"Im surprised your parents havn't found out yet." said molly as the trio sat down for lunch.

"Are you kidding? my parents are clueless! They're always out ghost hunting or fighting ghosts or thinking up new ghost catching technology. They barley pay attention to me." said maeve just before taking a bite of her tomatoe sandwich.

"Its only a matter of time though. Its been almost a week since youve gotten your powers and theres been quite an activity spike in ghost activity." said Quinten sitting down next to the girls wearing his letterman jacket.

at that moment a tall gorgeous white with a black streak haired girl walked outside in a plaid pleated skirt, and a black cashmere sweater vest over a white long sleeve shirt.

"Isnt that the new girl?" aske Maeve.

"Chanelle Masters, she moved here over the weekend. weird thing is shes living in the old mansion that we checked out last week." said Quinten.

"Ok thats a little weird, didnt know people could hire someone to renovate that fast." said Maeve.

maeve watched as chanelle sat with the popular girls.

"well she had no trouble finding a clique." said maeve still watching the new girl.

"thats typical. i heard shes filthy rich. has all kinds of in home staff at her beck and call. doesnt have to do anything." said molly.

"must be nice to be that rich." said maeve resting her head on her hands. she caught chanelle looking their way then look away say something to her friends causing the table to laugh.

(a little later after lunch)

there was the slam of Maeves locker, her two friends had already gone to class. however she didnt see Chanelle right there causing her to jump.

"OH! hey! arent you the new girl? chanelle masters?" she asked.

"wow, word does travel fast around here." said chanelle leaning against the locker.

"do you need help with something?" asked maeve slightly confused over the fact that one of the popular kids was talking let alone breathing in her general direction.

"No, just came over to admire your..." Chanelle paused for a moment looking maeve over, "interesting fashion choice. where did you get these clothes at? good will?" she asked with a sneer.

"oh wow! like i havnt heard that one before! did it take all of your two brain cells to come up with that?" maeve snapped back sarcastically.

"Could ask the same of you, whats your last name again? flintstone? oh well, like i care." she said turning around to leave. "i would say it was a pleasure meating you but, i dont like to lie. TA!" she said as she walked off.

"that was kind of a sorry attempt at bullying." maeve said to her self as she moved on to mr. lancers class room.

(later after school)

"So I met the new girl." said Maeve

"oh? whats she like?" asked Quinten whos been day dreaming about her since shed came to school.

"Uh well, shes kind of a plastic and has as much personality and brains as a peice of toast." said Maeve using her fingers to count off of.

"geeze. where did she even come from?" asked molly.

"I heard shes from around here. but ive never seen her around here before. she must have been homeschooled." said Quinten. Then he stopped at his small town house. "look i'll see you guys later ok? i've give you a call after homework. then we can all meet at the park or something alright?" he asked as he walked up the stairs to his front door.

"yeah! ok we'll see you later!" said molly waving.

"bye!" called maeve adjusting her books.

once Quinten went inside the two girls continued on their rout to there houses.

"i dont like the new girl." said maeve. "theres just something off about her and i cant put my finger on it. but i dont like it."

"im sure its just because shes new." said molly as she switched sides. "just give her some time." she said

"yah its like theres a nagging feeling at the back of my head. kinda like watching a horror flick and you just have that feeling that someones going to die? feels kinda like that." said maeve.

"sheesh." was all Molly got out before the sound of people screaming and maeves ghost sense going off.

maeve looked around and found an alley way and quickly transformed into her ghost form and took off above the buildings to get a better look. it didnt take long to notice a black haired ghost with a white stripe in their hair, turquoise skin, glowing red eyes, and pointed ears, and were those fangs?! and they were destroying buildings...

"hey, why dont you pick on somebody your own size?" called maeve catching the attention of the ghost in question.

"well well well, if it isnt the other little halfa! i was wondering how long it would be before meeting you." she said, the ghost was a girl!

"who are you and what do you want?" asked maeve.

"my name is Sinistra, and want nothing more than to gauge your combat skills. you seem very proficient at fighting other ghosts, half of which were my friends. tell me prey tail can you do this yet?" she asked as she split herself into two. "ive seen your other powers and wondered if you could do that yet. most ghosts and halfs can."

maeve tried to do it. but... ended up looking like a monster.

"ah! you must be more new at this than i thought! you see, ive had at least 1 year of practice." she boasted. "but YOU decided to use yours for GOOD. see how far that gets you when its obviously easier to just take things." she said.

"has anyone ever told you you talk way too much?" asked maeve just before firing a plasma blast into the others chest sending her flying and of course sinistra returned fire hitting maeve in the chest sending her flying into the side of a building. she didnt even have time to recover from it as Sinistra rushed her and started to just absolutely mop the floor with maeve. ending with maeve being sent flying out of the alley way into an on coming car and her to be knocked out but not to power down.

