Chapter 14: The Messenger!
MORNING AT THE MILLER'S!
Brittany hummed a tune to herself as she covered her neck with one of her pink scarves. She tried to get the bow perfectly, but for some reason it wasn't working for her. Finally she decided to leave it looking like a bird's nest tied to her neck.
Next she combed out her hair. Her coordination to usually make a perfect ponytail seemed to have disappeared. No matter how she combed her hair it seemed to just end up in a matted mess.
Mysteriously, for some reason, Brittany does not care. In her mind she looked perfect. She is about to get up when she spots a bug crawling on her dresser. Normally, she would cringes or even scream when she sees an insect of any kind, but this morning is different. She reaches down and grabs the bug.
"Mmm." She coos before popping the six-legged creature in her mouth.
As she crunches on the bug, her sisters come up behind her.
"Ah, Brittany? Are you feeling alright?" Jeanette asks.
Brittany swallows the bug before answering her sister. "I'm fine, really."
"Are you sure? I mean, your hair is a mess and your scarf is usually more neatly tied up. A-A-And you just at a bug." Eleanor added with a hint of discussed.
"Right...I better be going! There is many things to do, I must follow the Master's wishes." Brittany thought loudly to herself.
She begins to wonder out of the room, while Jeanette and Eleanor look at each other in confusion.
"What do you suppose she meant by that, Jeanette?" The young blond Chipette asks.
"Trouble, Eleanor. Trouble." Jeanette adds grimly.
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DOWNSTAIRS IN THE KITCHEN!
Miss. Miller is making breakfast when Brittany enters. She hears one of the girls coming into the kitchen and turns around. She is shocked to see her Brittany looking a little 'ruffled'.
"Brittany? Is everything alright?" She asks the young Chipette.
"I'm fine, Miss. Miller, just fine..." Brittany replies in an odd tone.
She starts to head for the kitchen door and opens it to go out into the back yard.
"Where are you going?" Miss. Miller asks as she holds a full plate of pancakes.
"To get breakfast..." Brittany says as she starts digging in the garden for worms.
"But I made pancakes..." The elderly lady says as she looks out to see what Brittany is doing.
"Huh...?" She is stunned to see Brittany actually digging in the garden. The same girl that would never dare get her fingers dirty for any reason.
Just then Jeanette and Eleanor come running into the kitchen and drags Miss. Miller away from the door.
"Miss. Miller!" They both cry at once.
"Mmm!" Eleanor cooed as she snatches the plate from her mother's hands. "You made pancakes...they look and smell lovely!"
"Why, thank you, my dear. Er, any idea what is the matter with your sister?"
"Who? Brittany?" Jeanette asks nervously.
"Is there any other sister you have?" Miss. Miller raises her eyebrow in suspicion.
"She's, aahhh..." Jeanette struggles to find the right answer to say.
"Gardening!" Eleanor quickly fills in when she sees that Brittany is still digging in the flowerbed.
"Yea...gardening!" Jeanette agreed.
"What?" Miss. Miller is confused with this answer. She then huffs and places her hands on her hips. "Well, I'm glad that Brittany has found an interest in gardening, but couldn't she do that after school or something?"
"Ah, you know Brittany... Once she gets her mind set on something..." Jeanette says.
"It's hard to talk her on doing something different." Eleanor finishes.
"You wouldn't suppose that she could stop digging in the garden for a bit to come in for breakfast?" Miss. Miller asks.
Eleanor looks out the door to see Brittany slurping on a worm. She suddenly started to turn green.
"Ah, I think she just ate..." She started to say as she tried to keep her stomach from turning.
"Come to think of it, I'm not that hungry either." Eleanor says then turns to face Jeanette. "We should just get going, we don't want to be late for school."
"Er, right!" Jeanette nods. "Thanks anyway, Miss. Miller!"
"Bye..." Both Chipettes say before closing the door behind them as they leave kitchen.
Jeanette and Eleanor grab their sister just as she was about to put another worm into her mouth. The sudden jolt from her sisters causes Brittany to drop the worm.
