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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
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webs would be going in other directions. They go go, go, Yes,
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both my sticky webs hit their marks. The bat flaps
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its wings faster to try and shake or break my webs.
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I can't let that happen. Only one thing to do.
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I concentrate and soon feel my body changing from a
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human female who can do spider things into a more powerful,
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giant mutant spider creature. I'm growing additional legs and feeling
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gray firs sprouting all over my body. I'm also getting
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another set of eyes and a pair of antennas. The
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only bad thing about changing into my cute and cuddly
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spider self is that I lose my clothes. Aside from
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t shirts and tops, I also weigh up a lot
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more in my spider form. As I'm starting to head
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toward the earth again, I quickly fire some more webs
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and hit another building. I pull myself to it where
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I can stick tight. Yeah, you come on back here now,
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I tell the bat as I'm reining it in, you
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got something that belongs to me. The bat keeps screeching
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like nobody's business and flapping real crazy. Help me, Ariel shrieks.
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The bats finally got to make a choice. When it drops, Ariel,
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I spring from the building and fire my webs to
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catch hold of my cousin and bring her to me.
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I shoot a few more webs and am soon walking
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tightrope on them. As soon as we're on the rooftop
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of an apartment building, I set Ariel down. She's not
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sure what to make of me. Now I raise my
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claw like hands in front of me. It's okay, cousin,
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it's me, Felicia. Then Bella's suddenly right there. You really
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weren't kidding about the whole being a spider thing, Felicia.
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She looks at Ariel. You okay? Ariel puts her hands
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to the sides of her head. What is going on here, cousin,
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Felicia is a giant spider, you're a vampire. Mouse is
467
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a ghost. Alien's a monster hunter. We're in another universe, apparently,
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She lowers her arms. We're in serious trouble here, aren't we.
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We're still alive, I remind her. Then look at Bella,
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except maybe you right. Bella glares at me. I'm alive.
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She sighs. Okay, maybe quasi undead. I don't breathe, sweat,
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or have to use toilets. She sighs again, Ariel, none
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of us are gonna hurt you, now, what say We
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get back to the others so they know you're okay,
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Ariel nods. I'd like that. Bella looks my way. You
476
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gonna stay like that? I smirk until I can get
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some pants or shorts. Bella gets it now, Oh.
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You're not safe yet, Weekly spooky will be right back.
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Perspective Carter Cross. I'm always feeling butterflies whenever I see
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00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:34.839
Ariel Mirron. You'd think it'd be nice and calm. When
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I see Bella and a giant spider, probably Felicia coming
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00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:41.960
in with her, the butterflies are going off in my
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00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:46.079
stomach again. Ariel gets off Felicia's back and is on
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the floor. Now you okay, Ariel, Aileen asks, A little scared,
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she admits, at least I'm alive. She turns to the
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giant spider. Thanks to my cousin here. Now I'm seeing
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the ghost of Mary Worth. She seems to be looking
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00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:08.640
over a Leen. You do not appear to show any
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00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:13.240
