July 18, 2025

Portals: A Summer of Terror Across Time and Space

Portals: A Summer of Terror Across Time and Space

We’re reopening the gateway… Last Summer's mini-series Portals by Rob Fields is back for a special encore presentation. This terrifying sci-fi horror novella unfolds across multiple dimensions, strange timelines, and pulse-pounding realities. A...

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We’re reopening the gateway…

Last Summer's mini-series Portals by Rob Fields is back for a special encore presentation. This terrifying sci-fi horror novella unfolds across multiple dimensions, strange timelines, and pulse-pounding realities.

A group of strangers awaken in a sealed facility—with no memory of how they got there. When the walls begin to shift and strange doors open, they quickly realize they’re trapped in a place where time is fractured, and monsters roam freely. Some want to escape. Some want to explore. And some… aren’t what they appear to be.

With each door they open, reality twists. But one thing is certain: someone—or something—is watching.

Whether you’re revisiting the madness or entering the portal for the first time, you’re in for an unforgettable ride.

🖋️ Written by Rob Fields
🌀 Originally aired Summer 2023
🎧 Only on Weekly Spooky

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👨‍💼 Executive Producers: Rob Fields, Bobbletopia.com
🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
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Hello, my spookies. Last summer we opened a door and

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instead of a beach vacation, we got monsters, time loops,

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and reality breaking in half typical weekly spooky fun right. Well,

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this week we're bringing back Portals Rob Fields twisted sci

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fi horror saga from last summer that takes you from

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locked rooms to alternate dimensions all the way to WTF territory.

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Whether you're a seasoned and returning spooky or stepping through

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the portal for the very first time, you're in for

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cosmic confusion, creepy creatures, and plenty of bad decisions. So

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grab a flashlight, hold on to your sanity, and remember

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if the door looks weird, maybe don't open it, and

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make sure you're subscribed so you never miss all the spooky.

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We bring Portals, Part one by Rob Fields Prologue December

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twenty second. Last year, Ariel Miron unlocked one of the

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French doors to the three story mansion and shoved it

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open hard. She was heaving and her eyes were streaming tears.

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Behind her were some of her immediate circle of friends

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who had just barely survived their encounter with Queen Arcadia.

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Ariel was both hurt and enraged at learning that her

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own mother, Adrian, had sold her to Queen Arcadia to

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use as her vessel before she was even born, in

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exchange for power and riches in the form of becoming

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the greatest computer programmer of all time. When Ariel was

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finally at a decent age, Adrian arranged with Isley Tinker

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to maneuver her daughter to his shop at Strickfield Town

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Center Mall. There, Ariel would get to sample a prototype

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video game console in the form of the Virtua. Playing

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its single game called Christmas Arcadia, she became entranced by

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the amazing graphics and Queen Arcadia herself. Ariel would come

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to be possessed by Queen Arcadia. From there, Arcadia would

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use Ariel as her vessel to attempt to merge her

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virtual realm with that of the mortal realm. It was

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four of Ariel's friends who believed in her enough to

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give her the will to purge Queen Arcadia from her

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body and defeat her. Prior to this, Queen Arcadia had

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explained the bargain Adrian had made with her. Now, Ariel

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was standing in the middle of her family's living room.

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She was known to utter blood curdling screams whenever things

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didn't go her way. But on this night, she screamed

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for her mother, so loud that the nearby windows cracked

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in many places. It hadn't taken Adrian long to emerge

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and see that her daughter was still alive and clearly

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no longer Queen Arcadia's vessel. The look Ariel saw in

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her mother's face confirmed that Adrian had never truly cared

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for her. In the slightest, Ariel pointed accusingly at her

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mother and shouted everything that Queen Arcadia had revealed about

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the bargain. Ariel's friends watched as she went off on

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her mother the way no daughter ever did. Even little

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Madeline donnerly gulped and felt fortunate that Ariel had only

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ever said that she hated her whenever she herself had

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gotten under Ariel's skin. I hate you, Ariel finished, in

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one final scream. Adrian folded her arms in front of

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her and rolled her eyes in annoyance. And what exactly

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do you intend to do about it, you spoiled little brat,

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Ariel pointed right at her. You want me out of

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your life, so badly? Consider it done, Adrian laughed scornfully. Hugh,

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you're going to leave here and never return. She unfolded

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her arms. And where exactly will you go? You're not

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old enough to get a job anywhere, especially one that

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would pay you a decent wage. You'll be cut off,

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so you'll have no money. In fact, I already canceled

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all your cards, she laughed coldly. Now, as of right now,

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you have absolutely nothing to your name, Ariel renaissance mirror,

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she smirked, You don't even have a family. Just then,

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Ariel's father, Battle walked in and also looked annoyed with Ariel.

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I thought you finally got rid of that brat, Adrian.

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Ariel's friends gasped at how horrible her parents were being

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to their own offspring. Then Battle looked at them, and

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you bring your welfare recipient friends into our home, Ariel,

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I agree with your mother. As of now, you have

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only the c clothes on your back. Adrian chuckled again.

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That's right, Ariel, that's all I'm allowing you to have.

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You will claim absolutely nothing else in this house, since

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you didn't pay for any of it, She pointed at

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her daughter. You leave here with what you've got, nothing, Ariel,

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pointed at her parents. Oh you you, she bellowed, one

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of her blood curdling screams before she started grabbing objects

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and throwing them at her parents. Ariel eventually knocked her

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father unconscious to finally restrain her as she tackled Adrian

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herself and began hitting her. Ariel broke free of them

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and faced her mother again. You think you've seen the

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last of me, She shook her head quickly and pointed

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at her. Don't you dare think for one second this

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is over. You think I haven't learned the mere and ways,

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Oh I've learned them. Believe me, I've learned them. You

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just wait and see. It won't be now, it won't

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be tomorrow, it may not even be next month. But

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you're gonna wish you'd never made that bargain with Queen Arcadia.

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Ariel tightened her fists as she laughed scornfully at her mother.

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When she stopped, she said, I'm going to destroy you,

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everything you have and this rotten community. Mommy dearest, she chuckled.

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In fact, I already know how I'm going to gain

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my revenge on you, you you vampire, And without another word,

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Ariel turned her back on her parents and walked right

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back out the front door. Her friends were quick to

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follow her out. Eventually, nothing would ever be the same

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in Strickfield again. Present day perspective, Ariel Mirror. It's almost

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the end of January. Now a lot has happened since

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I came to live with Madeline Donnerley and her family.

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For a brief time, Mouse was sharing her room with me.

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Then I came home from school one day to find

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her parents had turned an unused room into another bedroom

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just for me. To be honest, I never had any

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problem being in Mouse's room with her. Adrian Miron had

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truly washed her hands of me. In fact, she made

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it legal herself. Last week. She came by the house

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with her lawyer and presented a document for Mouse's parents

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to sign, giving them full custody of me. After consulting

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their own lawyers, Mouse's parents learned the paperwork was legit,

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no strings attached, and signed it. I'm officially part of

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the Donnerly household now Now. Tiffany is usually a pretty punk,

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laid back, easygoing kind of woman. She had done plenty

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of work for Adrian in the past. Not only did

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Tiffany tell Adrian never to commission her again, but she

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was no longer welcome at the Donnerly House. She really

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ought to be a ashamed of yourself, she told Adrian

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in her silky voice. Adrian left the lawyer's office and

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never looked back. She wouldn't even acknowledge me once. I

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can't believe Adrian really just signed me away to Mouse's

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parents without a second thought. Now I'm under Baxter and

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Tiffany's guardianship until I turn eighteen. They have the option

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to adopt me if they choose to, but I'm not

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going to push it. Believe me, I know I'm lucky

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just to have a place to live. To be honest,

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I've never felt more free and clear in my entire life.

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Right now, I'm at the Strickfield Town Center Mall with

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Mouse and Carter Cross. We're helping Tiffany set up the

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center court for an art exhibit tonight. Tiffany is such

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a talented artist. Her work is known all throughout this mall.

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If you look around at the many businesses that are

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still open here, there's plenty of her artwork on display

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that she did just for them. Recently, a store called

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Boble Topia opened locations in the mall and in downtown Village.

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They commissioned Tiffany to do some artwork for both stores.

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Campbell's Sporting Goods is also using the new logos she

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designed for the three learning institutions here in Strickfield for

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the official clothing they're selling there, the Strickfield Villagers for

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the Public School, the Strickfield Academy Sacraments, and the Strickfield

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University Serpents. Now that I think about it, Mouse told

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me this gallery here is being set up in Tiffany's honor.

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She also said her mom is being presented with the

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key to the village by Mayor Patrick Gunter himself. Perfect Ariel,

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Tiffany says, after I've finished setting up the last sculpture

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on a mantle. Then she turns to us, Yeah, you

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kids are done. Now that I'm also thinking about it,

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Carter's write about her looking just like Violet from Friday

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of the thirteenth, Part five. The resemblance is uncanny. You

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sure you didn't forget nothing, Mom House asks in her

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mousey voice, we unpacked a lot of boxes and stuff,

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you know. Tiffany walks around and gives everything a once over.

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Then she looks at us again. No, Mattie, I believe

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we have everything. If you kids want to take off,

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I'm going to finish up here and go over my

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presentation for tonight. Besides, the weather feels like summer out

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there for the end of January. You better go out

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and enjoy it while you can. She ain't kidding about that,

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Carter tells Mouse and me, Maddie, Aunt Tiffany, another mousey

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voice calls out. We all turn to see three Strickfield

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High cheerleaders heading our way. In fact, I know all

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of them. I easily see Mouse's twin cousin, Aileen, who's

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wearing a backpack. Even though they're a good five years apart,

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Mouse and a Leen look like, honest to goodness, twin sisters,

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same faces, same bodies, same mousey voices, same shoulder length

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and straight dark hair, and even the same glasses. Every

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time these two mice get together, they always have to

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hug each other. The other two cheerleaders are Bella Tabon,

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who's Aileen's best friend, and my cousin Felicia. I know

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Bella lives with Aileen at her house and helps pay

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the bills. Felicia sold her mansion inside the gated community

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and went to live out in the peacefulness of a

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real nice cabin in the countryside. Felicia is also the

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captain of the cheerleading squad at Strickfield High We all

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exchange pleasantries. We thought we were just meeting in chance,

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but the six of us were about to have a

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life changing adventure. We wouldn't soon forget perspective. Bella tabon.

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The cheerleading squad had a brutal practice today. For the record,

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Felicia is not the one being a slave driver. Miss Temple,

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our coach, had a meeting with us before the holiday break,

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and said we got a real shot at getting on

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ESPN for the cheerleading competition and that we should really

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push for it. After Miss Temple got a majority vote,

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we started training harder. Note that I was the only

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one who said no, mainly because I really hate being

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a cheerleader. I'm only doing it for AINI. Hey, guys,

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what's going on? I ask when I see Maddie, Carter

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and Ariel. As usual, Maddie's wearing a beret and a scarf,

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like she's some cultured sophisticate just helping Mom set up

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for tonight. Maddie answers, now you kids are leaving. Her

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mom tells them go get on your bikes and ride already.

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Felicia Miran raises her finger. Yeah, probably not a good idea,

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missus Donnerley. The winds are really blowing out there. At school,

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Miss Temple called practice on account of that nasty storm

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coming this way. Seriously, Carter asks her, it was nice

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and clear when we biked out here after school. Ariels

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looking down at the main mall entrance. Felicia's right, I

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can see outside those doors. There's some nasty looking clouds

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heading this way. Maddie's mom turns to the kids. On

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second thought, maybe you'd better just stay here. I can

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take them home ahead of that storm. Felicia offers, my

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SUV's parked just outside. More is that enough room for

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all of us? What about our bikes? Carter asks, we'll

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just put a few of them on the racks and

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another one in back. She says, you sure it won't

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be a problem. Maddie's mom asks her, no, not at all,

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Felicia assures her. Then she looks at the kids. What

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could go wrong? So it was settled. After saying goodbye

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to Maddie's mom, we walk out the main mall doors.

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The kids quickly unlock and bring their bikes over. These

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bikes look like they're right out of the nineteen eighty

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six movie Rad some of us saw at Felicia's cabin

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after a football game. You guys stunt ride, Felicia asks them.

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Madeline and I do. Carter answers. Madeline let Ariel have

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her super goose so she can ride with us. Felicia

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nods once. Nice. Where do you all live? Oh, it'll

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be pretty convenient, Mattie says. Ariel and me live together

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on Main Street near downtown village, and Carter lifts right

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next door. We share the same driveway. Sweet, Felicia cheers,

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let's get a move on now. She's looking a bit worried.

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Anybody feeling a little trip to OZ today. I turn

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and give her a scowl. Shut up as usual, Felicia

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takes me with a grain of salt. There you go,

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always the Debbie Downer. We all get in the suv. Soon,

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Felicia's driving toward main Street. It'll be a few miles

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before we make the turn. Suddenly, Maddie appears in between

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Felicia and me. Yeah, what you just said? About Oz Felicia.

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She points back with her thumb, A great, big twisty

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kind of just touched down back there. I quickly look

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behind us. Maddie, ain't kidding, Felicia. We got to take

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shelter yesterday. Hang on, Felicia replies. She quickly turns and

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heads for the tunnel underneath the abandoned railroad yard. I

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look back to see that tornado and see lightning coming

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out of it. Something ain't right about that. AINI and

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I learned our cheerleading. Captain's good at driving with a

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lead foot as fast as she's taking the curves and turns.

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Before long, she gets us underneath the tunnel and stops.

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She cuts the motor and we wade out the tornado.

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After a while, we all agree to head out. Felicia

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starts her car back up and drives us to the

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other side of the tunnel. When we come out, it's

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raining like Niagara Falls and as dark as night. Felicia's

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gotta go full speed on the windshield wipers. Finally, the

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rain lets up enough to where we can all see better.

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Felicia slows the wipers back down. It's right over here.

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Carter calls up to Felicia, on your right. The brick house.

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Felicia pulls in the driveway the kids' houses share. We

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get out and quickly help them with their bikes. Suddenly,

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Felicia's looking up with wide eyes. You people seeing this.

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The twin Donnerlies are looking too. I turn with everybody

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else to see a whole group of people heading right

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for us. No scratch that try a mob. Run, Einy yells.

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As soon as we turn and flee, These people are

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all over the suv. Felicia shrieks when they just tear

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her car apart until they all but destroy it. I

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know I'm definitely ready for a fight. Now those people

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look right at us and hiss. Their red eyes are

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all glowing. Now. Vampires yells, we are so dead perspective

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Madeline Donnerly, Ah man, we gotta get inside a house,

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I yell. Now. We quickly run right to my back porch.

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After Bells gets the door open, she's grabbing and pushing

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everybody inside. She comes in right behind us and slams

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and locks the door. We're okay, as long as they

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can't come in right, Ariel chokes. They have to be

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invited in first, right, We hope I squeak. Ariel turns

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to me, fast, you hope I hate you mouse. We're

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all gathering in the living room. Now I'm seeing something

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that agrees with what my mouse, he sends. My tummy's

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telling me, m is it me? Or? Aren't there any

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windows in this house? Felicia asks. Just then Mom and

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Dad appear. Belle's got this weird look on her face.

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Then I'm realizing myself, Hey, wait a minute, Mom, how'd

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you get home so fast? Did you have pick her

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up at the mall? Dad? As soon as we're all

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hearing Carter gulp, Mom and Dad suddenly vamp out. So

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nice of you to come back home to me, maddie.

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Mom says, my offer to sire you still stands. Come

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to me, be my little girl again. There's nowhere for

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you to run. Dad stresses, Just surrender yourselves to us

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and we'll make it all painless, I promise. Oh man,

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why does this keep happening? I groan, what's going on, Maddie?

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Felicia quickly asks, speak up. When Ariel's shaking her head

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fast while looking at me, she knows what I'm gonna say.

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We're in that vampire universe again. Aren't we. I really

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hate you mouse now I'm pointing right at her. Oh no,

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you didn't, Ariel mirror, I didn't bring us here. Well,

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we better get out of here or we're all gonna

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be food, Carter says, remembering his last time here in October.

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Bells puts her hands on mine in Carter's shoulders. Then

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she's looking at Felicia. That's right, she don't know Bells

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is a vampire. Neither does Ariel. Then Felicia surprises us

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when vamp dad tries grabbing her, and she's throwing him

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right through the wall. Real easy. Now, Felicia's looking at Bell's.

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I know what you are, my friend. I've known for

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quite a while now, So vamp out already and let's

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get out of here. Bells gets mad and vamps out.

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Then she grabs me and Carter and high tails it out.

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It ain't long before Felicia's leaping right behind us. With

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Aileen and Ariel. We're able to put some distance between

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us and the vampires. When Bell's lands with us, she

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lets us go. Then she motions for Felicia to bring

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her to inside the abandoned building where we're hiding out

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in We're all safe for the moment. Bell's points right

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at Felicia. How can you leap and keep up with me?

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And how do you even know I'm a vampire? Felicia smiles.

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I think you forgot about your reflection. You and Aleen

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have been in my new cabin enough times. Only thing

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I don't get is how you can walk in the daylight. Now,

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Ariel's scared you're ugh a vampire, Bella. Bella raises her

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hands in front of her. Easy, Ariel, I'm on your side,

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she sighs. I'm a vampire, but I'm my own kind.

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I walk in the daytime and don't drink blood. Felicia

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smirks a little I do. I ain't no vampire, but

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I got the vampire's diet. I gained the powers of

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a spider over a year ago. Don't worry. If any

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of those vamps come at us, I'll know it. Aileen

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points at her. I knew something wasn't right about you

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that night you asked me to come to your old

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house to talk about your cousin Chelsea. That stuff you

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were drinking was a little too thick to be juice. Also,

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you always order pizza for everybody, after we cheerlead for games,

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but you never eat a single bite. Felicia sighs. I

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can at least still enjoy those delicious smells while I'm

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envying you all. She groans. I can't even put pizza

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in a blender and puree it. The best I can

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do is try and season the blood I buy from

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Strickfield Meats. For the record, I ain't even close to

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making the blood I buy taste like pizza. Aleen gives

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me a warm smile. For what it's worth. Thanks for

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always treating us to pizza, Felicia pats her shoulder. I

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just like taking care of my girls. Now. Felicia's folding

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her arms and looking right at me. Bella and I

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have our cards on the table. Yeah, I know all

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about you too, Maddie. Huh, I utter what you talking about.

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I saw you once. Felicia tells me you were at

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Gunter's Square with Bella and Aileen over the holiday break

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before New Year's I think at first I thought you

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and Aileen were in trouble and Bella was saving you

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both from vampires surrounding you. She points at me. Except

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you pulled out a compact and said a woman's name

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three times, then you turned into a ghost. I quickly

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hold up my hands. Okay, okay, I'm coming clean. I

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reach into my inner jacket pocket and pull out the

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compact I've been keeping in there. Now I'm looking at

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Ariel and Carter, my two best friends in the whole world.

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I'm possessed by the ghost of a white witch named

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Mary Worth. I say her name three times in a

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mirror and let her possess me. She gives me back

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my body when she's done, I put the compact back

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in my jacket. I've been going out with Bells and

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Iiny and helping him stop supernatural baddies. When I see

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him giving me those looks, I know I'm in deep,

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deep trouble. Why would you keep this from me, Madeleine

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Carter demands. We've only been friends ever since my family

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moved next door to yours back in second grade. We've

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always told each other everything. We always trusted each other.

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Now Ariel's staring hard at me. Hold it. Now that

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I'm thinking about it, you did have something to do

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with bloody Mary scaring us at one of my sleepovers

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last fall. Remember when Mona, Abeles and Bailey downs and

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I kept seeing that horrible ghost in our mirrors. She's

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pointing right at me. You said you never saw her.

