Sorry for the wait but here is chapter 2 and I like to thank everyone who voted on my profile it was all a big help since I couldn't decide on anything for a long time. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer vacation. I'm going to try and update as much as possible for all my stories since next school year promises to be a killer. Maybe I shouldn't have signed up for so many hard classes…that's something to worry about later for now enjoy this piece of work that proves I still have some sanity left.

Or not…

Chapter 2

First Day

Nervous.

That was the most perfect word to describe the young hybrid at the moment. But why should he be nervous anyway? Sure he was going to a new school where he wouldn't know anyone at all, had no Sam or Tucker by his side to help him, be behind and possibly held back a year because he came in really late, have to deal with hiding his secret a bit more, have to make new friends and get used to new teachers and strange new classes, and will most likely be the perfect target for any bullies at a school for super powered teenagers like himself.

Yep, there was nothing to be nervous about .

Or at least that's what Danny kept on telling himself as he walked down his street to the 'bus stop' clutching his backpack's strap hard enough to turn his knuckles white. With each step he took he was starting to sort of wish he hadn't called Principal Powers a few days ago. But there was no turning back now.

When Danny had called the strange woman he had just wanted to know a bit more of the school, mostly out of curiosity. From what Powers had told him over the phone it definitely sounding interesting enough and could really prove to be a good thing in the long run. The prospect of a school for kids like him would mean that for once he wouldn't feel like such a freak and for once be considered normal by his fellow peers. And from what Powers had said the school sounded safe enough if even Tucker couldn't even track down any information or references about Sky High.

When he had informed Jazz on what had happened she was delighted at the idea of her little brother attending a school that he was well suited for and would be able to give him valuable knowledge that was sure to help him a lot more that regular high school would. Both of his friends had also thought it was a good idea for him to go as well and promised that they would deal with any ghost problems that turned up during school hours while Jazz would deal with any questions that their parents might have along with the school.

It hadn't been that hard at all to convince the Fenton children's parents to let their youngest son go off to a new school so suddenly and when the local high school's school year had already started. A simple over shadowing from Danny's part a few forged papers and cover up story from Jazz, Sam, and Tucker's part made it easy for not only the adult Fentons to be convinced, but also the school so that no red flags were raised in the sudden disappearance of Danny Fenton during school hours for the entire year.

Danny could have sworn, when he was over shadowing his parents to meet with the principal so that they could tell her that their son would no longer be attending Caper that he had heard the teacher who was responsible for holding all detentions give out a whoop of joy from the other side of the door. Either way, the next day at school he had emptied out his locker and was a given a farewell beating from Dash who was infuriated that he now had to look for a new main victim to pick on from then on until graduation three years from now.

'Well that's one good thing about going to a new school,' Danny thought to himself smiling as he turned the corner at the end of his street, 'I won't have to deal with Dash anymore.' Still that didn't mean there weren't going to be bullies at his new school and considering they had super powers as well Danny could only imagine the type of torture that could be inflicted on him. 'But Principal Powers did say that students weren't allowed to use their powers during school hours unless they had permission from a teacher,' Danny thought hopefully before a side remarked completely crushed that small fantasy. "Yeah but just because it's against the rules doesn't mean they won't do it," he scoffed remembering that, although Dash was a total moron, he knew ways to bend the rules and never get caught by any of the teachers when he was tormenting those weaker than him.

Who's to say the bullies at Sky High would be any different than the bullies at Casper High? They were both high schools after all.

The only difference was that now maybe he'd be on fairground since he had super powers as well… meaning that he wouldn't have to take any crud from bullies this year. Danny smirked at the thought but brought himself back to the real world. 'But these guys could be more powerful than me and considering they'd have a head start on how their powers work since most of these kids would have come from families where they already had someone with super powers,' he thought bitterly full of doubt now.

How would he appear to his classmates that he hadn't inherited his powers from his parents or grandparents or rather got them through a freak accident in his parents' lab just a little over a year ago? Would they think of his has strange or weird, would they judge him instantly and dub him the school's freak, would they look down on him because he hadn't had any proper training on how to use his powers? Sure he had been doing the whole 'super hero' thing for a while now and he was actually pretty good at it, but what was to say that these kids wouldn't be even better on the usage of their powers than him or more powerful than him?

