Jan. 10, 2025

Portals: Vampires, Revenge, and Redemption! - Full Miniseries

Portals: Vampires, Revenge, and Redemption! - Full Miniseries
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Tonight, we delve deep into the intricate web of horror, betrayal, and the supernatural, led by our charismatic host and narrator, Henrique Couto. In this mesmerizing episode of "Weekly Spooky," we revisit the haunting miniseries "Portals," a tale dripping with multidimensional suspense that intertwines the worlds of vengeance, vampire lore, and the resilience of friendship.

As we plunge into the story, we are reintroduced to Ariel Mirren, a young woman grappling with the monstrous legacy of her mother, the manipulative Adrienne. With the chilling revelation that she was once a pawn used to forge power and prestige, Ariel’s journey from victim to empowered protagonist sparks a fierce retelling of defiance. Her confrontation with not just her mother, but the entity she unwittingly became intertwined with—Queen Arcadia—sets the stage for an epic battle against the dark forces seeking to enslave her world.

Tonight's narrative is rich with vibrant characters, such as the spirited Madeline Donnerly and her courageous cousin Aileen, who join forces with Ariel to face an army of vampires led by the malevolent Mayor Gunter. Together, they must navigate the treacherous landscape filled with portals that threaten to unleash horrors on their reality. As the plot unfolds, tension mounts with each twist and turn, each door seemingly another step closer to ultimate chaos.

In a thrilling climax, our heroes are faced with a choice that could seal their fate. Ariel decides to harness the powers inherited from Queen Arcadia to destroy the reactor of a nefarious machine responsible for unleashing the vampire scourge into their world. Under the ever-looming threat of betrayal and darkness, we hold our breath, hoping against hope that courage and sacrifice will triumph and that Ariel can reclaim her narrative from the clutches of her mother’s mistakes.

As we journey through dimensions of dread, our characters experience growth, heartache, and the unyielding bonds of friendship, reminding us that even in the darkest of times, light can be found. Will Ariel’s newfound powers be enough to vanquish the evil encroaching upon her world? Or will the shadows reclaim her in the end?

This episode is not merely a recount of supernatural happenings but a profound exploration of identity, agency, and the struggle for autonomy against an oppressive lineage. As Henrique leads us through this chilling odyssey, we are compelled to confront our fears, question the nature of power, and embrace the light in the face of darkness.

So, dear listeners, settle in, turn off the lights, and prepare yourself for an enthralling narrative filled with suspense, emotion, and spine-tingling terror—it's time to let "Weekly Spooky" take you on a journey you won't forget.

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Hello, my spookies. It's your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto

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here bringing you a very special treat. Last year, we

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had a mini series titled Portals, all about the devious

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world of multi dimensional travel and vampires. If you missed

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it last year, you're gonna get it all in one

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audiobook tonight. Or if you caught it last year, maybe

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it's time to brush up. So get comfortable as Mouse

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and the gang are about to face a world full

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of blood sucking monsters. And right now on Weekly Spooky,

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we have our brand new mini series Spin the Bottle,

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airing every Wednesday, so make sure you're subscribed. But now

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it's time for the story. Portals Part one by Rob

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Fields prologue, December twenty second. Last year, Ariel Miron unlocked

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one of the French doors to the three story mansion

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and shoved it open hard. She was heaving and her

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eyes were streaming tears. Behind her were some of her

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immediate circle of friends who had just barely survived their

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encounter with Queen Arcadia. Ariel was both hurt and enraged

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at learning that her own mother, Adrian, had sold her

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to Queen Arcadia to use as her vessel before she

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was even born, in exchange for power and riches in

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the form of becoming the greatest computer programmer of all time.

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When Ariel was finally at a decent age, Adrian arranged

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with Isley Tinker to maneuver her daughter to his shop

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at Strickfield Town Center Mall. There, Ariel would get to

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sample a prototype video game console in the form of

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the Virtua. Playing its single game called Christmas Arcadia, she

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became entranced by the amazing graphics and Queen Arcadia herself.

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

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Arcadia would use Ariel as her vessel to attempt to

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merge her virtual realm with that of the mortal realm.

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It was four of Ariel's friends who believed in her

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enough to give her the will to purge Queen Arcadia

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from her body and defeat her. Prior to this, Queen

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

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Ariel 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 loudly 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've 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 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 clothes on your back. Adrian chuckled again. That's right, Ariel,

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that's all I'm allowing you to have. You will claim

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absolutely nothing else in this house, since you didn't pay

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for any of it. She pointed at her daughter. You

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leave here with what you've got, nothing, Ariel point out

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at her parents, Oh you you, She bellowed, one of

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her blood curdling screams, before she started grabbing objects and

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throwing them at her parents. Ariel eventually knocked her father

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unconscious to finally restrain her. As she tackled Adrian herself

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and began hitting her. Ariel broke free of them and

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

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of me, She shook her head quickly and pointed at her.

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Don't you dare think for one second this is over.

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You think I haven't learned the mirror ways. Oh, I've

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learned them. Believe me, I've learned them. You just wait

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and see. It won't be now, it won't be tomorrow,

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it may not even be next month. But you're gonna

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

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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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legal herself last week. She came by the house with

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her lawyer and presented a document for Mouse's parents to sign,

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giving them full custody of me. After consulting their own lawyers,

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Mouse's parents learned the paperwork was legit, no strings attached,

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and signed it. I'm officially part of the Donnerly household now. Now.

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Tiffany is usually a pretty punk, laid back, easygoing kind

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of woman. She had done plenty of work for Adrian

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in the past. Not only did Tiffany tell Adrian never

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to commission her again, but she was no longer welcome

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at the Donnerly house. She really ought to be ashamed

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of yourself, she told Adrian in her silky voice. Adrian

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left the lawyer's office and never looked back. She wouldn't

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even acknowledge me once. I can't believe Adrian really just

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signed me away to Mouse's parents without a second thought.

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Now I'm under Baxter and Tiffany's guardian ship until I

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turn eighteen. They have the option to adopt me if

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they choose to, but I'm not going to push it.

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Believe me, I know I'm lucky just to have a

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place to live. To be honest, I've never felt more

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free and clear in my entire life. Right now, I'm

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at the Strickfield Town Center Mall with Mouse and Carter Cross.

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We're helping Tiffany set up the center court for an

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art exhibit tonight. Tiffany is such a talented artist. Her

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work is known all throughout this mall. If you look

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around at the many businesses that are still open here,

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there's plenty of her artwork on display that she did

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just for them. Recently, a store called Boble Topia opened

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locations in the mall and in downtown Village. They commissioned

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Tiffany to do some artwork for both stores. Campbell's Sporting

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Goods is also using the new logos she designed for

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the three learning institutions here in Strickfield for the official

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clothing they're selling there, the Strickfield Villagers, the Public School,

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the Strickfield Academy Sacraments, and the Strickfield University Serpents. Now

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that I think about it, Mouse told me this gallery

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here is being set up in Tiffany's honor. She also

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said her mom is being presented with the key to

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the village by Mayor Patrick Gunter himself. Perfect Ariel, Tiffany says,

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after I've finished setting up the last sculpture on a mantle.

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Then she turns to us, Yeah, you kids are done.

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Now that I'm also thinking about it, Carter's right about

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her looking just like Violet from Friday the Thirteenth, Part five.

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The resemblance is uncanny. You sure you didn't forget nothing, mom,

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Mouse asks in her mousey voice. We unpacked a lot

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of boxes and stuff, you know. Tiffany walks around and

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gives everything a once over. Then she looks at us again. No, Maddie,

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I believe we have everything. If you kids want to

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take off, I'm going to finish up here. And go

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over my presentation for tonight. Besides the weatherfields like summer

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out there for the end of January. You better go

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out and enjoy it while you can. She ain't kidding

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about that, Carter tells Mouse and me, Maddie Aunt Tiffany.

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Another mousey voice calls out. We all turn to see

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three Strickfield High cheerleaders heading our way. In fact, I

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

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who's wearing a backpack. Even though they're a good five

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years apart, Mouse and Aileen look like, honest to goodness,

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twin sisters, same faces, same bodies, same mousey voices, same

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shoulder length and straight dark hair, and even the same glasses.

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Every time these two mice get together, they always have

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to 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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exchanged 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.

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Don't go away weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.

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Perspective Bella tabon the cheerleading squad had a brutal practice today.

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For the record, Felicia is not the one being a

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slave driver. Miss Temple, our coach, had a meeting with

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us before the holiday break, and said we got a

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real shot at getting on ESPN for the cheerleading competition

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and that we should really push for it. After Miss

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Temple got a majority vote, we started training harder. Note

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that I was the only one who said no, mainly

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because I really hate being a cheerleader. I'm only doing

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it for AINI. Hey, guys, what's going on? I ask

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when I see Maddie, Carter and Ariel As usual, Maddie's

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wearing a beret and a scarf, like she's some cultured

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sophisticate just helping Mom set up for tonight. Maddie answers,

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now you kids are leaving? Her Mom tells them go

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get on your bikes and ride already. Felicia mirror raises

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her finger. Yeah, probably not a good idea, missus Donnerley,

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The winds are really blowing out there. At school, Miss

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Temple called practice on account of that nasty storm coming

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

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clear when we biked out here after school. Ariel's looking

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

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

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this way. Maddie's turns to the kids. On second thought,

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maybe you'd better just stay here. I can take them

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home ahead of that storm. Felicia offers, My SUV's parked

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just outside. More is than enough room for all of us.

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What about our bikes? Carter asks, we'll just put a

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few of them on the racks and another one in back.

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She says, you sure it won't be a problem. Maddie's

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mom asks her, No, not at all, Felicia assures her.

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Then she looks at the kids. What could go wrong?

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So it was settled. After saying goodbye to Maddie's mom,

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we walk out the main mole doors. The kids quickly

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unlock and bring their bikes over. These bikes look like

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they're right out of the nineteen eighty six movie Rad

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Some of us saw at Felicia's cabin after a football game.

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You guys stunt ride, Felicia asks them. Madeline and I do,

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Carter answers. Madeline let Ariel have her super goose, so

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she ride with us. Felicia nods once. Nice. Where do

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you all live? Oh it'll be pretty convenient, Mattie says.

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Ariel and me live together on Main Street near downtown village,

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and Carter lifts right next door. We share the same driveway. Sweet,

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Felicia cheers, Let's get a move on now. She's looking

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a bit worried. Anybody feeling a little trip to OZ today.

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I turn and give her a scowl. Shut up as usual,

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Felicia 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

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house 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 see in

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this The twin Donneries are looking too. I turn with

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everybody else to see a whole group of people heading

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right for us. No scratch that try a mob. Run,

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Einy yells. As soon as we turn and flee, these

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people are all over the suv. Felicia shrieks when they

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just tear her car apart until they all but destroy it.

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

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people look right at us and hiss. Their red eyes

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are all glowing. Now vampires. Aeriel yells, we are so

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dead perspective Madeline Donnerly, ah Man, we gotta get inside

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a house, I yell. Now. We quickly run right to

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my back porch. After Bell's gets the door open, she's

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grabbing and pushing everybody inside. She comes in right behind

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us and slams and locks the door. We're okay, as

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long as they can't come in right. Ariel chokes, they

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have to be invited in first, right, we hope, I squeak.

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Ariel turns to me. Fast, you hope I hate you mouse.

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

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something that agrees with what my mousey sends. My tummy's

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telling me, Um, 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. Bell'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? I'm so fast? Did you 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, 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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Bell's 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.

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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your doors, weekly, spooky,

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We'll be right back.

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Bells gets mad and vamps out. Then she grabs me

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and Carter and high tails it out. It ain't long

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before Felicia's leaping right behind us with Aileen and Ariel.

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We're able to put some distance between us and the vampires.

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When Bells lands with us, she lets us go. Then

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she motions for Felicia to bring her to inside the

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abandoned building where we're hiding out in We're all safe

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for the moment. Belle's points right at Felicia. How can

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you leap and keep up with me? And how do

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you even know I'm a vampire? Felicia smiles. I think

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you forgot about your reflection. You and Aleen have been

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in my new cabin enough times. Only thing I don't

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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. Aileen 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, 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 Bell's Andy

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and helping him stop supernatural baddies. When I see him

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giving me those looks, I know I'm in deep, deep trouble.

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Why would you keep this from me, Madeline, Carter demands.

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We've only been friends ever since my family moved next

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door to yours back in second grade. We've always told

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each other everything. We always trusted each other. Now Ariel's

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staring hard at me. Hold it. Now that I'm thinking

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about it, you did have something to do with bloody

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Mary scaring us at one of my sleepovers last fall.

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Remember when Mona, Abeles and Bailey downs and I kept

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seeing that horrible ghost in our mirrors. She's pointing right

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at me. You said you never saw her. You lied

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about that, didn't you. I can't really hide it no

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more guilty, I squeak. Ariel tightens her fists and growls,

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I hate you mouse. She's narrowing her eyes on me,

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and you're going to tell me everything when we're back home. Now,

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she's rubbing her hands together. You know, I think I'm

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gonna like being your new big sister. Just then, Felicia

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brightens into alert attention attack incoming. My spider instinct just

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went critical. Suddenly, this giant bat appears right out of

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the darkness above us and screeches as it flies around.

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Bell's is ready to leap up at it. Then I

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see Felicia kicking off her sandals and scaling the wall

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like a spider. The bat flies right at Aileen. But

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

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got these thingies strapped to her wrist, some of her

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

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

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a rope out of one of them and catches the

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

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

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She calls back, I got this. The bat does some

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fancy flying and catches Aileen in its talons. Aileen's trying

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to fight it off by shooting one of her cables

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in its face. The bat answers by quickly sinking its

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fangs into Aileen's arm. Aileen's screaming, now I'm really scared

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for my cousin. I quickly pull my compact out of

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

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In a matter of seconds, my ghostly friend's taking over

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my body and using it as her vessel. Even though

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I'm along for the ride. Now I can still see

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what's going on. Felicia's moving fast as she scales the walls.

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Then she leaps far and drops right on top of

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the bat, making it let go of Aileen. Mary utters

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a spell to soften her fall, but the bat quickly

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turns upside down and goes back up again, dropping Felicia.

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Felicia ain't even looking scared when she's shooting webs out

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of her fingers. They hit the ceiling and make Felicia

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stop short of hitting the floor. But now the bat's

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dropping down and gliding along until it snatches up Ariel

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this time, no, she yells, as the bat's bringing her

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up into the air. Help me. Next thing we know,

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the bats heading to one of the broken out windows

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up above to flee. With Ariel perspective, Felicia mere that

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bad escapes right through one of the upper windows with

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cousin Ariel. I quickly spring up and start scaling the walls.

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As soon as I'm at the broken out window, I'm

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ready to head out. Suddenly Bella springs up to jump

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right through it, out of my way. I come out

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through the window myself and start leaping from building to building.

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I've never been this fast at doing this kind of thing.

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I'm trying to keep up with Bella and get close

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enough to that bat to where I can web it. Okay,

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Comic book Nerds, when you first saw me last Fall,

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that was both my premiere and my origin issue. I

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could call this my second issue, but I'm not exactly

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alone here. Also, I'm not the primary character. You know what.

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Let's call this issue a superhero team up. Oh, and

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you horror buffs are gonna get your money's worth out

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of this story too, and maybe even all you science

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fiction people to boot. Bella and I are trying to

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keep up with that bat, but it's putting distance between

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us more and more. I hate not being able to fly.

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Bella yells, you can't change into a bat. I yell back.

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Don't you think I'd have done it already? She yells louder.

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I quickly have an idea. As soon as we land

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on a rooftop, I grab her arm. Hey, can you

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throw me at that bat? When she looks at me, funny,

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I groan, Just do it. Bella growls as she grabs

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

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me at Ariel in the bat. She's definitely stronger than me,

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No two ways about that. Soon, I'm starting to lose momentum.

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

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

435
00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:15.880
webs would be going in other directions. They go go, go, Yes,

436
00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:20.079
both my sticky webs hit their marks. The bat flaps

437
00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:23.160
its wings faster to try and shake or break my webs.

438
00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:26.519
I can't let that happen. Only one thing to do.

439
00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:31.359
I concentrate and soon feel my body changing from a

440
00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:36.200
human female who can do spider things into a more powerful,

441
00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:42.519
giant mutant spider creature. I'm growing additional legs and feeling

442
00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:46.799
gray firs sprouting all over my body. I'm also getting

443
00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:50.319
another set of eyes and a pair of antennas. The

444
00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:53.119
only bad thing about changing into my cute and cuddly

445
00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:56.640
spider self is that I lose my clothes. Aside from

446
00:28:57.039 --> 00:29:00.319
t shirts and tops, I also weigh up a lot

447
00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:03.359
more in my spider form. As I'm starting to head

448
00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:06.400
toward the earth again, I quickly fire some more webs

449
00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:09.720
and hit another building. I pull myself to it where

450
00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:13.920
I can stick tight. Yeah, you come on back here now,

451
00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:17.200
I tell the bat as I'm reining it in, you

452
00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:21.599
got something that belongs to me. The bat keeps screeching

453
00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:27.680
like nobody's business and flapping real crazy. Help me, Ariel shrieks.

454
00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:32.240
The bats finally got to make a choice. When it drops, Ariel,

455
00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:34.960
I spring from the building and fire my webs to

456
00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:37.319
catch hold of my cousin and bring her to me.

457
00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:40.680
I shoot a few more webs and am soon walking

458
00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.759
tightrope on them. As soon as we're on the rooftop

459
00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:47.640
of an apartment building, I set Ariel down. She's not

460
00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:50.720
sure what to make of me. Now I raise my

461
00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:54.319
claw like hands in front of me. It's okay, cousin,

462
00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:59.200
it's me, Felicia. Then Bella's suddenly right there. You really

463
00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:03.240
weren't kidding about the whole being a spider thing, Felicia.

464
00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:08.039
She looks at Ariel. You okay? Ariel puts her hands

465
00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:13.480
to the sides of her head. What is going on here, cousin,

466
00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:17.440
Felicia is a giant spider, you're a vampire. Mouse is

467
00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:23.119
a ghost. Alien's a monster hunter. We're in another universe, apparently,

468
00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:29.119
She lowers her arms. We're in serious trouble here, aren't we.

469
00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:33.119
We're still alive, I remind her. Then look at Bella,

470
00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:38.599
except maybe you right. Bella glares at me. I'm alive.

471
00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:45.920
She sighs. Okay, maybe quasi undead. I don't breathe, sweat,

472
00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:51.519
or have to use toilets. She sighs again, Ariel, none

473
00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:54.680
of us are gonna hurt you, now, what say We

474
00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:56.599
get back to the others so they know you're okay,

475
00:30:57.359 --> 00:31:02.519
Ariel nods. I'd like that. Bella looks my way. You

476
00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:07.680
gonna stay like that? I smirk until I can get

477
00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:15.960
some pants or shorts. Bella gets it now, Oh.

