Chapter 13: Harvest Night (1)

Everyone prepares for the dance, even Raven and Reese.

Beauty Shop*

The beautician is still working on Fiona's hair while her mom is reading a magazine wondering how much longer.

At the Limo Shop*

Van and his father are looking at the limousines and trying to decide which one he wants.

"Well Van take your pick." Dan asks looking at Van, while Van scans his eyes over the entire lot.

"Well that one would do fine." Van says pointing in that direction.

"Good choice son. I'll have that pulled into the driveway before the dance. What time is that again?" Dan asks.

"At 7:00." Van says.

"Ok will have that there waiting for you and your date." Dan says heading to the office and pulling some paper work.

Van looks around the shop, for nothing in particular, but a thought pops up in his mind.

"I can't wait to see Fiona tonight." Van says to himself as he heads to the office with his father.

Shuboltz Residence*

Karl has his suit lying on his bed while he is on the phone with Diana.

"How do you have your hair?" Karl asks in curiosity.

"I can't tell you that now. It's a surprise Karl." Diana says giggling into the receiver on her end.

"You're always so secretive." Karl slightly laughs. "Give me a hint at least."

"Not until tonight Karl." Diana says, blocking his protest argument.

Thomas's Room*

Thomas is trying on his suit while practicing his lines for Fiona.

"Man don't I look great. Now I know Fiona won't be able to resistance the essence of Thomas Shuboltz tonight." Thomas says to himself while looking in his body mirror. Karl, who just got off the phone, walks to Thomas's room, to see what he's up to.

"Fiona, May I have this dance?" Thomas asks into the mirror. "Of course you can." Thomas says in a high pitched tone to imitate Fiona's voice.

"Thomas I thought you quit having imaginary friends after you turned 6." Karl says walking in Thomas's room.

"Karl, stop sneaking up on me like that." Thomas yells turning around to face Karl. "You know I hate that."

"Hey Thomas I'm sorry, but I couldn't help watching you make a fool of yourself and hearing even the mirror turn you down." Karl says slightly laughing. "Talking to yourself isn't going to help either."

"I'm trying to find the best way to ask Fiona for a dance tonight, despite van being there." Thomas says calming down and turning back to the mirror.

"Keep trying those lines, not only will she laugh at you, but van will surely put you under the dance floor once he finds out." Karl says sitting on Thomas's bed.

"You're wrong Karl, Fiona isn't that type of girl. She's sweet, nice, and gentle. She'll dance with me you'll see." Thomas says smiling to himself. Karl sighs and gets up.

"Whatever you say Thomas." Karl says walking towards the door to exit the room.

"I'll call an ambulance and have them on stand by just incase." Karl says to himself leaving the room.

Raven and Reese*

"I feel like punching myself." Raven says with a disgusted look on his face while looking in his mirror.

"Don't be so hard on yourself Raven. I think you look very.....nice." Reese adds while fixing his tie.

"I can't do what I'm planning wearing a suit." Raven says dropping his head. "It brings down the essence of my person."

"Don't worry you'll still be able to pull off what you planned. Just don't think about the suit." Reese says picking Raven's head up so she can fix his collar. "And besides we won't be on the dance floor anyway."

"Yeah come to think about it we won't." Raven says smiling to himself. "I had enough of that principal, so he gets it first."

Reese stands behind Raven as they both look in the mirror.

"Make this one night I won't forget." Reese says now cracking a demon smile of her own.

Moonbay's Residence* (I don't know her last name.)

Irvine is sitting in Moonbay's room, at her desk waiting for her to come out of the bathroom.

"Come on Moonbay it can't be that bad." Irvine says squeezing a stress ball that is on her desk.

"That's because you don't have to wear it." Moonbay complains yelling through the bathroom door.

"Remember our deal. I get the brush and you get a new light." Irvine calls out.

"Fine I'm coming out." Moonbay yells.

"Ok I have a camera waiting to remember this moment." Irvine jokes.

"Nope, now I'm not coming out." Moonbay complains once more.

"I'm just joking. Come on out." Irvine says now seeing the door open. Moonbay steps into clear view making Irvine drop the stress ball, jaws fly open, and his eyes widen.

"Well?" Moonbay asks now seeing Irvine's expression.

