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Vlad's POV 9:00
My first day of high school in over twenty two years was not as easy as I thought it would be. Jasmine practically dragged me out the door, and then she drove me to school in her car. She didn't even let me say hello to Maddie, because apparently I was late. I suppose that she would have been doing Daniel a favor, but since she kept asking me questions it was more of an annoyance.
"How many ghosts did you have to fight last night? You look like you didn't sleep at all."
I tried to come up with a realistic answer. "Five ghosts attacked last night." I muttered. I could see her raise one eyebrow in the mirror.
"Really? You don't have any injuries that you haven't told me about, do you?"
"No. I'm fine, Jasmine."
"Are you sure one of the ghosts didn't cast a spell on you or something? You're acting strange this morning."
I gritted my teeth together. The last thing I wanted to do was act like a fourteen year old, but since I had Daniel's body I had to act like Daniel before I got discovered. "I'm sorry Jazz, I'm just tired. Thanks… for caring." Hmm, how long had it been since I actually thanked someone?
"You're welcome Danny." Then we were at Casper High. As I climbed out of the car Jasmine smiled and said, "Try not to fall asleep in Lancer's class."
She left and I smirked silently to myself. Jasmine was completely unaware of the fact that her brother was states away. Someone tapped my shoulder and I turned around to find a pair of purple eyes staring into mine. For a moment it felt like I was back in high school with Maddie, her amethyst eyes able to see right through me. I blinked and realized that it was Daniel's friend, Samantha.
"Oh. Hello." I said, unable to keep all of the disappointment from my voice.
"Hey, the depressed misunderstood teenager is my thing. You're the brave ghost fighting C-average student." The bell rang. "Come on, you're going to be late to class." I then realized that I had no idea where Daniel's classes were. Samantha was already gone.
I thought for a moment and decided that I would skip school for today. It was Friday anyway, and if I was going to get my revenge I would have to do it quickly. Besides, it's not as if I could hurt Daniel's average any more than it already has been. I glanced around just to make sure no one was watching and changed into Daniel's ghost form.
"BEWARE!" someone yelled. I looked up and saw the Box Ghost floating over my head holding a large cardboard box. "I am the Box Ghost, and with this powerful cube I shall finally crush you!"
A perfect chance to figure out some of Daniel's powers. I raised my arm and tried to fire an ectobeam. Instead a shiver ran through me and an icicle appeared out of thin air. It flew a few feet before falling to the ground and melting. Great, Daniel had some sort of ice power that I had no idea how to control.
Suddenly the cardboard box slammed into me and I was sent flying backwards towards the school. I phased through the first wall and crashed into the second one as two rings transformed me into Daniel's human form. There was a loud ringing noise that I thought was in my head until students started to pour out of the doors around me.
I stood up and tried to act casual. Daniel's other friend - what was his name again? - came over to me looking concerned. "Was there an attack Danny? Why weren't you in first period?"
Before I could make up a lie a hand grabbed me by the back of my shirt and suddenly I was pushed into the lockers. "Hey Fenturd, I missed you last period." A very strong blond kid who looked like he had been held back a few times said. "Without you as my trusty spitball target I had to use your pet nerd." He punched my shoulder and then Daniel's mystery friend before walking away with his fellow idiots.
"Aw man!" I faced Daniel's friend and watched as he shook several pieces of chewed paper off of his hat. He sighed. "We had better get to gym class before Tetslaf decides to fail us." I followed him into the locker room and realized that there was no way that I would know Daniel's combination. No one was looking so I pulled the gym uniform out through the locker.
The clothes were several sizes too big, but I didn't feel like criticizing Daniel's clothing at the moment and quickly got changed. His friend kept looking at me as if he expected me to explode, and I was getting very tired of not knowing his name.
When we left the boy's locker room Samantha came over to us. She stopped about two feet away from me and then suddenly frowned. "Do you want to get yourself killed? What are you doing?"
I looked around, trying to figure out what she was talking about. "I'm not doing anything Sama- Sam."
Now she was glaring at me. "Tucker, talk some sense into him!" The boy, Tucker, turned to me looking like he was trying very hard not to laugh.
"Dude, you're wearing Dash's gym clothes." A shadow fell over me and I turned around to find the boy who had insulted me earlier. He looked very angry now. Apparently he was Dash.
"If you have a death wish Fenton, than this is your lucky day." He pulled back his fist and punched me in the face with enough force to send me halfway across the gym. Two of his cronies pulled the shirt and shorts off of me, and the gym teacher chose that moment to turn around.
"Fenton, would you like to tell the class why you are wearing nothing but underpants?!" she screamed. I glared at Dash. Hopefully he had enjoyed beating on me, because now he would get the punishment he deserved. Schools worked like that right? Bullies got punished?
