Crossing Mirrors

I do not own My Babysitter's a Vampire or anything related to the show. Just a fan with an idea swirling around her brain. Thanks to all that read and review

Chapter 1 – The Undeniable Truth

She sighed as she finished the last page of the book she was reading. It had only taken her a few hours to read the Catcher in the Rye because she had read it so many times before. To say it was one of her favorite books was an understatement, but to be honest it was not the book that was boggling her mind at that moment. He had told her he was only going to be gone for an hour or so, to get some nourishment and to meet up with his best friend to patrol the city. That had been about four hours ago.

He always told her not to worry about him when he went off on his own, that he could take care of himself. It was her that was the special one, the one that he would die and kill for. She was the one he would protect until the end of time; at least that is what he told her on a regular basis. She shook whatever bad thoughts had crept inside her mind, her short blonde waves following suit as she swept her bangs to the side. Just because he told her never to worry about things didn't mean that would stop her from thinking them.

She sighed as she placed her hands in her lap. She was sitting upright in her bed, picking at the fabric of her navy blue floral print dress. She leaned her head against her headboard and closed her eyes as she thought of the next hectic month she was about to have. On top of having a vampire for a boyfriend and with her lovely gift of being able to read other peoples thoughts and seeing into their future, School was going to start in a few days. She groaned and gently lifted her head and hit it against the headboard, not wanting to think of any of that foolishness. Honestly, that wasn't what was radiating in her worrying brain at the moment.

All of the sudden she felt a breeze through her hair as she slowly opened her eyes. She turned her head to the right and was met with his hazel green eyes. She briefly closed her eyes and let out a sigh as she turned to her side, grabbing onto his hand as he laced his fingers through hers.

"Where have you been? I've been worried…" her voice trailed off as she stared at their hands, rubbing his finger with her thumb.

"I'm sorry, I should of texted you. Ethan and I ran into an old and ungrateful friend and things got a bit, complicated." She snapped her head up as the word escaped his lips, the worry now intensifying. She noticed a few cuts and bruises on his face, which were in the process of healing. Her eyes trailed to his chest, where scratch marks were visible through the rips in his gray V-neck shirt that he wore loose underneath his dark gray jacket. Her eyes trailed lower as holes and rips were in his dark navy jeans. She sighed as she sat up on the edge of her bed, burying her hands in her face. She felt him follow suit, as she felt him place his hand on her arm.

"You tell me not to worry, that you and Ethan can take care of yourselves, and you come back to me, late, like this?" She lifted her head out of her hands, tears stinging at the corners of her eyes. "I can't help but worry about you! Especially with school starting and with that weird vision I had last night and…" She felt his hand on the back of her head now, as he gently pulled her close and kissed her forehead. She closed her eyes and cursed to herself, as a tear slid down her cheek. No matter how many times he got into trouble with her, none of it mattered. She couldn't live without him, and she didn't want to imagine her life without him.

"Ben… I know I'm just a crutch sometimes but I really, genuinely care about you. I just hate seeing you hurt is all." She felt Benny move her head away from his, but he never took his hands away from where they cupped her face. She sniffed to herself, cursing that she looked like a blubbering idiot.

"You aren't a crutch, Erica, and you never will be. You're strong, amazing, beautiful," that last word trailed off as he rubbed her cheek with his thumb, catching the last of the tears that fell down her face. Erica snorted as she lifted herself off the bed, folding her arms across her chest and looking down into his eyes.

"What?" Benny followed suit, brushing his hand through his messy short brown hair and planting one of his famous smirks on his face. "Truth hurt too much?"

Erica stifled out a laugh has her arms dropped to her sides. Benny used this opportunity and closed the space in between them, wrapping his arms around her waist. He bent his head down and rested his forehead onto hers, looking into her beautiful blue eyes that always made his heart melt. They just stood like that for a few moments, just letting the silence engulf them. Benny kept hold of her waist as Erica gently slid her arms around his neck. Erica closed her eyes, just enjoying his touch, when the words escaped out of her mouth. "I love you."

She held her breath, kind of wishing she could reverse time and pretend as though she had never said them. It was true, she loved Benny so much her heart swelled and beat like a crazy idiot whenever he was around her. However, she had never actually expressed these words to him until now. They had started going out at the beginning of the summer, and her feelings never changed about him since they met. Way to go, Erica. Smooth move. She cursed herself some more until she felt his breath closer to her face. She opened up her eyes as he got closer to her, stopping just before their lips were in contact.

