I stretched my body as soon as I awoken. I laid my head on Lock's chest. I was curled up next to him. He fell asleep with a magazine in his hands. I must've been reading it with him. Barrel laid his head against mine. I was cuddled up with my two best friends. Cuddled? More like squished. Once I was with them, I couldn't get out. Barrel snored at least two or three times if he was moved. He never snored regularly. Shock always held my hand or layed his head against my hair when I slept next to him. I slowly shifted my arms. Barrel clentched my arm tighter. Shock shifted his fingers and and got a tighter grip on my hand. I slid into the couch deeper. Shock released my hand. For a second, I thought he was awake. Turns out, he was just gonna put his arm around me. I was in too deep. I looked around the room. I needed something to take my place so that while the boys slept, they wouldn't think I was gone. I whistled a unique soft sound. My pet scorpion leaped on my shoulder.
"Hey, boy. Can you go get me Mr. Ted?" I whispered. My scorpion nodded. It came back with a giant teddy bear I keep in my closet. Just in case, I forget something like a birthday or a holiday. I slowly slipped the bear in my place. The boys didn't seem to notice. I quickly changed and grabbed my bag. I tiptoed to the cage.
Wait, I thought, it's going to make too much noise if I use it.
Looking for another escape, I noticed a pole. I learned how to climb a rope in gym. What's the difference? I grabbed it and slid down with ease.
"Wait, I'm missing something." I whispered to myself. I felt a sudden bite in my ear. It was my pet scorpion.
"Oh. How can I forget you, you little cutie." I cooed. My pet leaped onto my shoulder and I started my journey. It didn't take long to get to Town Square. I went through the plaza and through three other buildings to get to school. Everyone was in the courtyard, talking and waiting for the bell. A bat flew onto my free shoulder. It exploded in a puff a smoke. Drake appeared, smiling. Today, he wore a skull T-shirt and black jeans.
"Hey, rookie," He greeted. "Where 'ya been?"
"Can't tie this girl down." I replied.
"How was you day yesturday?" Drake asked.
"I passed two exams, I beat the other team in headball and three guys asked me out." I explained.
"Let's make that four guys. Wanna go to the Prom this Friday?" He said.
"I'll think about it." I giggled. Four girls walked up to me. One wore dark blue pants and a lacey stylish blouse. "You're the new kid, right?" She asked. Her question seemed to answer itself. She walked away from a big crowd so I assumed she was popular. If she was popular, she would know if I was new. "I'm Angela, vampire. That's Katy, dark angel. And that's Penny, wizard." She explained.
"Shock." I replied.
"Are you suprised?" Angela asked.
"No, that's my name. Shock." I answered.
"Oh." Katy giggled and looked away. Once she did, she burst out laughing. Penney elbowed her in the rib and Katy yelped in pain. Someone covered my eyes. I quickly ducked and kicked whoever was behind me. I didn't give them time to explain themselves. I just pinned them to the ground.
"Aah! Uncle! Uncle!" The boy yelped. It was a boy. My age.
"Who are you?" I growled.
"I'm Shadow." He replied.
"What do you do, Shadow?" Katy asked, helping me hold him down.
"I am the new shadow on the moon at night." Shadow explained.
"Say what?" I gasped, letting him up.
"Remember? The song? Everyone here has a place in the song. Halloween is tomorrow." Shadow said. Penny explained to me about the traditional Halloween song.
"Why haven't I heard of this?" I asked.
"Well, Once you get to high school, you're old enough to take part in the song." Angela replied. We were in music class. Mister Long was our teacher.
"Okay, here are the parts for the song tomorrow. And remember! If you screw up, you will bring shame to Halloween. No pressure." He passed us our papers. What if I screw up? No one will talk to me. I'll bring shame to the holiday I've came to know and love. "Are you nervous?" Drake asked, interupting my thoughts. I looked up from my shoes. I was afraid how loud or how low my answer was gonna be so I just nodded in reply. Drake was about to say something but Mister Long passed him a paper. He passed me my paper.
"Okay, whoever has number one B is the boy lead." Long said. A werewolf named Twilight stepped up.
"No, you failed your test last week." Long denied. He passed the paper to Drake.
"Choose a girl lead, Drake." A skeleton teacher named Mr. Bone said.
"I pick Shock." He grinned. I knew he only did this to play with me.
"No, thanks." I backed away, unsure.
"C'mon. You'll be great." Drake pulled me onto the stage. I dug my heels into the ground, trying to pull away. He used all of his strength to pull me onto stage.
"Okay." I said. He let go of me and I spun around to run back.
"No." I said quickly after.
"C'mon Shock!" Penney yelled.
"Yeah, Shock!"Angela laughed.
"Do it!" Shadow cupped his hands around his mouth to make it louder. Drake grabbed my shoulder. He turned me around so I could face him. He looked at me with his green eyes. I turned around and walked away.
"Shock..." He sang in a smooth tone. He had a cool voice.
"C'mon, Shock!" Twilight yelled. Their yells were more like jokes than orders.
"Shock! C'mon everybody. Chant with me. Shock, shock, shock." Drake said.
"Shock!" Angela joined in. Everyone started chanting my name.
"Shock." Drake sang through the yelling. Weird how I could hear him.
"You sound gay when you sing my name, you know?" I chuckled, stopping in my track yet never turning around to face him.
"Atleast, I can sing." He said. I opened my mouth as if I was gonna gasp but I didn't. I just let my jaw dropped. I shut my jaw and spun around to face him. His face grinning. A smug look. I walked up to him.
"You afraid or what?" Drake asked, cocking his eyebrow challengingly.
"Nothing scares me. I never run away from a fight." I replied.
"Prove it."