signs of infection, the ghost tells her. Bella's right there. Now,
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00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.880
do you feel any different? Iiny, I feel fine, Belle's,
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00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:23.039
she says. In fact, I'm all healed up already. Bella
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00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:27.759
says to the ghost, thank you. I cannot accept your
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00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:31.720
thanks Bella tabon. It was not I who healed Aileen.
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Now Bella's looking at Aileen really worried. Now I gotta
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00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:41.000
admit I'm really amazed at Felicia. I can't believe she's
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a giant spider like what you see. She asks me,
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you're really real. I managed to say no makeup or
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special effects. Felicia laughs a little nope. Then I look
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at Bella. You want to know the truth. I already
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00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:05.480
knew you were a vampire from the time we were
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00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:09.400
here back on Halloween weekend, from the horror thon. You
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00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:13.440
never glamed me to make me forget. Don't worry, I
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00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:18.599
never told nobody. Bella smiles. That's why I didn't glam you,
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00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:23.640
and thanks for keeping my secret. Then Mary Worth raises
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00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:28.759
Madeleine's compact and returns into the mirror. Madeline's back with
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00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:33.359
us again. Okay, what do we do now? Madeline asks,
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we can't stay in here all night. M scratch that
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00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:43.720
it's always night here. Maddie's right. Aileen agrees we need
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to come up with a plan. Hmm. I think I
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have a bit of an idea. We've all been here
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00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:54.359
at least once, aside from Felicia, why don't we recap
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everything and see if we can generate some ideas. Bella51300:33:59.319 --> 00:34:02.480
turns to Felie, You're about to get brought up to51400:34:02.519 --> 00:34:07.279
speed on this alternate vampire universe, new girl. We've all51500:34:07.319 --> 00:34:11.800
been here before, at least once. Ariel turns to Madeline,51600:34:11.840 --> 00:34:14.679
what does this make for you? Now? Mouse three times?51700:34:15.360 --> 00:34:19.880
Madeline groans, huh Man, way to rub it in, Ariel.51800:34:20.679 --> 00:34:23.559
The five of us who've been to this vampire universe51900:34:23.599 --> 00:34:26.639
before talk about what we've done and how we got52000:34:26.679 --> 00:34:31.079
back home again each time. Then Ariel throws something out there.52100:34:31.920 --> 00:34:35.360
You know, it seems like every time we've managed to52200:34:35.360 --> 00:34:39.159
go home, something keeps happening to bring us back here.52300:34:39.840 --> 00:34:43.480
She looks around at everybody. I know I'd rather not52400:34:43.599 --> 00:34:47.239
ever have to come back here again. Assuming we make52500:34:47.280 --> 00:34:52.119
it home again, maybe what we should do is find52600:34:52.159 --> 00:34:55.679
where these doorways to our universe are being made and52700:34:55.719 --> 00:34:58.599
put a stop to them once and for all, because52800:34:58.599 --> 00:35:00.960
you know, those vampires are just going to keep opening52900:35:01.039 --> 00:35:06.360
up portals. The rest of us quickly agree. Good thinking, Princess,53000:35:06.880 --> 00:35:11.079
I say, now, she smacks my arm. I got exiled53100:35:11.119 --> 00:35:15.079
from my kingdom and you're still calling me princess. I53200:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.599
raised my hands in front of me. Okay, sorry, Ariel53300:35:19.639 --> 00:35:24.880
calms down. Oh I guess it's okay, Carter. Now we53400:35:25.119 --> 00:35:28.519
just need a plan, and I'm thinking I got one.53500:35:28.880 --> 00:35:33.039
Madeline pipes up. Ariel, Remember when it was us girls53600:35:33.039 --> 00:35:37.079
at Strickfield Town Center Mall last time. Remember how vampire53700:35:37.199 --> 00:35:41.199
Mayor Gunter said he made it all happen. I'm thinking53800:35:41.239 --> 00:35:43.679
a few of us can go to his office and53900:35:43.800 --> 00:35:48.079
do some snoopin' based on where we are. Maddie, we54000:35:48.239 --> 00:35:52.320
can't just walk there. Aileen tells her. We can try54100:35:52.320 --> 00:35:54.480
and double back to our houses and see if we54200:35:54.880 --> 00:35:59.920
still got our mongooses. I say, or I can hot54300:36:00.079 --> 00:36:02.679
wire a car and take us to the mayor's office.54400:36:03.159 --> 00:36:06.840
Bella says. Problem is, as soon as those vampires see54500:36:06.840 --> 00:36:11.000
