After an awkward dinner with his step-mum, all Ben wanted to do was get out of the house and away from the family drama.
In his room, Ben started looking for something to wear. His Kwami noticed this and flew over to him
"I take it you are going to the party tonight then?" Oona asked.
"Yeah," Ben said "James and his Dad are coming to pick me up soon"
"The last time I saw a party was 1909," Oona said.
"Things have changed a lot since then. I hope that nothing gets broken this time. I was wondering how many Tawny Owls have there been?" Ben asked.
"Seven over the years. The Miraculous circle that I'm apart of are not used as often as the Ladybug and Black Cat. I'm sure your partner knows something about them but it's up to her if she tells you anything."
"What about Firefly?" Ben asked.
"The Firefly Miraculous is a mysterious one. You're not ready to know those things yet" Oona said. "There's a lot of things that you still need to learn and when the time is right you will"
Michelle (Mia's older sister) pulled up outside Robbie's house. Robbie lived in a mansion with big gates that went up to the main house. The front door of the house had balloons and streamers. The girls knocked on the door and Mr Milton answered.
"Hello, girls. come in" Mr Milton said. Felicity and Mia walked into the house and found themselves in a long hallway with wooden floor. A lady who Felicity thought was Robbie's mum took their coats and showed them to the kitchen/living room where most of the people from Felicity's class gathered.
"Glad you could make it, Felicity, Mia," Robbie said. "Come and join us"
Felicity noticed that Robbie took Felicity's hand but not Mia's and lead them over to a group of their classmates. Lena and Sophia smiled at them.
"Robbie, can you let go of my hand," Felicity asked. Robbie didn't say anything but he did as Felicity asked.
"I'm certain that Robbie has a crush on you," Mia said as Felicity followed her to another corner in the room.
"It's going to be hard to tell him that I don't have the same feelings," Felicity said.
"Speaking of boys, Ben just walked in," Mia said.
Felicity turned around to look at Ben. He looked slightly different tonight, his usual messy brown hair was now pulled back which made him look mature.
Ben walked into Robbie's house with James and Joe.
"Look, Felicity's here," Joe said. "Now's your chance to talk to her again"
"Maybe later. Let's get a drink first" Ben said as she walked over to the drinks table and poured himself a cup of lemonade.
"You know you are going to have to talk to her at some point," James said. "Don't worry about what your father said. It's a party, your allowed to have fun"
"I guess you're right," Ben said.
Felicity and Mia stood talking when Lena and Eliza came over to them.
"Are you having a nice time?" Lena asked. Lena reminded Felicity of Juleka as she liked to wear gothic clothing.
"Yeah," Felicity said. "It's a shame that Grace didn't get invited. It's almost like Robbie doesn't want to talk to her. I noticed the other day in class that Robbie purposely left her out during that group task"
"Something tells me that she will show up. She is Robbie's cousin"
"Wait, Grace is Robbie's cousin. I never saw this one coming" Felicity said.
"Yeah. Grace is originally from Ireland but she moved her two years ago" Eliza said. "We used to compete in the same age group at Irish Dancing"
"Robbie and Grace don't get on. Their parents have tried several times when they were little but none of them worked. I think Robbie disliked her, even more, when she started at Maple Park"
"So it's more of a family issue then?" Felicity asked.
"Yeah," Mia said. "Grace doesn't like talking about it"
"Look, Ben's coming over," Lena said. "He's on his own. I wonder why"
"Hi, girls," Ben said.
"Hi, Ben" Mia replied
"Felicity, did you want to dance with me," Ben asked.
Felicity didn't know what to say, she just stood there looking into space, until Mia pushed her towards Ben.
"I'm sorry about that," Felicity said.
"It's ok. If you don't want to dance then you don't have to. Let me know if you change your mind" Ben replied.
"Wait. I do" Felicity said.
Ben and Felicity found themselves dancing to 'Don't let me down' by the Chainsmokers Feat Daya.
Grace knew about the party at her cousin's house ever since he first announced it at school but she never thought that she would be left out. They may not get along but she was his cousin. Grace tried to include Robbie in family events.
Her Aunt and Uncle didn't have a problem with letting her in and seemed pleased to see her. Her cousin Robbie was a different story, as soon as he saw Grace he walked over to her.