478
00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:17.799
You're not safe yet, Weekly spooky will be right back.

479
00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:30.440
Perspective Carter Cross. I'm always feeling butterflies whenever I see

480
00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:34.839
Ariel Mirron. You'd think it'd be nice and calm. When

481
00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:39.200
I see Bella and a giant spider, probably Felicia coming

482
00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:41.960
in with her, the butterflies are going off in my

483
00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:46.079
stomach again. Ariel gets off Felicia's back and is on

484
00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:52.079
the floor. Now you okay, Ariel, Aileen asks, A little scared,

485
00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:56.680
she admits, at least I'm alive. She turns to the

486
00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:02.079
giant spider. Thanks to my cousin here. Now I'm seeing

487
00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.119
the ghost of Mary Worth. She seems to be looking

488
00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:08.640
over a Leen. You do not appear to show any

489
00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:13.240
signs of infection, the ghost tells her. Bella's right there. Now,

490
00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.880
do you feel any different? Iiny, I feel fine, Belle's,

491
00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:23.039
she says. In fact, I'm all healed up already. Bella

492
00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:27.759
says to the ghost, thank you. I cannot accept your

493
00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:31.720
thanks Bella tabon. It was not I who healed Aileen.

494
00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:36.880
Now Bella's looking at Aileen really worried. Now I gotta

495
00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:41.000
admit I'm really amazed at Felicia. I can't believe she's

496
00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:46.720
a giant spider like what you see. She asks me,

497
00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:53.440
you're really real. I managed to say no makeup or

498
00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:59.119
special effects. Felicia laughs a little nope. Then I look

499
00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:03.200
at Bella. You want to know the truth. I already

500
00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:05.480
knew you were a vampire from the time we were

501
00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:09.400
here back on Halloween weekend, from the horror thon. You

502
00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:13.440
never glamed me to make me forget. Don't worry, I

503
00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:18.599
never told nobody. Bella smiles. That's why I didn't glam you,

504
00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:23.640
and thanks for keeping my secret. Then Mary Worth raises

505
00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:28.759
Madeleine's compact and returns into the mirror. Madeline's back with

506
00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:33.359
us again. Okay, what do we do now? Madeline asks,

507
00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:37.680
we can't stay in here all night. M scratch that

508
00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:43.720
it's always night here. Maddie's right. Aileen agrees we need

509
00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:47.359
to come up with a plan. Hmm. I think I

510
00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:50.200
have a bit of an idea. We've all been here

511
00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:54.359
at least once, aside from Felicia, why don't we recap

512
00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:59.200
everything and see if we can generate some ideas. Bella

513
00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:02.480
turns to Felie, You're about to get brought up to

514
00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:07.279
speed on this alternate vampire universe, new girl. We've all

515
00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:11.800
been here before, at least once. Ariel turns to Madeline,

516
00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:14.679
what does this make for you? Now? Mouse three times?

517
00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:19.880
Madeline groans, huh Man, way to rub it in, Ariel.

518
00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:23.559
The five of us who've been to this vampire universe

519
00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:26.639
before talk about what we've done and how we got

520
00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:31.079
back home again each time. Then Ariel throws something out there.

521
00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:35.360
You know, it seems like every time we've managed to

522
00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:39.159
go home, something keeps happening to bring us back here.

523
00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:43.480
She looks around at everybody. I know I'd rather not

524
00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:47.239
ever have to come back here again. Assuming we make

525
00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:52.119
it home again, maybe what we should do is find

526
00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:55.679
where these doorways to our universe are being made and

527
00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:58.599
put a stop to them once and for all, because

528
00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:00.960
you know, those vampires are just going to keep opening

529
00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:06.360
up portals. The rest of us quickly agree. Good thinking, Princess,

530
00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:11.079
I say, now, she smacks my arm. I got exiled

531
00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:15.079
from my kingdom and you're still calling me princess. I

532
00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.599
raised my hands in front of me. Okay, sorry, Ariel

533
00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:24.880
calms down. Oh I guess it's okay, Carter. Now we

534
00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:28.519
just need a plan, and I'm thinking I got one.

535
00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:33.039
Madeline pipes up. Ariel, Remember when it was us girls

536
00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:37.079
at Strickfield Town Center Mall last time. Remember how vampire

537
00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:41.199
Mayor Gunter said he made it all happen. I'm thinking

538
00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:43.679
a few of us can go to his office and

539
00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:48.079
do some snoopin' based on where we are. Maddie, we

540
00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:52.320
can't just walk there. Aileen tells her. We can try

541
00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:54.480
and double back to our houses and see if we

542
00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:59.920
still got our mongooses. I say, or I can hot

543
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:02.679
wire a car and take us to the mayor's office.

544
00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:06.840
Bella says. Problem is, as soon as those vampires see

545
00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:11.000
a car going, they're gonna be chasing us down, and

546
00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:14.719
between you and me, Bella, we can't fight that many off.

547
00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:19.360
Felicia says, Oh, I got an idea for that too,

548
00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:24.800
Madeline pipes up. We get two cars going, one's the

549
00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:28.119
decoy while the vamps follow that one. The other car

550
00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:31.519
can head to the Mayor's office. How do we know

551
00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:37.199
the vamps won't just chase both cars, Aileen asks. Madeline shrugs.

552
00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:43.000
We don't, but we gotta do something right. Yeah, Maddie's right.

553
00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:47.760
Bella agrees. Okay, that means I got a hot wire.

554
00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:57.920
Two cars perspective. Madeline donnerly cousin Aleen's climbing in this

555
00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.960
beat up station wagon. Bell's got started now She's given

556
00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:05.480
me this poudy look. I know you're a gamer, Maddie,

557
00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.400
but I doubt even you can drive a real car.

558
00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:13.599
I'm studying the controls and know what I gotta do. Obviously,

559
00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:17.559
you ain't never seen me drive. Ariel approaches the car.

560
00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:21.559
She's right, Aileen, Carter and I have been there. Mouse

561
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:25.280
drives very well. My friend Bailey was telling me back

562
00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:28.800
in December about going to the orphanage in Pendleton. Mouse

563
00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:31.360
drove everybody there and back like she had a license.

564
00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:36.320
Aileen's upset and points at her. Stop calling Maddie mouse.

565
00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:41.559
I glance over at Aileen. It's okay, I don't mind. Really,

566
00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:46.559
she's still mad. No, it's not, Maddie. Don't you understand

567
00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:49.760
people are making fun of you. They called me mouse

568
00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:55.039
for years, knowing how much I hated it. I shrug again.

569
00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:58.440
Aileen It's okay. Nothing can hurt you if you use

570
00:37:58.480 --> 00:38:01.960
it as a strength. I know I'm little and I

571
00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.920
squeak when I'm talking. It ain't keeping me from doing

572
00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:09.440
what I like. Ariel tells Aileen. She has a sign

573
00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:12.440
on her bedroom door that says, welcome to the mousehole.

574
00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:16.960
I nod quickly. Yeah. Now I'm gonna go play mouse

575
00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:19.719
again when I drive to Mayor Gunter's office and go

576
00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:24.039
sneaking around. Aileen points at me. Not without me, You're

577
00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:28.519
not I'm coming with you too, mouse, Ariel says. Just

578
00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:32.960
then Bell's comes to the car again. You sure you

579
00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:36.039
can drive, Maddie. I mean, don't you want either me

580
00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:40.159
or Felicia with you? I pat my jacket, I got

581
00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:43.400
my compact. If I need mary Worth, trust me, Bells,

582
00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:47.159
I got this now. Bells is folding her arms in

583
00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:53.320
front of her. Yeah, show me. I start the car.

584
00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:57.880
Aileen's sitting next to me, Ariel's getting in back. Then

585
00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:59.960
I shift and drive around the inside of the bill

586
00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:03.280
for a little bit. Soon I'm stopping right in front

587
00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:08.480
of Bells, who's given us this weird look. You twins

588
00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:13.159
are both gonna drive me crazy. She sighs. Okay, Maddie,

589
00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:17.679
you're it. Then you three are going to the Mayor's office. Felicia,

590
00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:21.360
Carter and me are gonna provide a distraction at least,

591
00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:25.480
Go go Juice ain't gonna be no problem this time. Felicia, Carter,

592
00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:29.599
Ariel and me went and siphoned plenty for both cars. Yes,

593
00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:34.880
why can't go go juice taste like cheese or coffee.

594
00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:40.639
Felicia quickly appears she's human again. Guess she found sweatpants

595
00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:44.199
when she was out. Okay, we're ready at our end.

596
00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:47.320
When you are, too, bat our phones don't work here,

597
00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:51.000
Ariel mutters, it would be nice if we could communicate

598
00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:55.960
with each other somehow. Felicia quickly raises her finger. Yeah

599
00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:59.760
about that. She goes away for a moment, then comes

600
00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:04.880
back here. Take this. Where did you find walkie talkies?

601
00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:08.679
Aileen asks her, in what was left of that radio

602
00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:12.199
depot in downtown village, next to what was left of

603
00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:17.159
Boble Topia. Felicia answers, Bella, and I tested them. The

604
00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:20.719
batteries and the walkies are good. I'd take the walkie

605
00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:24.960
talkie and hand it to Aileen. Then Felicia sees Carter approaching,

606
00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:29.800
I see you also found stuff. Carter swings his baseball

607
00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:33.960
bat found this out in the street. Now Bell's is

608
00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:38.480
handing us vampire survival kits. I'm surprised there was still

609
00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:42.840
some holy water and wafers left in this strickfield wasteland.

610
00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:45.280
I had to get these from a church a few

611
00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:50.840
miles out, and you didn't burn. Felish asks, I don't

612
00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:56.119
have traditional vampire weaknesses. Bell's returns. Now I see Carter

613
00:40:56.199 --> 00:41:00.000
and Ariel looking at each other, really looking at each other.

614
00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:03.480
Then Ariel reaches out through her door and puts her

615
00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:07.920
hand on Carter's shoulder. We're going to be okay. Carter

616
00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:13.239
nods quickly, yeah, and then he surprises everybody when he

617
00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:17.840
leans in and wow, it ain't no long one. But

618
00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:20.480
I'm thinking they're scared we ain't making it back home.

619
00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:24.760
Ariel gives Carter a nice smile. You come back to me.

620
00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:28.280
I mean it. Carter gives her a look that tells

621
00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:31.400
her he's planning on it. Bell's holds up the other

622
00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:35.199
walkie talkie. When Felicia, Carter and me get far away,

623
00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:39.840
we'll let you know what's going on. Use your best judgment, Mattie.

624
00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:44.440
I nod quickly. We'll be okay, Bell's. Once we're in

625
00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:49.440
our cars, Bell's drives out stand by. Bell says on

626
00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:52.880
our walkie talkie, U, sh it.

627
00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:57.119
Was only the wind. You're safe, weekly spooky, We'll be

628
00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.880
right back.

629
00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:07.800
Perspective Aileen Donnerly. Mattie takes off as soon as she

630
00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:12.840
gets the okay from Bells. I can't believe this. Maddie's

631
00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:16.119
only thirteen and in the seventh grade, and she's driving

632
00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:20.280
a car like she's always been able to. I can't

633
00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:23.480
even drive a car, not that I couldn't have learned.

634
00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:26.679
I'm okay for the moment, thanks to the treatment's Bells

635
00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:30.000
has been giving me for my sickness. So far, those

636
00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:33.960
pills she made for me around Thanksgiving are still working great.

637
00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:37.800
I'm looking at my arm. It was already fully healed

638
00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:41.079
up when Mary Worth looked at it. Why do I

639
00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:46.599
have a very very bad feeling about this? You never

640
00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:52.079
cease to amaze me, mouse, Ariel tells her. Mattie shrugs, yeah,

641
00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:56.719
I try, what about you? You okay back there? I

642
00:42:56.800 --> 00:43:01.039
really didn't know Carter was going to do that. She says.

643
00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:05.039
It's okay, Ariel, just give me an invite to your wedding.

644
00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:09.679
After we graduate high school. Maddie teases. Ariel growls. When

645
00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:14.960
Maddie snickers, oh you you. I quickly turn around and

646
00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:19.079
point sharply at her. Don't you dare, scream Ariel. Any

647
00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:22.760
nearby vams will hear you and come our way. Ariel

648
00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:28.199
nods quickly sorry. Then she mutters, I hate you mouse.

649
00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:32.719
When I look at Maddie, she's still not even phased

650
00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:37.400
by Ariel. Then Maddie says to me, Ariel's been saying

651
00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:40.119
that to me since we was little kids. Believe me,

652
00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:44.039
I'm quite used to it by now. How can you

653
00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:48.000
be so calm about everything, Maddie? I ask? You know,

654
00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:53.320
I really envy you. Maddie shrugs. I just don't let

655
00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:56.760
things bother me. I mean, I got a good life.

656
00:43:56.840 --> 00:44:00.639
I got great friends, I got great parents. Life's good.

657
00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:05.159
Ariel springs forward. You say life is good, and we're

658
00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:09.119
stuck here in a vampire universe. I hate you mouse.

659
00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:14.119
Maddie raises her finger, careful, Ariel, I might crash the car.

660
00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:18.760
Ariel shakes her finger. Oh you just wait till we're

661
00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:23.079
back home. We keep moving until Maddie stashes the car.

662
00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.360
Then we get out and move to Mayor Patrick Gunter's office.

663
00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:29.000
Now it's my turn to show I've got a few

664
00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:32.960
surprises of my own. First off, I pick the lock

665
00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:36.199
to get inside one of the side doors. Bell's has

666
00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:39.199
really been teaching me things since we started getting more

667
00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:43.400
into our friendship. I suppose I shouldn't envy Maddie so much.

668
00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:47.320
Bell's is my one real friend, even though we're hanging

669
00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:50.880
out with Felicia Mirren more these days, more and more

670
00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:54.880
US cheerleaders are kind of becoming a circle of friends.

671
00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:57.239
I don't think i'd still be here today if it

672
00:44:57.280 --> 00:45:00.760
wasn't for Bells. When I got my sickness, I was

673
00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:03.599
told I didn't have long to live. I've always had

674
00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:07.239
a weak immune system. Even the common cold could lay

675
00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:09.440
me up and make me miss school for a good week.

676
00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:13.119
In fact, I missed so much school due to being

677
00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:17.400
sick that I'm repeating my senior year. Even then, Maddie

678
00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:20.679
often came by to see me. I'm still feeling that

679
00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:24.239
sense of insecurity. I guess. I guess I just don't

680
00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:26.960
want to be alone in the world. I've come to

681
00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:30.519
love having Bells and Maddie in my life. I guess

682
00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:33.639
I just don't want us to ever drift apart. That's

683
00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:37.239
not an unreasonable thing to ask, is it? Before long,

684
00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:41.360
we find Mayor Gunter's office and go inside. I already

685
00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:44.960
gave night vision glasses to Maddie and Ariel. Now we're

686
00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:48.559
snooping around. I see maps around the office and look

687
00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:52.320
at them. Now, I don't have a photographic memory, but

688
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.639
I do know strickfield well enough to know when things

689
00:45:55.760 --> 00:46:01.280
look way off. You find something a lee, Ariel asks,

690
00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:04.840
I think so, I reply, take a good look at

691
00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:10.440
these maps. See anything odd? Yeah? Right here? Ariel points

692
00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:16.199
to it. Since when do we have have a nuclear

693
00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:20.320
power plant? Maddie finishes for her. I ain't no high

694
00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:24.199
school senior like you, Aleen, but I'm already thinking things.

695
00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:30.239
Ariel gulps. Do I even want to know? If there's

696
00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:33.800
a nuclear power plant in this strict field? It's probably

697
00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:36.960
tied to how those vamps are powering their portals to

698
00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:42.159
our universe. I translate. That's what she came up with, right, Maddie.

699
00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:46.599
She gulps herself and nods quickly. Uh huh. Then I

700
00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:50.440
pull out my smartphone. We can't call or send texts,

701
00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:54.360
but our cameras are still good. Maddie's got our walkie

702
00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:56.880
talkie and lets the other group know what's going on.

703
00:46:57.840 --> 00:47:01.800
Felicia's talking to us. The vampires are still chasing them.

704
00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:04.800
Then we hear bells say they're going to make themselves

705
00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:08.360
scarce and then make their way over to us. After

706
00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:11.639
I finished taking picks, we look around Mayor Gunter's office

707
00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:15.320
some more, but we don't really find anything worth holding

708
00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:19.480
on to. Suddenly, the lights come on. Next thing we know,

709
00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:22.960
the door to the Mayor's office comes flying away. Now

710
00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:27.599
Mayor Patrick Gunter himself is looking right at us. Did

711
00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:30.119
you really think I wouldn't know if someone was breaking

712
00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:33.639
into my office? He growls. The three of us hold

713
00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:36.480
up our crucifixes and drive him back with our faith

714
00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:39.519
in them. It's not long before he glares at them

715
00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:44.360
and causes them to burst into flames. We quickly drop

716
00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:47.360
our crosses and get out of the office. We're quick

717
00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:50.679
to find out Mayor Gunters not alone. He's got lots

718
00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:53.800
of vampires under his command. The three of us are

719
00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:56.840
running for all we're worth. We know we can't run long,

720
00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:00.920
especially not when vampires can warp. He managed to get

721
00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:04.119
back outside. That's when we see the other car coming

722
00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:14.119
helps arrived and just in time perspective, Bella tabon. As

723
00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:16.719
soon as I break to a stop, Inine, Maddie and

724
00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:19.920
Ariel are running to our car. Vamps jump out through

725
00:48:19.920 --> 00:48:22.840
the broken out windows and land on us. It don't

726
00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:25.760
take them long to start ripping the car apart, the

727
00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:29.400
same as what happened to Felicia's suv Felicia and I

728
00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:32.559
get out and start beating those vamps back. I can't

729
00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:36.239
believe how well the cheerleading captain herself is holding her own.

730
00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:39.199
Then Inini joins in the fight and is using these

731
00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:42.800
new toys she's whipped up. She's got sun lamps attached

732
00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:44.760
to her wrists and is using them to drive the

733
00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:49.119
vamps back. I can't stand Einy's older brother Martin, but

734
00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:51.599
I do agree with him when he calls her Einstein

735
00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:55.719
on account of her gifted intelligence. That's how I came

736
00:48:55.719 --> 00:48:58.559
to call her Iini for short. She gives it back

737
00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:01.760
to me by calling me bell. Since I really like

738
00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:04.679
her cousin Maddie, I let her get away with calling

739
00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:09.920
me Bells too. Maddie reaches us and pulls out her compact. Yeah,

740
00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:12.519
I'd say it's time for Maryworth to lend a hand,

741
00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:18.679
but suddenly Einy's toys overload and stop working. Maddie's compact

742
00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:22.360
also catches fire. Then we see Mayor Gunter did all

743
00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:25.840
this with his cheap parlor tricks. Now he orders the

744
00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:30.159
other vampires to take us. This scene is really not

745
00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:32.920
looking all that good for the six of us. As

746
00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:36.840
a master vampire, I have tremendous power. I can hold

747
00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:39.440
off a bunch of these regular vamps all by myself.

