AN: Kay guys, chapter 5 is up! YAY I UPLOADED IT ON TIME THIS WEEK! Do I get reviews as a thank you? I think I should!
Ya'll know the disclaimer... I own nothing, blah-de-blah, only Aria.
OH HEY IF YOU LIKE THE MOVIE MY SOUL TO TAKE, GO TO MY PROFILE AND READ MY NEW STORY, FLY NOW. IT FOLLOWS THE MOVIE AND IT IS COMPLETED!
I couldn't believe that Ali was a vampire now. It was weird. I felt like I had corrupted the poor girl. But she was happy with Rory. Very happy, from what she's told me. Vampires, apparently, are like rabbits. I'll have to make a mental note to ask Erica about that.
"You really wanna be in the play?" I asked Ali as we walked through the school halls to find the sign-up sheet.
"Yes!" She answered "Believe it or not, I was a drama dork at my old school, and I'm not letting that up here!"
"But it's The Rainbow Factory." I pointed to a poster as an example "What's up with the hippie crap?"
Ali shrugged "Don't know. But it's a challenge for my acting skills! You could always put your magic-y skills into crew. Do tech stuff."
"Eh. Not really my thing." I shrugged and we turned a corner and literally almost ran into Ethan, Benny, Sarah, and Erica. Benny and Erica both had their hands at the sign-up sheet. Benny looked at Erica, intimidated, before backing away and saying "Age before beauty."
"You're auditioning for the school play?" I asked my boyfriend in surprise. I was pretty sure he was a nerd, not a drama geek.
"No, I wanna work lights and sound!" He said excitedly.
Ali nudged me "Think about what I said... You two could be all alone in the sound board room..."
Well... Maybe being tech crew wouldn't be so bad.
"Oh, that's it!" The drama teacher walked up to us and smiled "Let the eagles of creativity soar. I'm off to make copies of this wonderful script." She tried opening the book, but it seemed like it was glued shut or something.
"Looks like it doesn't want to be opened." Ethan said.
The drama teacher chuckled "It didn't want to be found, either. Hiding inside that basement wall for twenty-five years, and I brought it out!" She managed to finally open the book. She sighed "Oh, there we go. Should be clear sailing from here!" She chuckled and walked away.
"That was... strange." I said as we all watched the teacher leave.
"Yeah, just a little bit." Ali commented. She looked at Erica "You done? I wanna write my name up there too."
"You're auditioning?" Erica asked.
"Yeah. Starred in all the plays at my old school." Ali smirked and took the pen, writing her name on the paper.
"Are you auditioning too?" Benny asked me.
"No, I think I might do lights and sound. Heard there's a really cute guy who's doing it too." I smiled.
"I can't believe there's nothing even remotely cool in this dumb script!" Benny complained.
"I know, poor baby." I cooed teasingly "No lightning or explosions for you to play with and burn everybody's eyebrows off."
"They grew back!" Benny said.
"I know, I know." I laughed "I didn't have to do anything to my eyebrows for months! They burned off exactly how I wanted them to look!"
"Yeah. Oh look, there's Ethan!" Benny pulled me towards his best friend, seeing Rory walking away. Uh-oh. Someone better tell him that his girlfriend isn't in the best mood after hearing what part she got -or more like, didn't get- in the play.
"Ethan, this script rots. There's no lightning, thunder, nothing even /close to an explosion!" Benny was leafing through the script and closed it with a pouty face.
"I know, this year it's all about feelings and believing in yourself." Ethan chuckled, playing along with his friends torment.
"Benny believes in lightning!" Benny cried "You gotta sign up and help me with this!"
"No way! I am not a drama nerd, I am a real nerd." Ethan said in finality, walking away.
"I got this." I said to Benny. I called out to Ethan "Sarah's in it."
Ethan turned around immediately and said dreamily "I'm a drama nerd."
Two weeks flashed by. Benny and I learned how to use the sound board and the lights, and messed around a lot while no one was looking.
"Those two need to hook up already." I said, looking down at Ethan and Sarah talking by the stage.
"Yeah, really. But when they do, Ethan is going to be so whipped." Benny said, and we laughed.
Suddenly, a sandbag dropped from the ceiling and into the stage with a resounding thud. "Holy crap, did you see that?" I asked, leaning forward in my chair.