a car going, they're gonna be chasing us down, and54600:36:11.079 --> 00:36:14.719
between you and me, Bella, we can't fight that many off.54700:36:15.239 --> 00:36:19.360
Felicia says, Oh, I got an idea for that too,54800:36:19.880 --> 00:36:24.800
Madeline pipes up. We get two cars going, one's the54900:36:24.840 --> 00:36:28.119
decoy while the vamps follow that one. The other car55000:36:28.199 --> 00:36:31.519
can head to the Mayor's office. How do we know55100:36:31.559 --> 00:36:37.199
the vamps won't just chase both cars, Aileen asks. Madeline shrugs.55200:36:38.039 --> 00:36:43.000
We don't, but we gotta do something right. Yeah, Maddie's right.55300:36:43.400 --> 00:36:47.760
Bella agrees. Okay, that means I got a hot wire.55400:36:47.880 --> 00:36:57.920
Two cars perspective. Madeline donnerly cousin Aleen's climbing in this55500:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.960
beat up station wagon. Bell's got started now She's given55600:37:02.000 --> 00:37:05.480
me this poudy look. I know you're a gamer, Maddie,55700:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.400
but I doubt even you can drive a real car.55800:37:09.159 --> 00:37:13.599
I'm studying the controls and know what I gotta do. Obviously,55900:37:13.639 --> 00:37:17.559
you ain't never seen me drive. Ariel approaches the car.56000:37:18.079 --> 00:37:21.559
She's right, Aileen, Carter and I have been there. Mouse56100:37:21.639 --> 00:37:25.280
drives very well. My friend Bailey was telling me back56200:37:25.320 --> 00:37:28.800
in December about going to the orphanage in Pendleton. Mouse56300:37:28.880 --> 00:37:31.360
drove everybody there and back like she had a license.56400:37:32.239 --> 00:37:36.320
Aileen's upset and points at her. Stop calling Maddie mouse.56500:37:37.280 --> 00:37:41.559
I glance over at Aileen. It's okay, I don't mind. Really,56600:37:42.199 --> 00:37:46.559
she's still mad. No, it's not, Maddie. Don't you understand56700:37:46.599 --> 00:37:49.760
people are making fun of you. They called me mouse56800:37:49.800 --> 00:37:55.039
for years, knowing how much I hated it. I shrug again.56900:37:55.159 --> 00:37:58.440
Aileen It's okay. Nothing can hurt you if you use57000:37:58.480 --> 00:38:01.960
it as a strength. I know I'm little and I57100:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.920
squeak when I'm talking. It ain't keeping me from doing57200:38:05.000 --> 00:38:09.440
what I like. Ariel tells Aileen. She has a sign57300:38:09.480 --> 00:38:12.440
on her bedroom door that says, welcome to the mousehole.57400:38:13.119 --> 00:38:16.960
I nod quickly. Yeah. Now I'm gonna go play mouse57500:38:17.000 --> 00:38:19.719
again when I drive to Mayor Gunter's office and go57600:38:19.840 --> 00:38:24.039
sneaking around. Aileen points at me. Not without me, You're57700:38:24.079 --> 00:38:28.519
not I'm coming with you too, mouse, Ariel says. Just57800:38:28.599 --> 00:38:32.960
then Bell's comes to the car again. You sure you57900:38:33.039 --> 00:38:36.039
can drive, Maddie. I mean, don't you want either me58000:38:36.280 --> 00:38:40.159
or Felicia with you? I pat my jacket, I got58100:38:40.159 --> 00:38:43.400
my compact. If I need mary Worth, trust me, Bells,58200:38:43.960 --> 00:38:47.159
I got this now. Bells is folding her arms in58300:38:47.199 --> 00:38:53.320
front of her. Yeah, show me. I start the car.58400:38:53.960 --> 00:38:57.880
Aileen's sitting next to me, Ariel's getting in back. Then58500:38:57.920 --> 00:38:59.960
I shift and drive around the inside of the bill58600:39:00.280 --> 00:39:03.280
for a little bit. Soon I'm stopping right in front58700:39:03.280 --> 00:39:08.480
of Bells, who's given us this weird look. You twins58800:39:08.519 --> 00:39:13.159
are both gonna drive me crazy. She sighs. Okay, Maddie,58900:39:13.199 --> 00:39:17.679
you're it. Then you three are going to the Mayor's office. Felicia,59000:39:17.800 --> 00:39:21.360
Carter and me are gonna provide a distraction at least,59100:39:21.480 --> 00:39:25.480
Go go Juice ain't gonna be no problem this time. Felicia, Carter,59200:39:25.639 --> 00:39:29.599
Ariel and me went and siphoned plenty for both cars. Yes,59300:39:30.760 --> 00:39:34.880
why can't go go juice taste like cheese or coffee.59400:39:35.840 --> 00:39:40.639
Felicia quickly appears she's human again. Guess she found sweatpants59500:39:40.639 --> 00:39:44.199
when she was out. Okay, we're ready at our end.59600:39:44.239 --> 00:39:47.320
When you are, too, bat our phones don't work here,59700:39:47.639 --> 00:39:51.000
Ariel mutters, it would be nice if we could communicate59800:39:51.039 --> 00:39:55.960
with each other somehow. Felicia quickly raises her finger. Yeah59900:39:56.360 --> 00:39:59.760
about that. She goes away for a moment, then comes60000:39:59.760 --> 00:40:04.880
back here. Take this. Where did you find walkie talkies?60100:40:05.320 --> 00:40:08.679
Aileen asks her, in what was left of that radio60200:40:08.800 --> 00:40:12.199
depot in downtown village, next to what was left of60300:40:12.239 --> 00:40:17.159
Boble Topia. Felicia answers, Bella, and I tested them. The60400:40:17.239 --> 00:40:20.719
batteries and the walkies are good. I'd take the walkie60500:40:20.760 --> 00:40:24.960
talkie and hand it to Aileen. Then Felicia sees Carter approaching,60600:40:25.920 --> 00:40:29.800
I see you also found stuff. Carter swings his baseball60700:40:29.840 --> 00:40:33.960
bat found this out in the street. Now Bell's is60800:40:34.000 --> 00:40:38.480
handing us vampire survival kits. I'm surprised there was still60900:40:38.480 --> 00:40:42.840
some holy water and wafers left in this strickfield wasteland.61000:40:43.440 --> 00:40:45.280
I had to get these from a church a few61100:40:45.280 --> 00:40:50.840
miles out, and you didn't burn. Felish asks, I don't61200:40:50.880 --> 00:40:56.119
have traditional vampire weaknesses. Bell's returns. Now I see Carter61300:40:56.199 --> 00:41:00.000
and Ariel looking at each other, really looking at each other.61400:41:00.880 --> 00:41:03.480
Then Ariel reaches out through her door and puts her61500:41:03.519 --> 00:41:07.920
