- The Next Day -
"Why are they so steamed at Ethan?" Benny asked confusedly.
"Because they think he's after them. I mean first two vamps were attacked in his backyard and then two more try to pick him up and they get taken out too. We're really worried about him" I explained, shaking my head.
"Me too, I promised them I'd hand Ethan over so they wouldn't end me" Benny admitted. My eyes widened and Sarah's jaw dropped.
"But he didn't do anything!" I exclaimed angrily. Sighing frustratedly, I took a deep breath to calm myself down.
"He says they were attacked by a smelly green mist" Sarah shrugged in a calmer tone.
"Smelly green mist? Did Ethan's mom make taco's again?" Rory asked as he approached us "By the way is he here? The council want us to bring him to justice wherever that is" he added, I rolled my eyes.
"It's true! There was a green mist I saw it" Ethan said. The problem right now was that I could hear him, but I couldn't see him.
"Okay I hear him but I don't see him" I said, looking around the hall for my cousin.
"I'm right here" he said. Sniffing the air, I caught onto his scent, following it towards one of the nearest lockers.
"Woah, d'you know what this means? I've perfected the invisibility spell without even trying!" Benny exclaimed excitedly.
"Or he's in the locker" Sarah suggested. Benny smacked his hand against the locker curiously.
"Ow! Yes Benny I'm in the locker. If the vamps come for me here at school at least I've got backup" he exclaimed.
"You can count on me" Rory said, also smacking the locker.
"Ow!"
"After I bring you to justice, do you know if that's around here?" Rory asked confusedly.
"I can't help you Rory, I need time to prove I'm innocent. But the halls are full of fangs" Ethan said frustratedly.
"Those aren't real vamps. It's dusk day at W.C high, in honour of Erica's new pet Movie-Star" Sarah said amusedly. She approached the locker, leaning in closer so that she could hear him better "I gotta go. Just sit tight and don't let the vampires bite" she instructed, an amused smile on her face.
"You too. And remember, bite their tongue not your face" he replied. She chuckled and rolled her eyes, heading down the hall.
"Kay so locker-boy. I get beat up all day because they blame you, and you blame the green mist and I bet the mist blames the unicorns..." Benny said leaning against the locker.
"The mist was real Benny, almost alive and it had a smell...it smelt like evil!" Ethan exclaimed, cutting him off.
"Evil? Okay now I'm intrigued" Benny said with a look of thought.
- In the Classroom -
I sat down in front of the boys, turning in my seat to face them "Okay lemme know if any of these smell familiar" Benny said pulling three jars out of his bag "Try this one" he said, handing Ethan the jar of some weird brown stuff "You may wanna hold your nose Bail's" he added glancing at me. I covered my nose with my hand as Ethan opened the jar.
"Ugh, it smells like bacon and gym socks" he grimaced, screwing the lid back on.
"Impressive. Uh, here try this" Benny said handing him a jar full of some yellow substance.
"Ew, wow...wait. It's pretty close, what is it?" Ethan asked curiously.
"Ha! Sulfur. And to the necromancer, brimstone. And where there's brimstone there's black magic...or rotten eggs" Benny explained. Ethan though for a moment.
"There were no eggs"
"Black magic it is!" Benny exclaimed putting the bottles back into his bag.
"The mist is about to be de-mistifed" Ethan smirked.
"Can I get a high five?" Benny asked holding out his hand. Ethan high-fived him, but grimaced as he pulled back his hand.
"Dude did you spill some of that stuff on your hand?" he asked.
"No I scratched my butt" Benny replied before rising from his seat. Ethan gagged and we both left the classroom.
- At Ethan's House -
Balancing on the back pegs of Benny's bike, I held onto his shoulders as we drove towards Ethan's house. Unfortunately, the vampires were still after my cousin, so we had to figure out a way to get him home without the vamps finding him. Thankfully Benny's already thought of a plan, and I was pretty sure it would work "Ethan?!" he called. After a few seconds silence, I realised that I could smell vampires in the area "Nope, guess he's not home" Benny muttered as he pulled out his phone. I put my right foot on the ground, my left still resting on the peg "Ethan where are you? - Oh great I'll be right over - No don't worry I won't tell any vampires your hiding at the library" Benny said loudly, he put the phone down and looked at the house.