'Maybe this isn't such a good idea after all…'

Danny turned to head back the other way but was cut off when he came face to face with Jazz, Sam, and Tucker who all blocked his way with their arms crossed. "And just where do you think you're going?" Sam asked raising an eyebrow with a bit of a pointed look.

Danny's mind raced to find a good excuse and avoid the whole third degree his friends and sister were sure to give him, "I was just…"

"…About to make a break for it?" Tucker finished for him.

"Uh, no… oh course not!" Danny stuttered nervously rubbing the back of his neck, "I was just going to go…and get my lunch! Yeah I forgot it and was just going to go home and get it." He pointed in the direction of his house and started to walk around the human blockade on the sidewalk. "Sooo…I'll just go and get it then."

"Oh no you don't dude," Tucker said holding his arm out to the side gripping onto the back of Danny's retreating shirt and yanked his friend back in front of them making the blue-eyed boy stumble a bit before regaining his balance, "You're not going anywhere."

"Except your new school," Jazz added smiling and raising an eye brow knowingly. She reached into her own backpack and pulled out a brown paper bag and tossed it to her younger brother, who caught it easily and looked up at her. "There, now you don't have to go back." She said smugly.

Well that just blew that excuse out of the water so Danny came up with another one that may not have the slightest chance of working but he could at least try. "Yeah but… there's a ghost and so I guess I better go and catch it." He tried to walk away again but was blocked off by Sam who had her arms crossed and looked at his sternly.

"Danny your going and that's that and no excuse is going to get you out of it," she grabbed a hold of his shoulders with her hands and turned him around and started to march/push him to where the strange elder woman had informed the ghost boy that the bus to Sky High would pick him up. Danny opened his mouth to protest but as if by reading his mind Sam rolled her eyes, "And Danny for the last time everything will be fine alright," she repeated for what seemed like the umpteenth time. "Tuck and I can handle it and Jazz can always help out."

"I know it's just that—" Danny started but Sam cut him off with a slight glare.

"What? You don't think we're cable enough to handle things on your own while you're gone?" Sam crossed her arms giving him a dry look.

Danny held up his hands as a sign of peace hoping not to trigger her temper (something he had learned to avoid at all costs), "No it's not that it's just…"

"Just what Danny?" Sam restated not once letting up on her glare. She knew full well that she could get Danny to listen to her when she used this 'look', it was so far the only effective tool that could penetrate Danny's well-known stubbornness long enough for him to hear the voice of reason before he did anything stupid or rash. "Look," she sighed, "We get that you might be a little apprehensive about going to this new school and leaving us to deal with the ghosts here while your off who knows where." Sam placed a hand on his shoulder and looked at him with a caring smile, "But everything is going to be alright, Tuck and I have it cover."

"And besides Danny," Jazz joined in adding her bit of advice as his older sister, "This is a great opportunity to be normal for a change. You're always saying how sometimes you just want to be a normal kid," she pointed out.

"If you count the fact that he's going to a high school full of super powered teenagers in a building that it somehow floating miles above in the sky and is constantly on the move, then yeah… Danny will be perfectly normal." Tucker quipped with his famous humor that earned his a frosty glare from Sam, "Right shutting up now."

"What he means is… that for once you won't have to worry about ghosts butting into you school life anymore and for once be semi-normal for a change."

"Yeah I guess your—hey wait a minute!" Danny glared at his sister not missing the jib at him, "What's that supposed to mean?" he asked accusingly.

Jazz rolled her eyes at her little brother's cluelessness; it would just be one of those things that she will never be able to comprehend no matter how many psychology books and classes she takes. How her brother can somehow create an effective battle plan against a large arrange of opponents in just a minute but he could realize the most obvious things even if they were right in front of him, was something that will still remain a mystery. "Come on Danny, we're Fentons meaning that we can't be completely normal even if we try and in your case it's down right impossible," she said in her usual all-knowing-sister kind of way.

Danny was about to retort to that but his face fell and he closed his mouth and sighed, "Yeah, true," he admitted knowing how right his sister was. He came from a family that had been hunting down paranormal beings since the sixteen hundreds for crying out loud!

Jazz smiled encouragingly to him, "Danny just relax alright, everything will be fine okay," she said reassuringly.

"But what if there's an emergency that you guys, Mom, Dad, or even Val can't handle?" Danny pressed on worriedly as a huge list of things that could go wrong flashed in his mind.

