Chapter 4:

Legends of Wonderland Mountain

After last nights wild party ended they all either went to bed feeling exhausted, or went to bed to have sex. Jade and Dana were in their room with Sasha the next morning. Jade was under the covers fast asleep and Sasha and Dana were sitting on the other bed in their pajamas talking.

All of a sudden Jade stirred and yawned.

"Well, well, look who's finally awake," Sasha said.

Jade rolled over to face them still buried under the covers with her head pounding. "What time is it?" She asked yawning again.

"Nearly 12," Dana replied. "You definitely had a wild night."

Jade smiled. "Wild doesn't even begin to cover it."

"I saw you with one blonde guy, he was cute. What happened?" Sasha said.

"We went to this ballroom on the 8th floor and hooked up. Then I went back to the club and hooked up with two other guys."

"Damn girl," Sasha said impressed.

"Where are Yasmin and Cloe?"

"Still off sleeping with Cade and Cameron," Dana replied knowingly.

"What happened with you two last night? I saw you dancing with Ethan," Jade said to Dana.

Dana smiled. "I guess he really does like me."

"Did you hook up with him?" Sasha asked.

"No," Dana said shaking her head.

"Did you make out?"

"No..."

"Damn it Dana!"

"I just want him to make the first move," Dana said quickly.

"I swear, if you don't make something happen between the two of you, I will."

"Well what about you and Reign?" Dana said changing the subject. "I saw you dancing with him."

"Reign and I danced, we talked, we made out...we hooked up," Sasha said nonchalantly.

"Omg tell us everything!" Jade exclaimed excitedly.

Sasha looked up at the detailed ceiling. "There's not much to tell. We danced, had a few drinks, talked about the party, you know."

"So are you and Reign a thing now?" Dana asked curiously.

Sasha shrugged. "I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?!" Jade exclaimed.

"I just don't know! We were drunk, we didn't talk feelings."

"Do you want something to happen?" Dana asked.

Sasha shrugged flippantly. "If something happens, it happens."

Truthfully she really did want something more to happen between her and Reign, she was just too stubborn to admit to feeling vulnerable. It was rare that a guy made her feel this way, but she knew there was some kind of spark between her and Reign. When things were this out of her control she had to fix it. She'd talk to Reign today no matter what.

Reign kept to his word about showing the Bratz all that the Wonderland Lodge had to offer. Later that afternoon they were dressed and only semi-hungover, and Reign showed them all the lodge and the surrounding town.

The lodge held a couple of ballrooms, a pool, a bar, and a casino. Outside they saw the ski lifts. Then they went downtown where there was a beautiful mountain city covered in shops, restaurants, a movie theater, and more clubs. The girls went off to shop for some cute clothes and souvenirs and the guys went off to some sports shop.

"What do you think of this skirt?" Yasmin asked holding up a denim skirt covered in white snowflake designs.

"That is so you!" Dana said then went off to go try to find something equally as cute.

Cloe came out of the dressing room wearing black and white leggings that went perfectly with her fur boots. "Cute or nah?"

"They definitely make your butt look good," Sasha said.

"Really?" Cloe took a picture in the mirror next to her of her butt. "You're right!" She said afterwards as she posted it on Instagram with the caption "sexy leggings at the wonderland ;)."

As Jade was looking at some scarves, across the room she saw a really cute guy. He was tall, with shoulder length black hair, and wore all black. "Ooh he's hot."

Sasha looked over at him. "Very sexy goth," she said approvingly.

"Should I go for it?" Jade said.

"You're not getting any younger girl," Sasha said. "You're like visibly turned on right now anyway."

Jade took a mirror out of her purse and checked her makeup and hair then made sure her outfit looked good. She went over to the guy who was looking at some heavy metal t-shirts. She glanced up at him for a moment. Tall, chiseled, was that black eyeliner? She'd never pictured herself with such a goth but it was kinda hot.

"Metallica huh?" She said looking at the shirts. "They're great."

He looked at her and flashed a smile. "You're into metal?"

