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Chapter 1
"Think about it, we can do anything we want, we can get cash, cars, candy," Benny counted them each off on his fingers.
"So you're only using magic spells for stuff that starts with 'c'?" I asked with a smirk. He looked at me with a blank expression.
"Just think we were lonely high school noobs, now we're vampire destroyers and spell casters, the world is our oyster," He put an arm around my shoulder and I rolled my eyes.
"Have you ever had an oyster, not something you'd wanna swallow, more like cough up," I interjected and he glared at me. He glanced over to his left before looking back.
"Thanks, nice image to start the day but that's the image I need," He looked over at a group of girls. In the center was Della, she had long blonde hair, crystal blue eyes, and fair skin.
"I know I'm not a seer and all but I can see her with me," He smiled and continued to drool.
"Look Benny, keep the magic on the down low, remember life just got back to normal," I warned him, he was the kind to do magic first and think later.
"Would you relax Ells, I got this," He winked before making flowers appear from nowhere. He had just started walking when Sarah appeared.
"Hey, can I talk to you?" She asked, seeming really nervous. I nodded but snuck a glance at Benny.
"Hey, anything new happen lately?" I asked distractedly, trying to make sure my best friend didn't do anything stupid.
"Can I borrow twenty dollars; it's for a good cause?" She asked and I looked up at her.
"Twenty dollars, like now?" I asked but then I heard sniffling. Della had started to cry and Benny looked at us for help. He turned back and gave her the flowers. He started walking back with a smile on his face.
"Awesome news, Della's dog died," He smiled, looking at us. Sarah and I exchanged a look before turning our attention back to the idiot.
"And that's good news?" Sarah asked, uncertain as to why.
"Yeah," Benny nodded and we both rolled our eyes.
"Well, I gotta go, see ya guys later," She waved before walking off. Benny took the spot Sarah had been in and had a weird look in his eyes.
"She said she loved my flowers, and then she said she'd do anything to bring her dog back, ANYTHING," He emphasized and I was still missing the point.
"What if someone magically brought her dog back, you know how grateful she would be," He poked my shoulder and I nodded in agreement. My eyes widened and snapped my head back to him.
"No, Benny you cannot bring her dead dog back to life," I snapped, knowing full well he'd do it anyway.
"Won't know 'til we try right?" He winked before walking off.
"Benny, stop!" I yelled, running after him.
Benny showed me a video of his grandma after he asked her about the spell. She obviously knew what he was up to and wasn't going to relent.
"See, those crazy wrinkles are hiding something, I know it," He said and I sighed.
"Maybe you should just conjure up a bracelet for this girl, reanimating a dead dog is overkill," He scrunched his nose up at my first suggestion.
"No, it's underkill," He said and I shot him a confused look.
"Because the dog would be unkilled, duh," He explained and I sighed with a shake of my head.
"You don't know how to do it," I was hoping this would put a stop to his stupid idea.
"No, but I do know where to find the answers," Well there goes that plan.
"Grandma's secret shelf," He nodded his head as if it was a completely normal thing.
"Secret shelf, my bad feeling just got ten percent more bad?" I asked, knowing this wouldn't end well. He glared at me but was distracted by the knock on the door. My mom opened it and she looked us extra hard. I wouldn't tell Benny but she told me I should leave the door open from now on. She gave me the whole Benny's a boy and I'm a girl speech. Benny looked between us as we were having a stare down.
"Hey guys, Ella dinner's almost ready," She told me with her jaw clenched. Benny could feel the tension in the air and shifted.
"Hey mom, what's that aroma?" I asked, trying to get her to stop looking ready to murder someone.
"Yeah, did Jane melt one of her dolls again?" Benny laughed and my mother glared harder. I hit Benny on the knee and he immediately stopped.
"Actually, Ella's dad is having a very, very important client coming over for dinner on this Friday and I'm trying some recipes and this is kelp and kimchi ratatouille, wanna try some?" She edged toward Benny first, knowing full well he'd flee the scene.
"Oh yum, I have to g—ahhh!" I seized his hand in a death grip and he sat back down.
