School started again eventually. My dad was okay. He just spent a few nights at a friend's place. He agreed it was probably best that I stayed with Danny's family for a while so I didn't get hurt. Right now, they're the only people he can trust. I sat at my desk and waited for class to start while Danny and Tucker were on some sort of videogame debate. Sam was drawing in a notebook on her desk and I was almost asleep. I was up late the previous night flying. The bell rang and the teacher had begun speaking, "Alright guys, we got a new student starting this quarter." He announced.

I looked up. The new student had big blue eyes. Stood sheepishly, wore a blue souvenir shirt from a museum with a pair of shark jaws printed on the shirt.

"This is 'Bleu' Stevens." He said, "Make Bleu feel welcome."

"We'll show him around!" Sam rose her hand.

'Bleu' seemed to flinch at her outburst. I didn't see the next response coming, though. Bleu took a deep breath, "Th-thank you… but I'm a girl…" she said.

I eyes widened and my jaw dropped. I heard Tucker next to me, "Sam, you suck at this." Followed by the rest of the class laughing at her.

I stood up, the class was silenced by my chair scraping against the linoleum. I stepped around the desk and hugged Bleu. Even the teacher took a step away. I felt Bleu grow nervous in my arms.

"Uh- e-excuse me…?" she squeaked.

I let her go and sat back at my desk. My face was bright red. I knew it was.

"Okay, Hazel, thank you for that random yet- rare gesture of affection…" the teacher started. He shook his head and looked at Bleu, "Um…. Right- go ahead and sit next to Hazel." He instructed.

Bleu made her way over and sat next to me. I heard her pull out her chair and sit down next to me. I kept my head and face buried under my arms, just to avoid eye contact.

"Alright then, if you guys can pull out your homework packets from yesterday, I'm going to come collect them from you. Bleu, I'll bring you one, it's basic stuff- I promise." The teacher said, "Hazel?"

I barely peeked up to look at him.

"Your responsibility is to help out and answer any questions Bleu may have, okay?"

"Yes sir." I nodded and retrieved the packet from my bag.

"And don't fall asleep in my class, please."

I nodded and handed him my packet as he came around. He handed Bleu a packet. I didn't think she was a girl. Now I knew how everyone else felt when they realize I'm a guy and not a girl.

"Uh- H-Hazel?" Bleu called, "Do we find this stuff in the textbook?" she asked.

I turned and looked at the packet, "Uh- yeah." I nodded and handed her my text book. My face was still bright red.

She was silent for a while, "Why are you so… flushed?" she asked.

The chatter in the classroom began to rise.

"Dude!" Danny chuckled beside me, "What was that about, huh?"

"You hugged Bleu, but you'll punch one of us if we even touch you?" Sam asked.

"Wait- what?" Bleu looked at them for answers. I just buried my head in my arms again.

"He's got issues." Tucker stated, "So much issues that he doesn't even like hugs."

"Wait- he!?" Bleu gasped and I knew she looked at me, "He… he's so pretty." She said.

The other three began laughing. I sank even more into my arms and turned redder.

"Dude- he's so red!" Tucker cackled from behind me. "Look at him!"

Someone pat my back, so I sat straight up and readied a fist, causing Danny to flinch. I lowered my head back down to the desk.

Bleu leaned over to make eye contact with me, "It's nice to know that I'm not the only one that gets confused for the opposite gender." She smiled at me.

I… don't know what it was. Maybe my heart was having issues that day, or I didn't drink enough water, get enough sleep, or something… but my heart pounded out of my chest. My stomach twisted a little bit, but not enough for me to want to throw up. My hands got sweaty and shook on occasion and my face was red the entire day. Even my speech was fucked up. What was even crazier was that it only ever happened when I was around Bleu. Maybe she was a supposed 'halfa' too? But to… a much more powerful degree. Half-demon maybe? I don't know. I'd never had this feeling before.

I spent the entire day like that until school ended. I got off of campus ahead of Danny and the others. Bleu took a bus. I ducked into an alley and changed forms, hiding my bag on the roof before taking off. Flying usually cleared my head. I glanced down under me and saw that people were getting nervous. I flew up higher to avoid being seen. But it was too late. They had already called the local ghost hunters so then there were nets flying at me and barely missing me. I wove back and forth to make it harder for them to hit me. Suddenly, below me were several… ice crystals. Only one ghost I knew who shot ice crystals. I turned around and saw Danny. I growled, "How many times to people have to tell you?"

"Tell me what?" he growled and threw a plasmic ray at me.

"Fighting me is a bad idea." I said and threw the bone shards at him, cutting him up slightly, "Just go home, kid." I teleported to avoid an attack from some ghost-hunting equipment from down below. "Or you'll get yourself caught."

"Is that a threat?" Danny asked, I'd never seen him more aggressive than ever then when he's in his ghost form.

I saw a net flying straight at him, so I shoved him out of the way, "No! It's a shit-storm from down below!"

He recovered from the shove and went invisible. I guess he started flying away but got hit anyway. I heard him grunt as a net caught him. He started falling and was visible again. I flew down and caught him. I would've thrown the bones at the hunters, but it was his parents trying to hunt us. I shook my head and pulled Danny onto a rooftop, untangling him from the net.