Sam rolled her eyes; it was just typical Danny to be so overprotective of them and stubborn enough to teach mule a few lessons. "Danny we can handle it we've been helping you hunt ghosts since you first got your powers and most of them that have been showing up are class D ghosts anyway so it should be a snap capturing them."

"That's right dude," Tucker added, "and your parents can hunt down a few of the as well," Danny gave the techno geek a dry look at that last sentence. "Well your mom anyways…"

At long last Danny seemed to be giving in a bit, "Yeah your right, and Valerie is pretty good too so I'm sure she can take care of some of the harder ones," he said brightly not noticing the way Sam's scowl or the way her left eye twitched at the mention of the other ghost hunter.

"Sure, she'll be a big help," she said a bit strained trying to keep the jealousy out of her voice. Tucker snickered a bit before Sam dug her elbow into his gut making the boy stop and grumble in pain from such abuse. Danny blinked in confusion as to his friends' strange behavior when Jazz snapped him out of it.

"And if there is an emergency we can always call you on your cell phone and you can fly back to Amity," she reasoned.

"But what if I don't know where I am?" Danny said worriedly, knowing that the school had a force field around it that prevented all cell phone calls from being traced and any tracking device from working so it would be hard for Tucker to lead him back from where ever the school was.

"Don't sweat it dude," Tucker started to tap at the screen of his PDA and opened up his GPS navigation system he had installed in there, "All you just have to do is fly out of range of the electromagnetic field and then I'll home in on your cell's signal and then send you your location onto your phone and there you go, problem solved." Tucker said happily at his own brilliance.

"Though I doubt anything big will happen," Sam said, "I mean there haven't been any major ghosts attacking lately so I think we're safe for now."

"But how will you guys know when there's a ghost?" Sam pulled out a small device from her pocket that looked similar to a Nintendo DS. It was so much more than that though, it was a ghost detector and scanner as well able to locate and identify a ghost based on their ecto signature. It was more for Sam and Tucker's use than Danny's since he pretty much had a built in one known as his ghost sense.

"Tuck programmed it so that it just turns on whenever there are any ghosts near by—"

"And we can still play games on it!" Tucker added happily snatching the device from Sam and starting it up. Instead of the usual white screens there was a radar with a blinking red dot on it on the bottom screen and on the top one was a picture of Danny's alter ego, Phantom, on it along with a few notes next to it that included things like his ecto signature and class. He held it up to his best friend to see. "And look if we press to the side here…" he touched the side of the bottom screen and immediately it switched to Blowing Stuff Up 2, "Tada! It switches to the game just in case anybody might be close by, so it looks like we're just playing. I call it a Ghost DS."

"Lame name aside," Sam said annoyed. Tucker stuck out his tongue at her which she returned with a frosty glare of her own, "See everything is totally covered."

"She's right, Danny you just worry about school and we'll worry about the ghosts," Jazz said to her brother.

Sighing in defeat, knowing it was pointless to argue with them any longer, Danny looked up at her, "Fine, but only until three thirty." He said the last part stubbornly.

"Sure thing little brother," she playfully ruffled his hair.

"Hey!" Danny said pretending to be mad at the small display of sisterly affection.

"Now go," Jazz pushed the ghost teen in the right direction towards his bus stop, "You don't want to be late." Danny smiled and waved good-bye as his friends watched him go off and once they were sure that he wasn't going to back down they went the opposite way towards Casper High.

The ghost hybrid teenager walked to the bus stop, that was just right around the next corner, that Principal Powers had told him to go to and right on time too as just as he got there the bus did to pulling to a stop in front of him. It pretty much looked like any other school bus and at first Danny was a bit skeptical about how in the world this thing would be able to transport him to a school that floated on an island way up in the sky, but shrugged him off when he recalled one of the most important lessons he's learned since becoming a ghost fighting super hero…

Nothing is ever what it seems.

The yellow bus' doors opened to reveal a rather fat man sitting in the driver's seat. He was wearing a white button up shirt with plain light green pants and an orange and white baseball cap. "Hi there," he greeted in a warm and friendly tone, he grabbed a clipboard from on top of the head board and glanced down at it skimming through whatever was written on there. He looked back up when he found it, "You must be… Daniel Fenton, am I right?"

"Actually I prefer Danny," Danny said a little nervously, taking an even tighter hold on the strap of his back pack.