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You lied about that, didn't you. I can't really hide

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it no more guilty, I squeak. Ariel tightens her fists

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and growls, I hate you mouse. She's narrow her eyes

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on me, and you're going to tell me everything when

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we're back home. Now, she's rubbing her hands together. You know,

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I think I'm gonna like being your new big sister.

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Just then, Felicia brightens into alert, attention attack incoming. My

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spider instinct just went critical. Suddenly, this giant bat appears

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right out of the darkness above us and screeches as

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it flies around. Bell's is ready to leap up at it.

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Then I see Felicia kicking off her sandals and scaling

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the wall like a spider. The bat flies right at Aileen.

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But my twin cousin's showing people she's full of surprises.

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She's got these thingies strapped to her wrist, some of

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her toys she's built for her, and bells that she

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was keeping in her backpack. Next thing we know, Aileen's

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shooting a rope out of one of them, and catches

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the bat yipe. Aileen shrieks when the bat's taking her

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up with it. Felicia bells calls out to her, I'll

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get her. She calls back, I got this. The bat

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does some fancy flying and catches Aileen in its talons.

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Aileen's trying to fight it off by shooting one of

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her cables in its face. The bat answers by quickly

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sinking its fangs into Aileen's arm. Aileen's screaming, now I'm

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really scared for my cousin. I quickly pull my compact

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out of my jacket and open it. Mary Worth, Marry Worth,

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Mary Worth. In a matter of seconds, my ghostly friend's

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taking over my body and using it as her vessel.

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Even though I'm along for the ride. Now I can

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still see what's going on. Felicia's moving fast as she

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scales the walls. Then she leaps far and drops right

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on top of the bat, making it let go of Aileen.

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Mary utters a spell to soften her fall, but the

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bat quickly turns upside down and goes back up again,

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dropping Felicia. Felicia ain't even looking scared when she's shooting

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webs out of her fingers. They hit the ceiling and

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make Felicia stop short of hitting the floor. But now

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the bats drop it down and gliding along until it

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snatches up Ariel this time. No, she yells as the

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bat's bringing her up into the air. Help me. Next

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thing we know, the bats heading to one of the

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broken out windows up above to flee. With Ariel perspective,

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Felicia mehren that bad escapes right through one of the

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upper windows with cousin Ariel. I quickly spring up and

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start scaling the walls. As soon as I'm at the

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broken out window, I'm ready to head out. Suddenly Bella

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springs up to jump right through it out of my way.

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I come out through the window myself and start leaping

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from building to building. I've never been this fast at

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doing this kind of thing. I'm trying to keep up

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with Bella and get close enough to that bat to

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where I can web it. Okay, Comic book Nerds, when

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you first saw me last Fall, that was both my

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premiere and my origin issue. I could call this my

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second issue, but I'm not exactly alone here. Also, I'm

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not the primary character. You know what. Let's call this

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issue a superhero team up. Oh, and you horror buffs

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are gonna get your money's worth out of this story too,

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and maybe even all you science fiction people to boot.

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Bella and I are trying to keep up with that bat,

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but it's putting distance between us more and more. I

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hate not being able to fly. Bella yells, you can't

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change into a bat. I yell back. Don't you think

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i'd have done it already? She yells louder. I quickly

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have an idea. As soon as we land on a rooftop,

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I grab her arm. Hey, can you throw me at

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that bat? When she looks at me, funny, I groan,

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Just do it. Bella growls as she grabs me and

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shows me she's amazingly strong when she hurls me at

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Aeriel in the bat. She's definitely stronger than me, No

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two ways about that. Soon, I'm starting to lose momentum.

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If I'm gonna save Ariel, it's gotta be now. I

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quickly fire my webs. Thankfully it ain't windy, or my

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webs would be going in other directions. They go go, go, Yes,

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both my sticky webs hit their marks. The bat flaps

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its wings faster to try and shake or break my webs.

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I can't let that happen. Only one thing to do.

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I concentrate and soon feel my body changing from a

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human female who can do spider things into a more powerful,

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giant mutant spider creature. I'm growing additional legs and feeling

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gray firs sprouting all over my body. I'm also getting

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another set of eyes and a pair of antennas. The

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only bad thing about changing into my cute and c

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spiderself is that I lose my clothes. Aside from T

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shirts and tops, I also weigh a lot more in

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my spider form. As I'm starting to head toward the

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earth again, I quickly fire some more webs and hit

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another building. I pull myself to it where I can

449
00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:21.640
stick tight. Yeah, you come on back here now, I

450
00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:24.720
tell the bat as I'm reining it in, you got

451
00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:28.920
something that belongs to me. The bat keeps screeching like

452
00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:34.880
nobody's business and flapping real crazy. Help me, Ariel shrieks.

453
00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:39.400
The bats finally got to make a choice. When it drops, Ariel,

454
00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:42.160
I spring from the building and fire my webs to

455
00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.480
catch hold of my cousin and bring her to me.

456
00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:47.839
I shoot a few more webs and am soon walking

457
00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:50.920
tightrope on them. As soon as we're on the rooftop

458
00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:54.799
of an apartment building, I set Ariel down. She's not

459
00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.920
sure what to make of me. Now I raise my

460
00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:01.480
claw like hands in front of me. It's okay, cousin,

461
00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:06.400
it's me, Felicia. Then Bella's suddenly right there. You really

462
00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:10.400
weren't kidding about the whole being a spider thing, Felicia.

463
00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:15.160
She looks at Ariel. You okay? Ariel puts her hands

464
00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:20.640
to the sides of her head. What is going on here, cousin,

465
00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:24.599
Felicia is a giant spider, you're a vampire, mouse is

466
00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:30.279
a ghost. Alien's a monster hunter. We're in another universe, apparently,

467
00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:36.319
She lowers her arms. We're in serious trouble here, aren't we.

468
00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:40.319
We're still alive, I remind her. Then look at Bella,

469
00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:45.759
except maybe you right. Bella glares at me. I'm alive.

470
00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:53.079
She sighs. Okay, maybe quasi undead. I don't breathe, sweat,

471
00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:58.759
or have to use toilets. She sighs again, Ariel, none

472
00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:01.839
of us are gonna hurt you, now. What say we

473
00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:05.079
get back to the others so they know you're okay, Ariel, No,

474
00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:11.359
I'd like that. Bella looks my way. You gonna stay

475
00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:15.440
like that? I smirk until I can get some pants

476
00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:27.119
or shorts. Bella gets it now, Oh perspective, Carter Cross.

477
00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:32.279
I'm always feeling butterflies whenever I see Ariel Mirn. You'd

478
00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:35.519
think it'd be nice and calm. When I see Bella

479
00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:39.799
and a giant spider, probably Felicia coming in with her,

480
00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:43.960
the butterflies are going off in my stomach again. Ariel

481
00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:46.799
gets off Felicia's back and is on the floor. Now

482
00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:53.200
you okay, Ariel, Aileen asks, A little scared, she admits,

483
00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:57.400
at least I'm alive. She turns to the giant spider.

484
00:31:58.079 --> 00:32:02.559
Thanks to my cousin here. Now I'm seeing the ghost

485
00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.759
of Mary Worth. She seems to be looking over a Leen.

486
00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:09.680
You do not appear to show any signs of infection,

487
00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:14.319
the ghost tells her. Bella's right there. Now, do you

488
00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:18.839
feel any different? Iiny, I feel fine, Belle's she says.

489
00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:23.440
In fact, I'm all healed up already. Bella says to

490
00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:28.960
the ghost, thank you. I cannot accept your thanks, Bella Tabon,

491
00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:33.680
it was not I who healed Aileen. Now Bella's looking

492
00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:37.880
at Aileen really worried. Now I gotta admit I'm really

493
00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:43.000
amazed at Felicia. I can't believe she's a giant spider

494
00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:50.240
like what you see. She asks me, you're really real?

495
00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:55.640
I managed to say no makeup or special effects. Felicia

496
00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.599
laughs a little nope. Then I look at Bella. You

497
00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:03.720
want to know the truth. I already knew you were

498
00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:07.559
a vampire from the time we were here back on Halloween weekend,

499
00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.799
from the horror thon. You never glamed me to make

500
00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:16.759
me forget. Don't worry, I never told nobody. Bella smiles.

501
00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:20.680
That's why I didn't glam you, and thanks for keeping

502
00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:26.079
my secret. Then Mary Worth raises Madeleine's compact and returns

503
00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:31.119
into the mirror. Madeline's back with us again. Okay, what

504
00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:34.640
do we do now? Madeline asks, we can't stay in

505
00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:41.680
here all night. Scratch that it's always night here. Maddie's right.

506
00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:45.480
Aileen agrees we need to come up with a plan. Hmm.

507
00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:49.559
I think I have a bit of an idea. We've

508
00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:53.200
all been here at least once, aside from Felicia. Why

509
00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:57.119
don't we recap everything and see if we can generate

510
00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:01.880
some ideas. Bella turns to Felicia. You're about to get

511
00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:06.079
brought up to speed on this alternate vampire universe, new girl.

512
00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:10.440
We've all been here before, at least once. Ariel turns

513
00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:13.519
to Madeline, what does this make for you? Now? Mouse

514
00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:19.840
three times? Madeline groans huh man. Way to rub it in, Ariel.

515
00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.519
The five of us who've been to this vampire universe

516
00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:26.599
before talk about what we've done and how we got

517
00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:31.039
back home again each time. Then Ariel throws something out there.

518
00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:35.320
You know, it seems like every time we've managed to

519
00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:39.119
go home, something keeps happening to bring us back here.

520
00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:43.440
She looks around at everybody. I know I'd rather not

521
00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:47.199
ever have to come back here again. Assuming we make

522
00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:52.039
it home again, maybe what we should do is find

523
00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.599
where these doorways to our universe are being made and

524
00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:58.519
put a stop to them once and for all, because

525
00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.920
you know, those vampires are just going to keep opening

526
00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:06.280
up portals. The rest of us quickly agree, good thinking, princess,

527
00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:11.079
I say, now, she smacks my arm. I got exiled

528
00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:15.039
from my kingdom and you're still calling me princess. I

529
00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:19.559
raised my hands in front of me. Okay, sorry, Ariel,

530
00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:24.840
calms down. Oh, I guess it's okay, Carter. Now we

531
00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:28.480
just need a plan, and I'm thinking I got one.

532
00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:32.960
Madeline pipes up. Ariel, remember when it was us girls

533
00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:37.039
at Strickfield Town Center Mall last time. Remember how vampire

534
00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:41.159
Mayor Gunter said he made it all happen. I'm thinking

535
00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:43.639
a few of us can go to his office and

536
00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:48.119
do some snoopin' based on where we are, Maddie, we

537
00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:52.280
can't just walk there, Aileen tells her. We can try

538
00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.440
and double back to our houses and see if we

539
00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:59.960
still got our mongooses, I say, or I can hop

540
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:02.639
wire a car and take us to the mayor's office.

541
00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:06.800
Bella says. Problem is, as soon as those vampires see

542
00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:10.960
a car going, they're gonna be chasing us down, and

543
00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:14.679
between you and me, Bella, we can't fight that many off.

544
00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:19.320
Felicia says, Oh, I got an idea for that too,

545
00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:24.719
Madeline pipes up. We get two cars going, one's the

546
00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:28.079
decoy while the vamps follow that one. The other car

547
00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:31.480
can head to the mayor's office. How do we know

548
00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:37.159
the vamps won't just chase both cars, Aileen asks. Madeline shrugs.

549
00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:42.960
We don't, but we gotta do something right. Yeah, Maddie's right.

550
00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:47.719
Bella agrees, Okay, that means I got a hot wire.

551
00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:57.880
Two cars perspective. Madeline donnerly cousin Aleen's climbing in this

552
00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:01.880
beat up station wagon. Bell's got started now She's given

553
00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:05.440
me this poudy look. I know you're a gamer, Maddie,

554
00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:08.360
but I doubt even you can drive a real car.

555
00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:13.559
I'm studying the controls and know what I gotta do. Obviously,

556
00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:17.519
you ain't never seen me drive. Ariel approaches the car.

557
00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:21.519
She's right, Aileen Carter and I have been there. Mouse

558
00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:25.239
drives very well. My friend Bailey was telling me back

559
00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:28.760
in December about going to the orphanage in Pendleton. Mouse

560
00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.320
drove everybody there and back like she had a license.

561
00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:36.239
Aileen's upset and points at her. Stop calling Maddie mouse.

562
00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:41.519
I glance over at Aileen. It's okay, I don't mind. Really,

563
00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:46.519
she's still mad. No, it's not, Maddie. Don't you understand

564
00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:49.719
people are making fun of you. They called me mouse

565
00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:55.519
for years, knowing how much I hated it. I shrug again. Aileen,

566
00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.519
it's okay. Nothing can hurt you if you use it

567
00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:02.280
as a strength. I know. I'm little and I squeak

568
00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:05.039
when I'm talking. It ain't keeping me from doing what

569
00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:09.519
I like. Ariel tells Aileen. She has a sign on

570
00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:13.199
her bedroom door that says, welcome to the mousehole. I

571
00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:17.159
nod quickly. Yeah. Now I'm gonna go play mouse again

572
00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:20.800
when I drive to Mayor Gunter's office and go sneaking around.

573
00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:25.239
Aileen points at me. Not without me, You're not I'm

574
00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:29.360
coming with you too, mouse, Ariel says. Just then Bell's

575
00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:34.039
comes to the car again. You sure you can drive, Maddie,

576
00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.199
I mean, don't you want either me or Felicia with you.

577
00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:41.039
I pat my jacket, I got my compact. If I

578
00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:45.519
need mary Worth, trust me, Bells, I got this. Now.

579
00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:49.400
Bells is folding her arms in front of her. Yeah,

580
00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:55.320
show me. I start the car. Aileen's sitting next to me,

581
00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:59.119
Ariel's getting in back. Then I shift and drive around

582
00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:02.039
the inside of the bill for a little bit. Soon

583
00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:04.880
I'm stopping right in front of Bells, who's given us

584
00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:10.400
this weird look. You twins are both gonna drive me crazy.

585
00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:15.360
She sighs. Okay, Maddie, you're it. Then you three are

586
00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:18.639
going to the Mayor's office. Felicia, Carter and me are

587
00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:22.440
gonna provide a distraction at least, Go go juice ain't

588
00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:26.119
gonna be no problem this time. Felicia, Carter, Ariel and

589
00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:30.920
me went and siphoned plenty for both cars. Yes, why

590
00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:36.280
can't go go juice taste like cheese or coffee. Felicia

591
00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:40.800
quickly appears she's human again. Guess she found sweatpants when

592
00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:44.320
she was out. Okay, we're ready at our end. When

593
00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:48.000
you are two bat our phones don't work here. Ariel

594
00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:51.039
mutters it would be nice if we could communicate with

595
00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:56.800
each other somehow. Felicia quickly raises her finger. Yeah about that.

596
00:39:57.800 --> 00:40:00.800
She goes away for a moment, then comes back here.

597
00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:06.280
Take this. Where did you find walkie talkies? Aileen asks her,

598
00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:10.880
in what was left of that radio depot in downtown village,

599
00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:15.800
next to what was left of Boble Topia. Felicia answers, Bella,

600
00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:19.000
and I tested them. The batteries and the walkies are good.

601
00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:22.440
I'd take the walkie talkie and hand it to Aileen.

602
00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:27.599
Then Felicia sees Carter approaching. I see you also found stuff.

603
00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:33.239
Carter swings his baseball bat. Found this out in the street, now,

604
00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:37.960
Bell's is handing us vampire survival kits. I'm surprised there

605
00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:40.800
was still some holy water and wafers left in this

606
00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:44.880
strickfield wasteland. I had to get these from a church

607
00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:49.639
a few miles out, and you didn't burn. Felish asks,

608
00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:55.480
I don't have traditional vampire weaknesses. Bell's returns. Now I

609
00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:59.400
see Carter and Ariel looking at each other, really looking

610
00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:02.719
at each other. Then Ariel reaches out through her door

611
00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:06.039
and puts her hand on Carter's shoulder. We're going to

612
00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:11.920
be okay. Carter nods quickly, yeah, and then he surprises

613
00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:16.760
everybody when he leans in and wow, it ain't no

614
00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:19.679
long one. But I'm thinking they're scared we ain't making

615
00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:23.840
it back home. Ariel gives Carter a nice smile. You

616
00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:27.360
come back to me. I mean it. Carter gives her

617
00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:30.559
a look that tells her he's planning on it. Bell's

618
00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:34.079
holds up the other walkie talkie. When Felicia, Carter and

619
00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:37.519
Me get far away, we'll let you know what's going on.

620
00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:43.119
Use your best judgment, Maddie. I nod quickly. We'll be okay, Bell's.

621
00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:48.800
Once we're in our cars, Bell's drives out stand by Bell,

622
00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:58.360
says on our walkie Talkie perspective Aileen Donnerly. Mattie takes

623
00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:01.760
off as soon as she gets the okay Bells. I

624
00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:06.239
can't believe this. Maddie's only thirteen and in the seventh grade,

625
00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:10.119
and she's driving a car like she's always been able to.

626
00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:14.320
I can't even drive a car, not that I couldn't

627
00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:17.239
have learned. I'm okay for the moment, thanks to the

628
00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:21.039
treatment's Bells has been giving me for my sickness. So far,

629
00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:24.280
those pills she made for me around Thanksgiving are still

630
00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:28.519
working great. I'm looking at my arm. It was already

631
00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:32.199
fully healed up when Mary Worth looked at it. Why

632
00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:36.239
do I have a very very bad feeling about this?

633
00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:40.880
You never cease to amaze me, mouse, Ariel tells her.

634
00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:46.480
Maddie shrugs, yeah, I try. What about you? You okay

635
00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:49.800
back there? I really didn't know Carter was going to

636
00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:55.199
do that, She says, shakingly. It's okay, Ariel, just give

637
00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:58.000
me an invite to your wedding after we graduate high school,

638
00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:05.280
Mattie teases growls. When Maddie snickers, oh you you, I

639
00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:08.360
quickly turn around and point sharply at her. Don't you

640
00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:12.039
dare scream Ariel, any nearby vams will hear you and

641
00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:18.000
come our way. Ariel nods quickly, sorry. Then she mutters,

642
00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:22.760
I hate you mouse. When I look at Maddie, she's

643
00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:26.880
still not even phased by Ariel. Then Maddie says to me,

644
00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:30.559
Ariel's been saying that to me since we was little kids.

645
00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:35.119
Believe me, I'm quite used to it by now. How

646
00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:38.360
can you be so calm about everything, Maddie? I ask,

647
00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:44.239
you know, I really envy you. Maddie shrugs. I just

648
00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:47.559
don't let things bother me. I mean, I got a

649
00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:50.639
good life. I got great friends, I got great parents.

650
00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:55.880
Life's good. Ariel springs forward. You say life is good

651
00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:59.840
and we're stuck here in a vampire universe. I hate

652
00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:04.639
you mouse. Maddie raises her finger. Careful, Ariel, I might

653
00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:09.199
crash the car. Ariel shakes her finger. Oh, you just

654
00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:13.360
wait till we're back home. We keep moving until Maddie

655
00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:16.119
stashes the car. Then we get out and move to

656
00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:19.679
Mayor Patrick Gunter's office. Now it's my turn to show

657
00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:23.360
I've got a few surprises of my own. First off,

658
00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:25.480
I picked the lock to get inside one of the

659
00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:29.480
side doors. Bell's has really been teaching me things since

660
00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:33.000
we started getting more into our friendship. I suppose I

661
00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:37.199
shouldn't envy Maddie so much. Bell's is my one real friend,

662
00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:40.719
even though we're hanging out with Felicia Mirren more these days,

663
00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:44.920
more and more US cheerleaders are kind of becoming a

664
00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:48.079
circle of friends. I don't think i'd still be here

665
00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:51.440
today if it wasn't for Bells. When I got my sickness,

666
00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:54.519
I was told I didn't have long to live. I've

667
00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:58.159
always had a weak immune system. Even the common cold

668
00:44:58.199 --> 00:45:00.159
could lay me up and make me miss school for

669
00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:03.880
a good week. In fact, I missed so much school

670
00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:06.760
due to being sick that I'm repeating my senior year.