"I..I...I..." Irvine stutters, losing his words as he scans his eyes over the Ice blue prom dress, with her hair in a bun and the toned make up on her face. (It's not a lot)

"Irvine tell me what you think." Moonbay says walking up to him.

"What can I say? Um... I never seen you like this before." Irvine states straightening up his expression and himself. "I wouldn't be surprised if any other girl were jealous of you."

Moonbay smiles at Irvine.

"I wouldn't be either." Moonbay states now taking a look at herself. "I guess it's not that bad."

At the school*

Prozen is looking over the list of people attending the dance.

"I don't know why they choose me as the host of this dance." Prozen complains looking over the list. He comes across Raven and Reese's name near the bottom.

"Raven and Reese. Better keep a close eye on those two. God knows what they can do." Prozen says to himself marking something over their names.

Dance Night*

The school doors are open and people are showing up one by one.

Lynette Residence*

Van has just pulled up in Fiona's driveway in the black stretched limo he chose.

"I hope she's ready." Van says as the driver opens the door for him. Van climbs out holding Fiona's corsage. Van fixes his suit in front and walks up to her door. When he walks up to her door, he knocks 3 times. After waiting a minute, The door opens. It's Fiona's mother.

"Oh hi Van." Fiona's mom states looking Van over.

"Hi Mrs. Lynette is Fiona ready?" Van asks politely.

"Oh not at the moment dear, but come on in and she should be down in a minute." Mrs. Lynette says stepping back and letting Van walk in. He goes straight for the couch.

Van, do you know what time the dance is over?" Mrs. Lynette asks.

"No ma'am I don't." Van says politely.

"Well try not to bring her home too late." Mrs. Lynette says smiling at Van.

"Yes Ma'am." Van says turning towards the stairs. Something catches his eye at the top.

It's Fiona, walking down the stairs, wearing her pink satin prom dress, with her hair done up in a bun with two sprigs of hair hanging down in her face, along with the matching shoes and purse with make up dusting her face. Van feels his throat go dry.

:::Heaven can't call this angel back::: Van says to himself as Fiona walks up to him.

"I'm ready Van." Fiona says staring into Van's face, who is trying to find the words to say.

"You...you.. look great." Van stutters out trying to find the right words. Fiona's mom gets up and walks out of the room.

"You look great yourself." Fiona giggles now noticing the corsage Van has in his hand. "Is this for me?"

"Yes it is." Van says opening the box and taking the delicate flower out. He places it on Fiona's right wrist.

"It matches your dress." Van says making Fiona slightly blush.

"Well we don't want to be late." Fiona says taking van's arm and pulling him along slightly.

"Let me take a picture of the happy couple." Fiona's mom says from behind them, making them turn to look at her.

Van and Fiona turn to each other and next completely around to face the camera. They smile doing the "Prom Pose".

"Smile." Mrs. Lynette says putting the camera into focus.

Once Mrs. Lynette has them in the view, she clicks flash and the flash goes off, making Van's eyes flicker a bit.

"Have fun you two." Mrs. Lynette calls as the two walk out the door. Fiona closes the door behind them. Van escorts Fiona from the front door to the limousine in the driveway.

"Wow." Fiona says in awe.

"Off to ball we go." Van says in a sophisticated joking manner, making Fiona laugh.

"Yes." Fiona says as Van opens the door for her. She climbs in and Van slides in next to her, closing the door.

"To the dance?" The driver asks.

"Yes sir." Van says looking at Fiona, who gives him a warm smile.

At the school*

Students are showing up by the dozens as Prozen stops them at the door to make sure they are students at the school. (Sorry if this doesn't make sense. My school did this when I was still a student there. Now who's laughing without ID MWHAHAHA, ahem sorry.)

"Ok Karl and Diana, ok go right in and have a nice time." Prozen says smiling and marking their names off the list.

Thomas, who was in the same car as Karl and Diana, is waiting outside for Van and Fiona to show up.

"I heard Fiona says 30 Minutes late. It's already 7:25." Thomas says staring impatiently at his watch.

Reese and Raven have just arrived at the school, with Raven's mom driving.

"Have fun you two." His mom says.

"We will mom." Raven says in a sarcastic tone, climbing out the car with Reese carrying her purse, the more then usual big purse. Raven and Reese climb out of the car and his mom drives off.

