Ch 5: Sirens are very vain and blondes can be useful
A/N: Alright, lets get to explanations here, including discriptions.
Marissa Charcoal- 13/14, dark brown hair cut to her shoulders, green eyes,loves violins, Alanis Morsette, No Doubt, Celine Dion, and soccer. She helped her best friend Melinda uncover a cheating ring for the school paper, and is not liked by the popular crowd because four cheerleaders were kicked off. Is 5'10''. She is a major Sherlock Holmes fan and is just as smart. (Except she knows the Earth revolves around the Sun) Trademark line: Elementary, my dear Eliza.
Eliza Charcoal- Marissa's twin, she is 5 ft flat, has waist length blonde hair, green eyes and is the head of the cheerleading squad. She loves fantasy books, and is the person who has a good idea of what is happening. Likes Celine Dion, Jump5, etc. She is an optimist, but can face facts. She has occasional bursts of brillance. Trademark Line: Okay, if we could please just focus here peoples!
Salina Putnam- In Marissa's words a textbook example of a dumb blonde. Even Eliza knows she's hopeless. Straight blonde hair to here shoulders, she is impractical and hates Marissa and Melinda. 5'1'' Grey eyes. Flirt to the extreme. Trademark Line: No way!
Marianna Sanchez -Cheerful and slightly ditzy, she has light brown hair and dark brown eyes. 5'3'' She hates arguments, and is terrified of the Specters (Admit it, you would want to wet your pants if it got near you too) Trademark Line: Cool!
Melinda Cassiopa- Fearless and impossible to stop, she has a bad habit of not thinking through things. (Including what she says) She gets into a lot of trouble at school for that, but is the best singer in the school. Looks like Mary Russell, the main character in her favorite book. Had leukemia when she was seven, but it went into remission. (May play a part in story later.) Houston, we have a problem.
Sirens- Half bird, half human. Their songs lured men to their deaths in Greek mythology. But since only men went sailing in the area they supposedly lived, I get free reign on what they can do. Trademark Line: Die!
Specters of Indifference- I don't have my copy of The Subtle Knife or The Amber Spyglass so don't yell at me if I get it wrong. Children of the Abyss, the walls between worlds, they are ghosts of sorts who eat Dust, which is Consciousness. Children are immune to them but I can't remember just why. I'll tell you after Christmas. Only the Subtle Knife can stop them, but it was destroyed and the pieces are in another world. Trademark Line: (Slurp.)
On w/ the story!
Marissa's POV
"What are they?" I asked quietly. Half bird, half human, they had raven like feathers and were singing. The song was lovely, so lovely, and why was I struggling?
"Isn't it ironic?"
The lyric jolted through my mind. A plan formed in my head. I quickly shoved my headphones on and pushed play, desperately hanging to the branch and the thought. I turned up the volume and rummaged through Eliza's shoulder bag. I slipped the headphones on and pressed play. I repeated it to Mel, while Eliza got Marianna and Salina. Now what to do about the others in the clearing.
"I have an idea," Eliza said. It was a great one.
Eliza's POV
The Plan was simple. Marianna, Salina, and I form a human chain and grab Marissa's violin, and bring it up. Melinda would sing at the top of her voice, and Marissa would play her violin. If it didn't work, we had Plan B. Salina would sing at the top of her voice.
Obviously, I was hoping Plan A would work. I did NOT want to hear that awful voice again!
The others agreed to the plan, and we set to work. The chain worked fine, and the violin was quickly brought up.
Marissa's hand grabbed the bow and began, arm rapidly moving up and down. Melinda started singing clearly and loudly.
"Give it all you got girl, give it all you got, you can take a chance, now take your best shot."
A/N: Alright, lets get to explanations here, including discriptions.
Marissa Charcoal- 13/14, dark brown hair cut to her shoulders, green eyes,loves violins, Alanis Morsette, No Doubt, Celine Dion, and soccer. She helped her best friend Melinda uncover a cheating ring for the school paper, and is not liked by the popular crowd because four cheerleaders were kicked off. Is 5'10''. She is a major Sherlock Holmes fan and is just as smart. (Except she knows the Earth revolves around the Sun) Trademark line: Elementary, my dear Eliza.
Eliza Charcoal- Marissa's twin, she is 5 ft flat, has waist length blonde hair, green eyes and is the head of the cheerleading squad. She loves fantasy books, and is the person who has a good idea of what is happening. Likes Celine Dion, Jump5, etc. She is an optimist, but can face facts. She has occasional bursts of brillance. Trademark Line: Okay, if we could please just focus here peoples!
Salina Putnam- In Marissa's words a textbook example of a dumb blonde. Even Eliza knows she's hopeless. Straight blonde hair to here shoulders, she is impractical and hates Marissa and Melinda. 5'1'' Grey eyes. Flirt to the extreme. Trademark Line: No way!
Marianna Sanchez -Cheerful and slightly ditzy, she has light brown hair and dark brown eyes. 5'3'' She hates arguments, and is terrified of the Specters (Admit it, you would want to wet your pants if it got near you too) Trademark Line: Cool!
Melinda Cassiopa- Fearless and impossible to stop, she has a bad habit of not thinking through things. (Including what she says) She gets into a lot of trouble at school for that, but is the best singer in the school. Looks like Mary Russell, the main character in her favorite book. Had leukemia when she was seven, but it went into remission. (May play a part in story later.) Houston, we have a problem.
Sirens- Half bird, half human. Their songs lured men to their deaths in Greek mythology. But since only men went sailing in the area they supposedly lived, I get free reign on what they can do. Trademark Line: Die!
Specters of Indifference- I don't have my copy of The Subtle Knife or The Amber Spyglass so don't yell at me if I get it wrong. Children of the Abyss, the walls between worlds, they are ghosts of sorts who eat Dust, which is Consciousness. Children are immune to them but I can't remember just why. I'll tell you after Christmas. Only the Subtle Knife can stop them, but it was destroyed and the pieces are in another world. Trademark Line: (Slurp.)
On w/ the story!
Marissa's POV
"What are they?" I asked quietly. Half bird, half human, they had raven like feathers and were singing. The song was lovely, so lovely, and why was I struggling?
"Isn't it ironic?"
The lyric jolted through my mind. A plan formed in my head. I quickly shoved my headphones on and pushed play, desperately hanging to the branch and the thought. I turned up the volume and rummaged through Eliza's shoulder bag. I slipped the headphones on and pressed play. I repeated it to Mel, while Eliza got Marianna and Salina. Now what to do about the others in the clearing.
"I have an idea," Eliza said. It was a great one.
Eliza's POV
The Plan was simple. Marianna, Salina, and I form a human chain and grab Marissa's violin, and bring it up. Melinda would sing at the top of her voice, and Marissa would play her violin. If it didn't work, we had Plan B. Salina would sing at the top of her voice.
Obviously, I was hoping Plan A would work. I did NOT want to hear that awful voice again!
The others agreed to the plan, and we set to work. The chain worked fine, and the violin was quickly brought up.
Marissa's hand grabbed the bow and began, arm rapidly moving up and down. Melinda started singing clearly and loudly.
"Give it all you got girl, give it all you got, you can take a chance, now take your best shot."