671
00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:11.239
Even then, Maddie often came by to see me. I'm

672
00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:15.039
still feeling that sense of insecurity. I guess. I guess

673
00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:17.039
I just don't want to be alone in the world.

674
00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:21.400
I've come to love having Bells and Maddie in my life.

675
00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:23.880
I guess I just don't want us to ever drift apart.

676
00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:28.639
That's not an unreasonable thing to ask, is it. Before long,

677
00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:32.760
we find Mayor Gunter's office and go inside. I already

678
00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:36.360
gave night vision glasses to Maddie and Ariel. Now we're

679
00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:39.960
snooping around. I see maps around the office and look

680
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:43.719
at them. Now, I don't have a photographic memory, but

681
00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:47.039
I do know Strickfield well enough to know when things

682
00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:53.320
look way off. You find something, Aleen, Ariel asks, I

683
00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:56.880
think so, I reply, take a good look at these maps.

684
00:45:57.519 --> 00:46:02.199
See anything odd? Yeah? Right here? Ariel points to it.

685
00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:08.360
Since when do we have have a nuclear power plant?

686
00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:12.519
Maddie finishes for her. I ain't no high school senior

687
00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:17.199
like you, Aleen, but I'm already thinking things. Arial gulps.

688
00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:22.199
Do I even want to know? If there's a nuclear

689
00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:25.639
power plant in this street field? It's probably tied to

690
00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:29.159
how those vamps are powering their portals to our universe.

691
00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:32.960
I translate. That's what she came up with, right, Maddie.

692
00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:38.000
She gulps herself and nods quickly. Uh huh. Then I

693
00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:41.840
pull out my smartphone. We can't call or send texts,

694
00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:45.760
but our cameras are still good. Maddie's got our walkie

695
00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:48.280
talkie and lets the other group know what's going on.

696
00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:53.199
Felicia's talking to us. The vampires are still chasing them.

697
00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:56.239
Then we hear bells say they're going to make themselves

698
00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.760
scarce and then make their way over to us. After

699
00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:03.039
I finished taking picks, we look around Mayor Gunter's office

700
00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:06.719
some more, but we don't really find anything worth holding

701
00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:10.880
on to. Suddenly, the lights come on. Next thing we know,

702
00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:14.360
the door to the Mayor's office comes flying away. Now

703
00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:19.000
Mayor Patrick Gunter himself is looking right at us. Did

704
00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:21.519
you really think I wouldn't know if someone was breaking

705
00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:25.039
into my office? He growls. The three of us hold

706
00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:27.880
up our crucifixes and drive him back with our faith

707
00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:30.920
in them. It's not long before he glares at them

708
00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:35.760
and causes them to burst into flames. We quickly drop

709
00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:38.760
our crosses and get out of the office. We're quick

710
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:42.079
to find out Mayor Gunter's not alone. He's got lots

711
00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:45.199
of vampires under his command. The three of us are

712
00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:48.239
running for all we're worth. We know we can't run long,

713
00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:52.159
especially not when vampires can warp. We quickly manage to

714
00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:55.519
get back outside. That's when we see the other car coming.

715
00:47:56.400 --> 00:48:05.519
Helps arrived, and just in time, perspective Bella tabon. As

716
00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:08.079
soon as I break to a stop Inine, Maddie and

717
00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:11.320
Ariel are running to our car vamps jump out through

718
00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:14.239
the broken out windows and land on us. It don't

719
00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:17.159
take them long to start ripping the car apart, the

720
00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:20.800
same as what happened to Felicia's suv Felicia and I

721
00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:23.960
get out and start beating those vamps back. I can't

722
00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:27.639
believe how well the cheerleading captain herself is holding her own.

723
00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:30.599
Then Inini joins in the fight and is using these

724
00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:34.199
new toys she's whipped up. She's got sun lamps attached

725
00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:36.159
to her wrists and is using them to drive the

726
00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:40.519
vamps back. I can't stand Einy's older brother Martin, but

727
00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:43.000
I do agree with him when he calls her Einstein

728
00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:47.119
on account of her gifted intelligence. That's how I came

729
00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:49.960
to call her Iini for short. She gives it back

730
00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:53.159
to me by calling me Bells. Since I really like

731
00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:56.079
her cousin Maddie, I let her get away with calling

732
00:48:56.119 --> 00:48:59.679
me Bells too. Maddie reaches us and pulls out her

733
00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:03.480
comp Yeah, I'd say it's time for Maryworth to lend

734
00:49:03.480 --> 00:49:08.199
a hand. But suddenly Einy's toys overload and stop working.

735
00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:13.199
Maddie's Compact also catches fire. Then we see Mayor Gunter

736
00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:16.760
did all this with his cheap parlor tricks. Now he

737
00:49:16.880 --> 00:49:20.840
orders the other vampires to take us. This scene is

738
00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:23.519
really not looking all that good for the six of us.

739
00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:27.960
As a master vampire, I have tremendous power. I can

740
00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:30.840
hold off a bunch of these regular vamps all by myself.

741
00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:35.800
But there are just so many of them. Even if

742
00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:38.920
Felicia were to morph back into her spider form, they'd

743
00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:43.920
still overpower all of us, and they do. We're eventually

744
00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:47.719
taken down and loaded into an armored car and taken away.

745
00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:54.000
I'm surprised they didn't just kill all of us. It

746
00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:58.840
ain't long before we're inside some strange place. I mean,

747
00:49:59.480 --> 00:50:03.000
I know, I've never seen it before, even back home.

748
00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:07.000
We're all placed into these cages. As soon as we're

749
00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:12.199
locked up, these energies appear around ourselves. I wouldn't touch

750
00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:15.599
the bars if I were you. Mayor Gunter warns us

751
00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:19.880
there's enough of this special voltage to overwhelm even you.

752
00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:25.679
I'm sure, yeah, he directed that last part at me. Now,

753
00:50:25.719 --> 00:50:29.239
Mayor Gunter points to Ariel and Maddie. I'm sure you

754
00:50:29.360 --> 00:50:33.880
two are wondering what became of harmony. Mirn. I haven't

755
00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:36.599
forgotten how she helped you to escape me the last

756
00:50:36.639 --> 00:50:42.000
time we encountered you. He chuckles coldly. I'm not sorry

757
00:50:42.039 --> 00:50:46.960
to say she didn't survive. My legions overwhelmed her the

758
00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:50.519
same as they did you. The only difference is that

759
00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:56.039
I wanted all of you alive. Harmony Miron is quite

760
00:50:56.079 --> 00:51:00.320
departed from this world and will never trouble us again.

761
00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:05.840
Why are we so important to you, Felicia demands, why

762
00:51:05.880 --> 00:51:10.559
not just kill us too? In good time? My dear

763
00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:15.840
Mayor Gunter chuckles. But now I believe that a little

764
00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:19.159
story time is in order. I'm sure all of you

765
00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:22.599
would love to have some answers, such as how our

766
00:51:22.639 --> 00:51:25.679
world came to be the way it is and why

767
00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:31.239
we're having to explore other universes for food. Well, I'm

768
00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:34.559
going to tell you, but I should warn you right

769
00:51:34.599 --> 00:51:53.920
now it is not a pleasant story. The present. Mayor

770
00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:57.480
Patrick Gunter regarded his prisoners as the energies of the

771
00:51:57.559 --> 00:52:01.599
cells kept them in a weakened state. Ariel Miron walked

772
00:52:01.639 --> 00:52:05.559
to the bars and tightened her fists. Why why would

773
00:52:05.639 --> 00:52:10.280
you turn your world into this, this horrible nightmare? Mayor

774
00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:15.119
Gunter chuckled. Oh, I didn't do this alone. You see

775
00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:18.039
there was some one else just as hungry for power

776
00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:22.559
as I was, someone who wanted power so badly that

777
00:52:22.679 --> 00:52:27.480
said person approached me. After hearing what my new partner

778
00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:31.440
had to say, he shook his head. Ah, but I'm

779
00:52:31.800 --> 00:52:35.280
getting a little ahead of myself here. No, it's best

780
00:52:35.480 --> 00:52:42.840
that I start from the beginning. Ten years ago. Patrick

781
00:52:42.880 --> 00:52:45.800
Gunter was furious when he saw that he was behind

782
00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:49.760
in the polls again. He couldn't believe the people of

783
00:52:49.800 --> 00:52:54.920
Strickfield favored the current mayor, Harmony Miren so greatly. Gunter

784
00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:57.960
had his own voters behind him, but not nearly enough

785
00:52:58.000 --> 00:53:01.079
of what the current mayor had, and the village election

786
00:53:01.719 --> 00:53:06.639
was coming up very soon. Gunter growled and slammed his

787
00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:10.039
fists on his table. He knew he would never be

788
00:53:10.159 --> 00:53:13.320
able to sway enough voters in his direction. It was

789
00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:15.920
bad enough that there were so many Mirons in both

790
00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:19.360
houses of Congress. There was even talk about a few

791
00:53:19.360 --> 00:53:23.280
of the Mirons possibly making bids for the White House.

792
00:53:24.280 --> 00:53:27.800
There were also three Mirons on the Supreme Court. He

793
00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:31.000
knew many of those Mirans serving at the federal level

794
00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:36.960
were dirty, not Harmony Miron. This Miran not only became

795
00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:40.360
the youngest mayor in Strickfield at the tender age of

796
00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:44.039
twenty one. She had also kept her campaign promises of

797
00:53:44.119 --> 00:53:48.360
not raising taxes and putting current tax moneies toward programs

798
00:53:48.400 --> 00:53:53.159
that would benefit the people greatly. Harmony Miron was truly

799
00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:57.639
a good mayor to her village. Gunter had tried many

800
00:53:57.760 --> 00:54:01.360
things to turn people against her. When it seemed he

801
00:54:01.400 --> 00:54:03.280
had found dirt on her and brought it to light

802
00:54:03.320 --> 00:54:07.880
in their debates, Harmony was easily able to explain his accusations.

803
00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:13.400
In effect, Gunter really had nothing concrete against Harmony. Now

804
00:54:13.440 --> 00:54:16.159
it was looking as though Harmony would win a second

805
00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:21.480
term by a landslide. How do I beat you, little girl,

806
00:54:22.119 --> 00:54:29.679
Gunter hissed, How perhaps I can help? Someone called out.

807
00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:35.400
He quickly turned around and couldn't believe his eyes. What

808
00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:38.719
are you doing here, he demanded? And how are you

809
00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:43.920
able to get by my men? The person chuckled. Believe me,

810
00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:47.840
I have my ways of doing things. I assure you.

811
00:54:48.440 --> 00:54:52.079
It's just the two of us in here. Now. I

812
00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:54.800
believe you said you'd like to win the election and

813
00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:59.920
become the new mayor of Strickfield. The person chuckled, agains,

814
00:55:00.119 --> 00:55:05.920
so petty, why settle for just Strickfield. What if? What

815
00:55:06.039 --> 00:55:11.400
if I could give you this whole world? Gunter couldn't

816
00:55:11.400 --> 00:55:14.800
believe what he was hearing. Why should I believe someone

817
00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:20.920
like you? The person sighed very well, I'll give you

818
00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:23.719
a demonstration of the kind of power I'm willing to

819
00:55:23.760 --> 00:55:26.320
share with you. What if I could give you the

820
00:55:26.360 --> 00:55:30.039
election and the mayor's house? What if you won by

821
00:55:30.119 --> 00:55:33.599
a landslide? I could make that happen for you, mister Gunter.

822
00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:37.840
He became very angry. Now I don't have time for

823
00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:41.920
your games. Don't you understand I'm way behind in the polls.

824
00:55:42.079 --> 00:55:44.920
I'll never beat Harmony, mirror and in this election next week.

825
00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:49.280
The person smiled. Then I'll have to give you something

826
00:55:49.880 --> 00:55:53.320
right now, What shall I give you to prove the

827
00:55:53.400 --> 00:55:58.199
kind of power that I have? Think about it very carefully.

828
00:55:59.280 --> 00:56:03.639
Gunter decides to call the person's bluff. Okay, if you

829
00:56:03.760 --> 00:56:06.639
can get me the election over Harmony, Miron and by

830
00:56:06.639 --> 00:56:10.519
a landslide, then I'll listen to anything you have to say.

831
00:56:10.639 --> 00:56:16.639
He shook his head quickly. Personally, I I just don't

832
00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:21.800
see someone like you making that happen. The person laughed

833
00:56:21.800 --> 00:56:26.400
with amusement. Next Tuesday is the election. If that's the

834
00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:29.519
proof you want of the power I have. Then be

835
00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:34.239
ready to move into the mayor's office in January, mister Gunter.

836
00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:39.360
Gunter laughed scornfully. There was no way this person was

837
00:56:39.400 --> 00:56:41.559
going to be able to get him the election and

838
00:56:41.639 --> 00:56:45.079
the mayorship of Strickfield. Harmony Myron had wigh too much

839
00:56:45.119 --> 00:56:48.559
popularity and would win with the vast majority of votes.

840
00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:51.880
When Gunter again went to look at the person who

841
00:56:51.920 --> 00:56:56.199
had appeared before him and wasted his time, he gasped

842
00:56:56.639 --> 00:57:00.559
upon seeing he was all alone once more. He looked

843
00:57:00.559 --> 00:57:03.679
around to see if he could find the person, but

844
00:57:04.800 --> 00:57:09.559
there were no traces. He sighed and knew he would

845
00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:17.960
just have to wait and see Patrick. Gunter still couldn't

846
00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:20.960
believe his eyes when he saw the front page of

847
00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:24.719
the Strickfield Source. He hadn't even bothered to stay up

848
00:57:24.719 --> 00:57:28.159
and see the results of the village election, knowing full

849
00:57:28.199 --> 00:57:33.119
well that he would lose, but he hadn't. The front

850
00:57:33.159 --> 00:57:36.440
page of the morning paper had in huge bold letters,

851
00:57:37.079 --> 00:57:41.920
Gunter wins. When he looked at his answering machine, there

852
00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:46.000
was only one message. Harmony Miron had called to concede

853
00:57:46.400 --> 00:57:50.559
and congratulate him on winning the election. Then she demanded

854
00:57:50.559 --> 00:57:53.199
to know how he had done it, saying that there

855
00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:55.559
was no way in the world that he could have won.

856
00:57:56.519 --> 00:58:01.719
He didn't have the popularity or the potential votes. Every

857
00:58:01.840 --> 00:58:05.519
day since then, the mayor elect had waited to see

858
00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:10.079
if that mysterious person would appear before him again. It

859
00:58:10.159 --> 00:58:12.800
was only when the December of the following year came

860
00:58:13.119 --> 00:58:16.480
and Mayor Gunter was entering his office that he finally

861
00:58:16.519 --> 00:58:21.440
saw his mysterious friend again, who was now sitting behind

862
00:58:21.559 --> 00:58:26.960
his desk. Mayor Gunter pointed at the mysterious person, how

863
00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:31.480
did you make my winning the election happen? The person chuckled.

864
00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:35.159
Didn't I tell you that you would win and now

865
00:58:35.679 --> 00:58:40.800
you are the mayor of Strickfield. The person smirked, also,

866
00:58:41.320 --> 00:58:47.320
didn't I ask you? Why settle for just Strickfield. Mayor

867
00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:50.320
Gunter raised his hands in front of him. Yeah, I

868
00:58:50.480 --> 00:58:54.239
remember you said you could give me this entire planet.

869
00:58:54.519 --> 00:58:58.599
He looked skeptical again, how will you go about doing that?

870
00:58:59.639 --> 00:59:02.320
Do you have? I have any idea how big this

871
00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:06.159
world is. I don't think there's any election you could

872
00:59:06.239 --> 00:59:09.480
rig up that can make me dictator of the whole world.

873
00:59:10.440 --> 00:59:15.559
The figure raised a finger that would remain to be seen.

874
00:59:16.199 --> 00:59:18.559
But that's not what I was thinking. As far as

875
00:59:18.639 --> 00:59:22.960
how you would have this world, Mayor Gunter raised an eyebrow.

876
00:59:23.920 --> 00:59:26.239
I'd like to sit in my chair, if you don't mind.

877
00:59:27.320 --> 00:59:32.679
The figure looked serious. Now, actually I do mind, mister Gunter.

878
00:59:33.079 --> 00:59:35.719
You and I need to come to an arrangement regarding

879
00:59:35.760 --> 00:59:41.239
our partnership. You want ultimate power. I want ultimate power.

880
00:59:41.639 --> 00:59:45.159
This world is ours for the taking. I can lead

881
00:59:45.199 --> 00:59:48.079
you to that very power. I can give you everything

882
00:59:48.119 --> 00:59:51.400
you want and never knew you wanted. All you have

883
00:59:51.480 --> 00:59:56.280
to do is agree to be my partner. The figure

884
00:59:56.360 --> 01:00:00.280
held out a hand for Mayor Gunter to shake. Upon

885
01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:04.239
shaking the figure's hand to seal the deal, the figure smirked.

886
01:00:05.039 --> 01:00:10.280
Now you and I are truly partners, Mayor Gunter. In

887
01:00:10.400 --> 01:00:13.039
case you're thinking of trying to double cross me in

888
01:00:13.119 --> 01:00:17.199
any way, all I have to do is just snap

889
01:00:17.320 --> 01:00:21.519
my fingers and all will be as it was. In

890
01:00:21.599 --> 01:00:24.280
other words, you'll be right back to the day I

891
01:00:24.440 --> 01:00:28.719
found you. You'll easily lose the mayoral election to Harmony Miron,

892
01:00:29.199 --> 01:00:34.840
and our deal will be all for nought. Mayor Gunter groaned,

893
01:00:35.639 --> 01:00:39.400
You've thought of everything, haven't you. I wouldn't be worthy

894
01:00:39.440 --> 01:00:42.440
of my family's name if I didn't, Now would I?

895
01:00:43.239 --> 01:00:48.840
The figure replied, Now, do you want ultimate power or not?

896
01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:52.880
Since you said we're partners now, then you should know

897
01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:59.239
my answer. Mayor Gunter returned the figure smiled a sinister smile.

898
01:01:00.320 --> 01:01:04.440
I knew you'd see things my way. Suddenly, the figure

899
01:01:04.480 --> 01:01:07.960
revealed a large tone and dropped it right on the desk.

900
01:01:08.800 --> 01:01:14.960
Mayor Gunter couldn't believe it. Behold, mister Mayor, within these

901
01:01:15.079 --> 01:01:18.400
pages are powerful spells that can allow you to have

902
01:01:18.440 --> 01:01:22.840
your heart's desire to go along with your mayorship, the

903
01:01:22.880 --> 01:01:27.079
figure said. But there's one page within this ancient book

904
01:01:27.480 --> 01:01:33.760
that will grant you, grant us this entire world. The

905
01:01:33.880 --> 01:01:37.440
real question is are you willing to take those next

906
01:01:37.559 --> 01:01:40.760
steps with me? In order for us to claim that power,

907
01:01:41.280 --> 01:01:43.639
we have only to take a little walk to a

908
01:01:43.679 --> 01:01:49.400
specific house here in Strickfield, unless, of course, you're afraid

909
01:01:49.440 --> 01:01:58.599
of ghosts and haunted houses. One week later, it was

910
01:01:58.639 --> 01:02:02.400
a dark and snowy nuts. Mayor Gunter and his partner

911
01:02:02.480 --> 01:02:06.480
walked down a few desolate streets. Only a select few

912
01:02:06.519 --> 01:02:10.280
houses in this vicinity had any Christmas decorations up or

913
01:02:10.400 --> 01:02:14.360
lit before long they were turning down Pleasant Valley Road.

