WoM- 'shaking her head' Anyone else think that Beauty Marked was just a tad bit traumatizing? 'laughs.' Personally, though, I can't wait for Masters of All Time, which looks like it's gonna be a really cool episode! Vlad AND Clockwork all in one? 'dies from happiness,'

Calvin- (With a box in his hands) Today for Show and Tell, I've brought in a tiny marvel of nature: A single snowflake. I think we might all learn a lesson from how this utterly unique and exquisite crystal turns into an ordinary, boring molecule of water, just like every other one, when you bring it in the classroom. And now, while that analogy sinks in, I'll be leaving you drips and going outside. (Throws box over his shoulder as he turns to leave)

Mrs. Wormwood- CALVIN!

(Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson)

Casper High

"So this is Casper High, huh?"

Valerie eyed the three story brick building in front of her with a distasteful frown. In the driver's seat to her left, Tara laughed warmly as she stopped the car.

"This is it, alright," She confirmed, "We've got some weirdoes running around here, but nothing supernatural. "You're a freshman, right? 14 years old?"

"So what if I am?" Valerie challenged, glaring at the older girl.

"Easy!" Tara laughed, "I was just asking! We won't see each other too often, if you are."

"So I won't know anybody here?" Valerie clarified, making a face. That sounded fun…

"Well, even if we were in the same grade, our chances of being in the same class are pretty slim." Tara said sympathetically, "Mr. Masters has me enrolled in all the advanced classes, which he normally does with his agents. He went easier on you, though. He's letting you take regular classes. He says it will be easier to gather information from students there," Tara glanced at Valerie here hesitantly before continuing, "Erm… Terrance said something about you not being up to par with us academically, though…" Valerie's lips thinned when she heard that.

"I need to concentrate on catching Phantom." The girl snapped, "I don't care what Terrance- what anyone- thinks of me. I'm a professional, and professionals don't let emotions interfere with the hunt,"

"True enough," Tara nodded, "The problem is, though, you're human, too. Humans have emotions whether they want them or not, sweetie."

"I know what I have to do," Valerie said, impatience clear in her voice. "And I'll do it. Human or not, I am Mr. Master's employee first and foremost. I owe him my life, my craft… everything, and I'll give everything to repay him for everything he's done for me,"

"Really?" Tara looked at Valerie curiously at that, obviously wanting to question it further, but the knowledge that Valerie was of a higher rank gave her pause.

"Tara," Valerie said with a soft, thoughtful frown, remembering Clockwork's last warning to her, "Do you know anything about Orion?"

"The constellation?" Tara asked, raising an eyebrow

"The myth," Valerie clarified. "The one about Orion and Artemis. Someone mentioned something about it recently, and I was wondering if you knew it," Tara frowned in concentration before shaking her head in the negative.

"Sorry," She said apologetically, "My Greek's a little rusty. Terrance studied it pretty thoroughly, though. If you ask him-!"

"No," Valerie said, her tone darkening at the thought of asking Terrance for anything, "It's not important anyways. I was really just curious."

"Suit yourself," Tara unbuckled her seatbelt, "We'd better get going. We'll miss homeroom if we don't leave now, and considering you have Lancer, that's a sin is there ever was one." Valerie smiled wryly as she followed the older hunter out if the car and into the school, studying the people around her as she went.

Tara was right about the students all being pretty normal. There wasn't one that stood out to the young huntress as a threat in the least, not even the large blonde boy who was pinning the smaller, dorky-looking red head with glasses against the lockers, apparently demanding either money or homework.

It didn't take long to see that the most popular girl was the pretty Latino with the long hair dressed in pink. Valerie could tell right off the bat that she and this girl wouldn't get along, just from the smug smile the girl wore as she listened to all the cat calls.

'She's a cocky little airhead if I ever saw one,' the ghost hunter thought bitterly as she paused in front of the locker she was assigned.

After absently putting in the combination, the girl tried to open the locker to find it stubbornly sealed shut. Glaring slightly and growing ever aware of the giggles around her, Valerie doubled her efforts to get the locker open with no success.

At least not until a fist came out of nowhere and slammed onto it, making it swing open quite easily much to the surprise of Valerie, who lost her balance and fell in what would've been an embarrassing start to her first day, had not someone grabbed her waist as she toppled back.