"Yeah..." I could faintly hear Sunday's, our leading lady, voice through Ethan's headset. She was reciting a line from the play in a weird, deep voice.
Another sandbag dropped, and Sarah caught it in her hands. Oh crap, those things were like fifty pounds! No human could have caught that! Sarah feigned pain and dropped it. Another bag fell and there was a scream.
"Shit! Go, go, go!" I stood up, abandoning my headset, Benny doing the same, and we ran out of the sound booth and down to the stage.
"I'm okay!" Sunday said in her Australian accent when Benny and I rushed over "No worries!"
"Uh, we need a doctor!" Ethan yelled, and I whipped out my cell phone and called for an ambulance.
"Sunday?" I kneeled down by her "Hey, you're going to be fine, okay? An ambulance is coming, and it's gonna take you to the hospital."
Ethan, Benny, and I tried lifting the sandbag off of her, but the two boys were nerdy and weak. "Sarah? A little help please?" Ethan asked.
Sarah jogged over and helped, most of the lifting done by her, and we got the bag off Sunday.
"Wait, can't vampires go all 'puppet-master' on the weak-minded? You could have convinced her to hurt herself." Ethan said as him, Benny, Sarah, me, and Erica walked down the hallway after Sunday was packed up into the ambulance and taken to the hospital. The drama teacher had cancelled the rest of practice.
Erica just smiled to herself and shrugged. "Glamouring is something only old and powerful vampires can do." Sarah scoffed, and aimed her next question at Erica "So what did you do?"
"Nothing!" Erica chuckled "That Ozzie-punk is as mad as a cut snake. She freaked out on me earlier, told me to stay out of her mirror. If I was going to break her legs, I would have done it then."
"I think she's telling the truth." I said unsurely.
"I am!" Erica expressed "Now, your star has lines to learn! We open tomorrow, no time to yabber like a dill!"
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"I think you're spending a little too much time as Sunday's understudy." Sarah said as Erica started walking away.
"Nah, she's apples." Erica shrugged, speaking in a fake Australian accent "Now, on your bite before I go agro on your bagel!"*
"What the fuck?" I asked, watching her walk away "Did anybody understand any of that?"
I lounged in Benny's lap at school while he flipped through Bang Boom Magazine. "Dude, how safe do you think it would be to have a flamethrower on stage?" Benny asked, leaning over to show Ethan the magazine. "On a scale of pretty safe to completely safe."
"Pretty safe, I guess." Ethan said offhandedly, not paying attention to anything but his laptop.
I lifted my head from the arm if the chair to stare at Ethan "Are you crazy?" I asked.
"You never think my ideas are safe." Benny said suspiciously "Are you even listening to me?"
Benny moved over towards Ethan more to look at his computer screen "You're searching theater curses on the web? Dude, relent!"
"Look! Twenty-five years ago, the star of The Rainbow Factory, Olivia Frye, was the victim of a horrible accident, in our theater, on opening night. And now our star was flattened by sandbags." Ethan showed Benny and me the newspaper article on his laptop.
"Yeah, but not horribly. We're cool, right?" Benny said, unsure.
Rory came in with Ali at his side. "Rory-boo! Ali-kins!" I cried happily, throwing my arms out for a hug but not getting up from Benny's lap.
"Dudes! You guys have got to see this!" Rory said, grabbing Ethan's laptop and perching himself between Ethan's and Benny's chairs. I sat up and looked at the screen.
"I'm sick of people not knowing I'm Pranksy, so I went all truth crazy and posted this before school!" Rory said, and clicked play on the video. It showed a floating paint brush covered in orange paint and Rory's voice talking. I started chuckling.
"You don't show up on camera, bud." Ethan said, laughter in his voice.
"I know." Rory sighed "But I thought that Pranksy would!"
"Dude, Pranksy is the subversive voice of our time. No paints faces like he does!" Benny explained "How dare you try to take credit for his greatness."
Rory looked flustered "But- I'm Pranksy! Ethan, I need your help."
As soon as he finished his sentence, Sarah came into the room with the same request "Ethan, I need your help."
"Okay." Ethan said and got up. Rory made a noise and Ethan said "Sorry man, stage manager business." I made kissy faces at his back while he left, making Ali crack up.
Rory looked to Benny for help "Benny doesn't help posers." Benny said simply, picking up his magazine.