hand on Carter's shoulder. We're going to be okay. Carter61600:41:08.039 --> 00:41:13.239
nods quickly, yeah, and then he surprises everybody when he61700:41:13.360 --> 00:41:17.840
leans in and wow, it ain't no long one. But61800:41:17.920 --> 00:41:20.480
I'm thinking they're scared we ain't making it back home.61900:41:21.199 --> 00:41:24.760
Ariel gives Carter a nice smile. You come back to me.62000:41:25.239 --> 00:41:28.280
I mean it. Carter gives her a look that tells62100:41:28.320 --> 00:41:31.400
her he's planning on it. Bell's holds up the other62200:41:31.480 --> 00:41:35.199
walkie talkie. When Felicia, Carter and me get far away,62300:41:36.039 --> 00:41:39.840
we'll let you know what's going on. Use your best judgment, Mattie.62400:41:40.440 --> 00:41:44.440
I nod quickly. We'll be okay, Bell's. Once we're in62500:41:44.440 --> 00:41:49.440
our cars, Bell's drives out stand by. Bell says on62600:41:49.480 --> 00:41:52.880
our walkie talkie, U, sh it.62700:41:52.920 --> 00:41:57.119
Was only the wind. You're safe, weekly spooky, We'll be62800:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.880
right back.62900:42:02.800 --> 00:42:07.800
Perspective Aileen Donnerly. Mattie takes off as soon as she63000:42:07.840 --> 00:42:12.840
gets the okay from Bells. I can't believe this. Maddie's63100:42:12.880 --> 00:42:16.119
only thirteen and in the seventh grade, and she's driving63200:42:16.159 --> 00:42:20.280
a car like she's always been able to. I can't63300:42:20.320 --> 00:42:23.480
even drive a car, not that I couldn't have learned.63400:42:24.079 --> 00:42:26.679
I'm okay for the moment, thanks to the treatment's Bells63500:42:26.679 --> 00:42:30.000
has been giving me for my sickness. So far, those63600:42:30.079 --> 00:42:33.960
pills she made for me around Thanksgiving are still working great.63700:42:34.559 --> 00:42:37.800
I'm looking at my arm. It was already fully healed63800:42:37.880 --> 00:42:41.079
up when Mary Worth looked at it. Why do I63900:42:41.159 --> 00:42:46.599
have a very very bad feeling about this? You never64000:42:46.679 --> 00:42:52.079
cease to amaze me, mouse, Ariel tells her. Mattie shrugs, yeah,64100:42:52.119 --> 00:42:56.719
I try, what about you? You okay back there? I64200:42:56.800 --> 00:43:01.039
really didn't know Carter was going to do that. She says.64300:43:01.559 --> 00:43:05.039
It's okay, Ariel, just give me an invite to your wedding.64400:43:05.079 --> 00:43:09.679
After we graduate high school. Maddie teases. Ariel growls. When64500:43:09.719 --> 00:43:14.960
Maddie snickers, oh you you. I quickly turn around and64600:43:15.000 --> 00:43:19.079
point sharply at her. Don't you dare, scream Ariel. Any64700:43:19.159 --> 00:43:22.760
nearby vams will hear you and come our way. Ariel64800:43:22.800 --> 00:43:28.199
nods quickly sorry. Then she mutters, I hate you mouse.64900:43:29.360 --> 00:43:32.719
When I look at Maddie, she's still not even phased65000:43:32.760 --> 00:43:37.400
by Ariel. Then Maddie says to me, Ariel's been saying65100:43:37.480 --> 00:43:40.119
that to me since we was little kids. Believe me,65200:43:40.719 --> 00:43:44.039
I'm quite used to it by now. How can you65300:43:44.119 --> 00:43:48.000
be so calm about everything, Maddie? I ask? You know,65400:43:48.639 --> 00:43:53.320
I really envy you. Maddie shrugs. I just don't let65500:43:53.360 --> 00:43:56.760
things bother me. I mean, I got a good life.65600:43:56.840 --> 00:44:00.639
I got great friends, I got great parents. Life's good.65700:44:01.280 --> 00:44:05.159
Ariel springs forward. You say life is good, and we're65800:44:05.199 --> 00:44:09.119
stuck here in a vampire universe. I hate you mouse.65900:44:09.880 --> 00:44:14.119
Maddie raises her finger, careful, Ariel, I might crash the car.66000:44:14.880 --> 00:44:18.760
Ariel shakes her finger. Oh you just wait till we're66100:44:18.800 --> 00:44:23.079
back home. We keep moving until Maddie stashes the car.66200:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.360
Then we get out and move to Mayor Patrick Gunter's office.66300:44:27.039 --> 00:44:29.000
Now it's my turn to show I've got a few66400:44:29.199 --> 00:44:32.960
surprises of my own. First off, I pick the lock66500:44:33.039 --> 00:44:36.199
to get inside one of the side doors. Bell's has66600:44:36.280 --> 00:44:39.199
really been teaching me things since we started getting more66700:44:39.239 --> 00:44:43.400
into our friendship. I suppose I shouldn't envy Maddie so much.66800:44:44.079 --> 00:44:47.320
Bell's is my one real friend, even though we're hanging66900:44:47.320 --> 00:44:50.880
out with Felicia Mirren more these days, more and more67000:44:50.960 --> 00:44:54.880
US cheerleaders are kind of becoming a circle of friends.67100:44:55.400 --> 00:44:57.239
I don't think i'd still be here today if it67200:44:57.280 --> 00:45:00.760
wasn't for Bells. When I got my sickness, I was67300:45:00.800 --> 00:45:03.599
told I didn't have long to live. I've always had67400:45:03.639 --> 00:45:07.239
a weak immune system. Even the common cold could lay67500:45:07.280 --> 00:45:09.440
me up and make me miss school for a good week.67600:45:10.079 --> 00:45:13.119
In fact, I missed so much school due to being67700:45:13.199 --> 00:45:17.400
sick that I'm repeating my senior year. Even then, Maddie67800:45:17.480 --> 00:45:20.679
often came by to see me. I'm still feeling that67900:45:20.800 --> 00:45:24.239
sense of insecurity. I guess. I guess I just don't68000:45:24.239 --> 00:45:26.960
want to be alone in the world. I've come to68100:45:27.039 --> 00:45:30.519
love having Bells and Maddie in my life. I guess68200:45:30.519 --> 00:45:33.639
I just don't want us to ever drift apart. That's68300:45:33.719 --> 00:45:37.239
not an unreasonable thing to ask, is it? Before long,68400:45:37.360 --> 00:45:41.360
we find Mayor Gunter's office and go inside. I already68500:45:41.400 --> 00:45:44.960
gave night vision glasses to Maddie and Ariel. Now we're68600:45:45.000 --> 00:45:48.559
snooping around. I see maps around the office and look68700:45:48.599 --> 00:45:52.320
at them. Now, I don't have a photographic memory, but68800:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.639