"Sorry," The boy said in a casual tone, "They gave me this locker when I first came here, too. I think it's some kind of trick they use to haze the new kid." Blinking, Valerie glanced up, frowning at the vaguely familiar face above her.

'Where have I seen him before…?' She wondered before shaking the thought away to glare at this stranger.

"I can take care of myself," she snapped, straightening up and putting her things away in the locker, her hunter's pride wounded slightly from having to rely on someone she didn't even know.

"You're welcome," The boy said in dry sarcasm before turning and starting off in the direction of his homeroom. Valerie's lips thinned as she watched him go, feeling a twinge of guilt at the cold treatment that always came when she was in a bad mood.

'I never asked for his help,' She reminded herself, brushing it aside, 'And I don't need it. He wants a damsel in distress, he should look up little Miss Perfect-In-Pink, not me.'

Grumbling, the girl finished putting her things away and scanned her scheduled for her homeroom, seeing that Tara was right and she really did have this 'Lancer' person. He was her fourth period English teacher, too. Searching the crowd, she found a small, shy looking brunette nearby, and decided she was as good as anyone to ask.

"Hey, you," Valerie called out, approaching the girl, "Where's Mr. Lancer's room?" blushing slightly at being addressed, the girl pointed in the same direction the boy from earlier had disappeared in, making Valerie frown.

'That can't be a good sign…' She thought dryly to herself before sighing heavily.

"Thanks," Valerie said dryly as she left in that direction.

'Well, this day's turning out to be even more 'fun' then I first thought…'

"Class, I'd like to introduce you to our newest student, Ms. Valerie Grey," Mr. Lancer announced, putting a hand on the new girl's shoulder. Danny frowned at her when he recognized the girl as the same one he'd helped out at her locker, and the one who he'd knocked into the day he'd had that fight with Ember and Hunter.

'Oh, Greeeat,' he thought sarcastically, 'As if my life isn't complicated enough as it is right now… well, at least I can ignore her more easily then ghost hunters and ghosts…'

"Danny," Mr. Lancer said, drawing the boy's attention. He was the only Danny in the class, after all, and he had no last name, much to the confusion of students and staff alike. He wasn't afraid of them running him through missing persons, either.

He knew he wouldn't be there, since Jazz would be afraid of drawing attention to him, his parents didn't care if he was alive or dead and his only two friends in the world were both in comas fighting for their lives. No one else would've given his disappearance a second thought.

"Since you were our former new student, would you like to show Miss Grey around and help her settle in?" Mr. Lancer continued, unaware of the boy's thoughts.

'Like I have a choice?' Danny mused dryly to himself. 'Apparently I spoke too soon… and Mr. Lancer really is out to get me.'

"Yes, Mr. Lancer," Danny said out loud in a bored, monotone voice of someone agreeing just to get the other party to shut up. He turned his attention over to Valerie and met her scathing glare with a dark look of his own.

"Excellent," Mr. Lancer said, unconcerned with Danny's tone so long as he agreed. "Take the seat next to Danny, Miss Grey. Then we can discuss our newest Homeroom Assignment,"

"Huh?" Valerie asked, raising an eyebrow at the teacher.

"Danny will explain everything to you as I pass out the overview, Valerie," Mr. Lancer said absently, leafing through some papers he pulled out of his desk. An irritated look passed Valerie face as she reluctantly made her way over to the free seat on Danny's right.

'Why him of all people?' She thought sourly, glaring at the pale boy next to her.

"So?" She asked coolly, "What the heck's Homeroom Assignment?"

"Week-long projects we get stuck with first thing in the morning," Danny answered with a sigh. "We're teamed up into pairs for them, and sometimes pairs are teamed up with another pair for a group of four. Our partners are assigned and unless one of them croaks or moves, they're our partner until the end of the year." Valerie frowned at that, her stomach dropping in dread.

"Any who's my partner?" She asked suspiciously, though she suspected she already knew the answer.

"Well, when I came here, everyone else was paired up already so I had to do my homework in here," Danny explained dryly. "Now, though…"

"Valerie, Danny, you two will be working together," Mr. Lancer said, putting a packet of papers on Danny's desk. He frowned at them sternly when they both scowled at that, "I trust there will be no problems with this…?"