748
00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:44.400
But there are just so many of them. Even if

749
00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:47.519
Felicia were to morph back into her spider form, they'd

750
00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:52.480
still overpower all of us, and they do. We're eventually

751
00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:56.320
taken down and loaded into an armored car and taken away.

752
00:49:57.679 --> 00:50:02.599
I'm surprised they didn't just kill all of us. It

753
00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:07.440
ain't long before we're inside some strange place. I mean,

754
00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:11.599
I know, I've never seen it before, even back home.

755
00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:15.599
We're all placed into these cages. As soon as we're

756
00:50:15.599 --> 00:50:20.800
locked up, these energies appear around ourselves. I wouldn't touch

757
00:50:20.840 --> 00:50:24.400
the bars if I were you. Mayor Gunter warns us

758
00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:28.480
there's enough of this special voltage to overwhelm even you.

759
00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:34.280
I'm sure. Yeah, he directed that last part at me. Now,

760
00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:37.840
Mayor Gunter points to Ariel and Maddie. I'm sure you

761
00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:42.480
two are wondering what became of Harmony. Mirren. I haven't

762
00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:45.159
forgotten how she helped you to escape me the last

763
00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:50.599
time we encountered you. He chuckles coldly. I'm not sorry

764
00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:52.880
to say she didn't survive.

765
00:50:54.679 --> 00:50:59.000
More Scarce to come weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

766
00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:03.599
My legions overwhelmed her the same as they did you.

767
00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:09.039
The only difference is that I wanted all of you alive.

768
00:51:10.280 --> 00:51:13.880
Harmony Miron is quite departed from this world and will

769
00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:19.039
never trouble us again. Why are we so important to you,

770
00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:24.960
Felicia demands, why not just kill us too? In good time?

771
00:51:25.639 --> 00:51:31.000
My dear Mayor Gunter chuckles. But now I believe that

772
00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:34.480
a little story time is in order. I'm sure all

773
00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:37.400
of you would love to have some answers, such as

774
00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:39.920
how our world came to be the way it is

775
00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:45.840
and why we're having to explore other universes for food. Well,

776
00:51:46.599 --> 00:51:49.800
I'm going to tell you, but I should warn you

777
00:51:49.920 --> 00:52:05.719
right now it is not a pleasant story. The present

778
00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:10.519
Mayor Patrick Gunter regarded his prisoners as the energies of

779
00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:14.480
the cells kept them in a weakened state. Ariel Miron

780
00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:18.519
walked to the bars and tightened her fists. Why why

781
00:52:18.519 --> 00:52:22.440
would you turn your world into this, this horrible nightmare?

782
00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:28.320
Mayor Gunter chuckled. Oh, I didn't do this alone. You see.

783
00:52:28.400 --> 00:52:32.000
There was someone else just as hungry for power as

784
00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:36.119
I was, someone who wanted power so badly that said

785
00:52:36.159 --> 00:52:40.960
person approached me. After hearing what my new partner had

786
00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:45.280
to say, he shook his head. Ah, but I'm getting

787
00:52:45.320 --> 00:52:48.719
a little ahead of myself here. No, it's best that

788
00:52:48.800 --> 00:52:56.400
I start from the beginning. Ten years ago. Patrick Gunter

789
00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:59.119
was furious when he saw that he was behind in

790
00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:03.679
the polls again. He couldn't believe the people of Strickfield

791
00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:08.360
favored the current mayor, Harmony Miron so greatly. Gunter had

792
00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:11.280
his own voters behind him, but not nearly enough of

793
00:53:11.320 --> 00:53:15.000
what the current mayor had, and the village election was

794
00:53:15.039 --> 00:53:20.360
coming up very soon. Gunter growled and slammed his fists

795
00:53:20.400 --> 00:53:23.599
on his table. He knew he would never be able

796
00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:26.760
to sway enough voters in his direction. It was bad

797
00:53:26.880 --> 00:53:29.559
enough that there were so many Mirons in both houses

798
00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:32.639
of Congress. There was even talk about a few of

799
00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:37.599
the Mirons possibly making bids for the White House. There

800
00:53:37.599 --> 00:53:41.320
were also three mirans on the Supreme Court. He knew

801
00:53:41.320 --> 00:53:45.519
many of those mirons serving at the federal level were dirty,

802
00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:50.960
not Harmony Miron. This miran not only became the youngest

803
00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:54.679
mayor in Strickfield at the tender age of twenty one,

804
00:53:54.840 --> 00:53:57.920
She had also kept her campaign promises of not raising

805
00:53:58.000 --> 00:54:01.840
taxes and putting current tax monies toward programs that would

806
00:54:01.880 --> 00:54:06.840
benefit the people greatly. Harmony Miron was truly a good

807
00:54:06.920 --> 00:54:11.480
mayor to her village. Gunter had tried many things to

808
00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:15.039
turn people against her. When it seemed he had found

809
00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:17.320
dirt on her and brought it to light in their debates,

810
00:54:17.800 --> 00:54:22.320
Harmony was easily able to explain his accusations. In effect,

811
00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:26.880
Gunter really had nothing concrete against Harmony. Now it was

812
00:54:26.920 --> 00:54:30.519
looking as though Harmony would win a second term by

813
00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:36.199
a landslide. How do I beat you, little girl, Gunter hissed,

814
00:54:36.880 --> 00:54:44.280
How perhaps I can help? Someone called out. He quickly

815
00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:49.000
turned around and couldn't believe his eyes. What are you

816
00:54:49.199 --> 00:54:52.239
doing here, he demanded, And how are you able to

817
00:54:52.280 --> 00:54:57.920
get by my men? The person chuckled. Believe me, I

818
00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:01.840
have my ways of doing things. I assure you, It's

819
00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:05.719
just the two of us in here. Now, I believe

820
00:55:05.719 --> 00:55:08.440
you said you'd like to win the election and become

821
00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:13.159
the new mayor of Strickfield. The person chuckled, again, you're

822
00:55:13.239 --> 00:55:19.119
so petty. Why settle for just Strickfield? What if? What

823
00:55:19.199 --> 00:55:24.559
if I could give you this whole world? Gunter couldn't

824
00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:27.960
believe what he was hearing. Why should I believe someone

825
00:55:28.119 --> 00:55:34.119
like you? The person sighed, very well, I'll give you

826
00:55:34.159 --> 00:55:36.880
a demonstration of the kind of power I'm willing to

827
00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:39.480
share with you. What if I could give you the

828
00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:43.280
election and the mayor's house. What if you won by

829
00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:46.760
a landslide? I could make that happen for you, mister Gunter.

830
00:55:47.519 --> 00:55:51.000
He became very angry. Now, I don't have time for

831
00:55:51.079 --> 00:55:55.079
your games. Don't you understand I'm way behind in the polls.

832
00:55:55.239 --> 00:55:58.079
I'll never beat Harmony Mirror in this election next week.

833
00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:02.440
The person smiled. Then, I'll have to give you something,

834
00:56:03.039 --> 00:56:06.480
right now, What shall I give you to prove the

835
00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:11.360
kind of power that I have? Think about it very carefully.

836
00:56:12.480 --> 00:56:16.840
Gunter decided to call the person's bluff. Okay, if you

837
00:56:16.920 --> 00:56:19.800
can get me the election over Harmony Mirron and by

838
00:56:19.840 --> 00:56:23.679
a landslide, then I'll listen to anything you have to say.

839
00:56:23.840 --> 00:56:29.800
He shook his head quickly. Personally, I I just don't

840
00:56:29.840 --> 00:56:34.960
see someone like you making that happen. The person laughed

841
00:56:35.000 --> 00:56:39.599
with amusement. Next Tuesday is the election. If that's the

842
00:56:39.599 --> 00:56:42.679
proof you want of the power I have, then be

843
00:56:42.800 --> 00:56:47.440
ready to move into the mayor's office in January, mister Gunter.

844
00:56:48.639 --> 00:56:52.519
Gunter laughed scornfully. There was no way this person was

845
00:56:52.599 --> 00:56:54.760
going to be able to get him the election and

846
00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:58.280
the mayorship of Strickfield Harmony. Myron had way too much

847
00:56:58.320 --> 00:57:01.760
popularity and would win with the vast majority of votes.

848
00:57:02.599 --> 00:57:05.119
When Gunter again went to look at the person who

849
00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:09.400
had appeared before him and wasted his time, he gasped

850
00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:13.719
upon seeing he was all alone once more. He looked

851
00:57:13.760 --> 00:57:16.840
around to see if he could find the person, but

852
00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:22.760
there were no traces. He sighed and knew he would

853
00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:31.119
just have to wait and see Patrick Gunter still couldn't

854
00:57:31.159 --> 00:57:34.159
believe his eyes when he saw the front page of

855
00:57:34.199 --> 00:57:37.880
the Strickfield Source. He hadn't even bothered to stay up

856
00:57:37.920 --> 00:57:41.320
and see the results of the village election, knowing full

857
00:57:41.360 --> 00:57:46.280
well that he would lose, but he hadn't The front

858
00:57:46.360 --> 00:57:49.639
page of the morning paper had in huge bold letters,

859
00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:55.119
Gunter wins. When he looked at his answering machine, there

860
00:57:55.159 --> 00:57:59.159
was only one message. Harmony Miron had called to concede

861
00:57:59.559 --> 00:58:03.119
and can congratulate him on winning the election. Then she

862
00:58:03.199 --> 00:58:06.079
demanded to know how he had done it, saying that

863
00:58:06.159 --> 00:58:08.360
there was no way in the world that he could

864
00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:13.599
have won. He didn't have the popularity or the potential votes.

865
00:58:14.559 --> 00:58:18.039
Every day since then, the mayor elect had waited to

866
00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:22.360
see if that mysterious person would appear before him again.

867
00:58:23.159 --> 00:58:25.599
It was only when the December of the following year

868
00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:29.079
came and Mayor Gunter was entering his office that he

869
00:58:29.199 --> 00:58:33.400
finally saw his mysterious friend again, who was now sitting

870
00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:38.880
behind his desk. Mayor Gunter pointed at the mysterious person,

871
00:58:39.960 --> 00:58:43.519
how did you make my winning the election happen? The

872
00:58:43.599 --> 00:58:46.920
person chuckled. Didn't I tell you that you would win

873
00:58:47.719 --> 00:58:53.960
and now you are the mayor of Strickfield. The person smirked. Also,

874
00:58:54.519 --> 00:59:00.480
didn't I ask you? Why settle for just Strickfield. Mayor

875
00:59:00.519 --> 00:59:03.480
Gunter raised his hands in front of him. Yeah, I

876
00:59:03.639 --> 00:59:07.000
remember you said you could give me this entire planet.

877
00:59:07.679 --> 00:59:11.800
He looked skeptical again. How will you go about doing that.

878
00:59:12.840 --> 00:59:16.239
Do you have any idea how big this world is.

879
00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:19.840
I don't think there's any election you could rig up

880
00:59:20.239 --> 00:59:23.760
that can make me dictator of the whole world. The

881
00:59:23.800 --> 00:59:28.760
figure raised a finger that would remain to be seen.

882
00:59:29.400 --> 00:59:31.760
But that's not what I was thinking. As far as

883
00:59:31.800 --> 00:59:36.119
how you would have this world. Mayor Gunter raised an eyebrow.

884
00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:39.400
I'd like to sit in my chair if you don't mind.

885
00:59:40.480 --> 00:59:45.840
The figure looked serious. Now, actually I do mind, mister Gunter.

886
00:59:46.280 --> 00:59:48.880
You and I need to come to an arrangement regarding

887
00:59:48.960 --> 00:59:54.400
our partnership. You want ultimate power. I want ultimate power.

888
00:59:54.800 --> 00:59:58.320
This world is ours for the taking. I can lead

889
00:59:58.400 --> 01:00:01.239
you to that very power. I can give you everything

890
01:00:01.280 --> 01:00:04.599
you want and never knew you wanted. All you have

891
01:00:04.639 --> 01:00:09.440
to do is agree to be my partner. The figure

892
01:00:09.519 --> 01:00:13.360
held out a hand for Mayor Gunter to shake. Upon

893
01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:17.400
shaking the figure's hand to seal the deal, the figure smirked.

894
01:00:18.199 --> 01:00:23.480
Now you and I are truly partners, Mayor Gunter. In

895
01:00:23.559 --> 01:00:26.239
case you're thinking of trying to double cross me in

896
01:00:26.320 --> 01:00:30.400
any way, all I have to do is just snap

897
01:00:30.480 --> 01:00:34.679
my fingers and all will be as it was. In

898
01:00:34.760 --> 01:00:37.480
other words, you'll be right back to the day I

899
01:00:37.599 --> 01:00:41.880
found you. You'll easily lose the mayoral election to Harmony Miron,

900
01:00:42.400 --> 01:00:48.039
and our deal will be all for nought. Mayor Gunter groaned,

901
01:00:48.840 --> 01:00:52.559
you've thought of everything, haven't you. I wouldn't be worthy

902
01:00:52.599 --> 01:00:55.639
of my family's name if I didn't, now, would I?

903
01:00:56.440 --> 01:01:02.000
The figure replied, Now, do you want ultimate power or not?

904
01:01:03.159 --> 01:01:06.039
Since you said we're partners now, then you should know

905
01:01:06.159 --> 01:01:12.400
my answer. Mayor Gunter returned the figure smiled a sinister smile.

906
01:01:13.519 --> 01:01:17.639
I knew you'd see things my way. Suddenly, the figure

907
01:01:17.679 --> 01:01:21.119
revealed a large tome and dropped it right on the desk.

908
01:01:22.000 --> 01:01:28.159
Mayor Gunter couldn't believe it. Behold, mister Mayor, within these

909
01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:31.559
pages are powerful spells that can allow you to have

910
01:01:31.639 --> 01:01:36.000
your heart's desire to go along with your mayorship, The

911
01:01:36.079 --> 01:01:40.239
figure said, But there's one page within this ancient book

912
01:01:40.639 --> 01:01:46.960
that will grant you, grant us this entire world. The

913
01:01:47.039 --> 01:01:50.639
real question is are you willing to take those next

914
01:01:50.719 --> 01:01:53.960
steps with me? In order for us to claim that power,

915
01:01:54.480 --> 01:01:56.800
we have only to take a little walk to a

916
01:01:56.840 --> 01:02:02.599
specific house here in Strickfield, unless, of course, you're afraid

917
01:02:02.599 --> 01:02:04.880
of ghosts and haunted houses.

918
01:02:05.960 --> 01:02:10.440
If you're not afraid then you're already dead. Weekly spooky,

919
01:02:10.519 --> 01:02:11.519
We'll be right back.

920
01:02:17.719 --> 01:02:21.000
One week later, it was a dark and snowy night.

921
01:02:21.760 --> 01:02:25.440
Mayor Gunter and his partner walked down a few desolate streets.

922
01:02:26.280 --> 01:02:29.480
Only a select few houses in this vicinity had any

923
01:02:29.559 --> 01:02:33.760
Christmas decorations up or lit. Before long, they were turning

924
01:02:33.840 --> 01:02:38.920
down Pleasant Valley Road. Soon Mayor Gunter stopped dead in

925
01:02:38.920 --> 01:02:42.880
his tracks. You really aren't thinking of us going into

926
01:02:45.119 --> 01:02:50.199
that house, are you? He demanded. Oh, that's exactly what

927
01:02:50.280 --> 01:02:55.000
I'm thinking, mister Mayor, his partner said. The ultimate power

928
01:02:55.039 --> 01:02:59.840
we are to obtain is in that very house. Now,

929
01:03:00.039 --> 01:03:02.480
don't tell me you're going to chicken out. Remember we

930
01:03:02.639 --> 01:03:06.480
both have just as much to gain here. Mayor Gunter

931
01:03:06.639 --> 01:03:10.840
pointed to the old mansion. But this, this is the

932
01:03:10.920 --> 01:03:14.760
Carnivosh estate. You yourself had to have lived in Strickfield

933
01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:17.440
long enough to know this is the one house in

934
01:03:17.480 --> 01:03:19.400
our village that you walk on the other side of

935
01:03:19.400 --> 01:03:24.039
the street to avoid. His partner again emphasized ultimate power

936
01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:27.840
and seizing the world. I promised you that you would

937
01:03:27.840 --> 01:03:30.840
be mayor, didn't I Why would I lie to you? Now?

938
01:03:31.679 --> 01:03:35.519
He considered his partner. Okay, you have a point, But

939
01:03:35.599 --> 01:03:39.519
why promise me unlimited power? You could have seized it

940
01:03:39.559 --> 01:03:44.880
all for yourself. Yes, you're right, his partner agreed, But

941
01:03:45.039 --> 01:03:47.760
what fun would that be. It's fun to have a

942
01:03:47.800 --> 01:03:51.119
partner in crime to share all this with. And think

943
01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:54.639
about this. I handed you a major victory over a

944
01:03:54.760 --> 01:03:58.840
Mirn when you won the election. Imagine what you could

945
01:03:58.920 --> 01:04:02.280
really do to the Mirons when we get ultimate power

946
01:04:02.920 --> 01:04:09.320
for ourselves. Mayor Gunter nodded slowly. Again, you have a point.

947
01:04:10.039 --> 01:04:13.559
I do love seeing the Mirons fail, and with my

948
01:04:13.760 --> 01:04:19.639
help you will again, his partner promised, But we must

949
01:04:19.719 --> 01:04:24.719
go into the Carnivosha State. There's no other way. Maybe

950
01:04:24.760 --> 01:04:27.800
it was against his better judgment, Maybe it was the

951
01:04:27.840 --> 01:04:32.320
promise of ultimate power. They continued down Pleasant Valley Road

952
01:04:32.760 --> 01:04:35.159
until they were standing outside the front gate of the

953
01:04:35.199 --> 01:04:39.280
Carnivosh estate. Before he realized it, he was already on

954
01:04:39.320 --> 01:04:42.960
the other side of the high, vine covered fence that

955
01:04:43.119 --> 01:04:49.480
surrounded the ancient house. Mayor Gunter felt his heart pounding

956
01:04:49.760 --> 01:04:53.159
when the back door squeaked open. He was surprised at

957
01:04:53.199 --> 01:04:57.960
how quickly his partner went inside. After closing the door,

958
01:04:58.360 --> 01:05:02.400
Mayor Gunter followed his partner. Soon they entered a library.

959
01:05:03.440 --> 01:05:09.480
Every shelf was filled to capacity with ancient leather bound books.

960
01:05:09.960 --> 01:05:13.440
We'll have to look around very carefully and hear the

961
01:05:13.519 --> 01:05:19.239
partner said, there's a secret passage in here somewhere. How

962
01:05:19.239 --> 01:05:23.079
do you know, the mayor demanded, didn't you read the

963
01:05:23.119 --> 01:05:26.760
tone I gave you? Obviously not, or you would have

964
01:05:26.800 --> 01:05:31.000
read the information I already know. There's a secret entrance

965
01:05:31.079 --> 01:05:34.880
here in the library somewhere. Once we open it, we

966
01:05:35.039 --> 01:05:39.360
head down into the chamber, then we go from there.