"Thank god she didn't ask any questions." Reese says eyeing the parking lot.

"Real good thing." Raven adds while looking for any sign of authority. Before he stops his search, his eyes fall on the door where Prozen stands.

"Reese, this way." Raven says grabbing Reese's arm and pulling her around to the side of the school.

"Why? Where are we going?" Reese asks.

"I saw Prozen. Who knows who he has watching us." Raven says as he continues to pull Reese along, all while she's confused.

Parking lot*

Van and Fiona's Limousine has just arrived and parked.

"We're here sir. Do you want me to wait or leave until after the dance?" The driver asks.

"You can stick around." Van says as the driver gets out of the car and opens the door for Van and Fiona. Van climbs out, now helping Fiona out of the Limousine. Van holds out his arm and Fiona takes it.

They are walking up to the building and before they can fully make it in, Thomas spots them.

"Now the time to make your move Thomas." Thomas says to himself.

Van and Fiona walk up to the door and gets stopped by Prozen. He looks over his list and sees their names side by side.

"Van and Fiona, ok go right in and have a nice time." Prozen says moving a side and letting them walk in. Thomas runs from the lot and to the door, hoping to make it past Prozen while he's looking at the list. Before he can fully make it in, Prozen holds out his left arm, knocking Thomas back, not even taking his eyes off the list.

"And you are?" Prozen asks, staring down at Thomas.

"Thomas Shuboltz. I'm in your history class first hour." Thomas says getting up and dusting himself off.

"Oh yeah. Karl's little brother." Prozen says looking over the list and seeing his name under Karl's. "Where's your date?"

"She went in with another guy." Thomas stutters out.

"Well go in and try not to get into any trouble." Prozen says letting Thomas past. Thomas walks right in.

"I wonder where Raven and Reese are." Prozen asks himself while scanning the lot.

Inside*

Van and Fiona have found a table and are seated there.

"I've never been to a dance this lively before." Fiona says looking around the gym.

"Well it does get pretty crazy around here. Wait until homecoming season, it's going to be out of control." Van says making Fiona giggle.

"I can't wait until that time comes." Fiona says.

"Fiona would you like some punch?" Van asks.

"Yeah that would be great thank you." Fiona says smiling. Van gets up and leaves the table.

Thomas walks in the gym and looks around until he spots Fiona alone at the table.

"Here's my chance." Thomas says to himself, spraying some mint in his mouth. He begins walking over to the table.

Fiona, who is waiting for Van, doesn't see Thomas walk up on the side of the table.

"I see your date didn't show up." Thomas says knocking Fiona out of her world.

"Yes he did. He's getting me something to drink." Fiona says not bothering to look up to notice Thomas.

"Well, while he's doing that, would you like to dance?" Thomas asks, while trying to put on his charm.

"No thank you Thomas." Fiona says getting a bit annoyed.

"Well can I at least hold your corsage for you?" Thomas inquires with a hint of whining in his voice.

"It's fine where it is Thomas." Fiona says rolling her eyes. Van gets the drinks and goes back to the table, noticing Thomas sitting there.

"I'm back Fiona and with your drink." Van says making Thomas jump out of his seat.

"Thanks Van." Fiona says taking the drink Van got for her. Van takes a seat himself.

"Fiona, at the next number, would you want to dance?" Van asks looking up from his drink.

"Sure Van I would love that." Fiona says putting her drink down. Thomas storms off away from the table, passing Karl and Diana's table.

"Isn't that your brother?" Diana asks noticing Thomas walk passed.

"Yeah that's him. He's probably trying to pick up the pieces to his heart and ego." Karl says turning back to Diana. "Would you like to dance?"

"Sure." Diana says as Karl helps her up from the table.

Boiler room*

"Raven, we are so going to get caught if you don't hurry up." Reese stresses as she continues to watch the door.

"No we won't. Now stop stressing." Raven says searching Reese's unusually big purse. "Where did you put the smoke bomb."

"In the middle section." Reese says not taking her eyes off the door.

"Ok I found it." Raven says pulling it out. Raven reaches in his pocket and pulls out his lighter. He flicks his switch two times before getting a flame. He brings the fuse to the flame and sparks it. He opens the door to the furnace and slings it in.

"Come on Reese, up in the ducks we go." Raven says closing the purse and walking up the ladder leading to the inside air ducks. Reese begins climbing up behind him.