914
01:02:15.360 --> 01:02:20.320
Soon Mayor Gunter stopped dead in his tracks. You really

915
01:02:20.320 --> 01:02:25.679
aren't thinking of us going into that house, are you?

916
01:02:26.400 --> 01:02:30.920
He demanded. Oh, that's exactly what I'm thinking, mister Mayor,

917
01:02:31.559 --> 01:02:35.159
His partner said. The ultimate power we are to obtain

918
01:02:35.599 --> 01:02:39.960
is in that very house. Now, don't tell me you're

919
01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:42.840
going to chicken out. Remember we both have just as

920
01:02:42.920 --> 01:02:47.239
much to gain here. Mayor Gunter pointed to the old mansion.

921
01:02:48.000 --> 01:02:52.719
But this, this is the Carnivosh estate. You yourself had

922
01:02:52.760 --> 01:02:55.639
to have lived in Strickfield long enough to know this

923
01:02:55.760 --> 01:02:57.760
is the one house in our village that you walk

924
01:02:57.800 --> 01:03:00.800
on the other side of the street to avoid. His

925
01:03:00.920 --> 01:03:05.800
partner again emphasized ultimate power and seizing the world. I

926
01:03:05.920 --> 01:03:08.800
promised you that you would be Mayor, didn't I Why

927
01:03:08.840 --> 01:03:13.400
would I lie to you? Now, he considered his partner. Okay,

928
01:03:13.440 --> 01:03:16.840
you have a point, but why promise me unlimited power?

929
01:03:17.719 --> 01:03:21.840
You could have seized it all for yourself. Yes, you're right,

930
01:03:22.320 --> 01:03:26.199
his partner agreed, But what fun would that be? It's

931
01:03:26.239 --> 01:03:28.760
fun to have a partner in crime to share all

932
01:03:28.800 --> 01:03:32.480
this with. And think about this, I handed you a

933
01:03:32.559 --> 01:03:35.679
major victory over a Miron when you won the election.

934
01:03:36.719 --> 01:03:40.119
Imagine what you could really do to the Mirons when

935
01:03:40.159 --> 01:03:47.199
we get ultimate power for ourselves. Mayor Gunter nodded slowly. Again,

936
01:03:47.639 --> 01:03:51.320
you have a point. I do love seeing the Mirons fail,

937
01:03:52.239 --> 01:03:57.280
and with my help you will again. His partner promised,

938
01:03:58.159 --> 01:04:01.519
But we must go into the Karnavash state. There's no

939
01:04:01.679 --> 01:04:06.559
other way. Maybe it was against his better judgment, Maybe

940
01:04:06.599 --> 01:04:10.280
it was the promise of ultimate power. They continued down

941
01:04:10.360 --> 01:04:13.800
Pleasant Valley Road until they were standing outside the front

942
01:04:13.880 --> 01:04:17.639
gate of the Carnivosh estate. Before he realized it, he

943
01:04:17.760 --> 01:04:20.679
was already on the other side of the high vine

944
01:04:20.719 --> 01:04:27.559
covered fence that surrounded the ancient house. Mayor Gunter felt

945
01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:31.440
his heart pounding when the back door squeaked open. He

946
01:04:31.559 --> 01:04:36.159
was surprised at how quickly his partner went inside. After

947
01:04:36.239 --> 01:04:40.519
closing the door, Mayor Gunter followed his partner. Soon they

948
01:04:40.679 --> 01:04:45.480
entered a library. Every shelf was filled to capacity with

949
01:04:45.679 --> 01:04:51.440
ancient leather bound books. We'll have to look around very carefully,

950
01:04:51.519 --> 01:04:55.880
and here, the partner said, there's a secret passage in

951
01:04:55.960 --> 01:05:01.639
here somewhere. How do you know, the Mayor di didn't

952
01:05:01.679 --> 01:05:05.519
you read the tone I gave you? Obviously, not, or,

953
01:05:05.559 --> 01:05:08.960
you would have read the information. I already know there's

954
01:05:09.000 --> 01:05:13.280
a secret entrance here in the library somewhere. Once we

955
01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:17.719
open it, we head down into the chamber, then we

956
01:05:17.800 --> 01:05:22.079
go from there. It had taken them several months, but

957
01:05:22.239 --> 01:05:25.320
Mayor Gunter had finally found the one book that would

958
01:05:25.400 --> 01:05:29.400
not come loose from the shelf. After pulling back on it,

959
01:05:29.760 --> 01:05:33.239
they heard a loud noise. Mayor Gunter pulled open the

960
01:05:33.280 --> 01:05:39.480
shelf to reveal the hidden stairway. Using flashlights, they descended

961
01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:42.760
the stairway until they were in a ceremonial chamber with

962
01:05:42.840 --> 01:05:48.159
a large altar in the center. No, it's not here,

963
01:05:48.840 --> 01:05:52.800
the partner said. The passage I read said one must

964
01:05:52.840 --> 01:05:56.719
be willing to descend to the furthest depths to reach

965
01:05:56.880 --> 01:06:02.880
ultimate power. Mayor Gunter snapped his perhaps there's another secret

966
01:06:03.000 --> 01:06:08.920
entrance located in this secret room. Exactly what I was thinking,

967
01:06:09.599 --> 01:06:14.559
mister Mayor. But where exactly. It had taken them several

968
01:06:14.599 --> 01:06:18.000
more minutes, but the partner had finally discovered a switch

969
01:06:18.320 --> 01:06:21.440
that caused the altar to move and revealed yet another

970
01:06:21.599 --> 01:06:26.599
hidden stairway leading further below the Carnivosh estate. Before Mayor

971
01:06:26.639 --> 01:06:29.760
Gunter could say he wanted to turn back. His partner

972
01:06:29.800 --> 01:06:35.559
had quickly entered this newly revealed passageway. Mayor Gunter continued

973
01:06:35.559 --> 01:06:39.719
to feel conflicted as he followed his partner down further

974
01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:44.039
and further. Soon they were in what appeared to be

975
01:06:44.639 --> 01:06:48.519
a crypt, this one looking like it had possibly been

976
01:06:48.599 --> 01:06:53.800
built during the Dark Ages. It's here, his partner exclaimed,

977
01:06:54.360 --> 01:06:57.639
pointing at a chest that had several chains binding it

978
01:06:57.960 --> 01:07:02.079
and a bright blue energy fields arounding it. She turned

979
01:07:02.119 --> 01:07:07.760
off her flashlight. What is it, Mayor Gunter gasped, turning

980
01:07:07.800 --> 01:07:14.159
off his the ultimate power? His partner gasped equally. All

981
01:07:14.199 --> 01:07:16.599
we have to do is open it, and this whole

982
01:07:16.639 --> 01:07:22.679
world belongs to us. How we get through that field? Then,

983
01:07:22.800 --> 01:07:28.440
Gunter remembered, no, I remember the words. He glanced at

984
01:07:28.440 --> 01:07:31.920
his partner for your information. I did read the book

985
01:07:32.159 --> 01:07:36.679
from cover to cover several times. I just wasn't sure

986
01:07:36.719 --> 01:07:41.639
this was real. You know the mirror magic's work, the

987
01:07:41.719 --> 01:07:46.280
partner said, Why wouldn't they work? Now? All we have

988
01:07:46.360 --> 01:07:49.840
to do is recite the counterspell to remove the barrier

989
01:07:50.079 --> 01:07:55.199
and unshackle the locks. From there, there is absolutely nothing

990
01:07:55.239 --> 01:07:58.440
to keep us from opening the chest and seizing the

991
01:07:58.559 --> 01:08:04.440
Ultimate power for ourselves. Mayor Gunter decided to voice his concerns.

992
01:08:05.440 --> 01:08:09.119
The passage is said that the very essence of Dracula

993
01:08:09.239 --> 01:08:13.320
himself is within that chest. It was written that he

994
01:08:13.440 --> 01:08:17.199
existed for thousands of years, which is how and why

995
01:08:17.239 --> 01:08:21.439
he became the oldest and most powerful master vampire ever known.

996
01:08:22.279 --> 01:08:25.039
He was finally brought down by a few select ancient

997
01:08:25.119 --> 01:08:29.600
mirons who had turned aside from evil and perfected powerful

998
01:08:29.600 --> 01:08:33.000
white magics to finally stop Dracula and free the world

999
01:08:33.000 --> 01:08:37.239
from his terrible power. His essence has been contained inside

1000
01:08:37.279 --> 01:08:41.800
this chest all this time. He took a deep breath.

1001
01:08:42.920 --> 01:08:46.640
You have heard the story of Pandora's Box, haven't you.

1002
01:08:47.600 --> 01:08:51.920
If not, I'll gladly inform you I've read Greek mythology.

1003
01:08:52.399 --> 01:08:56.199
His partner snapped, I know the story of Pandora's Box,

1004
01:08:56.439 --> 01:09:01.319
but this box will give us ultimate power. Once we

1005
01:09:01.479 --> 01:09:07.720
free Dracula's essence, this world will be ours. What makes

1006
01:09:07.760 --> 01:09:13.000
you so sure Dracula won't just turn on us, Gunter inquired,

1007
01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:17.159
As long as we both know the original spell, he

1008
01:09:17.239 --> 01:09:21.399
can be returned to his prison at any time. The

1009
01:09:21.439 --> 01:09:25.800
partner reminded him, I'm sure that once Dracula is free.

1010
01:09:26.239 --> 01:09:29.720
He'll be more than willing to share his power with us.

1011
01:09:30.520 --> 01:09:33.520
Go ahead and leave if you want. I won't force

1012
01:09:33.560 --> 01:09:37.000
you to stay with me any longer. Consumed by his

1013
01:09:37.199 --> 01:09:41.279
lust for more power, Mayor Gunter began reciting the ancient

1014
01:09:41.319 --> 01:09:45.159
words that the darker Mirrns of ancient times had written.

1015
01:09:46.159 --> 01:09:49.720
He wondered why they themselves never undid the spell their

1016
01:09:49.800 --> 01:09:54.880
traitorous relatives placed on the chest. He continued to recite

1017
01:09:54.920 --> 01:10:00.000
the spell. Suddenly winds filled the chamber and the torture

1018
01:10:00.039 --> 01:10:04.199
slights became fully lit. The mystic barrier surrounding the chest

1019
01:10:04.439 --> 01:10:08.680
flickered before it was finally gone. When Mayor Gunter finished

1020
01:10:08.720 --> 01:10:14.319
with the incantation, the chains unlocked and fell to the floor.

1021
01:10:18.239 --> 01:10:21.319
There was absolutely nothing to keep them from opening the

1022
01:10:21.359 --> 01:10:25.479
forbidden chest. Now, before Mayor Gunter could think of what

1023
01:10:25.600 --> 01:10:29.119
to do next, his partner was already at the chest.

1024
01:10:30.000 --> 01:10:33.359
Just seeing the evil radiating from his partner's smile and

1025
01:10:33.479 --> 01:10:38.960
eyes made him wish that he hadn't done what he did. However,

1026
01:10:39.399 --> 01:10:44.760
it was much too late to undo anything. Now my

1027
01:10:44.920 --> 01:10:50.600
revenge against the mirrors is complete, the partner yelled in accomplishment.

1028
01:10:51.239 --> 01:10:54.079
As soon as the chest was opened, just the slightest

1029
01:10:54.640 --> 01:10:59.199
a neon purple light erupted from it. The partner opened

1030
01:10:59.239 --> 01:11:02.600
the chest all the way and laughed as the light

1031
01:11:02.760 --> 01:11:08.079
filled the entire chamber. Soon, powerful beams of light shot

1032
01:11:08.279 --> 01:11:12.760
into both Mayor Gunter and his partner. They felt themselves

1033
01:11:12.800 --> 01:11:18.359
being infused with such incredible power for several minutes, they

1034
01:11:18.399 --> 01:11:24.279
remained still. When the power stopped feeding into them, they

1035
01:11:24.359 --> 01:11:30.319
knew they were fully transformed. Mayor Gunter saw his partner's

1036
01:11:30.439 --> 01:11:35.520
new vampiric face and knew his own was the same way.

1037
01:11:36.560 --> 01:11:41.159
In fact, he could already feel the fangs growing within

1038
01:11:41.239 --> 01:11:45.479
his own mouth. The power escaped upward, through the two

1039
01:11:45.560 --> 01:11:51.039
passageways and out the Carnivosh's state. The power continued its

1040
01:11:51.079 --> 01:11:55.880
ascent into the winter storm. Mayor Gunter and his partner

1041
01:11:55.920 --> 01:11:59.920
reached the outside and saw how evil the sky had become,

1042
01:12:01.000 --> 01:12:05.279
no matter how far they looked. What have we done?

1043
01:12:06.079 --> 01:12:09.720
Mayor Gunter groaned, not sure that he really wanted to

1044
01:12:09.720 --> 01:12:13.039
hear the answer, but he didn't have much time to

1045
01:12:13.079 --> 01:12:17.520
ponder further, as he felt an incredible thirst and knew

1046
01:12:18.399 --> 01:12:26.960
there was only one thing that could satisfy human blood. Suddenly,

1047
01:12:27.119 --> 01:12:31.840
Mayor Gunter and his partner transformed into giant bats and

1048
01:12:32.039 --> 01:12:37.279
flew in search of their first victims. It had taken

1049
01:12:37.319 --> 01:12:41.880
them only short minutes to find suitable nourishment. The first

1050
01:12:41.920 --> 01:12:46.960
people they encountered had already been transformed into vampires like themselves.

1051
01:12:47.840 --> 01:12:52.199
Mayor Gunter wondered why not everyone had been transformed just

1052
01:12:52.279 --> 01:12:55.039
the same. He was glad to be able to slake

1053
01:12:55.119 --> 01:12:58.239
his thirst. It was only a matter of a few

1054
01:12:58.319 --> 01:13:02.720
short days before Christmas that the entire planet had become

1055
01:13:03.000 --> 01:13:08.079
enfolded in the eternity of night. The sun would never

1056
01:13:08.199 --> 01:13:13.199
brighten the skies of Earth again. Now, both Mayor Gunter

1057
01:13:13.640 --> 01:13:19.479
and his partner found themselves on borrowed time, after consuming

1058
01:13:19.520 --> 01:13:23.760
their recent humans that they were just barely able to find.

1059
01:13:24.560 --> 01:13:28.279
He looked at his partner. We're almost out of food,

1060
01:13:28.800 --> 01:13:32.840
he said. There are too many of us and not

1061
01:13:33.039 --> 01:13:37.199
enough mortals to sustain all of us. How are we

1062
01:13:37.279 --> 01:13:41.000
supposed to have unlimited power and rule this world if

1063
01:13:41.000 --> 01:13:45.680
we become too weak from thirst? The partner turned to him,

1064
01:13:46.479 --> 01:13:49.960
You think I haven't already thought about that. Not only

1065
01:13:50.000 --> 01:13:52.319
do we have the mir and magics at our disposal,

1066
01:13:53.359 --> 01:13:56.800
we also have technology. All we have to do is

1067
01:13:56.880 --> 01:13:59.560
enact the next phase of my plan, and we can

1068
01:13:59.600 --> 01:14:03.920
have all all the delicious mortals we'll ever need or want.

1069
01:14:05.039 --> 01:14:09.279
Mayor Gunter and his partner went back to his office. There,

1070
01:14:09.479 --> 01:14:13.079
his partner explained how they would take over the Strickfield

1071
01:14:13.159 --> 01:14:17.199
Nuclear Power Plant. Using the mirror and magics. In combination

1072
01:14:17.600 --> 01:14:22.319
with blueprints stolen from a few Mirran technology branches, they

1073
01:14:22.359 --> 01:14:26.960
could add the power of nuclear energy to fuel their plan.

1074
01:14:28.119 --> 01:14:31.319
At the same time, they would tap power grids around

1075
01:14:31.359 --> 01:14:35.920
the world and shut them all down permanently. Only their

1076
01:14:36.119 --> 01:14:40.000
nuclear plant would make power. While Mayor Gunter and his

1077
01:14:40.079 --> 01:14:43.840
partner worked to construct their new prototype portal device at

1078
01:14:43.840 --> 01:14:47.600
the Strickfield Nuclear power Plant, they managed to find some

1079
01:14:47.680 --> 01:14:51.359
more humans to be able to sustain them until their

1080
01:14:51.399 --> 01:14:56.079
work was completed. Apparently, the mortals that hadn't been turned

1081
01:14:56.359 --> 01:15:01.159
had banded together to form resistance groups. The two of

1082
01:15:01.199 --> 01:15:03.199
them had to be careful not to be caught off

1083
01:15:03.239 --> 01:15:07.840
guard and be finished off by these groups. However, they

1084
01:15:07.880 --> 01:15:10.800
were powerful enough to where they were able to secure

1085
01:15:10.880 --> 01:15:15.920
some of them as their food source. When everything was ready,

1086
01:15:16.399 --> 01:15:20.000
Mayor Gunter threw the switch and opened their first portal.

1087
01:15:21.119 --> 01:15:25.479
Mayor Gunter ordered some vampires to enter and bring back mortals.

1088
01:15:26.399 --> 01:15:32.079
The experiment proved to be most successful. Mayor Gunter and

1089
01:15:32.119 --> 01:15:35.560
his partner were able to feed the vampire legions that

1090
01:15:35.680 --> 01:15:40.359
obeyed them. Then Mayor Gunter's partner found other ideas in

1091
01:15:40.439 --> 01:15:44.880
another mirror tone on how to bring mortals to their universe.

1092
01:15:46.319 --> 01:15:50.239
From there, more methods were used to open portals from

1093
01:15:50.279 --> 01:15:54.960
their universe to others. Use of physical mediums such as

1094
01:15:55.199 --> 01:15:59.880
movies on film, compact disc formats, flash drives, and many

1095
01:16:00.119 --> 01:16:04.000
others were used to be able to open portals. All

1096
01:16:04.039 --> 01:16:06.039
that would need to be done would be to send

1097
01:16:06.079 --> 01:16:11.079
these lethal mediums to other universes and wait. But these

1098
01:16:11.159 --> 01:16:15.600
plans were not without resistance. The former mayor of Strickfield,

1099
01:16:15.600 --> 01:16:19.279
Harmony Miron, would make a last stand against Mayor Gunter.