"Can't smell any vamps, it's all clear" I whispered as no vampire scents reached my nose.
"Fang code zero, I repeat, fang code zero" he said before ending the call. Looking up into the sky, a speeding blurry form disappeared behind the house. Instantly, I knew it was Rory and Ethan.
"See you in the room sweetie" I sighed, flying towards Ethan's bedroom. Once I arrived, I sat down on the windowsill "You guys gonna invite me in?" I asked boredly. Rory turned to face me, smiling as he realised I was there.
"Hey Bailey, c'mon in" he said, I smiled and climbed through the window as Benny walked through the bedroom door.
"All clear, I took the back door and snuck in. I also marked every spell that involves evil smoke, sulfur and violence" he said, holding up his spell-book.
"Wow, that's a lot of smoky violence" Rory remarked, staring at the load of marked pages.
"Hence the name black magic and not smiley sunny face magic" Benny replied with an annoyed expression.
"Woah, woah, woah. There's been over a dozen disappearances in the last month, and on almost all of them they say no recent picture available" Ethan said motioning to his computer screen.
"So the mist attacks people who don't own a camera!" Rory exclaimed.
"Or a mist that attacks people who don't show up on camera" Ethan pointed out.
"Right, shy people" Rory said, I rolled my eyes.
"No, Rory, vampires! Me vampire, you vampire. We don't show up on camera sweetie" I re-capped, in the most obvious way possible.
"Okay dude this is it, Inspira Mortu; the breath of death. Whoever uses this can transform their anger or dark energies into a physical vapour that seeks out and destroys it's intended target" Benny explained, reading from his spell-book.
"I've been back for one day and already I have someone killing me!" I exclaimed, falling down onto Ethan's bed stressfully.
"That's why it totally ignored me, because it's only going after vampires. We have to warn Sarah" Ethan said pulling out his phone. He continued to repeatedly try and get hold of Sarah, but apparently she wasn't in the mood to answer "She's not answering guys" he sighed worriedly.
"Look, I'll go find her. You guys start on whatever potion or spell that gets rid of the mist" I instructed, heading towards the window.
"How are you gonna find her?" Ethan asked curiously, I smirked.
"Vampire scent. If you're around someone you can recognize their scent no problem, makes tracking people down easier" I explained, he nodded in understanding and I crouched down the windowsill.
"Be careful Bail's" Benny said nervously, I looked back at the trio and shrugged.
"I'll be fine, just take care of yourselves for now" I smiled, jumping down from the window and flying away.
- A Few Minutes Later -
As I walked down the road, a familiar scent hit my nose. I sighed irritatedly, looking around for the stalking vampire "Come on out, I can smell you!" I called, feeling a bit like an idiot.
"Hey there little girl" My eyes narrowed as a rather young male vampire appeared in front of me.
He had slightly tan-skin, chocolate brown eyes, and dark brown hair. I'd never cheat on Benny, but I had to admit that the guys was rather gorgeous. He wore a black t-shirt, dark jeans, black leather jacket, black high-tops, and dark shades. He smirked, obviously enjoying the fact that I was checking him out "You like?"
"Not really, just wondering which body part to rip off first" I retorted, crossing my arms in annoyance.
"Oh calm down, I'm not here to kill you" he shrugged.
"Then what do you want?" I asked impatiently.
"Well, I'm like a tracker. You're on trial and they sent me to come get you, take you to the hearing" he explained, I nodded sceptically.
"Okay. So where is this hearing?" I asked.
"Follow me little one" he smirked, shooting up into the air.
"I'm not little!" I exclaimed, rolling my eyes before following him.
- At The Hearing -
I walked into the old cottage, two large vampires close behind me. The tracker had disappeared somewhere, leaving me to be shoved in by these two jerks. They both had a hand on my shoulder, probably to make sure I didn't go anywhere "Let me go assholes! It's not like I got anywhere better to me!" I exclaimed, shrugging their hands away. We finally entered the main room, and I spotted Sarah in the middle, facing some vampires sat at a large desk.