"No, Mr. Lancer," Danny said in the same monotone voice as before.

"Good," Mr. Lancer said, turning to leave, "Then I expect to find an exceptional project from you two on my desk this Friday." Valerie glared at the back of the teacher's bald head before turning back to Danny.

"So?" She asked shortly, "What do we have to do?" Danny frowned at her before turning to read the assignment and groaning loudly.

"Great…" He said sarcastically, at Valerie's questioning glance, he picked the paper up again and recited. "You're assignment is to create a creative video report on something you and your partner have in common," Valerie gaped at the boy at that.

"What?" She asked, taking the paper from him. "You've gotta be kidding me!"

"I assure you, Miss Grey, no one is 'kidding' you." Mr. Lancer said dryly. "And you cannot graduate without credit in this class, by the way." Valerie scowled at the teacher at that.

'What a load of-!'

"Class dismissed," Mr. Lancer said just as the bell rang, "And don't forget this is all due Friday!"

'Perfect,' Danny thought dryly. 'I've got a ghost hunter on my tail, I'm separated from everyone I ever cared about, and I've been forced to do a project with a temperamental new girl. What's next?' Just then, a familiar chill went through Danny and a loud crashing noise was heard from the science lab, followed by screaming. Danny's sour mood grew even darker, '…Why do I even bother asking anymore?'

Glancing around and not finding anyone in sight, Danny ducked into a closet to Go Ghost, phasing through the wall when he finished and flying over to the classroom he'd sensed the ghost in, his ever-present Fenton Thermos in his hand.

Going through the wall, Danny found that the ghost of a giant frog had Paulina, the most popular freshman girl in Casper High, pinned against the wall, screaming her head off in the otherwise abandoned room.

"How much you wanna bet that the ghost of some dissection or something?" Danny asked himself dryly before shooting an ectoblast at the frog, flying down to shield the wide-eyed Paulina from the ghost. "Stay behind me!" He called to her, never taking his eyes of the ghost with was starting to recover.

"R-Right," Paulina responded, her face pale as she gaped at the giant ghost. Summoning the power he'd gotten the last time he's tried to talk to the girl (As Danny) the half ghost blew hard at the frog as he jumped for them, freezing him in an encasement of green ice in mid air.

"Cool…" Danny muttered, impressed with the potency of the new power. Taking out his thermos, he sucked the frog ghost up, making a mental note to find a portal to release him into. There had to be one somewhere in Amity, though it was likely a natural one.

With this business done, the ghost boy turned back to Paulina, and he suddenly felt very awkward again, which was always the case around pretty girls.

"Ah, are you okay?" He asked, shoving the thermos back into its halter. Paulina blinked back at him.

"You saved my life…" She said, awe clear in her voice. Danny blushed, taking the girl's hand to help her up.

"It was nothing," He told her as he got to his feel. "Anyone could've-!"

He didn't get to finished his sentence when something hit him hard in the side, sending him flying through a wall which imploded as the force followed him until he hit the second wall, tangible this time.

"Surprise, surprise!" The red hunter said dryly as she aimed her ecto-gun at him. "Miss me, ghost-boy?"

"Like a hole in the head," Danny snapped back, irritated at her timing.

'Man, don't these guys have LIVES?' he thought angrily, 'How the heck did she find me in school, anyways?'

"I can arrange that," The ghost hunter said, aiming at her prey with a gun that whirled with charging gears. Startled and cornered, the ghost only had time for one more thought as a bright flash of pink light burst from the girl's weapon.

'Aw, Hell…'

WoM- WHAA!! 'running around like a chicken with her head cut off,' So much to do, so little time! 'crying,' Urg… See, this is why I hate being forced to attend school…

Thanks to;

IwuvMyKenshyPoo, epobbp, Moss Royal, Anne Camp aka Obi-quiet, Tetsukon, SummersSixEcho, conan98002, Lunaqua, Gmasangel, Ghost Writer's Assistant, animegurl088, DP-shrine-in-closet-girl, Blue Curtains, spaceman spiff, Worker72, Lumias, The Great Susinko, Light Dragon SunsSong, snowbell101

Next update; March 5th

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