"I have to stay," He laughed nervously, giving me a glare. My mother sighed in irritation before handing him the spoon. It was a green glob that had a very distinct scent. He crinkled his nose and hesitantly ate some. She scooped up more and shoved it down my throat. I coughed at the taste but ate it anyway.
"Mmm, it's good mom," I managed to get through. Benny's face was the exact shade of the food but he gave a thumbs up.
"Okay, honey can you tell Sarah we won't be needing her on Friday, since we'll be having a gourmet dinner," She forced a smile and walked out the room. I called Sarah and she didn't seem too happy about not babysitting. She hung up on me with a scream and I winced.
"Ella, I'm never trying your mom's cooking ever again," Benny moaned, clutching his stomach as it made weird gurgling noises.
"Sorry, she only said it to get you to leave and I wasn't going down alone," I told him before I stood up and practically collapsed on my bed. I rolled over onto my back and Benny wheeled the chair over.
"Why does she want me to leave?" He asked confusion in his tone.
"Because you're a growing hormonal teenage boy and I'm growing hormonal teenage girl and we spend all our time together plus she thinks we secretly make out when the doors closed," I said without thinking, then buried my face in my pillow.
"I can't believe I just said that," I moaned and Benny chuckled, sitting next to me on the bed.
"Ella, we've known each other since diapers, you're like a sister to me, I could never be attracted to you," He winced when he realized how it sounded.
"Gee thanks," I monotoned, hugging my pillow closer to my chest as I sat up.
"No, I mean, you're like one of the guys," He groaned when it came out wrong again. I hit him with my pillow and laughed.
"Benny, stop trying to comfort me, you're horrible at it," I smiled and he grinned back. As I stared I realized something. Benny was kinda cute, in the nerdy way. My eyes widened as this thought ran through my head. My dad walked into the room and looked between the two of us.
"Ella, dinner's ready, is Benny staying the night again?" I could tell he didn't approve but he trusted the both of us unlike my mother. I glanced at Benny and he shook his head.
"I have to do something, I'll be back in ten minutes, see ya Ells," He smiled at me and I beamed back. He walked past my father who narrowed his eyes slightly. I ate my dinner quickly when I felt my phone buzz. I got a text from Benny who said he was outside. I ran out but wiped my face from any stray food. I stumbled out the front door and ran up to him.
"Hey Benny, how's it going?" I asked, straightening my clothes. He looked at me strangely but just shook his head.
"Took these from grandma's secret shelf," He showed me three bottles and I groaned.
"I thought you quit on that," I said and he looked at me in shock.
"Seriously, Della might be the only girl who gives me the light of day, besides you and Sarah, but Sarah has to and you're stuck with me until the day you die," He winked and my stomach twisted and turned. I hated how I was feeling right now, I felt like every stereotypical girl that liked their best friend.
"How will you even know which one to use?" I asked and he smiled at me hopefully.
"I thought you might use a vision to see which one was the 'bring back to life' juice," He said and I rolled my eyes.
"Come on Ells, help reunite a fair maiden with her beloved pet, just one touch," He gave me his puppy dog eyes and I groaned. I ignored the tingling feeling when his hand brushed mine. This stupid crush was starting to get annoying.
"Okay, now focus," He instructed me and I breathed in deeply. I immediately seized up and saw the visions in front of me. It was like I could only see one color for the visions. The first one had a bird in blue, next it had something coming out of your fingers in red, and hands coming from the grave in yellow. It stopped and Benny was watching me in anticipation.
"This one equals angry birds," I handed him the blue bottle.
"Right on," He said, pocketing it.
"This one grows hair from your fingers," He took the red bottle and nodded.
"Cool."
"This, this one's it but—" He snatched it greedily from my fingers.
"Sweet, Della's dead dog thanks you," He swung his leg over onto his bike.
"Wish me luck, I have a long road ahead and a pooch to save from the dead, engage!" He yelled, riding off.
"Benny, Benny wait!" I called when I heard a whistle by my ear.
"Boo!" A familiar voice shouted making me shriek.
"Rory, don't do that!" I yelled at the blonde and it didn't seem to faze him.
"I was working on my ninja skills, check out my new card," He shoved a business card in my face. It was in Japanese. I stared at him blankly and he caught it.
"It means Rory, vampire ninja," He grabbed the card back and stuffed it in his shirt pocket.
