DISCLAIMER: I do not own Alvin and the Chipmunks, The chipettes or any related character. I own this story and the OC's appearing in it.


"Happy Birthday, Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor." The three Chipmunk Brothers said to their female counterparts.

"Thank you, boys" The girls said.

"18 years old, can you believe it?" Jeanette said, smiling brightly at Simon.

"Yeah, I can't believe I could put up with you guys for so many years." Alvin joked, receiving a friendly push from his younger brother.

"I could say the same from you, Alvie." Brittany joked back.

"Can we PLEASE get our presents now?" Eleanor asked eagerly, not hiding the fact that she already had seen the three gifts wrapped in her and her sister's trademark colors.

"Here you go, Ellie." Theodore said as he gave the gift to a bright-smiling Eleanor.

"You'll really like it, Jean." Simon said, handing over the gift with a kiss on her cheek, making her blush.

"Please don't return it, like you did with my present last year, Britt." Alvin said with a bright smile, giving his gift to a blushing Brittany.

The three girls ripped the paper of their gifts and gasped at the sight of three silver-chained necklaces with a small heart-shaped pendants. Each pendant had the trademark color of owning Chippete.

"They're amazing." Brittany said, stars in her eyes.

"Astonishing." Eleanor added.

"Beautiful" Jeanette finished. When she put it on, she got the impression that it glowed slightly as she touched it. Maybe it was the light. She threw her arms around Simon and gave him a big kiss on the cheek. Her sister did similar actions, with Brittany doing a kiss level further than Jeanette dared to do.

"As long as you wear this, Jean …" Simon said. "I will be there to protect you."

Jeanette blushed. She wanted to say something, but then Simon's cellphone beeped.

"Way to kill the mood, Si." Alvin said, breaking up the kiss with Brittany.

Simon checked his cellphone. "Damn."

"What is it?" Jeanette asked.

"Nothing to worry about." Simon said with a smile. "A buddy of mine, who works at the library, said that I have to turn in a book, or I get a serious fine."

"Why so serious?" Alvin said with a very big grin.

"Lame joke, Alvin." Simon said as he put on his jacket. "It was one of the books that they normally don't rent to normal students, but they made an exception in my case."

"Better run." Theodore said.

"Be carefull." Eleanor said.

"It's only a library, Ell." Alvin said. "What could possibly happen there?"

Jeanette watched Simon ran out the room. "Hurry back." She whispered, only for her to hear.

"So, Jean?" Alvin asked, not so oblivious as his brother was. "Are you going to tell him your feelings or not any time soon?"

"W-what do you mean?" Jeanette asked.

"It's just VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU LIKE HIM!" Brittany said to her sister, sitting on Alvin's lap.

"And we're not as oblivious as our dear brother." Theodore said.

"They're right, Jeanette." Eleanor said. "It's time you tell him. And you KNOW he has the same feelings for you."

"But what if he doesn't?" Jeanette asked. "What if he laughs or just stares at me afterwards or …"

"You'll never find out if you don't tell him, Jean." Brittany said.

Half an hour past, but Simon didn't return. Jeanette got a bad feeling, a really bad feeling.


You can't run from us, Young One."

Simon as fast as he could in now abandoned, dark library …if he still was in the library. One moment, he was returning a book and searching down the racks for a new one, the next moment he got 'the chill' over his spine and the whole place went dark and quiet. And he was alone. And that's when the attack began. An invisible force knocked him of his place, leaving a cut in his arm.

Simon ran around the corner of one of the racks and sat down, holding his hand against his wounded arm. That was a serious cut.

"'It's only a library, Ell. What could possibly happen there' ?" Simon said to himself, imitation Alvin's voice. "Okay, Maybe this time it works…" He let his hand hover over his wound and whispered a work. A faint light came from his hand, but it didn't seem to work. "Okay, waste of time."

"Indeed." A voice that seemed to sound from everywhere said. "This whole thing is a waste of time, young one."

"Who are you?" Simon asked the voice. "Where are you from?"

"You know where we're from." The voice said, sounding louder than before.

"The Eternal Void." Simon whispered to himself, his eyes narrowing in fear. "Impossible."

"It's not!" The voice said this time sounding from …directly behind Simon.

Simon turned around and saw two glowing red eyes, hovering inside a cloud of black smoke.

"What do you want with me?" Simon said, trying to shake of the fear.

"I want …the Hearts of Light." The Shadow said.

"YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM!" Simon yelled in anger. He raised his hands to one of the rack of the Dark Library and made it fall on the Shadow with the little power his anger had awakened. The Shadow flew apart like smoke in the wind.

"That's not gonna stop him." Simon said to himself. He saw the exit to the backdoor of the library and ran for it.

The Shadow raised bit by bit from under the rack, reforming completely just in time to see Simon ran out the exit door.

"You can't run from us and you can't hide from us." The Shadow said, as he and a dozen more Shadow Creatures flew to the exit door.


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