"Now there are some folks, like my wife, who are worried about reports from certain scientists about a visually swollen solar corona, or sun, that may melt the entire planet. But there's no need to panic coz this just means we're gonna have a doozy of a sunset tonight at the hour of judgement. All hail the sun king. Am I right Miss Lucia?" The Weather guy chuckled. The screen switched and Miss Lucia appeared on the TV.
"Yes, the altar is ready. The ceremony soon begins, prepare to welcome the sun king. Back to you Vance" She announced. The screen switched back to the weather guy and I sighed.
"He just said the hour of judgement is tonight at sundown, and if we don't act fast the sun's gonna take our friends with it!" Sarah exclaimed.
"Well we can't exactly do anything about it, we're not nerds, the guys are usually the ones with the plan-ideas" Maya sighed, shaking her head as she leaned back in the arm-chair.
"We've been around them enough, now think. What would Ethan and Benny do?" Sarah asked, glancing at each of us.
"I'm glad you girls called me" Evelyn, Benny's Grandma, said, holding a large book in her hands.
"Well, we figured we'd need to come up with a plan like Ethan and Benny would" Maya explained.
"So, give up and call you, like Ethan and Benny would" Erica shrugged, playing with one of Jane's prank-snakes.
"Lucia is an ancient Maztak name. Now the Maztak's were pretty big on gold and animal hearts too, look" Evelyn explained, gesturing down at the open book.
"The sun king and the sky queen created the earth together, but an argument between the two brought eternal night to the world" Sarah read.
"Too bad they didn't have couples counselling" Erica remarked. Maya snickered.
"Profits say one day a queen will make an offering so pleasing the sun king will return to earth in an explosion of light, that will end the mortal world?!" Sarah exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"At least I won't have to finish that essay, yay!" Erica cheered.
"Look who's suddenly very optimistic" I remarked. She shrugged in response.
"Lucia had the boys build and altar at school, she said the hour of judgement was tonight at sundown" Sarah explained.
"Well then what are you doing yammering with an old lady? It's up to you girls to save the world!" Evelyn exclaimed. Sarah rose from the bed.
"Grandma's right, it's girl power or nothing. We need to get our geek on and come up with a plan, fast"
"Yay!" Jane smiled, dramatically hopping into the room.
"She said girl-power, not little-girl-power" Erica told her, causing my little sister to pout disappointedly.
"Boo"
It had only been ten minutes since Evelyn had gone back home, but it felt like hours.
We were all stretched out in Ethan's bedroom, occupying different spaces. I was sat at the head of Ethan's bed, leaning against the wooden headboard. Maya was lying on her stomach in front of my feet, her legs hanging off the side of the bed. Jane was sat at the foot of the bed, watching us all. Sarah paced the room, flipping through the pages of Evelyn's book. And Erica was sat on the computer chair, doing absolutely nothing but whine and moan about how bored she was.
"Okay, so where's our big plan?" She asked unenthusiastically.
"I'm trying to find Lucia's weakness and power source, what exactly are you doing to help?" Sarah asked knowingly.
"Her only weakness is her taste in robes, and glass-heads" Erica shrugged, browsing through the objects on my brothers shelf.
"Her crystal-skull could be the power source" Maya mumbled, her face hidden in the sheets of the bed.
"That actually makes sense, check this out" Sarah said, gesturing to the book "The rays from the sun are lighting up the skull"
"So?" I asked, shaking my head. She turned to face me.
"So, what happened in the original myth? Why did the sun and the earth split up in the first place?" She asked. I bit my lip in thought.
"Long-distance relationships never work out?" Erica offered.
"Hah, nice one" Jane chuckled.
"Here it is, they split because the moon goddess came between them" Sarah explained.
"Great, gotta give the moon goddess a call. Anyone got her number?" Erica asked, glancing at each of us.
"Maybe we don't need the actual moon, just something that'll channel the moons energy"
"Like moonstones" I shrugged, nodding my head. They all turned to face me, looks of confusion on their faces.
"What are you talking about?" Maya asked, sighing boredly. I rolled my eyes and stood from the bed.
