Sorry about the wait; things have been kind of crazy with me lately. Anyway, I've gotten the one review I wanted on Sunday night, so this fic will continue! For now.

After the long wait, I give you Chapter 3!

Ghostly Competition

Chapter Three: Another Halfa

The next day at school Danny wasn't feeling much better. He was still pretty mad at what the new ghost Steve Spirit had said yesterday. But he had cooled down a bit, and Tucker and Sam had decided to walk with him as usual.

At lunch they noticed that the new kid, Steve Reynolds, was sitting by himself again.

Noticing this, Danny asked them, "You guys want to go sit with the new kid again today?"

Sam shrugged, "Why not?" With that, the three of them got up and walked over to Steve's table as he ate in silence.

Tucker said to him, "What's up, dude?"

Steve gave a small smile as he saw them and said, "Nothing much. You wanna sit down?"

Sam answered, "Sure." They sat down and started eating again.

Trying to start a conversation, Danny said, "So…how was your afternoon yesterday? Did the unpacking take long?"

Steve's eyes flickered for just a second, but the moment passed, and he said, "Uh, no. Not really. Everything's done."

Danny spoke for the first time in the conversation, "That's cool. What do you say we come over after school and check out your place? You know, see what kind of stuff you…"

"No!"

Danny, Sam, and Tucker all looked surprised as Steve quickly said, "Uh, I mean, we still need a little bit of time. We're still getting used to living in this new town and we just need to be by ourselves until we get used to everything. Maybe next week…or maybe later than that."

The trio just looked at each other and said simultaneously, "Right…okay, then."

Just then, Danny gasped as the blue mist came out of his mouth. Out of his ear, he heard Steve gasp as well. He turned to Steve and saw him whistling innocently.

There was a crash as something burst through the ceiling. It was a ghost that seemed to resemble a vampire. He had red eyes, a cape, and an evil sneer. It was Danny's arch-enemy, Vlad Plasmius.

As everyone else screamed and ran from the room, Danny whispered, "Plasmius."

At the same time, Danny and Steve said, "I'll be right back."

Danny took off out a door in the left side of the lunch room while Steve ran out a door in the right side. A pair of flashes later, Danny Phantom flew back into the lunch room and Steve Spirit flew in as well.

Not noticing Steve, Danny shouted at Plasmius, "What are you doing here, Plasmius?"

Vlad smiled, "Oh, I was just in the neighborhood so I thought I'd drop in. Plus, I happened to hear rumors of a new half-ghost residing in Amity Park."

Both Danny and Steve said, "New?" They both looked at each other and shouted, "Hey! What are you doing here? Stopping this freak! No, I'm doing it!"

Danny shouted, "I've known this guy way longer than you!"

Steve yelled back, "I'd stand way more of a chance against him!"

Watching the two ghosts fight, Vlad smiled, "With both your defenses down, I can handle you both easily." Then he fired ghost rays from the palms of his hands. They both hit them and knocked them down.

Danny and Steve got up, and Danny shouted, "See what you made me do!"

Steve shouted back, "Me? That was all your fault!"

Danny sighed, "Oh, enough of this!" Then before Steve could stop him, Danny flew straight at Plasmius. He projected his patented shield with his hand and Danny hit it and bounced backward.

Chuckling, Steve said, "Oh yeah. That was brilliant. Allow me." Then he flew at Plasmius, who projected another shield. But Steve dropped below it and fired a ghost ray at him. But Plasmius turned around and the ray hit the shield and bounced away.

Danny smirked, "Bravo. I've never seen such heroics."

Vlad rolled his eyes, "Oh, brother. This is boring, just watching you two go at each others necks." Then he formed a second Vlad. One Vlad flew at Danny, and the other flew at Steve.

Vlad tried to punch Danny, but Danny ducked and leg sweeped him, tripping him up. From on the ground, Vlad hit Danny with a ghost ray and knocked him backward.

The other Vlad fired a ghost ray at Steve, but Steve flew out of the way and flew straight at him. But Vlad quickly grabbed Steve by the neck and started shocking him like he did to Danny in his last visit to Amity Park.

Danny, who was still flying at the wall, quickly fired a ghost ray at the wall. The force of the blast it sent softened the blow. Vlad smiled, "Very clever, Daniel. But you know you can't win."

Danny responded, "We'll just see about that!" He flew at Vlad, but just like his duplicate, Vlad grabbed Danny's neck and started shocking him as well.

Both the teenage ghosts screamed in pain, and as they did, a white ring formed at both their waists and suddenly Danny Fenton was in one Vlad's hand, and Steve Reynolds was in the other Vlad's hand!

They were able to see themselves transform as the Vlads released them and they fell to the ground.

Vlad formed back into one and said, "Well, at least I know who the new hybrid is. That's all I need. Ta ta for now, my young adversaries!" Then he flew away through the hole in which he had made.

Danny and Steve watched them go, and then they both turned to each other.

The two teenagers stared at each other in disbelief, as well as Sam and Tucker, who had both watched the fight from behind the counter of the cafeteria.

Danny and Steve both said, "Y-you're that ghost kid?"

That's going to be all for now. Well, I'm sure you were all expecting that. But there's still plenty more that happens after this. How will Danny and Steve react to realizing who they are? Find out in Chapter 4!