"But why didn't you tell me about this?" Benny asked his grandma. Once Liz had blasted the knives, the demons stopped trying to attack us. Now we were standing in the kitchen around the island, Rory the only one still not able to form coherent words.

"I wanted her to be able to settle in and get comfortable before you all bombarded her with questions," Grandma explained. "Besides Benny, you're not the best at keeping secrets."

"Gee, thanks for the trust," he said sarcastically.

"Ethan! Benny!" It was Sarah at the front door.

"It's open, dear!" Grandma called. In a second, Sarah and Erica were right next to us.

"I brought backup," Sarah started. "Are you guys okay?" We nodded, realizing we still looked pretty shook up. "What happened?"

"Oh, nothing we couldn't handle," I said faintly, looking across the island at a very nervous Lizzy. "How did you figure out we might be in trouble?"

She took my note out of her pocket and unfolded it. "'P.S.: If we're not back in five minutes from the time you get this note, come find us ASAP.'"

"Oh, yeah," I remembered.

"Always such a drama queen," Benny sighed. I shot him a dirty look.

"Not exactly, Benny," Grandma contradicted. "Demons are a very nasty bunch, especially in bigger groups. Ethan did the right thing." I gave Benny a smug smile, and he rolled his eyes.

"Now," Grandma continued, "I know there's something you'd like to tell them, Lizzy." Lizzy looked at us like she wanted to run, and found a scapegoat in Erica.

"Hey, I know you," she said. "You're that one girl who wanted to borrow my shirt."

"That's me," Erica said proudly, then went completely serious. "So, can I?"

"Lizzy," Grandma said in a warning tone.

Liz sighed sadly. "Okay, fine. I'm what is known as…well…I'm a…uh…I'm a fire fairy." She looked around nervously at our shocked faces.

"Whoa!" Rory exclaimed suddenly. "That's awesome!"

Liz sighed again, relieved. "Not as awesome as you may think," she continued. "Being made of one of the most dangerous elements on the planet, it's hard for me to be in control of my powers at all times. That's why my parents really sent me here, so that Grandma can teach me everything I need to know."

After she finished, we all stood in silence, looking at each other. Erica broke the silence.

"Can we be best friends?" she asked excitedly.

"Erica!" Sarah hissed, insulted.

"What? You know how much I've always loved fairies," Erica gushed. "Peter Pan was my favorite movie growing up. Oh, you'd still be my best friend, too. She'll just be my best friend with the better wardrobe."

"Hey!" Sarah exclaimed, shoving her.

"Oh, my gosh, we can argue about clothes later," Benny interrupted. "We've got demons to bag!"

"Benny, where's that contraption you boys made a few weeks ago?" Grandma asked.

"Oh yeah," Benny said excitedly, running out of the kitchen. A few seconds later, he rushed back in with the leaf-blower that was attached to the cubile animus, the weapon we had made when Sarah had been possessed by a demon.

"Behold," Benny announced, "the Soul Sucker 3000!"

"Benny," I said, panicked, "why do you still have that box?"

"Relax, E," he said. "Grandma checked it out. It's evil-free now…but it won't be for long." He walked slowly into the living room, so we followed.

As soon as we were all in the room, Grandma said a spell, and the demons appeared. We all jumped back in surprise and, well, I screamed like a girl. There were five of them, but I'd rather not describe what they looked like. Just think of the most disgusting thing you've ever seen and times it by a million.

"Oh, they're so gross," Benny said. That ticked one of the demons off, and it tried to jump on him. He turned on the leaf-blower just before it hit him, sucking the demon out of existence.

Figuring out what was happening, three of the demons made a run for it and the fourth one attacked me. Before I knew it, I was on the ground having the life choked out of me by the ugliest creature I had ever seen. Right before I blacked out, Benny sucked the demon off me.

"Dude, are you okay?" Benny asked, leaning down beside me. Liz was on the other side. I nodded in between gasps and even coughed out a "Thank you."

"He's good," he told Liz happily, then ran off. Liz helped me up once I caught my breath, and we ran after the rest of the demons.

Scooting over a snoring Benny hugging a leaf-blower, I sat down on the couch next to Liz and Sarah, who both looked exhausted. Rory had gone home totally freaked out, and Erica left complaining of a broken nail.

"Thanks for fixing my phone, Ethan," Sarah said, holding it up.

"Oh, no problem," I said nervously. I figured it was best not to tell her what had really happened with her phone.

"Sorry I lied to you about why I was here," Liz said to me in a tired voice.

"It's okay," I assured her. "I understand why you had to."

"Thanks," she said gratefully. "So Erica's a vampire, too, huh?" Sarah nodded. "Wow. Suddenly, I don't feel so alone anymore."

"You're in good company," I said. "Of course, this supernatural stuff is almost a weekly occurrence in White Chapel. Sure you're up for it?"

"Absolutely," she said confidently, her chin held high. "It makes for great practice."

Laughing, Sarah gave her a side hug. "Welcome to the team, Liz."

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