the school bus safely. Sam and Tucker had long since heard their friend's story and they were both very nervous about what seemed an inevitable ghost battle in Amity Park.

"Think he'll be okay?" Sam asked Tucker.

"Well, we'll be there to back him up, so he can't get into too much trouble, right?" Tucker asked, trying to make it seem like a joke and failing.

Sam rolled her eyes, "Tucker, seriously. Do you think Danny can get though this without everyone," she looked around nervously. "Knowing?"

Tucker shrugged nervously, "I don't know. And right now, I think we should be worrying about him passing 9th Grade English," he said.

"Good point," said Sam. "I hope the big stuff waits just a little longer."

Tucker nodded, "Yeah, I know what you mean."

Danny set down his pencil and yawned. He stretched and took his exam up to Mr. Lancer who had been watching him the whole time. "Done?" he asked.

Danny nodded and watched nervously as he graded his test. After five minutes Mr. Lancer nodded and put a 93 at the top. "Very good Daniel, keep it up."

"Yes!" Danny pumped his fist into the air.

Mr. Lancer nodded, "Now, let's get to the assembly."

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Sam and Tucker were about to fall asleep at the assembly when there was a sudden chill in the air.

"W-what was that?" asked Sam.

Tucker shivered violently, "I have no idea, it feels like Danny if we get to close to him is ghost mode," he said.

Right above them appeared Vlad Plasmius in all his glory.

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