"Well, let's just say I know a big geek that paid six-months worth of allowance to order moonstones online" I shoved my hand under Ethan's pillow, reaching around for the bag "And who also sleeps with them under his pillow" I announced, pulling out the clear plastic-bag full of moonstones.
"Great, let's go" Sarah said, shutting the book. I nodded and we all exited the bedroom.
"Okay, I feel hot, both literally and metaphorically!" Maya exclaimed, her voice slightly muffled by the helmet.
With the world heating up the way it was, us vampires had to wear something to protect our skin from the light. Our outfits consisted of; Black biker helmets, black leggings, black leather jackets, black boots and black gloves. We'd also threated some strings through the moon-rocks, wearing them as necklaces so that we could hold the black-paint buckets.
"Calm down Maya. Okay, we've got our moon-rocks and paint for the windows" Sarah checked.
"Sarah, we're risking our lives with a plan based on one flimsy old legend" Erica groaned.
"Guys, stop whining. The sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can go back to normal. So suck it up!" I exclaimed, rolling my eyes.
"She's right, we don't have much time. Now, it's time to de-throne the queen" Sarah instructed. We nodded and flipped down the eye cover on our helmets, before splashing the black paint over the archaeology class windows.
"Back to class?" Maya asked. I nodded.
Using our vampire-speed, we managed to get to the archaeology class in less than five seconds; Something I was very proud of. I entered the classroom first, the girls right behind me and the paint bucket still in our hands. I dropped the paint-bucket to the floor, pulling off the helmet and shaking out my curly blonde hair, also not bothering to retract my fangs.
"The weather girls are here with an updated forecast" Sarah said from behind me.
"Yeah, cloudy with a one hundred per-cent chance of butt-kicking" Erica added. I giggled.
"That was so cheesy"
"Warriors, attack!" Miss Lucia demanded.
The entranced teenage-boys stormed towards us, their fists flying. But with us being vampires/azeman's, they didn't stand a chance. Which is how we managed to floor all of the boys that lunged for us. Well, all except two; Rory and Benny. They stood in front of me and Maya, staring us down instead of going straight in like the other boys had.
"Wow, you guys look hot. It's a same we're gonna have to destroy you" Benny shrugged.
"Chosen one needs your help!" Ethan shouted.
Benny and Rory threw their fists forward, but Maya and I easily caught them, and successfully pressed the moonstones against their foreheads. The stones glowed bright-purple and the boys shook violently. And when the light faded, Maya and I pushed them to the side, letting them come back to earth while we helped my brother. Although, Sarah and Erica seemed to be handling it pretty well on their own. They fought most of the boys defending Miss Lucia, easily flooring them as they went along.
Miss Lucia used one of the chairs to smash open the windows, letting in the sun. It was then that I realised my brother was tied to a golden table, struggling to break free. Miss Lucia picked up the glass-skull and held it above my brother, allowing the sunlight to shine on the skull, and shoot a beam of light onto Ethan's chest. He cried out as the beam of light hit him and my eyes widened.
"Well here's one final offering from the moon goddess!" Sarah exclaimed. She threw the moon-stone towards Ethan and he caught it successfully, before pressing it against Lucia's forehead.
She screamed in pain and back away from him, shuddering as she moved. Miss Lucia froze, allowing the skull to slip from her hands, and smash onto the floor. And as predicted, she disappeared along with it, burning until there was nothing left of her but ash.
I sighed in relief as the temperature of the room dropped, letting us know that the world wasn't still burning. Maya and I took off the leather jackets and gloves, leaving us in our black camisoles, leggings and boots "This has been a weird day" Maya sighed, shaking her head.
"What happened?" I looked back to see Mr G, his eyes were narrowed in confusion while he glanced around the room.
"We saved the world" Sarah smirked.
"And we looked pretty hot while doing it" Erica added, flipping back her blonde hair.
"We might've looked hot, but we felt even hotter. Right Maya?" I asked, turning my head to face my best friend. Instead of being next to me, I spotted her on the other side of the room, in a very heated make-out session with Rory "What am I gonna do with her?" I sighed, shaking my head in amusement as the others grimaced.