967
01:05:40.519 --> 01:05:44.000
It had taken them several months, but Mayor Gunter had

968
01:05:44.039 --> 01:05:47.239
finally found the one book that would not come loose

969
01:05:47.280 --> 01:05:51.000
from the shelf. After pulling back on it, they heard

970
01:05:51.039 --> 01:05:54.519
a loud noise. Mayor Gunter pulled open the shelf to

971
01:05:54.599 --> 01:06:00.880
reveal the hidden stairway. Using flashlights, they decided the stairway

972
01:06:00.960 --> 01:06:04.239
until they were in a ceremonial chamber with a large

973
01:06:04.280 --> 01:06:10.559
altar in the center. No, it's not here, the partner said.

974
01:06:11.400 --> 01:06:14.320
The passage I read said one must be willing to

975
01:06:14.400 --> 01:06:19.800
descend to the furthest depths to reach ultimate power. Mayor

976
01:06:19.800 --> 01:06:25.400
Gunter snapped his fingers. Perhaps there's another secret entrance located

977
01:06:25.440 --> 01:06:31.159
in this secret room exactly what I was thinking, mister Mayor,

978
01:06:32.000 --> 01:06:36.039
But where exactly? It had taken them several more minutes,

979
01:06:36.480 --> 01:06:39.719
but the partner had finally discovered a switch that caused

980
01:06:39.719 --> 01:06:43.400
the altar to move and revealed yet another hidden stairway

981
01:06:43.800 --> 01:06:48.039
leading further below the Carnivosh estate. Before Mayor Gunter could

982
01:06:48.119 --> 01:06:51.199
say he wanted to turn back, his partner had quickly

983
01:06:51.360 --> 01:06:56.840
entered this newly revealed passageway. Mayor Gunter continued to feel

984
01:06:56.880 --> 01:07:01.920
conflicted as he followed his partner down further and further.

985
01:07:03.039 --> 01:07:06.119
Soon they were in what appeared to be a crypt,

986
01:07:06.840 --> 01:07:10.079
this one looking like it had possibly been built during

987
01:07:10.119 --> 01:07:15.800
the Dark Ages. It's here, his partner exclaimed, pointing at

988
01:07:15.840 --> 01:07:19.079
a chest that had several chains binding it and a

989
01:07:19.079 --> 01:07:23.960
bright blue energy field surrounding it. She turned off her flashlight.

990
01:07:25.199 --> 01:07:30.440
What is it, Mayor Gunter gasped, turning off his the

991
01:07:30.639 --> 01:07:35.440
ultimate power. His partner gasped equally, All we have to

992
01:07:35.480 --> 01:07:40.320
do is open it, and this whole world belongs to us.

993
01:07:41.079 --> 01:07:45.599
How will we get through that field? Then Gunter remembered, no,

994
01:07:46.519 --> 01:07:50.599
I remember the words. He glanced at his partner. For

995
01:07:50.679 --> 01:07:53.960
your information, I did read the book from cover to cover.

996
01:07:54.360 --> 01:08:00.400
Several times. I just wasn't sure this was real. You know,

997
01:08:00.519 --> 01:08:05.599
the mirror magic's work, The partner said, why wouldn't they work? Now?

998
01:08:06.519 --> 01:08:09.559
All we have to do is recite the counterspell to

999
01:08:09.639 --> 01:08:14.760
remove the barrier and unshackle the locks. From there, there

1000
01:08:14.800 --> 01:08:17.800
is absolutely nothing to keep us from opening the chest

1001
01:08:18.359 --> 01:08:23.880
and seizing the ultimate power for ourselves. Mayor Gunter decided

1002
01:08:23.920 --> 01:08:27.520
to voice his concerns. The passage is said that the

1003
01:08:27.640 --> 01:08:33.319
very essence of Dracula himself is within that chest. It

1004
01:08:33.399 --> 01:08:37.000
was written that he existed for thousands of years, which

1005
01:08:37.039 --> 01:08:40.239
is how and why he became the oldest and most

1006
01:08:40.279 --> 01:08:44.399
powerful master vampire ever known. He was finally brought down

1007
01:08:44.479 --> 01:08:47.800
by a few select ancient mirans who had turned aside

1008
01:08:47.800 --> 01:08:52.039
from evil and perfected powerful white magics to finally stop

1009
01:08:52.119 --> 01:08:56.119
Dracula and free the world from his terrible power. His

1010
01:08:56.319 --> 01:09:00.319
essence has been contained inside this chest all this time. Time,

1011
01:09:01.359 --> 01:09:05.399
he took a deep breath. You have heard the story

1012
01:09:05.720 --> 01:09:10.199
of Pandora's Box, haven't you. If not, I'll gladly inform

1013
01:09:10.279 --> 01:09:15.159
you I've read Greek mythology. His partner snapped, I know

1014
01:09:15.279 --> 01:09:18.920
the story of Pandora's Box, but this box will give

1015
01:09:19.000 --> 01:09:24.960
us ultimate power. Once we free Dracula's essence, this world

1016
01:09:25.640 --> 01:09:30.199
will be ours. What makes you so sure Dracula won't

1017
01:09:30.319 --> 01:09:35.439
just turn on us, Gunter inquired. As long as we

1018
01:09:35.560 --> 01:09:39.119
both know the original spell, he can be returned to

1019
01:09:39.239 --> 01:09:44.680
his prison at any time. The partner reminded him, I'm

1020
01:09:44.720 --> 01:09:48.000
sure that once Dracula is free, he'll be more than

1021
01:09:48.039 --> 01:09:52.039
willing to share his power with us. Go ahead and

1022
01:09:52.159 --> 01:09:54.880
leave if you want. I won't force you to stay

1023
01:09:54.880 --> 01:09:59.159
with me any longer. Consumed by his lust for more power,

1024
01:09:59.760 --> 01:10:03.520
may Gunter began reciting the ancient words that the darker

1025
01:10:03.600 --> 01:10:08.159
mirrors of ancient times had written. He wondered why they

1026
01:10:08.279 --> 01:10:12.520
themselves never undid the spell their traitorous relatives placed on

1027
01:10:12.640 --> 01:10:18.840
the chest. He continued to recite the spell. Suddenly, winds

1028
01:10:18.960 --> 01:10:22.880
filled the chamber and the torchlights became fully lit. The

1029
01:10:22.920 --> 01:10:27.399
mystic barrier surrounding the chest flickered before it was finally gone.

1030
01:10:28.039 --> 01:10:32.399
When Mayor Gunter finished with the incantation, the chains unlocked

1031
01:10:33.039 --> 01:10:40.800
and fell to the floor. There was absolutely nothing to

1032
01:10:40.920 --> 01:10:45.079
keep them from opening the forbidden chest. Now, before Mayor

1033
01:10:45.119 --> 01:10:48.079
Gunter could think of what to do next, his partner

1034
01:10:48.640 --> 01:10:52.760
was already at the chest. Just seeing the evil radiating

1035
01:10:52.800 --> 01:10:55.920
from his partner's smile and eyes made him wish that

1036
01:10:56.000 --> 01:11:00.840
he hadn't done what he did. However, it was much

1037
01:11:00.920 --> 01:11:03.039
too late to undo anything.

1038
01:11:04.399 --> 01:11:09.600
If you thought that was scary, just you wait, weekly spooky.

1039
01:11:09.760 --> 01:11:12.479
We'll be right back now.

1040
01:11:12.800 --> 01:11:17.840
My revenge against the mirrors is complete, the partner yelled

1041
01:11:17.880 --> 01:11:21.359
in accomplishment. As soon as the chest was opened, just

1042
01:11:21.439 --> 01:11:26.159
the slightest a neon purple light erupted from it. The

1043
01:11:26.239 --> 01:11:30.319
partner opened the chest all the way and laughed as

1044
01:11:30.359 --> 01:11:35.359
the light filled the entire chamber. Soon, powerful beams of

1045
01:11:35.479 --> 01:11:39.920
light shot into both Mayor Gunter and his partner. They

1046
01:11:39.960 --> 01:11:46.279
felt themselves being infused with such incredible power for several minutes,

1047
01:11:46.319 --> 01:11:51.319
they remained still. When the power stopped feeding into them,

1048
01:11:52.239 --> 01:11:57.720
they knew they were fully transformed. Mayor Gunter saw his

1049
01:11:57.920 --> 01:12:03.000
partner's new vampiric face and knew his own was the

1050
01:12:03.039 --> 01:12:08.199
same way. In fact, he could already feel the thangs

1051
01:12:08.560 --> 01:12:13.239
growing within his own mouth. The power escaped upward through

1052
01:12:13.279 --> 01:12:18.199
the two passageways and out the Carnivosh's state. The power

1053
01:12:18.319 --> 01:12:23.359
continued its ascent into the winter storm. Mayor Gunter and

1054
01:12:23.399 --> 01:12:26.960
his partner reached the outside and saw how evil the

1055
01:12:27.000 --> 01:12:32.640
sky had become no matter how far they looked. What

1056
01:12:32.720 --> 01:12:36.920
have we done? Mayor Gunter groaned, not sure that he

1057
01:12:36.960 --> 01:12:40.279
really wanted to hear the answer, but he didn't have

1058
01:12:40.439 --> 01:12:43.840
much time to ponder further, as he felt an incredible

1059
01:12:43.960 --> 01:12:49.000
thirst and knew there was only one thing that could

1060
01:12:49.039 --> 01:12:58.000
satisfy human blood. Suddenly, Mayor Gunter and his partner transformed

1061
01:12:58.039 --> 01:13:03.800
into giant bats flew in search of their first victims.

1062
01:13:04.760 --> 01:13:08.439
It had taken them only short minutes to find suitable nourishment.

1063
01:13:09.520 --> 01:13:13.000
The first people they encountered had already been transformed into

1064
01:13:13.079 --> 01:13:18.279
vampires like themselves. Mayor Gunter wondered why not everyone had

1065
01:13:18.319 --> 01:13:22.359
been transformed just the same. He was glad to be

1066
01:13:22.439 --> 01:13:25.760
able to slake his thirst. It was only a matter

1067
01:13:25.840 --> 01:13:29.720
of a few short days before Christmas that the entire

1068
01:13:29.840 --> 01:13:35.359
planet had become enfolded in the eternity of night. The

1069
01:13:35.399 --> 01:13:40.159
sun would never brighten the skies of Earth again. Now,

1070
01:13:40.319 --> 01:13:45.680
both Mayor Gunter and his partner found themselves on borrowed time,

1071
01:13:46.600 --> 01:13:50.920
after consuming their recent humans that they were just barely

1072
01:13:51.000 --> 01:13:55.760
able to find. He looked at his partner, We're almost

1073
01:13:55.800 --> 01:13:59.720
out of food, He said, there are too many of

1074
01:13:59.800 --> 01:14:03.840
us and not enough mortals to sustain all of us.

1075
01:14:04.840 --> 01:14:08.159
How are we supposed to have unlimited power and rule

1076
01:14:08.239 --> 01:14:12.560
this world if we become too weak from thirst? The

1077
01:14:12.640 --> 01:14:16.319
partner turned to him, you think I haven't already thought

1078
01:14:16.319 --> 01:14:19.560
about that. Not only do we have the Miran magics

1079
01:14:19.560 --> 01:14:24.479
at our disposal, we also have technology. All we have

1080
01:14:24.560 --> 01:14:26.720
to do is enact the next phase of my plan

1081
01:14:27.239 --> 01:14:30.720
and we can have all the delicious mortals we'll ever

1082
01:14:30.880 --> 01:14:35.399
need or want. Mayor Gunter and his partner went back

1083
01:14:35.439 --> 01:14:39.880
to his office. There, his partner explained how they would

1084
01:14:39.920 --> 01:14:43.920
take over the Strickfield Nuclear power Plant. Using the mirror

1085
01:14:43.920 --> 01:14:48.079
and magics. In combination with blueprints stolen from a few

1086
01:14:48.159 --> 01:14:52.800
Mirran technology branches, they could add the power of nuclear

1087
01:14:52.920 --> 01:14:57.600
energy to fuel their plan. At the same time, they

1088
01:14:57.640 --> 01:15:01.000
would tap power grids around the world and shut them

1089
01:15:01.039 --> 01:15:06.039
all down permanently. Only their nuclear plant would make power.

1090
01:15:06.920 --> 01:15:09.840
While Mayor Gunter and his partner worked to construct their

1091
01:15:09.840 --> 01:15:13.800
new prototype portal device at the Strickfield Nuclear power Plant,

1092
01:15:14.359 --> 01:15:17.720
they managed to find some more humans to be able

1093
01:15:17.760 --> 01:15:22.319
to sustain them until their work was completed. Apparently, the

1094
01:15:22.359 --> 01:15:26.640
mortals that hadn't been turned had banded together to form

1095
01:15:26.760 --> 01:15:30.399
resistance groups. The two of them had to be careful

1096
01:15:30.479 --> 01:15:33.159
not to be caught off guard and be finished off

1097
01:15:33.239 --> 01:15:37.479
by these groups. However, they were powerful enough to wear

1098
01:15:37.760 --> 01:15:40.840
they were able to secure some of them as their

1099
01:15:40.880 --> 01:15:45.760
food source. When everything was ready, Mayor Gunter threw the

1100
01:15:45.840 --> 01:15:50.600
switch and opened their first portal. Mayor Gunter ordered some

1101
01:15:50.720 --> 01:15:55.840
vampires to enter and bring back mortals. The experiment proved

1102
01:15:55.840 --> 01:16:00.960
to be most successful. Mayor Gunter and his partner were

1103
01:16:01.000 --> 01:16:05.720
able to feed the vampire legions that obeyed them. Then

1104
01:16:05.800 --> 01:16:09.359
Mayor Gunter's partner found other ideas in another mirror in

1105
01:16:09.399 --> 01:16:15.199
Tone on how to bring mortals to their universe. From there,

1106
01:16:15.520 --> 01:16:19.199
more methods were used to open portals from their universe

1107
01:16:19.760 --> 01:16:24.399
to others. Use of physical mediums such as movies on film,

1108
01:16:24.800 --> 01:16:29.199
compact disc formats, flash drives, and many others were used

1109
01:16:29.399 --> 01:16:32.720
to be able to open portals. All that would need

1110
01:16:32.760 --> 01:16:35.600
to be done would be to send these lethal mediums

1111
01:16:35.640 --> 01:16:40.159
to other universes and wait. But these plans were not

1112
01:16:40.479 --> 01:16:44.920
without resistance. The former mayor of Strickfield, Harmony Miron, would

1113
01:16:44.960 --> 01:16:49.119
make a last stand against Mayor Gunter. Harmony was the

1114
01:16:49.199 --> 01:16:52.439
leader of a human resistance group that was determined to

1115
01:16:52.479 --> 01:16:56.119
destroy the power plant. The group had made a valiant effort,

1116
01:16:56.279 --> 01:17:00.680
but the vampires were far too powerful for them. Before

1117
01:17:00.720 --> 01:17:04.399
the remainder of them could retreat, Mayor Gunter had seized

1118
01:17:04.439 --> 01:17:09.520
Harmony and infected her with but a single bite. By

1119
01:17:09.560 --> 01:17:12.800
the time Harmony had retreated to the Strickfield Town Center

1120
01:17:12.880 --> 01:17:16.800
mall her Mal, she had become one of the undead

1121
01:17:16.880 --> 01:17:20.960
herself and would turn on those who were her allies

1122
01:17:21.800 --> 01:17:26.359
for food. With Harmony Mirn no longer a threat, Mayor

1123
01:17:26.439 --> 01:17:30.399
Gunter and his partner were free to do whatever they wanted.

1124
01:17:30.840 --> 01:17:34.600
His partners had kept the promise of unlimited power and

1125
01:17:34.760 --> 01:17:44.800
control of Earth after all the present, Mayor Gunter turned

1126
01:17:44.840 --> 01:17:49.039
to his prisoners. Now you understand how we came to

1127
01:17:49.119 --> 01:17:54.000
conquer our world and bring it into everlasting darkness. Now

1128
01:17:54.079 --> 01:17:56.760
you understand how we can do the same to so

1129
01:17:56.960 --> 01:18:02.359
many other Earths, in so many other universes. The possibilities

1130
01:18:03.039 --> 01:18:10.319
are endless. You people are truly monsters. Ariel Mirn yelled,

1131
01:18:10.800 --> 01:18:14.319
We won't let you get away with this. Mayor Gunter laughed,

1132
01:18:14.880 --> 01:18:19.439
And who will stop me? Little girl? You your friends,

1133
01:18:19.960 --> 01:18:23.399
the cells you've been placed in. Continue to sap your strength.

1134
01:18:23.760 --> 01:18:28.079
Soon you six will be nothing more than easy nourishment.

1135
01:18:29.039 --> 01:18:32.520
Mayor Gunter produced a walkie talkie of his own. Then

1136
01:18:32.640 --> 01:18:38.039
he spoke into it. Are the enhancements to the reactor finished? Ready?

1137
01:18:38.600 --> 01:18:40.880
The voice of his partner on the other end replied.

1138
01:18:41.760 --> 01:18:47.199
Mayor Gunter smiled with glee. Then reactivate the reactor so

1139
01:18:47.239 --> 01:18:50.239
that we may bring more mortals into our world, that

1140
01:18:50.359 --> 01:18:54.399
we may have a more plentiful harvest. He looked to

1141
01:18:54.399 --> 01:18:58.439
his prisoners. In case you haven't guessed yet, you're in

1142
01:18:58.479 --> 01:19:02.319
the Strickfield Nuclear Power Place. When the prisoners heard the

1143
01:19:02.359 --> 01:19:06.119
reactor coming to life, Ariel tightened her fists and shook

1144
01:19:06.119 --> 01:19:11.600
her head quickly. No, she shook her head faster. No.

1145
01:19:11.600 --> 01:19:14.880
Now she could feel the intense anger growing within her.

1146
01:19:15.680 --> 01:19:15.760
No.

1147
01:19:17.279 --> 01:19:20.880
Ariel shook as she suddenly felt an incredible surge throughout

1148
01:19:20.880 --> 01:19:25.359
her body. The next thing she knew, she was forming

1149
01:19:25.439 --> 01:19:30.039
green and red fire in her fists. Also, her eyes

1150
01:19:30.119 --> 01:19:34.279
and hair began to glow with bright light.

1151
01:19:41.479 --> 01:19:45.560
I like it, spooky weekly, spooky will be right.

1152
01:19:45.359 --> 01:19:58.600
Back perspective, Ariel, mirrn, what is this? What's happening to me?