"How dare you defy the great Pranksy!" Rory said hotly, getting up and pulling Ali out the door.
Not even a moment later orange paint was on Benny's face. He looked surprised, touched his face, and yelled "Hey!"
I, as his ever supportive girlfriend, laughed so hard I fell off his lap and hit the floor.
"Thank you for helping me!" Benny said sarcastically.
"You're welcome, baby." I laughed "I'd kiss you, but you've got a little something on your face." I rolled on the floor, cracking up.
Benny growled and stood, walking out to wash his face. I stood, clutching my stomach and following him out "Wait, wait wait wait. I'm sorry. It was just really funny." I smiled, holding back laughter.
"I guess it was. You know what else is funny?" Benny asked.
"What?"
"This!" Benny grabbed me, rubbing his face on mine and smearing paint all over my face. I squealed, trying to push him off, but he had his arms locked around me. When my face was nice and painted, Benny finally let me go.
I touched my face and wiped off a little bit of paint. "Oh, not cool Benny!" I giggled "Come on, now we both have to go clean our faces!"
I sat in the sound booth, going over all the buttons I had to push and in which order. The show started tonight, and I couldn't make a mistake lest I risk detention or something from the drama teacher. Or total humiliation for goofing up. I looked up briefly at Benny to see him talking excitedly to Erica. I looked back down, and that's when I heard a crash and Benny's familiar scream. I jumped out of my chair and looked out the window to see Benny freaking out. I dashed out of the sound booth and heard the drama teacher yell "Benny!"
Benny called back "I-I'm sorry, it won't happen again. I hope." He said the last part quieter, just as I ran up.
"What the hell just happened?" I demanded.
Sarah ran over to us as well "Erica, what is wrong with you?!"
I rounded on Erica and glared at her "Is this your fault?"
"Both of you just leave me alone!" Erica snapped and walked away, pushing past Sarah.
"That is not the Erica I know." Sarah said worriedly.
"Yeah that's kind of the Erica I know." Benny said.
"Did Ethan say if anything was going on with that mirror?" Sarah asked.
"No, I haven't seen him all day." Benny shrugged.
"In this town, that's never a good thing." I said.
Benny looked at Sarah and asked "Should I be as worried as you look?"
"What's this mirror thing you're talking about?" I asked.
"The mirror in Erica's dressing room, she had a reflection in it." Sarah explained.
A thought popped into my head "I might know what to do. C'mon."
Sarah, Benny, and I walked slowly into Erica's dressing room. Benny held my Witch Stick. "So, Vampires don't have reflections because the curse blocks their inner soul." Benny said, and Sarah nodded.
"So if Erica saw her reflection that means that there's a soul inside this mirror." I said.
Benny held up my Witch Stick and it pulled towards the mirror, the tip glowing blue. "Whoa, I'm getting pretty good with this." Benny smiled, the stick slowly pulling him towards the mirror "Okay, there's someone inside, but I can't tell if it's Ethan."
"There's only one way to find out." Sarah said, and walked up to the mirror, peering into it. I gasped, seeing her reflection. Then Sarah yelled "Benny, its Ethan! Get me out of here! Touch the mirror and pull me through!" Ethan must be speaking through Sarah.
"Dude, I'm on it!" Benny said "Sarah, touch the mirror, Ethan needs a super natural connection!"
Sarah touched the mirror and the lights flickered. Benny started rambling about a spell he knew, but Ethan cut him off. I joined Benny and we performed the spell together. We shot a pink/orange light into the mirror, and out popped Ethan, landing hard on the floor. A crack appeared in the mirror.
We went to Ethan and helped him up. "Thanks guys." Ethan said.
"Teamwork for the win!" Benny smiled.
Erica barged in suddenly, waving her hands and yelling "Get away from my mirror!" She looked into the mirror and whispered "You cracked it?"
"Watch out, Erica." Ethan moved her aside and grabbed a pole, smashing the mirror to pieces.
"What are you doing, that's seven years bad luck!" Benny said.
Ethan shrugged "Well, I guess I'll just have to shower with your grandmas special soap again."
"Do I want to know?" I asked, both curious and afraid of the answer.
Erica was looking around, smiling. "Erica, are you okay?" I asked, seeing her odd behavior.
"Of course I'm okay! I'm finally free! And stronger than ever." She gasped "I think I'll start the show with the finale!" She giggled and traipsed out the room.