"Well all right then Danny, don't just stand there, hop on aboard," Danny nodded embarrassed and stepped on board, the doors behind him slid closed. The bus driver held out his hand for Danny to shake, "Welcome Danny, I'm Ron Wilson, bus driver," Danny took the man's hand and have a firm but short shake.

"Nice to meet you," the youth replied politely.

"Now there are a few things you ought to know about this bus—"

"It smells like rotten fish tacos when ever Ronny eats beans for breakfast!" one kid in the back called out. There were a few snickers from the kids that were already on the bus.

Ron Wilson looked a bit embarrassed, "Hey watch it there," he warned getting up from his seat and wagging a finger at a kid in the back, "Or I'll report you to Principal Powers, how'd you like a detention on your first day back at Sky High?"

That at least shut the kid up, Danny had been standing there quietly not saying anything and returned his attention to the bus driver name Ron Wilson sat back down he cleared his throat before resuming with whatever he was about to say. "As I was saying… There are two things you need to know about the bus is that number one, it waits for no one, you miss it, you're out of luck; number two is that no using your powers on the bus. That is strictly prohibited, is that clear?" Danny nodded in understandment. "All right then, just go on ahead and sit where ever there's a vacant seat."

"Um…okay," Danny said meekly.

The bus driver sat back down and the raven haired teen felt the bus pull out and begin to move with the familiar scenic view of his home town passing by outside the windows. Danny's eyes quickly studied the faces of the teenagers on the yellow bus, taking note of who looked like they wouldn't bother him or wouldn't be bothered by him and who looked like someone he should stay a long distance away from.

"Hey new kid," a tall kid who had almost white blonde hair and was wearing a white polo shirt with yellow green baggy shorts waved over to Danny beckoning him to come over to where was near the back of the bus. "There's a seat open over here."

Danny felt a sigh of relief escape him as he walked to where the tall boy was and sat down on the aisle seat next to him, where a boy with glasses in an orange dress shirt and green tie, who sort of reminded Danny of Tucker a bit, was sitting in the window seat next to the ghost boy. Next to the boy who had called out to him was a girl who wore mostly purples and black, with purple streaks in her hair that with her arms crossed looking slightly bored reminding Danny largely of Sam.

"Thanks," Danny smiled appreciably.

"Hey, it's no problem," the tall blonde boy shrugged off, "I'm Zach by the way." He held out his hand which Danny took and shook.

"Nice to meet you,"

Zach smiled and cocked his head, "Also better known as the Zack Attack," he added making a poor attempt at sounding cool.

The purple girl gave him a look of annoyance, "Right… in your dreams Zach," she busted his little fantasy moment mercilessly making the boy look at her in disbelief that was also emphasized with his hands.

"Seriously Magenta, you couldn't let me have this one moment?"

"Nope," the girl named Magenta answered bluntly. She then ignored Zach and turned her attention to the new kid on the bus, "Nice to meet you, I'm Magenta by the way," she greeted warmly. "That's Ethan," she pointed to the boy sitting next to Danny. He smiled and waved at Danny who waved back.

"Nice to meet you both," Danny greeted politely and gave them his name. "I'm Danny, Danny Fenton."

"Same here," Ethan said with a cheery smile, "So are you new to Sky High, 'cause… I've never seen you at school before." Ethan asked a little curious.

"Yeah," Danny rubbed the back of his head a bit nervous, "This'll be my fist day at Sky High," he admitted a bit embarrassed looking down at the floor a bit shy.

"Hey don't sweat bro. First day of Sky High is a breeze," Zach said confidently with a laid back tone.

"Unless you count Power Placement with Coach Boomer," Ethan added with a slight snort.

"Power Placement…?" Danny repeated a bit confused.

Magenta leaned over to the blue-eyed boy, "Every new student goes through it, it's where they decide what classes you should take depending on your power or ability," she informed him then gave him a shrug, "Basically it's to decide where you should be…"

"A hero or a sidekick," Zach finished for her uncaringly.

Danny blinked at them blankly, he had thought that the students at this school were all heroes and he voiced his confusion out loud, "But isn't Sky High for heroes in the making?"

