A/N: Meh. Short chapter is short, I'm sorry. But it's Halloween, a girl's bound to be distracted. Because I'm a procrastinator. But I haven't started yet. I'll try to do a double update next week though, to make up for the shortness of this week...


"What?"

"Vlad. He can be such a prat sometimes," I said, fuming, pacing back and forth, not really paying attention to the general statements and questions of confusion.

"What's Vlad got to do with this?" asked Lukas, watching me intently.

"He's the one who put the spell on Abbie," I replied, trying to figure out what to do about the situation.

"There's no way he could have done it himself," said Lukas, somewhat to himself.

"Yes, but he's the main reason behind all-"

"This is Halloween, this is Halloween! Halloween! Hallowe-"

"What the hell?"

I reached into my pocket to pull out the offending cell phone. The caller ID read 'Sexy Vampire'. I groaned as I opened the phone, deciding to never let anyone touch it again.

"What, Vlad?" I asked, annoyed.

"You should sound happier! We haven't talked for ages," said Vlad, a huge grin audible even in his voice.

"Put it on speaker so the awesome me can hear this!" shouted Gilbert, who was trying to listen in with no avail.

"Why should I be happy?" I asked, irked. "Fine, Gilbert, I'll put it on speakerphone."

"Who wouldn't be happy talking to me?" asked Vlad, sounding as if he was holding back laughter.

"Me!" shouted Elizabeta, as the whole conference room could hear the conversation as I had put it on speaker.

"Oh! I see you put it on speakerphone. Hello Elizabeta, you're looking extremely beautiful today!" replied the Romanian man cheerfully, though there was an undertone of sarcasm in his voice.

"You're talking on the phone, Vlad," sighed Lukas, exasperated with his friend's antics.

"I know! But I bet good ol' Arthur's just dying to know where I am so he can try to strangle me or something," replied Vlad, chuckling slightly at the sound of Elizabeta's angry shouts at his comment.

"Yes," I replied icily, glaring at the phone even though I knew Vlad couldn't see me.

"Well, I was bored, and since it's Halloween I decided to go somewhere fun!" replied Vlad.

"And where might that be?" I asked testily, running out of patience.

"The country that celebrates Halloween best-America!" exclaimed Vlad.

"See Arthur, a bunch of people like Hallow- oh wait, that's today?" asked Abbie, looking somewhat displeased at missing one of her favorite holidays.

"What? Where in America are you?" I asked, ignoring Abbie for the moment.

"In a place called Sleepy Hollow! I'm gonna go terrorize some locals with the legends they have floating around," said Vlad, sounding happy at the thought of terrorizing some local people in America.

"But-"

"It's in New York! That's where the headless horseman was fabled to have ridden through," stated Abbie, cutting me off in the process of asking the question she had just answered.

"Yeah, that's the place! I liked that story, so I decided to come and reenact it for these lucky locals," replied Vlad, excited that someone understood what he was talking about. "And I have just the spell to make it seem like I really have no head!"

"But won't that-"

"Possibly traumatize them for the rest of their lives? Sure! But it'll be really fun," laughed Vlad.

"And you shouldn't be using-"

"-click-"

"-magic for that… He hung up," I said, even more annoyed now.

"That'd be so uncool if he actually did mess up all of those people. My people! Since I'm a hero we have to stop this! Artie, do you have a private jet or even one of those military jets?" asked Abbie, looking fired up to get back to her home before Vlad could pull off his 'villainous' deed.

"That'd take too long. Come with me," I said, grabbing Abbie's hand, pulling her out of the meeting room.


"Where are we even going? It's like we're in the middle of nowhere," said Abbie, her voice almost close to that of a whine.

"Don't worry, we'll be there in about five minutes," I replied, keeping my eyes on the road.

For the next few minutes, we sat in silence, the only sounds coming from the car's engine.

"What the heck is that?" asked Abbie, pointing to an arrangement of huge stones that appeared when we had turned around a hill.

"That's Stonehenge. Time to go," I said, stopping the car and getting out, grabbing my robe and spell book before closing the door.

"Why are we here again?" asked Abbie as we picked our way through the crumbling ruins.

"So we can get to America as soon as possible," I replied, stopping in front of a huge archway that the stones formed.

"How do we get to my place from here?" Abbie asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"Just stand next to me and hold onto my arm," I said, stepping forwards so that I was in the center of the arch.

"But-"

"We're using magic. Since Stonehenge is so rich in Pagan mythology, which included different kinds of magic, it makes it an ideal place for performing complex spells that would otherwise fail. It's also going to work better because Halloween is a Pagan holiday, which also amplifies my magical abilities," I explained quickly, throwing my robe on.

"Um… Okay. I guess…" replied Abbie, grabbing hold of my arm.

"Good," I said, before opening my spell book to a particular page and began my chanting, my eyes closed.

When I finished the chant, there was a sound, which was similar to a sharp intake of breath and paralyzing cold for a moment before opening my eyes. Now, instead of the countryside of England around us, we stood in a warm barn.

"Whoa! How'd we get here?" wondered Abbie, looking around.

"Magic," I replied, smiling slightly.

"Oh, cool! This is my barn, too," said Abbie, fully taking in her surroundings.

"You have a barn? In New York?" I asked skeptically.

"Yeah! After all that time I spent out west, I came to really like riding, so I built a barn here," replied Abbie, wandering over to a stall with a beautiful Pinto horse in it. She stroked its splotched brown and white hair for a moment before looking over at the wall.

"So… why are there two horses if you're the only one who takes them out?" I asked looking around curiously.

"What? I have three here…" said Abbie trailing off.

We stood in silence for a moment before the sound of a panicked screech shot through the air.

"I think I found your other horse," I said.

"Really now?" replied Abbie somewhat sarcastically.

"Yes," I said evenly.

"Well I think I found Vlad."


A/N: I don't really like this chapter. It's kind of just like a filler I guess... well until next time!

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