Sinistra smiled as she slowly advanced on the halfa. she raised her hands ready to fire at point blank range and prepared to fire when a trashcan lid hit her in the head just before an empty plastic trashcan hit her sending trash all over her. she growled and whipped around to her assailants. onky to find Molly and Quinten standing there. "oh how cute shes got her own two little side kicks for me to play with." she said as she instead prepared to fire at the two sidekicks..only to be thwarted by maeve who had fired a plasma ray into Sinistra sending her flying into a light pole and then into a side of a building.

"oh! peanut brittle!!!" she cried as she picked her self up and then split into two more clones.

"Quinten! Molly! Call an ambulance for the driver and get the people out of here!" she exclaimed and the two began to do as asked. suddenly maeve was hit with three plasma rays making her scream out in pain and fall to the ground. she picked her self up as she was panting.

"giving up already? thats not very heroic of you." said sinistra as she slowly came over and blasted maeve sending her into an alley way and this time maeve reverted back to her human form. sinistra came over and a shocked expression flashed over her features. "maeve is the new halfa? well... looks like our lives just. got a little more interesting..." she said as she powered down to reveal... CHANELLE MASTERS.

"WHAT?! Maeve Fenton is the new halfa?" asked Vlad looking up from his paper work which there was a surprising amount of fill out after being considered dead for almost 19 years. " And if her fathers been training her that explains why my plans of destroying him have gone awry." he said.

"heres the thing, if he had been training her i wouldnt have been able to mop the floor with her like I did." she said with a smirk. "this also gives me the upper hand in all social situations that have to do with her." her blue eyes darting over to look at her dad scowling at her. "WHAT? it keeps her from stealing away anything i want! boyfriends, prom queen, homecoming queen, the list goes on! half of them would look good on a resume." she added.

"That sounds like something i would do..." said vlad just going back to his paper work cause he cant say anything. but it did give him reason to well... want to make his own kid disappear... she was surprisingly clever even though she never acted like it around boys. and that could honestly be a threat to him.

"I suggest we begin thinking of a plan to off her and her father at the same time." she said as she began to leave the room. "i'll be in the bath if you need me.. tata!" she said as she left the room and turned twords the bathroom.

vlad watched her leave and frowned. he honestly didnt like the news his daughter just gave him or the thought of her working her way up the leadership chain. he got back to work with the thought of stabbing his own kid eventually in the back.

Maeve woke up in her bed room again. her friends looked worried. "oh hey guys... why do i feel like i just got hit by a mac truck?" she asked sitting up.

"well, you got hit by a drunk bicycler." said Quinten. which was obviously a lie that they came up with when they had to take her to the hospital and when her dad most likely came to the hospital.

"thats the story you came up with?" she asked jokingly.

"had to." said molly just before taking a deep breath and running her fingers through her long blonde hair. "you... need to go down and talk to your dad..." she said.

maeve looked at the two quizzically as she slid off the bed and went down stairs. she saw her father sitting in the kitchen with a glass of soda. he looked... sad...

"dad... is everything ok? whats wrong?" she asked.

"maeve... your mom died...she was on her way to the book store when two ghosts attacked. one landed right on her car with her inside." he said

("has anyone ever told you you talk way too much?" asked maeve just before firing a plasma blast into the others chest sending her flying and of course sinistra returned fire hitting maeve in the chest sending her flying into the side of a building. she didnt even have time to recover from it as Sinistra rushed her and started to just absolutely mop the floor with maeve. ending with maeve being sent flying out of the alley way into an on coming car and her to be knocked out but not to power down.)

"she died on impact. they tried to resuscitate her but..." he choked out trying not to cry infront of his own child. men were ment to be the strong ones right? but instead he couldnt hold it in and he started crying. he felt maeves arm wrap around him.

"we'll be ok. we're fentons, we'll figure things out. right?" she asked trying to sound reassuring but failing horribly at it. but what was to be expected? she was basically still a child. this caused danny to laugh a bit, gotta hand it to the girl, she sometimes acted like his older sister trying to sound like the adult but failing at it.

"im the one thats supposed to be reassuring." he said smiling through his tears.

"im gonna head... back up stairs..." she said letting go of her dad and went up stairs.

her two friends looked at her solemnly and molly just ran up to her and hugged her. Quinten didnt really do anything but just stand there like a knot on a log.

"Its all my fault." said maeve. "I shouldnt have engaged with anyone around."

"Maeve you couldnt have known that your mother was going to be right there at that moment. its nobodys fault." said Quinten.

maeve let go of molly and wiped her eyes. molly looked at the clock. "its getting late... we should go." she said

"yah i still have home work to do." said Quinten as he got up and started headed down the stairs.

"yah i better go to...its almost curfew." said molly as she followed Quinten out.

"ok... bye." said maeve as she stood out her bedroom door watched them head out the door and then went to her bedroom window and watched them walk down the street.

after they disappeared from sight she went and laid down on her bed and burried her face into her pillow. to say she was sad would be only part of her emotions right now. right now she was more self directed anger and pure rage twords Sinistra. next time she sees her shed let her have with both barrels.

but little did she know. this was slowly giving way to a little inner monster caught in the space just after pure unbridled rage, the deepest darkest recesses of the mind. there came a deeper sinister laugh from this dark place.. and then two glowing magenta eyes snapped open.