The sun had rose over the town of Amity Park. Sunrays peeked only a little bit through the curtain covered windows of a dark looking bedroom and the owner of that bedroom was a fourteen-year-old girl named Samantha Manson or Sam as she preferred to be called.

Sam was sound asleep when suddenly the curtains were pulled fully opened and the sun rays hit her face hard, causing her to cringe at the brightness. She groaned as she knew who had opened her curtains…her parents Jeremy and Pamela Manson.

"Good morning sunshine! And how do we greet this day?" Pamela said cheerfully.

"With a smile on your face and an attitude of gratitude" Jeremy then said, showing the same cheerful attitude of his wife.

Sam groaned once more and muttered as she covered her face with her pillow, "I'm a creature of the night doomed to a family of morning people"

Sam was not like her parents at all. She was a Goth, an ultra-recycle vegetarian and absolutely hates pink! Instead of being a girl who cares about make-up, popularity and boys, she prefers to be a unique individual and be herself, much to her parents displeasure who prefer that she be like the other girls at her school. She was just glad she had friends such as Valerie and Tucker who accepts her for who she is, however she unfortunately wouldn't be starting the new semester at Casper High with them. Valerie and Tucker had moved to another town and to another school, leaving Sam to finish freshman year alone.

Even though they kept in contact with each other, she still felt a bit alone since Tucker and Valerie were the only two real friends she had and were the only ones besides her grandmother, who accepted and understood her. After getting dressed and having breakfast, she headed for school.

As she sat down in English, the classroom door opened to reveal Principle Ishiyama and Sam looked and saw standing with her was a fourteen year old boy wearing a red and white shirt with blue jeans, black ebony hair and blue eyes.

"Excuse me Mr Lancer, we have a new student starting with us today and he's in your English class this morning" Principle Ishiyama said.

Mr Lancer nodded and took the piece of paper from the principle before she left. He looked down at the piece of paper before announcing to the class, "Class, we have a new student starting with us today. Please welcome Daniel Fenton"

He smiled down at the boy and said, "How about you tell us a little bit about yourself Daniel?"

"Um...there's not really much to tell. I actually prefer to be called Danny instead of Daniel and I like astronomy" Danny simply said.

"Interesting. Well anyway Mr Fenton, I'm Mr Lancer, your vice principle, English and history teacher as well as your homeroom teacher" Mr Lancer said. He then gestured to the empty desk next to Sam's and finished, "You may take a seat next to Miss Manson over there"

Danny nodded and then took a seat next to Sam. Sam had noticed that most of but mainly Dash and the other A-listers looking at Danny with frowns and smirks, already deaming him as not worthy of their time.

During lunch, after Sam had grabbed her lunch which consisted of a salad and juice, she looked through the window and saw that Danny was sitting on one of the outside tables eating lunch by himself. She looked at him with a small sad smile, understanding what it meant to be alone. She had started off in 3rd grade with no friends as well, until Valerie and Tucker came along, and now since they had moved, she was alone again but now it was her turn to make sure Danny at least had a friend to start at his new school.

She walked outside and stood in front of the table and said making Danny look up at her, "Hey. Can I sit here?"

"Uh...yeah sure" Danny answered a little nervously and then Sam sat down. He then said, "We sat next to each other in English this morning didn't we?"

"Yeah. I'm Sam by the way. Sam Manson" Sam said as she held out her hand for him to shake.

He smiled a little and shook her hand as he said, "I'm Danny. Sam is short for Samantha right?"

"Yeah. I hate being called Samantha so I prefer Sam" Sam answered as they let go of each other's hands.

Danny gave a small chuckle before saying, "I can relate to that"

"So where'd you move from?" Sam asked.

"Uh...well...I've been to a lot of places" Danny answered. "Living here and there and then finally, my dad decided we should just stop and live in this town"

"So what does your dad do?" Sam asked.

Danny seemed hesitant to answer that at first but then answered, "He's a professional ghost hunter and paranormal scientist"

"A professional ghost hunter? Sounds pretty cool" Sam said smiling. Danny smiled back, no-one had ever found his father's job cool before.

She then asked, "What about your mum? What does she do? Is she a ghost hunter too?"

