Danny P.O.V.

As I walked through the hall, I saw multiple girls turning their heads, and swooning over me. I chuckled in my head at this.
"Humans can be so simple minded. I get this kind of attention as Eidolon, but no girl ever gave me a 2nd glance as Fenton." I thought to myself. I headed to the main office to get my schedule. I entered the office and told the receptionist my name.
"Hmm, here you go." She said with a smile.
"Thank you ma'am." I responded with a smile and took my schedule.

Name: Eidolon, Daniel

DOB: April 15, 1993.

Grade: 12th.

Locker Number: 217

Locker Combination: 18, 64, 25

Period 1 - 8:00 - 8:45 ~ History

Period 2 - 8:45 - 9:30 ~ Biology

Period 3 - 9:30 - 10:30 ~ Chemistry

Lunch Break 1 – 10:30 – 11:00

Period 4 - 11:00 - 12:00 ~ Mathematics

Period 5 – 12:00 - 12:45 ~ English

Period 6 - 12:45 - 13:30 ~ Study Hall

Lunch Break 2 – 13:30 – 14:00

Period 7 – 14:00 – 14:45 ~ Information Technology

Period 8 – 14:45 – 15:30 ~ Physics

I smiled when I saw the locker number. It was the locker right next to Sam's.
"Clockwork." I thought with a roll of my eyes and went to my locker. I looked at my watch, 7:50am. I arrived to see Sam, Valarie, and Tucker chatting. They looked at me as I approached. I smiled at them.
"Hey there, I guess we're roomies, Eh?" I joked as I opened my locker, making them laugh.
"Hey there. I'm Valerie Grey." Val introduced herself.
"Sam Manson." Sam said with a small smile.
"I'm Tucker Foley. TF as in Too Fine." Tucker gave his usual line. I chuckled.
"Sorry, I don't swing that way. Nice try with the pick-up though." I said with a smirk. Tucker exploded into a blush, and the rest of us burst into laughter.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't resist." I said between laughs.
"Anyway, I'm Daniel Eidolon." I told them as I packed my unneeded books into my locker. They all developed a bit of a sad look.

"Something wrong?" I asked, knowing the reason behind their sadness.
"Ah, well…" Tucker started.
"Our old friend, his name was Danny. He was killed 3 years ago." Valerie explained with a forlorn expression. I put on a surprised look.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." I said to them. They smiled at me sadly.
"Thanks." Sam muttered. I smiled at her.
"If you want, you can call me by my last name, Eidolon." I told them. I hoped they wouldn't be suspicious of my last name, since it was another language's word for 'phantom.' She shook her head.
"No, it's OK. How do you feel about Dan?" she asked.
"That's just fine." I told her with a smile, which she returned.

"Dan suits you more than Danny or Daniel." Valerie said.
"Probably cos' of your hair and eyes." Tucker mused.
"I like them by the way." Sam said.
"Natural or artificial?" she asked. I smiled at her.
"Thank you. They're both natural. As are the fangs." I told them, showing my long canines with a vampire hiss, making them laugh.
"While we're on the topic of unusual appearances, are your amethyst eyes natural?" I asked. Sam smiled and nodded.
"I like them by the way." I said, repeating her words.
"We should head to class. What's your first class?" Valerie asked me.
"History." I responded. Sam smiled.
"That's our first class too. We'll show you the way." Sam said.
"Thank you." I responded.

We walked to the class and I held the door for them.
"What a gentleman." Sam mused out loud. I smiled at her. As they entered, Paulina and Star approached the class, looking at me with (attempted) seductive smiles. I held the door for them, and they entered, swaying their hips. I paid no mind to it, and entered.
"Ah, you must be the new student." Mr Lancer said as I entered. I wonder when he started teaching history, but then again, it's not uncommon for English teachers to teach history as well.
"Yes I am sir." I responded. He smiled at me.
"Why don't you come up front and tell us a bit about yourself?" he asked. I smiled and nodded. I stood in front of the chalk board and introduced myself.