"Grace, how nice to see you? Please leave" Robbie said.
"Why? I'm your cousin Robbie. You can't keep up the act of pretending that I don't exist," Grace said.
"I can and I will. Leave now" Robbie told Grace.
"Fine but this isn't over. Enjoy your little party" Grace replied as she turned around and walked out of the house. Robbie's parents tried to stop her but she just ignored them.
"Family relationships and a birthday party. What a perfect place to cause trouble," Firefly said as he tapped a firefly with his wand, turning it red and then sent it out to find it's next victim.
"Why can't Robbie forgive me for what happened when we were younger. I'm willing to forget about the nasty things he said to me. Why can't he do the same?" Grace thought to herself.
The dark firefly flew into her hair bow and Grace heard a calm voice talking to her
"I know how you feel and I want to help you, Entertainer," Firefly said, "I'm giving you the power you need to prove to `Robbie that you are the best cousin by turning his party into one big rave."
"It's party time, Firefly," Grace said. As Entertainer, Grace's hair turned pink and she had big curls with the black hair bow on top. Her dress didn't change much but it now had a front pocket filled with balloons.
Grace walked back up to the front of Robbie's house and found herself being stopped by Robbie's parents.
"My names Entertainer and I'm here to put an end to this party," Grace said as she knocked Robbie's parents out the way and entered the party.
Inside the house, Robbie's party's in full swing. Lots of people spent time talking and enjoying themselves. Felicity stood with her close group of friends.
"I wonder what happened to Grace," Eliza asked "It's not like her to walk home alone in the dark"
"I'm not sure," Mia said "Maybe we should go and look for her"
"Grace probably wanted to be alone or she wouldn't have stormed off like that after her argument with Robbie," Lena said. "I'm sure she will come back. Robbie's been quiet ever since Grace left"
"Maybe he feels bad about it," Felicity said. "I would if I was him"
Felicity didn't get a chance to finish what she was saying. There was a loud bang followed by someone laughing and then everyone in the room turned to look at the lady dressed in the strange outfit with bright pink hair.
"Robbie, you will pay for being mean to me." Entertainer said.
"I'm sorry, this is a private party. I didn't invite you" Robbie said.
"The real party has only just begun, cousin." Entertainer said as she started throwing plates, napkins, forks and other party items around the room.
"Grace" Robbie said.
"Not anymore. I'm Entertainer. Let's make this a night no one forgets"
Felicity watched Entertainer for a few minutes like everyone else was, she seemed familiar but she couldn't work out who she was.
"I don't know about you but I'm leaving before this party becomes a nightmare," Lena said.
"I'm not leaving, Wolfette and Tawny Owl are going to show up," Mia said.
Felicity almost forgot that she had a job to do. She looked around her and noticed that most of the people had hidden or ran away from the scene.
"Leah's right. I'm going as well" Felicity said as she walked away.
Ben just wanted to enjoy the party but now it was almost 10:00 and Firefly decided to interrupt the evening. He found it hard to get away from his friends to find a place to transform. Ben knew that he would have to come up with a good excuse for Flavio later.
"I'm ready when you are, Ben," Oona said as she flew out of his pocket. "Is everything ok?"
"Entertainer is Grace. It's the first time I've had to fight someone I know" Ben said.
"It will all be ok in the end. Firefly is controlling your friend remember, she's not in control of her actions. Think of it as helping to free her from his control" Oona said.
"Ok, let's do this then," Ben said as he touched the miraculous on his shirt "Oona, lets fly"
In a flash of light, Ben had transformed into his alter ego Tawny Owl. He felt confident.
Felicity managed to get away from Leah and Eliza. She opened her bag and woke up Rikki who someone managed to sleep the whole time that Felicity was at the party.
"Wake up, Rikki. We've got work to do" Felicity said. "I still don't know how you managed to sleep the whole time"
"That's one of my talents," Rikki said as Felicity smiled at her Kwami.
"Rikki, Paws Out" Felicity said.
Entertainer left the party at the Milton house. Robbie went with her and acted as her assistant being forced to hold balloons. Entertainer was busy turning the street into one big party when Felicity showed up.