"I love you, too." With that, Benny brushed his lips with Erica's, shock written all over her face. She slowly fluttered her eyes closed as she returned the kiss, feeling cold yet warm at the same time. She pressed her lips harder against his, gripping his neck even tighter. They had kissed before, but this, this was much more than a kiss. This was love, and bliss. She never wanted it to end.

Our Dimension

"Come on Ethan, this super sweet sound system isn't going to build itself!"

Ethan sighed as he rubbed his hands against his temples. "Dude, you do know that normal people buy their own sound systems. A lot less time consuming, and I'm thinking a little less dangerous." Ethan looked around the sea of wires, parts, and speaker pieces that littered the floor of Benny's room. Benny sat on his bed, holding his hand made blueprints hiding his face from his currently annoying best friend. He let out a sigh as he flung the blueprint into his lap.

"Dude when have we ever been considered normal, or safe? I laugh in the face of danger, MUWAHAHA!" Ethan rolled his eyes as he chucked a piece of Styrofoam at Benny, to which he barely dodged. An agitated 'hey!' escaped Benny's mouth as the rest of the afternoon was spent mostly in silence and concentration. Benny was just grateful for the distraction after the day that he had yesterday. Their almost perfect summer vacation was coming to an end soon, and he consistently striked out with Erica all summer, or any girl for that matter. But what's new there, anyway? Ethan and Benny invited Erica and Sarah over for a movie date and Benny though it would be his last impression on Erica before school started. The whole gang had gotten a little closer as friends since the whole Jesse biting Ethan thing, so the girls accepted the invite. Everything was going great; Benny even got Erica to laugh at one of his jokes, but then, it happened.

It was a Wednesday night and they were watching the 8th installment of the Hammer movies, which had started out pretty scary but had just turned plain stupid after the 4th installment. Ethan's parents took Jane to the mall, which meant they had the house to themselves. All four of them were huddled together on the couch, with Sarah and Erica in the middle of the two guys. In the scene that was on, the villain was about to cut up a young blonde girl, who was struggling and calling for help. Benny rolled his eyes as he looked at the others, who looked equally bored. Benny got an evil idea in his head as the sound of power tools could be heard through the TV. Benny slipped away unnoticed and went into Ethan's kitchen. He knew that they kept a few tools in the house for kitchen emergencies and found what he was looking for – an electric battery-operated power drill. The warning bells should of went off inside his head – don't scare a vampire, dude!, but he couldn't help himself.

Benny sneaked behind the couch, drill in hand, as he heard the commentary on screen.

"Any last words, Amy?"

"Please, please! I-I don't wanna die! PLEASE!"

On cue, as soon as Benny heard the drill blaring on screen, he jumped out behind the couch with the power drill on full blast, screaming and evil scream. Ethan and Sarah jumped off the couch, screaming and holding onto each other, and Erica jumped up, terrified, fangs out and eyes golden. Benny's scream quickly turned into laughter as he shut the drill off and put it down.

"Ha, you guys are such scardy ca-" Benny didn't finish his sentence because he was soon pinned to the floor, Erica on top of him flashing her fangs in anger. Benny's eyes grew in terror as he tried to move from underneath her. "Easy babe, it was just a joke!"

"Don't call me BABE!" Erica was holding onto Benny's wrists, tightening her grip and hissing at him some more as her long blonde locks brushed against his face.

"Erica, come on… it was just a dumb joke. I mean, it's Benny we're talking about, he pulls this stuff all the time." Sarah tried her best to calm her friend down, and Benny wasn't sure if he should feel insulted or grateful.

"No, this little nerd bucket is going to get his, he thinks he's all cool and Mr. Smooth but inside he is just a little insecure geek!" She spat that last word out with all the hatred burning inside of her soul. With that last insult, Benny had enough as he looked into her hatred filled eyes.

"Levo absentis!" Soon Erica was lifted away and thrown off of Benny into a wall. Benny still had his trusty spell book that he relied on for harder spells, but he memorized basic defensive and offensive attack spells so he would be better prepared in a fight. Erica hit the floor with a thud as Benny quickly got on his feet. Erica got up and shook herself off, anger spewing out of her body. Ethan quickly stepped in front of Benny, and Sarah did the same with Erica.

"Get out of my way; I am going to rip his little head off his body!"

"Ooo, tough words coming out of a stubborn little bi-"

"Hey! Cool it!" Sarah hissed at the both of them, but that didn't stop Benny from the anger rising in him.

"You used to be such an amazing girl, Erica. You were smart, nice, beautiful… now ever since turning into a batty psycho you're nothing but a mean, vicious, sorry excuse of your formal self."