"Not quite… See Sky High is for kids with powers of some sort, like us, but that doesn't mean that they'll all be heroes." Ethan explained, seeing that Danny was still a bit out of the loop he continued, "You see, just because a kid has super powers it doesn't mean that they're meant to be a hero some kids become super heroes or super hero sidekicks when they graduate, others become villains, and some prefer to just live as regular people. Basically Sky High is meant to just help us learn how to use our powers what we do after graduation is pretty much up to the individual." Danny nodded taking in all that he had just been told. "And depending on what power you have pretty much decides if you'll end up as a sidekick or hero."

"Okay, I think I get. So what are you guys?" Danny pried a bit curious.

"We used to be sidekicks, but after proving just how awesome we were last year at the homecoming dance, they decided to promote us to Heroes this year," Zach boasted proudly.

"Really? That's sounds pretty cool,"

"Pretty cool indeed," Zach smiled looking off into the distance, "Yeah… I guess they finally realized what useful power I have."

"So what is it," Danny asked.

"Well I don't mean to brag or anything…but uh…I have the power to illuminate any area consumed by darkness."

"Meaning…?" Danny asked blankly.

Zach opened his mouth but Magenta covered it up before he could say another word, "He glows in the dark." She said finally removing her hand away from her friend's mouth.

Seeing the look on Danny's face Zach instantly defended himself, "Hey! It's really useful alright!" He began looking for examples that would prove a strong case, "Okay, okay… say that you're in a dark room… and you're all tied up right? And you're looking for something to cut the rope with…" he clapped and rubbed his hands together, "Well I'm your man."

"Okay… so what about you and Ethan?" Danny asked.

"I'm a shape shifter," Magenta said simply without any of Zach's boasting or cocky attitude.

"That sounds pretty cool," Danny admitted. "What can you change into?"

"A guinea pig,"

"A really cute fluffyone with little cute—OW!" Zach cried out clutching his side where Magenta had slammed her elbow into his ribs to shut him up.

"What about you?" Danny asked Ethan changing the focus from Magenta.

"I can melt," Ethan said.

"So you can change the stature of your molecular structure?" Danny clarified.

"Hey yeah! That sounds way cooler!" Ethan said happily.

Zach tugged at Danny's sleeve to get his attention and whispered to him, "Well actually it's more like he just makes himself into a puddle…" But Ethan had heard the comment anyways.

"Hey! Becoming a puddle is pretty useful alright," he protested.

"Not as useful as my power," smirked Zach.

"Right, you'd be pretty useful as a night light for some scared little kid whose afraid of the dark," scoffed Ethan.

"You mean like you," Zach shot back playfully.

"Hey, I have not slept with a night light for a long time now alright," Ethan replied.

"You slept with one last week when we saw Slasher Bloodbath 3," Zach grinned with a pointed look.

"Well at least I wasn't the one who—"

"GUYS!" Magenta cried out silencing the bickering boys, "Would you cut it out," she scowled making the two teenage boys shrink back in their seats, "Geeze you're both can be such a pain. Sorry about these two," she addressed to Danny pointing at Zach and Ethan, "Their brains haven't quite fully gotten out of the whole 'kindergarten phase'," she emphasized with her fingers. Both boys gave her a glare, which she blandly ignored giving her full attention to the shy teen, "So what kind of power do you have?"

"Well I…" Danny started to say but was cut off when the bus's speaker set came on.

"Alright everyone buckle up 'cause next stop Sky High," Ron Wilson said through the electronic machine that buzzed a bit when Ron finished his announcement and placed the microphone back in its place with a thump that was amplified before the sound cut off entirely. Danny could feel the bus as it picked up speed going much faster than any regular school bus was allowed to go, or was even cable of going. They were now driving away from Amity Park and speeding down a road was pretty much devoid of any cars or vehicles. Danny could no longer see and familiar settings or landscapes as nothing but tall trees flew by the windows in a green blur.

Suddenly belt straps fastened around his waist and chest making the boy frantic and on the verge of panicking. Danny looked around the bus to observe the situation in order to access the best possible way to escape from a bus going way over the state approved speed limit, and oddly enough most of the kids on the bus were all calm and cool, and some were even smiling in anticipation…but anticipation for what?

Ethan noticed the way that the new kid next to him was shifting nervously and his seat and trying to unhook the belt and placed a hand on his shoulder, "Hey relax man, everything's fine alright," he said calmingly but that still didn't get the ghost hybrid to calm down. In fact as the bus began to lurch he made even more frantic attempts to get out.

