Angel Wings chapter 7
Amy47101: Yes! Halloween people! And guess what that means!
Dash: Candy?
Surge: Parties?
Carter: Pranks?
Amy47101: No, no, and no!
Carter, Dash, and Surge: WHAT?! NOOOOOOOO!
Rest of the Angel Wings gang plus myself: *sweat drop*
Amy47101: My god, it means a Halloween special!
Carter(Tears streaming down face): Do we still get candy?
Amy47101: Yes Carrie, yes you do.
Surge: Phffft... Carrie.
Carter: I'LL KILL YOU AMY47101!
Amy47101: YIKES! HURRY WITH THE DISCLAIMER!
Disclaimer: Amy47101 does not own pokemon.
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(Eleanor P.O.V)
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It's been a month since I entered the ranger school, and I already loved it. Well, except for Tori, Alexa, and Rachel, who are always giving me a glare of death.
Anyways, Carter and us were finally free from detention(Thank god. You would NOT want to be in Kincaids classroom any longer than you had to). Somehow, though, I think that Carter will soon be spending another month in detention.
This morning, he greeted me with the glorious sight of a huge hairy spider. Thankfully, it was fake. In Ms. Aprils class, he had it rigged so that, when Ms. April walked in, a zombie head fell from a string, cackling. Now, we were in our History class, Kincaid teaching, and Carter was really letting it loose.
First, he was throwing small plastic pumpkins between him and Surge. Then, he decided to quit sitting, and began to run around the classroom, quickly followed by Dash and Surge. Next thing I knew, everyone was running around like maniacs, except for me and Wynter, who was kinda just huddling in a corner, away from the chaos. I maneuvered my way over to her, and took cover.
"This is insane!" I yelled. We had to, it was so loud.
"Thats Halloween for you." said Wynter. I noticed that she was super shy, and rarely raised her voice. I guess talking at a normal level was shouting to her.
And did she say Halloween? I completely forgot! Great. I have no costume. And it was to late to go out and buy one.
Carter ran in front of us, holding a balloon filled with... jelly? Surge whizzed a balloon at Carter, but he threw himself to the ground. Which means that the balloon was heading strait towards...
"Wynter!" I heard Surge yell. "DUCK!"
It was already to late. The balloon came into contact with Wynters face, and the contents inside it exploded all over her, with a few drops hitting me. I heard Surge curse as he ran over to us.
"God, I'm sorry!" he said as Wynter made an attempt to wipe the jelly out of her eyes. She only succeeded in getting more in her getting more in her eyes, nose, and mouth and smearing it on her hands.
"I don't really like jelly all that much." she whispered as she spat the jelly into the trash can. "I can't see either."
"Here." Surge took out some napkins and began wiping the jelly away from her eyes. I myself got up and went to the bathroom to clean off the jelly on my arms and the few splotches on my clothing.
"Attention all students!" I heard Principal Lamont over the loud speaker. "Today is Halloween, and today classes will be dismissed early so that you may ready yourselves for trick or treating and the Halloween Dance later this evening. I hope to see some good costumes!"
I wonder if going as a ranger school student is considered a good costume.
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"Hey Eleanor." said Wynter as I walked into the room. I noticed that she cleaned all the jelly off. "You got a package."
I looked over at my bed, and saw a large box on it. I opened it, and saw an envelope. Curious, I the envelope, and pulled out one of those cheesy greeting cards.
Dear Eleanor,
It has been a month since you began ranger school, and I figured, since you've been busy, that you would forget your costume like last year. Anyways, I decided to send you your costume, and a few treats. Henry misses you, and Cynthia sends her regards. Although she couldn't have been there when you left, she's proud of you.
Sincerely,
Your loving family.
Below all that, each member of my family signed it, including Cynthia, along with Rand, Leanne, Nema, Summer, and Ben.
"What is it?" asked Wynter.
I pulled out a bagful of candy. While doing so, my hand brushed some sort of plastic. I looked in, and saw a halo.
"A whole lotta candy." I said. I looked at the clock. 6:30. "What time is the dance at?"
"There really isn't a time. When everyone is done trick or treating, they all gather into the gym, and we just, well, dance. There's a costume contest, drinks, candy, food... you know, the usual."