"My name is Daniel Eidolon, but you can call me Dan. I'm 17, turning 18 in about a month. I lived in New York until a few days ago, where my guardian educated me himself, but he recently got a lot of work piled onto him, so I came here to attend high school. I speak 7 languages, I have quite an affinity for the sciences, I play the flute and the guitar, and I am a black belt in 4 different martial arts." I said, giving basic information.
"And yes, my hair and eyes are natural. So are the fangs." I added, giving a vampire hiss and receiving a few laughs.
"Vampires are hot." Paulina said out loud. I ignored her.
"Any questions?" I asked. About a dozen hands went up. I pointed to Kwan.
"You play any sports?" he asked.
"No, like I said, I'm a martial artist, does that count?" I responded. I pointed to Star.
"You said you lived with your guardian who homeschooled you, what happened to your parents?" she asked. I shrugged.
"I don't really know, they died when I was 13, so my custody was given to my guardian." I responded.
"Anyone else?" I asked. Paulina spoke up.
"What's with the all black outfit?" she asked. I smirked.
"Does my gothic style disturb you?" I answered with a question.
"You're a goth?" Sam asked.
"Why yes, yes I am. Judging by your attire, I would say I'm not alone in that regard, correct?" Sam nodded in reponse.
"Who would've thought goth could look so good?" Paulina asked flirtatiously.
"All you would have to do is look at Ms Manson, and you'd have known." I responded, earning a blush from Sam. There weren't any more questions, so I sat at the chair next to Sam, who was still blushing.

"Alright, we were just finishing up on World War 1; can anyone tell me when it started?" Mr Lancer asked.
"Ms Sanchez?" Paulina looked at him.
"Uh, a long time ago?" she responded. Mr Lancer sighed.
"Ms Manson?" he asked. Sam didn't answer; she was staring out the window.
"Ms Manson." He said again, snapping her out of her daze.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"World War 1? Started when?" he asked her with a sigh.
"Uh, I don't know." She responded.
"1914." I said. Mr Lancer looked at me.
"Thank you, Ms Manson." He said sarcastically.
"Anytime." I responded, earning chuckles from the class. Mr Lancer rolled his eyes.
"Can anyone tell me when WW1 ended?" he asked.
"1918." I responded with a grin, earning a frustrated look from him.
"I'm very good with dates sir." I told him.
"Is that so?" he asked. I nodded.
"Fine, keep it to the year." He said. I nodded and made a go-ahead gesture.
"The fall of the Berlin wall."
"1989."
"Civil Rights Act."
"1964."
"JFK assassination."
"1963."
"Martin Luther King."
"1968."
"Linoln."
"1865."
"The battle of Gettysburg."
"1863."
"Korean War."
"1950 to 1953."
"Manhattan Project."
"1945."
"American revolution."
"1775 to 1781." Mr Lancer put a smirk on.
"It ended in 1780." He said triumphantly.
"It was 1781, Sir." I responded, earning an unpleased look from Mr Lancer.
"Will someone please look it up?" A few people took out their cell phones.
"It was 1781." Star said. I smirked at him, and the class applauded me. Mr Lancer just looked at me, and went on with the lesson.
"Nicely done." Sam whispered to me. I smiled at her.
"Thank you." I whispered back.

The rest of History passed without incident, as well as Chemistry and Biology. Sam and I were headed to our lockers, and I heard someone throw a football behind me. It was headed straight towards me. I turned around, and caught the ball with one hand.
"Is this yours?" I asked the jocks behind me and threw it back them, hard. Dash caught it, and fell back. He got up and shrugged it off, as if it never happened.
"So, goth girl, who's the new freak? Your boyfriend?" He teased. Sam looked at him angrily.
"So what if I am?" I asked him before Sam could say anything.
"And who here is a freak?" I continued.
"Is it Sam for her gothic nature? Tucker for his love of technology? Valerie because she's dating Tucker? Or perhaps me for my own gothic nature, coupled with my unusual appearance?" I asked. Dash looked at me angrily.
"Exactly, freak." He said with venom in his voice.
"I see then. Well, your logic is flawed." I said to him. Dash started to growl at me.
"If I am freak for being goth, then you are freak for being a jock." I told him.
"What did you say?!" he exclaimed.
"You heard me. Also, by your logic, Kwan is a freak for being Asian, and Paulina is freak for being overly obsessed with her apparent beauty." I said calmly.
"So, I guarantee you, Dashiel, I am no freak, nor is Sam." I finished my little speech. Dash growled at me.

