A/n: I own Jessica, Marcella, Marina, and Ashley. I hope you like it!
Chapter 8: The Anthem
"Sorry I'm late," Ashley said, pushing her bangs out of her face.
"Dagger!" Magnet said. Ashley looked up at him and smiled. "Were you expecting the Easter bunny?"
"How...Wha..." Zigzag muttered.
"Don't even waste a breath Zig. It won't do any good," Ashley said. "The Elders pulled a couple of strings. So here I am." X-Ray got out of his hole and walked over to Ashley. "It's good to see you Dagger." He gave her a hug.
"It's great to see all of you!" Ashley said, smiling.
"Water truck!" Magnet yelled, pointing farther out on the lakebed. Sure enough, the truck was coming towards them. When it pulled up, they got in their usual line. X-Ray, Armpit, Squid, Zigzag, Magnet, Caveman, Zero, Ashley, Marina, Jessica, and Marcella. When Ashley was walking to her hole, some one grabbed her wrist. She looked up and saw Squid.
"Welcome back," he said, smiling. Ashley smiled. "I missed you. A lot." Squid gave her a quick peck on the lips, then headed back to his hole. Ashley went back to digging when she noticed Mr. Pendanski standing by her hole.
"Your aunts want you to go back to camp. You're in no condition to dig," Mr. Pendanski. "We'd be sad if you died on us again." Ashley let out the biggest sneeze and looked at Mr. Pendanski. "Sorry. I'm allergic to bullshit." Then she turned around and started digging. Mr. Pendanski got back into the truck and drove off. Ashley was thinking about what her aunts had told her about her new power. 'What is my new power like?' she thought. Marina's screaming broke her thoughts. She ran over to Marina's hole where she saw Marina's hand covered in blood.
"Oh my god," Ashley muttered running her hand over Marina's palm. Just then, Ashley's hand started stinging. She looked down and saw Marina's hand drenched in blood, Ashley's blood. Marina's hand was now clean while Ashley's had the gash in it.
"Leo!" Marcella called and Leo came orbing in.
"What's up?" He asked as her neared the hole. Ashley looked up at him, her hands shaking. "I found out what my new power is."
"So. This power isn't mentioned in the book of Shadows?" Phoebe asked Paige. Meanwhile, Leo was healing Ashley's hand.
"No. I checked. Ashley must've gotten it since she was the oldest. Do you have any white-lighter in your family?" Paige asked Ashley. Ashley shook her head. "Not that I know of." She stood up and headed to the door. "I'm gonna go dig." She ran out to the dig site and started digging. Marina was humming happily to herself.
"Marina! Be quiet!" Jessica yelled. Ashley looked at Marina and Marcella and they started singing. "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, when they come for you." They sang that over and over again. Ashley smiled and Marina and Marcella kept the chorus steady while she rapped her single. "Out here all day in the sun, diggin' one hole till the day is done, I have my gang so go away, digging till the summer ends, oh yeay!" (A/n: the rap is stupid but work with me on this!) The she joined back in the chorus. "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, when they come for you, Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, when they come for you!"
"Oh poor guy, will never see you with a tie, you're a bad boy, I respect that, watch out, this place is a trap, diggin a hole every day, this is so gay!" Marina rapped before rejoining the chorus.
"Listen to this," Marcella said over the chorus. "Oh boy, I'm here now, angel of death, can I dig? Wanna bet? So I've come here for the summer, this really isn't a bummer, for me at least!" The chorus came back in.
"Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, when they come for you, Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, when they come for you, Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, when they come for you, Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do, when they come for you," they sang and this time the boys joined in.
"That was cool!" Magnet said when they finished.
"That was so much fun!" Marcella said. They all got back to digging when Magnet spoke up. "The water truck's coming this way." They all looked.
"It's too early though!" Zigzag said. It was actually Cole who got out of the truck.
"What's up, Uncle Cole?" Marcella asked. Cole shrugged. "I don't know. I came out here to give you guys extra water. Warden's treat." Every one got in line and thanked Cole when they got their water. Ashley was sitting against a pile of dirt when Squid sat down next to her. "How ya doing?"
"Good," Squid said. Ashley got up and headed back to her hole. But before she did, she gave Squid a quick kiss on the lips.
It's a new day but it all feels old
It's a good life that's what I'm told
But everything it all just feels the same
And at my high school it felt more to me
Like a jail cell a penitentiary
My time spent there it only made me see
That I don't ever wanna be like you
I don't wanna do the things you do
I'm never gonna hear the words you say
Cause I don't ever wanna
I don't ever wanna be
You don't wanna be just like you
What I'm saying am
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You don't wanna be you
A/n: hope you like it. GC owns the song. In a later chapter, this kid comes in. His name is Brian! He is Twitch. Let's say he never went to CGL but he does hotwire cars.