Zach decided to give it try, "Dude, try to seriously calm down okay, this is no big deal." Danny just looked at the tall boy like he had some sort of rare mental medical condition that he had forgotten to take his medication for that day.

"Really, there's nothing to worry about Danny," Magenta added confidently. There was a strong lurch as the bus seemed to give a strong jump and before Danny knew it, there were jet wings on both sides on the bus complete with a set of hyper beam rockets and he could hear the familiar whirl of rockets powering up and ready to take off. "But you might want to hold on tight…"

She did not need to tell Danny twice, in fact, he had been already clutching his seat as tightly as possible when the bus had taken off completely off the ground and into the sky at a speed that he had only endured once, in his short fifteen years of life, and that was when he had ridden on the outside of a NASA space shuttle during the whole thing with Freakshow. His grip on the seat was hard enough to almost tear away the sturdy leather covering with his ghostly strength.

Danny and one or two other kids were the only ones who were not enjoying the ride, all the other kids, who had been to Sky High for at least a year now were all shouting in joy and raising their arms like it was some roller coaster ride. If it weren't for the fact that he was in a bus that had jet rockets attached to it, Danny would have thought he was on an amusement park ride. The bus made a couple of loops that made the young hybrid thankful that he had skipped breakfast out of nervousness or he would have spewed—leading to a very bad (and embarrassing) first day…and before school had even started too!

Danny looked out the window to no longer see any familiar landscapes but a familiar cloud line in the sky and just the sight made him relax a bit. "So does this happen every day?" he asked still a bit jumpy from the whole experience.

"Pretty much," Ethan answered nodding his head, "It's really fun when you get used to it…though I'd try not to eat a big lunch before school…if you know what I mean." He warned the ghost boy who now understood perfectly why.

"Yeah, 'cause this one time, this kid came on the bus after scarfing down like ten king sized chocolate bars and an entire pizza and he ended up throwing all over the bus floor… and on this one poor girl in front of him," Zach said getting a sympathetic look on his face as he recalled the incident. "She could never look at a bus the same way…or wear that sweater again."

"Riiiiight, so what Sky High like then," Danny quickly changed the topic away from puking.

Zach sniffed and popped his collar, "Well… let's just say that I'm the big man on campus," he said pretending to look at his nails and then draped one of his long gangly arms around Danny, "So if you ever need anything I'm the man to talk to."

"On what planet?" snorted Magenta giving Zach a look of disbelief, "Last time I checked, you still needed help from Will just to open your locker so you wouldn't strain yourself."

"It was one time alright, ONE TIME!" Zach held up his right pointer finger then pointed at Magenta, "And you just can't let it go, can you…?"

"Nope," she chirped happily making Zach slump in his seat with his arms crossed.

"You really need to work on your people skills Maj, your seriously bringing down my mojo,"

"And you really need to work on the way you dress so that it doesn't look like your mother dresses you," she shot back.

"Oooh, you just burned!" Ethan said to Zach trying hard not to laugh who made a face at him.

Magenta rolled her eyes and leaned to over to talk to Danny, "Seriously, Sky High is just like regular school you got classes, teachers, students…"

"…meat loaf that nobody knows what exactly is in it, favoritism over some students, and let's not forget the ever popular—ouch! Hey that hurt, you don't go throwing books at—ow!" Zach was rubbing his injured shoulder and starring at Magenta who glared back with a clear message to shut up all ready.

But Danny just laughed and gave a small shrug, "So basically it's just like regular high school?"

"Yeah…pretty much," Zach whispered taking deep breaths to try and help his aching shoulder and side where his friend had pretty much maimed him with her textbook.

"Future saviors and protectors of this planet may I have your attention please. We are now arriving at Sky High so prepare for landing." The intercom cut off and Danny looked out the window as the bus slowed down and a curtain of clouds drew back to show a large semi sphere island floating in the air and on top was a school with a large main building, several side buildings and a large front lawn area where several buses were already parked and kids were catching up with friends after a summer of being apart from one another.

"Well there she is," Ethan announced with a sigh. "Sky High... You might want to hold on to something," he warned Danny as the bus came to where the other buses were parked.