"Hey, I was going to eat that!! Put me down!!" She screeches.
"Come on, Brittany. We need to get to class now." Jeanette tries to reason with her.
"Gggrrr!" Brittany replies by growling.
"Jeanette, what are we going to do?" Eleanor asks once they are away from home.
"The only thing we can do, Ellie, is to keep an eye on Brittany and hope she doesn't get into too much trouble." Jeanette replies.
Just then Brittany loosens her grip from her sisters and runs up ahead of them, laughing maniacally all the way.
"That may be easier said then done, Jeanette!" Eleanor squeals.
"Brittany, come back here!" Jeanette cries out as she runs to try to catch up to her. Eleanor follows suit as both girls try to keep up to Brittany.
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LATER IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON!
In one of the Chipette's class, Jeanette and Eleanor carefully watch Brittany as she begins to sniff around the room and poking at almost every other child there.
"You think that this was a good idea brining Brittany to school in, ...um, her condition?" Eleanor asked Jeanette.
Brittany kept looking around the room till something caught her attention outside in the hallway. She creeps up to the open door and peers out to get a better look at her target. A wide evil smile crosses her face.
"Well, we had to do something Eleanor." Jeanette answers. "Someone has to keep an eye on her."
That is when Eleanor does a double take. "Ah, Jeanette? Speaking of keeping an eye on Brittany... Where is she?"
Jeanette turns around in shock. "Oh no!"
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Down the hallway Simon wonders and then stops to lean up against some of the lockers. He lets out a deep sigh. All morning he has not been able to concentrate in class. This whole Vampire situation has his so flustered that he can't focus on anything. Finally he had to make some excuse up in order to just leave class, so he can think of a solution to his problem.
"Hey there," came a sly sneaky female voice.
"Aggh!" Screeched Simon, as he unexpectedly heard the voice sneaking up behind him.
He turns to see Brittany standing a tad bit strangely beside him.
"Brittany," Simon sighed in relief, "it's you."
He looked again at her and noticed her strange appearance, and began to wonder.
"Ah, Brittany...What happened to you?"
"Oh, a wondrous thing." Brittany began saying as she started to dance in circles. "The Master chose me to be his Messenger."
"The M-M-Master?" Simon didn't like what Brittany was saying...
"Yes! He sent me to tell you something important." Brittany stopped dancing to get up very close to Simon. "He says, that you need to comply to him by midnight, or he will go after everyone you care so dear. After he helps you to become a full Vampire, he will turn me into a Vampire as well. Then I will become one of his Princesses of the Night at his Transylvania home."
"He is, is he?" Simon started getting really nervous and began backing away from Brittany.
How could this be happening? He never wanted his family and friends to suffer as well over this.
"Where do you think you're going?" Brittany snapped when she notices Simon trying to slip away from her. "The Master beckons you to comply. You WILL answer HIM!! You WILL become one of his 'Children'!!"
"Ah, we'll see..." Simon stumbles.
"Brittany??" Jeanette's voice is heard just around the corner of the hallway.
Both her and Eleanor come running down the hall and spot their sister talking to Simon. They instantly run up to her and grab her.
"Un-hand me you fleas!" Brittany spat as soon as she felt her sisters grabbing her.
"Brittany, you are not well, come on...lets get you out of the cold hallway." Jeanette suggested.
"No! The Master will come for us ALL and make us his beloved 'Children'!!" Brittany screeched. "You'll see, you'll ALL see!!"
By now, other students and teachers were sticking their heads out of the classrooms to see what all the commotion was all about.
"And you!!" She continued as she pointed to Simon, who is still backing away slowly from her. "You are already half way into his Kingdom! Comply comply!! Meet your destiny! Be the Night, Child! Ha! Ha, hahahahaha!!!"
Simon started hyperventilating as all eyes were on him now. This was becoming all too much to handle. He had to leave. Without a second thought, Simon turned around and ran as fast as he could out of the doors at the end of the hallway. He kept running down the block. Where he was heading, he didn't care. As long as it was away from the school, and away from the Master's Messenger.
