When I woke up it was early I had an extra 30 minutes before I had to get ready but I was up anyway so I hit play on my spotify and got dressed. I put on a pair of boot cut jeans that flattered my ass and a plain black, long sleeve cropped shirt and my boots. After I was done getting ready and ate breakfast I left for school. I got into my car and drove to school, which was conveniently only about a 5-minute drive.

As I parked in the lot I started to see people getting in and off the buses and their cars and just hanging out around the school. As I was getting out of my car I saw the same blond boy and a bunch of other boys in letterman jackets start to corner a black boy that was not nearly as muscular as they were.

I was walking towards the door to the school when suddenly I was knocked down on to the hard pavement and a rock scratched my hand open leaving a small gash

"Mother fucker…" I said under my breath.

I looked up to see what hit me but he somehow was almost at the corner of the school where the jocks were about to beat up the other guy.

"Hey are you alright?" A girl asked me.

"Oh my! Your hand!" thanks I couldn't see that for myself! I thought sarcastically.

"Thanks, I'm fine, some guy ran into me." I replied.

"You must be Samantha Manson! I'm Valerie Grey, I was told we had a new student and I have never seen you before and in a small town and small school you tend to see the new kids."

"Yea I get that… also its just Sam" I replied. I hate Samantha and Sammykins and all those irritating names.

"Well I'm going to go to the bathroom and clean off my hands, thanks again," I said.

"Ok, well if you need any help finding your way around, I'm here! " Valerie replied. She seemed nice. Maybe I would actually make a friend.

I went inside to the bathroom to wash out the gash on my hand, I had some first aid things in my bag just incase for after some of my ghost battles, I also heal pretty fast which comes in handy.

The night before last they sent me my locker information and classes so all I had to do was find my classes. I found my locker and walked to my first class, chemistry. I saw the blond boy and dark haired girl with their posy and I saw a few glances at me and whisper to the head girl. The girl then said something to the blond boy and they started laughing.

Golly don't you just love high school and bitches that you know are laughing at you?

I found the classroom and the teacher didn't make a fuss of me being new in the class, which was a relief I hated being singled out like that. I sat next to the girl Valerie, she seems chill. She shared a few more classes with me, which was nice to have someone to talk to.

We had one more class till lunch; I just had to get through English. I walked into the classroom and the teacher, Mr. Lancer, made me stand in front of the whole class and introduced me as Samantha Manson. It was miserable.

He assigned me a seat in the back because that was one of two seats that were open. I was about to start walking when I got knocked over by some kid. AGAIN. The class laughed at us. I blinked and I looked up and a boy with dark hair a crystal blue eye was they're trying to help me up.

"Thanks but I don't need your help, also thanks for knocking me over for a second time today" I sneered at him and held up my right bandaged hand. The class still laughed at us.

The boys eyes widened, "I am so-" he was then cut off by Mr. Lancer.

"Daniel, I will see you at lunch for your tardiness, now go to your seats."

I found my seat, which thankfully was on the other side of the room from Daniels. The class was long and boring to say the very least, I was zoned out when-

"And the answer Mrs. Manson?"

Crap… this school already hates me and the people do too, wonderful.

"I umm." I muttered

Then the Latina girl from early laughed.

"Well since Mrs. Manson doesn't know the answer what about you Paulina?"

Suddenly she was dead silent. Then after a most miserable class, it finally ended. "Daniel you have to stay for lunch detention for being late."

I went to the cafeteria and looked for a place to sit, when I saw Valerie wave me over.

"So Sam how's your first day at Casper high?"

"Lets see… My day started by being knocked to the ground by and then the classes were ok but then English- "

"You have lancer I'm guessing," she said.

"Yep, now introducing myself to the class is bad enough but just because I'm so lucky the same fucking guy ran over me again!"

Valerie laughed, "man your day sucks! But can't let it get to you!" She gave me a smile, which I returned.
"So you sit with anyone else or is it just your lucky day that I'm here?" I asked.

"Usually I sit with these two guys, Danny and Tucker but Tucker got detention for being on his PDA in class again and I'm not sure where Danny is… Anyways, so your family moved here cuz of work?"

I nodded.

"Now we never moved for work but my daddy had a great job and we had a nice house and I was popular and then we lost it all because of that stupid Phantom ghost kid." She said with a look of disgust on her face.