"Then we should be getting ready." I said. "We've gotta get going for the trick or treating!"
I knew exactly what mom was intending when she sent me the halo. I'm gonna probably have the best costume in the history of ranger school costumes.
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(Carter P.O.V)
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Two hours later...
I was sitting in the lounge, studying my friends costumes.
Wynter was a ballerina. Her skirt was a light blue and reached her knees. It poofed out slightly and was layered thickly. From the waist up, the top was blue and covered in white lace, accented with clear beads. Were the top and skirt connected, a single blue flower was pinned off to the side. Her hair was in a tight bun and a flower similar to the one at her waist was clipped off to the side of her head.
Dusk was the grim reaper, looking rather menacing in a long black cloak that just barely covered his shoes. His hood was up, shading his eyes so that they were hidden. He was holding a scythe.
Dash was some superhero that he saw in a movie in Unova. The Riolu Boy or something? He was wearing a bright red mask with a blue plastic covering the eye holes. He had on a blue body suit with a red belt around his waist. He also wore yellow boots and a yellow vest with a cape attached to it.
Aqua was a gypsy. She had on a long, brown skirt and a white poofed out shirt with poofed sleeves that went off her shoulders. Surprisingly, she had her hair down. She had a purple sash tied around her waist and cloth tied around her head like a bandana. Jewels(fake, obviously) hung off the bandana and onto her forehead. Finally, she had seven gold bracelets on each wrist and a long necklace with many different crystals hanging from it.
Surge forgot his costume, apparently, and decided to improvise. He was a Pikachu, with jeans and a yellow hoodie. We had Janice sew some ears onto the hood, and we painted some black stripes on the back. The makeup is what really pulled the whole thing together. His entire face was yellow, with the tip of his nose dark brown and two red circles on his cheeks.
Dawn, with her family being rich, had a chance to get an insanely cool costume, but decided to get an 'average' costume. She was a fairy. She had on a long, sleeveless, lilac gown and lilac ballet flats. She had a wreath of small lilac colored roses around her head and around her waist. Although she insisted that her costume was average, the wings were pretty impressive. They were like Beutifly wings, only bigger and all the colored parts were changed to multiple shades of purple.
Forrest was dressed as a Cacturn. He had on a full body suit and a hat on his head and a mask that he was going to put on later. At first, I thought he was that gay coordinator, Harley or something, and when I asked him, he looked rather sick, indicating that he was not a big fan of that guy. Eventually, I figured out that he was supposed to be a Cacturn.
I thought that my costume was the best. I was a ninja. I was dressed completely in black, a skin hugging black tank top and sweatpants. I had a black scarf tied around my waist, right were the pants and the shirt touched, so that it looked like a full body suit. The scarf was knotted at the side of my waist. I also had a scarf around my forehead, and we modified the tank top so that some cloth covered my neck and so that I could pull it over my mouth and nose. The only thing visible on my face would be my eyes. The best part of this costume was that I wouldn't have to comb down my hair or cover it up.
Right now, we were waiting for Flare and Eleanor, who were both taking a surprisingly long time.
"THAT'S IT!"
Spoke to soon.
"GET OUT!" Flares voice boomed. There were some shrieks, and something came flying through the air. A black heel, I realized.
"WAH! THIS IS DESIGNER!" shrieked Tori as she picked up the shoe and cradled it like a baby.
I looked at her costume, and nearly puked.
She had on a small black dress, and when I mean small, I mean small. Like, almost isn't even there small. It barely covered everything that needed to be covered. She had a blood red scarf around her waist, and black wings on her back. Not like fairy wings, but like angel wings, only black.
Okay, don't get me wrong, I'm like every other guy. But that... thing that she had on was disgusting.
"What do you think?" she asked as she did a little twirl. "My daddy got it for me. Said the wings were guaranteed to look real. Unlike yours."
She pointed near Dawn, and she looked down.
"I think her costume is beautiful." growled Dusk. "What exactly are you supposed to be?"
"A death angel."
"It suites you. So how are you related to the devil? Brother? Uncle?" asked Flare as she stomped into the room.
