Chapter 2

He just nodded. I stood, picked the journal back up, and headed back to my room. I closed the door behind me and tossed the journal on my bed before transforming and flying out into the night sky. I flew up into the clouds and just floated on the wind. I found myself calming down as I floated. I'm not really sure how long I floated for but soon I was interrupted from my musing when I heard a commotion from below. I rolled over to see that there was a ghost boy fighting off Skulker, and not doing to well by the looks of it. I decided to give him a hand. Making a sharp dive I just barely managed to save the kid from getting trapped in one of Skulker's nets.

"Hey thanks, I think," the kid said.

"You're welcome. Give me a minute and I'll have this all sorted out," I said before turning to Skulker, "Hey, back off! Whatever you're here for get lost. I just found Mom's journal so your best bet right now is to hightail it to the ghost zone before I decide to take out my anger on you."

My eyes glowed proving that I was beyond angry and Skulker even cowered.

"Look I was only doing what I was told to do. I was rewarded with new gear," he said.

"Let me guess Vlad gave you gear in exchange for testing me. You know what it doesn't matter just get out of here and tell all the others to stay away from this kid and this town. I'm not joking. You all stay the hell away. If I see any of you I won't hesitate to use you as spectral punching bags," I threatened.

"I'll just be going now. I'll be sure to pass on the message. Just don't hurt me," he said before high tailing it back to the ghost portal he came from.

I watched as he disappeared into the distance.

"How did you do that? I can't even do that," the kid asked.

"It's a long story. Let's just say that he and I go way back," I said turning to him with a tired smirk.

"How do you know Vlad?" he asked with a grimace at the name.

"I'd rather not talk about it. I just found out some pretty harsh truths and I don't want to think about them right now. By the way, where am I?" I asked.

"Welcome to Amity Park, Minnesota. Where are you from?" he asked.

"Minnesota? Wow that was a long float. I was born and raised in Seattle but I was sent to live with my father in Wisconsin after my mom got hit by a semi on the way home from a ghost convention," I said.

"You mean you're a halfa too?" he asked.

"No, I'm only a quarter. The first of my kind," I said with a sad smile.

"How does that work?" he asked.

"Not sure. All I know is that is what I am. So you wanna show me around?" I asked.

"Sure, keep up if you can," he said and took off into the air.

I followed with a laugh. The town was small yet busy. I couldn't help but enjoy myself as the kid showed me all the hot spots and everything else the town had to offer. He talked about his two friends and all the things they did together and it made me kinda wish I could be a part of it. Then I remembered the way he had said Vlad's name and thought that if he knew who my father was he might not want anything to do with me.

"So, you never told me, what's your name?" he asked.

"I'm Violetta, but I go by Letti when I'm human. When I'm ghost it's V. What's your name?" I asked.

"Danny Fenton when I'm human and Danny Phantom when I'm ghost. So got a last name V?" he asked.

"Well, it used to be Carter, but since my father has me now it might change. I'll let you know if it does," I said.

"It sounds like you don't really like your dad," he said.

"I've never had a dad. All I have is a father. He wasn't there when I was growing up so what makes him think I'm gonna let him be there now?" I asked.

"You never know maybe if you give him a chance you'll see that he's not all that bad," he said.

"If you only knew," I said looking toward the ground.

"So-"

"DANNY!" two voices called in the distance.

"Oh crap I was supposed to meet back up with Sam and Tuck," he said.

"I'll be fine go hang with your friends," I said with a soft smile that didn't quite meet my eyes.

"Do you wanna come along with, I'm sure they won't mind?" he asked holding out a hand.

"I don't wanna intrude," I said.

"You're not intruding if you've been asked to join," he said.

"If you insist," I said with a real smile.

He led us down to an alleyway and we changed back to our human selves before he led me over to a goth chick and a tech nerd boy that I assumed were Sam and Tucker.

"Hey guys, I'd like you to meet Letti. I kinda bumped into her and thought I'd invite her along as an apology," he said.

"He-llo Letti. I'm Tucker Foley and might I say you look fine," Tucker said obviously putting the moves on me.

"You're sweet and thank you for the compliment, but I've been dealing with some real heavy issues lately. It'd be great if we could be friends though," I said trying to nicely let him down.

Poor kid was so not my type but it was sweet that he was trying. Danny though was totally cute. I hoped he hadn't already been snatched up.

"I can do friends. Do you know if you'll be going to school here? Maybe you can get us in with the popular crowd," he said.

"I'll have to talk with my father. We got off to a bad start so I'll let you know when I know," I said.

"Sweet," he cried.

"I'm Sam. It's very nice to meet you," she said holding out her hand.

"It's nice to meet you too," I said taking her hand.

She pulled me a little closer and whispered into my ear, "Thanks for letting him down so gently. He's pretty sensitive about rejection."

I gave her a nod and we separated.

"What was that about?" Tucker asked.

"Girl talk," I said with a smirk.

"Geez Danny, you sure know how to pick 'em. They just meet and already they have things to talk about that we aren't privy to," Tucker griped.

"You can't tell me you two don't have guy talk," I said.

"They do. Only I usually know what their talking about," Sam said.

"Only because you had so many brothers," Tucker said.

We had some entertaining conversation as we made our way to the Nasty Burger. We ordered and then moved to a back corner for some privacy.

"So, how'd your fight go Danny?" Tucker asked.

"Skulker got some new tech that made it tough," Danny said before looking at me.

"I scared him off though," I said.

"You scared Skulker? You must teach me your ways," Sam said.

"Let's just say that I learned some not so great information and Skulker was just a small part of that. Since I couldn't take it out on the main contributor I threatened to take it out on him," I said.

"What did you find out?" Tucker asked.

"Let's just say that when my mom found out I was a ghost she and Vlad teamed up to test my abilities. Since I'm the first quarter ghost they thought that my core would destroy my body. Mom spent quite a while trying to find a serum to save me from it. She thought she found one though apparently it enhanced my emotions. She took her detailed findings to a ghost convention and apparently painted a bulls-eye on my ghostly self. She was planning on sending me away when she got home but she didn't make it. Didn't really matter I was shipped off to Wisconsin anyway," I said.

"Woah! I'm not sure what's worse. Having your parents set on capturing you and dissecting you molecule by molecule or having your mom go behind your back to test you, give you a serum she wasn't sure would even work, and then sick a whole slue of ghost hunters on you. That's harsh," Tucker said.

"So what brings you here, I mean we're quite a ways from Wisconsin?" Sam asked.

"Let's just say that my father and I had an argument over what I found in Mom's journal. It may sound childish but I flew away in an attempt to cool off. Seeing Skulker just sparked it again. I'd rather not talk about it," I said.

"So who's your father, it sounds like he probably thought your mom had good intentions?" Sam asked.

"He knew all about it. He and Mom kept in constant contact after he left. He actually supported everything that was going on. That's part of why we got into the argument that we did," I said smudging the truth a bit.

I wasn't lying. I just wasn't telling the whole truth. I wasn't sure they'd really be all that understanding and still want to be my friend if they knew Vlad was my father. They all seemed to hate him and I didn't want that hate transferred to me as well.

"He sounds like a total douche if you ask me," Tucker said.

Sam was looking at me with a calculating look. It seemed that she didn't miss the fact that I hadn't given my father's name. I would have to be careful. I don't need her to corner me to get that little piece of info. Just as she was about to speak there were screams from outside. We all looked out the window to see none other than Plasmius. Just freaking perfect. Did he have a tracking device on me or something. Oh wait, Skulker.