Ethan's eyes widened in shock as he tried to keep his friend at bay, but nothing was working. "Dude, just relax! Lay off…"

"You know what, Erica, you can keep going after loser after loser but no matter how much better looking they are, no matter how much muscular they are, they aren't going to give half a damn as I do about you!"

And that is when things turned silent, and awkward.

After Benny had realized what word vomit came out of his mouth, he quickly excused himself and hi-tailed it out of Ethan's house and ran to his next door. Erica had tried sputtering some words out but she just left in an irritated mess, not quite sure on how to register what Benny had said to her. This left Sarah and Ethan to themselves, and after sucking Jesse's venom out of Ethan's body, it was hard being completely alone with him.

"Well, I should go…" Sarah took a few steps toward the door but was stopped by Ethan's hand on her arm. Sarah cringed at the touch, remembering how sweet and wonderful his blood was.

"Sarah, please, we need to talk about what happened…"

"I, I can't Ethan! Not now, I just – can't…" With that Sarah slipped her arm out of his hand and ran towards the door. She looked back at him and smiled. "I'll see you Friday night, okay?" With that she opened the door and slipped out. Ethan sighed and plopped onto his couch, covering his face with his hands.

"Why are my friends so complicated?" He mumbled as a scream escaped from the TV.

Ethan shook his head, also remembering the horrifying events of yesterday, and by that time everything was set up and ready to go. Benny looked up at the amazing system they had just built, mouth gaping open in wonder. Ethan was pretty satisfied, since they had built this thing without anything going awry. Nothing yet, anyway…

"Ugh, bad Ethan!" Ethan said to himself, smacking all the negative thoughts out of his head. Benny raised an eyebrow in his direction and looking a tad bit concerned.

"Daaa… oooook then, be prepared man, cause we are about to take Knights of Ninjitsu IV to a whole other level… it will be like we are really in the game… gaaaaaah I can't wait!" Benny ran over and put the game into the console. Ethan was equally excited as he watched Benny turn on the game, and then…

…nothing.

"Wha- what gives!" Benny threw is controller on his bed and looked around for any loose wires or anything that looked out of place. Ethan's face turned into disappointment as he also threw his controller onto Benny's bed and sat on the floor.

"Well?"

"Well what? It should be working fine, I don't understand… ARGH!" Benny slammed his fist on top of the main control system in frustration, but quickly turned around and got an idea.

"Ah oh, I don't like that look…" Ethan shot up onto his feet, dreading what was going to happen.

"Relax, E. All this bad boy needs is some magical pick-me-up!"

"Benny, don-" but before Ethan could stop him, Benny grabbed his spell book from his dresser and flipped through some pages. The words escaped Benny's mouth before Ethan could protest more, a blue glow forming at his hands.

"Redintegro is sursum quod planto is vado PLENUS VOX!" The light engulfed the stereo system, lighting it up and making it coming to life. "AH YEAH!"

"Ah no…" Suddenly the speakers blew as the sound of the game escaped from the speakers. Ethan and Benny took a few steps back, as Ethan glared daggers at his friend. "WAY TO GO, BENNY!"

"RELAX, RELAX, I CAN FIX THIS, POSSIBLY…" Benny dropped his book and raised his hands, concentrating, trying to remember the reversal spell.

"DUDE, THE BOOK, PLEASE USE YOUR BOOK…"

"BOOK-SMOOK, I GOT THIS… AAAHH,TRANSPORTO SPECULUM QUOD PATEFACIO PORTA!" With a flash of light, the system shut off and the blue glow disappeared. "Haha, see! I am a geni-" Before Benny could finish his sentence, a light flashed in front of them as a large golden mirror appeared. They looked into the mirror, which didn't show the least bit of a reflection.

"Weird…" Benny reached out his hand, and before Ethan could stop him they were both sucked up into the mirror in an instant, their distant cries of surprise and shock a million miles away.

Few, well here is the end of the first chapter! I'm not sure if the other chapters will be longer or shorter, I just needed to set up the story a bit before we get into both dimensions more. Anyways, please tell me what you thought, review and such ^-^ thanks so much for reading!

For those who are curious about the latin… here is the translation for everything in order of appearance (my spells are not very original, sorry about that :/)

Levo absentis – Raise and Throw

Redintegro is sursum quod planto is vado PLENUS VOX – Fix it up and make it run, FULL POWER

OSTENDO SUM VOX PATEFACIO PORTA – Send the mirror and open the gate (this was supposed to be the reversal spell but he pronounced it wrong, causing the portal to appear