BeBe: Kay, I really do love the Night World, and fanfiction. I was already planning the plot in my head just for fun, but it was Rina who dared me to type it up here. Just wanted you to know. Yes, I know that in this story Sindy's name is spelt wrong, but all of Ashlyn's friends are based off of my friends, and this is how she likes to spell her nickname. Oh, and Ashlyn is in 7th grade
Why didn't you invite me?
Her friend Sindy had sent it to her. They were instant messaging each other over the computer at school.
Ashlyn had just told her about the party for her brother and sister's birthday that weekend. And also about how instead of inviting her, Ashlyn had invited their other friend Rina.
Because I actually know where she lives.
Not that she had ever shown any interest in where Sin lived…
I thought you said she was hitching a ride with you.
Ashlyn sneaked a peek out at the blonde sitting next to her. Sindy didn't look upset. But she always looked calm at the computer. You had to know her very well to see the hurt and anger behind her light brown eyes.
I have to drop her off too.
It seemed to take a while before Sindy started to type again. Ashlyn sat back and watched the letters flicker across her screen as Sindy typed away.
What about Rainbow and Reese?
Reese lives close by. But she went last time. And Rainbow has church on Sunday. Plus, I had told Rina that she could go last year and then my mom got a kidney stone the day before. So we couldn't go.
Sindy didn't get a chance to answer. The bell had rung, signaling that it was time to head off for classes. Ashlyn sighed, picked up her things and headed out before Sindy even got the chance to log off.
They had been friends for only a year, or so, but Ashlyn had experienced this before. All you have to do is avoide them for a while and let them calm down. Meeting her at the end of the day should work.
"Boo!"
Ashlyn nearly jumped out of her skin. She was in such a trance that she didn't even notice time passing. Without even realizing it, she had gotten down to her own locker, opened it, and got everything out.
And her friends, Bri had creeped up behind her. Bri was about six inches shorter than Ashlyn with hazelnut eyes, and golden hair that never seemed to be able to decide whether it should hang limp at her shoulders or cling to her neck.
"Geez, Bri, don't scare me like that." Ashlyn slammed her locker shut as if to add emphesis.
Bri laughed as they weaved through the halls to get to Pro Time. Unfortunatly, at this time, everyone was in the halls. And that included Justin, who came up behind Ashlyn and pulled her short ponytail before running off. She and Bri turned around just in time to see the back of his retreating blonde head.
Ashlyn groweled. "I'm gonna kill that boy." she hissed under her breath. She clenched her hands into fists and began to stomp towards the room that he had disapeared in.
Bri giggled and pulled her by her upper arm towards the Music room, where their Pro Time was. Ashlyn grumbled incoherent things the whole way.
Well, they got there just in time to see the third amigo, Ellyn do her daily yelling of breakfast foods. That was where she ran to the thresh hold and cried out random breakfast items into the hallway. A tradition that Bri had started a while back.
Ashlyn smiled. For someone who was supposed to be practically invisible, she did have alot of friends.
Ellyn was just an inch shorter than Ashlyn, but her wavy white-blonde hair and bubbly personality made up for that. She was the kind of girl that only an idiot wouldn't like. And Ashlyn knew some of those idiots....
When upon noticing them, Ellyn grabbed Ashlyn's binder and set it on her usual bright blue chair that matched both of their eyes. She then took hold of Ashlyn's shoulders and violently began to shake her back and forth. The force made her hair flip.
"Where's my mirror!" she cried. Oh yeah, Ellyn also liked to pretend to be full of herself at times.
"In your locker." Ashlyn managed to choke out. The shaking was begining to give her a massive headache.
Right on cue, Ellyn let go of Ashlyn's shoulders and began to stomp her feet on the carpeted floor.
"But I can't carry it around with me!" she cried, causing several heads to turn her way.
Ashlyn put her hand on Ellyn's elbow and guided her over to an empty chair, gently. But, instead of carefully putting the crazy girl down, Ashlyn pusshed her so hard that the chair very nearly went toppling over backwards.
"Then the TV will have to do."
Ellyn ran over to the broken TV behind the piano and began to toy with her hair. After that, Ashlyn passed through the day in a dream like state. Waiting for the end of the day when she would get to go to the Holiday Inn hotel for her siblings' birthday.
~NWNWNWNWNW~
It was in Math class that she woke up.
It was very nearly impossible to stay asleepw ith Drake all up in your face saying "Bazinga" over and over again.
"Stop it." Ashlyn hissed, turning her head so she faced the boy who sat diagnol from her in their group.
Drake smiled evilly. "Bazinga." he said, then ducked as if something was going to come flying at his head.
Ashlyn sighed, put her head in her hands, and stared down at her already finished homeowrk. She really didn't even remember doing it, and couldn't understand a single mark on the paper.
Alice, another one of her friends quietly cheered as Drake got up to to to the bathroom. Ashlyn sighed again, this time of relief. She wouldn't have to deal with him for a couple of minutes.
Alice was her last friend at school. Luckily, she sat rightr across from Ashlyn in her worst subject.
Alice had long, brown hair with eyes the exact same color. She had braces and metal rods-hooked to her bottom and top braces to the sides-to help with her underbite.
"Is the metalic taste still in your mouth?" Ashlyn asked. It wasn't all that surprising that there was a taste.. Alice really was a metal mouth.
Alice nodded and shrugged. "You get used to it."
"How long?"
Ashlyn didn't need to say anymore. Alice knew what she meant.