"Circle him." he said to the jocks, and they surrounded me.
"Uh, Dash… You may want to-" Kwan started, but was cut off by Dash.
"Shut it Kwan!" he exclaimed and joined his friends in the circle.
"This guy needs to be taught a lesson." Dash growled.
"Dan, this isn't good." Sam said to me. I smiled at her.
"Don't worry about, I can handle them." I said, taking a battle stance.
"I'm waiting Dashiel." I said to Dash. He growled and one of the jocks lunged at me. I blocked the sloppy punch and tripped the jock, earning wide eyes from the crowd that had developed. 2 more jocks lunged at me, and I knocked them back with a split kick. 1 by 1, the jocks fell at my hand, until Dash was all that was left. He was looking at me with a look of anger and fear, but mostly fear.
"You should have listened to Kwan. If you had, you would know that I am a black belt in 4 different martial arts." I said to him. He looked at me with wide eyes, and dropped his stance. He just walked away, as if he hadn't a care in the world, but I could tell he very shaken up.

"Dan, wow…" Tucker said as I went back to them.
"That was awesome." Valerie said.
"You certainly taught Dash a lesson." Sam commented. I smiled.
"Why thank you, all of you. I really can't stand guys like that." I said.
"Well, Dash will definitely think twice before trying anything with you again." Sam said with a smile.
"Maybe, but I don't think his attention span is much more than that of a sparrow, so who knows?" I asked, making them laugh. Sam really was beautiful when she laughed. I realized what I thought, and shook my head to get those thoughts out of my mind. The others were confused, but didn't think ask about it.

While Tucker and Valerie went to the cafeteria, Sam and I went to get our books for the next few lessons. As we were switching our books, I smelt overpriced perfume from behind me.
"Hey there Dan." The voice of Paulina said from behind me in a flirtatious tone.
"Paulina, correct?" I asked.
"Yep." She said with a smile.
"You said you speak 7 languages?" she asked curiously. I nodded.
"Does that include Latin?" the Latina girl asked, in Latin.
"Indeed it does." I responded in Latin as well.
"It also includes: English, Spanish, Russian, Greek, French, and Japanese." I told her. She smiled at me brightly.
"Do you want to eat lunch with us?" she asked sweetly.
"No thanks, I'll be eating with Sam, Tucker and Valerie." I told her and closed my locker. She pouted and wrapped her arms around my arm.
"Come on, please?" she asked with whine.
"I'm sorry, but no." She just pouted harder.
"I'm sure it will be more fun than eating with this loser." Paulina said, gesturing to Sam. I could sense anger flowing off of Sam in waves. I gave Paulina a glare that could scare Pariah Dark.
"Do not refer to my friend as a loser." I told her sternly. She looked absolutely terrified, and backed away slowly. Sam and I headed for the cafeteria, leaving Paulina absolutely dazed.

"Nicely done, take 3. Though I don't know what you were saying, Paulina was pretty shaken." Sam said with a smile.
"Thank you." I said, smiling back. We went to the cafeteria, and ate our lunch with Tucker and Valerie. Sam was going on about how a veggie diet is better and Tucker was going on about how meat is better, while Valerie and I kept quite.
"Is it always like this?" I asked her, knowing the answer. Valerie sighed.
"Yep, every day they find new ways to tell each other that their diet is better than the other's." she said. I laughed. I could tell my time in Casper High was going to be great, but I only have a little while to enjoy myself. Better make the most of it.

A/N: OK, I know some of the scenes here are similar to Time Master's Apprentice, but I really wanted to add that scene where Dash calls Danny a freak. It's just such a good scene. I added my own spin on it though.