MORNING AT THE MILLER'S!
Brittany hummed a tune to herself as she covered her neck with one of her pink scarves. She tried to get the bow perfectly, but for some reason it wasn't working for her. Finally she decided to leave it looking like a bird's nest tied to her neck.
Next she combed out her hair. Her coordination to usually make a perfect ponytail seemed to have disappeared. No matter how she combed her hair it seemed to just end up in a matted mess.
Mysteriously, for some reason, Brittany does not care. In her mind she looked perfect. She is about to get up when she spots a bug crawling on her dresser. Normally, she would cringes or even scream when she sees an insect of any kind, but this morning is different. She reaches down and grabs the bug.
"Mmm." She coos before popping the six-legged creature in her mouth.
As she crunches on the bug, her sisters come up behind her.
"Ah, Brittany? Are you feeling alright?" Jeanette asks.
Brittany swallows the bug before answering her sister. "I'm fine, really."
"Are you sure? I mean, your hair is a mess and your scarf is usually more neatly tied up. A-A-And you just at a bug." Eleanor added with a hint of discussed.
"Right...I better be going! There is many things to do, I must follow the Master's wishes." Brittany thought loudly to herself.
She begins to wonder out of the room, while Jeanette and Eleanor look at each other in confusion.
"What do you suppose she meant by that, Jeanette?" The young blond Chipette asks.
"Trouble, Eleanor. Trouble." Jeanette adds grimly.
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DOWNSTAIRS IN THE KITCHEN!
Miss. Miller is making breakfast when Brittany enters. She hears one of the girls coming into the kitchen and turns around. She is shocked to see her Brittany looking a little 'ruffled'.
"Brittany? Is everything alright?" She asks the young Chipette.
"I'm fine, Miss. Miller, just fine..." Brittany replies in an odd tone.
She starts to head for the kitchen door and opens it to go out into the back yard.
"Where are you going?" Miss. Miller asks as she holds a full plate of pancakes.
"To get breakfast..." Brittany says as she starts digging in the garden for worms.
"But I made pancakes..." The elderly lady says as she looks out to see what Brittany is doing.
"Huh...?" She is stunned to see Brittany actually digging in the garden. The same girl that would never dare get her fingers dirty for any reason.
Just then Jeanette and Eleanor come running into the kitchen and drags Miss. Miller away from the door.
"Miss. Miller!" They both cry at once.
"Mmm!" Eleanor cooed as she snatches the plate from her mother's hands. "You made pancakes...they look and smell lovely!"
"Why, thank you, my dear. Er, any idea what is the matter with your sister?"
"Who? Brittany?" Jeanette asks nervously.
"Is there any other sister you have?" Miss. Miller raises her eyebrow in suspicion.
"She's, aahhh..." Jeanette struggles to find the right answer to say.
"Gardening!" Eleanor quickly fills in when she sees that Brittany is still digging in the flowerbed.
"Yea...gardening!" Jeanette agreed.
"What?" Miss. Miller is confused with this answer. She then huffs and places her hands on her hips. "Well, I'm glad that Brittany has found an interest in gardening, but couldn't she do that after school or something?"
"Ah, you know Brittany... Once she gets her mind set on something..." Jeanette says.
"It's hard to talk her on doing something different." Eleanor finishes.
"You wouldn't suppose that she could stop digging in the garden for a bit to come in for breakfast?" Miss. Miller asks.
Eleanor looks out the door to see Brittany slurping on a worm. She suddenly started to turn green.
"Ah, I think she just ate..." She started to say as she tried to keep her stomach from turning.
"Come to think of it, I'm not that hungry either." Eleanor says then turns to face Jeanette. "We should just get going, we don't want to be late for school."
"Er, right!" Jeanette nods. "Thanks anyway, Miss. Miller!"
"Bye..." Both Chipettes say before closing the door behind them as they leave kitchen.
Jeanette and Eleanor grab their sister just as she was about to put another worm into her mouth. The sudden jolt from her sisters causes Brittany to drop the worm.