I do know strickfield well enough to know when things68900:45:55.760 --> 00:46:01.280
look way off. You find something a lee, Ariel asks,69000:46:01.800 --> 00:46:04.840
I think so, I reply, take a good look at69100:46:04.880 --> 00:46:10.440
these maps. See anything odd? Yeah? Right here? Ariel points69200:46:10.480 --> 00:46:16.199
to it. Since when do we have have a nuclear69300:46:16.239 --> 00:46:20.320
power plant? Maddie finishes for her. I ain't no high69400:46:20.360 --> 00:46:24.199
school senior like you, Aleen, but I'm already thinking things.69500:46:24.880 --> 00:46:30.239
Ariel gulps. Do I even want to know? If there's69600:46:30.239 --> 00:46:33.800
a nuclear power plant in this strict field? It's probably69700:46:33.840 --> 00:46:36.960
tied to how those vamps are powering their portals to69800:46:37.000 --> 00:46:42.159
our universe. I translate. That's what she came up with, right, Maddie.69900:46:42.199 --> 00:46:46.599
She gulps herself and nods quickly. Uh huh. Then I70000:46:46.679 --> 00:46:50.440
pull out my smartphone. We can't call or send texts,70100:46:50.519 --> 00:46:54.360
but our cameras are still good. Maddie's got our walkie70200:46:54.360 --> 00:46:56.880
talkie and lets the other group know what's going on.70300:46:57.840 --> 00:47:01.800
Felicia's talking to us. The vampires are still chasing them.70400:47:02.400 --> 00:47:04.800
Then we hear bells say they're going to make themselves70500:47:04.840 --> 00:47:08.360
scarce and then make their way over to us. After70600:47:08.440 --> 00:47:11.639
I finished taking picks, we look around Mayor Gunter's office70700:47:11.679 --> 00:47:15.320
some more, but we don't really find anything worth holding70800:47:15.360 --> 00:47:19.480
on to. Suddenly, the lights come on. Next thing we know,70900:47:19.559 --> 00:47:22.960
the door to the Mayor's office comes flying away. Now71000:47:23.039 --> 00:47:27.599
Mayor Patrick Gunter himself is looking right at us. Did71100:47:27.639 --> 00:47:30.119
you really think I wouldn't know if someone was breaking71200:47:30.159 --> 00:47:33.639
into my office? He growls. The three of us hold71300:47:33.679 --> 00:47:36.480
up our crucifixes and drive him back with our faith71400:47:36.480 --> 00:47:39.519
in them. It's not long before he glares at them71500:47:40.119 --> 00:47:44.360
and causes them to burst into flames. We quickly drop71600:47:44.360 --> 00:47:47.360
our crosses and get out of the office. We're quick71700:47:47.400 --> 00:47:50.679
to find out Mayor Gunters not alone. He's got lots71800:47:50.719 --> 00:47:53.800
of vampires under his command. The three of us are71900:47:53.880 --> 00:47:56.840
running for all we're worth. We know we can't run long,72000:47:57.000 --> 00:48:00.920
especially not when vampires can warp. He managed to get72100:48:00.960 --> 00:48:04.119
back outside. That's when we see the other car coming72200:48:05.000 --> 00:48:14.119
helps arrived and just in time perspective, Bella tabon. As72300:48:14.159 --> 00:48:16.719
soon as I break to a stop, Inine, Maddie and72400:48:16.760 --> 00:48:19.920
Ariel are running to our car. Vamps jump out through72500:48:19.920 --> 00:48:22.840
the broken out windows and land on us. It don't72600:48:22.840 --> 00:48:25.760
take them long to start ripping the car apart, the72700:48:25.800 --> 00:48:29.400
same as what happened to Felicia's suv Felicia and I72800:48:29.440 --> 00:48:32.559
get out and start beating those vamps back. I can't72900:48:32.599 --> 00:48:36.239
believe how well the cheerleading captain herself is holding her own.73000:48:36.920 --> 00:48:39.199
Then Inini joins in the fight and is using these73100:48:39.239 --> 00:48:42.800
new toys she's whipped up. She's got sun lamps attached73200:48:42.840 --> 00:48:44.760
to her wrists and is using them to drive the73300:48:44.840 --> 00:48:49.119
vamps back. I can't stand Einy's older brother Martin, but73400:48:49.159 --> 00:48:51.599
I do agree with him when he calls her Einstein73500:48:51.960 --> 00:48:55.719
on account of her gifted intelligence. That's how I came73600:48:55.719 --> 00:48:58.559
to call her Iini for short. She gives it back73700:48:58.599 --> 00:49:01.760
to me by calling me bell. Since I really like73800:49:01.840 --> 00:49:04.679
her cousin Maddie, I let her get away with calling73900:49:04.760 --> 00:49:09.920
me Bells too. Maddie reaches us and pulls out her compact. Yeah,74000:49:09.920 --> 00:49:12.519
I'd say it's time for Maryworth to lend a hand,74100:49:13.159 --> 00:49:18.679
but suddenly Einy's toys overload and stop working. Maddie's compact74200:49:18.760 --> 00:49:22.360
also catches fire. Then we see Mayor Gunter did all74300:49:22.400 --> 00:49:25.840
this with his cheap parlor tricks. Now he orders the74400:49:25.880 --> 00:49:30.159
other vampires to take us. This scene is really not74500:49:30.280 --> 00:49:32.920
looking all that good for the six of us. As74600:49:32.920 --> 00:49:36.840
a master vampire, I have tremendous power. I can hold74700:49:36.840 --> 00:49:39.440
off a bunch of these regular vamps all by myself.74800:49:40.159 --> 00:49:44.400
But there are just so many of them. Even if74900:49:44.400 --> 00:49:47.519
Felicia were to morph back into her spider form, they'd75000:49:47.559 --> 00:49:52.480
still overpower all of us, and they do. We're eventually75100:49:52.559 --> 00:49:56.320
taken down and loaded into an armored car and taken away.75200:49:57.679 --> 00:50:02.599
I'm surprised they didn't just kill all of us. It75300:50:02.639 --> 00:50:07.440
ain't long before we're inside some strange place. I mean,75400:50:08.119 --> 00:50:11.599
I know, I've never seen it before, even back home.75500:50:12.360 --> 00:50:15.599
We're all placed into these cages. As soon as we're75600:50:15.599 --> 00:50:20.800
locked up, these energies appear around ourselves. I wouldn't touch75700:50:20.840 --> 00:50:24.400
the bars if I were you. Mayor Gunter warns us75800:50:24.800 --> 00:50:28.480
there's enough of this special voltage to overwhelm even you.75900:50:28.960 --> 00:50:34.280
I'm sure. Yeah, he directed that last part at me. Now,76000:50:34.320 --> 00:50:37.840
