A/N- Hey guys! It is TOBN here with yet ANOTHER Christmas surprise. After getting inspired by hearing the story of The Night Before Christmas, I decided to make my first Bennica story! YAY!

I wanted to do this, but sadly, with my schedule, this is not guaranteed to finish before Christmas. But if it lingers after Christmas, consider it a New Year's surprise!

So enough with this rambling; let us start!

This story is going to be about 4 or 5 chapters, if I am including a epilogue. So enjoy this while it lasts!

Disclaimer: I do not own MBAV or its characters OR The Night Before Christmas by Charles Dickens. What? I know these stuff. Don't judge.

ENJOY!

Erica and The Night Before Christmas: Chapter 1: Burned in Flames

She walked through the halls of WC High. People either looked at her in awe, or stepped out of her way in fear. She ruled WC High with an iron fist.

All the boys loved her, but she would reject them in every way. All the girls looked up to her, but she would remind them who was more high classed.

If someone said "Nice shirt!", she would laugh and say "And you wished you had one.". If someone said "So...would you like to date me?", she would look at the person in disgust and say "Get out of my face you bitch!"

People would say she was mean. To be fair, she sorta was.

But she believed that was her job. She was going to leave a mark at this school. To show all those mean girls who was better now. To show all those hot boys who wanted her now.

She was gonna show them who she was. Not the girl she was before.

And when she left the school everyday, she would want to make them look at her in awe and fear.

For she was Erica Jones.

And she indeed was on fire.

Erica walked towards her locker, her hair brushing against the wind. A boy, probably a freshman, stepped towards her and smiled, pushing his glasses up. Erica looked at him as if he was a sewer rat.

"Um, excuse me? Get out of my way." But the boy smiled, oblivious to what was happening. "Excuse me miss? Do you happen to know where Room 16 A is? It is Science class." But Erica just scoffed, turning her rude attitude into cruel laugh.

"Oh my gosh. You need help? No surprise." She knocked the boys textbooks out of his hand. He gasped in surprise when she laughed. "Oops! Sorry. Good luck in science. If you want to survive here, you'll want to listen hard. Because guess who is my new homework buddy?"

And with that, Erica left him standing there, a confused frown on his face as she walked away, a cackle echoing in the halls of WC High.

She strutted towards her locker, and caught sight of her best friend, who unfortunately, saw everything. Erica looked at her and smiled.

"Good morning bestie! And how are you today?" She singsonged as she swung her locker open. Sarah frowned.

"Erica, cut the nice attitude. I saw what you did to that boy. Do you know he is struggling in science? The least you can do was show him the way and leave him alone." Erica rolled her eyes.

"Oh Sarah. You cut the nice attitude." Sarah rose and eyebrow as Erica took out her textbooks. "Give me one reason why. Erica, being nice is great! It brings a smile on everyone's face." This statement made Erica want to gag and puke right in front of her best friend, who was smiling.

"Sarah, wake up and smell the roses. People won't be nice to you. They will be mean. They will cut your allowances, they will fire you from your jobs. They will judge the way you look, even if you look beautiful. Sarah, not everyone's nice. And you know what I say: If you are too sweet, you're innocent. And if you are innocent, you have every right to be guilty." Sarah frowned.

"That doesn't even make sense Erica. That actually sounds pretty cold." Erica smiled. "Exactly." Sarah sighed in defeat, suddenly growing tired of the conversation she was sharing with the blonde vampire.

"Anyway, Ethan is coming over to my house for Christmas Eve tonight. And I promise you this will be fantabulous!" She squealed in excitement, but all she wanted to do was gag in disgust.

"I still can't believe you are dating the dork. What is your problem? Can't you see all your dates would be held in video arcades and comic cons? Seriously lame."

Sarah, suddenly not being able to taking it anymore, slammed her locker in disgust.

"Okay that is it Erica. If you are going to be a Scrooge, so be it. Go ahead and ruin everyone's Christmas." Erica gasped. "Sarah! What is your deal?" Sarah suddenly snapped.

"My deal is that it is Christmas, Erica. And all you are being is an ugly Grinch. Now you can either apologize, or I can leave you and your version of a dark and twisted Christmas." Erica crossed her arms, clearly annoyed of the brunette vampire's sudden attitude change.

"You know what? Whatever you say bitch. Have a merry Christmas. Wish the nerd the same."

Leaving her friend surprised as her jaw dropped, Erica strutted off, a nasty, cold frown written on her face.