"Look Benny's gone to Della's and I don't know where she lives, do you?" I asked, hoping he'd have a little insight.
"No but I know a sure way to find out," He grabbed my shoulder and turned me around.
"Air Rory," Wrapping an arm around my waist, he took off.
We were still flying when I saw Benny.
"Rory, there he is!" I told him and he nodded. In an instant, he dropped me straight toward Benny. I squealed and fell on him.
"Wait," I got out before I groaned. Benny seemed to be in the same pain I was.
"I'm sorry," I apologized, looking down at him. He looked up at me in shock.
"Ella, never scare a guy when he's bringing things back from the dead!" He shouted as I got off him.
"Come on, let's go before you do something stupid or more stupid," I tugged on his arm but he stayed put.
"Too late, I already did, nothing happened, I—" He was cut off as someone jumped in between us. We both screamed when we noticed it was Rory.
"Booyah!" He laughed and Benny glared while I tried to calm my racing heart down.
"Rory, I don't care how undead you are, you do it again, I kill you," He threatened and I couldn't help but laugh.
"To kill vampire ninja, you must first find vampire ninja," The blonde just replied, making us both shake our heads.
"Vampire ninja…" My taller friend trailed off when we noticed the vampire was gone.
"Alright that was kinda cool, anyway the potion had no effect at all, your vision was wrong," He said like it was my fault. I rolled my eyes and looked right at him.
"My visions are never wrong," I stated and he pouted in dejection.
"I think your grandma was right, we shouldn't mess with the forces of life and death," I patted his shoulder before I stood up and walked over to a bench. He followed and sat down next to me. After only a few moments of silence between us, I heard whimpering.
"Do you hear that?" I asked, looking straight at him.
"No way, Puffles!" Benny said in excitement, rushing over to the grave. The dog was trying to get out itself.
"It's alive!" He yelled and I slapped his arm.
"Shh, Benny!" He pouted as we sat next to the grave. We started digging for the dog to help him out. Someone landed between us but we didn't jump this time.
"Whoa!" The dog was finally out and it looked at us with its big black eyes.
"That's the sweet sound of Benny getting a date with Della," He smirked triumphantly and I frowned.
"Yay, you did it, now let's go before someone sees us," I told the both of them but Benny had his stupid face on.
"What, no Della needs to know I rescued her dog, I'm gonna surprise her at school tomorrow," He smiled, scooping the dog up and putting it on a blanket. A light went off in the house and we jumped.
"We have to go now!" I tried to cover the hole back up and Rory helped me. The balcony door opened and Della stepped out. We ran off but Benny was lagging behind.
"Come on Benny!" I grabbed his hand and pulled him off the yard. Rory had run off, or flown off, somewhere and it was just us.
"Can we put Puffles in your garage until school, grandma cannot find out," Benny asked, looking at me.
"What should I tell my parents if they find a dog of the undead?" I whisper-yelled and he sighed.
"You'll think of something, you might wanna leave out the part of it being undead before," He suggested and I sighed.
"Yeah thanks, just promise me this will be the last time you bring anything back from the dead," I looked at him and he nodded.
"Here, take it," He handed me the dog and I groaned, "I swear on my Jedi honor that Puffles will be the last animal I will ever bring back from the dead." He placed his hand over his heart and smirked at me.
"It better be," I scowled and started to walk off. He grabbed my shoulder and turned me.
"Thanks Ells, I know how stubborn you are and you could've refused, this means a lot to me," He smiled genuinely and I nodded indifferently but a smile stretched across my face. I placed the dog in my garage before I climbed up the steps in my room. Unbeknownst to me, Della's yard was being water by sprinklers. The potion Benny poured on the grave was now draining and seeping deeper into the yard. This thing was about to get worse and fast.
And done! I know this is longer than I usually make any of my chapters in any story but I just couldn't stop. I wanted to try something different. I thought it'd be an open invitation to all the moments between Benny and Ethan, in a different way. I'm going to have two chapters for each episode, so about twenty something chapters. I hope you give this chance and don't dismiss just because. Review please, even if it's a suggestion on how to improve something or if you want me to do things outside of this. Thanks! Adios, mi amigos!