Back again?

Annie shook her head as she sat down on her bed, her thoughts still rushing. Vlad Masters, a ghost portal, what next? A bunch of hyper cheerleaders were going to appear in her room?

"Hi! I'm Mandy!" The blonde poked her head in the room and gave a cheerful wave, "You're one of the new interns, right?"

"Uh…" Annie raised a brow at the young woman, "I guess, I was hired to translate for Vlad."

"Awesome! Actually…" Mandy glanced around and came into the room, "I was going to join the Navy to get to college, but since this guy promised me free college, I figured, why risk my neck? Ya know?"

By this point in time, Annie was becoming quite annoyed, she'd never gotten along well with cheerleaders, always too happy and bouncy. "So…what did he need you for, any skills?"

"Yeah! Actually, he said he needed a rock climber for his expeditions in Peru! I do it on the side…" Mandy sighed, "Well, it's about time for breakfast, hungry?"

"Sure…" Annie followed her acquaintance down several long corridors and stairways; they came to an enormous hall. There were about thirty seats and several other people just arriving to take their seats, and they all looked to be in their late teens or early twenties. At the head of the table sat Vlad Masters. He cleared his throat and the room's noise level dropped to complete silence.

"As you know," Vlad said as he unfolded a napkin, "We get one more intern everyday. Please welcome Annie to your numbers, I trust that you will teach her the rules and the layout of the house. Now eat up, and Annie, I will speak with you later…okay?"

"Yes sir," Annie whispered as she surveyed the rest of the people around her, though simply by listening to the names, she was quite interested. They all seemed to be "Sandy"s, "Andy"s, "Randy"s, "Brandy"s, there were also a couple "Lanny"s and "Manny"s, but not a single Danny.

Most of the buzzing conversation seemed to be about choice colleges, Yale and Harvard and so on, there were a couple centering about the other interns, gossip. And, Annie noticed, there were also a couple that seemed to be doing just what she was, observing and giving no comment.

She met the eyes of one of those silent observers and they exchanged stares, each trying to best the other and finally they both glanced to the right corridor branching from the hall. The other nodded and Annie looked away again, trying to finish her breakfast.

"I'm Annie."

"Ian…" it was at first hard to tell if the person was male or female, because of his long, red hair and short, slim stature. "Why are you here?"

"Same reason as you," Annie said, and motioned that they should walk. As their feet carried them down the corridor, Ian looked around, observing everything. "What job did you sign up for?"

"Bodyguard. I'm trained in four different martial arts and I'm a weapons master as well, but so far it seems Vlad doesn't need my services."

"Mine either, I guess he hired us all for our individuality. Every person here is good at something strange. Rock Climbers, bodyguards, translators. It doesn't fit."

"There's something strange about it…I'll agree. But it's probably nothing concerning life and death; therefore it's not an issue. I'll see you at lunch." And Ian left with that, turning into a low-lit room on the right and closing the door practically in her face.

"Okay…" Annie kept walking until she came to her own room, then she peered in and found a brand new wardrobe awaiting her. There was also a jumpsuit mixed in, probably for exercise, so she put that on and kept walking, in hopes of finding some kind of exercise room.

Annie soon came upon the same hallway that contained the portal, and turned towards the ghostly room, reassuring herself that she just wanted another look. The door was steel and heavy, but not locked. She saw the green swirls and gaped in awe, it was beautiful and terrifying.

No one had come to stop her so far, and Annie found herself staring at her jumpsuit. It had to be fate. A ghost portal and a Danny Phantom jumpsuit? She walked up to the mechanisms and began to turn the buttons and dials, turning the power down until a manual switch would be needed to get it back running.

There was a spark from the last remaining swirls of energy and the portal ceased to work. Annie gulped, there was no going back now, and besides, hadn't she always wanted a chance like this? She nervously stroked her short brown hair and stepped into the portal; it was practically a metal cave.

Now Annie's breath was coming fast, the manual switch seemed to pull her towards it. "Calm down. Just turn it on and…" she reached a trembling hand towards the switched and flicked it. Her eyes squeezed shut, but then, when nothing happened, she slowly opened them.

Then a large mass of green energy was flowing out of the end of the portal, and Annie turned towards the opening and tried to dive out, but the energy had caught her. She wanted to scream, but her throat had closed up in fear. A terrible pain seized her body as the ghostly energy quickly mutated her DNA.

In one final attempt, Annie threw herself out of the portal and lay on the floor, shivering on the hard stone until she fell asleep from exhaustion.

"Ohhhhh…" Annie woke up with a groan and rubbed her head, and then her memories came flooding back, the portal! She looked behind her and there it was, operating normally. She stood and got ready to open the heavy door and was shocked by what she saw in the shining metal.

It was a reflection of herself, but different as apples and oranges. Her hair was a deep aqua, her eyes, normally Hazel, had turned to a pure violet. Her pasty white skin was now tan, and the black and green jumpsuit had become silver and blue.

"I'm a halfa!" She whispered to her reflection, but there was no reason to ever use this form, except if necessary. Annie concentrated on her human form and gritted her eyes; when she opened them, everything looked normal. She checked her watch and found it to be nearly lunch.

With a grin, Annie opened the door and strutted down the hall.

What use does Vlad have for all the interns? And what about Danny?(Yes, he will be in the next chapter, no this is not a Danny/OC fic, it's Danny/Sam) Review please! Critisism accepted…Flames will be used to kill Kenny…YOU BASTARDS! BWAHA!