Mayor Gunter points to Ariel and Maddie. I'm sure you76100:50:37.960 --> 00:50:42.480
two are wondering what became of Harmony. Mirren. I haven't76200:50:42.519 --> 00:50:45.159
forgotten how she helped you to escape me the last76300:50:45.239 --> 00:50:50.599
time we encountered you. He chuckles coldly. I'm not sorry76400:50:50.639 --> 00:50:52.880
to say she didn't survive.76500:50:54.679 --> 00:50:59.000
More Scarce to come weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.76600:51:00.800 --> 00:51:03.599
My legions overwhelmed her the same as they did you.76700:51:04.800 --> 00:51:09.039
The only difference is that I wanted all of you alive.76800:51:10.280 --> 00:51:13.880
Harmony Miron is quite departed from this world and will76900:51:13.960 --> 00:51:19.039
never trouble us again. Why are we so important to you,77000:51:19.519 --> 00:51:24.960
Felicia demands, why not just kill us too? In good time?77100:51:25.639 --> 00:51:31.000
My dear Mayor Gunter chuckles. But now I believe that77200:51:31.039 --> 00:51:34.480
a little story time is in order. I'm sure all77300:51:34.519 --> 00:51:37.400
of you would love to have some answers, such as77400:51:37.719 --> 00:51:39.920
how our world came to be the way it is77500:51:40.639 --> 00:51:45.840
and why we're having to explore other universes for food. Well,77600:51:46.599 --> 00:51:49.800
I'm going to tell you, but I should warn you77700:51:49.920 --> 00:52:05.719
right now it is not a pleasant story. The present77800:52:06.800 --> 00:52:10.519
Mayor Patrick Gunter regarded his prisoners as the energies of77900:52:10.559 --> 00:52:14.480
the cells kept them in a weakened state. Ariel Miron78000:52:14.519 --> 00:52:18.519
walked to the bars and tightened her fists. Why why78100:52:18.519 --> 00:52:22.440
would you turn your world into this, this horrible nightmare?78200:52:23.199 --> 00:52:28.320
Mayor Gunter chuckled. Oh, I didn't do this alone. You see.78300:52:28.400 --> 00:52:32.000
There was someone else just as hungry for power as78400:52:32.039 --> 00:52:36.119
I was, someone who wanted power so badly that said78500:52:36.159 --> 00:52:40.960
person approached me. After hearing what my new partner had78600:52:40.960 --> 00:52:45.280
to say, he shook his head. Ah, but I'm getting78700:52:45.320 --> 00:52:48.719
a little ahead of myself here. No, it's best that78800:52:48.800 --> 00:52:56.400
I start from the beginning. Ten years ago. Patrick Gunter78900:52:56.599 --> 00:52:59.119
was furious when he saw that he was behind in79000:52:59.159 --> 00:53:03.679
the polls again. He couldn't believe the people of Strickfield79100:53:04.000 --> 00:53:08.360
favored the current mayor, Harmony Miron so greatly. Gunter had79200:53:08.360 --> 00:53:11.280
his own voters behind him, but not nearly enough of79300:53:11.320 --> 00:53:15.000
what the current mayor had, and the village election was79400:53:15.039 --> 00:53:20.360
coming up very soon. Gunter growled and slammed his fists79500:53:20.400 --> 00:53:23.599
on his table. He knew he would never be able79600:53:23.639 --> 00:53:26.760
to sway enough voters in his direction. It was bad79700:53:26.880 --> 00:53:29.559
enough that there were so many Mirons in both houses79800:53:29.599 --> 00:53:32.639
of Congress. There was even talk about a few of79900:53:32.639 --> 00:53:37.599
the Mirons possibly making bids for the White House. There80000:53:37.599 --> 00:53:41.320
were also three mirans on the Supreme Court. He knew80100:53:41.320 --> 00:53:45.519
many of those mirons serving at the federal level were dirty,80200:53:46.880 --> 00:53:50.960
not Harmony Miron. This miran not only became the youngest80300:53:51.000 --> 00:53:54.679
mayor in Strickfield at the tender age of twenty one,80400:53:54.840 --> 00:53:57.920
She had also kept her campaign promises of not raising80500:53:58.000 --> 00:54:01.840
taxes and putting current tax monies toward programs that would80600:54:01.880 --> 00:54:06.840
benefit the people greatly. Harmony Miron was truly a good80700:54:06.920 --> 00:54:11.480
mayor to her village. Gunter had tried many things to80800:54:11.559 --> 00:54:15.039
turn people against her. When it seemed he had found80900:54:15.039 --> 00:54:17.320
dirt on her and brought it to light in their debates,81000:54:17.800 --> 00:54:22.320
Harmony was easily able to explain his accusations. In effect,81100:54:22.639 --> 00:54:26.880
Gunter really had nothing concrete against Harmony. Now it was81200:54:26.920 --> 00:54:30.519
looking as though Harmony would win a second term by81300:54:30.559 --> 00:54:36.199
a landslide. How do I beat you, little girl, Gunter hissed,81400:54:36.880 --> 00:54:44.280
How perhaps I can help? Someone called out. He quickly81500:54:44.320 --> 00:54:49.000
turned around and couldn't believe his eyes. What are you81600:54:49.199 --> 00:54:52.239
doing here, he demanded, And how are you able to81700:54:52.280 --> 00:54:57.920
get by my men? The person chuckled. Believe me, I81800:54:58.000 --> 00:55:01.840
have my ways of doing things. I assure you, It's81900:55:02.000 --> 00:55:05.719
just the two of us in here. Now, I believe82000:55:05.719 --> 00:55:08.440
you said you'd like to win the election and become82100:55:08.559 --> 00:55:13.159
the new mayor of Strickfield. The person chuckled, again, you're82200:55:13.239 --> 00:55:19.119
so petty. Why settle for just Strickfield? What if? What82300:55:19.199 --> 00:55:24.559
if I could give you this whole world? Gunter couldn't82400:55:24.599 --> 00:55:27.960
believe what he was hearing. Why should I believe someone82500:55:28.119 --> 00:55:34.119
like you? The person sighed, very well, I'll give you82600:55:34.159 --> 00:55:36.880
a demonstration of the kind of power I'm willing to82700:55:36.960 --> 00:55:39.480
share with you. What if I could give you the82800:55:39.559 --> 00:55:43.280
election and the mayor's house. What if you won by82900:55:43.280 --> 00:55:46.760
a landslide? I could make that happen for you, mister Gunter.83000:55:47.519 --> 00:55:51.000
He became very angry. Now, I don't have time for83100:55:51.079 --> 00:55:55.079
your games. Don't you understand I'm way behind in the polls.83200:55:55.239 --> 00:55:58.079
