A Lost Soul.

Summary: One day, Danny, Sam, and Tucker come across another random ghost, but could this one actually be helpful?

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom at all. I wish I at least owned Sam. DO NOT ASK WHY lol J/K.

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As Danny, Sam, and Tucker walked to school, Danny's ghost sense went off. "Oh, no, why now?" whined the half ghost as he ran behind a tree. "Going

Ghost!" he yelled and did so. He hovered over his friends looking for the ghost. "Hey, were is he?" asked Danny. Sam and Tucker looked around to.

"I don't see any ghost Danny, maybe it's just the november coldness." said Sam as she looked around. "Yeah, now come on, if we're late again, Mr. Lancer will kill us!" panicked Tucker and Danny changed back.

They ran to school. They stepped through the door just as the bell rang. "Phew!" they said in unison and sat down. "Class, settle down now, we have a new student." said Mr. Lancer as he held onto the young man's shoulder.

He had his black hair tied up in a semi long ponytail, with his bangs in his eyes. He had blue eyes and a nose ring. His shirt and pants were both black and his shirt just had a small bloody red skull.

"Class, this is...what's your name again?" asked Mr. Lancer. "Maxwell, Bates Maxwell." the boy said darkly. Sam and Danny exchanged glances. "...okay, then...sit down, Mr. Maxwell."

As Bates passed Danny and Sam, Danny's ghost sense went off again. "Where is that coming from?" he said angrily. Bates sat down next to Dash, and Dash thumped him in the back of the head. "Hey, watch it, dweeb!" said Dash.

Bates just ignored him and listened to the lesson. After class, Danny, Sam and Tucker were standing around by a tree outside when a ghost zoomed past them.

The ghost had the intials B.B on his shirt and had red eyes. He had plain jeans and white sneakers. He had fingerles gloves on also. "A ghost!" yelled some people, as they

ran off screaming. Danny reacted and went ghost and zoomed toward the new ghost. "Hey, buddy, Circus Gothika has long since expired." Danny said as he moved in front of the new ghost.

The new ghost smiled. "Ah, yes, Danny Phantom, I wondered when you'd show up. By the way, my name is B--, I mean, Bad Bowman." said Bowman as he hovered carelessly.

"Okay, now that the introductions are through, what do you want?" asked Danny impatiently. Bowman smiled evily, "Oh, what I want? Hmm...well acceptance, money,

and, let's see what else, hmm...oh yes, this!" he yelled as he struck Danny with a ghost arrow. It hit Danny head on in the chest. "Ow that hurt!" Danny yelled as he turned

back to normal. He looked around. "No sign of Bowman." he said and lowered his eyebrows. As he and Sam walked towards his house, they saw Bates shaking hands with Mr. Fenton.

"What a nice young man, would you care to stay for dinner?" asked Danny's mom. Bates just shook his head and left. He was about as tall as Jazz. "What was that all about?" asked Danny as he walked into the house.

"Your new classmate walked by our house and I gave him a tour. He seems to be fascinated with ghosts, so...I gave in an inside look of the ghost portal, now if only it would work." said Jack Fenton as he sat down and began to work on the Ghost Gauntlets.

Danny sighed and went up to his room. "But, I just don't get it, what would a ghost want with money?" asked Danny for the thousandth time to his friends.

"Well, maybe it was a metaphore." suggested Tucker. "Or maybe, he plans on robbing the bank." said Sam intently. "Well, whatever it was, it will have to wait till tomorrow, bye guys." Danny said while hanging up the phone and crawling into bed.

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Danny woke up to his ghost sense going off for the one millionth time. "Oh, come on!" he yelled. "Danny! Get dressed and stop yelling!" yelled his dad back at him. Danny, groggily, got dressed and steeped downstairs.

He stopped at the foot of the stairs. "Good Morning, Danny, say hello to your friend, Bates." said his mom as she handed Bates a plate of breakfast. "Thank you, Mrs. Fenton." he said with a sickening fake sweet voice.

Jack Fenton was sitting beside him, letting him try on the Ghost Gauntlets. "And this button does--" he got cut off as Bates pressed the button, sending ecto goo onto Jazz, who just got downstairs.

"Yuck!" she yelled dripping. Bates's eyes widened and he ran to her with a towel out of nowhere. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" he gushed as he handed her the towel. She blushed and disappeared into the bathroom.

Bates sat back down at the table, at a loss for words. Danny sat across him and narrowed his eyes at Bates. "Well, you two go have fun at school!" said Jack as Bates and Danny got up from the table.

Danny got his bookbag as Bates walked out the door. "Oh, I will." said Bates under his breath.

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As soon as Danny met up with Sam and Tucker, he told them about Bates and Jazz. "Then he gushed about how sorry he was, I mean

come on!" he stressed. Sam and Tucker exchanged glances. "Well, maybe he actually WAS sorry." said Sam as they arrived at school. They heard a thunderous noise

and turned around. Bates was roaring into the school parking lot on a motorcycle. It was all black with red flames. "Now that's cool." said Sam as they went to class.

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After school, Danny, Tucker, and Sam were all walking towards Fenton Works. Bates caught up with them. "And what do you want?" asked Danny a little rudely. Bates sneered at him, "Your dad told me to come back after school."

"It's alright with your parents?" asked Tucker. "I don't have any parents." Bates said plainly as he walked with them. Danny and Sam glared at Tucker. "What how was I supposed to know?" he whispered as they all walked in the house.

"Ah, Bates! Come boy, we'll show you the inside of the ghost portal." said Jack as he led Bates down into the ghost room.

Danny, Tucker, and Sam followed and as soon as they got their, Bates was inside the ghost portal. "Wow..." he said as he stepped deeper. "Yeah, well, it still doesn't

work!" yelled Jack as he slammed a button. All of a sudden the ghost portal glowed bright and fried Bates. He let out a bloodcurdling scream and the ghost portal went

dark.