1100
01:16:20.079 --> 01:16:23.319
Harmony was the leader of a human resistance group that

1101
01:16:23.520 --> 01:16:26.800
was determined to destroy the power plant. The group had

1102
01:16:26.840 --> 01:16:30.560
made a valiant effort, but the vampires were far too

1103
01:16:30.640 --> 01:16:34.279
powerful for them. Before the remainder of them could retreat,

1104
01:16:34.920 --> 01:16:39.279
Mayor Gunter had seized Harmony and infected her with but

1105
01:16:39.399 --> 01:16:43.319
a single bite. By the time Harmony had retreated to

1106
01:16:43.319 --> 01:16:47.520
the Strickfield Town Center mall her mal she had become

1107
01:16:47.600 --> 01:16:51.439
one of the undead herself, and would turn on those

1108
01:16:51.680 --> 01:16:56.479
who were her allies for food. With harmony, Miron no

1109
01:16:56.560 --> 01:16:59.960
longer a threat, Mayor Gunter and his partner were free

1110
01:17:00.119 --> 01:17:03.920
to do whatever they wanted. His partners had kept the

1111
01:17:04.000 --> 01:17:09.279
promise of unlimited power and control of Earth after all

1112
01:17:13.880 --> 01:17:18.800
the present. Mayor Gunter turned to his prisoners. Now you

1113
01:17:18.960 --> 01:17:22.800
understand how we came to conquer our world and bring

1114
01:17:22.840 --> 01:17:27.359
it into everlasting darkness. Now you understand how we can

1115
01:17:27.439 --> 01:17:30.640
do the same to so many other earths, in so

1116
01:17:30.840 --> 01:17:38.520
many other universes. The possibilities are endless. You people are

1117
01:17:39.119 --> 01:17:43.520
truly monsters. Ariel Mirren yelled, We won't let you get

1118
01:17:43.560 --> 01:17:48.239
away with this. Mayor Gunter laughed, and who will stop me?

1119
01:17:48.560 --> 01:17:53.119
Little girl? You, your friends, the cells you've been placed

1120
01:17:53.159 --> 01:17:56.760
in continue to sap your strength. Soon you six will

1121
01:17:56.800 --> 01:18:02.119
be nothing more than easy nourishment. Mayor Gunter produced a

1122
01:18:02.199 --> 01:18:05.520
walky talkie of his own. Then he spoke into it.

1123
01:18:06.319 --> 01:18:10.960
Are the enhancements to the reactor finished? Ready? The voice

1124
01:18:10.960 --> 01:18:14.359
of his partner on the other end replied. Mayor Gunter

1125
01:18:14.479 --> 01:18:19.359
smiled with glee. Then reactivate the reactor so that we

1126
01:18:19.439 --> 01:18:22.560
may bring more mortals into our world that we may

1127
01:18:22.640 --> 01:18:27.000
have a more plentiful harvest. He looked to his prisoners.

1128
01:18:27.840 --> 01:18:30.960
In case you haven't guessed yet, you're in the Strickfield

1129
01:18:31.079 --> 01:18:35.119
Nuclear power plant. When the prisoners heard the reactor coming

1130
01:18:35.159 --> 01:18:39.560
to life, Ariel tightened her fists and shook her head quickly. No,

1131
01:18:40.439 --> 01:18:44.479
she shook her head faster. No, now she could feel

1132
01:18:44.520 --> 01:18:50.159
the intense anger growing within her. No, Ariel shook as

1133
01:18:50.159 --> 01:18:54.359
she suddenly felt an incredible surge throughout her body. The

1134
01:18:54.399 --> 01:18:58.079
next thing she knew, she was forming green and red

1135
01:18:58.159 --> 01:19:03.560
fire in her fists. Also, her eyes and hair began

1136
01:19:03.640 --> 01:19:20.720
to glow with bright light. Perspective, Ariel mirror, what is this?

1137
01:19:21.760 --> 01:19:26.159
What's happening to me? These energy dampeners were able to

1138
01:19:26.199 --> 01:19:29.640
siphon the strength from the others. But I've been feeling

1139
01:19:29.720 --> 01:19:34.680
fine since I was thrown in here, Ariel carter Cross stammers,

1140
01:19:35.239 --> 01:19:39.359
what's happening to you? I don't know. I gasped, just

1141
01:19:39.439 --> 01:19:42.560
as confused as him. Then I remember these red and

1142
01:19:42.640 --> 01:19:48.039
green colors being associated with Queen Arcadia from when she

1143
01:19:48.159 --> 01:19:51.720
possessed me around Christmas. I don't think about it and

1144
01:19:51.800 --> 01:19:56.039
easily blast the bars right off my cell, wrecking its dampeners.

1145
01:19:56.079 --> 01:19:58.520
Mouse and a Leen come to Carter and work together

1146
01:19:58.600 --> 01:20:02.640
to help him up. Mayor Gunter yells, pointing at me,

1147
01:20:03.199 --> 01:20:05.000
I run out of my cell and use my new

1148
01:20:05.039 --> 01:20:09.000
powers to free Bella, Tabon and cousin Felicia. Even though

1149
01:20:09.039 --> 01:20:12.399
Bella's still weakened from the dampening field, she springs out

1150
01:20:12.399 --> 01:20:15.680
of her cell and floors Mayor Gunter with a tremendous punch.

1151
01:20:16.479 --> 01:20:19.760
Felicia also springs out of the cell. Come on, we

1152
01:20:19.880 --> 01:20:24.960
gotta stop that reactor. Aw man. Mouse mutters, If only

1153
01:20:25.000 --> 01:20:28.319
I had a mirror, We'll use our bare hands. Mattie

1154
01:20:28.520 --> 01:20:32.319
Aleen tells her, yeah, I'm itching to kick some butt.

1155
01:20:33.119 --> 01:20:35.720
We all head to the main control room and find

1156
01:20:35.760 --> 01:20:39.840
even more vampires. I also see someone working the main panel.

1157
01:20:40.560 --> 01:20:42.840
I can't see who it is, but this person looks

1158
01:20:43.560 --> 01:20:47.560
smaller than these other vampires. The person sees us coming

1159
01:20:47.760 --> 01:20:50.840
and transforms into that giant bat that tried to take

1160
01:20:50.880 --> 01:20:54.439
me earlier. The twin Mice and Carter are grabbing stuff

1161
01:20:54.439 --> 01:20:57.439
to use his weapons. As a vampire grabs a Leen,

1162
01:20:57.560 --> 01:21:00.439
she quickly lays into him. I mean she's going all

1163
01:21:00.520 --> 01:21:04.560
kung paw and showing she can fight. She's also showing

1164
01:21:04.640 --> 01:21:07.840
she's got strength. Now Mouse and Carter are swinging at

1165
01:21:07.840 --> 01:21:11.439
anything that comes their way. If you've got powers, Ariel,

1166
01:21:11.840 --> 01:21:16.359
use them. Bella yells, I'm feeling angry again, and I

1167
01:21:16.479 --> 01:21:20.720
use my new powers to attack these bloodsuckers. As soon

1168
01:21:20.760 --> 01:21:25.319
as Felicia walks by in her big spider form, I shriek. Okay,

1169
01:21:25.720 --> 01:21:29.640
Felicia's on our side, but she's still scary. I'm going

1170
01:21:29.680 --> 01:21:36.560
for the reactor. Felicia says, how about some backup? Ariel, I,

1171
01:21:36.560 --> 01:21:41.439
I don't know. I groan, like Bella said, use your powers, cousin.

1172
01:21:41.479 --> 01:21:45.680
Your world needs you. Okay, I'm not so scared of

1173
01:21:45.680 --> 01:21:50.840
Felicia anymore. You're right, let's go. Felicia lowers herself a

1174
01:21:50.920 --> 01:21:54.399
little hop on. I get on her back and cut

1175
01:21:54.439 --> 01:21:57.800
loose on the vampires. Felicia moves fast with her lower

1176
01:21:57.880 --> 01:22:00.720
eight legs. How long have I had I had powers

1177
01:22:00.760 --> 01:22:07.520
for anyway? I'll have to figure that out later. Perspective,

1178
01:22:08.239 --> 01:22:12.600
Felicia Mirren, Ariel ain't doing bad at keeping those vamps

1179
01:22:12.640 --> 01:22:15.399
off me. When I'm close to the main control panel,

1180
01:22:15.600 --> 01:22:18.279
that giant bat that keeps being a pest is coming

1181
01:22:18.399 --> 01:22:21.439
right at us. Ariel fires at it, but it dodges

1182
01:22:21.479 --> 01:22:27.800
her focus. Ariel. I tell her, don't fire blindly. I'm trying,

1183
01:22:27.880 --> 01:22:33.279
But that bat's really fast, she protests. As other vampires

1184
01:22:33.319 --> 01:22:35.920
are coming at us, I knock them away. I spin

1185
01:22:36.039 --> 01:22:38.840
webs on two of them and yank them together hard

1186
01:22:38.920 --> 01:22:41.399
to daze them. I spring forward and make it to

1187
01:22:41.439 --> 01:22:45.119
the main control panel. Then I hear that bat screeching

1188
01:22:45.560 --> 01:22:49.399
and turn to face it. I'll blast that panel, Ariel

1189
01:22:49.479 --> 01:22:53.520
says no. I quickly tell her that might cause a meltdown.

1190
01:22:53.960 --> 01:22:59.319
Ariel gulps, well, I never thought about that. Try and

1191
01:22:59.359 --> 01:23:03.119
find an off switch or something. I say, do something

1192
01:23:03.560 --> 01:23:06.159
that won't get us killed and that can close these

1193
01:23:06.199 --> 01:23:09.279
portals that are opening up. Ariel gets off me and

1194
01:23:09.359 --> 01:23:13.199
sees all the flashing buttons and dials. Yeah, this will

1195
01:23:13.239 --> 01:23:15.800
be about as easy as beating mouse in a video game,

1196
01:23:16.159 --> 01:23:19.600
she mutters. Using my four eyes, I see Maddie and

1197
01:23:19.640 --> 01:23:22.800
Carter each have clubs and are keeping vampires at bay.

1198
01:23:23.359 --> 01:23:27.119
A Lean continue showing she can fight. How did she

1199
01:23:27.159 --> 01:23:31.199
get so strong? Then I remember she was bitten by

1200
01:23:31.199 --> 01:23:34.159
a vampire. Here. If I got to take an educated

1201
01:23:34.159 --> 01:23:37.760
guess on where a lean learned or moves, Bella must

1202
01:23:37.760 --> 01:23:42.000
have taught her. Speaking of Bella, she's still fighting Mayor

1203
01:23:42.039 --> 01:23:45.239
Gunter as that giant bat's about to attack me with

1204
01:23:45.319 --> 01:23:49.119
its claws. Ariel finally zaps it. I snare it and

1205
01:23:49.239 --> 01:23:52.640
slam it to the floor. Next, I grab its talons

1206
01:23:52.760 --> 01:23:56.439
and pinch them with my fingernail spikes. Soon the bats

1207
01:23:56.479 --> 01:24:00.680
starts slowing down, showing my venom works on these things.

1208
01:24:01.520 --> 01:24:05.479
Suddenly the bat shrieks and lunges drowsily to escape. I

1209
01:24:05.560 --> 01:24:07.800
pull it back with my web, making it drop on

1210
01:24:07.840 --> 01:24:11.960
the reactor controls and fall to the floor. Some buttons

1211
01:24:11.960 --> 01:24:15.920
were pressed, but the portals are still open. Of course,

1212
01:24:16.479 --> 01:24:19.680
it ain't the reactor making the portals, just powering the

1213
01:24:19.720 --> 01:24:24.359
machine that does. And then I locate it. Ariel hit

1214
01:24:24.439 --> 01:24:28.119
that machine, I tell her, pointing right at it. Ariel

1215
01:24:28.239 --> 01:24:34.880
zaps it and overloads it. Now the portals are suddenly gone. Unfortunately,

1216
01:24:34.920 --> 01:24:37.640
we ain't gonna win this fight either. More and more

1217
01:24:37.720 --> 01:24:41.359
vamps keep coming. Bella flings Mayor Gunter away from her

1218
01:24:41.399 --> 01:24:46.359
and yells, we gotta get outa here, you heard Bella, Ariel,

1219
01:24:46.920 --> 01:24:50.680
I say, we stay here, will be overwhelmed again. Hop on,

1220
01:24:51.479 --> 01:24:54.279
When Ariel's on my back again, I leap away from

1221
01:24:54.279 --> 01:24:57.880
the main panel. Bella grabs Mattie and Carter. I let

1222
01:24:57.920 --> 01:25:00.680
a Leen get on my back also. I carry her

1223
01:25:00.720 --> 01:25:04.039
and Aeriel easily as we make our escape. There ain't

1224
01:25:04.079 --> 01:25:06.720
gonna be too many of those vampires coming after us.

1225
01:25:07.199 --> 01:25:10.119
They got more important things to worry about, like fixing

1226
01:25:10.159 --> 01:25:14.359
that machine. We won this battle, but we're far from

1227
01:25:14.439 --> 01:25:18.319
winning the war. Hang in there, comic book nerds and

1228
01:25:18.399 --> 01:25:27.960
horror fanatics, we're gonna win the day yet perspective, Bella tabon.

1229
01:25:28.920 --> 01:25:31.479
We lose those other vamps by ducking out of sight.

1230
01:25:32.079 --> 01:25:34.560
Good thing. They're the run of the mill kind. If

1231
01:25:34.600 --> 01:25:37.680
they were like me, we'd be in big trouble. At

1232
01:25:37.760 --> 01:25:41.439
least we can recoup and talk things out. Okay, we

1233
01:25:41.600 --> 01:25:45.880
damaged that machine, Carter Cross says, you just know they're

1234
01:25:45.920 --> 01:25:48.640
already working on it. Who knows how long it'll be

1235
01:25:48.640 --> 01:25:52.359
before they get it up and running again. Yeah, Carter's right.

1236
01:25:52.800 --> 01:25:56.239
Maddie agrees. We gotta figure out a plan. We gotta

1237
01:25:56.319 --> 01:25:59.199
keep the vamps from getting that machine working again. I

1238
01:25:59.319 --> 01:26:02.920
put my hand on Maddie's shoulder. You got your heart

1239
01:26:02.920 --> 01:26:05.119
in the right place. But it's just the six of

1240
01:26:05.199 --> 01:26:08.680
us against Gunter and his army. Whatever we come up with,

1241
01:26:09.319 --> 01:26:13.800
we gotta make it count. Face it. This is suicide,

1242
01:26:14.159 --> 01:26:18.840
I mutters. We're looking at the real possibility of never

1243
01:26:18.880 --> 01:26:22.279
going back home again this time, even if we do

1244
01:26:22.439 --> 01:26:26.720
succeed in wrecking Gunter's machine for good. Ariel points to me.

1245
01:26:27.600 --> 01:26:30.640
You guys saw how Bella was knocking Gunter on his butt.

1246
01:26:31.439 --> 01:26:35.840
I look right at her now, don't overestimate me. Okay, Yes,

1247
01:26:36.079 --> 01:26:39.399
I'm a powerful master vampire, but even I can't take

1248
01:26:39.439 --> 01:26:43.439
on Gunter and all his armies, at least not for

1249
01:26:43.520 --> 01:26:47.960
the long haul. Then Carter looks at Ariel. Since when

1250
01:26:48.000 --> 01:26:51.439
did you get powers, Princess? How long have you known?

1251
01:26:52.159 --> 01:26:55.560
Ariel looks at Carter like you just cut her? What

1252
01:26:55.600 --> 01:26:59.520
are you saying? Huh? You saying I'm keeping secrets too

1253
01:27:00.359 --> 01:27:04.680
for your information. I just discovered my powers. Those are

1254
01:27:04.760 --> 01:27:08.840
Queen Arcadia's powers. Maddie says, I ain't forgot what she

1255
01:27:08.880 --> 01:27:13.199
did back in December. Ariel turns to Maddie. I'm not

1256
01:27:13.439 --> 01:27:17.880
Queen Arcadia. I'm me Mouse. She holds out her little fingers.

1257
01:27:18.439 --> 01:27:22.239
Mattie hugs her own little finger with Ariels. Then Ariel says,

1258
01:27:22.840 --> 01:27:28.119
pinky promise. Okay, ariel you ain't Queen Arcadia, but you

1259
01:27:28.159 --> 01:27:33.239
do got her powers. Maddie stresses. Carter groans, am I

1260
01:27:33.319 --> 01:27:36.560
the only one who feels useless around here? All you

1261
01:27:36.600 --> 01:27:41.199
guys got powers, I ain't got nothing. You got spirit

1262
01:27:41.279 --> 01:27:45.479
and guts, kid, Felicia tells him, don't forget You're still alive.

1263
01:27:46.800 --> 01:27:51.159
But how much longer will we be alive? Felicia. Ainy yells,

1264
01:27:51.640 --> 01:27:53.960
you see how many of those blood sucking freaks we

1265
01:27:54.039 --> 01:27:57.239
have to deal with out there. Felicia folds her human

1266
01:27:57.359 --> 01:28:00.760
arms in front of her, and what about you? You

1267
01:28:00.960 --> 01:28:04.039
got bitten by a vampire here? You seem to be

1268
01:28:04.079 --> 01:28:08.199
showing some new powers yourself. I move up next to Ainie.

1269
01:28:08.680 --> 01:28:12.640
Leave her alone, Felicia, but Iine doesn't back down. No,

1270
01:28:13.319 --> 01:28:16.560
you got something to say, Felicia. Huh you saying I'm

1271
01:28:16.600 --> 01:28:20.720
one of those vampires now. Felicia doesn't back down either

1272
01:28:20.920 --> 01:28:25.520
and squints all four of her eyes. What if you are? Then?

1273
01:28:25.640 --> 01:28:31.000
Maddie touches across to Aine. Nope, she ain't burning a rackney.

1274
01:28:31.880 --> 01:28:38.560
Felicia gives Maddie a weird look. A rackney that's Greek mythology, yuppers.

1275
01:28:38.960 --> 01:28:42.960
Maddie agrees. Aine gives her cousin a mean look. But

1276
01:28:43.079 --> 01:28:48.640
that's it had to be sure, Maddie says. Felicia speaks up.

1277
01:28:49.560 --> 01:28:51.800
I get it. It's just us six against a whole

1278
01:28:51.880 --> 01:28:56.119
vampire army. She's looking at all of us now. I

1279
01:28:56.199 --> 01:28:59.359
even get that some of us are scared. I know

1280
01:28:59.520 --> 01:29:04.039
I am, She sighs. Do any of you even understand

1281
01:29:04.039 --> 01:29:08.800
our situation here? Do you? I point at her. You

1282
01:29:09.039 --> 01:29:11.000
haven't been in the game as long as I Ney,

1283
01:29:11.119 --> 01:29:15.720
Maddie and me have. Felicia comes to me. Maybe I have,

1284
01:29:15.880 --> 01:29:18.680
and maybe I haven't Bella, but I don't have my

1285
01:29:18.800 --> 01:29:22.319
spider powers to look pretty. I'm really trying to make

1286
01:29:22.359 --> 01:29:25.239
a difference here. She points in the direction of the

1287
01:29:25.319 --> 01:29:29.039
nuclear power plant. When that machine's back up and running again,

1288
01:29:29.279 --> 01:29:32.720
those vampires are gonna be harvesting food again, and they

1289
01:29:32.720 --> 01:29:37.520
ain't gonna care from where we can't fail. She tightens

1290
01:29:37.520 --> 01:29:42.319
her fists. Don't you people understand there is nobody else,

1291
01:29:43.199 --> 01:29:47.079
It's just us. If you all want to just sit here,

1292
01:29:47.600 --> 01:29:51.119
then I'll go alone. Maybe those vampires will get me,

1293
01:29:51.560 --> 01:29:53.520
but you better believe I ain't gonna make it easy

1294
01:29:53.560 --> 01:29:57.159
for them. It's either I take out that portal machine

1295
01:29:57.159 --> 01:30:00.640
once and for all, or I go down knowing I

1296
01:30:00.680 --> 01:30:04.239
gave it my best shot. She steps back a little. Now,

1297
01:30:05.039 --> 01:30:07.560
and that's exactly what the six of us are here.