"Bailey, you're finally here" An eleven year old girl said from her spot behind the table.
"Not by choice. Hey Sarah" I sighed, standing next to her.
"Hi Bail's" she shrugged, turning to face the council members.
"You show no allegiance to your kind. You forfeit your rights and protections by..." Sarah cut him off and I sighed.
"Who cares who we conspire with?! Our friends are not your problem, they're the ones you need for protection!" she exclaimed.
"Give 'em a break!" Turning my head, I spotted Erica entering the room with some guy following her "So they don't come to meetings, these girls always go their own way and sometimes they're no fun! But they're my friends, and they're one of us now so they're no threat to us" she said.
"You may not be a threat, but your little stake wielding friend are. Deliver them to us as a sign of loyalty, or if you'd rather side with them you accept our punishment on their behalf. But we will have blood, yours or theirs" The girl said, shrugging as she stood in front of the desk.
"So come and get it princess cuz I've been itching for a fight all day" Sarah snapped, baring her fangs.
"Let 'em go! I'm the one you want" I groaned as Ethan's voice echoed through the room.
"I've got this why are you here?!" Sarah exclaimed.
"Trying to protect you" he replied.
"Well we were trying to protect you" I snapped, looking back at the trio.
"Well we're protecting you too" Benny shrugged.
"Look I didn't touch your friends, they were attacked by a spell called the breath of death" Ethan explained.
"Scary right? But what matters is we can stop it" Benny said.
"True, they even made me go in a jar" Rory added, I grimaced.
"Quiet! Perhaps we should give these boys a chance to prove their innocence" The girl said.
"Thank you, that's very reasonable" Ethan said.
"I say the mortals be devoured now" she demanded as she sat back down.
"What? That's so not fair!" he exclaimed.
"If the attack's continue after you're gone then I guess you were innocent, seems fair enough" she shrugged.
"What? I totally disagree with that assessment!" Benny exclaimed.
"Well I guess I got my orientation after all, you taught me when to control myself and when not too" Sarah said angrily.
"Wait, you call yourself a council. Don't you have to take a vote?" Ethan asked hopefully.
"Fine, all in favour show of hands" she said, they all raised their hands and I sighed before noticing one of them with green eyes.
"Uh oh" I muttered stepping back, Ethan moved forward and held out the jar.
"Here breathy deathy, yeah din-dins" he said moving it back slowly. The possessed vampire followed him but Ethan tripped backwards causing everything to fall out of the tin, the mist moved out of the vampire and made it's way up Ethan's body before entering his mouth. He shot up with bright green eyes and started attacking Sarah.
"What do we do?" I asked nervously.
"Destroy him, we command it" The council brat shouted. Benny stuffed the fallen contents back into the jar, turning to Rory.
"Sorry" he muttered yanking out a few of Rory's hairs and shoving them in the jar. He aimed the jar at Ethan and recited the spell. And though I would never really admit it, him saying spells actually got me hot. The mist exited through Ethan's mouth, flowing into the silver jar. As soon as it all disappeared into the jar, Benny slammed on the lid "Anti-vampire mist anyone?" he smirked, glancing at the council.
"Still mad at us for defending the mortals who just saved your life?" I asked, facing the council-brat.
"Erica was right, you are no fun. Fine your free to go" she said reluctantly.
"That's more like it" I smiled, turning around to leave.
"Stop!" She shouted, we all paused and turned to face her "Before you go I want Dirk's autograph, for a friend" she shrugged.
"Vampire awkward" Benny sang, I giggled and shook my head.
- Later On -
"Do you have to go? You could sleep here tonight, it is a Friday" Benny whined, trying desperately to keep me in the house.
"Yes I have to go, I'm hungry" I smiled, turning in his arms.
"Alright I guess, but you're definitely coming back tomorrow?" he asked hopefully, I giggled.
"Of course" I promised, he kissed my palm and I carried on heading towards the window.
"Night Bailey" he said turning to face his computer, I crouched on the windowsill and faced him.
"Night Benny" I said before jumping out.