"Hey, I was going to eat that!! Put me down!!" She screeches.
"Come on, Brittany. We need to get to class now." Jeanette tries to reason with her.
"Gggrrr!" Brittany replies by growling.
"Jeanette, what are we going to do?" Eleanor asks once they are away from home.
"The only thing we can do, Ellie, is to keep an eye on Brittany and hope she doesn't get into too much trouble." Jeanette replies.
Just then Brittany loosens her grip from her sisters and runs up ahead of them, laughing maniacally all the way.
"That may be easier said then done, Jeanette!" Eleanor squeals.
"Brittany, come back here!" Jeanette cries out as she runs to try to catch up to her. Eleanor follows suit as both girls try to keep up to Brittany.
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LATER IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON!
In one of the Chipette's class, Jeanette and Eleanor carefully watch Brittany as she begins to sniff around the room and poking at almost every other child there.
"You think that this was a good idea brining Brittany to school in, ...um, her condition?" Eleanor asked Jeanette.
Brittany kept looking around the room till something caught her attention outside in the hallway. She creeps up to the open door and peers out to get a better look at her target. A wide evil smile crosses her face.
"Well, we had to do something Eleanor." Jeanette answers. "Someone has to keep an eye on her."
That is when Eleanor does a double take. "Ah, Jeanette? Speaking of keeping an eye on Brittany... Where is she?"
Jeanette turns around in shock. "Oh no!"
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Down the hallway Simon wonders and then stops to lean up against some of the lockers. He lets out a deep sigh. All morning he has not been able to concentrate in class. This whole Vampire situation has his so flustered that he can't focus on anything. Finally he had to make some excuse up in order to just leave class, so he can think of a solution to his problem.
"Hey there," came a sly sneaky female voice.
"Aggh!" Screeched Simon, as he unexpectedly heard the voice sneaking up behind him.
He turns to see Brittany standing a tad bit strangely beside him.
"Brittany," Simon sighed in relief, "it's you."
He looked again at her and noticed her strange appearance, and began to wonder.
"Ah, Brittany...What happened to you?"
"Oh, a wondrous thing." Brittany began saying as she started to dance in circles. "The Master chose me to be his Messenger."
"The M-M-Master?" Simon didn't like what Brittany was saying...
"Yes! He sent me to tell you something important." Brittany stopped dancing to get up very close to Simon. "He says, that you need to comply to him by midnight, or he will go after everyone you care so dear. After he helps you to become a full Vampire, he will turn me into a Vampire as well. Then I will become one of his Princesses of the Night at his Transylvania home."
"He is, is he?" Simon started getting really nervous and began backing away from Brittany.
How could this be happening? He never wanted his family and friends to suffer as well over this.
"Where do you think you're going?" Brittany snapped when she notices Simon trying to slip away from her. "The Master beckons you to comply. You WILL answer HIM!! You WILL become one of his 'Children'!!"
"Ah, we'll see..." Simon stumbles.
"Brittany??" Jeanette's voice is heard just around the corner of the hallway.
Both her and Eleanor come running down the hall and spot their sister talking to Simon. They instantly run up to her and grab her.
"Un-hand me you fleas!" Brittany spat as soon as she felt her sisters grabbing her.
"Brittany, you are not well, come on...lets get you out of the cold hallway." Jeanette suggested.
"No! The Master will come for us ALL and make us his beloved 'Children'!!" Brittany screeched. "You'll see, you'll ALL see!!"
By now, other students and teachers were sticking their heads out of the classrooms to see what all the commotion was all about.
"And you!!" She continued as she pointed to Simon, who is still backing away slowly from her. "You are already half way into his Kingdom! Comply comply!! Meet your destiny! Be the Night, Child! Ha! Ha, hahahahaha!!!"
Simon started hyperventilating as all eyes were on him now. This was becoming all too much to handle. He had to leave. Without a second thought, Simon turned around and ran as fast as he could out of the doors at the end of the hallway. He kept running down the block. Where he was heading, he didn't care. As long as it was away from the school, and away from the Master's Messenger.