1153
01:19:59.439 --> 01:20:02.840
These energy dampeners were able to siphon the strength from

1154
01:20:02.840 --> 01:20:06.239
the others. But I've been feeling fine since I was

1155
01:20:06.279 --> 01:20:11.880
thrown in here. Ariel Carter Cross stammers, what's happening to you?

1156
01:20:12.800 --> 01:20:16.159
I don't know, I gasp, just as confused as him.

1157
01:20:16.760 --> 01:20:20.159
Then I remember these red and green colors being associated

1158
01:20:20.239 --> 01:20:25.720
with Queen Arcadia from when she possessed me around Christmas.

1159
01:20:26.279 --> 01:20:28.760
I don't think about it and easily blast the bars

1160
01:20:28.840 --> 01:20:32.159
right off my cell, wrecking its dampeners. Mouse and a

1161
01:20:32.279 --> 01:20:36.000
Leen come to Carter and work together to help him up. Stop.

1162
01:20:36.479 --> 01:20:39.439
Mayor Gunter yells, pointing at me. I run out of

1163
01:20:39.439 --> 01:20:41.760
my cell and use my new powers to free Bella,

1164
01:20:41.840 --> 01:20:46.000
Tabon and cousin Felicia. Even though Bella's still weakened from

1165
01:20:46.000 --> 01:20:48.680
the dampening field, she springs out of her cell and

1166
01:20:48.760 --> 01:20:53.399
floors Mayor Gunter with a tremendous punch. Felicia also springs

1167
01:20:53.399 --> 01:20:56.159
out of the cell. Come on, we gotta stop that

1168
01:20:56.239 --> 01:21:01.399
reactor aw man. Mouse mutters, if only I had a mirror.

1169
01:21:02.279 --> 01:21:06.279
We'll use our bare hands Mattie. Aileen tells her, Yeah,

1170
01:21:06.359 --> 01:21:09.479
I'm itching to kick some butt. We all head to

1171
01:21:09.479 --> 01:21:13.279
the main control room and find even more vampires. I

1172
01:21:13.319 --> 01:21:16.760
also see someone working the main panel. I can't see

1173
01:21:16.800 --> 01:21:20.119
who it is, but this person looks smaller than these

1174
01:21:20.159 --> 01:21:24.439
other vampires. The person sees us coming and transforms into

1175
01:21:24.439 --> 01:21:27.840
that giant bat that tried to take me earlier. The

1176
01:21:27.880 --> 01:21:31.079
twin Mice and Carter are grabbing stuff to use his weapons.

1177
01:21:31.520 --> 01:21:34.520
As a vampire grabs a leen, she quickly lays into him.

1178
01:21:34.960 --> 01:21:37.920
I mean she's going all kung paw and showing she

1179
01:21:38.000 --> 01:21:42.239
can fight. She's also showing she's got strength. Now. Mouse

1180
01:21:42.279 --> 01:21:44.720
and Carter are swinging at anything that comes their way.

1181
01:21:45.600 --> 01:21:49.920
If you've got powers, Ariel, use them. Bella yells, I'm

1182
01:21:50.000 --> 01:21:53.199
feeling angry again, and I use my new powers to

1183
01:21:53.239 --> 01:21:57.800
attack these bloodsuckers. As soon as Felicia walks by in

1184
01:21:57.840 --> 01:22:02.560
her big spider form, I shriek. Okay, Felicia's on our side,

1185
01:22:02.560 --> 01:22:07.319
but she's still scary. I'm going for the reactor. Felicia says,

1186
01:22:07.640 --> 01:22:13.800
how about some backup? Ariel, I I don't know. I groan,

1187
01:22:14.920 --> 01:22:19.680
like Bella said, use your powers, cousin, your world needs you. Okay,

1188
01:22:20.239 --> 01:22:24.439
I'm not so scared of Felicia anymore. You're right, Let's go.

1189
01:22:25.199 --> 01:22:29.039
Felicia lowers herself a little hop on. I get on

1190
01:22:29.079 --> 01:22:32.479
her back and cut loose on the vampires. Felicia moves

1191
01:22:32.560 --> 01:22:35.520
fast with her lower eight legs. How long have I

1192
01:22:35.560 --> 01:22:39.279
had powers for? Anyway? I'll have to figure that out later.

1193
01:22:42.359 --> 01:22:47.760
Perspective Felicia mirn. Ariel ain't doing bad at keeping those

1194
01:22:47.880 --> 01:22:51.000
vamps off me. When I'm close to the main control panel,

1195
01:22:51.239 --> 01:22:53.920
that giant bat that keeps being a pest is coming

1196
01:22:54.000 --> 01:22:57.039
right at us. Ariel fires at it, but it dodges

1197
01:22:57.119 --> 01:23:03.439
her focus. Ariel, I tell don't fire blindly. I'm trying,

1198
01:23:03.520 --> 01:23:08.960
but that bats really fast, she protests. As other vampires

1199
01:23:08.960 --> 01:23:11.560
are coming at us, I knock them away. I spin

1200
01:23:11.680 --> 01:23:14.479
webs on two of them and yank them together hard

1201
01:23:14.520 --> 01:23:17.039
to daze them. I spring forward and make it to

1202
01:23:17.079 --> 01:23:20.760
the main control panel. Then I hear that bat screeching

1203
01:23:21.199 --> 01:23:25.039
and turn to face it. I'll blast that panel, Ariel

1204
01:23:25.079 --> 01:23:29.159
says no. I quickly tell her that might cause a meltdown.

1205
01:23:29.600 --> 01:23:34.960
Ariel gulps, well, I never thought about that. Try and

1206
01:23:35.000 --> 01:23:38.760
find an off switch or something, I say, do something

1207
01:23:39.199 --> 01:23:41.800
that won't get us killed and that can close these

1208
01:23:41.840 --> 01:23:44.920
portals that are opening up. Ariel gets off me and

1209
01:23:45.000 --> 01:23:48.840
sees all the flashing buttons and dials. Yeah, this will

1210
01:23:48.840 --> 01:23:51.399
be about as easy as beating mouse in a video game,

1211
01:23:51.800 --> 01:23:55.239
she mutters. Using my four eyes, I see Maddie and

1212
01:23:55.279 --> 01:23:58.439
Carter each have clubs and are keeping vampires at bay.

1213
01:23:59.000 --> 01:24:02.720
A Lean continue showing she can fight. How did she

1214
01:24:02.800 --> 01:24:06.800
get so strong? Then I remember she was bitten by

1215
01:24:06.840 --> 01:24:09.720
a vampire here. If I got to take an educated

1216
01:24:09.800 --> 01:24:13.319
guess on where a lean learned or moves, Bella must

1217
01:24:13.359 --> 01:24:17.600
have taught her. Speaking of Bella, she's still fighting mayor

1218
01:24:17.680 --> 01:24:20.880
gunter as. That giant bat's about to attack me with

1219
01:24:20.920 --> 01:24:24.760
its claws. Ariel finally zaps it. I snare it and

1220
01:24:24.880 --> 01:24:28.279
slam it to the floor. Next, I grab its talons

1221
01:24:28.399 --> 01:24:32.039
and pinch them with my fingernail spikes. Soon the bat

1222
01:24:32.119 --> 01:24:36.279
starts slowing down, showing my venom works on these things.

1223
01:24:37.159 --> 01:24:41.119
Suddenly the bat shrieks and lunges drowsily to escape. I

1224
01:24:41.199 --> 01:24:43.439
pull it back with my web, making it drop on

1225
01:24:43.479 --> 01:24:47.600
the reactor controls and fall to the floor. Some buttons

1226
01:24:47.600 --> 01:24:51.520
were pressed, but the portals are still open. Of course,

1227
01:24:52.079 --> 01:24:55.279
it ain't the reactor making the portals, just powering the

1228
01:24:55.319 --> 01:25:00.880
machine that does. And then I located Ariel hit that machine,

1229
01:25:01.279 --> 01:25:04.279
I tell her, pointing right at it. Ariel zaps it

1230
01:25:04.359 --> 01:25:10.520
and overloads it. Now the portals are suddenly gone. Unfortunately,

1231
01:25:10.560 --> 01:25:13.279
we ain't gonna win this fight either. More and more

1232
01:25:13.359 --> 01:25:17.000
vamps keep coming. Bella flings mayor Gunter away from her

1233
01:25:17.039 --> 01:25:22.000
and yells, we gotta get outa here, you heard Bella, Ariel,

1234
01:25:22.520 --> 01:25:26.319
I say, we stay here, will be overwhelmed again. Hop on,

1235
01:25:27.079 --> 01:25:29.880
When Ariel's on my back again, I leap away from

1236
01:25:29.920 --> 01:25:33.520
the main panel. Bella grabs Maddie and Carter. I let

1237
01:25:33.520 --> 01:25:36.319
a Leen get on my back also. I carry her

1238
01:25:36.319 --> 01:25:39.680
and Ariel easily as we make our escape. There ain't

1239
01:25:39.720 --> 01:25:42.359
gonna be too many of those vampires coming after us.

1240
01:25:42.840 --> 01:25:45.720
They got more important things to worry about, like fixing

1241
01:25:45.760 --> 01:25:50.039
that machine. We won this battle, but we're far from

1242
01:25:50.039 --> 01:25:53.960
winning the war. Hang in there, comic book nerds and

1243
01:25:54.000 --> 01:26:03.600
horror fanatics. We're gonna win the day. Yet perspective, Bella tabon.

1244
01:26:04.560 --> 01:26:07.119
We lose those other vamps by ducking out of sight.

1245
01:26:07.720 --> 01:26:10.199
Good thing, they're the run of the mill kind. If

1246
01:26:10.199 --> 01:26:13.279
they were like me, we'd be in big trouble. At

1247
01:26:13.359 --> 01:26:17.079
Least we can recoup and talk things out. Okay, we

1248
01:26:17.239 --> 01:26:21.520
damaged that machine, Carter Cross says, you just know they're

1249
01:26:21.560 --> 01:26:24.239
already working on it. Who knows how long it'll be

1250
01:26:24.239 --> 01:26:28.000
before they get it up and running again. Yeah, Carter's right.

1251
01:26:28.439 --> 01:26:31.520
Maddie agrees. We got to figure out a plan. We

1252
01:26:31.600 --> 01:26:34.239
got to keep the vamps from getting that machine working again.

1253
01:26:34.800 --> 01:26:38.319
I put my hand on Maddie's shoulder. You got your

1254
01:26:38.319 --> 01:26:40.640
heart in the right place. But it's just the six

1255
01:26:40.680 --> 01:26:43.920
of us against Gunter and his army. Whatever we come

1256
01:26:44.000 --> 01:26:48.479
up with, we gotta make it count. Face it, this

1257
01:26:48.560 --> 01:26:52.239
is suicide, I ne mutters. We're looking at the real

1258
01:26:52.359 --> 01:26:57.319
possibility of never going back home again this time, even

1259
01:26:57.319 --> 01:27:00.840
if we do succeed in wrecking Gunter's machine for good.

1260
01:27:01.319 --> 01:27:04.640
Ariel points to me. You guys saw how Bella was

1261
01:27:04.760 --> 01:27:08.159
knocking Gunter on his butt. I look right at her. Now,

1262
01:27:08.840 --> 01:27:13.479
don't overestimate me. Okay, yes, I'm a powerful master vampire,

1263
01:27:13.800 --> 01:27:16.960
but even I can't take on Gunter and all his armies,

1264
01:27:17.520 --> 01:27:21.680
at least not for the long haul. Then Carter looks

1265
01:27:21.680 --> 01:27:26.279
at Ariel. Since when did you get powers, Princess? How

1266
01:27:26.279 --> 01:27:29.439
long have you known? Ariel looks at Carter like you

1267
01:27:29.640 --> 01:27:33.520
just cut her? What are you saying? Huh? You, saying

1268
01:27:33.640 --> 01:27:38.239
I'm keeping secrets too for your information. I just discovered

1269
01:27:38.239 --> 01:27:43.600
my powers. Those are Queen Arcadia's powers. Maddie says, I

1270
01:27:43.640 --> 01:27:47.159
ain't forgot what she did back in December. Ariel turns

1271
01:27:47.159 --> 01:27:52.039
to Maddie. I'm not Queen Arcadia. I'm me Mouse. She

1272
01:27:52.159 --> 01:27:55.399
holds out her little fingers. Mattie hugs her own little

1273
01:27:55.399 --> 01:28:01.680
finger with Ariels. Then Ariel says, pinky promise. Okay, Ariel,

1274
01:28:02.199 --> 01:28:04.840
you ain't Queen Arcadia, but you do got her powers.

1275
01:28:05.479 --> 01:28:09.800
Maddie stresses. Carter groans, am I the only one who

1276
01:28:09.800 --> 01:28:14.239
feels useless around here? All you guys got powers. I

1277
01:28:14.279 --> 01:28:18.600
ain't got nothing. You got spirit and guts, kid, Felicia

1278
01:28:18.640 --> 01:28:23.079
tells him, don't forget, You're still alive. But how much

1279
01:28:23.119 --> 01:28:27.640
longer will we be alive? Felicia Ainy yells, you see

1280
01:28:27.640 --> 01:28:29.880
how many of those blood sucking freaks we have to

1281
01:28:29.880 --> 01:28:33.319
deal with out there. Felicia folds her human arms in

1282
01:28:33.359 --> 01:28:37.159
front of her, And what about you? You got bitten

1283
01:28:37.159 --> 01:28:40.199
by a vampire here you seem to be showing some

1284
01:28:40.319 --> 01:28:44.479
new powers yourself. I move up next to Aine, leave

1285
01:28:44.479 --> 01:28:49.000
her alone, Felicia, but Iine doesn't back down. No, you

1286
01:28:49.119 --> 01:28:52.359
got something to say, Felicia, huh, you saying I'm one

1287
01:28:52.359 --> 01:28:56.680
of those vampires now. Felicia doesn't back down either, and

1288
01:28:56.760 --> 01:29:01.159
squints all four of her eyes. What if you are? Then,

1289
01:29:01.239 --> 01:29:06.640
Maddie touches across to Iini. Nope, she ain't burning a rackney.

1290
01:29:07.520 --> 01:29:14.199
Felicia gives Maddie a weird look, a rackney that's Greek mythology. Yuppers.

1291
01:29:14.600 --> 01:29:18.600
Maddie agrees. Iini gives her cousin a mean look. But

1292
01:29:18.720 --> 01:29:24.279
that's it. Had to be sure, Maddie says. Felicia speaks up.

1293
01:29:25.199 --> 01:29:28.439
I get it. It's just us six against a whole vampire army.

1294
01:29:29.239 --> 01:29:32.399
She's looking at all of us now. I even get

1295
01:29:32.439 --> 01:29:35.479
that some of us are scared. I know I am,

1296
01:29:36.159 --> 01:29:40.680
She sighs. Do any of you even understand our situation here?

1297
01:29:41.640 --> 01:29:45.279
Do you? I point at her. You haven't been in

1298
01:29:45.319 --> 01:29:47.640
the game as long as Ainy, Maddie and me have.

1299
01:29:48.479 --> 01:29:52.920
Felicia comes to me, maybe I have, and maybe I haven't, Bella,

1300
01:29:53.479 --> 01:29:56.000
but I don't have my spider powers to look pretty.

1301
01:29:56.720 --> 01:29:59.960
I'm really trying to make a difference here, she points.

1302
01:30:00.000 --> 01:30:02.760
It's in the direction of the nuclear power plant. When

1303
01:30:02.760 --> 01:30:06.000
that machine's back up and running again. Those vampires are

1304
01:30:06.039 --> 01:30:09.079
gonna be harvesting food again, and they ain't gonna care

1305
01:30:09.119 --> 01:30:14.800
from where we can't fail. She tightens her fists. Don't

1306
01:30:14.800 --> 01:30:19.960
you people understand there is nobody else, It's just us.

1307
01:30:20.720 --> 01:30:23.640
If you all want to just sit here, then I'll

1308
01:30:23.640 --> 01:30:27.399
go alone. Maybe those vampires will get me, but you

1309
01:30:27.479 --> 01:30:30.359
better believe I ain't gonna make it easy for them.

1310
01:30:30.680 --> 01:30:33.119
It's either I take out that portal machine once and

1311
01:30:33.199 --> 01:30:36.640
for all, or I go down, knowing I gave it

1312
01:30:36.680 --> 01:30:40.840
my best shot. She steps back a little now, And

1313
01:30:40.880 --> 01:30:44.039
that's exactly what the six of us are here. We're

1314
01:30:44.079 --> 01:30:45.720
the last shot before the buzzer.

1315
01:30:46.800 --> 01:30:50.479
Don't go away, weekly Spooky will be right back.

1316
01:30:52.800 --> 01:30:57.199
I look at everybody now. The new Girl's right. We

1317
01:30:57.279 --> 01:31:00.359
are the last hurrah here, I point it for Alicia.

1318
01:31:01.199 --> 01:31:05.199
I never said I wasn't seeing this through. I'm a tabond,

1319
01:31:05.479 --> 01:31:10.479
of course I'm seeing this through. Suddenly, Maddie gasps, why

1320
01:31:10.479 --> 01:31:13.960
didn't I remember this before? I do have another mirror.

1321
01:31:14.199 --> 01:31:17.479
Aileen and I both got them. She removes her glasses.

1322
01:31:17.960 --> 01:31:21.399
I need some light. I got you, mouse, Ariel offers.

1323
01:31:21.960 --> 01:31:25.960
She approaches. Maddie holds her hand under the glass and concentrates.

1324
01:31:26.680 --> 01:31:31.920
At first, nothing happens. Don't doubt yourself. I tell her

1325
01:31:32.279 --> 01:31:37.159
it's your power, you alone command it. Remember you are

1326
01:31:37.359 --> 01:31:41.960
Ariel Mirran, the Queen Bee of Strickfield Junior High. When

1327
01:31:41.960 --> 01:31:45.880
you put it that way, Ariel's hands glowing now. Then

1328
01:31:46.000 --> 01:31:52.039
Maddie fires away Meryworth, Meryworth, merry Worth. The energies come

1329
01:31:52.039 --> 01:31:55.760
out of Mattie's glasses and go right into her. In seconds,

1330
01:31:55.800 --> 01:31:59.920
Maddie becomes possessed by the spirit of the White Witch herself.

1331
01:32:01.000 --> 01:32:03.760
I was hoping that you would eventually remember that idea

1332
01:32:04.199 --> 01:32:10.199
from last Halloween Madeleine Maryworth, says. Mary utters an incantation

1333
01:32:10.600 --> 01:32:15.359
and casts an aura around us. Soon it's gone. I

1334
01:32:15.479 --> 01:32:19.399
noticed that some of you had injuries, she explains. I

1335
01:32:19.439 --> 01:32:23.840
have healed those of you that needed it. I sigh, Okay,

1336
01:32:24.720 --> 01:32:27.960
we're all at one hundred percent. I say we launch

1337
01:32:27.960 --> 01:32:31.319
a final, all out assault on the Strickfield Nuclear Power Plant.