She was dressed as a pirate. She had on a red and black striped skirt that looked to be slightly ragged. She had on a long sleeved white shirt that was loose and a brown corset over it. Black string was laced up the corset and she wore black tights on under her skirt. She had a dark brown sash around her waist with a very realistic plastic sword in her hand. She had dark brown knee high boots on her feet with buckles on the side and a necklace on a long chain with a red crystal at the end. Finally, she had a dark brown tri-cornered hat on her head.
She slipped the sword into it's scabbard, and glared at Tori.
"Listen. You have to room with me. I, unfortunately, had no idea that my room mate was gonna be such bitch." she said as she glared in her direction. "But, you have keep out of my closet."
"But these closets are so small!" whined Tori. "How is a girl supposed to live?"
"Toss some clothes. Donate them to homeless people, I don't care. One side of the room is yours, the other is mine. You keep off my side, and I'll keep off yours. If you don't, then I'm gonna wash all your clothing in water."
Tori gasped, like it was the end of the world.
"Didn't you hear a single word I said? They. Are. Designer. If you wash them in water-"
"Then they'll shrink, and you won't be able to where them." said Flare in a voice that was ridiculously high, like she was mocking Tori. "Do you see a tiny bit of give a shit in my eyes?"
Tori grumbled, and stomped back to her room.
"And keep your posse out to!" Flare yelled after her.
"Nice costume." said Forrest as he walked over.
"Thanks. You guys look great." said Flare as she looked around. "So were's the rebel leader?"
She was referring to Eleanor. After she hit Tori, she became known as the rebel leader against the tyrant, Queen Victoria. It was pretty funny actually, seeing Toris' face after students began flocking Eleanor instead of her.
"She's still getting ready." grunted Dusk.
"I can't imagine what could be taking her so long." said Dawn as she looked in the direction of her room.
"Sorry guys!" we heard Eleanor yell. "These wings were being a pain in the butt."
She came hurrying into the lounge, and my mouth, quite literally, dropped.
She had on a long white skirt that went to her ankles. It was silver at the bottom, and faded up to white at the middle of her shin. She had on a white halter top that was cut off, revealing her stomach, and a halo that seemed to be floating over her head. I took a closer look, and realized that it was a headband with plastic that was barely seeable to the human eye. What really caught my eye was the wings. They were white, and the edges of the feathers were tainted silver. They looked so real, not like the fake looking feathers on Toris' costume, but like the feathers off of an actual Swanna.
"What do you think?" she asked.
"Well, Carter defiantly seems to like it." said Flare as she looked in my direction with a smirk. "Might wanna close your mouth. A Beedrill could fly in there."
I felt the blood rush to my face, and shut my mouth and looked down.
"Well, it's okay." I murmured.
"Okay? It's awesome!" squealed Aqua excitedly.
"How did you make the wings? They look so real!" said Dawn as she walked up to them.
"Well, my mom has a way with crafts. I, unfortunately, did not inherit any of those artistic abilities."
When I looked up at her, I had to admit, her costume outclassed even mine. It was simple, yet beautiful. It suited Eleanor.
"Earth to Carter, you're drooling." said Surge
"Wah?"
"Man, you really need to get over your crush."
"Crush? On who?"
"Eleanor, you idiot." said Dash.
"I do not have a crush on Eleanor." I said.
"You do to."
"I do not."
"Perhaps I should inform you," said Forrest as he walked up to us. "When one says 'do not' or 'will not' instead of 'don't' or 'won't', it is an obvious sign of lying."
"So? What's your point?"
"The point is that you're lying about having a crush on Eleanor." said Dusk, putting emphasis on the words 'lying', 'crush', and 'Eleanor'.
"I do not have a crush on Eleanor." I said again.
"Geez, you really need to quite that habit of lying. It isn't good on your conscious." said Forrest as he walked down the stairs with everyone else.
"I do not have a crush on Eleanor." I reassured myself once again before hurrying down the stairs after them.
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(Eleanor P.O.V)
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"Alright! Candy!"screamed Dash as he ran through the street up to the ranger school.
"NO! BAD DASH!" yelled Carter as Dash plowed through some kids. "AVOID PEOPLE!"