Danny's smile dropped and he looked down in sadness as he answered, "She was...but she...she passed away when I was a kid. It's been me, my older sister and my dad ever since"

Sam's smile then dropped and she gave him a sympathetic look and said, "Oh. I'm really sorry to hear that"

"It's fine" Danny said.

"So do you have any friends from all the towns you lived in?" Sam asked.

"No. I haven't really had time to make friends or when I have tried to, they all just avoided me as soon as they hear what my dad does" Danny answered.

"I have two friends named Valerie and Tucker, but they moved away at the end of last semester" Sam said. "So it's just me finishing freshman year"

"So how are you liking Amity Park?" Sam asked.

"It's alright. Not a bad town so far" Danny answered.

Before they could continue talking, Danny was suddenly lifted off his seat by a pair of hands. Sam gasped in shock as she saw it was Dash Baxter that was lifting Danny by his shirt, smirking as he found a brand new punching bag.

"Hey there new kid! It's time for you to receive the welcoming ceremony by yours truly" Dash said.

"Dash! Leave him alone!" Sam snapped while standing up from her seat, glaring at the football star.

Dash growled and suddenly while holding Danny with one hand, he used his other hand to shove Sam right to the ground as he roared, "You stay out of this you Goth freak"

Danny gasped before glaring at Dash, as Sam sat up she swore she saw Danny's eyes glow green for a moment and then was shocked by what she witnessed next, Danny had ripped Dash's grip right off him, causing a small rip in his shirt and as he landed on the ground, Danny bent down and swept Dash's feet, causing the football star to fall right to the ground.

Everyone who had gathered around to watch were shocked by what Danny had done. It was the first time, Dash Baxter had ever lost a fight to what the A-listers would call a nerd. Everyone then parted as Mr Lancer came to the scene and asked, "Prince and the Pauper! What is going on here?"

Before Dash had the chance to lie, Danny then spoke as he helped Sam get up from the ground, "Sam and I were eating our lunch when Dash here came over and grabbed me by my shirt. He was about to start hitting me when Sam had told him off, he then shoved Sam to the ground and that's when I managed to get out of his grip and swept his legs. I'm sorry, I lost my temper a bit there sir"

"Miss Manson, is that true?" Mr Lancer asked Sam who was still a little shocked by what she saw. She pulled out of her shock and said, "Yes sir. It's true"

Mr Lancer could see Danny or Sam wasn't lying, he could even see the small rip at the top of Danny's shirt to prove it. He then spoke as he looked at Danny, "I'll let you off with a warning this time Mr Fenton, as seeing that you were defending yourself and your friend here"

He then turned to Dash who was still in shock and said, "As for you Mr Baxter, you will have an after school detention with me for starting a fight on school grounds and then tomorrow during recess, you spend it smacking the erasers"

Everyone the left the area, still shocked and amazed by what they saw. Dash gave Danny one last glare before walking off. Danny then asked Sam, "Are you okay Sam?"

"Yeah I'm fine, but what was with your eyes there?" She asked.

"My eyes?" Danny asked a little confused.

"Yeah. I saw your eyes flash green for a moment. What was with that?" She asked again.

He said nothing but Sam could see a small amount of fear in his eyes. He then spoke, "I...um...it's my um...it's my contact lenses. They sometimes go green in the sun, I don't know why"

"Danny!" A voice suddenly called behind them.

They both turned to see a sixteen year old girl with orange hair held back with a blue headband, a black long sleeved shirt and blue pants with black flat shoes come over to them. She then asked, "Danny what happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Jazz. One of the jocks, Dash was trying to rough me up. But I took care of it" Danny answered. He then gestured to Sam and said, "Jazz this is Sam. Sam this is my sister Jazz"

Jazz smiled at Sam and said, "It's nice to meet you"

"Yeah you too" Sam said back.

The bell suddenly rang, indicating that it was almost time for class. All three of them headed back inside, but Sam lagged behind looking at Danny curiously. She knew Danny was lying to her, she always had this gift to tell when people are lying to her and all she knew, she was going to figure out exactly what kind of secrets Danny Fenton was hiding from her.