1338
01:32:32.000 --> 01:32:34.880
I ain't just talking about destroying that portal machine once

1339
01:32:34.920 --> 01:32:38.479
and for all. I'm talking about blowing the whole plant too,

1340
01:32:38.560 --> 01:32:42.720
so they can't power another one. Aside from Mary, the

1341
01:32:42.760 --> 01:32:52.199
others look at me with utter shock perspective. Carter Cross,

1342
01:32:52.960 --> 01:32:55.680
It sure got cold in here fast after Bella said

1343
01:32:55.680 --> 01:33:00.000
what she said. Look, I seen enough science fiction movies

1344
01:33:00.039 --> 01:33:03.399
with Madeline and Princess here to know what you're suggesting

1345
01:33:03.479 --> 01:33:08.960
is both suicide and cruel. Bella. I say there might

1346
01:33:09.000 --> 01:33:13.760
still be innocent people out there. We can't just mushroom cloud,

1347
01:33:13.840 --> 01:33:18.680
vampire Strickfield and not think about them. Bella smiles a little.

1348
01:33:19.680 --> 01:33:22.960
You never let me finish explaining my plan. I'm not

1349
01:33:23.039 --> 01:33:26.479
a cruel person, Carter. What do you have in mind?

1350
01:33:26.520 --> 01:33:31.680
Bell's Aileen asks. Bella looks at Mary Worth. Now, I

1351
01:33:31.720 --> 01:33:35.399
can't believe this is Madeline, or at least the ghost

1352
01:33:35.479 --> 01:33:38.760
is possessing her. Can you whip up some kind of

1353
01:33:38.920 --> 01:33:42.119
spell that can move any mortals out of the potential

1354
01:33:42.119 --> 01:33:49.159
blast range? Difficult, but not impossible. Mary tells her. The

1355
01:33:49.319 --> 01:33:52.319
spell that I require will take a great deal of

1356
01:33:52.399 --> 01:33:55.800
time and power to perform. I do believe that it

1357
01:33:55.840 --> 01:33:58.840
can be done. Though the six of us talk our

1358
01:33:58.880 --> 01:34:03.079
plan through until finally agree. Then I know how I

1359
01:34:03.119 --> 01:34:07.439
can be useful and ask the ghost listen, can you

1360
01:34:07.479 --> 01:34:11.680
make my mongoose appear here? Now? The ghost just looks

1361
01:34:11.720 --> 01:34:18.680
at me weirdly. Then she finally seems to understand, of course, Madeleine.

1362
01:34:19.359 --> 01:34:23.399
Can they talk to each other somehow? Mary utters some

1363
01:34:23.479 --> 01:34:27.399
strange words. When she's finished, my bike appears right next

1364
01:34:27.399 --> 01:34:31.399
to me. I quickly hop on my mongoose. If I'm

1365
01:34:31.399 --> 01:34:33.600
gonna help out, I want to do something. I know

1366
01:34:33.680 --> 01:34:37.680
I'm good at Madeleine and I won bike competitions back home.

1367
01:34:38.279 --> 01:34:43.840
That's got to mean something here. Felicia smiles like I said,

1368
01:34:44.399 --> 01:34:48.520
spirit and guts kid. Then the ghost holds up Madeleine's

1369
01:34:48.560 --> 01:34:53.319
fried compact and instantly fixes it. After that, she goes

1370
01:34:53.399 --> 01:34:58.119
back into the mirror. Madeleine's back now. Bella points at her.

1371
01:34:59.079 --> 01:35:02.439
You need to turn back to Mary and I will soon,

1372
01:35:03.039 --> 01:35:06.880
Madeleine says. Then she turns to Aileen. Want to ride

1373
01:35:06.880 --> 01:35:10.479
Shotgun with me again? Ariel folds her arms in front

1374
01:35:10.520 --> 01:35:14.199
of her. You just love driving, don't you mouse. She

1375
01:35:14.319 --> 01:35:19.119
smirks a little and waves Ariel off. Nah. Aileen says

1376
01:35:19.159 --> 01:35:22.079
to the others, Guess Maddie and I are the distraction.

1377
01:35:22.239 --> 01:35:26.520
This time. Bella puts her hands on Madeline's shoulders. I'll

1378
01:35:26.520 --> 01:35:29.520
get another car hot wired. You just drive like you're

1379
01:35:29.560 --> 01:35:35.119
in competition, you understand, Madeleine nods quickly, then I gently

1380
01:35:35.119 --> 01:35:38.960
smack her shoulder. How about a lift inside. Once we're in,

1381
01:35:39.039 --> 01:35:43.079
I can show these vamps some real riding. Now, Ariel

1382
01:35:43.159 --> 01:35:45.600
and me are looking at each other. I really want

1383
01:35:45.600 --> 01:35:48.399
to be mad at her, but I just can't. I

1384
01:35:48.399 --> 01:35:51.479
don't know what I'm feeling for what we're feeling for

1385
01:35:51.520 --> 01:35:54.880
each other. But I feel deep down what we're feeling.

1386
01:35:56.039 --> 01:36:00.199
I don't know. It just feels real that it's the

1387
01:36:00.239 --> 01:36:03.640
best way I can say it. We're going back home, Carter,

1388
01:36:04.079 --> 01:36:07.520
Ariel tells me, we're going to win. We have to.

1389
01:36:08.319 --> 01:36:14.079
I nod quickly. You're right, princess. You want to go

1390
01:36:14.119 --> 01:36:18.159
out with me again when we get back home. Ariel smiles,

1391
01:36:18.199 --> 01:36:23.000
A little that's worth returning home for. Then she looks

1392
01:36:23.039 --> 01:36:26.640
at Madeline. You're coming home too. I don't want to

1393
01:36:26.640 --> 01:36:28.680
have to explain to my parents what happened to you.

1394
01:36:29.720 --> 01:36:35.079
I get you Madeleine tells her. Aileen raises her forearms. Glad,

1395
01:36:35.159 --> 01:36:38.760
Mary fixed my solar lamp gauntlets. These should help keep

1396
01:36:38.800 --> 01:36:42.840
the vampires off of us, Maddie. Madeline gently slaps her

1397
01:36:42.840 --> 01:36:48.199
cousin's arm. Sweet hold it, Felicia calls out, come here,

1398
01:36:48.439 --> 01:36:53.319
all of you. We all come together then, it just happens.

1399
01:36:54.000 --> 01:36:57.840
We all go into a group, hug, good luck everybody.

1400
01:36:58.199 --> 01:37:04.199
Felicia says, this one's for home. Remember, we gotta get

1401
01:37:04.239 --> 01:37:08.159
this right the first time. Bella says, we ain't gonna

1402
01:37:08.159 --> 01:37:11.359
get no do overs. I'll promise you that right now.

1403
01:37:12.399 --> 01:37:15.760
It ain't long before Bella has another car ready for Madeline.

1404
01:37:16.239 --> 01:37:19.920
The twin cousins give each other weird looks. Bella gives

1405
01:37:19.960 --> 01:37:23.760
them one of her own. Look, this Volkswagen bug was

1406
01:37:23.800 --> 01:37:27.039
all that was available. Take it or leave it. Maddie

1407
01:37:27.039 --> 01:37:31.640
looks at the decal. Not a Volkswagen Beetle, it's really

1408
01:37:31.680 --> 01:37:37.680
called a bug. Interesting changes in these parallel universes. Then

1409
01:37:37.760 --> 01:37:41.800
she looks at Bella. I guess we're taking it. Aileen

1410
01:37:41.920 --> 01:37:44.159
quickly mounts my bike on the back of the car,

1411
01:37:44.600 --> 01:37:48.399
Ariel and me getting back. Madeleine hops in the driver's seat.

1412
01:37:48.840 --> 01:37:53.840
Aleen ride shotgun, hang on. Madeleine squeaks as soon as

1413
01:37:53.880 --> 01:37:57.520
Bella opens the garage door. Madeline's squealing and peeling before

1414
01:37:57.560 --> 01:38:04.760
we sput her right out and on to the street. Perspective.

1415
01:38:05.479 --> 01:38:09.880
Madeline donnerly, who'd have thought I'd be driving cars at

1416
01:38:09.960 --> 01:38:13.000
just thirteen years old? Too bad? I ain't allowed to

1417
01:38:13.000 --> 01:38:15.640
get my license yet. At least they ain't got to

1418
01:38:15.720 --> 01:38:19.359
have one to drive in this vampire world. I still

1419
01:38:19.359 --> 01:38:23.880
can't believe you can really drive, Maddie. Aileen says, yeah, well,

1420
01:38:24.399 --> 01:38:26.800
I can't believe you can fight and make all them

1421
01:38:26.840 --> 01:38:30.359
cool toys. I tell her we're almost to the nuclear

1422
01:38:30.399 --> 01:38:34.960
power plant. Aleen's warning us, don't you dare crash this

1423
01:38:35.000 --> 01:38:39.159
little car. Mouse. Ariel says, I ain't crashed one yet.

1424
01:38:39.399 --> 01:38:43.319
I say there's plenty of go Go juice in here too.

1425
01:38:43.399 --> 01:38:45.760
I'm driving right up the hill and right to the

1426
01:38:45.760 --> 01:38:49.159
main doors. I floor the gas and plow right through them.

1427
01:38:49.880 --> 01:38:53.000
You just know that's gotta be an attention getter. As

1428
01:38:53.000 --> 01:38:55.680
soon as them vamps are coming at the car, Aleen's

1429
01:38:55.680 --> 01:38:58.840
turning on her sun lamps. Them vamps are howling and

1430
01:38:59.000 --> 01:39:02.279
keeping away from the car when they get flashed. Remember

1431
01:39:02.600 --> 01:39:06.800
you're playing a video game, Madeline. Carter says, yeah, it's

1432
01:39:06.840 --> 01:39:10.279
called twin Mouse. He's in a bug versus the vampires, right,

1433
01:39:10.680 --> 01:39:15.039
I crack. I hate you, Mouse, Ariel groans. I can't

1434
01:39:15.039 --> 01:39:17.359
believe how calm you are through all this. I just

1435
01:39:17.439 --> 01:39:21.960
can't believe how you you never get scared. Well, I

1436
01:39:22.079 --> 01:39:26.239
sure ain't telling Ariel. This little mousey is big time scared.

1437
01:39:26.960 --> 01:39:30.199
I'm getting ready to stop shortly, Carter. I tell him

1438
01:39:30.560 --> 01:39:33.920
I'm ready, he says. When I stop the car, Carter

1439
01:39:34.039 --> 01:39:36.720
quickly gets out and grabs his mongoose off of the back.

1440
01:39:37.199 --> 01:39:40.640
He jumps on it and starts riding. I'll cover you, Carter,

1441
01:39:41.119 --> 01:39:44.239
Ariel says, getting out of the car too. Get moving,

1442
01:39:44.399 --> 01:39:47.600
mice a Leen growls and looks ready to get out

1443
01:39:47.640 --> 01:39:50.399
of the car. What are you doing? I ask her.

1444
01:39:50.960 --> 01:39:54.800
I'm sick of Ariel in her mouse references. She yells.

1445
01:39:55.279 --> 01:39:57.520
I quickly hit the gas as she's opening the door.

1446
01:39:58.039 --> 01:40:01.039
We ain't got no time for that, Aleen. She growls

1447
01:40:01.079 --> 01:40:03.920
and tightens her fists and looks at me. Now, I

1448
01:40:03.920 --> 01:40:06.800
can't believe you're so comfortable with people calling you mouse.

1449
01:40:07.439 --> 01:40:09.800
And don't even get me started about what Ariels said

1450
01:40:09.800 --> 01:40:14.239
about that sign on your bedroom door. Really, Maddie, welcome

1451
01:40:14.279 --> 01:40:18.239
to the mousehole. I shrug it. Just don't bother me.

1452
01:40:18.760 --> 01:40:22.239
I know I'm a thin, little squeaky geek. I can't

1453
01:40:22.239 --> 01:40:24.920
do nothing about that, right, so I make do with

1454
01:40:24.960 --> 01:40:28.359
what I got. Like driving cars, I hit the brakes

1455
01:40:28.399 --> 01:40:30.840
and take the car into a screech and turn. Then

1456
01:40:30.880 --> 01:40:33.760
I floor the gas again. I smirk and glance at

1457
01:40:33.760 --> 01:40:37.840
Aileen case in point. Come on, cousin, you're doing all

1458
01:40:37.920 --> 01:40:40.960
right too. Aileen scowls at me for a little bit,

1459
01:40:41.439 --> 01:40:47.159
then she finally softens up. Just don't wreck the car, Maddie, nah,

1460
01:40:47.279 --> 01:40:50.880
I reply, better be using them sunlamps on your wrists.

1461
01:40:51.479 --> 01:40:54.720
Aileen shrieks and starts shining them at vampires coming at us.

1462
01:40:55.279 --> 01:40:58.279
I don't know about Aileen, but this little mouse's having

1463
01:40:58.439 --> 01:41:02.159
way too much fun. I love being a geek, and

1464
01:41:02.239 --> 01:41:04.319
I definitely can't wait till I can get my own

1465
01:41:04.359 --> 01:41:05.600
mousemobile someday.

1466
01:41:06.720 --> 01:41:09.199
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your

1467
01:41:09.239 --> 01:41:12.720
doors weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.

1468
01:41:17.600 --> 01:41:22.800
Perspective Aeriel Mirron Carter's keeping the vampires off him with

1469
01:41:22.880 --> 01:41:25.880
his fancy bike riding. I'd be lying if I said

1470
01:41:25.920 --> 01:41:28.520
I wasn't jealous of him and Mouse. It makes me

1471
01:41:28.560 --> 01:41:30.560
think of when I was chasing them on a moped

1472
01:41:30.640 --> 01:41:34.319
back in early December. They had their mongooses, and they

1473
01:41:34.399 --> 01:41:37.680
still managed to use their fancy stunt riding to lose me.

1474
01:41:38.399 --> 01:41:40.319
I'd give them both an awful lot of credit for

1475
01:41:40.359 --> 01:41:43.119
being able to do that. At the same time, I

1476
01:41:43.159 --> 01:41:46.720
can feel Carter's jealous of me because of my new powers.

1477
01:41:47.279 --> 01:41:50.800
I can't believe I really have Queen Arcadia's abilities. I

1478
01:41:50.880 --> 01:41:53.520
thought when I broke her will and her hold over

1479
01:41:53.600 --> 01:41:55.680
me and got her out of my body, that that

1480
01:41:55.880 --> 01:41:58.640
was it. I was supposed to be just plain Aeriel

1481
01:41:58.720 --> 01:42:02.560
mirran again. Queen Arcadia herself is no longer a part

1482
01:42:02.600 --> 01:42:05.279
of me, but she sure left me some things to

1483
01:42:05.359 --> 01:42:08.560
remember her by. I'm getting the hang of these powers.

1484
01:42:08.880 --> 01:42:11.399
I'm really having to throw my emotions into them to

1485
01:42:11.439 --> 01:42:14.600
make them work. Then I see cousin Felicia getting close

1486
01:42:14.640 --> 01:42:18.920
to the main reactor controls. Look out, Princess Carter calls

1487
01:42:18.920 --> 01:42:22.720
out behind you. I turn around to see Mayor Gunter's

1488
01:42:22.720 --> 01:42:25.439
almost on me. I shriek and fall on my tummy.

1489
01:42:25.760 --> 01:42:27.920
When he flies right over me, I get back up

1490
01:42:28.079 --> 01:42:30.199
and know I've got to get away from him. I

1491
01:42:30.239 --> 01:42:33.199
need to get to Felicia and help her destroy those controls.

1492
01:42:33.680 --> 01:42:36.560
I turn around and run to her. When Mayor Gunter

1493
01:42:36.680 --> 01:42:38.760
yells at me, I turn enough to throw a green

1494
01:42:38.840 --> 01:42:41.920
fireball at him. When it hits him, Bella gets the

1495
01:42:42.000 --> 01:42:44.880
drop on him, and then I'm snatched up by that

1496
01:42:45.000 --> 01:42:48.279
giant bat again and pulled up into the air. The

1497
01:42:48.319 --> 01:42:50.640
bat is taking me out of the main reactor room

1498
01:42:50.840 --> 01:42:53.680
and flying me through a hallway. Soon we come out

1499
01:42:53.680 --> 01:42:57.199
into another wide open room. The bat takes me upward

1500
01:42:57.239 --> 01:43:01.159
to a balcony. Let's go, yell before I bring my

1501
01:43:01.239 --> 01:43:04.159
hands up and flash Christmas colored lights in its eyes.

1502
01:43:04.960 --> 01:43:08.359
The bat drops me. I gasp when I'm falling. That's

1503
01:43:08.399 --> 01:43:11.560
when I focus to brace myself for the impact. Then

1504
01:43:11.600 --> 01:43:15.319
I feel myself stop and see I've now got these

1505
01:43:15.479 --> 01:43:20.720
clear red discs under my feet. I can fly. I

1506
01:43:20.880 --> 01:43:24.479
choke it barely above a whisper. I command the disks

1507
01:43:24.520 --> 01:43:26.800
to bring me to the balcony, where they finally set

1508
01:43:26.840 --> 01:43:30.399
me down. They then disappear and I walk through a

1509
01:43:30.439 --> 01:43:34.159
nearby door. I remember this place being dark, but I

1510
01:43:34.199 --> 01:43:41.920
can see everything in red or maybe infrared. Who's there,

1511
01:43:42.439 --> 01:43:45.520
A woman's voice calls out. I look to see the

1512
01:43:45.560 --> 01:43:49.920
woman and my tummy just drops. I flip on the lights.

1513
01:43:50.000 --> 01:43:54.880
Then I make my infrared go away. Mom, I groan,

1514
01:43:55.720 --> 01:44:00.359
what are you doing here? Then I'm angry? What do

1515
01:44:00.439 --> 01:44:05.920
I even care? Adrian Miran gives me this weird look. Now, please, Ariel,

1516
01:44:06.239 --> 01:44:08.640
I've said I'm sorry more times than I can say.

1517
01:44:08.800 --> 01:44:12.039
What more do you want from me? I raise my

1518
01:44:12.159 --> 01:44:16.159
titaned fists. Do you think you can just say you're sorry?

1519
01:44:16.600 --> 01:44:19.880
You traded me to Queen Arcadia in exchange for power

1520
01:44:19.960 --> 01:44:24.640
and riches before I was even born. I feel the

1521
01:44:24.680 --> 01:44:30.000
fire flaring up in my hands. There's no forgiving that. Now.

1522
01:44:30.119 --> 01:44:34.479
Mom just looks at me strangely. I didn't know vampires

1523
01:44:34.520 --> 01:44:38.039
could do that. I groan and shake my head with anger.

1524
01:44:38.880 --> 01:44:44.840
I'm not a vampire, I scream, no, but i am.

1525
01:44:45.560 --> 01:44:49.000
Another voice calls out from nearby. Now Mom and I

1526
01:44:49.039 --> 01:44:52.960
are both looking pretty confused. The vampire has two other

1527
01:44:53.000 --> 01:44:57.039
familiar people with her, but she's looking right at me.