"Dash and his lackeys took my clothes." I said, glaring at Dash. Who named their kid 'Dash' anyway? To my surprise he smirked.
The gym teacher looked from Dash to me as if considering something. "Well Fenton, since you have a record for being a lazy troublemaker and Baxter is the star quarter back for the football team, I've decided that your story is a little hard to believe. You have detention after school. Now go put on some clothes!"
I stood still for a moment, trying to figure out what had just happened. How come I had gotten in trouble and Dash hadn't? Was Daniel's reputation really that bad? I came to my senses and walked out of the gym back into the locker room.
The endless rows of lockers made me decide that it would be pointless trying to figure out which one was Daniel's. Instead I found the bench where I had left his clothes and put them on. There wasn't really a point to going back into the gym. Danny Fenton had made enough of a fool of himself. A grin formed on my face. Perhaps some ghostly revenge would make me feel better.
I changed into Daniel's ghost form and flew invisibly into the gym. Samantha and Tucker were doing push-ups next to each other and talking, and I slowly drifted lower until I could hear what they were saying. "Danny's been acting really strange today, almost like he's another person. Do you think he's being overshadowed?" I froze in midair.
Tucker thought about it for a moment before answering. "I don't think so. Usually when a ghost overshadows someone it changes their eye color or voice. Danny still has blue eyes and he still sounds the same."
"But remember when Kitty overshadowed Paulina? Danny dated her for almost a weak before he realized that it was actually Kitty, and that was only after she revealed herself."
"You're right. Danny should have known better than to tell Ms. Tetslaf about Dash. He's going to kill Danny now."
I slowly floated away. I would have to act more like Daniel if I wanted to go undiscovered. A ball flew towards me and I turned intangible just in time. The blond brute who apparently didn't like me caught it. My acting would need to improve, but first I wanted revenge.
After gym class I followed Dash around for awhile, making his life as miserable as I could. Everything he touched exploded mysteriously, his chair would suddenly collapse or vanish completely, he would mock the teachers for a whole period and then act like he didn't remember anything… It had been awhile since I had haunted anyone, and I was enjoying myself immensely.
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Danny's POV 11:30
I looked around Vlad's room again and began to panic. What was he going to do to my body? My reputation? My family? I picked up a phone that was on the table near the bed and stared at it. Who was I going to call? Anyone who answered would hear Vlad Masters' voice, and they wouldn't believe that I was actually Danny.
But I had to do something besides sit here in this huge empty castle. I crossed my fingers and dialed Sam's cell phone number. It rang ten times before Sam actually answered. "Whoever's on the other end of this call had better have a good excuse for getting me kicked out of Lancer's class." She said, sounding very angry. I had completely forgotten that she was in school.
"Sorry Sam, but this is an emergency." I said, without really thinking.
"Vlad!?" Sam yelled. "How the heck did you get this number?"
"That doesn't matter now. Sam, it's me, Danny. Vlad and I switched bodies somehow and now I'm here in his creepy mansion and he's in Amity Park." I could practically see Sam rolling her eyes.
"Look Vlad, as much as I'm sure you'd like me to believe that you're actually Danny, you do stalk him. And you want to marry his mom, and kill his dad, and make him your apprentice. It's kind of hard to believe anything you say."
I groaned. Why did Vlad have to give himself such a bad reputation? "Just be careful okay?" Vlad couldn't act like me forever.
"Whatever, fruitloop." She said, but I thought that there was almost some belief in her voice. "Don't ever call this number or I'll hit you with the Specter Speeder again." There was a beep as she hung up.
I placed the phone back on the hook and sat down on the bed. Out of habit I tried to run my fingers through my hair, but then I remembered that it was Vlad's hair and quickly put my hand back down. I had to find a way to switch Vlad and me back.
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Vlad's POV 12:00
I landed in the empty hallway and changed back into my human form. Dash had run home screaming after the contents of his locker had tried to murder him, – the pencils were especially vicious – and I was now considering whether to make all of the balls in the gym deflate or not.
The bell rang again, and Samantha ran up to me. "Danny, why weren't you in English?" I could tell that the question was a test, because she was staring at me like she was trying to figure out who I was. Something must have made her more suspicious.
"It was the Box Ghost again. He just doesn't know when to give up." I smiled, hoping that it didn't look like an evil grin. She looked a little happier, but still suspicious.
"Come on, we'd better get to lunch before Dash catches you. He's probably pretty mad that you tried to get him in trouble." Samantha walked down the hall, and I made sure that she didn't see the smirk on my face.