I'll never beat Harmony Mirror in this election next week.83300:55:58.800 --> 00:56:02.440
The person smiled. Then, I'll have to give you something,83400:56:03.039 --> 00:56:06.480
right now, What shall I give you to prove the83500:56:06.599 --> 00:56:11.360
kind of power that I have? Think about it very carefully.83600:56:12.480 --> 00:56:16.840
Gunter decided to call the person's bluff. Okay, if you83700:56:16.920 --> 00:56:19.800
can get me the election over Harmony Mirron and by83800:56:19.840 --> 00:56:23.679
a landslide, then I'll listen to anything you have to say.83900:56:23.840 --> 00:56:29.800
He shook his head quickly. Personally, I I just don't84000:56:29.840 --> 00:56:34.960
see someone like you making that happen. The person laughed84100:56:35.000 --> 00:56:39.599
with amusement. Next Tuesday is the election. If that's the84200:56:39.599 --> 00:56:42.679
proof you want of the power I have, then be84300:56:42.800 --> 00:56:47.440
ready to move into the mayor's office in January, mister Gunter.84400:56:48.639 --> 00:56:52.519
Gunter laughed scornfully. There was no way this person was84500:56:52.599 --> 00:56:54.760
going to be able to get him the election and84600:56:54.840 --> 00:56:58.280
the mayorship of Strickfield Harmony. Myron had way too much84700:56:58.320 --> 00:57:01.760
popularity and would win with the vast majority of votes.84800:57:02.599 --> 00:57:05.119
When Gunter again went to look at the person who84900:57:05.119 --> 00:57:09.400
had appeared before him and wasted his time, he gasped85000:57:09.800 --> 00:57:13.719
upon seeing he was all alone once more. He looked85100:57:13.760 --> 00:57:16.840
around to see if he could find the person, but85200:57:17.960 --> 00:57:22.760
there were no traces. He sighed and knew he would85300:57:22.800 --> 00:57:31.119
just have to wait and see Patrick Gunter still couldn't85400:57:31.159 --> 00:57:34.159
believe his eyes when he saw the front page of85500:57:34.199 --> 00:57:37.880
the Strickfield Source. He hadn't even bothered to stay up85600:57:37.920 --> 00:57:41.320
and see the results of the village election, knowing full85700:57:41.360 --> 00:57:46.280
well that he would lose, but he hadn't The front85800:57:46.360 --> 00:57:49.639
page of the morning paper had in huge bold letters,85900:57:50.239 --> 00:57:55.119
Gunter wins. When he looked at his answering machine, there86000:57:55.159 --> 00:57:59.159
was only one message. Harmony Miron had called to concede86100:57:59.559 --> 00:58:03.119
and can congratulate him on winning the election. Then she86200:58:03.199 --> 00:58:06.079
demanded to know how he had done it, saying that86300:58:06.159 --> 00:58:08.360
there was no way in the world that he could86400:58:08.360 --> 00:58:13.599
have won. He didn't have the popularity or the potential votes.86500:58:14.559 --> 00:58:18.039
Every day since then, the mayor elect had waited to86600:58:18.119 --> 00:58:22.360
see if that mysterious person would appear before him again.86700:58:23.159 --> 00:58:25.599
It was only when the December of the following year86800:58:25.679 --> 00:58:29.079
came and Mayor Gunter was entering his office that he86900:58:29.199 --> 00:58:33.400
finally saw his mysterious friend again, who was now sitting87000:58:34.119 --> 00:58:38.880
behind his desk. Mayor Gunter pointed at the mysterious person,87100:58:39.960 --> 00:58:43.519
how did you make my winning the election happen? The87200:58:43.599 --> 00:58:46.920
person chuckled. Didn't I tell you that you would win87300:58:47.719 --> 00:58:53.960
and now you are the mayor of Strickfield. The person smirked. Also,87400:58:54.519 --> 00:59:00.480
didn't I ask you? Why settle for just Strickfield. Mayor87500:59:00.519 --> 00:59:03.480
Gunter raised his hands in front of him. Yeah, I87600:59:03.639 --> 00:59:07.000
remember you said you could give me this entire planet.87700:59:07.679 --> 00:59:11.800
He looked skeptical again. How will you go about doing that.87800:59:12.840 --> 00:59:16.239
Do you have any idea how big this world is.87900:59:17.159 --> 00:59:19.840
I don't think there's any election you could rig up88000:59:20.239 --> 00:59:23.760
that can make me dictator of the whole world. The88100:59:23.800 --> 00:59:28.760
figure raised a finger that would remain to be seen.88200:59:29.400 --> 00:59:31.760
But that's not what I was thinking. As far as88300:59:31.800 --> 00:59:36.119
how you would have this world. Mayor Gunter raised an eyebrow.88400:59:37.079 --> 00:59:39.400
I'd like to sit in my chair if you don't mind.88500:59:40.480 --> 00:59:45.840
The figure looked serious. Now, actually I do mind, mister Gunter.88600:59:46.280 --> 00:59:48.880
You and I need to come to an arrangement regarding88700:59:48.960 --> 00:59:54.400
our partnership. You want ultimate power. I want ultimate power.88800:59:54.800 --> 00:59:58.320
This world is ours for the taking. I can lead88900:59:58.400 --> 01:00:01.239
you to that very power. I can give you everything89001:00:01.280 --> 01:00:04.599
you want and never knew you wanted. All you have89101:00:04.639 --> 01:00:09.440
to do is agree to be my partner. The figure89201:00:09.519 --> 01:00:13.360
held out a hand for Mayor Gunter to shake. Upon89301:00:13.480 --> 01:00:17.400
shaking the figure's hand to seal the deal, the figure smirked.89401:00:18.199 --> 01:00:23.480
Now you and I are truly partners, Mayor Gunter. In89501:00:23.559 --> 01:00:26.239
case you're thinking of trying to double cross me in89601:00:26.320 --> 01:00:30.400
any way, all I have to do is just snap89701:00:30.480 --> 01:00:34.679
my fingers and all will be as it was. In89801:00:34.760 --> 01:00:37.480
other words, you'll be right back to the day I89901:00:37.599 --> 01:00:41.880
found you. You'll easily lose the mayoral election to Harmony Miron,90001:00:42.400 --> 01:00:48.039
and our deal will be all for nought. Mayor Gunter groaned,90101:00:48.840 --> 01:00:52.559
you've thought of everything, haven't you. I wouldn't be worthy90201:00:52.599 --> 01:00:55.639
of my family's name if I didn't, now, would I?90301:00:56.440 --> 01:01:02.000
The figure replied, Now, do you want ultimate power or not?90401:01:03.159 --> 01:01:06.039