"Whats wrong with him?" I asked as Dash nearly knocked a tree down.
"ADHD kids and sugar do not mix." said Dusk bluntly. Dash is ADHD? Well then...
"Is he gonna... um... settle down?" I asked.
"Eventually. He'll be out like a light by maybe midnight." said Forrest. We walked up to the school gates, and walked through.
"Okay! Comparison!" shouted Surge as we entered the school, were he dumped out the contents of his bag onto the floor. Everyone else did the same, and we began to count each piece.
"I've got 23." said Dusk, not the least bit excited.
"18." said Surge with a down cast look. Poor guy.
"24." said Forrest.
"I've got 26, and Wynter has 29." said Aqua as she patted Wynters' shoulder.
"30! I'VE GOT 30!" yelled Dash.
"32." said Dawn with a nod.
"I've got 39. Beat that." said Flare as she crossed her arms and smirked.
"46. Sorry, Flare, but this year, I. Am. Candy. KING!" shouted Carter as he fist pumped.
"Don't forget Eleanor." whispered Wynter as she looked down.
"Well? What's your loot?" asked Carter as he crossed his arms with a arrogant smirk.
I don't think that anyone else noticed, but I saw uncertainty flicker across his face. His eyes darted to my wings, before his arrogance was, once again, plastered on his face.
I counted the last few pieces and l looked up.
"52."
There was silence for a moment, which was shattered by Craters' laughing.
"Good one Eleanor! For a moment, I thought you said 52. 52 pieces of candy, from Veintown and Chicole village? Please."
"I did say 52."
"No, you didn't. It's not possible. Every year, I have a seriously cool costume that outclasses everyone. This was the first year that I got over 40, so fess up, and tell the truth." said Carter as he smirked obviously not believing me.
I, in response, pushed my candy pile in his direction, careful not to hit anyone elses' pile.
"Count 'em." I said. "Surely, the great candy king can count correctly."
He scowled, and began to count.
We waited in an silence.
Carters' eyes widened, and he recounted. As if to make sure, he counted a third and fourth time. Finally he sighed in defeat.
"You win. 52 exact."
"I told ya." I said as I picked out some gummy candy and nerds. "Anyone wanna trade?"
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As soon as we finished our candy trade off, we headed towards the dance in the cafeteria. I had to say, they did a pretty good job at fixing the place up.
Glittery bats and spiders hung from the ceilings, and lines of shiny dark violet string hung over each doorway, creating a curtain that glimmered as you walked through it. Jack-o-lanterns were everywhere, each with a tiny flame in them, alighting them from within. There was a disco ball hanging from the ceiling, turning and causing light to spin too. There where huge lights in each corner, shining designs of cackling pumpkins and bats flapping their wings across the hardwood floor. Finally, I saw black and orange streamers creating a design across the ceiling. It looked as if they came from the disco ball, and curved up towards the edges of the ceiling. I looked over at a nearby table, and saw it piled with sugary treats.
"SUGAR!" screamed Dash as he ran over. Maybe I shouldn't have given him those Nerds earlier...
People began flocking through the doors. Witches, Vampires, Ghosts, Gouls, Zombies. Some people where dressed as their favorite pokemon, like Katia, a girl studying to be an operator, came by dressed as a Lilligant. Some people, like Dash, were dressed as a favorite movie/video game/book character, like Alice and Nick, who where Katniss and Peeta from the Hunger Games trilogy. Nick must have been talked into that one, because he was trying to pull a werewolf mask over his head. Some where dressed as their idols. I saw one boy dressed as Ben, and another girl dressed as Hilda, the current Unova champion.
Others just seemed to have the same problem as Surge. Didn't have a costume, so their only hope was to improvise. Like Julie, who had on a denim skirt, a pink short sleeved sweater, white flats with rhinestones, and a black witch hat. When I asked her what she was, she said that she was a 'teenage witch'. Aw, well. She put up a good effort.
Some kids were completely hyped up on sugar, and dancing their hearts out on the dance floor. I saw Tori walk in, and she attempted to walk down the middle of the floor to get over to were my friends and I were standing. It kinda failed, considering that no one would move for her. Somehow, she managed to move her way to us, with Alexa and Ray on her tail. I saw Toris' costume already, but I have to say, Alexas' and Rays' where pretty cute.
