Next Part! Time to answer the obvious question: What did he see?!

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Danny Phantom like the rest of us patheticly obsessed fans.

He expected to see a figure in the mirror with white hair, glowing green eyes, and dressed in a black and silver suit. What he actually saw was a figure with flaming black hair, red eyes and a black and red suit. The suit was mostly black, but adorned red boots, gloves, and belt as well as a huge "X" spread across his upper half.

"Oh, no!" he shouted in shock and disbelief. "This can't be happening, it can't!" He rubbed his now red eyes as he began to panic. "I don't look anything like them. I can't just say I got my powers late as an excuse. What am I supposed to do?" His face hardened as he realized exactly what he had to do. "I…I'll just have to stay undercover. I'll help, but I won't tell them."

He took another glance in the mirror. "But what about my costume? They'll know it's me even with all of the changes!" the boy panicked. He thought for a second. "Hmmm. I guess a little wardrobe change is in order."

He dashed to a box full of costume pieces that he pulled out of a closet and emerged a few moments later with an altered costume. He stared into the mirror again. His flaming hair was concealed in a red bandana with a few flames poking out of the back of his neck where the bandana didn't cover. The lower half of his face was hidden behind a black bandana. Only his blazing red eyes could be seen. A black cape with a red interior now hung around his shoulders and draped so that it occasionally covered his front half, or at least parts of it.

"Perfect," he concluded, mildly proud with the work he had done. "Jake Phantom…Oh, I forgot, can't use that name. I'm not a Phantom. Let's see, I'm kinda dark looking, mysterious, shadowy…That's it! Jake Shadow. No, still too obvious. Not to mention unoriginal. Shadow, just Shadow. That could work."

And so begins the tale of Jake Fenton/Shadow.

Shortly after he had established himself, a blue mist escaped his mouth. He knew from experience that it was a ghost sense.

"Okay," Shadow thought to himself, trying to be calm "less than an hour with ghost powers and a ghost is attacking already. I can do this."

Suddenly, two black rings appeared and changed him back to normal.

"Or not," he admitted worriedly.

"Come on, change back, change back," the boy willed himself. After much concentration, the rings appeared and he was Shadow once again.

"Now to master all of my other powers. Fun," he added sarcastically.

"Fly…fly," he urged himself. He began to hover slightly, but then dropped down and fell on his butt.

"Let's try that again," he said as he attempted a second take off. This one proved to be successful, for he was now heading for the roof. As he was speeding into a head-on collision with the ceiling, he murmured, "Come on, go intangible already." A few inches away from the ceiling, he managed to turn himself intangible and phase through the hard surface. He was greeted by cool air as he entered the night-time outdoors.

"Note to self: figure out how to use powers," he noted quietly.

After he was done talking to himself, he decided that it might be a good idea to look at who the offending ghost was. In front of him floated…

"Beware! I am Boxed Lunch!" shouted the little ghost girl.

"At least it's an easy one," Shadow thought, relieved.

He started to clumsily fight the ghost. His powers were a little unstable still, but, all things considered, he was doing pretty well. He finally managed to get a hold of her when he was suddenly shot in the back by a green ecto-blast. He lost his grip on Boxed Lunch and she escaped.

"What was that for?" he questioned with annoyance hanging on every word. He whipped around to find himself staring at his sister. She looked really ticked.

"For causing trouble!" Abby spat, blasting him again and sending him hurdling a few feet back.

"What are you talking about? I didn't do anything!"

"You were about to."

"No, I wasn't! I was just trying to catch her for making trouble."

"Do I look stupid? You were probably using her for some master plan, although you don't look that dangerous." She smirked mockingly as she said the last sentence. This argument was really heating up.

"You shouldn't judge a book by its cover." Shadow stated loathingly. How he hated his sister right now!

"Last time I checked, I was judging a ghost. I know better by now. All of you guys are trouble."

He had enough of this. He was done reasoning. He concentrated as hard as he could and unleashed a ghost ray, a power he had seen his Dad and sister use frequently. The red beam missed Abby as she dodged.

"If it took all your energy to do that pitiful attack, then I was right. You're weak," Abby ridiculed as she shot a green blast that hit Shadow squarely. He was knocked over.

"Better retreat while I'm still alive," he murmured incoherently while flying away. "I'll deal with her when I get the hang of these powers."

"You're on my list…uh?" Abby started, but stopped when she realized she didn't know his name.

"Shadow!" he shouted back as he bulleted off.

"You're on my list, Shadow!" she yelled after the retreating ghost.

The next morning Abby came down grumpily for breakfast.

"What's up, Abs?" Jake asked his tired looking sister.

"Nothing. I just met this really annoying ghost last night. He calls himself Shadow," Abby told her brother, who just stayed quiet and tried to look innocent.

Matt came by shortly after. Jake rushed out the door to go tell his friend what happened. The pale-skinned boy all but grabbed his friend and shoved him against a wall.

"Matt, I made a huge mistake last night," Jake started panicky.

"How bad could it be?" asked Matt calmly, feeling his friend was probably blowing whatever this was out of proportion.

"Really bad. I…I let jealousy get a hold of me and I…I sorta…I walked into the portal and turned myself half-ghost," he blurted out frantically.

"You didn't," Matt gasped in disbelief.

Jake just nodded guiltily in reply.

"What's worse is that my sister met my ghost half last night and now I'm her enemy!" he shouted.

"So you didn't tell them?"

"No. I don't look anything like my Dad and sister. Watch," he commanded, leading his friend into a more secluded area.

He focused and transformed himself into Shadow.

"Woah." His friend just stared wide eyed.

Jake changed back, a worried look plastered onto his face. "No getting out of this one now. I've decided that from now on, I'm going to keep my identity a secret, be called Shadow, and try to help protect the city without anyone else knowing who I really am."

"Looks like we have an adventure laid out in front of us," Matt observed. "Well, one thing's for sure. No more boring weekends."

Computer still busted! For those of you who liked this; This was only the begining. I'll add more to Jake/Shadow's story.

Sorry if I made him get hold of his powers too fast. If he had no control it wouldn't be very interesting.