Ghost kid?

"Ghost kid?"

"Yea about 2 years ago when all these ghost attacks started happening this kid showed up and some people think he is 'saving' people but he just ruined my life so I disagree"

Oh god, I finally make a friend but if she ever found out that I am part ghost she might not like me so much.

"Paulina is totally obsessed with him" Valerie continued, "she has a shrine in her locker for him."

"A whole shrine? That's ridiculous! Also, who's Paulina again?"

"You probably know her as a bitchy Latina Barbie who rules the school"

I could tell Valerie and I were going to be good friends so I decided to mess with her.

"Oh her? She's such a sweetie though!" I replied innocently.

Valerie's face was horrified,

"Nah I'm just kidding, she's a bitch, I think she has already laughed and made fun of me how many times today?"

Valerie laughed, "you scared me for a second there I thought you were a wanna be A-lister!"

"Nah"

Once the lunch period was over we went to the last three classes of the day, two of which I shared with Daniel but he wasn't able to talk to me in either, or knock me over for that matter.

I was able to go to my locker and avoid talking to anyone, except a brief goodbye with Valerie.
"Here's my number, we should hang out when I don't have work! Which I have to be at in the next 20 minutes, so I will see you later!"

Somehow I made it to my car and home without incident, which was amazing. Before I got out off the car I took off the bandage on my hand, it was already healed. Thank you ghost powers! All I needed was for my mom to see the wrappings and start to ask questions.

"Sammykins! Make sure you look nice for dinner tonight! One of the company's that your father invested in invited us to welcome us! Please, try and look like a normal teenage girl… They have a boy your age and a girl who is two years older visiting from Harvard! Never to early to start making connections!" was it possible for my mother to not give an entire monologue the second came home? I thought.

"Yea sure what time?" I asked.

"Be ready by 5:30" she replied.

Fine. Three whole hours to myself.

I was in my room reading my favorite book, Gracelings, when a puff of smoke came out of my mouth. I looked at the clock, 4:50, I needed to make sure to keep it short so I could get ready for the dumb dinner and avoid my mother yelling at me. I felt the tingly sensation in my stomach and saw the blinding rings go up around me. I saw my ghostly reflection in the mirror and flew out of my house looking for where the ghost was. I saw the Nasty Burger when I saw kids running out of it screaming about ghosts, then I saw a big metal thing that looked like a ghost almost laughing. I flew right at it and shot it with an ectoblast knocking the smile of his face.

"Ah who is this? A new friend of the ghost child?"

The ghost child? Was this the same person that Valerie mentioned earlier?

"Nope I'm new in town." then I shot him again.

I was about to shoot again when I was blasted myself. But I was looking right at this ghost? He didn't shoot me… then who did?

I looked and I saw a boy, well teen, and well ghost? He looked like he was my age I guess. He had snow-white hair and glowing green eyes, and was wearing a black jumpsuit with a D on the front. This must be the "ghost child/boy"

The metal ghost said, "Ghost child nice new girl friend you've got but she isn't powerful enough to take me down!"

The boy looked confused and I was confused should I attack? He did attack me but I attacked the other? This was getting very confusing so I decided to just hit the metal one. The boy saw I was going for the other ghost so he helped me and pulled out this thing, well it was a thermos.

"What are you going to do with that? Bring soup!?" I yelled as I dodged a blast from the metal one. I blasted the metal one and while he was distracted the boy pointed the thermos and the metal one got sucked into it.

"Nice a ghost sucking thermos" that's actually pretty awesome I thought to myself.

He then pointed it at me and said, "Do you pose a threat to this town?"

"If I did would I tell you? Also no, I am dare I say, a good ghost. What about you? Should I try to incapacitate you?" I said with a smile.

The boy smiled too realized I was on his side. "No its fine. I am Phantom, I am the protector of Amity Park." He said confidently

"Even though half of its citizens don't think so." He added after. Not so confidently.

"Well Phantom, I'm Spectra."

We both floated there for a second trying to figure the other out, then I realized needed to get home to get ready for the dinner.

"Shit, I just remembered I have to be somewhere, See you around. Phantom"

He smiled and said, " See you later, Spectra."

He is really attractive for a ghost, I thought to myself as I sped home.