"Should we be terrified of that?" Sarah asked, pointing after her best friend.
"I sure was..." I said, cringing.
"No time to explain." Ethan said quickly "There was a ghost girl trapped inside the mirror and now she's inside of Erica, we got to stop her before she takes revenge on everyone."
"For someone with no time to explain, you did a good job." I complimented, following Ethan and Sarah out the door, Benny trailing behind.
I watched in horror from the sound booth as the curtain opened and Erica was floating in the air. She floated to the ground, looking angry, and Sarah appeared. Sarah vamp-sped at Erica, knocking her down. The two got up, and Benny shot a spell at Erica using a spotlight. It didn't work, and Erica growled something at Sarah.
I saw Ethan run onstage and kneel, holding a mirror out to Erica. Through the mic's I heard him yell "Hey Erica, let me see your hair!" Erica turned and looked into the mirror. "Now Benny!" Ethan yelled, and Benny poured a little bit more if some potion into the light and fired again. It hit Erica, and a stringy purple light came out of her eyes, going into the mirror. It broke off and Ethan slammed the mirror to the floor, trapping the soul inside the mirror. Erica fell to the floor in a faint and I turned the stage lights off. The curtains closed and the crowd burst into applause. Benny and I shared a look but smiled anyway.
Ethan painted over the mirror with black paint "Okay, this'll hold her. At least until we can release her for good and she can move on."
"Catch and release, huh? Very eco-friendly." Benny joked.
"Well, it was nice to have a reflection while it lasted." Erica said fondly.
"Yeah, it was nice for you." Sarah said.
"The rest of us nearly /died." I pointed out.
"Ah, come on. We had a pretty great opening." Erica smiled slyly.
"Is Ms. L-O-L still apologizing to everyone?" Ethan asked about the drama teacher.
We walked out just in time to see Rory slowly paint over Ms. L-O-L's face. "Pranksy is revealed!" Rory yelled to the crowd, who started clapping enthusiastically. I started laughing, leaning into Benny's side.
Maybe being the school play isn't so bad after all.
*I honestly have no fricken idea what she said. I just sounded it out
I feel like this chapter was so short :P Bleh. Oh well.
NO BUT FOR REALS. IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN THE MOVIE MY SOUL TO TAKE GO READ MY NEW FANFICTION TITLED FLY NOW.
OR JUST READ IT ANYWAYS BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
YOU WILL BE REWARDED.
OKAY SHOUT OUTS!
Dusker101: OMG I HAVE MISSED YOU! I'm just glad you're back :) I'm glad you like Ali! And my story!
xx2cute2b4gottenxx: YES I GOT AN IDEA FOR WTFLB! YAY! I'm working on it, but I've been getting distracted with other story ideas Dx the rough life of an author :/ lol! Updating this story is the only thing that gets me through the week!
ilovemesomebenny: OH MY GOD YES HIS EYEBROWS. I CAN'T - IT'S JUST - I DON'T UNDERSTAND! DUDE YES, 1D IS HOT! V-lines, abs, and biceps are the things that get me going xD Oh yes... BENNY IN THE SHOWER = LOTS OF SEXUAL FRUSTRATION. GOD I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN SOMETHING! Someday... someday... HE WILL BE MINE! Dude, we can be forever alone TOGETHER! 16 years in a row of being single on valentines :/ OH WELL I HAVE DOGS THAT WILL LOVE ME
(SINGLEPRINGLE)
Veronica: I know, right? I felt like if I didn't make Ali a vampire soon, I never would. I feel like there was a severe lack of Ali in this chapter... I'll have to fix that in future chapters.
LovelyDovely: Thank you SO MUCH again for your help with the Lab Rats fic! It's going along pretty well :)
MbsavChick: Thank you! That makes me smile :D
Bethan Forever: YES WAY GIRL! My fave episode of season two is probably Halloweird xD
Vs-for-life: ARIA IS SUCH A MOLESTER. Well, not recently. I'll have to fix that... ITS A PROBLEM!
AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP REPEATING IT, GO READ MY NEW FIC FLY NOW BECAUSE I LOVE MY SOUL TO TAKE AND I FEEL LIKE NOBODY IS READING IT :( MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW IT TOO! You don't have to, but it'd be nice :)
REVIEW!
Panda-Chan