1528
01:44:58.479 --> 01:45:02.479
Oh the look on your face, Ariel Mirn. She cries

1529
01:45:02.520 --> 01:45:08.920
with glee after revealing herself. Then I completely understand everything.

1530
01:45:09.640 --> 01:45:13.199
I know who Mayor Gunter's mystery partner is now the

1531
01:45:13.239 --> 01:45:16.399
one who helped make this world into the vampire Wasteland.

1532
01:45:16.439 --> 01:45:30.800
It's become Mayor Gunter's mystery partner is perspective. Ariel Mirn.

1533
01:45:31.760 --> 01:45:36.199
I'm looking at Adrian Miron my mom. Okay, I know

1534
01:45:36.319 --> 01:45:39.079
she's not my real mom now because of the vampire,

1535
01:45:39.119 --> 01:45:43.600
I'm standing face to face with I understand everything. The

1536
01:45:43.720 --> 01:45:46.359
mystery partner who worked with Mayor Gunter to make this

1537
01:45:46.479 --> 01:45:50.720
Vampire Earth happen is Come on, you had to know

1538
01:45:50.880 --> 01:45:56.399
there was another you here. Ariel Mirn, my vampire double, says,

1539
01:45:57.159 --> 01:46:01.319
she has vampire doubles of my friends. Abels and Bailey

1540
01:46:01.399 --> 01:46:05.000
downs with her. I point to Vampire Aeriel and shake

1541
01:46:05.079 --> 01:46:09.880
my head slowly. Then I point to other mom. You

1542
01:46:09.960 --> 01:46:14.319
did all this because, Vampire Ariel points at me. Don't

1543
01:46:14.319 --> 01:46:17.039
you dare say you weren't angry and hurt when you

1544
01:46:17.119 --> 01:46:20.680
learned your own mother betrayed you. She looks uncertain. Now

1545
01:46:22.399 --> 01:46:27.279
she did betray you, right, I nod yeah, But it

1546
01:46:27.359 --> 01:46:31.359
wasn't worth all this. Vampire Ariel laughs and looks at

1547
01:46:31.359 --> 01:46:34.680
other mom. You always told me to be an alpha.

1548
01:46:35.319 --> 01:46:37.680
You always said to use the mirror in ways to

1549
01:46:37.760 --> 01:46:42.039
my advantage. You said I needed to be ruthless. Well

1550
01:46:42.640 --> 01:46:46.560
how's this for ruthless. Not only did I conquer Earth,

1551
01:46:47.279 --> 01:46:52.319
I even conquered the Mirns, you included. Adrian looks at her.

1552
01:46:53.079 --> 01:46:57.800
You were the worst mistake I ever made. Vampire Ariel,

1553
01:46:57.920 --> 01:47:03.039
Mona and Bailey howl with life after Then, Vampire Ariel replies,

1554
01:47:04.199 --> 01:47:07.199
But if you didn't have me, you wouldn't have become

1555
01:47:07.319 --> 01:47:10.600
rich and powerful. Right then you couldn't have burned me

1556
01:47:10.680 --> 01:47:16.319
with your betrayal. She smiles, showing her sharp fangs. Then

1557
01:47:16.439 --> 01:47:19.079
I couldn't have kept you here for you to see

1558
01:47:19.239 --> 01:47:24.039
just how much I've bettered you. Mommy dearest, I look

1559
01:47:24.039 --> 01:47:27.960
at Adrian now, are you really that cruel and have

1560
01:47:28.079 --> 01:47:32.000
no feelings? I can't believe how this all happened. It

1561
01:47:32.039 --> 01:47:35.439
was exactly like last December Vampire. Me and I were

1562
01:47:35.439 --> 01:47:39.399
both possessed by Queen Arcadia, But the major difference between

1563
01:47:39.399 --> 01:47:43.640
me and her is mom. My own mom never really

1564
01:47:43.640 --> 01:47:45.880
made time for me, which was why she never cared

1565
01:47:45.880 --> 01:47:49.119
about my having sleepovers every Friday night with my girls.

1566
01:47:49.800 --> 01:47:54.079
I address Adrian again. You rode your daughter constantly, You

1567
01:47:54.199 --> 01:47:58.479
abused her emotionally. Nothing she ever did was good enough

1568
01:47:58.479 --> 01:48:02.000
for you? Was it? You? Probably tried and tried to

1569
01:48:02.039 --> 01:48:04.520
please you. She just wanted you to love her and

1570
01:48:04.640 --> 01:48:08.199
be her mom. Then she learned of your betrayal and

1571
01:48:08.279 --> 01:48:11.960
knew you never loved her, making her snap and driving

1572
01:48:12.000 --> 01:48:16.319
her to create this horror. She found Mayor Gunter and

1573
01:48:16.439 --> 01:48:21.199
partnered with him, and result everything that's happened here? How

1574
01:48:21.199 --> 01:48:27.119
am I doing, Vampire Me? She smiles. You're good other me,

1575
01:48:27.800 --> 01:48:32.239
she chuckles. Except you're not like me. You're not a vampire.

1576
01:48:33.159 --> 01:48:36.439
But I can change that. One bite is all it takes.

1577
01:48:37.000 --> 01:48:41.119
You can rule here with me. I shake my head.

1578
01:48:42.239 --> 01:48:46.640
Mom's betrayal still hurts, but but I'm not going to this.

1579
01:48:47.560 --> 01:48:52.199
Vampire Me sighs. That's just too bad. You will be

1580
01:48:52.279 --> 01:48:58.439
one of us one way or another. Girls, Time for

1581
01:48:58.560 --> 01:49:02.640
me to be the alpha. Weren't you paying attention, Vampire Me?

1582
01:49:03.359 --> 01:49:07.760
I change too. Before vampire Mona and Bailey can grab me,

1583
01:49:07.840 --> 01:49:12.000
I knock them down with Christmas colored fireballs. Before Vampire

1584
01:49:12.079 --> 01:49:15.000
Me can attack, I fire my eye beams and strike

1585
01:49:15.039 --> 01:49:18.159
her down. Then I turn my eyebeams over to Adrian

1586
01:49:18.239 --> 01:49:21.600
and Freer. I know I'm not your daughter, I tell her,

1587
01:49:22.000 --> 01:49:24.039
but I won't go back home, knowing I left you

1588
01:49:24.119 --> 01:49:27.119
here to die. Now get out of here. I give

1589
01:49:27.159 --> 01:49:30.000
Adrian cover while she runs out. I don't know how

1590
01:49:30.039 --> 01:49:32.520
far she'll get, but at least I'll sleep good when

1591
01:49:32.560 --> 01:49:35.319
I get back home. I'm still not used to calling

1592
01:49:35.359 --> 01:49:39.800
Mouse's house home yet. Suddenly those girls turn into giant

1593
01:49:39.800 --> 01:49:42.479
bats and come flying at me. I turn and run

1594
01:49:42.520 --> 01:49:45.560
back outside. I don't know which way to run. Then

1595
01:49:45.600 --> 01:49:48.479
I remember I can fly and leap off the railing.

1596
01:49:48.960 --> 01:49:52.000
Those red disks appear under my feet again. It's not

1597
01:49:52.119 --> 01:49:54.920
hard getting the hang of them, kind of like roller blades.

1598
01:49:55.199 --> 01:49:58.039
I just hope I can stay ahead of those bats.

1599
01:49:58.760 --> 01:50:02.439
Don't go away weekly Spooky will be right back.

1600
01:50:08.239 --> 01:50:12.279
Perspective Felicia Miron. I want to go and look for

1601
01:50:12.359 --> 01:50:15.760
cousin Ariel, but knocking out this reactor must come first.

1602
01:50:16.159 --> 01:50:19.840
These vampires must never open any more portals to other universes.

1603
01:50:20.359 --> 01:50:23.920
Mayor Gunter's got lots and lots of vampires at his disposal.

1604
01:50:24.439 --> 01:50:26.640
I keep fighting them back as hard as I can.

1605
01:50:27.399 --> 01:50:30.640
It's bad comic book nerds. It seems like I knock

1606
01:50:30.680 --> 01:50:33.840
a few vampires away, and then my spider instincts tell

1607
01:50:33.880 --> 01:50:36.920
me there are more coming. Everybody else is managing to

1608
01:50:37.000 --> 01:50:40.079
keep the majority of the other vampires away. I can't

1609
01:50:40.079 --> 01:50:43.960
believe Aileen's younger cousin keeps driving that little sputtering car

1610
01:50:44.000 --> 01:50:46.800
around like it's her favorite toy. As long as those

1611
01:50:46.840 --> 01:50:49.239
twins can stay ahead of the game, I can make

1612
01:50:49.279 --> 01:50:53.640
for the reactor. Most importantly, Bella's keeping Mayor Gunter, busy

1613
01:50:53.680 --> 01:50:57.039
with her Bella, keeps knocking him down, but he keeps

1614
01:50:57.079 --> 01:50:59.600
getting right back up again. I've got to reach that

1615
01:50:59.640 --> 01:51:02.520
reactor and knock it out. I've only been a Spider

1616
01:51:02.560 --> 01:51:04.800
Girl for over a year, but I've been trying to

1617
01:51:04.840 --> 01:51:08.119
be a good mirror. I've been trying to make a difference.

1618
01:51:08.840 --> 01:51:12.000
I know I've got to keep making a difference. Just

1619
01:51:12.039 --> 01:51:14.159
as a few vampires are ready to get the drop

1620
01:51:14.199 --> 01:51:16.880
on me, Carter Cross gets the drop on them with

1621
01:51:16.960 --> 01:51:22.399
his mongoose bike, and that gives me the opening I need. Thanks, kid,

1622
01:51:22.840 --> 01:51:27.039
I tell him spirit and guts. He quickly takes off

1623
01:51:27.079 --> 01:51:29.600
again as I'm making my eight legs work to quickly

1624
01:51:29.840 --> 01:51:32.840
get me to the main control panel. I happen to

1625
01:51:32.880 --> 01:51:35.560
be a science whiz, but I'm not trying to turn

1626
01:51:35.600 --> 01:51:40.840
off the reactor by traditional means. I'm gonna destroy this thing.

1627
01:51:41.880 --> 01:51:45.079
Keep your hands off that reactor. A voice calls out.

1628
01:51:45.640 --> 01:51:48.119
I look to see cousin Ariel staring hard at me.

1629
01:51:48.199 --> 01:51:51.920
Now her red eyes are really glowing and her fangs

1630
01:51:51.960 --> 01:51:58.039
are glistening and sharp. That ugly vampire face. Oh no,

1631
01:51:58.880 --> 01:52:02.960
those vampires earned you, I gasp. Just then I start

1632
01:52:03.000 --> 01:52:12.680
to feel dizzy, I'm getting hugh very tired. I'm sinking

1633
01:52:12.720 --> 01:52:21.880
into a deep sleep. I'm I feel so so weak,

1634
01:52:22.119 --> 01:52:28.199
I can't stand feeling my I suddenly cry out when

1635
01:52:28.199 --> 01:52:31.479
I hear how loud my spider instinct is. I quickly

1636
01:52:31.520 --> 01:52:34.319
come back alive and smack Aeriel away as she's about

1637
01:52:34.319 --> 01:52:37.199
to bite me. I rise up on my eight legs again.

1638
01:52:37.880 --> 01:52:41.159
I can't believe I forgot about that glam thing vampires do.

1639
01:52:41.800 --> 01:52:45.079
That's an experience for you. Then I'm wondering if Bella

1640
01:52:45.159 --> 01:52:49.199
can glam people too. More and more vampires are coming

1641
01:52:49.239 --> 01:52:52.279
in through the windows. If I'm gonna destroy this reactor,

1642
01:52:52.439 --> 01:52:55.720
I gotta do it now. I raise my humanoid arms

1643
01:52:55.720 --> 01:52:59.439
and throw my mutant spider's strength into the panel. Hopefully

1644
01:52:59.439 --> 01:53:04.079
it blows up up fast the panel, I mean, not

1645
01:53:04.239 --> 01:53:07.239
the reactor. We gotta be able to get home before

1646
01:53:07.319 --> 01:53:10.960
that happens, right. I smash the control panel and bang

1647
01:53:11.039 --> 01:53:14.199
it up pretty good, but no sparks or sputters. I

1648
01:53:14.279 --> 01:53:18.239
do it again, still nothing. Then I scream and hit

1649
01:53:18.279 --> 01:53:21.960
it one more time. Just then I feel my spider instinct.

1650
01:53:22.159 --> 01:53:26.640
I turn and look to see another Aeriel. This one's

1651
01:53:26.680 --> 01:53:29.399
got glowing hair and is flying around on some kind

1652
01:53:29.439 --> 01:53:34.039
of light discs under her tennis shoes. You okay, she

1653
01:53:34.199 --> 01:53:40.479
asks me, are you our aerieal? I ask back, duh,

1654
01:53:40.720 --> 01:53:44.600
she calls back, I point to the panel. Blast this thing, Ariel,

1655
01:53:44.680 --> 01:53:49.039
for real, stand back, she warns. As she's about to

1656
01:53:49.079 --> 01:53:52.439
blast the panel, she's taken off her discs by two wolves.

1657
01:53:52.840 --> 01:53:54.880
When they're all on the ground, the wolves turn into

1658
01:53:54.920 --> 01:53:59.199
girls and move to jump a winded Aeriel, No, Carter

1659
01:53:59.359 --> 01:54:01.600
calls out. He slams into one of them with his

1660
01:54:01.640 --> 01:54:04.079
bike and knocks her down, but she's quickly back on

1661
01:54:04.119 --> 01:54:07.680
her feet and snatches him off his bike. Let me go, Mona,

1662
01:54:08.119 --> 01:54:11.960
Carter yells, Oh, I'll let you go right after. I

1663
01:54:12.039 --> 01:54:15.720
have you for a quick bite. Don't even think about it,

1664
01:54:16.079 --> 01:54:18.920
Ariel yells as she unloads on the Mona girl with

1665
01:54:19.039 --> 01:54:22.399
red and green fireballs. She takes down the other girl

1666
01:54:22.439 --> 01:54:27.359
shortly after and runs to Carter. You okay me, what

1667
01:54:27.479 --> 01:54:31.279
about you? He returns. They quickly share a brief hug.

1668
01:54:31.720 --> 01:54:34.960
No question, these two have major feelings for each other.

1669
01:54:35.439 --> 01:54:38.000
I quickly turn back to the control panel and smash

1670
01:54:38.039 --> 01:54:41.199
it one more time. I scream when I feel an

1671
01:54:41.319 --> 01:54:44.880
enormous charge flowing right into me and making me slump down.

1672
01:54:45.399 --> 01:54:48.279
I'm definitely stunned. Now I gotta shake it off and

1673
01:54:48.359 --> 01:54:51.880
make sure. I hear voices calling out that the reactors

1674
01:54:51.920 --> 01:54:55.000
control rods are offline and that the whole thing's gonna

1675
01:54:55.000 --> 01:55:00.279
blow in ten minutes. Just then, that sputtering car with

1676
01:55:00.279 --> 01:55:03.560
the twins inside stops next to the portal machine. Then

1677
01:55:03.600 --> 01:55:06.920
they get out. What are they doing? Then I see

1678
01:55:06.960 --> 01:55:09.960
a Leen working on the portal machine herself. Part of

1679
01:55:10.000 --> 01:55:12.119
the plan. We got to get that thing fixed for

1680
01:55:12.199 --> 01:55:16.000
ourselves so we can return home. Madeline uses her compact

1681
01:55:16.199 --> 01:55:19.520
to become her ghostly friend again. I grown and force

1682
01:55:19.600 --> 01:55:22.560
myself to stand on my eight legs again. It's hard

1683
01:55:22.600 --> 01:55:26.039
to move. I got zapped pretty good. I ain't deep fried,

1684
01:55:26.079 --> 01:55:29.520
but I'm still feeling the voltage. Come on, Felicia, get up.

1685
01:55:29.720 --> 01:55:32.119
Your universe don't realize it, but it needs you in

1686
01:55:32.159 --> 01:55:35.159
the worst way right now. You've gotta help your teammates.

1687
01:55:35.399 --> 01:55:40.199
You're a superhero. Get up. I push with every last

1688
01:55:40.199 --> 01:55:42.840
bit of will I've got. I finally get back to

1689
01:55:42.880 --> 01:55:46.239
my feet. This is it. It's now or never. Comic

1690
01:55:46.239 --> 01:55:50.479
Book and Horror Nerds, we make our last stand. Here

1691
01:55:50.960 --> 01:55:58.239
and now perspective bela tabon. Mayor Gunter keeps calling me

1692
01:55:58.279 --> 01:56:00.800
a child and telling me I need to stop fighting

1693
01:56:00.840 --> 01:56:04.039
him so he can fix the reactor. I laugh inside it,

1694
01:56:04.119 --> 01:56:08.439
knowing I'm much older than him. I definitely saw Aine

1695
01:56:08.600 --> 01:56:11.640
trying to fix the portal machine. It looks like Mary

1696
01:56:11.720 --> 01:56:14.239
Worth has cast some kind of spell that's making the

1697
01:56:14.359 --> 01:56:18.079
vampires go blind. When the spell affects Mayor Gunter, I

1698
01:56:18.119 --> 01:56:21.439
grab him and hurl him at a nearby wall. He crashes

1699
01:56:21.520 --> 01:56:24.680
right through it and is outside. Then I can see

1700
01:56:24.720 --> 01:56:28.560
the rest of the vampires are turning tail and running. Yeah,

1701
01:56:28.840 --> 01:56:33.399
they know the reactor's gonna go boom very shortly. I

1702
01:56:33.479 --> 01:56:37.039
quickly warp over to Iini, you okay, I ask her,

1703
01:56:37.680 --> 01:56:40.479
just need a little more time, bells, she tells me quickly.

1704
01:56:41.000 --> 01:56:45.199
Then I notice Mary's gone. Yeah, she went to make

1705
01:56:45.199 --> 01:56:48.159
sure no innocent people are around when the reactor goes off.

1706
01:56:48.560 --> 01:56:52.000
I'm sure she'll be back shortly. Just then, everybody else

1707
01:56:52.079 --> 01:56:54.880
comes over to where we are. When we're hearing how

1708
01:56:54.880 --> 01:56:58.479
many minutes are left, and they're decreasing fast. I'll admit

1709
01:56:58.560 --> 01:57:01.520
I'm getting scared over here. I'm wondering if this is

1710
01:57:01.560 --> 01:57:04.199
what will finally be the end of me, or will

1711
01:57:04.239 --> 01:57:08.640
Thornton Jillian again have the last laugh. Nah, I can't

1712
01:57:08.640 --> 01:57:12.279
think about myself like that, not right now. Iiny's working

1713
01:57:12.359 --> 01:57:15.880
her soldering gun and fusing circuits together. It amazes me

1714
01:57:16.000 --> 01:57:19.159
what this little mouse can do with electronics. I mean,

1715
01:57:19.560 --> 01:57:22.039
she's made so many wonderful toys for us to fight

1716
01:57:22.119 --> 01:57:26.640
other supernatural bad guys with, including those sunlight gauntlets. She's

1717
01:57:26.640 --> 01:57:31.199
a real tinker. Back up, everybody, I say, don't crowder.

