I totally think Jane is much unrepresented in the show, and even though Benny shows little affection towards her, I'd like to think he would. Sorry if it is a bit OOC.
And here's the gist of the, for lack of a better term, 'alternate universe'. First of all, our lovely original characters are as they are in the show, albeit a little OOC due to my raw writing skills. However, in Aliza's universe, the main cast of characters in her universe are practically opposites of our lovely cast of characters. For example, Aliza is the opposite of Benny. She looks insanely similar, but she's a girl. But! Benny is less than athletic, so is she. But as Benny is sweet and funny, she is to be sarcastic and witty. Catch my drift? Or is the wind blowing you in a different direction? Questions are welcomed! I'll do my best to answer them without giving the story away!
And, to make my AN even longer, I looked up the definition for Angst, and realized my ending to the last chapter wasn't angst-y, more suspenseful-y. Sooo… yeah. That's it.
July 4th, 8:37 p.m. – Umm, added more content, and fixed it up a bit. Only posted it earlier because I wanted to post it before dinner in case the internet went out… so, yeah. Hope it helped and hope you like it. (Trust me, it looks like I didn't change it, but I did.)
ENGAGE!
Benny...
Benny spotted Ethan, finally, coming out of the door with Jane. He grinned, starting for them. Jane sped up and made it to Benny before he could make it to Ethan. Jane was as much as a little sister to Benny as Ethan was like a brother to him.
"Hey Benny!" she said brightly, jumping up and down as she did, finally hugging him around the waist- which was about as high as she could reach to hug comfortably- without standing on her tiptoes. Benny kept his grin, amused at her excitement of his presence.
"Hey Janie." he said, calling her what he knew she hated and mussing up her hair. She let out a cry of protest, which Benny ignored, as Ethan finally caught up. Jane let go of Benny and said a quick goodbye before running off to catch up with some of her friends. Ethan watched her off before greeting Benny.
"Hey B." Ethan greeted in his usual this-is-way-too-early-to-be-getting-up tone even though they did this every weekday. Ethan swiped some dark hair out of his eyes, frowning slightly.
"Hey, E." Benny said quickly, in order to get to what he really wanted to say. "Listen, I had this really weird dream last night." Ethan rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to undoubtedly counter with a witty or sarcastic remark, so Benny cut him off. "No, not a Britney-Spears-was-there weird. Like a there-were-dead-bodies weird." And so Benny explained his dream in as much detail as he could as they walked to the school. Ethan listened intently, like what he was saying was vital to his survival, or a final.
"Are you sure it wasn't just some bizarre nightmare or something?" Ethan asked beseechingly. Benny gave him a look that said 'does it sound like just some crazy nightmare'.
"No, E. This was serious. It had some weird, ominous feel. Like it was real, like I was there. But it wasn't, and that place..." he trailed off, feeling vulnerable because he couldn't even explain it. The silence didn't last long, for a familiar annoyance returned.
"Hey guys!" the sickeningly bright voice of Rory came from directly behind the two, making them start violently. Ethan was the first to recover, holding his chest.
"Gah! Rory, I thought we said stop doing that!" Ethan snapped angrily. But Rory shrugged and apologized sincerely.
"Sorry, I forgot. Couldn't help it either, you guys were totally easy game." he grinned goofily, making Benny and Ethan sigh in defeat, Benny shaking his head in dismay. "What were you guys talking about?" Rory asked curiously. Benny shot Ethan a pleading look. "Something about a dream." he added, even more curiously. Ethan stepped up to the plate, but he failed miserably.
"Benny was just dreaming about stuff like um..." Ethan stammered, obviously unable to conjure something appropriate enough to be talking about in general conversation, much less something Benny would dream about that met that criteria, quickly enough.
Fortunately, Benny stepped in.
"Megan Fox. It was wicked awesome." he said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. Ethan stared in disbelief at his quick (as usual) acting skills, as Rory's eyes went wide and he said,
"Sweeeet!" dragging out the word in amazement.
Rory would be Rory.
Aliza...
Waking up at dawn and not being able to back to sleep did not help Aliza's murky mood. On top of that, she had pestering anxiety from thinking about the dream every second of the day since the dream onwards. Shuffling out the front door to head to school, she caught sight of her best friend, Katy Cartwright.
Katy was a small- well, at least shorter than her- girl with shoulder-length dark brown hair and strong chocolaty brown eyes. Her skin tone was light, and since she was no more an athlete than Aliza was, she had dry skin in places (like her upper arms) that was barely noticeable, but still there nonetheless.