1298
01:30:08.199 --> 01:30:11.640
We're the last shot before the buzzer. I look at

1299
01:30:11.680 --> 01:30:17.000
everybody now, the new Girl's right. We are the last hurrah. Here,

1300
01:30:17.680 --> 01:30:21.319
I point at Felicia. I never said I wasn't seeing

1301
01:30:21.359 --> 01:30:25.319
this through. I'm a tabon. Of course I'm seeing this through.

1302
01:30:26.439 --> 01:30:30.960
Suddenly Maddie gasps, why didn't I remember this before? I

1303
01:30:31.079 --> 01:30:34.000
do have another mirror. Aileen and I both got them.

1304
01:30:34.520 --> 01:30:38.119
She removes her glasses. I need some light. I got

1305
01:30:38.119 --> 01:30:42.439
you mouse, Ariel offers. She approaches Maddie, holds her hand

1306
01:30:42.520 --> 01:30:48.600
under the glass and concentrates. At first, nothing happens. Don't

1307
01:30:48.600 --> 01:30:52.760
doubt yourself, I tell her it's your power, you alone

1308
01:30:52.840 --> 01:30:57.600
command it. Remember you are Ariel Mirran, the Queen Bee

1309
01:30:57.600 --> 01:31:01.279
of Strickfield Junior High. When you put it that way,

1310
01:31:01.760 --> 01:31:07.439
Ariel's hands glowing now. Then Maddie fires away. Merry Worth, Merryworth,

1311
01:31:07.560 --> 01:31:11.880
merry Worth. The energies come out of Maddie's glasses and

1312
01:31:12.000 --> 01:31:15.920
go right into her. In seconds, Maddie becomes possessed by

1313
01:31:15.960 --> 01:31:20.039
the spirit of the White Witch herself. I was hoping

1314
01:31:20.039 --> 01:31:23.600
that you would eventually remember that idea from last Halloween

1315
01:31:24.159 --> 01:31:29.800
Madeleine Maryworth says. Mary utters an incantation and casts an

1316
01:31:29.800 --> 01:31:34.600
aura around us. Soon it's gone. I noticed that some

1317
01:31:34.640 --> 01:31:38.479
of you had injuries, she explains. I have healed those

1318
01:31:38.520 --> 01:31:43.399
of you that needed it. I sigh. Okay, we're all

1319
01:31:43.439 --> 01:31:46.840
at one hundred percent. I say we launch a final,

1320
01:31:46.920 --> 01:31:50.399
all out assault on the Strickfield Nuclear Power Plant. I

1321
01:31:50.439 --> 01:31:53.359
ain't just talking about destroying that portal machine once and

1322
01:31:53.399 --> 01:31:56.840
for all. I'm talking about blowing the whole plant too,

1323
01:31:56.920 --> 01:32:01.039
so they can't power another one. Aside from Mary, the

1324
01:32:01.119 --> 01:32:10.479
others look at me with utter shock perspective. Carter Cross,

1325
01:32:11.279 --> 01:32:14.000
it sure got cold in here fast after Bella said

1326
01:32:14.039 --> 01:32:18.359
what she said. Look, I've seen enough science fiction movies

1327
01:32:18.359 --> 01:32:21.720
with Madeline and Princess here to know what you're suggesting

1328
01:32:21.840 --> 01:32:27.279
is both suicide and cruel. Bella, I say there might

1329
01:32:27.359 --> 01:32:32.640
still be innocent people out there. We can't just mushroom Cloud, vampire,

1330
01:32:32.680 --> 01:32:37.039
Strickfield and not think about them. Bella smiles a little.

1331
01:32:38.000 --> 01:32:41.279
You never let me finish explaining my plan. I'm not

1332
01:32:41.359 --> 01:32:44.840
a cruel person, Carter, What do you have in mind

1333
01:32:44.840 --> 01:32:50.039
Bell's Aileen asks Bella looks at Mary Worth. Now, I

1334
01:32:50.079 --> 01:32:53.720
can't believe this is Madeline, or at least the ghost

1335
01:32:53.800 --> 01:32:57.119
is possessing her. Can you whip up some kind of

1336
01:32:57.239 --> 01:33:00.439
spell that can move any mortals out of the potential

1337
01:33:00.479 --> 01:33:07.560
blast range? Difficult, but not impossible. Mary tells her The

1338
01:33:07.640 --> 01:33:10.640
spell that I require will take a great deal of

1339
01:33:10.720 --> 01:33:14.159
time and power to perform. I do believe that it

1340
01:33:14.199 --> 01:33:17.159
can be done, though. The six of us talk our

1341
01:33:17.199 --> 01:33:21.239
plan through until we finally agree. Then I know how

1342
01:33:21.319 --> 01:33:25.640
I can be useful and ask the ghost listen, can

1343
01:33:25.680 --> 01:33:29.680
you make my mongoose appear here? Now? The ghost just

1344
01:33:29.760 --> 01:33:34.199
looks at me weirdly. Then she finally seems to understand.

1345
01:33:35.359 --> 01:33:39.680
Of course, Madeline. Can they talk to each other somehow?

1346
01:33:40.760 --> 01:33:44.600
Mary utters some strange words. When she's finished, my bike

1347
01:33:44.640 --> 01:33:48.479
appears right next to me. I quickly hop on my mongoose.

1348
01:33:49.399 --> 01:33:51.680
If I'm gonna help out, I want to do something.

1349
01:33:51.720 --> 01:33:54.680
I know I'm good at Madeline, and I won bike

1350
01:33:54.760 --> 01:33:59.880
competitions back home. That's got to mean something here. Felicia

1351
01:34:00.079 --> 01:34:05.479
smiles like I said, spirit and guts kid. Then the

1352
01:34:05.479 --> 01:34:09.680
ghost holds up Madeleine's fried Compact and instantly fixes it.

1353
01:34:10.199 --> 01:34:14.520
After that, she goes back into the mirror Madeleine's back. Now,

1354
01:34:15.319 --> 01:34:18.640
Bella points at her. You need to turn back into

1355
01:34:18.640 --> 01:34:23.560
Mary and I will soon, Madeleine says. Then she turns

1356
01:34:23.560 --> 01:34:28.079
to Aileen. Wanna ride Shotgun with me again? Ariel folds

1357
01:34:28.079 --> 01:34:30.840
her arms in front of her. She just love driving,

1358
01:34:30.920 --> 01:34:36.359
don't you mouse. She smirks a little and waves Ariel off. Nah.

1359
01:34:36.640 --> 01:34:39.760
Aileen says to the others, Guess Maddie and I are

1360
01:34:39.800 --> 01:34:44.199
the distraction this time. Bella puts her hands on Madeline's shoulders.

1361
01:34:44.640 --> 01:34:47.680
I'll get another car hot wired. You just drive like

1362
01:34:47.680 --> 01:34:53.000
you're in competition, you understand. Madeleine nods quickly. Then I

1363
01:34:53.079 --> 01:34:57.000
gently smack her shoulder. How about a lift inside. Once

1364
01:34:57.000 --> 01:35:00.960
we're in, I can show these vamps some real riding. Now,

1365
01:35:01.000 --> 01:35:03.720
Ariel and me are looking at each other. I really

1366
01:35:03.760 --> 01:35:06.000
want to be mad at her, but I just can't.

1367
01:35:06.640 --> 01:35:09.640
I don't know what I'm feeling for what we're feeling

1368
01:35:09.680 --> 01:35:13.199
for each other. But I feel deep down what we're feeling.

1369
01:35:14.399 --> 01:35:18.800
I don't know. It just feels real. That's the best

1370
01:35:18.800 --> 01:35:21.960
way I can say it. We're going back home, Carter,

1371
01:35:22.399 --> 01:35:25.840
Ariel tells me. We're going to win. We have to

1372
01:35:26.680 --> 01:35:32.399
I nod quickly. You're right, princess, you want to go

1373
01:35:32.479 --> 01:35:36.479
out with me again when we get back home. Ariel smiles,

1374
01:35:36.520 --> 01:35:41.359
A little that's worth returning home for. Then she looks

1375
01:35:41.359 --> 01:35:44.960
at Madeline. You're coming home too. I don't want to

1376
01:35:44.960 --> 01:35:47.039
have to explain to my parents what happened to you.

1377
01:35:48.079 --> 01:35:53.399
I get you Madeleine tells her. Aileen raises her forearms. Glad,

1378
01:35:53.479 --> 01:35:57.119
Mary fixed my solar lamp gauntlets. These should help keep

1379
01:35:57.119 --> 01:36:01.159
the vampires off of us, Maddie and gently slaps her

1380
01:36:01.199 --> 01:36:06.520
cousin's arm. Sweet hold it, Felicia calls out, come here,

1381
01:36:06.760 --> 01:36:11.640
all of you. We all come together. Then it just happens.

1382
01:36:12.359 --> 01:36:16.159
We all go into a group. Hug, good luck everybody.

1383
01:36:16.560 --> 01:36:22.359
Felicia says, this one's for home. Remember we got to

1384
01:36:22.359 --> 01:36:26.239
get this right the first time. Bella says, we ain't

1385
01:36:26.239 --> 01:36:29.680
gonna get no do overs. I'll promise you that right now.

1386
01:36:30.760 --> 01:36:34.039
It ain't long before Bella has another car ready for Madeline.

1387
01:36:34.560 --> 01:36:38.279
The twin cousins give each other weird looks. Bella gives

1388
01:36:38.319 --> 01:36:42.079
them one of her own. Look, this Volkswagen bug was

1389
01:36:42.119 --> 01:36:45.359
all that was available. Take it or leave it? Maddie

1390
01:36:45.359 --> 01:36:49.960
looks at the decal. Not a Volkswagen Beetle. It's really

1391
01:36:50.039 --> 01:36:56.000
called a bug. Interesting changes in these parallel universes. Then

1392
01:36:56.079 --> 01:37:00.640
she looks at Bella. I guess we're taking it. Quickly

1393
01:37:00.640 --> 01:37:03.279
mounts my bike on the back of the car, Ariel

1394
01:37:03.359 --> 01:37:06.720
and me getting back. Madeline hops in the driver's seat.

1395
01:37:07.119 --> 01:37:12.199
Aileen ride shotgun. Hang on. Madelene squeaks as soon as

1396
01:37:12.199 --> 01:37:15.880
Bella opens the garage door. Madeline's squealing and peeling before

1397
01:37:15.880 --> 01:37:23.119
we sputter right out and on to the street. Perspective,

1398
01:37:23.800 --> 01:37:28.199
Madeline donnerly, who'd have thought I'd be driving cars at

1399
01:37:28.279 --> 01:37:31.319
just thirteen years old? Too bad, I ain't allowed to

1400
01:37:31.319 --> 01:37:34.000
get my license yet. At least they ain't got to

1401
01:37:34.039 --> 01:37:37.680
have one to drive in this vampire world. I still

1402
01:37:37.720 --> 01:37:42.199
can't believe you can really drive, Maddie. Aileen says, yeah, well,

1403
01:37:42.760 --> 01:37:45.159
I can't believe you can fight and make all them

1404
01:37:45.199 --> 01:37:48.680
cool toys. I tell her we're almost to the nuclear

1405
01:37:48.720 --> 01:37:53.279
power plant. Aleen's warning us, don't you dare crash this

1406
01:37:53.319 --> 01:37:57.479
little car mouse. Ariel says, I ain't crashed one yet.

1407
01:37:57.760 --> 01:38:01.640
I say, there's plenty of go Go juice in here too.

1408
01:38:01.760 --> 01:38:04.079
I'm driving right up the hill and right to the

1409
01:38:04.119 --> 01:38:07.479
main doors. I floor the gas and plow right through him.

1410
01:38:08.239 --> 01:38:11.319
You just know that's gotta be an attention getter. As

1411
01:38:11.319 --> 01:38:14.000
soon as them vamps are coming at the car, Aleen's

1412
01:38:14.039 --> 01:38:17.199
turning on her sun lamps. Them vamps are howling and

1413
01:38:17.319 --> 01:38:20.640
keeping away from the car when they get flashed. Remember

1414
01:38:20.920 --> 01:38:25.119
you're playing a video game, Madeline, Carter says, Yeah, it's

1415
01:38:25.199 --> 01:38:28.600
called twin Mouse. He's in a bug versus the vampires, right,

1416
01:38:29.039 --> 01:38:33.399
I crack. I hate you mouse, Ariel groans. I can't

1417
01:38:33.399 --> 01:38:35.680
believe how calm you are through all this. I just

1418
01:38:35.760 --> 01:38:40.279
can't believe how you you never get scared. Well, I

1419
01:38:40.399 --> 01:38:44.600
sure ain't telling Ariel. This little mousey is big time scared.

1420
01:38:45.279 --> 01:38:48.560
I'm getting ready to stop shortly, Carter. I tell him,

1421
01:38:48.920 --> 01:38:52.239
I'm ready, he says. When I stop the car, Carter

1422
01:38:52.399 --> 01:38:55.079
quickly gets out and grabs his mongoose off of the back.

1423
01:38:55.520 --> 01:38:59.000
He jumps on it and starts riding. I'll cover you, Carter,

1424
01:38:59.439 --> 01:39:03.079
Ariels getting out of the car too. Get moving, mice.

1425
01:39:03.800 --> 01:39:06.479
Aleen growls and looks ready to get out of the car.

1426
01:39:07.159 --> 01:39:09.800
What are you doing? I ask her. I'm sick of

1427
01:39:09.840 --> 01:39:14.319
Ariel in her mouse references. She yells, I quickly hit

1428
01:39:14.359 --> 01:39:16.880
the gas as she's opening the door. We ain't got

1429
01:39:16.880 --> 01:39:20.079
no time for that, Aileen. She growls and tightens her

1430
01:39:20.119 --> 01:39:23.000
fists and looks at me. Now. I can't believe you're

1431
01:39:23.039 --> 01:39:26.359
so comfortable with people calling you mouse. And don't even

1432
01:39:26.399 --> 01:39:28.920
get me started about what Ariels said about that sign

1433
01:39:28.920 --> 01:39:33.479
on your bedroom door. Really, Maddie, welcome to the mousehole.

1434
01:39:34.119 --> 01:39:37.760
I shrug it. Just don't bother me. I know I'm

1435
01:39:37.760 --> 01:39:41.760
a thin, little squeaky geek. I can't do nothing about that, right,

1436
01:39:42.319 --> 01:39:45.479
So I make do with what I got. Like driving cars,

1437
01:39:45.840 --> 01:39:47.720
I hit the brakes and take the car into a

1438
01:39:47.760 --> 01:39:50.920
screech and turn. Then I floor the gas again. I

1439
01:39:51.039 --> 01:39:55.239
smirk and glance at Aileen case in point. Come on, cousin,

1440
01:39:55.600 --> 01:39:58.720
you're doing all right too. Aleen scowls at me for

1441
01:39:58.760 --> 01:40:02.840
a little bit, then she finally softens up. Just don't

1442
01:40:02.880 --> 01:40:07.600
wreck the car, Maddie, nah, I reply, better be using

1443
01:40:07.640 --> 01:40:11.520
them sunlamps on your wrists. Aileen shrieks and starts shining

1444
01:40:11.560 --> 01:40:14.680
them at vampires coming at us. I don't know about Aileen,

1445
01:40:14.800 --> 01:40:19.159
but this little mouse's having way too much fun. I

1446
01:40:19.239 --> 01:40:21.880
love being a geek, and I definitely can't wait till

1447
01:40:21.920 --> 01:40:30.079
I can get my own mousemobile someday. Perspective, Ariel mirrn

1448
01:40:31.039 --> 01:40:34.359
Carter's keeping the vampires off him with his fancy bike riding.

1449
01:40:34.960 --> 01:40:37.000
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of

1450
01:40:37.079 --> 01:40:39.399
him and mouse. It makes me think of when I

1451
01:40:39.439 --> 01:40:42.079
was chasing them on a moped back in early December.

1452
01:40:42.840 --> 01:40:45.920
They had their mongooses, and they still managed to use

1453
01:40:45.960 --> 01:40:49.199
their fancy stunt riding to lose me. I'd give them

1454
01:40:49.199 --> 01:40:51.159
both an awful lot of credit for being able to

1455
01:40:51.159 --> 01:40:54.359
do that. At the same time, I can feel Carter's

1456
01:40:54.439 --> 01:40:57.920
jealous of me because of my new powers. I can't

1457
01:40:57.920 --> 01:41:01.039
believe I really have Queen Arcadie as a bill. I

1458
01:41:01.119 --> 01:41:03.760
thought when I broke her will and her hold over

1459
01:41:03.840 --> 01:41:05.920
me and got her out of my body, that that

1460
01:41:06.119 --> 01:41:08.880
was it. I was supposed to be just plain Aeriel

1461
01:41:08.960 --> 01:41:12.840
mirran again. Queen Arcadia herself is no longer a part

1462
01:41:12.840 --> 01:41:15.520
of me, but she sure left me some things to

1463
01:41:15.600 --> 01:41:18.800
remember her by. I'm getting the hang of these powers.

1464
01:41:19.119 --> 01:41:21.640
I'm really having to throw my emotions into them to

1465
01:41:21.680 --> 01:41:24.840
make them work. Then I see cousin Felicia getting close

1466
01:41:24.880 --> 01:41:29.159
to the main reactor controls. Look out, Princess Carter calls

1467
01:41:29.159 --> 01:41:32.960
out behind you. I turn around to see Mayor Gunter's

1468
01:41:32.960 --> 01:41:35.680
almost on me. I shriek and fall on my tummy

1469
01:41:36.000 --> 01:41:38.159
when he flies right over me. I get back up

1470
01:41:38.319 --> 01:41:40.439
and know I've got to get away from him. I

1471
01:41:40.479 --> 01:41:43.439
need to get to Felicia and help her destroy those controls.

1472
01:41:43.920 --> 01:41:46.800
I turn around and run to her. When Mayor Gunter

1473
01:41:46.920 --> 01:41:49.000
yells at me, I turn enough to throw a green

1474
01:41:49.079 --> 01:41:52.159
fireball at him. When it hits him, Bella gets the

1475
01:41:52.239 --> 01:41:55.119
drop on him, and then I'm snatched up by that

1476
01:41:55.239 --> 01:41:58.520
giant bat again and pulled up into the air. The

1477
01:41:58.560 --> 01:42:00.880
bat is taking me out of the main reactor room

1478
01:42:01.079 --> 01:42:03.920
and flying me through a hallway. Soon we come out

1479
01:42:03.920 --> 01:42:07.439
into another wide open room. The bat takes me upward

1480
01:42:07.479 --> 01:42:11.279
to a balcony. Let's go, I yell, before I bring

1481
01:42:11.319 --> 01:42:14.399
my hands up and flash Christmas colored lights in its eyes.

1482
01:42:15.199 --> 01:42:18.600
The bat drops me. I gasp when I'm falling. That's

1483
01:42:18.640 --> 01:42:21.800
when I focus to brace myself for the impact. Then

1484
01:42:21.840 --> 01:42:25.600
I feel myself stop and see I've now got these

1485
01:42:25.720 --> 01:42:30.960
clear red discs under my feet. I can fly. I

1486
01:42:31.119 --> 01:42:34.720
choke it barely above a whisper. I command the disks

1487
01:42:34.760 --> 01:42:37.039
to bring me to the balcony, where they finally set

1488
01:42:37.079 --> 01:42:40.640
me down. They then disappear and I walk through a

1489
01:42:40.680 --> 01:42:44.399
nearby door. I remember this place being dark, but I

1490
01:42:44.439 --> 01:42:52.159
can see everything in red or maybe infrared. Who's there?

1491
01:42:52.680 --> 01:42:55.760
A woman's voice calls out. I look to see the

1492
01:42:55.800 --> 01:43:00.000
woman and my tummy just drops. I flip on the light.

