A/N: Emily only uses one crutch-as mentioned in Ch. 1. That's why she only brought one ghost crutch. Back to the story now

Chapter 2

I went to my first class, English. I love English. It's my favorite class. I chose a seat next to a girl who used a wheelchair named Chrissy.

Even at first glance, she seemed moody and irritable. She had straight blonde hair that reached her shoulders. Her face seemed permanently set into a frown, and her blue eyes had that "I'm better than you." look in them. She had on a gold necklace with half a green stone in it. I should've known a lost cause when I saw one, but I guess I was so eager to make friends at my new school that I sought her out as a potential friend.

"Hi! I'm Emily." I whispered. Chrissy twisted around to glare at me. "What?" she whispered back, clearly annoyed. I shrank back. "Um, uh, nothing!" I felt my cheeks heating up with embarrassment. Obviously she didn't want to be my friend. As if to make matters worse, a stream of bright pink mist floated out of my mouth. Stupid ghost sense. I glanced around for the ghost, but found none.

By lunchtime, I felt like I was going to cry. Not one person had said hello to me or talked to me in any way. Henry Viscardi had cliques just like in public school, and as usual, I didn't belong in any of them. I still felt like an outsider because of my ghost powers. I ran down the smooth polished hallway and into the nearest girls bathroom I could find. I started crying hard. My crutch fell to the damp floor unnoticed.

"Emily?" said a soft voice from in front of me. "Em?" I stared in front of me, but there seemed to be no one there. Then a light bulb clicked on in my head. I stuck my hand straight out in front of me. My hand suddenly became very cold. I pulled my hand out and looked straight ahead. "Danny?" I asked shakily.

"Yup!" Danny became solid, and put a hand on my shoulder.

"You know this is a girl's bathroom, right?" I asked him, a weak smile now crossing my face. Danny shrugged.

"Before I came I had Tucker check on his PDA to see if there was anyone in here besides you."

"He can do that?" I asked, slightly surprised.

"Oh yeah. Tucker can do anything with a PDA. You ought to know that by now."

I started crying again. "Oh, Danny, I hate it here. Nobody talks to me or anything. I can't find my classes and no one wants to be my friend. And because of my half secret, I still feel like I'm set apart from everyone else." I used a code because, as much as I trusted Tucker and his PDA, someone could come in any moment.

Danny understood, and gave me a big hug. "It'll be OK." he promised. "You know that no matter what, you will still have me and Tucker and Sam as your friends. And we understand your halfa side." I sniffled. I didn't want to tell Danny that as much as they understood my ghost side, they could never truly understand my handicapped side.

I continued crying for a good ten minutes before I was ready to go back to class. Danny turned to leave, now that I had calmed down, but then the ghost of a young woman glided up through the floor and floated a few inches off the wet tiles. Isabelle.

"Silver Lining," she said, using my ghost name. "I have come to warn you."

"W-warn me?" I said shakily. "Aboutl...what?" Danny had a quizzical look on his face too.

"My twin sister, Catherine, is in a towering rage. She is very angry that you came to me instead of her last spring. This rage has caused her to break loose from the Ghost Zone and come hunting for you. Be careful, Silver Lining. She is very angry, and the more angry she is, the more powerful she gets. Be...careful. I must go." And with that, Isabelle vanished, leaving me and Danny wondering what in the world she had meant.

A/N: See! Told you it would get more exciting! I left you at sort of a cliffhanger there! Next chapter should be coming soon. And again, always review!