I shoved the English book into my locker, immediately replacing it with my History book. Yesterday's events hadn't gone unpunished for us girls; We'd been given a week's detention for destroying Mr G's crystal skull. He must've really loved that thing.
Two hands covered my eyes and I flinched "Guess who" A familiar voice whispered. I smiled, biting my lip.
"If it's not Benny, then you're seriously getting your ass kicked" I replied. The hands slid down to my shoulders and an arm came across my chest, pulling me back against a firm chest.
"You couldn't kick my ass if you tried" He said. I rolled my eyes and closed my locker, before turning to face Benny.
"I beg to differ" I shrugged, resting my back against the lockers. He rested one arm above my head, placing his right hand on my waist.
"We'll have to test it out one day"
"One day, but not today. Because thanks to you boys, I get a weeks detention for saving your asses" I sighed, shaking my head.
"You could ditch" He suggested. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm too much of a good-girl for that" He smirked.
"You? A good-girl? You're a vampire"
"Don't be an ass" I hissed, lightly smacking his shoulder.
"Okay, okay, I guess I owe you one for saving my life" He shrugged.
"You save my life in the future and we're even"
"Technically I've already saved your life once" He admitted. I tilted my head confusedly.
"What?!"
"Yeah, last year when Ethan's house was trashed by the pizza guy. You wouldn't jump down from the window, and when you did I caught you, so technically we're even" He smirked. My eyes widened.
"So you hardly ever remember what we're taught in class, but that you remember?" I asked. He shrugged in response.
"Selective memory. And you owe me another" I rolled my eyes.
"What now?"
"Well, when we crashed the vampire-party at Jesse's house, we were stuck behind a bush, remember?" He asked. I nodded "And those vampires heard us. They would've caught us out if I wasn't there" He shrugged. I nodded, knowing exactly what he was talking about.
"You know, I can't exactly remember how that went" I lied, tilting my head innocently.
"I remember it perfectly well, went something like this" He muttered, moving close, if it was possible.
He took the History book out of my hands and dropped it on the floor next to us, though he probably couldn't care less where it ended up. After dropping the book, he took both of my forearms, lifting them and placing them around his neck. My fingers immediately laced at the back of his neck, like they always did when we were in this position. I bit my lip as his hands ran down to my waist, then sliding up my shirt to rest on my back. He pressed against me so that I was pinned between him and the lockers, before resting his forehead on mine. I smiled and nuzzled the tip of my nose against his.
"Trying to re-create our first kiss huh?" I asked, a small smirk on my face.
"Not trying, I think I'm doing pretty well" He shrugged. I giggled.
"You still missed out one little detail" I pointed out. He nodded.
"I know, this"
He roughly pressed his lips against my own, causing me to squeak in surprise. But after a second, my eyes instinctively closed, letting him control everything. His hands slid out from underneath my shirt, instead moving down until they rested on my ass. I decided to take a little bit of control from him, by sliding my tongue into his mouth, instead of how he usually decided to be the one to start it. Though surprisingly he didn't object, but he did take complete advantage of it, by clashing his tongue against mine. Despite being quite shy in some situations, Benny was anything but when it came to stuff like this. If anything, he was like a completely different person, like he had some alter-ego when it came to our make-out sessions.
"Hey Morgan!" I reluctantly pulled away from Benny, turning my head to see who had interrupted us "Can you keep his tongue out of your mouth long enough to come to detention with me?" Maya asked, placing a hand on her hip once she reached us.
"I thought you were with Rory" I panted as Benny rested his head on my shoulder.
"I was with Rory, now I'm looking for you. C'mon, the sooner we get it over with the sooner you can go back to making out with Benny" She shrugged. I chuckled and rolled my eyes.
"Fine, give me a second" I instructed. She groaned and nodded, turning so that her back was facing us.
"So, I guess I'll see you later?" Benny asked, pulling back slightly.
"Definitely" I replied. He smiled and nodded, quickly leaning down to peck my lips again.
"Love you" He muttered, low enough so that only I could hear.
"Love you too magic-boy" I smirked. He chuckled and winked before strolling down the hall.
"Let's go!" Maya exclaimed impatiently, grabbing my wrist. I rolled my eyes amusedly and let her drag me down the hall, towards the detention room.