Guess what? I'm not dead! Sorry Vampire-At-Heart, I was going to message you, but I couldn't find the message button thing (sigh) But thanks for reviewing! And without further ado, here is Chapter 10! :D

Chapter 10:

Kyle strode into the dining room, looking quite pleased with himself and whistling a happy tune. Carly, Erika and Levi gave him an odd look as he sat down at their table.

"Dude, why are you even awake? Its like, 7:30 in the morning on a Monday," Carly said. It was pretty unheard of for Kyle to be out of bed before eight, especially on a Monday.

"Well, I could ask you the exact same question, sis," Kyle countered. Carly was just like him when it came to sleeping in. She scowled at him.

"Hey, where are Darren and Mikhael?" Levi asked, looking around.

"I dunno," Kyle shrugged nonchalantly. Carly, Levi and Erika shared a look.

"What did you do now?" Carly glared.

Kyle had an image of Darren and Mikhael stuck in a cage made of writhing shadows. "Nooothing…" he shrugged. "Why do you assume it's me?"

"Because its you?" Erika replied.

Kyle pretended to look hurt. "I am so offended that you would think something as horrible as that of me. You hurt me so much… nah, I really can't be stuffed."

"Mondayitis," Erika nodded. "But seriously, where are they?"

"Seriously, I dunno." He checked his pocket. "Damn, forgot my phone. Be right back. Try not to miss me much." He walked out and stopped at the base of the stairs.

"Kyle! Douchebag! Wait up!" Carly came out of the dining room and headed towards him.

"What do you think I'm doing, idiot? Am I sprinting away?" Kyle snorted. He knew Carly would follow him. It was a twin thing, he guessed.

"Sorry, sorry." Carly walked up and they started up the stairs. "So, what really happened to Darren and Mikhael?"

Kyle sighed. "Well," he began. "You know how vampires and werewolves hate each other just for existing? And you know how Darren and Mikhael can get when they're arguing?"

Carly shook her head. "Not a clue," she replied.

"Oh, wait. You didn't see them," Kyle said. "Anyway, at about three in the morning, they started arguing again. They were pretty close to throwing punches. So I got up, feeling really pissed 'cause they woke me up with their bickering, and stuck them in one of my shadow cages." 'Shadow Cage' was one of Kyle's original moves. It basically trapped someone in a cage made of shadows. "I told them I wouldn't let them out until they apologized and became friends. Or at least acquaintances. So now I'm going up to check if they have."

"That's a good way to get them to stop fighting," Carly remarked.

Kyle grinned. "Yeah, it is. Aren't I smart?"

"Yeah, no." Carly shook her head as they reached the floor Kyle's room was on. One of the doors was slightly ajar and a couple of black feathers littered the floor. "Is that Sebastian's room?" Carly asked.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah, it is," Kyle replied. "He sheds feathers a LOT. Seriously, everywhere he goes, there is a pile of black feathers around him. I wonder if Levi does, too?"

"I doubt it," Carly replied. "I would know if she shed feathers like a dog sheds- wait, did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Kyle asked.

"Shush! That," Carly replied. Kyle heard something that sounded like hushed voices coming from Sebastian's room.

"Maybe he's talking to his roommate," Kyle suggested. "No, wait. He doesn't have a roommate."

"Really? What a loner," Carly said.

"I think that's why he keeps following us," Kyle said. "Have you noticed how he just randomly shows up wherever we go?"

"Yeah, its kinda creepy. And weird." Carly nodded. "Now what?" They shared a look, then headed toward the open door.

Kyle peeked in, looking for the source of all the talking. He saw Sebastian and nearly jumped. Sebastian had this mad, deranged expression on his face, and was laughing. Not happy, that-joke-was-so-funny laughing, but, I'm-gonna-kill-you-and-wear-your-skin laughing. He was talking to a mirror – not a good sign for his sanity. "Dude, I think he's lost it," Kyle muttered to Carly. She looked around, saw Sebastian, and jumped.

"I think he's lost it, too," she whispered back. "I think we should get a teacher or something." All of a sudden, Sebastian straightened. The crazed expression on his face disappeared. He looked normal. "Let's skedaddle on out of here before he sees us and goes all crazy on us," Carly whispered again.

""Skedaddle"?" Kyle frowned at her as they practically ran away from the door.

"Oh, shut up," Carly snorted. They came up to Kyle's room and he opened the door. Darren and Mikhael were sitting on the floor of the cage, laughing. When they saw Kyle, they stopped, giving him a death glare.

"When we get out of here, you are dead. D-E-A-D," Darren snarled.

"I know how to spell the word 'dead'," Kyle snorted. "You don't have to spell it for me,"

"Seriously, man, I'm going to kill you when I get out of here," Mikhael glared.

"If you're both going to kill me when you guys get out of here, then I won't let you out," Kyle shrugged.

"We take that back," Darren said quickly.

"Yeah, dude, just kidding," Mikhael agreed. "We were joking. We're not actually gonna kill you."

"Well, Carly, do they look remotely like friends now?" Kyle said.

"Yeah, let them out," Carly shrugged.

"Yeah, let us out," Mikhael nodded.

"What's the magic word…?" Kyle grinned evilly.

"KYLE." Carly said. "LET THEM OUT."

"'Kay, 'kay. Give me a sec." He cancelled the spell. Darren and Mikhael sighed with relief. "And if you two ever start arguing at three in the morning again, I will sew your mouths shut," Kyle threatened. "Don't think I won't, because I will."

"Its ok, we won't," Darren said.

"Urgh, school," Mikhael groaned.

"We'll wait outside," Kyle said. "You guys get ready." Carly and him walked outside. A couple of minutes later Darren and Mikhael came out.

"I don't think we should hang out with Sebastian anymore," Carly said in a low voice as they started walking.

"Why?" Mikhael asked.

"Well, as we were coming up here, we saw him in his room and he looked completely insane. Like, deranged-look-in-eye, crazy-laughter insane." Kyle said.

"He was talking to a mirror," Carly added.

"You guys remember when Erika and I went to the shop, before school started?" Darren began. "Well, we saw Sebastian in this room and he was threatening that guy, um, the one at the interviews with the – no wait, Mr Fairchild. That's his name. They were arguing, and Mr Fairchild looks terrified. Then Erika looked like she was going to be sick, so we left."

"Weird," Kyle said. "I think Sebastian needs to learn to keep doors shut whenever he decides to go whacko."

"Agreed," Carly nodded.

"We should probably tell Erika and Levi about this," Mikhael said.

"Yeah," Darren agreed. "Speaking of Erika, how is she? She looked like death walking yesterday."

"She's fine," Carly replied. "She looks normal. She told us that it happens to her a lot- defective immune system or something. I dunno."

"That's good," Darren shrugged as they reached the dining room.

Chapter 10 done :D