Danny raised his eyebrow in confusion, "Why?"The ghost boy was thrown forward and almost collided his head with the back of the seat in front of him when the bus landed on the pavement. Had he not put his hands in front of him and had almost, out of pure instinct gone intangible, but managed to stop himself at the last second so that he wouldn't look like a fool.

"That's why. You see Ron's a great guy and bus driver and all it's just that…well…" Ethan faltered as he looked for the right words that wouldn't sound too rude and inconsiderate. Magenta however showed no mercy or remorse with saying the blunt truth.

"His parking sucks," she got up from her seat swinging her bag over her shoulder following the line of kids out the bus.

Danny nodded and got up from his seat, now that the belt was no longer holding him down, and followed in pursuit towards the exit of the bus. As he was stepping out Ron called out to everyone, reminding them of the same thing that he had said to Danny before, "Remember, the bus waits for no one, so don't be late!"

The ghost boy took a nervous breath in and observed his surroundings in awe; it was hard to believe that he was standing on a floating metallic dome above the clouds over who knows where. The main building was large and the front had a glass looking exterior several stories tall, next to it was a smaller building that the teen suspected to be the gymnasium, and on the other side was a smaller building that housed the cafeteria, office, auditorium, and school clinic. A large spacious and green lawn was in front of the school where Danny currently was.

Students were busy chatting with old friends and some students were arriving by flying and landing gracefully on the concrete of the sidewalk like paths. There even some kids playing with a large green and white ball that had a red star on top, Danny blinked in amazement when the ball suddenly changed into a blonde girl with pig tails, in similar clothing colors as the ball that had just been there that looked around his age. All around were teenagers that looked pretty ordinary and if it weren't for the usage of powers at random times the blue eyed boy would have been fooled to think that this was just a regular school.

Danny was taken away from his thoughts by Ethan when he placed a hand on his shoulder making the hybrid jump, "Whoa jumpy much?" Ethan chuckled at the boy's nervousness.

"Yeah, I guess," Danny rubbed the back of his head a bit embarrassed by his anxiety.

"Don't," Magenta said, "Just get through power placement and then the hard part is over."

"Just be sure not to get on Coach Boomer's bad side," Zach advised as the four of them walked to the front doors.

Before Danny could ask who Coach Boomer was Magenta seemed to have read his mind and filled him in, "Coach Boomer is the one who's in charge of deciding if you're a hero or a sidekick. But the guy has a really short temper, so unless you want to be getting yelled at a lot stay clear of him or you might just have to get a hearing aide form the nurse." Danny was pretty much confused on what she had meant by that but figured he'd find out soon enough on his own.

"ATTENTION ALL NEW STUDENTS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE GYMNASIUM FOR POWER PLACEMENT. HAVE A NICE DAY AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE CLASSES WILL BEGIN AFTER HOMEROOM PLEASE LOOK ON THE BULLITIN BOARD FOR YOUR ASSIGNED HOMEROOM. THAT IS ALL."

Zach draped an arm over Danny and lead him into the building, "Come on I'll show you where the gym is,"

"Thanks," Danny sighed happily letting go of his fear of getting lost and not knowing where to go.

"Sure thing it's this way,"

They walked inside and turned a left into a hall way that had classroom doors on both sides, the halls were full of students opening and closing their lockers, storing stuff that they would need later or just didn't want at all and there were two guys, one big and fat one and the other was tall and skinny, stuffing a younger new kid in a locker and laughing as they did it. Magenta caught him starring at the two boys who laughed and high fived each other then walked away leaving the other behind shouting for help, in the process the tripped one kid making him spill his drink and knocked another's books from their hands. "That's Lash and Speed, those guys are bad news," she warned.

"Last year they were in this whole evil plot to turn everyone here into babies so that they'd be raised into super villains," Ethan informed Danny as they took a turn and continued on their way.

"And they would have gotten away with it too if it were for yours truly right here, the Zack Attack," Zach struck a pose in a overly dramatic way making Magenta roll her eyes at him before shoving him aside so that he landed in a trash bin.

"We all helped in saving the school," she said a bit proudly.

"Wow, that's amazing," Danny said amazed.

"Yep, and this year, thanks to our heroics, we've been placed into hero classes instead of sidekick classes." Ethan smiled, "Meaning that now there are a lot more girls that are willing to talk to me," he rubbed his hands eagerly at the prospect of finally having a date.