Outside the gym*

"I can't believe I don't get to even hold something for her. She's so stuck on Fligheit." Thomas says to himself as he paces back and forth. Something hits him.

"I got the perfect idea." Thomas says to himself now going back in.

Inside*

The dance is playing a slow song.

"Fiona, would you like to dance?" Van asks turning to Fiona.

"Sure." Fiona says standing up. Van escorts her to the dance floor.

Thomas searches the dance floor for Van and Fiona. He spots them not far from the stage. He walks over to them and taps on Van's shoulder.

"What is it now Thomas?" Van asks now annoyed, with Fiona rolling her eyes.

"It's about your limo." Thomas says putting on the fake tears.

"What happened?" Van asks in a serious tone, letting Fiona go.

"I was outside and saw that someone has slashed the tires." Thomas says now seeing the shocked expression on Van's face.

"Oh man my dad is going to kill me. Fiona, stay right here and don't move." Van says getting past a lot of people to get outside.

"I hope you saw that wrong." Fiona says turning to Thomas.

"Oh I'm sure I didn't." Thomas says with a smile spreading on his face.

"Well when Van comes back, tell him I went to the ladies room and will be back shortly." Fiona says walking away.

"Let me walk you there." Thomas says following Fiona to the door.

"You don't have to." Fiona says as she continues to walk. Karl, who's looking over Diana's shoulder, can see Thomas walking out with Fiona.

::::Something about that scene isn't settling with me.:::: Karl says to himself. Diana looks up from his left shoulder and stares in his face.

"Is something wrong Karl?" Diana inquires.

"Um not by far, no." Karl says smiling to Diana.

Van has just come back from outside and back into the gym.

"When I see Thomas, he's going to know what a real slashing is like." Van says stomping back into the gym, noticing Fiona is gone.

"I wonder where Fiona went." Van asks himself. He then spots Karl and walks up to him.

"Hey Karl." Van asks tapping Karl on the shoulder. Karl turns around to Van.

"Hey Van what's up?" Karl asks.

"Did you see Fiona walk out?" Van asks.

"Yeah with Thomas, but he was walking behind her." Karl says replaying the scene in words. "Where did you go?"

"Out to the lot to see what Thomas was talking about." Van says.

"Well with my best guess, she went to the ladies room." Karl says.

"Thanks man." Van says turning to leave the gym.

Up in the ducks*

Raven is crawling through the ducks, trying to find the vent to the principal's office.

"Man where is it?" Raven asks getting annoyed. While crawling through the ducks, he comes across a power line attached to the walls of the duck. Raven smiles to himself.

Before Van fully leaves the gym, the lights go out.

"Oh man, now what?" Van stresses. "I lost the Lynette's daughter and now the lights are out. What's next?"

"I will not have some delinquent ruining this night." The principal yells now leaving the stage.

Rest room area*

Fiona has just come out of the bathroom and is now heading back to the gym.

"Allow me to escort you back." Thomas speaks from behind Fiona, scaring the girl.

"Um no I'm ok Thomas." Fiona says starting to walk back.

"Fiona would it be ok if I were to at least have one small conversation with you?" Thomas asks whining.

"Thomas I'm here with my date and it would be rude to leave him." Fiona says trying to keep from being annoyed.

"Ever since you got to this school, all you know is Fligheit. I'm just as good as he is." Thomas says raising his voice.

"Thomas please." Fiona says backing up.

"Tonight I will show you that Van isn't the only one that can make you happy." Thomas yells grabbing Fiona by the arm.

"Thomas you're hurting me." Fiona says frightened.

"I will have my dance." Thomas says pulling her along.

"VAN HELP ME." Fiona yells hoping Van can hear her. Van has left the gym and is now in the halls. He hears the sound of Fiona's voice off in the distance.

"Sounds like Fiona." Van says undoing his tie. "I better find her before something bad happens."

Ok, this is all I came up this. I hope you like this. Flamers if you don't like, let's see you do a better job.

Devil in pink will be delayed probably for another 3 days to a week. I might finish this up before finishing Devil in pink. So please and thanks for being patient. My life has been busy and I haven't had much time for anything. It's the end of the semester and finals are coming up. If I get time before then to update I will take that chance.

Review and thanks.