"Grace, I can help you if you give me the object with the firefly in," Felicity said.
"I'm not Grace, my name is Entertainer and you're not on the guest list, Wolfette."
"Well looks like someone knows how to throw a party. Shame we are going to put a stop to it" Tawny Owl said. "Otherwise I would have offered you a dance, Wolfie"
"Maybe another time Tawny" Felicity replied
"Mr Firefly wants your Miraculous" Entertainer said.
"Not a chance," Tawny Owl said.
"If you won't give them to me then I will take them from you," Entertainer told them as she ordered Robbie to hand her two balloons. She rubbed them against her hair bow and then she made them into dogs. She put them down on the floor and the came to life.
"That's her power then, making things from balloons," Felicity said. It was strange, Grace was the same age as her. Why would she want to make things with balloons?
Tawny Owl took out his arrows and threw one at one of the balloon dogs, destroying it. The other dog followed Felicity. She used her whip to tie it up and then Tawny Owl used one of his arrows.
"Well, I will be leaving now, the party has only just begun," Entertainer said as she ordered Robbie to follow. The other students and guests at Robbie's party stayed put. They had already seen enough of the action.
"We have to follow her," Felicity said as she threw her whip out and hocked it on to a building. She then pulled herself up onto the rooftops so she could get a better view. Tawny Owl followed and landed next to her.
"We still don't know where the dark firefly is but we know it's not in the balloons," Tawny Owl said.
"Yeah, but did you see what she did with the hair bow. The dark firefly must be in the hair bow" Felicity replied. "We need to keep her busy so she can't create any more balloon monsters"
"I can be very distracting," Tawny Owl said.
"I know you can, which is why you're perfect for the job," Felicity said.
The two superheroes found Entertainer near the end of the road Robbie lived on. Entertainer stood on a big stage next to a large speaker. Music played from it and people stood around the stage wondering what was going on.
Tawny Owl and two of his clones managed to sneak up on to the stage from the back.
"I'm sorry but you don't have the right to play loud music," Tawny Owl said.
"You again. I'm going to give you one more chance. Hand me your miraculous or I will take it from you"
"Try taking it then," Tawny Owl's clone said.
Entertainer reached out and tried to take the miraculous but as she made contact with the clone it vanished and the rest of the clones gathered around her. The real Tawny Owl stood in front of her.
Felicity grabbed the hair bow from behind and broke it, freeing the dark firefly.
"I free you from evil," Felicity said as she touched the firefly with her whip turning it to dust which disappeared. Everything around them went back to normal.
Tawny Owl and Wolfette smiled at each other and then turned to look at a confused Grace on the ground.
"G... Miss, are you ok?" Tawny Owl asked.
"I don't remember anything apart from being upset with Robbie," Grace said. "Where did Robbie go?"
"I'm here, Grace," Robbie said, "I think that we should talk about this"
"That sounds like a good idea," Grace said as they smiled at each other.
Felicity watched them as they walked away. Hopefully, Grace and Robbie would sort things out.
Felicity had just released her transformation when she suddenly remembered that she left her jacket in Robbie's house and she didn't want to go back. Her Mum would be picking her up soon.
"Hey, Felicity," Felicity noticed that Ben stood next to her offering her his coat. "You look cold. My brothers already here, I can wait with you if you want but it's ok if you don't want me to. I just didn't want you to freeze"
Felicity smiled at Ben as she took the jacket from him
"It's ok. My Mum's said that she's almost here. I guess I will see you at school."
"Yep," Felicity said.
Ben walked towards the car and climbed into the passenger seat.
"Who's the girl you stood with? I don't think I've seen her before" Flavio asked.
"Her names Felicity. She's one of Mia's friends. Her family recently moved back to London" Ben said. "She's a nice girl"
Felicity didn't have to wait long for her Mum to arrive and as soon as she did, the first question she asked was about the coat.
"A friend from school lent me the jacket. His names Ben" Felicity said.
"Oh. What's this Ben like?" Felicity's Mum asked.
"He's a nice boy" Felicity replied as they got out the car and made their way to the front door.
Felicity went to her room and got dressed for bed. That was one of the very first times that her dream featured Benjamin Russo and it wouldn't be the last.