"Well, let's see..." Alice started to tick the months off on her fingers. "I got them in October so, March, April, May, June, July, August, September-7 more months."
Ashlyn flinched. "Ouch, and the braces?"
Alice sighed and rolled her eyes. "I have those clear through to high school."
It was times like these that Ashlyn felt lucky. Even though she had a super small mouch, she wouldn't need braces. All of her friends have eaither had them, have them, or will need them in the immidiate future. Only three of her friends didn't need glasses-yet, and she'll be the first one to get contacts.
Ashlyn nudged Steve, the boy who sat next to her, and tilted her head towards Drake's desk. Or, more precisly his homework. She didn't need to say anything. Steve already knew what to do. He grabbed the yellow sheet just as the door was opening.
They all tried to hold back smiles as Drake sat down. He immidiatly noticed that the yellow sheet was gone. Admittidly, it was the only thing that had been on his desk so it would've been hard to not note it's dissapearance.
"Alright." Drake looked at each person in the group. Glaring at each of his three group members who were trying to hold back theri laughter. "Who has it?"
That was the thing, yousee. Where as, they may be mean enough to take his stuff, they weren't mean enought to lie.
Steve shrugged as he quickly slipped the paper to Ashlyn. "I don't."
Drake turned his head to look at Alice, who shrugged. Ashlyn passed the paper back to Steve.
"Why would I have any reason to take it?" she asked.
Drake then turned back to Ashlyn. She could tell that his glare was supposed to be more frightening now, but it just seemed softer.
Ashlyn stood up to prove herself clean.
"Maybe you misplaced it." Ashlyn sat back down and nudged Steve under the desk.
Drake shook his head. "I did not misplace it." Ashlyn was finding it harder to keep from laughing. Drake looked around, seeing that none of them were going to cave, he sighed. "Come on guys."
Ashlyn laughed and produced the yellow paper between her index and middle fingers. Drake reached for it, but she held it just out of his reach. The-if you could call it that-glare on his face turned harsher.
"Come on Freckles." he said.
Drake lurched forward as Ashlyn blinked. But, right when he fingers were just inches from the paper, she pulled it back over her head, glaring.
"What did you just call me?"
Drake rolled his eyes. "When I say someone's name three times and they don't answer, I call them Freckles for the rest of the day."
Ashlyn looked at him quizically. She didn't even remember his saying her name three times. "That has no logic behind it."
"In my world it does." Drake moaned. "Now give me my paper back!"
"First promise never to say 'bazinga' ever again."
Drake sighed. "Alright, alright. I promise."
"He's not going to stop." Steve pointed out.
Ashlyn already knew that, but her arm was getting tired from holding it up so long, and Drake was going to tell any second now.
She lowered the paper so that he could just barely reachit. He snatched it out of her hand, and smiled.
"Bazinga."
Her notebook went sailing and hit him straight in the face.
NWNWNWNWNW
Ashlyn gasped for air as she surfaced from the pool. Her two short braids were coming apart at the seams, but she didn't care. It was too much fun in the pool.
"Canon ball!" someone yelled from behind her.
She got dragged back under to see nothing but Rina's black hair whic was almost as uncontrollable as she was. It blinded her, she couldn't tell which way was up until her toe brushed against the bottom. She pressed her whole foot down, and sent herself propelling up.
Rina was already there when she surfaced. Her crazy hair becoming less curly, but more frizzy. Her brown eyes were completely hidden behind the black goggles she wore.
"Hey!" Ashlyn yelled, knocking her off her feet so she would go under.
She then scrambled out of the water before Rina could re-surface. Ashlyn knew that once she caught her, she was dead. Giggling, she dodged soaking kids and just as wet adults.
Ashlyn ran out the gate of the pool area, and around to the snack machine corner. It was an old part of the hotel, and Rina would never think to look here. The corner was just by three rooms, but hidden from averybody. No one would be here.
Well, almost no one.
A boy, two or three years older than her was standing by the pop machinge. He had dark brown-almost balck hair that was sweeped to the side so you could just barely see his left, yellow eye.
Ashlyn blinked, and stopped dead. "Oh, I'm sorry."
She began to back away, but the boy grabbed her by her wrist and slammed her into the wall.
"No." his voice was a purr. "Don't leave yet."
Ashlyn gulped, her blood was pounding in her ears.
"Wh-who are you?"
The boy smiled. He picked a stray hair away from her cheek and lightly tuckid behind her ear.
"I believe the correct quicstion is 'what are you'?"
Ashlyn shook her head. Trying to clear it, not looking into the boy's eyes. She turned her head back towards the pool.
"I really should be getting back." she whispered.
Ashlyn didn't know why she said it. It wasn't going to help at all. Maybe she was hoping that he wouldn't get away and just let her go.
"Oh, no." the boy whispered. He put his hand on her chin and tipped it up, so that he could look at her throat.
She saw h is eyes go silver. His canines grew, became long, delicate and translucent. his lips got redder, and fuller. All in all he just got more beautiful.
And in that moment, she realized that everything she knew had been a lie. All the movie has just been made to keep people from fiding out the truth.
Monsters were real.
"You see," he was going on, easily talking around the fangs. "I'm ver hungry. And you smell so delcious."
Ashlyn started to fight back. So hard it would've made all of the gym teachers she'd ever had proud. But the boy was stranger, he didn't budge.
"Let go of me you creep!" she choked on the words. She tried to schream, but couldn't find her voice.
The boy moved his lips to her throat. Ashlyn felt a double sting as he pierced her skin.
"Stop it!"