It's been a month since Dominique Fenton and her twin brother Daniel had their lives changed forever by their parents' new portal to the Ghost Zone. They discovered that they had the ability to transform into ghostly versions of themselves. It was a strange time of adjustment for them, but they had their friends to help them with it. Danny had his friends, Sam and Tucker, and Dom had Paulina. She thought about telling her friend Star as well, but she didn't really trust her to be able to hold the secret. She also wasn't exactly sure how she'd take it. She did notice though that she was starting to become jealous of the time she and Paulina were spending without her. Dom didn't want her feeling left out. High School was already stressful enough without having to worry about your friend freaking out or being jealous over the fact that you had powers. Tomorrow was the first day of the new school year and she was already nervous. Paulina could read her like a book and already knew what was going through her mind.

[color=violet]"Everything's going to be okay, Dom."[/color] Paulina said as she grabbed her best friend's hands to recenter her. [color=violet]"You're not going through this alone. You have Danny and you have me to help you navigate things."[/color]

Dom looked out her window and sighed. She pulled her hands back and lifted her knees to her chest before wrapping her arms around her legs. [color=6495ED]"I don't know, Lina. Most of the time you'll just be running interference for Star so she doesn't see my powers go on the fritz. You can't shield me from the whole school. Maybe I'll stay home tomorrow or convince my parents to homeschool me or something."[/color]

[color=violet]"I do know. We'll figure this out together. Plus, as much as I love your parents, what if they discover you're half ghost now when they homeschool you? They're obsessed with catching them now."[/color]

Dom hadn't thought about that part. She had managed to slip under their radar this last month, but what if they ran experiments on her or thought a ghost was possessing her instead of her actually being one? Now on top of everything she was starting to worry about what her parents would do if they learned about her and Danny. The stressful overthinking caused Dom to turn invisible without transforming, but instead of phasing through her bed and the floor she started floating.

Paulina's eyes widened at her disappearing in front of her, but instead of freaking out and searching for her through the house she reached her hand out to touch where she last saw Dom's left cheek with her right hand. [color=violet]"Hey, hey. Come back to me. You're here with me."[/color]

Jazz walked past the slightly open door of Dom's room and peeked inside to see Paulina touching the air and for Dom to appear out of nowhere where her hand was. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her sister was a ghost? Did it have something to do with their parents' new portal? She was about to walk away and give Dom and Paulina their space when she noticed Dom's cheeks turn red at Paulina's touch. She felt like she was seeing something she wasn't supposed to and was becoming an overbearing parent despite just being her older sister. [color=orange]"Your secrets are safe with me..."[/color] She whispered as she walked away from the door and back towards her room.

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The next morning Dom made her way downstairs to see Danny and Jazz at the table. Danny was eating cereal and Jazz was reading a book titled, "Surviving Adolescence Through Therapy". Their mom was working on another invention, likely something to do with ghosts. [color=6495ED]"Good morning."[/color] Dom said with a yawn.

[color=40E0D0]"Good morning, sweetie."[/color] Their mother, Maddie, said without turning away from her invention. [color=40E0D0]"Two more days and it's done."[/color]

Their dad, Jack, bust into the room and picked up the device. [color=FF5F15]"What'd you say? It's done? The Fenton Finder is done! This baby uses satellites to lead you right to the ghosts."[/color]

Those words woke Dom up completely. She started to back out of the kitchen before the Fenton Finder said, "Two ghosts are near. Walk forward." It was leading them towards Danny first. Before they could reach him Jazz stepped in the way.

[color=orange]"No. I will not let your insane obsession with ghosts pollute the minds of your impressionable children. Come on, Danny and Dom. I'm driving you both to school today."[/color]

That was unexpected from Jazz. She never drove them anywhere. It seemed their parents also agreed that it was strange because the moment they left they surmised that she was the ghost and planned to capture her.