"This doesn't change anything." He growled and flew off.

I sighed and waited until he was gone until I changed back to my human form. I retrieved my bag that was hidden by an air conditioning unit and climbed down into the alley that I started in.

"Well now…"

I whipped around, not expecting for someone to be behind me.

"Yet another halfa roam these streets?" the man asked. He looked familiar. I couldn't put my finger on it. He wore a gas mask, so gassing him wasn't exactly an option. He knew something. I studied him for a while, "W-wait- you're that ghost! The vampire-looking one!"

The man paused for a moment, "Do I look like a vampire?"

"I won't lie-" I shook my head, "Look- what do you want?" I snapped, "I gotta go." I turned around to leave.

"Right. Well- before you leave, Hazel." He started and blocked my path.

I froze and turned around, "H-how do you know my name?" I asked.

He smirked, "You and your father are wanted by the police. Your father infamous for escaping the most drug rings in the country, and you as his accomplice." He smirked, "Now- I know where your father is. So he's the deal…" he started, "Help me catch Danny so I can finish my work." He smirked.

Oh shit…

"Or… I, Vlad Masters, will turn in you and your father." He snickered and pulled out a tablet from his pocket, "And by the way…" he threw the tablet at my feet, once it hit the ground, it exploded with… green flames. My green flames. I suddenly found myself coughing and gasping. "Just think about it." He said and left.

I took a while to recover and catch my breath, "H-how?" I coughed and finally opened my eyes. My nails were black and bleeding, the ground was suddenly crawling with bugs. Everything turned red and yellow. I looked up and… I swear they were trash bags before. But then I'm seeing dead bodies of people I know. Danny, Sam, Tucker, Jazz, Jack, Maddie, Bleu… Dad… I rushed to his side and tried shaking him awake, but he never responded. Blood poured from an exit bullet wound in his head. In his hand was a gun. I began to panic, my heart pounded in my chest. My dad had killed himself like my mother had. "D-Dad?" I panted, "D-Dad!?" I cried. "H-help!" I screamed, checking the rest of the bodies. Danny had a bone spike in his chest.

"H-Hazel…" someone wheezed. I looked over and saw Sam with her throat almost completely cut open.

"S-Sam!?" I rushed over, "I- wh- what happened?" I cried.

"R-Run…" she took a deep breath, "Now…"

I looked over and saw flashing lights. That- I wasn't sure if I was hallucinating, but I ran. I ran until my lungs and throat begged for my body to stop. I finally collapsed through the front door at the Fentons'.

"Hazel!" the girls gasped. I felt someone touch my shoulder. I flinched and panted, "Oh my god- you guys are alive…" I whimpered and curled into myself.

"Hazel! What happened? Where were you?" Danny grabbed my shoulders and made me look at him. I grew horrified of what I saw- his eyes were… they were just sockets. They were just flat-out gone. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"W-where are your eyes?" I forced out.

He looked up at the others, "Acid got him." He looked back at me, "Come on…" he helped me up and laid me on the couch that I slept on. "Jazz, get a bowl of warm water and a rag." He instructed.

"What happened?" Jack walked in, how he was alive terrified me. His stomach was an open, empty pit, with his ribs sticking out like teeth. I gasped and covered my eyes, trying to squirm away from him.

"He was attacked by Acid." Danny said, "I've never seen him like this. Can you get something we can cover his eyes with?" he asked.

I heard Jazz come back with the bowl and a towel as Jack left. "What do we do?" she asked. I then heard water slosh around before they moved my hair and put the towel on the back of my neck. I felt my body relax.

"Danny, go ahead and get him some water, I'll take care of him." The weight on the outside edge of the couch shifted as Jazz sat down and gently pat the back of my neck with the warm rag. "I-Is this right?" she asked.

I trembled, but gave her a nervous nod.

"Good." She managed a smile, "Just wanted to make sure this was right."

"Here…" Jack's voice returned, "Use this to cover his eyes."

Jazz gently moved my arms away from my head and draped a towel over my eyes.

"Here's the water." Danny came in and set a glass of water on the table.

"Danny, come with me." Jack instructed, "We gotta get rid of this Acid-ghost." He said.

"Good luck…" Danny's voice said sarcastically as he and Jack left the room.

I shuddered, feeling like I was lying on top of a bed of worms. I clenched a fist and pulled the towel over my head tighter.

"You're okay, Haze…" Jazz said soothingly. "H-how did Acid get to you anyway?"

I though fast for this one, "I threw a rock at him…" I answered, "And hit him."

Jazz seemed to nod. "Have you done this before?"

"Done what?" I mumbled. The warm water was starting to put me to sleep.

"Fight against Acid? Or have his hallucinations?" she asked. "You know enough about him."

I was staring to drift in and out. "I do my homework…" I mumbled, "I was always smart enough…" I yawned, "To avoid him…"

Everything tuned itself out after that, though the only question to run through my head was, do I betray my best friend? Or do I let my dad and I go to prison?

*Okay- Hazel now knows what his victims see when they hallucinate. He also knows who the vampire-ghost is, and that he's not the only person that gets their genders confused. I tried to get as disturbing as I could with this one. Not sure how I did, but let me know! Stay awesome guys!*