Alexa was a witch. She had on a short dress(Not like Toris' kind of short. Thankfully, hers' was decent.) with a orange skirt layered with black. Her sleeves went of the shoulders, and orange ribbons laced up the front. She had on tights with a spider web design, black flats, and a plain hat.
Ray was also a witch, but hers was much different from Alexas'. She had on a skirt equally short to Alexas'. The top part of her costume was completely black, and the skirt part was purple, layered with a black, spiderweb design similar to the design on Alexas' tights. She had a small hat on he head that was attached to a black headband. The hat had violet colored feathers and beads accenting it. What really made her costume stick out, though, was the small purple lights shining throughout the skirt and a few mixed in with the feathers on her hat.
"Hey!" said Aqua happily. "Wanna cupcake?"
Tori gave us a are-you-serious look.
"Yeah. I'm starving." said Alexa as she reached out for a frosting covered cupcake. She received the glare of death from Tori, and Ray just stared off to the side, as if she were uncomfortable with the situation at hand.
"Sorry. We're supposed to be dieting." said Tori in a cold tone.
"Your loss." I said as I tore the wrapper off a Herseys' mini. "So how was trick or treating?"
"Trick or treating? Please. We stopped when we were, like, seven." said Ray with a smirk.
"Once again, it's your loss." I said. "Are you gonna spend the whole night pestering us? Surely, the queens of the school have something much better to do then pester us humble pheasants."
I bowed to her like she was an actual queen.
"Geez, Eleanor, I never saw someones face turn so red. Golly, that may need some medical attention." said Surge. Tori puffed out her cheeks, and stomped away in a tizzy.
"Hm, temper, eh?" said Forrest as he stepped forward. Funny how he avoided an argument, but wasn't afraid to comment after it was done.
"So... what now?" asked Wynter.
I looked over, and saw Carter breakdancing in the middle a circle of people. Currently, he was spinning on his head, and jumped up just as the song ended. As the next song started, I smiled.
"Bet all of you my entire loot of candy that I could beat Carter in a dance contest."
"You're so on." said Flare.
"Hey! I need the candy!" yelled Surge. But I was already gone.
"Hey Carter!" I yelled. "Dance off!"
"Hell yeah! This will be as easy as taking candy from a baby." he smirked. "Or should I say angel."
The first few lyrics of the song Dynamite came on, and I smiled.
"You think your so good?"
I did what looks like an hard routine, but it was actually really easy. Now it was my turn to smirk, seeing his wide open mouth and shocked face. I made a gesture with my hand, saying 'bring it on'.
"Then show me what you've got, ninja boy."
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(Flare P.O.V)
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A few minutes or the exact timing of Dynamite later...
"NOOOOOOOOOOO! WHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY?!" yelled Carter as Eleanor finished wiping him with the dance floor. He came up to us, and by us, I mean Forrest and myself, with tears streaming down his face.
"Why didn't anyone tell me that Eleanor was such a good dancer?" he asked.
"Why did you accept her challenge?" asked Forrest. Carter was completely oblivious to this, for he was wallowing in his pity of actually loosing for once in his life.
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Amy47101: Yeah, crappy ending, I know, but had no idea how to end it otherwise.
Surge: NO! DASH! DON'T GO THROUGH THE WALL!
Dash: WAAAAAAHOOOOOOOO! SUGARSUGARSHUGAR!
Surge: HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR THIS?! NO!
Dash(Holding a jumbo bag of smarties): Hehehe... suuuuuuggggggaaaaaaaarrrrrr...
Aqua: Dash, put the candy down... Yes... good boy... No, don't lift it up. No, put it down. DASH! NO PUT THE DAMN CANDY DOWN!
Dash: *Dumps candy in his mouth and eats in one gulp*
Wynter: Oh no.
Forrest: *Backs slowly to the door*
Dash: He...he...he... WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO! SUGAR! YAAAAAHOOOWOOOOWHOOIE!
Amy47101: Well, I'm leaving now, see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!
Amy47101 signing off! ^.^