Thank to Luiz4200 for reminding me to update! If he didn't, I probably wouldn't have updated for another week or at least a few days.

The next morning, Jake and Matt stepped up to Tori's front door. Jake rang the doorbell. Tori's footsteps were heard from the other side and she swung the door open. She was messing with some watch-like device that was beeping insanely.

"Hi, guys." Tori greeted. "My ghost detector is going insane! (For anyone wondering; she just got it so it wasn't there to go off around Jake before). It says that there's a ghost right in front of me, but you guys aren't ghosts and there's no one else here."

Jake seemed to get very anxious.

"Oh, it's probably me. I was…um…down in the lab yesterday and…there was an explosion and I got ectoplasm all over me. I guess it hasn't washed out yet." Jake lied, nervously smiling and rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well, at least we know that it isn't broken. Ugh, it won't shut up! I guess I'll just have to take my chances and turn it off." Tori decided, pressing a small button. The incessant beeping stopped.

"Finally; some quiet." Matt sighed.

Just then, a blue mist escaped Jake's mouth, unnoticed by Tori, but completely noticed by Matt.

"Uh, guys? I think I left my homework at home. You guys keep walking, I'll meet you at school." Jake lied.

Matt and Tori watched their friend run off in the other direction, dashing around the corner. Tori wore a look of curiosity and confusion.

"Matt, is Jake okay? He's been acting really weird lately." Tori questioned.

"Of course he's okay. Why wouldn't he be okay?" Matt responded in a rushed tone.

Tori seemed suspicious, but she shrugged it off. She'd never be able to understand boys. The two friends continued their walk to school.

About a block away in a hidden alley, Jake looked around quickly to make sure that no one saw him. When he was positive that the coast was clear, he put on a determined face and brought up the now white rings. The bright rings moved vertically in opposite directions. When they had cleared, Shadow had replaced Jake. The only exception was the now acid green eyes. He took off into the air.

Shadow looked around for whatever ghost had triggered his ghost sense. Then, a voice came out from behind him.

"I already took care of it." The voice of his Dad reported.

Shadow whipped around in confusion, seeing that his Dad was floating behind him.

"Oh." Shadow uttered.

Shadow began to fly off when Danny stopped him.

"Hey! Just wanted to warn you; Abby's hair turned black and flaming this morning so…" Danny was interrupted by a white flash of light covering the young ghost in front of him.

When the flash subsided, Shadow's hair was now plain and white. His currently black bandana had tied itself a different way so that it now wrapped around his head like a band and showed his spiky, white hair.

"My hair turned white, didn't it?" Shadow questioned, already knowing the answer.

Danny just nodded.

"Oh, great. I hope we can find Desiree soon."

"Hey, can you meet Abby and I here at 4 so we can look for Desiree?" Danny questioned.

Shadow simply nodded. Abby wouldn't be too happy about this, but it was his problem as much as it was hers.

With that, Shadow flew off. He landed near the school and changed back into his human form. Unfortunately, a loud bell went off, signaling that school had begun.

"Oh, no, I'm late!" Jake exclaimed.

The teen rushed up the steps, through the doors, and down the deserted halls with his green backpack bobbing up and down on his shoulders. He quickly went at his locker, trying to open it as fast as possible. At last, it opened. He shoved his pack in the small, metal compartment and withdrew the books he needed. After slamming his locker door shut, he ran to his classroom door, skidding to a stop outside it.

"Here it goes." Jake said nervously, taking a deep breath.

The tardy boy slowly opened the door. The class looked toward the door and Mr. Taylors looked at Jake with disappointment.

"Mr. Fenton, you're late. This is a first." The teacher informed.

"Sorry, I left my homework behind and had to run back to my house to get it." Jake apologized, fibbing about his story.

"Just take your seat." Mr. Taylors ordered tiredly.

Jake silently made his way to his seat in the back of the room, feeling kind of embarrassed. A few of his classmates cast a glance at him. He tried to ignore them. When he at last slid into his seat, Matt gave him a pitying look. Tori gave him one of confusion. Since when was Jake Fenton late?

By the time that school was over, Jake was ready to pass out. He walked into his bedroom with his two best friends and collapsed onto his bed.

"What a day." Matt commented.

"I know. Especially for Jake. What was up with you today?" Tori questioned. She was concerned for her best friend. He had been acting really strange lately.

"What do you mean?" Jake questioned.

"You were late to school…" Tori started.

"I…had to get my homework!" Jake replied quickly, almost forgetting what he had told everyone that morning.

"You looked exhausted all day…"

"I couldn't sleep last night."

"You didn't answer any of the questions in class today and when the teacher called on you, you didn't know the answer…"

"My mind went blank."

"Last, but not least, you dropped all of the beakers in the science lab and are now banned for life from handling all fragile school property." Tori finished.

"So sue me for being clumsy." Jake snapped. He was reaching the end of his patience. Today had been an off day. Most of it was due to his ghost powers. He came late because of the ghost fight, which his Dad had already taken care of, but he didn't know that at the time. He was exhausted from last night. He wasn't paying much attention in class and had begun to forget some of the answers due to the distractions of ghost fighting. Lastly, the beakers phased through his hand. True, he had control over his powers now, but every now and then he would slip up.

The conversation was interrupted when Jake's watch started beeping. It was almost 4.

"Sorry, guys. I have to go somewhere." Jake informed them.

"See you tomorrow." Jake's friends bid goodbye at the same time.

The young half-ghost sighed tiredly as he closed the front door behind them. Then, Jake ran up to his room. He shut the door and transformed into the altered version of Shadow (using the white rings). To sum it all up, here were all of the alterations: his black, flaming hair was traded for normal, white, spiky hair, his red bandana that usually covered his hair had turned black and now wrapped around his head like a band, exposing the top part of his hair, and his eyes now glowed green instead of red.

As soon as his transformation was complete, he phased out of his room and took off for the determined meeting location. Usually, flying felt good, but his mind was too heavy to enjoy it now. What if he turned completely Phantom? They would recognize him! How long would it be before they found Desiree? They could be stuck like this for who knows how long! He wouldn't have minded being a Phantom if no one knew about his powers in the first place. Then he could've just passed it off as late ghost powers. But now, everyone knew about him. He couldn't go Phantom now! And what about Abby? Sure, he was kinda mad at her, but he wouldn't have wanted her to look like him-or, at least, Shadow- forever.

Shadow's train of thought stopped as he approached the area that his Dad had told them to meet at. No one was there yet…or so he thought.

You guys know what to do. I am warning you though, the next chappie won't be up for a while and the time between updates will begin to space out a little more.