1493
01:43:00.239 --> 01:43:05.119
Then I make my infrared go away. Mom, I groan,

1494
01:43:05.960 --> 01:43:10.560
what are you doing here? Then I'm angry? What do

1495
01:43:10.640 --> 01:43:16.159
I even care? Adrian Miran gives me this weird look. Now, please, Ariel.

1496
01:43:16.520 --> 01:43:18.920
I've said I'm sorry more times than I can say.

1497
01:43:19.079 --> 01:43:22.279
What more do you want from me? I raise my

1498
01:43:22.399 --> 01:43:26.399
titaned fists. Do you think you can just say you're sorry?

1499
01:43:26.840 --> 01:43:30.119
You traded me to Queen Arcadia in exchange for power

1500
01:43:30.199 --> 01:43:34.880
and riches before I was even born. I feel the

1501
01:43:34.920 --> 01:43:40.239
fire flaring up in my hands. There's no forgiving that. Now.

1502
01:43:40.359 --> 01:43:44.720
Mom just looks at me strangely. I didn't know vampires

1503
01:43:44.760 --> 01:43:48.279
could do that. I groan and shake my head with anger.

1504
01:43:49.119 --> 01:43:55.079
I'm not a vampire, I scream, no, but I am.

1505
01:43:55.800 --> 01:43:59.239
Another voice calls out from nearby. Now Mom and I

1506
01:43:59.279 --> 01:44:02.960
are both looking getting pretty confused. The vampire has two

1507
01:44:03.000 --> 01:44:07.279
other familiar people with her, but she's looking right at me.

1508
01:44:08.720 --> 01:44:12.720
Oh the look on your face, Ariel Mirn. She cries

1509
01:44:12.760 --> 01:44:19.159
with glee after revealing herself. Then I completely understand everything.

1510
01:44:19.880 --> 01:44:23.439
I know who Mayor Gunter's mystery partner is now the

1511
01:44:23.479 --> 01:44:26.640
one who helped make this world into the vampire wasteland.

1512
01:44:26.680 --> 01:44:42.359
It's become Mayor Gunter's mystery partner is perspective, Ariel Miron.

1513
01:44:43.279 --> 01:44:47.720
I'm looking at Adrian Miron, my mom. Okay, I know

1514
01:44:47.840 --> 01:44:50.600
she's not my real mom now because of the vampire

1515
01:44:50.640 --> 01:44:55.119
I'm standing face to face with I understand everything. The

1516
01:44:55.199 --> 01:44:57.880
mystery partner who worked with Mayor Gunter to make this

1517
01:44:58.000 --> 01:45:02.239
vampire earth happen is Come on, you had to know

1518
01:45:02.399 --> 01:45:07.520
there was another you here. Ariel Miran, My vampire double

1519
01:45:07.640 --> 01:45:12.279
says she has vampire doubles of my friends. Mona, Abels

1520
01:45:12.319 --> 01:45:16.039
and Bailey downs with her. I point to vampire Ariel

1521
01:45:16.079 --> 01:45:20.359
and shake my head slowly. Then I point to other mom.

1522
01:45:21.239 --> 01:45:25.079
You did all this because Vampire Ariel points at me.

1523
01:45:25.560 --> 01:45:28.479
Don't you dare say you weren't angry and hurt when

1524
01:45:28.479 --> 01:45:32.199
you learned your own mother betrayed you. She looks uncertain. Now,

1525
01:45:33.920 --> 01:45:38.800
she did betray you, right, I nod, yeah, But it

1526
01:45:38.840 --> 01:45:43.359
wasn't worth all this. Vampire Ariel laughs and looks at other. Mom.

1527
01:45:44.159 --> 01:45:47.359
You always told me to be an alpha. You always

1528
01:45:47.359 --> 01:45:50.640
said to use the mirror in ways to my advantage.

1529
01:45:50.720 --> 01:45:54.840
You said I needed to be ruthless. Well, how's this

1530
01:45:55.039 --> 01:45:59.239
for ruthless? Not only did I conquer Earth, I even

1531
01:45:59.319 --> 01:46:04.760
conquered the arrands you included. Adrian looks at her. You

1532
01:46:04.840 --> 01:46:09.760
were the worst mistake I ever made. Vampire Ariel, Mona

1533
01:46:09.840 --> 01:46:15.800
and Bailey howl with laughter. Then Vampire Ariel replies, but

1534
01:46:15.960 --> 01:46:19.039
if you didn't have me, you wouldn't have become rich

1535
01:46:19.079 --> 01:46:22.319
and powerful. Right then you couldn't have burned me with

1536
01:46:22.359 --> 01:46:28.039
your betrayal. She smiles, showing her sharp fangs. Then I

1537
01:46:28.079 --> 01:46:30.800
couldn't have kept you here for you to see just

1538
01:46:30.920 --> 01:46:35.680
how much I've bettered you. Mommy dearest. I look at

1539
01:46:35.720 --> 01:46:40.560
Adrian now, are you really that cruel and have no feelings?

1540
01:46:41.359 --> 01:46:44.239
I can't believe how this all happened. It was exactly

1541
01:46:44.319 --> 01:46:47.760
like last December. Vampire me and I were both possessed

1542
01:46:47.760 --> 01:46:51.199
by Queen Arcadia, But the major difference between me and

1543
01:46:51.319 --> 01:46:55.680
her is Mom my own mom never really made time

1544
01:46:55.720 --> 01:46:57.760
for me, which was why she never cared about my

1545
01:46:57.840 --> 01:47:01.840
having sleepovers every Friday night with my girls. I address

1546
01:47:01.880 --> 01:47:07.520
Adrian again. You rode your daughter constantly, You abused her emotionally.

1547
01:47:08.159 --> 01:47:10.680
Nothing she ever did was good enough for you? Was it?

1548
01:47:11.079 --> 01:47:14.479
Your daughter probably tried and tried to please you. She

1549
01:47:14.680 --> 01:47:16.880
just wanted you to love her and be her mom.

1550
01:47:17.560 --> 01:47:20.720
Then she learned of your betrayal and knew you never

1551
01:47:20.840 --> 01:47:24.159
loved her, making her snap and driving her to create

1552
01:47:24.239 --> 01:47:28.760
this horror. She found Mayor Gunter and partnered with him,

1553
01:47:29.239 --> 01:47:33.359
and result everything that's happened here. How am I doing,

1554
01:47:33.680 --> 01:47:40.000
Vampire me? She smiles. You're good other me, she chuckles,

1555
01:47:40.520 --> 01:47:44.760
Except you're not like me. You're not a vampire. But

1556
01:47:44.840 --> 01:47:47.960
I can change that. One bite is all it takes.

1557
01:47:48.479 --> 01:47:52.600
You can rule here with me. I shake my head.

1558
01:47:53.760 --> 01:47:57.199
Mom's betrayal still hurts, but but I'm not going to

1559
01:47:57.920 --> 01:48:03.600
this vampire me, so that's just too bad. You will

1560
01:48:03.640 --> 01:48:09.840
be one of us one way or another. Girls. Time

1561
01:48:09.880 --> 01:48:13.039
for me to be the alpha. Weren't you paying attention?

1562
01:48:13.439 --> 01:48:18.600
Vampire me? I change too. Before Vampire Mona and Bailey

1563
01:48:18.640 --> 01:48:22.079
can grab me, I knock them down with Christmas colored fireballs.

1564
01:48:22.560 --> 01:48:26.039
Before vampire me can attack, I fire my eye beams

1565
01:48:26.079 --> 01:48:29.039
and strike her down. Then I turn my eyebeams over

1566
01:48:29.079 --> 01:48:32.199
to Adrian and Freer. I know I'm not your daughter,

1567
01:48:32.520 --> 01:48:35.079
I tell her, but I won't go back home, knowing

1568
01:48:35.119 --> 01:48:37.439
I left you here to die. Now get out of here.

1569
01:48:38.279 --> 01:48:41.199
I give Adrian cover while she runs out. I don't

1570
01:48:41.199 --> 01:48:43.560
know how far she'll get, but at least I'll sleep

1571
01:48:43.600 --> 01:48:46.399
good when I get back home. I'm still not used

1572
01:48:46.399 --> 01:48:50.640
to calling Mouse's house home yet. Suddenly those girls turn

1573
01:48:50.680 --> 01:48:53.600
into giant bats and come flying at me. I turn

1574
01:48:53.640 --> 01:48:56.439
and run back outside. I don't know which way to run.

1575
01:48:56.880 --> 01:48:59.920
Then I remember I can fly and leap off the railing.

1576
01:49:00.479 --> 01:49:03.479
Those red discs appear under my feet again. It's not

1577
01:49:03.640 --> 01:49:06.399
hard getting the hang of them, kind of like roller blades.

1578
01:49:06.680 --> 01:49:09.000
I just hope I can stay ahead of those bats.

1579
01:49:12.479 --> 01:49:16.520
Perspective Felicia Miron. I want to go and look for

1580
01:49:16.600 --> 01:49:20.000
cousin Ariel, but knocking out this reactor must come first.

1581
01:49:20.399 --> 01:49:24.079
These vampires must never open any more portals to other universes.

1582
01:49:24.600 --> 01:49:28.159
Mayor Gunter's got lots and lots of vampires at his disposal.

1583
01:49:28.680 --> 01:49:30.880
I keep fighting them back as hard as I can.

1584
01:49:31.640 --> 01:49:34.880
It's bad comic book nerds. It seems like I knock

1585
01:49:34.920 --> 01:49:38.079
a few vampires away, and then my spider instincts tell

1586
01:49:38.119 --> 01:49:41.159
me there are more coming. Everybody else is managing to

1587
01:49:41.239 --> 01:49:44.319
keep the majority of the other vampires away. I can't

1588
01:49:44.319 --> 01:49:48.199
believe Aileen's younger cousin keeps driving that little sputtering car

1589
01:49:48.239 --> 01:49:51.039
around like it's her favorite toy. As long as those

1590
01:49:51.079 --> 01:49:53.479
twins can stay ahead of the game, I can make

1591
01:49:53.520 --> 01:49:57.880
for the reactor. Most importantly, Bella's keeping Mayor Gunter busy

1592
01:49:57.920 --> 01:50:01.279
with her. Bella keeps knocking him down, but he keeps

1593
01:50:01.319 --> 01:50:03.840
getting right back up again. I've got to reach that

1594
01:50:03.920 --> 01:50:06.760
reactor and knock it out. I've only been a Spider

1595
01:50:06.800 --> 01:50:09.039
Girl for over a year, but I've been trying to

1596
01:50:09.079 --> 01:50:12.359
be a good mirror. I've been trying to make a difference.

1597
01:50:13.079 --> 01:50:16.239
I know I've got to keep making a difference. Just

1598
01:50:16.279 --> 01:50:18.399
as a few vampires are ready to get the drop

1599
01:50:18.439 --> 01:50:21.119
on me, Carter Cross gets the drop on them with

1600
01:50:21.199 --> 01:50:26.640
his mongoose bike, and that gives me the opening I need. Thanks, kid,

1601
01:50:27.079 --> 01:50:31.560
I tell him spirit and guts. He quickly takes off again.

1602
01:50:31.600 --> 01:50:34.319
As I'm making my eight legs work to quickly get

1603
01:50:34.319 --> 01:50:37.199
me to the main control panel. I happen to be

1604
01:50:37.239 --> 01:50:39.960
a science whiz, but I'm not trying to turn off

1605
01:50:40.000 --> 01:50:45.079
the reactor by traditional means. I'm gonna destroy this thing.

1606
01:50:46.119 --> 01:50:49.319
Keep your hands off that reactor, A voice calls out.

1607
01:50:49.880 --> 01:50:52.359
I look to see cousin Ariel staring hard at me.

1608
01:50:52.439 --> 01:50:56.159
Now her red eyes are really glowing and her fangs

1609
01:50:56.199 --> 01:51:02.279
are glistening and sharp, that ugly vampire face. Oh no,

1610
01:51:03.159 --> 01:51:07.199
those vampires turned you, I gasp. Just then I start

1611
01:51:07.239 --> 01:51:16.920
to feel dizzy. I'm getting hugh very tired. I'm sinking

1612
01:51:16.960 --> 01:51:26.119
into a deep sleep. I'm I feel so so weak,

1613
01:51:26.359 --> 01:51:32.520
I can't stand feeling. I suddenly cry out when I

1614
01:51:32.560 --> 01:51:35.920
hear how loud my spider instinct is. I quickly come

1615
01:51:35.960 --> 01:51:38.640
back alive and smack Aeriel away as she's about to

1616
01:51:38.680 --> 01:51:41.439
bite me. I rise up on my eight legs again.

1617
01:51:42.119 --> 01:51:45.399
I can't believe I forgot about that glam thing vampires do.

1618
01:51:46.039 --> 01:51:49.319
That's an experience for you. Then I'm wondering if Bella

1619
01:51:49.399 --> 01:51:53.439
can glam people too. More and more vampires are coming

1620
01:51:53.479 --> 01:51:56.520
in through the windows. If I'm gonna destroy this reactor,

1621
01:51:56.680 --> 01:51:59.920
I gotta do it now. I raise my humanoid arms

1622
01:52:00.000 --> 01:52:03.640
and throw my mutant Spider's strength into the panel. Hopefully

1623
01:52:03.720 --> 01:52:09.119
it blows up fast the panel, I mean, not the reactor.

1624
01:52:09.760 --> 01:52:12.560
We gotta be able to get home before that happens, right,

1625
01:52:13.359 --> 01:52:16.119
I smash the control panel and bang it up pretty good,

1626
01:52:16.319 --> 01:52:20.800
but no sparks or sputters. I do it again, still nothing.

1627
01:52:21.319 --> 01:52:24.439
Then I scream and hit it one more time. Just

1628
01:52:24.520 --> 01:52:27.159
then I feel my spider instinct. I turn and look

1629
01:52:27.239 --> 01:52:32.079
to see another Aeriel. This one's got glowing hair and

1630
01:52:32.199 --> 01:52:35.399
is flying around on some kind of light discs under

1631
01:52:35.399 --> 01:52:40.399
her tennis shoes. You okay, she asks me, Are you

1632
01:52:40.760 --> 01:52:46.359
our aerieal? I ask back, duh, she calls back, I

1633
01:52:46.399 --> 01:52:49.319
point to the panel. Blast this thing, Ariel, for real?

1634
01:52:49.960 --> 01:52:54.159
Stand back, she warns. As she's about to blast the panel,

1635
01:52:54.359 --> 01:52:57.439
she's taken off her discs by two wolves. When they're

1636
01:52:57.479 --> 01:52:59.600
all on the ground, the wolves turn into girls and

1637
01:52:59.600 --> 01:53:04.159
move to jump A winded Ariel, No, Carter calls out.

1638
01:53:04.439 --> 01:53:06.199
He slams into one of them with his bike and

1639
01:53:06.239 --> 01:53:08.800
knocks her down, but she's quickly back on her feet

1640
01:53:08.960 --> 01:53:11.920
and snatches him off his bike. Let me go, Mona,

1641
01:53:12.359 --> 01:53:16.199
Carter yells, oh, I'll let you go. Right after. I

1642
01:53:16.279 --> 01:53:19.960
have you for a quick bite. Don't even think about it.

1643
01:53:20.319 --> 01:53:23.159
Ariel yells as she unloads on the mona girl with

1644
01:53:23.279 --> 01:53:26.640
red and green fireballs. She takes down the other girl

1645
01:53:26.680 --> 01:53:31.600
shortly after and runs to Carter. You okay me, what

1646
01:53:31.720 --> 01:53:35.520
about you? He returns. They quickly share a brief hug.

1647
01:53:35.960 --> 01:53:39.199
No question, these two have major feelings for each other.

1648
01:53:39.680 --> 01:53:42.239
I quickly turn back to the control panel and smash

1649
01:53:42.279 --> 01:53:45.439
it one more time. I scream when I feel an

1650
01:53:45.560 --> 01:53:49.119
enormous charge flowing right into me and making me slump down.

1651
01:53:49.640 --> 01:53:52.520
I'm definitely stunned. Now, I gotta shake it off and

1652
01:53:52.600 --> 01:53:56.119
make sure. I hear voices calling out that the reactors

1653
01:53:56.159 --> 01:53:59.239
control rods are offline and that the whole thing's gonna

1654
01:53:59.239 --> 01:54:04.439
blow in ten minutes. Just then, that sputtering car with

1655
01:54:04.520 --> 01:54:07.800
the twins inside stops next to the portal machine. Then

1656
01:54:07.840 --> 01:54:11.159
they get out. What are they doing? Then I see

1657
01:54:11.199 --> 01:54:14.199
a Leen working on the portal machine herself. Part of

1658
01:54:14.239 --> 01:54:16.359
the plan. We got to get that thing fixed for

1659
01:54:16.439 --> 01:54:20.239
ourselves so we can return home. Madeline uses her compact

1660
01:54:20.439 --> 01:54:23.760
to become her ghostly friend again. I growan and force

1661
01:54:23.840 --> 01:54:26.800
myself to stand on my eight legs again. It's hard

1662
01:54:26.840 --> 01:54:30.279
to move. I got zapped pretty good. I ain't deep fried,

1663
01:54:30.319 --> 01:54:33.760
but I'm still feeling the voltage. Come on, Felicia, get up.

1664
01:54:33.960 --> 01:54:36.359
Your universe don't realize it, but it needs you in

1665
01:54:36.399 --> 01:54:39.399
the worst way right now. You've gotta help your teammates.

1666
01:54:39.640 --> 01:54:44.439
You're a superhero. Get up. I push with every last

1667
01:54:44.439 --> 01:54:47.079
bit of will I've got. I finally get back to

1668
01:54:47.119 --> 01:54:50.479
my feet. This is it. It's now or never. Comic

1669
01:54:50.479 --> 01:54:54.720
book and horror nerds, we make our last stand here

1670
01:54:55.199 --> 01:55:02.479
and now perspective Bela Taba. Mayor Gunter keeps calling me

1671
01:55:02.520 --> 01:55:05.000
a child and telling me I need to stop fighting

1672
01:55:05.079 --> 01:55:08.279
him so he can fix the reactor. I laugh inside it,

1673
01:55:08.359 --> 01:55:12.680
knowing I'm much older than him. I definitely saw Aine

1674
01:55:12.840 --> 01:55:15.880
trying to fix the portal machine. It looks like Mary

1675
01:55:15.960 --> 01:55:18.479
Worth has cast some kind of spell that's making the

1676
01:55:18.600 --> 01:55:22.319
vampires go blind. When the spell affects Mayor Gunter, I

1677
01:55:22.399 --> 01:55:25.119
grab him and hurl him at a nearby wall. He

1678
01:55:25.239 --> 01:55:28.680
crashes right through it and is outside. Then I can

1679
01:55:28.720 --> 01:55:32.800
see the rest of the vampires are turning tail and running. Yeah,

1680
01:55:33.079 --> 01:55:37.640
they know the reactor's gonna go boom very shortly. I

1681
01:55:37.760 --> 01:55:41.279
quickly warp over to iinie you okay, I ask her,

1682
01:55:41.960 --> 01:55:44.720
just need a little more time, bells, she tells me quickly.

1683
01:55:45.239 --> 01:55:49.439
Then I notice Mary's gone. Yeah, she went to make

1684
01:55:49.439 --> 01:55:52.399
sure no innocent people are around when the reactor goes off.