She looked up at him and flashed a sexy smile. "Of course."

He out his hands in his pockets and looked at her in a smoldering way. "What else are you into?"

She proceeded to tell him her interests and pleasures.

A little while later the girls were done shopping although Jade was elsewhere.

"Should we wait for her?" Dana asked as they left the store.

"She'll catch up," Sasha said. "Unless you want to be the one to interrupt."

Dana thought about that and then shook it off. She would not want to be the one to face Jade's wrath if she interrupted.

A few minutes later they met up with the boys.

"There you are," Cloe said going over to Cameron and giving him a hug.

"Did you girls have fun shopping?" Reign asked.

"It was great! They have so much cute stuff," Dana said.

Reign chuckled. "These are some of the greatest shops for miles around."

Everyone wanted to go walk around and see more. Sasha had to take this opportunity, she may not get another one. She'd hardly spoken to Reign one on one all day and she couldn't wait anymore.

As everyone was going, she went over to him. God he was so tall, dark, and handsome. "Wanna go grab a coffee?" She asked him.

"Of course," he said following her down the street to the coffee shop.

She couldn't figure out what he was thinking. He was good at hiding his emotions like her. Hands in his pockets, long stride, looking forward. He was impossible to read.

They arrived at the little coffee shop a block away and ordered. Just as she was about to pay he stopped her. "Allow me."

"Thank you," she said surprised.

They then sat down at a table across from each other by the window.

"Are you enjoying your stay here?" He asked her as he sipped his coffee.

"Everything is incredible," she said. "The views, the lodge, just everything."

"I'm glad you're enjoying it," he said. "That was some party last night. There's a lot more like that."

"What was last night?" She blurted out not wanting to go on sigh the small talk anymore.

He raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"You and me. What was that? We never talked about it."

"It's whatever you want it to be," Reign said. "Do you like me?"

"Do you like me?"

"Yes, I do. You're very beautiful. You radiate confidence and elegance. I've never met anyone like you."

She was so shocked she didn't know what to say. "I like you too Reign," she finally said.

As they finished up their coffee they talked a lot about themselves and what things were like where they came from. Finally they got a text from Koby saying that everyone was going to dinner and to meet them back where they parted.

They found everyone in front of a bookstore, and Jade had returned without Mr. Goth Guy.

"Hey guys, look at this," Yasmin said holding up a book that said legends of Wonderland Mountain.

"Any cool legends in there?" Cade asked looking over her shoulder at the book.

"200 years ago the mountain was named Wonderland by recent residents and mountain climbers because of the dazzling snow that fell on it," Yasmin read. "However, in 1815, a teenage girl went missing into the woods and when she returned she was delirious, unable to tell anyone what had happened to her. She disappeared again a few days later and never returned.

"The people of the town were cautious and avoided the woods at all costs, but that didn't stop several others from disappearing over the next year. Some returned with the same hysteria as the first girl and were pronounced insane...others were gone forever.

"Residents quickly started to leave the town, not wanting to be the next to disappear. But two brave men ventured into the woods to find out what was going on. Deep in the woods they saw two shadowy figures. They approached in their hoods. In the darkness the only feature the two men could make out we're red eyes and sharp fangs. They ran.

"Hundreds of years later Wonderland exists as a snow lodge bringing in thousands of tourists yearly. Since it's creation in 1975, 50 people have reportedly gone missing or were diagnosed with cases of psychotic episodes. The disappearances were stated by authorities to be cases of kidnapping, runaways, or trafficking.

"But legend still has it that deep in the woods of Wonderland, what those two men saw were not human but vampires existing to take over the mountain..."

"Vampires at Wonderland..." Cloe said feeling very scared.

"Don't be ridiculous, vampires don't exist," Koby said.

"Yeah, it's like the story Reign's grandfather told. He must have got it from this book, right Reign?" Ethan said.

Reign nodded. "Of course. I told you, the old man is insane. He just wants to scare people. Let's all go to dinner."