Summary: "It's this time of year again students, the annual play of Casper High." Mr. Lancer cleared his throat before continuing on his announcement. "And this year, the play chosen is – The Phantom of the Opera."

Disclaimer: I do not own 'Danny Phantom' nor do I own 'The Phantom of the Opera'. This story is inspired by the book 'The Phantom of the Auditorium' by R. L. Stine. :3

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The Phantom of Casper High

Chapter 1

Sam's POV

I stashed the books I didn't need for this weekend into my locker and closed it just as I heard my name being called out. I whipped my head to the source and found two of my very best friends running towards me. The one with messy black raven hair and incredibly crystal-like blue eyes is Danny Fenton, he had his backpack on his shoulders while running in full speed. The one next to him with the thick rimmed glasses and red beret is Tucker Foley, who had his 'baby' PDA on one hand.

"Sam!" Danny called out once again.

They came to an abrupt halt just in front of me. "Sam you have to look at the bulletin board!" Tucker said before catching his breath.

"What is it?"

"Come on!" Danny grabbed my hand – making the butterflies in my stomach do somersaults (since when were butterflies acrobats?) – dragging me to the bulletin board by the auditorium.

I saw a list on the board. It was the character lists and those who made it through the audition. I probably read the list three to four times not really believing what I saw. But there it was, black and white.

"Oh my gosh Danny! Tuck! We got the biggest parts!" It wasn't really Goth-like to get this excited but this is the annual school play we're talking about! Not to mention, I heard this year it would be something scary. And that was all it took for me to go for the audition.

Danny got the main lead as Phantom, and I got Christine. As for Tucker, he got the role of one of the new owners of the Theater. Pretty cool I must say but, honestly, I'm not really familiar with the story.

Every year Casper High holds up a school play for all of Amity Park to witness. Talk about pressure. Last year wasn't as exciting as it was a few years ago, so now all of Casper High's student bodies are persistent to make it the best, along with the teachers. (This is a fund raiser…)

Right now all of us are meeting up in the auditorium. Mr. Lancer is the director (as usual) and Paulina is head of scenery and back grounds, as well as my understudy! I smirked as I passed by her scowl. Paulina Sanchez, Ms. Popular of Casper High and ultimate boy-drooling magnet is MY understudy. Sweet.

Tucker, Danny, and I took the first three seats in the third row. Mr. Lancer got up to the stage holding a piece of paper.

"It's this time of year again students, the annual play of Casper High." he cleared his throat before continuing on his announcement. "And this year, the play chosen is – The Phantom of the Opera."

Whispers started to spread around the hall. What's up with them? I looked at Danny and Tucker beside me but they had the same confused look as I did.

I leaned forward and tapped a kid who was sitting in front of me. He turned around with a little worry in his eyes. He looked a grade older than me, with curly red hair flying all over the place.

"Uh, sorry. Do you have any idea what everyone is whispering about?" I asked.

He stared back incredulously at me. "You must not know about the legend then…" he said softly.

"What legend?" That got Danny and Tucker's attention. The two boys leaned in to listen to our conversation.

The ginger gulped hard and looked all the more frightened than before. "It-it's not my place to tell…" his voice quivering. "You can check it out in the library though. I found it in the book of Casper High's history."

Before I could get any more information Mr. Lancer had already quieted down the crowd. "That's enough students." He bellowed. "I know there are a few—concerns— about doing this play. But I assure you, the management is aware and everything will be alright."

A few of the students who were whispering before looked at each other worriedly. This, I must see for myself.

After a few more announcements and instructions as to what time the rehearsal starts and making up the backstage crew, we were finally able to leave.

"Library?" Tucker asked.

Danny and I nodded in response and started off in that direction.

"So what do you think we'll find out?" Danny asked out loud, not really pointing the question to anyone.

"I don't know." I replied honestly.

Tucker shrugged, "But, I'm sure it's big enough to make half the people who know about the play go nuts."

Finally we reached the school library. We hurried off to the information desk and asked the librarian for any history records of the school. She had white hair and wore glasses with pink frames as well as a beaded string that attached itself on either end of it. She narrowed her eyes a little on the screen as she typed down the key words. Then bringing a pen from behind her ear she wrote on a small piece of paper where we could find it.

C4-15. Well, time to get looking.

We found multiple books about the history of Casper High. Mostly year books, so it wasn't very helpful.

"Guys I found something." Tucker pulled out an old brown book from the very top shelf. It was tattered, twisted and torn around the edges.

"Must be really old." Danny said putting the book he was looking into aside. I did the same thing as Tucker placed the old book in front of us and opened it. The pages smelled like old rusty nails.

All three of us read through the happenings when our school was first built. It started out as a simple one story building. We stared at the old photograph that was in different shades and hues of brown. The school was a lot smaller than it is now with a few trees here and there. Turning the page we found the very first class of Casper High and just below that, a news caption: First Opening of Casper High School of Amity Park.

" 'Amity Park is proud to announce the first high school opening.' " Tucker read.

The next was a picture of someone cutting a ribbon, probably the first principal or the owner. A few more articles about the school and it's 'rising' popularity. And then finally something caught our eyes.

'School Play Gone Horribly Wrong!'

We looked at each other with uncertainty before Tucker swallowed hard and read aloud.

" 'Casper High's first school play had gone horribly wrong.' " Tucker started as he pushed his glasses further up his nose. " 'The long awaited Drama: The Phantom of the Opera was cancelled due to the terrible accidents happening continuously to their stars. One reporter says – 'The children were painting a background picture on stage when suddenly the floor boards gave way and they all broke their legs.' – another source tells us that plenty of them were injured and many (as told by the children themselves) were 'threatened'.' "

I sucked in some air.

"So… we know now what will happen to us if we do this…" Tucker said.

"It could be coincidence." I stated.

"True, it could've all been just really a big accident – but then, why were some of the students today terrified?"

I looked to Danny to see if he had anything to say but he just stared at the article. His eyes never swaying, all his concentration seemed to be absorbed by what he was looking at. I wondered what he was so engrossed with at so I took a peek back at the page and tried to see if I had missed anything. I didn't notice anything else suspicious.

"What are you staring at Danny?" I finally asked.

Danny stayed quiet and just pointed at the picture of the first class that was enrolled. And there he was. At the far right corner of the photo stood a skinny boy with a goofy grin plastered on his face. The boy was Danny.

A/N: So that's the first chapter. What do you think? Bad? Good? Were the characters too OOC? Did something feel off? You be the judge, I accept constructive criticism but I don't like flames.