1685
01:55:52.800 --> 01:55:56.239
I'm sure she'll be back shortly. Just then everybody else

1686
01:55:56.319 --> 01:55:59.119
comes over to where we are when we're hearing how

1687
01:55:59.119 --> 01:56:02.720
many minutes are left, and they're decreasing fast. I'll admit

1688
01:56:02.800 --> 01:56:05.760
I'm getting scared over here. I'm wondering if this is

1689
01:56:05.800 --> 01:56:08.439
what will finally be the end of me, or will

1690
01:56:08.479 --> 01:56:12.880
Thornton Jillian again have the last laugh. Nah, I can't

1691
01:56:12.880 --> 01:56:16.520
think about myself like that, not right now. Iiny's working

1692
01:56:16.600 --> 01:56:20.119
her soldering gun and fusing circuits together. It amazes me

1693
01:56:20.239 --> 01:56:23.399
what this little mouse can do with electronics. I mean,

1694
01:56:23.800 --> 01:56:26.279
she's made so many wonderful toys for us to fight

1695
01:56:26.359 --> 01:56:30.880
other supernatural bad guys with, including those sunlight gauntlets. She's

1696
01:56:30.880 --> 01:56:35.479
a real tinker. Back up, everybody, I say, don't crowderr

1697
01:56:35.560 --> 01:56:38.479
let her work. I can see how scared Iiny is.

1698
01:56:38.960 --> 01:56:41.119
I don't think she's ever had to work under pressure

1699
01:56:41.199 --> 01:56:44.439
like this before. At one point, she groans and backs away.

1700
01:56:45.159 --> 01:56:49.039
I can't do it. She squeaks, Yes you can. Aileen

1701
01:56:49.520 --> 01:56:54.319
Felicia says softly, this is you, This is your superpower,

1702
01:56:54.560 --> 01:56:58.640
this is what you do. You can do this, you must.

1703
01:56:59.159 --> 01:57:02.439
Iiny nods, takes a deep breath and goes back to work.

1704
01:57:03.039 --> 01:57:06.680
So many complex circuits here, she mutters, the rest of

1705
01:57:06.760 --> 01:57:10.119
us keep an eye out for possible vampire attackers. None

1706
01:57:10.119 --> 01:57:13.399
of them come back in though, Okay, I spoke too soon.

1707
01:57:13.840 --> 01:57:16.840
That other Ariel Miran appears with her versions of Mona

1708
01:57:16.880 --> 01:57:20.439
Abels and Bailey Downs. I point right at them. You

1709
01:57:20.560 --> 01:57:24.239
three better just run while you have the chance. No need.

1710
01:57:24.680 --> 01:57:28.000
The other Ariel says, we'll stop mouse before she can

1711
01:57:28.039 --> 01:57:31.560
fix the portal machine. Iini quickly raises her arm and

1712
01:57:31.600 --> 01:57:35.439
clicks on her sn lamp, making them get back fast. Yeah,

1713
01:57:35.680 --> 01:57:39.520
I got your mouse right here. Just then our ariol

1714
01:57:39.600 --> 01:57:43.079
is flying on light discs. No way you're stopping this,

1715
01:57:43.600 --> 01:57:47.079
She tells those vampires you may be bloodsuckers, but I

1716
01:57:47.119 --> 01:57:51.640
have arcadius powers. The other Ariel laughs, it won't matter.

1717
01:57:51.680 --> 01:57:54.159
After one of us bites you, you'll stay here and

1718
01:57:54.199 --> 01:57:57.079
be one of us. Once you feel the same hunger

1719
01:57:57.119 --> 01:58:02.239
we feel, then you'll help us. Our aerols hands burned

1720
01:58:02.279 --> 01:58:05.239
with red and green fires. Now, if I have to

1721
01:58:05.279 --> 01:58:07.920
stay here in this universe to make sure you don't

1722
01:58:07.960 --> 01:58:11.640
ever make another portal, then I'm okay with that. The

1723
01:58:11.760 --> 01:58:15.520
vampire Aerial doesn't look so confident. Now, you're a mirror.

1724
01:58:15.920 --> 01:58:20.079
There's no way you'd sacrifice yourself. It's not in your blood.

1725
01:58:20.439 --> 01:58:24.319
You see that giant spider there. Our Ariel returns. She's

1726
01:58:24.359 --> 01:58:27.239
a mirn She's the one who's keeping our spirits up

1727
01:58:27.279 --> 01:58:29.319
and convincing us we need to do the right thing.

1728
01:58:30.119 --> 01:58:33.359
I know what mom did to both of us. She

1729
01:58:33.560 --> 01:58:37.399
shakes her head quickly. I won't be like her. Mom

1730
01:58:37.479 --> 01:58:40.520
did me a huge solid by disowning me. I can

1731
01:58:40.560 --> 01:58:43.119
decide what I want to do with my own life.

1732
01:58:43.640 --> 01:58:46.439
I don't have to live up to expectations other than

1733
01:58:46.479 --> 01:58:50.880
my own, so I'm choosing to stay behind. I will

1734
01:58:50.960 --> 01:58:54.680
not let you win. None of us here will. Vampire

1735
01:58:54.720 --> 01:58:58.239
Aeriel screams and flies right at our aerial. Our Aerol

1736
01:58:58.319 --> 01:59:02.359
screams herself and Unleasha's her full powers on her vampire counterpart.

1737
01:59:02.800 --> 01:59:05.960
Before long, the vampire is flat on her back, smokes,

1738
01:59:06.000 --> 01:59:08.800
fuming off her body. I don't think she's dead, but

1739
01:59:08.840 --> 01:59:12.239
she's not healing up very fast either. It's then when

1740
01:59:12.279 --> 01:59:16.239
Mona and Bailey turn into giant bats and flee. I

1741
01:59:16.319 --> 01:59:20.279
doubt they'll clear the blast in time. Done AINI cries,

1742
01:59:20.399 --> 01:59:22.640
I did it. It's ready. We have to act fast.

1743
01:59:22.800 --> 01:59:27.039
Only two minutes left. Just then, Mary Worth appears. I

1744
01:59:27.079 --> 01:59:30.039
have used my most powerful white magics to move any

1745
01:59:30.119 --> 01:59:33.439
mortals out of this state. I am weakened as a result.

1746
01:59:34.239 --> 01:59:37.960
Mary must have really taxed herself. She uses Mattie's compact

1747
01:59:38.000 --> 01:59:41.119
and returns into the mirror realm Maddie's with us again.

1748
01:59:42.159 --> 01:59:45.680
We can go home, cousin Aine tells her. Ariel turns

1749
01:59:45.680 --> 01:59:48.680
to us and lands, that's right, all of you go home.

1750
01:59:48.920 --> 01:59:51.520
Like I said, I'm staying behind to destroy this thing

1751
01:59:51.880 --> 01:59:59.560
once and for all. Perspective Carter cross. When Ariel said that,

1752
02:00:00.439 --> 02:00:04.319
my stomach and my heart get heavy fast. I approach Ariel.

1753
02:00:05.119 --> 02:00:08.239
You can't do this. Ariel gulps a little when she

1754
02:00:08.319 --> 02:00:11.760
sees me start crying. I never thought I'd really care

1755
02:00:11.800 --> 02:00:15.760
about Ariel Mirror that much. She's got tears of her own. Now.

1756
02:00:16.800 --> 02:00:20.239
I'm sorry, Carter, she chokes out. I'm the only one

1757
02:00:20.239 --> 02:00:22.359
who can destroy this thing the way it needs to.

1758
02:00:22.399 --> 02:00:27.600
Be destroyed. Those vampires can never activate this machine ever again.

1759
02:00:28.800 --> 02:00:36.039
But you'll the blast. I choke back. Then Madeline approaches her. No, Ariel, no,

1760
02:00:37.279 --> 02:00:40.520
if you have another plan, Mouse, there won't be enough time.

1761
02:00:40.960 --> 02:00:43.800
We're in the final minute now. She yells at all

1762
02:00:43.840 --> 02:00:48.479
of us. You have to go now. Bella turns to Aileen.

1763
02:00:49.199 --> 02:00:53.479
Fire it up, iiny yesterday on it. Bell's it ain't

1764
02:00:53.520 --> 02:00:56.800
long before Aileen has a portal opening up. It's got

1765
02:00:56.800 --> 02:00:59.960
to get big enough before we can all leave. Turn

1766
02:01:00.239 --> 02:01:03.520
back to Ariel. It can't end like this for you,

1767
02:01:03.800 --> 02:01:09.000
I tell her. It's not fair. Ariel nods quickly. I know,

1768
02:01:09.800 --> 02:01:12.079
but we don't have time to make another plan. It

1769
02:01:12.119 --> 02:01:14.600
has to be me, Carter. My mom was the reason

1770
02:01:14.640 --> 02:01:16.880
why this Ariel made the earth here what it is.

1771
02:01:17.560 --> 02:01:20.279
She's not my mom, but I'm going to fix it.

1772
02:01:20.760 --> 02:01:27.520
I'm going to make it right. She's crying again. Please understand. Okay,

1773
02:01:27.640 --> 02:01:30.840
let's get moving. Aileen yells we're almost out of time.

1774
02:01:31.520 --> 02:01:35.319
Ariel's hurting the same way I am. I'll always be

1775
02:01:35.399 --> 02:01:39.479
with you, Carter. She turns to Madeline. You two, Mouse,

1776
02:01:40.199 --> 02:01:42.119
your family took me in when mine kicked me to

1777
02:01:42.159 --> 02:01:46.399
the curb. This is how I repay that. Madeline quickly

1778
02:01:46.479 --> 02:01:49.279
hugs Ariel before she runs into the portal behind that

1779
02:01:49.399 --> 02:01:54.279
giant spider. Then I'm staying too, I tell Ariel. She

1780
02:01:54.399 --> 02:01:58.680
shakes her head, No, Carter, you won't. Bella, get Carter

1781
02:01:58.800 --> 02:02:01.600
out of here. Ella grabs me and throws me through

1782
02:02:01.680 --> 02:02:05.720
the portal. Bella gives Ariel a thumbs up. Ariel gives

1783
02:02:05.720 --> 02:02:09.680
a thumbs up back. Then Bella dives through the portal

1784
02:02:10.960 --> 02:02:14.359
before I can attempt to go back through. The portal

1785
02:02:14.439 --> 02:02:23.560
closes for the last time. Epilogue perspective. Ariel mirn, this

1786
02:02:23.720 --> 02:02:27.199
is really it. The final five seconds. I use my

1787
02:02:27.319 --> 02:02:31.079
Christmas powers and blast the main reactor controls one last time.

1788
02:02:31.640 --> 02:02:34.159
As soon as the timer hits zero, I start to

1789
02:02:34.159 --> 02:02:37.760
see the explosion coming from the control panel. At the

1790
02:02:37.800 --> 02:02:42.319
same time, I see my life flashing right before my eyes.

1791
02:02:43.720 --> 02:02:48.920
And then I suddenly remember something. Queen Arcadia had control

1792
02:02:48.960 --> 02:02:51.760
of my body when she possessed me back in December.

1793
02:02:52.439 --> 02:02:55.880
I remember everything Queen Arcadia did. I recall when she

1794
02:02:56.000 --> 02:03:00.199
captured Mona Abels. First, Queen Arcadia turned into something like

1795
02:03:00.640 --> 02:03:03.880
lightning energy and went into an electrical outlet. Then she

1796
02:03:03.920 --> 02:03:05.880
appeared in front of Mona by coming out of a

1797
02:03:05.920 --> 02:03:10.880
street lamp above her. She became me again. Before capturing Mona,

1798
02:03:12.119 --> 02:03:15.399
I change myself into lightning energy and go right into

1799
02:03:15.399 --> 02:03:18.760
the portal machine. My energy causes the machine to overload

1800
02:03:18.800 --> 02:03:21.560
to the point where it explodes. There's no way the

1801
02:03:21.640 --> 02:03:24.520
vampires are going to get this thing to work ever again.

1802
02:03:25.239 --> 02:03:28.279
Of course, the blast wave might have finished it off anyway.

1803
02:03:29.279 --> 02:03:31.319
I merge with the last of the energies that were

1804
02:03:31.399 --> 02:03:34.800
keeping the portal open and shoot right for it. And

1805
02:03:34.880 --> 02:03:39.279
before I realize what's happening, I'm right back on the

1806
02:03:39.319 --> 02:03:43.439
other side with the others. I scare everybody when a

1807
02:03:43.520 --> 02:03:46.000
huge electrical bolt comes out of a street lamp near

1808
02:03:46.039 --> 02:03:50.600
them in Gunter's Square, a park in downtown Village. Ariel,

1809
02:03:51.119 --> 02:03:53.880
I hear someone screaming, I'm flat on my back when

1810
02:03:53.920 --> 02:03:56.720
Carter Cross wraps his arms around me and lifts me

1811
02:03:56.760 --> 02:04:02.119
into a sitting position. You really made it, back, he gasps.

1812
02:04:02.520 --> 02:04:06.920
I nod quickly, Yeah, I did, didn't I I let

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Carter help me to my feet. Then I see all

1814
02:04:09.600 --> 02:04:12.760
of us who saved our universe and the many others

1815
02:04:12.800 --> 02:04:16.000
out there. I can't believe all this stuff is really real.

1816
02:04:16.560 --> 02:04:20.600
I mean I learned that vampires, giant spiders, and ghosts

1817
02:04:20.600 --> 02:04:24.680
are real, but the concept of alternate universe is I

1818
02:04:24.720 --> 02:04:28.560
guess science fiction isn't so much fiction anymore. Did you

1819
02:04:28.600 --> 02:04:32.960
do it? Ariel cousin Felicia asked me. I nod quickly again.

1820
02:04:33.520 --> 02:04:36.239
Oh yeah, I blew that machine to bits. I can

1821
02:04:36.279 --> 02:04:40.920
also confirm that reactor went kerpluey. Suddenly, Mouse shoots right

1822
02:04:40.960 --> 02:04:43.680
at me and holds me close. I hug her back.

1823
02:04:44.640 --> 02:04:47.800
I'm here, Mouse. I tell her you don't have to

1824
02:04:47.840 --> 02:04:50.439
explain to your parents why I'm not coming home after all.

1825
02:04:51.279 --> 02:04:56.560
Mouse looks up at me now with tears. You said home. Well,

1826
02:04:56.640 --> 02:04:59.760
it's the only one I've got. I say, unless your

1827
02:04:59.800 --> 02:05:03.479
parents and say otherwise, which you know they won't. Ariel,

1828
02:05:04.600 --> 02:05:06.760
we all take a moment to realize what we did.

1829
02:05:07.479 --> 02:05:09.159
I know it's a moment that's going to stay with

1830
02:05:09.199 --> 02:05:14.479
all of us, especially me. We actually saved our world

1831
02:05:14.640 --> 02:05:18.319
and countless other earths. No, Mom, I didn't go the

1832
02:05:18.319 --> 02:05:21.560
way vampire me did. I could never be like you.

1833
02:05:22.199 --> 02:05:24.479
Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I don't hate

1834
02:05:24.560 --> 02:05:28.439
you so much anymore. I also remember Brian Chunk told

1835
02:05:28.479 --> 02:05:31.680
me during our mall overnight about being a dominant miran.

1836
02:05:32.359 --> 02:05:36.039
He told me to be my own dominant miran. It's

1837
02:05:36.079 --> 02:05:39.159
my destiny now, Mom, and you'll never take that away

1838
02:05:39.199 --> 02:05:43.079
from me, never you tried. Giving me to Queen Arcadia.

1839
02:05:43.600 --> 02:05:46.079
Not only did I conquer your code come to life,

1840
02:05:46.359 --> 02:05:49.960
I also gained her powers. Queen Arcadia wanted to conquer

1841
02:05:50.000 --> 02:05:52.640
the mortal Realm. I'm going to use her powers to

1842
02:05:52.680 --> 02:05:57.560
try and help save it. Seeing these others Bela Tabon, Cousin, Felicia,

1843
02:05:57.800 --> 02:06:01.119
the Twin Mice, and even Carter with his bike, we

1844
02:06:01.399 --> 02:06:04.960
saved our world, Mom, I even saved you for what

1845
02:06:05.000 --> 02:06:08.479
it's worth to have a nice life. Mom. Then I

1846
02:06:08.520 --> 02:06:11.560
see Carter still looking at me. I come to him.

1847
02:06:11.920 --> 02:06:14.640
We hold each other for a long time, then we

1848
02:06:14.760 --> 02:06:18.479
finally come apart. We look at each other again, and

1849
02:06:18.520 --> 02:06:21.800
then I go with my feelings Carter, and I hear

1850
02:06:21.880 --> 02:06:26.359
the cheers from everybody else. Like I said, Mom, have

1851
02:06:26.439 --> 02:06:29.279
a nice life. I'm not even mad at you anymore.

1852
02:06:29.680 --> 02:06:32.439
I'm free to do whatever I want. I can write

1853
02:06:32.479 --> 02:06:35.520
my own destiny and be my own dominant miran. And

1854
02:06:35.560 --> 02:06:37.800
I guess part of my new destiny is going back

1855
02:06:37.840 --> 02:06:40.800
to Strickfield Town Center Mall with the others to see

1856
02:06:40.840 --> 02:06:44.119
Tiffany get her key to the village after we all

1857
02:06:44.159 --> 02:06:53.880
get cleaned up first. After math, Adrian Miron walked around

1858
02:06:53.920 --> 02:06:57.800
her mansion inside the gated community. She walked into her

1859
02:06:57.800 --> 02:07:00.399
bedroom and sat down in front of her mirror to

1860
02:07:00.479 --> 02:07:05.159
brush her long blonde hair before going to bed. As

1861
02:07:05.199 --> 02:07:09.239
she did, she noticed something was wrong. She leaned in

1862
02:07:09.319 --> 02:07:12.720
for a closer look and saw the wrinkles under her eyes.

1863
02:07:13.920 --> 02:07:18.960
This can't be, she yelled. I'm immortal. Queen Arcadia promised

1864
02:07:19.000 --> 02:07:23.000
me that forgiving her life years ago. Adrian got up

1865
02:07:23.000 --> 02:07:26.600
and went downstairs. Soon she came to a secret door

1866
02:07:27.119 --> 02:07:31.880
that only she knew about and entered. She moved through

1867
02:07:31.920 --> 02:07:35.359
the corridor until she came into a hidden layer. There,

1868
02:07:36.159 --> 02:07:40.000
she quickly gathered the ingredients she required for the spell

1869
02:07:40.159 --> 02:07:45.840
she intended to use. After reciting the spell, the spirit

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02:07:45.880 --> 02:07:50.319
of Queen Arcadia appeared. Adrian could see she was very

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02:07:50.359 --> 02:07:54.680
weak from having been overthrown by her daughter Ariel. I

1872
02:07:54.800 --> 02:07:59.279
know why you have summoned me, Adrian Miron. Arcadia said weakly.

1873
02:08:00.439 --> 02:08:03.359
Your immortality is fading because I no longer have the

1874
02:08:03.439 --> 02:08:09.159
power to grant it unto you. Your daughter now possesses

1875
02:08:09.279 --> 02:08:13.800
all of my limitless power. There's no way that I

1876
02:08:13.840 --> 02:08:22.399
can reclaim them. Her spirit dimmed two two weak. Arkadia's

1877
02:08:22.479 --> 02:08:31.399
spirit finally disappeared. Adrian became very angry and determined. You

1878
02:08:31.560 --> 02:08:35.720
think you're free of me, little one, she sneered, I

1879
02:08:35.840 --> 02:08:41.000
will find you aerial renaissance Mirran, reclaim you and take

1880
02:08:41.039 --> 02:08:45.960
those powers away from you. She tightened her fists. You

1881
02:08:46.079 --> 02:08:51.640
have become the bane of my existence for the last time,

1882
02:08:53.199 --> 02:09:02.720
not the end, and with that, Portals comes to a

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