1718
01:57:31.319 --> 01:57:34.239
Let her work. I can see how scared Heiny is.

1719
01:57:34.720 --> 01:57:36.880
I don't think she's ever had to work under pressure

1720
01:57:36.960 --> 01:57:40.199
like this before. At one point, she groans and backs away.

1721
01:57:40.920 --> 01:57:44.840
I can't do it, she squeaks, Yes you can, Aileen

1722
01:57:45.279 --> 01:57:50.079
Felicia says softly, this is you, This is your superpower,

1723
01:57:50.319 --> 01:57:54.199
this is what you do. You can do this, you must.

1724
01:57:54.920 --> 01:57:58.199
Heiny nods, takes a deep breath and goes back to work.

1725
01:57:58.800 --> 01:58:02.439
So many complex sirs here, she mutters, the rest of

1726
01:58:02.520 --> 01:58:05.880
us keep an eye out for possible vampire attackers. None

1727
01:58:05.880 --> 01:58:09.159
of them come back in though, okay I spoke too soon.

1728
01:58:09.600 --> 01:58:12.600
That other aerial Mirann appears with her versions of Mona

1729
01:58:12.640 --> 01:58:16.199
Abels and Bailey Downs I point right at them. You

1730
01:58:16.319 --> 01:58:20.000
three better just run while you have the chance. No need.

1731
01:58:20.399 --> 01:58:23.760
The other Ariel says, we'll stop mouse before she can

1732
01:58:23.800 --> 01:58:27.319
fix the portal machine. Iini quickly raises her arm and

1733
01:58:27.359 --> 01:58:31.199
clicks on her sun lamp, making them get back fast. Yeah,

1734
01:58:31.439 --> 01:58:35.279
I got your mouse right here. Just then our aerol

1735
01:58:35.359 --> 01:58:38.840
is flying on light discs. No way you're stopping this,

1736
01:58:39.359 --> 01:58:42.840
she tells those vampires. You may be bloodsuckers, but I

1737
01:58:42.880 --> 01:58:47.399
have Arcadius powers. The other Ariel laughs, it won't matter.

1738
01:58:47.439 --> 01:58:49.880
After one of us bites you, you'll stay here and

1739
01:58:49.960 --> 01:58:52.840
be one of us. Once you feel the same hunger

1740
01:58:52.880 --> 01:58:57.920
we feel, then you'll help us. Our aerols hands burn

1741
01:58:58.039 --> 01:59:01.000
with red and green fires. Now, if I have to

1742
01:59:01.039 --> 01:59:03.680
stay here in this universe to make sure you don't

1743
01:59:03.720 --> 01:59:07.399
ever make another portal, then I'm okay with that. The

1744
01:59:07.520 --> 01:59:11.359
vampire aerial doesn't look so confident. Now, you're a Miran.

1745
01:59:11.680 --> 01:59:15.880
There's no way you'd sacrifice yourself. It's not in your blood.

1746
01:59:16.199 --> 01:59:20.079
You see that giant spider there, Our Ariel returns, she's

1747
01:59:20.119 --> 01:59:23.000
a Miron. She's the one who's keeping our spirits up

1748
01:59:23.039 --> 01:59:25.079
and convincing us we need to do the right thing.

1749
01:59:25.880 --> 01:59:29.119
I know what Mom did to both of us. She

1750
01:59:29.319 --> 01:59:33.159
shakes her head quickly. I won't be like her. Mom

1751
01:59:33.239 --> 01:59:36.279
did me a huge solid by disowning me. I can

1752
01:59:36.319 --> 01:59:38.880
decide what I want to do with my own life.

1753
01:59:39.399 --> 01:59:42.199
I don't have to live up to expectations other than

1754
01:59:42.239 --> 01:59:46.640
my own, so I'm choosing to stay behind. I will

1755
01:59:46.720 --> 01:59:50.439
not let you win. None of us here will. Vampire

1756
01:59:50.479 --> 01:59:54.039
Ariel screams and flies right at our aeriel Our Ariol

1757
01:59:54.079 --> 01:59:58.119
screams herself and unleashes her full powers on her vampire counterpart.

1758
01:59:58.560 --> 02:00:01.720
Before long, the vampire is flat on her back, smokes,

1759
02:00:01.760 --> 02:00:04.560
fuming off her body. I don't think she's dead, but

1760
02:00:04.600 --> 02:00:08.000
she's not healing up very fast either. It's then when

1761
02:00:08.039 --> 02:00:12.000
Mona and Bailey turn into giant bats and flee. I

1762
02:00:12.079 --> 02:00:13.840
doubt they'll clear the blast in time.

1763
02:00:14.840 --> 02:00:17.319
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your

1764
02:00:17.399 --> 02:00:21.199
doors weekly. Spooky will be right back.

1765
02:00:22.159 --> 02:00:25.199
Done, AINI cries, I did it, It's ready. We have

1766
02:00:25.279 --> 02:00:28.600
to act fast. Only two minutes left. Just then Mary

1767
02:00:28.640 --> 02:00:32.479
Worth appears. I have used my most powerful white magics

1768
02:00:32.680 --> 02:00:35.520
to move any mortals out of this state. I am

1769
02:00:35.560 --> 02:00:39.439
weakened as a result. Mary must have really taxed herself.

1770
02:00:39.760 --> 02:00:42.840
She uses Mattie's compact and returns into the mirror realm.

1771
02:00:43.239 --> 02:00:47.319
Maddie's with us again. We can go home, cousin Aine

1772
02:00:47.439 --> 02:00:50.760
tells her. Ariel turns to us and lands, that's right,

1773
02:00:50.960 --> 02:00:53.479
all of you go home. Like I said, I'm staying

1774
02:00:53.520 --> 02:00:59.600
behind to destroy this thing once and for all perspective.

1775
02:01:00.159 --> 02:01:04.600
Carter cross when Ariel said that, my stomach and my

1776
02:01:04.680 --> 02:01:09.239
heart get heavy fast. I approach Ariel. You can't do this.

1777
02:01:10.039 --> 02:01:12.800
Ariel gulps a little when she sees me start crying.

1778
02:01:13.600 --> 02:01:16.600
I never thought I'd really care about Ariel Mirror that much.

1779
02:01:17.399 --> 02:01:20.920
She's got tears of her own. Now, I'm sorry, Carter,

1780
02:01:21.439 --> 02:01:24.239
She chokes out. I'm the only one who can destroy

1781
02:01:24.319 --> 02:01:27.199
this thing the way it needs to be destroyed. Those

1782
02:01:27.319 --> 02:01:32.560
vampires can never activate this machine ever again. But you'll

1783
02:01:33.920 --> 02:01:39.319
the blast, I choke back. Then Madeline approaches her. No, Ariel, no,

1784
02:01:40.520 --> 02:01:43.760
if you have another plan, Mouse, there won't be enough time.

1785
02:01:44.239 --> 02:01:47.039
We're in the final minute now. She yells at all

1786
02:01:47.079 --> 02:01:51.760
of us, you have to go now. Bella turns to Aileen.

1787
02:01:52.479 --> 02:01:56.720
Fire it up, iiny yesterday on it Bell's. It ain't

1788
02:01:56.760 --> 02:01:59.960
long before Aileen has a portal opening up. It's got

1789
02:02:00.079 --> 02:02:03.039
I get big enough before we can all leave. I

1790
02:02:03.119 --> 02:02:06.760
turn back to Ariel. It can't end like this for you.

1791
02:02:07.039 --> 02:02:12.279
I tell her it's not fair. Ariel nods quickly. I know,

1792
02:02:13.079 --> 02:02:15.359
but we don't have time to make another plan. It

1793
02:02:15.399 --> 02:02:17.880
has to be me, Carter. My mom was the reason

1794
02:02:17.880 --> 02:02:20.159
why this. Ariel made the earth here what it is.

1795
02:02:20.840 --> 02:02:23.520
She's not my mom, but I'm going to fix it.

1796
02:02:24.000 --> 02:02:30.800
I'm going to make it right. She's crying again. Please understand. Okay,

1797
02:02:30.880 --> 02:02:34.119
let's get moving. Aileen yells we're almost out of time.

1798
02:02:34.760 --> 02:02:38.560
Ariel's hurting the same way I am. I'll always be

1799
02:02:38.640 --> 02:02:42.760
with you, Carter. She turns to Madeline. You two mouse.

1800
02:02:43.439 --> 02:02:45.359
Your family took me in when mine kicked me to

1801
02:02:45.399 --> 02:02:49.640
the curb. This is how I repay that. Madeline quickly

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02:02:49.720 --> 02:02:52.520
hugs Ariel before she runs into the portal behind that

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02:02:52.640 --> 02:02:57.520
giant spider. Then I'm staying too, I tell Ariel. She

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02:02:57.640 --> 02:03:01.920
shakes her head. No, Carter, you won't. Bella get Carter

1805
02:03:02.039 --> 02:03:04.880
out of here. Bella grabs me and throws me through

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02:03:04.920 --> 02:03:08.960
the portal. Bella gives Ariel a thumbs up. Ariel gives

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a thumbs up back. Then Bella dives through the portal.

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Before I can attempt to go back through, the portal

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closes for the last time. Epilogue perspective, Ariel Mirron, this

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02:03:26.960 --> 02:03:30.479
is really it. The final five seconds. I use my

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02:03:30.560 --> 02:03:34.319
Christmas powers and blast the main reactor controls one last time.

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As soon as the timer hits zero, I start to

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02:03:37.439 --> 02:03:41.000
see the explosion coming from the control panel. At the

1814
02:03:41.039 --> 02:03:45.600
same time, I see my life flashing right before my eyes,

1815
02:03:46.960 --> 02:03:52.159
and then I suddenly remember something. Queen Arcadia had control

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02:03:52.199 --> 02:03:55.000
of my body when she possessed me back in December.

1817
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I remember everything Queen Arcadia did. I recall when she

1818
02:03:59.239 --> 02:04:03.399
captured Monna A. First, Queen Arcadia turned into something like

1819
02:04:03.920 --> 02:04:07.079
lightning energy and went into an electrical outlet. Then she

1820
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appeared in front of Mona by coming out of a

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02:04:09.159 --> 02:04:14.119
street lamp above her. She became me again. Before capturing Mona,

1822
02:04:15.359 --> 02:04:18.640
I change myself into lightning energy and go right into

1823
02:04:18.640 --> 02:04:22.039
the portal machine. My energy causes the machine to overload

1824
02:04:22.079 --> 02:04:24.800
to the point where it explodes. There's no way the

1825
02:04:24.920 --> 02:04:27.760
vampires are going to get this thing to work ever again.

1826
02:04:28.479 --> 02:04:31.520
Of course, the blast wave might have finished it off anyway.

1827
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I merge with the last of the energies that were

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02:04:34.640 --> 02:04:38.039
keeping the portal open and shoot right for it. And

1829
02:04:38.119 --> 02:04:42.560
before I realize what's happening, I'm right back on the

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other side with the others. I scare everybody when a

1831
02:04:46.760 --> 02:04:49.239
huge electrical bolt comes out of a street lamp near

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02:04:49.279 --> 02:04:53.840
them in Gunter's Square, a park in downtown village. Ariel,

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02:04:54.359 --> 02:04:57.119
I hear someone screaming, I'm flat on my back when

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Carter Cross wraps his arms around me and lifts me

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02:04:59.920 --> 02:05:04.159
up into a sitting position. You you really made it, back,

1836
02:05:04.640 --> 02:05:09.840
he gasps. I nod quickly, Yeah, I did, didn't I

1837
02:05:09.840 --> 02:05:12.359
I let Carter help me to my feet. Then I

1838
02:05:12.399 --> 02:05:15.359
see all of us who saved our universe and the

1839
02:05:15.399 --> 02:05:18.479
many others out there. I can't believe all this stuff

1840
02:05:18.520 --> 02:05:23.239
is really real. I mean, I learned that vampires, giant spiders,

1841
02:05:23.239 --> 02:05:27.119
and ghosts are real, but the concept of alternate universe is.

1842
02:05:27.840 --> 02:05:31.720
I guess science fiction isn't so much fiction anymore. Did

1843
02:05:31.720 --> 02:05:35.319
you do it? Ariel cousin Felicia asks me. I nod

1844
02:05:35.439 --> 02:05:38.720
quickly again. Oh yeah, I blew that machine to bits.

1845
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I can also confirm that reactor went Kerpluey. Suddenly, mouse

1846
02:05:43.680 --> 02:05:46.479
shoots right at me and holds me close. I hug

1847
02:05:46.520 --> 02:05:50.800
her back. I'm here, Mouse. I tell her you don't

1848
02:05:50.800 --> 02:05:52.840
have to explain to your parents why I'm not coming

1849
02:05:52.880 --> 02:05:57.000
home after all. Mouse looks up at me now with tears.

1850
02:05:57.560 --> 02:06:01.159
You said home. Well, it's the only one I've got,

1851
02:06:01.399 --> 02:06:05.760
I say, unless your parents say otherwise, which you know

1852
02:06:05.880 --> 02:06:09.439
they won't. Ariel, we all take a moment to realize

1853
02:06:09.479 --> 02:06:11.960
what we did. I know it's a moment that's going

1854
02:06:12.000 --> 02:06:16.159
to stay with all of us, especially me. We actually

1855
02:06:16.239 --> 02:06:20.920
saved our world and countless other earths. No, Mom, I

1856
02:06:21.000 --> 02:06:24.159
didn't go the way vampire me did. I could never

1857
02:06:24.239 --> 02:06:27.079
be like you. Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe

1858
02:06:27.119 --> 02:06:30.640
I don't hate you so much anymore. I also remember

1859
02:06:30.680 --> 02:06:33.960
Brian Chunk told me during our mall overnight about being

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02:06:34.000 --> 02:06:36.840
a dominant miran. He told me to be my own

1861
02:06:37.000 --> 02:06:41.760
dominant miran. It's my destiny now, Mom, and you'll never

1862
02:06:41.840 --> 02:06:45.359
take that away from me never you tried. Giving me

1863
02:06:45.399 --> 02:06:48.520
to Queen Arcadia, not only did I conquer your code

1864
02:06:48.560 --> 02:06:52.399
come to life, I also gained her powers. Queen Arcadia

1865
02:06:52.479 --> 02:06:55.239
wanted to conquer the Mortal Realm. I'm going to use

1866
02:06:55.279 --> 02:06:58.760
her powers to try and help save it. Seeing these others,

1867
02:06:58.840 --> 02:07:02.520
Bela Tabon, cousin, Felicia, the Twin Mice, and even Carter

1868
02:07:02.640 --> 02:07:06.920
with his bike. We saved our world, Mom, I even

1869
02:07:06.960 --> 02:07:10.479
saved you for what it's worth to have a nice life. Mom.

1870
02:07:11.399 --> 02:07:14.399
Then I see Carter still looking at me. I come

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02:07:14.439 --> 02:07:16.920
to him. We hold each other for a long time,

1872
02:07:17.560 --> 02:07:20.880
then we finally come apart. We look at each other again,

1873
02:07:21.560 --> 02:07:24.840
and then I go with my feelings Carter and I

1874
02:07:24.880 --> 02:07:28.960
hear the cheers from everybody else. Like I said, Mom,

1875
02:07:29.560 --> 02:07:32.520
have a nice life. I'm not even mad at you anymore.

1876
02:07:32.920 --> 02:07:35.720
I'm free to do whatever I want. I can write

1877
02:07:35.720 --> 02:07:38.760
my own destiny and be my own dominant Miran. And

1878
02:07:38.840 --> 02:07:41.079
I guess part of my new destiny is going back

1879
02:07:41.079 --> 02:07:44.079
to Strickfield Town Center Mall with the others to see

1880
02:07:44.079 --> 02:07:47.359
Tiffany get her key to the village after we all

1881
02:07:47.399 --> 02:07:57.159
get cleaned up. First. After math, Adrian Miron walked around

1882
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her mansion inside the gated community. She walked into her

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02:08:01.039 --> 02:08:03.640
bedroom and sat down in front of her mirror to

1884
02:08:03.720 --> 02:08:08.399
brush her long blonde hair before going to bed. As

1885
02:08:08.439 --> 02:08:12.479
she did, she noticed something was wrong. She leaned in

1886
02:08:12.560 --> 02:08:15.960
for a closer look and saw the wrinkles under her eyes.

1887
02:08:17.199 --> 02:08:22.239
This can't be, she yelled, I'm immortal. Queen Arcadia promised

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02:08:22.239 --> 02:08:26.239
me that forgiving her life years ago. Adrian got up

1889
02:08:26.239 --> 02:08:29.840
and went downstairs. Soon she came to a secret door

1890
02:08:30.399 --> 02:08:35.159
that only she knew about and entered. She moved through

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02:08:35.199 --> 02:08:38.640
the corridor until she came into a hidden layer. There,

1892
02:08:39.439 --> 02:08:43.279
she quickly gathered the ingredients she required for the spell

1893
02:08:43.439 --> 02:08:49.079
she intended to use. After reciting the spell, the spirit

1894
02:08:49.159 --> 02:08:53.560
of Queen Arcadia appeared. Adrian could see she was very

1895
02:08:53.640 --> 02:08:57.960
weak from having been overthrown by her daughter Ariel. I

1896
02:08:58.079 --> 02:09:02.560
know why you have summoned me, adrianne Mirran, Arcadia said weakly,

1897
02:09:03.680 --> 02:09:06.600
Your immortality is fading because I no longer have the

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02:09:06.680 --> 02:09:12.439
power to grant it unto you. Your daughter now possesses

1899
02:09:12.520 --> 02:09:17.039
all of my limitless power. There's no way that I

1900
02:09:17.079 --> 02:09:25.720
can reclaim them. Her spirit dimmed. Two two week Arcadia's

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02:09:25.720 --> 02:09:34.680
spirit finally disappeared. Adrian became very angry and determined. You

1902
02:09:34.840 --> 02:09:38.960
think you're free of me, little one, She sneered, I

1903
02:09:39.079 --> 02:09:44.239
will find you aerial renaissance Mirran, reclaim you and take

1904
02:09:44.319 --> 02:09:49.239
those powers away from you. She tightened her fists. You

1905
02:09:49.319 --> 02:09:54.880
have become the bane of my existence for the last time,

1906
02:09:56.439 --> 02:10:05.960
not the end, all right, spookies, you survived a trip

1907
02:10:06.000 --> 02:10:09.079
to the other dimension and you came back in one

1908
02:10:09.159 --> 02:10:13.439
piece and with relatively all of your blood in your veins.

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the dark, hoping to pounce on you, hoping to drain

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