"Hey, Kate!" Aliza called, rushing towards her by taking a shortcut through her lawn. Her knee-length sundress flapped when she ran, and her worn denim jacket went with it nicely. Not to mention her mahogany-brown strapped boots. Katy brightened drastically, like seeing Aliza made her very day. She wore a simple slanted orange shirt with a yellow peace-sign on it and a yellow undershirt underneath, light blue jeans, and orange converse. Her backpack was slung over one shoulder, the one covered by the one sleeve of her shirt.
"Hey Ali!" she said, doing what she always did; she hugged Aliza when she got close enough. Aliza squirmed; she wasn't much of a touchy-feely person. "Ooh, right." Katy blurted, letting go of her. "Forgot again, Al." she blushed, embarrassed of her forgetfulness.
She was such a nerd, she could be like an encyclopedia sometimes too. Whereas Aliza was more of an information-sponge. Good, since she needed to memorize correct spell procedures in order to do them perfectly. Being a spell-master.
"Soo... ask Danny out yet?" Aliza prodded, walking with her as they headed for the school. Katy flushed a deathly shade of red, not unusual when Danny came to babysit Nick, Katy's little brother. Or when he came up in conversation.
"Have you asked out Will?" she countered, looking at her with an uncharacteristically sly smile. Which didn't really make sense with the dimming color of her cheeks, but it was still there.
"Touché." Aliza said, smiling at her friend's sensitivity. There was a moment of silence, and at the end, the two girls couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Me, ask out Danny." Katy breathed between lapses in her laughter. The lone sleeve on her already slanted orange shirt fell off its shoulder, exposing more of her yellow undershirt.
"Me! Ask out Will." Aliza choked out. Had she not been properly civilized, she'd have been on the sidewalk, laughing her top off. This went on for a number of minutes, and each girl was surprised they hadn't already died from lack of oxygen. Or at least collapsed.
"Oh my gosh." Katy whispered, sounding horrorstruck. And she was, Aliza noticed as she wiped her eyes of laughter induced tears, because she had stopped straight in her tracks. Looking at some point ahead of her. Aliza followed her line of sight.
It was Danny and Will she was staring at. Walking towards them as Aliza and Katy stood there, still as trees, watching them do just that.
Danny was grinning at them, and Will was looking suspicious. No more suspicious than usual, then.
Danny was a darker skin tone than the boy next to him, a cream-ish color Will was, and had scruffy dark brown hair and deep pools of chocolate in his eyes. He was tall and lean, much to Katy's liking.
Will was tall, too. Lean as well. His short blonde hair licked at his ears. His eyes were like pools of deep blue sky, and he was cute. Well, at least Aliza thought so.
"Hello ladies." Danny said cheerfully. Will cracked a smile at Aliza, who narrowed her eyes. Katy had practically melted at the sight of Danny. Pansy.
"H-he-hey Danny." she spluttered, turning a deep scarlet and scrambling to right her sleeve. She had to be the most obvious in-love person you could find. Danny, oblivious as ever, just smiled at her. Well, time for Aliza to break the silence; rudely.
"School won't wait forever, or did time stop just for us?" she snapped, trying to keep her cool in front of Will. Unsuccessfully, she would concur. He whistled lowly, almost like a sharp exhale of breath or sigh, proving her observance as she brushed past him. That was him, subtle as always.
"Where's the fire, sunshine?" Will called, trailing after her with Danny and Katy hot on his heels. The appearance of Will had quickly turned Aliza sour. Why did they need to follow her? Why couldn't they just walk there themselves? She certainly didn't need an… escort to school and neither did they, really.
"Moron." she muttered, cursing him eternally for being... himself. She turned, kept walking (backwards), and stuck her tongue out at him, making him smile amusedly.
….
A dark figure loomed in the shadows of the trees across the wide street. She smiled deviously, laying out her plan effortlessly. Her ridiculously blonde curls and eerie gray eyes that narrowed at the group of teenagers were her most entrancing features. Along with her snowy-white skin and her cat-like form that allowed her to be as sneaky and invisible as a shadow. She would be considered particularly beautiful, but her intimidating aura often convinced others to avoid her. Her thoughts echoed her smile; devious.
Mortals are so easy. Just take away their anchor and they are simply lost at sea…
"Cake walk." She muttered, smiling venomously, turning and disappearing into the darkness swiftly, like a subtle wind. Back to her 'supervisor' of sorts…
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Just… a filler-chapter I guess. Gives you a bit more depth on Aliza's personality. That's about it. We'll dive into the action in later chapters, I promise.
Let me know how this was! Was it boring compared to last chapter? Too much? Too little? Are the original characters done right, or at least okay? I'm freaking out right now…
PLEASEEEEEEE Let me know!
Happy Independence Day, Americans!
DISENGAGE!
~Zellarest