"Okay here we are," Magenta announced starring up at the letters above the double doors that clearly read 'GYMNASIUM'. Zach had finally managed to get out of the trash bin and had caught up with them a little out of breath the stood up straight.

"Well good luck Danny," Zach patted his back.

"See-ya," Magenta gave him a two fingered salute then turned to walk back the way they came from.

"Bye Danny," Ethan shook his hand, "Why don't you sit with us during lunch?" he asked.

Danny gratefully accepted the invitation, "Sure thing,"

"Cool, so we'll see you then," Ethan waved good-bye and hurried to catch up with the purple clothed girl.

"See you at lunch, man," Zach said, "And if you want I show you around later,"

"Sure thing," Danny replied politely.

"And remember if you need anything, just give me a call," Zach said then bid the ghost boy adieu, "Peace yo," he gave him a peace sign and turned running down the hall, "Hey guys wait up!"

Danny stood outside starring where the three had gone and then sighed turning his gaze up to the sign then at the doors. "Well here goes nothing," he said to himself and steeled himself for what was in there. He opened the doors and peered inside before stepping inside himself, there were already several kids inside, around fifty or so waiting anxiously for what would pretty much determine the bulk of their education for the next four years.

Walking towards them he could feel a few eyes on him, making him feel a little uncomfortable, but then they were quickly diverted towards something else as a familiar white comet came through the doors of the gym and flew above the students who watched in awe as the comet circled a few times before landing and in its place was the same woman who had informed Danny about this institution in the first place.

"Good morning students," she greeted warmly with a welcoming smile, "I am Principal Powers and I will like to welcome you all here at Sky High. Here at Sky High we focus on teaching you how to use your powers, now on what you choose to use them for is strictly and entirely up to you, but I should warn you," Powers said firmly with a clear and strict tone that gave Danny the impression that not many liked to cross paths with her, "That the misuse of your powers during school hours is something that won't be tolerated, you are to strictly use your powers here in the gym or when a teacher tells you to do so in a classroom. Is that understood?" There was a murmur of 'yes's' and 'fines', the principal waited until all the teenagers were quiet before continuing, "Now in a few moments you will go through Power Placement in order to determine the best route to take here for the next for your so that you will be supplied with the knowledge you need when you graduate and are on your way." She looked at each and everyone's faces and Danny felt that her eyes lingered on him for a second longer than anyone else but he just shook it off in his mind at him just being paranoid. "Best of luck to each and every one of you." She lifted her arms and shouted, "Comets Away!"

In a similar manner to which she had demonstrated her powers to Danny and his friends just a few days ago, Powers transformed herself into a white comet and flew out of the room just as the door was opened by a man in gym wear, sunglasses, a whistle around his neck, and was carrying a clipboard under his right arm. He dodged the comet coming his way letting it pass and then not giving it a second though making his way towards the new recruits, his white tennis shoes squeaking on the gym floor. Danny couldn't help but feel a little uneasy about this guy just by the cold uncaring look on his face. Apparently his fear wasn't uncommon as another kid beside him gulped nervously. The raven haired teen had to presume that this was the man that his three new acquaintances from this morning had warned him about.

Coach Boomer stopped in front of them and took out his clip board then a remote from his pocket and pressed a button on it as a round plat from rose from the ground he spoke, "Alright ladies, my name is Coach Boomer and some of you might know me as Sonic Boom and others might not have a clue," the man was straight to the point, Danny noticed, and didn't look like the type who liked to consider other people's feeling but rather preferred a blunt and direct approach. "Now then, Power Placement is easy and simple, you will step onto this platform and show me what you power is. I'll then make the decision on where you should be placed hero or sidekick." He stopped and held up a finger, "I have one rule and that is that there will be no complaints on my judgment, so if you don't like where I put you. Well too bad! My word is final, is that understood?" There were a few 'yes sirs' but that didn't seem to be enough for the gym teacher, "DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"

That got a reply from everyone, Danny had felt like his ears were going to pop by the sheer force of the man's voice, now he knew why he was called Coach Boomer. Satisfied at last Coach Boomer continued and looked down at his board and gripped his whistle in his other hand and rasied it to his mouth, "All right then let's get started..."

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Wow a whole fifteen pages long and what nice place to stop too huh? Happy Fourth of July everyone sorry for the wait on this one but at least I finally updated and with a nice long chapter. Please tell me what you all think and now I'm off to work on my other stories.

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