Erica made her way to her usual table. She half-hoped and half-expected Sarah to be sitting there, a smile on her face as usual. To be honest, Erica wanted an apology from the brunette, but sadly, she wasn't expecting one to come anytime soon.

She suddenly caught sight of Sarah, standing in the middle of the cafeteria, her arm linked around Ethan's. Erica silently growled, not wanting her best friend to be with her if he was going to be there.

Because where there is Ethan, there is Rory. And where there is Ethan and Rory, there is Benny.

The spellmaster actually was quiet nowadays, especially around Erica. And Erica was beyond curious.

When Sarah caught Erica's eye, she narrowed them in disgust as she quickly turned to Ethan. Because of her super-hearing, she could hear every cold word that spiraled out of Sarah's mouth.

"C'mon Ethan. We need to move. I can sense how cold it is right here." Erica dropped her mouth to form a tiny O as Ethan nodded, confused and oblivious.

"Um, okay. Anything for you my precious!" Sarah laughed as they walked away. Erica growled once more, this time, even louder. She turned to walk away when she bumped into a familiar blonde boy. She groaned; this was not what she needed right now.

"Hey Erica! Wassup?!" He smiled, making Erica wanna gag even more.

"Ugh, how many times do I have to tell you: PERSONAL. SPACE!" Rory sadly took a step back and frowned a small frown. "Oh. Sorry." His sadness then bounced back to his usual happy self.

"So how excited are you for Christmas! HANDS UP I AM!" He cheered as loud as he could, but all Erica did was took a disgusted step back.

"Geez. This is why I don't hang out with nerds. I could just feel the eyes staring. You are making such a scene." Rory slumped his shoulders. "Oh." He said flatly, his smile deflating as Erica smiled coldly in victory. She looked around and frowned in confusion.

"So where is the spellmaster nerd?" Rory hinted a small smile.

"Um...BYE!"

And with that, he bounced away. Erica tilted her head in confusion as everyone in the cafeteria fell silence, their eyes seeming to look at something else. Erica turned around and gasped.

"Oh...my...gosh..."

And standing there was Benny, wearing a black slick tux and held a bouquet of beautiful, colorful, flowers. He smiled nervously, palms sweating as he held a necklace in his hand.

"Um...Merry Christmas Erica." Everyone cooed and awed as he held out the flowers. Erica stood there, amazed and shocked all at once. She looked at her friends, who smiled in admiration. She looked around, the students giggling and smiling as the spellmaster stepped forward and handed her the necklace, made out of beautiful glass. Three words were written across the glass.

You Are Beautiful

Thoughts raced through Erica's mind. She stepped forward, towards Benny, who's eyes were glimmering with hope. She then frowned in disgust and slapped the flowers out of his hand.

"What the fuck Benny!" She hissed, making everyone in the room gasp, including Benny himself. Erica growled at him in fury.

"You disgusting bitch! How dare you make a scene in front of everyone. I...I never want to see you again!"

And with that, she smashed the glass necklace on the cold ground, shattering it as glass flew across the floor. Benny looked at her sadly, eyes brimming with tears.

"I-I'm sorry." He said, rushed out and nervous. But all Erica did was scoff.

"You better be nerd." She sneered. She turned around to face the door and stormed out, all eyes on her.

Even if she was far away from the shaken cafeteria, she could still hear voices.

But she chose to ignore them as she walked out to her next class.

Erica flopped on her bed, eyes brimming with tears as she gave up and let them roll down her cheeks.

She had made such a scene, and she had to admit, she felt guilty.

But he deserved it. Why the hell would Benny even make such a scene? She bitterly thought as she pulled over the covers. Enough of that. Merry Christmas Eve to me.

She smiled softly as she drifted to sleep.

All of the sudden, Erica shot up, feeling a cold presence in the room. She looked at the clock. It was midnight. Erica scanned her room and yelped in fear and surprise.

Standing there was a young girl, wearing a dress that looked like a pioneer's and had a small hair net on her long braids. But she was ghostly pale, and she floated in the air. She swirled to Erica's side. Erica stood up at once.

"Who the fuck are you and what kind of sick joke are you planning?" But the young pioneer just smiled.

"I am the Ghost of Christmas Past. And I am here to show you what you were in the past..long time ago."

And before Erica could protest, she placed her ghostly hand on Erica's and with a poof, they disappeared.

A/N- So did you like it? Leave a review so I know. And with that, happy Friday and watch out for the next chapter!

In Fangs, We Trust.