Since you said we're partners now, then you should know90501:01:06.159 --> 01:01:12.400
my answer. Mayor Gunter returned the figure smiled a sinister smile.90601:01:13.519 --> 01:01:17.639
I knew you'd see things my way. Suddenly, the figure90701:01:17.679 --> 01:01:21.119
revealed a large tome and dropped it right on the desk.90801:01:22.000 --> 01:01:28.159
Mayor Gunter couldn't believe it. Behold, mister Mayor, within these90901:01:28.280 --> 01:01:31.559
pages are powerful spells that can allow you to have91001:01:31.639 --> 01:01:36.000
your heart's desire to go along with your mayorship, The91101:01:36.079 --> 01:01:40.239
figure said, But there's one page within this ancient book91201:01:40.639 --> 01:01:46.960
that will grant you, grant us this entire world. The91301:01:47.039 --> 01:01:50.639
real question is are you willing to take those next91401:01:50.719 --> 01:01:53.960
steps with me? In order for us to claim that power,91501:01:54.480 --> 01:01:56.800
we have only to take a little walk to a91601:01:56.840 --> 01:02:02.599
specific house here in Strickfield, unless, of course, you're afraid91701:02:02.599 --> 01:02:04.880
of ghosts and haunted houses.91801:02:05.960 --> 01:02:10.440
If you're not afraid then you're already dead. Weekly spooky,91901:02:10.519 --> 01:02:11.519
We'll be right back.92001:02:17.719 --> 01:02:21.000
One week later, it was a dark and snowy night.92101:02:21.760 --> 01:02:25.440
Mayor Gunter and his partner walked down a few desolate streets.92201:02:26.280 --> 01:02:29.480
Only a select few houses in this vicinity had any92301:02:29.559 --> 01:02:33.760
Christmas decorations up or lit. Before long, they were turning92401:02:33.840 --> 01:02:38.920
down Pleasant Valley Road. Soon Mayor Gunter stopped dead in92501:02:38.920 --> 01:02:42.880
his tracks. You really aren't thinking of us going into92601:02:45.119 --> 01:02:50.199
that house, are you? He demanded. Oh, that's exactly what92701:02:50.280 --> 01:02:55.000
I'm thinking, mister Mayor, his partner said. The ultimate power92801:02:55.039 --> 01:02:59.840
we are to obtain is in that very house. Now,92901:03:00.039 --> 01:03:02.480
don't tell me you're going to chicken out. Remember we93001:03:02.639 --> 01:03:06.480
both have just as much to gain here. Mayor Gunter93101:03:06.639 --> 01:03:10.840
pointed to the old mansion. But this, this is the93201:03:10.920 --> 01:03:14.760
Carnivosh estate. You yourself had to have lived in Strickfield93301:03:14.800 --> 01:03:17.440
long enough to know this is the one house in93401:03:17.480 --> 01:03:19.400
our village that you walk on the other side of93501:03:19.400 --> 01:03:24.039
the street to avoid. His partner again emphasized ultimate power93601:03:24.400 --> 01:03:27.840
and seizing the world. I promised you that you would93701:03:27.840 --> 01:03:30.840
be mayor, didn't I Why would I lie to you? Now?93801:03:31.679 --> 01:03:35.519
He considered his partner. Okay, you have a point, But93901:03:35.599 --> 01:03:39.519
why promise me unlimited power? You could have seized it94001:03:39.559 --> 01:03:44.880
all for yourself. Yes, you're right, his partner agreed, But94101:03:45.039 --> 01:03:47.760
what fun would that be. It's fun to have a94201:03:47.800 --> 01:03:51.119
partner in crime to share all this with. And think94301:03:51.159 --> 01:03:54.639
about this. I handed you a major victory over a94401:03:54.760 --> 01:03:58.840
Mirn when you won the election. Imagine what you could94501:03:58.920 --> 01:04:02.280
really do to the Mirons when we get ultimate power94601:04:02.920 --> 01:04:09.320
for ourselves. Mayor Gunter nodded slowly. Again, you have a point.94701:04:10.039 --> 01:04:13.559
I do love seeing the Mirons fail, and with my94801:04:13.760 --> 01:04:19.639
help you will again, his partner promised, But we must94901:04:19.719 --> 01:04:24.719
go into the Carnivosha State. There's no other way. Maybe95001:04:24.760 --> 01:04:27.800
it was against his better judgment, Maybe it was the95101:04:27.840 --> 01:04:32.320
promise of ultimate power. They continued down Pleasant Valley Road95201:04:32.760 --> 01:04:35.159
until they were standing outside the front gate of the95301:04:35.199 --> 01:04:39.280
Carnivosh estate. Before he realized it, he was already on95401:04:39.320 --> 01:04:42.960
the other side of the high, vine covered fence that95501:04:43.119 --> 01:04:49.480
surrounded the ancient house. Mayor Gunter felt his heart pounding95601:04:49.760 --> 01:04:53.159
when the back door squeaked open. He was surprised at95701:04:53.199 --> 01:04:57.960
how quickly his partner went inside. After closing the door,95801:04:58.360 --> 01:05:02.400
Mayor Gunter followed his partner. Soon they entered a library.95901:05:03.440 --> 01:05:09.480
Every shelf was filled to capacity with ancient leather bound books.96001:05:09.960 --> 01:05:13.440
We'll have to look around very carefully and hear the96101:05:13.519 --> 01:05:19.239
partner said, there's a secret passage in here somewhere. How96201:05:19.239 --> 01:05:23.079
do you know, the mayor demanded, didn't you read the96301:05:23.119 --> 01:05:26.760
tone I gave you? Obviously not, or you would have96401:05:26.800 --> 01:05:31.000
read the information I already know. There's a secret entrance96501:05:31.079 --> 01:05:34.880
here in the library somewhere. Once we open it, we96601:05:35.039 --> 01:05:39.360
head down into the chamber, then we go from there.96701:05:40.519 --> 01:05:44.000
It had taken them several months, but Mayor Gunter had96801:05:44.039 --> 01:05:47.239
finally found the one book that would not come loose96901:05:47.280 --> 01:05:51.000
from the shelf. After pulling back on it, they heard97001:05:51.039 --> 01:05:54.519
a loud noise. Mayor Gunter pulled open the shelf to97101:05:54.599 --> 01:06:00.880
reveal the hidden stairway. Using flashlights, they decided the stairway97201:06:00.960 --> 01:06:04.239
until they were in a ceremonial chamber with a large97301:06:04.280 --> 01:06:10.559
altar in the center. No, it's not here, the partner said.97401:06:11.400 --> 01:06:14.320
The passage I read said one must be willing to97501:06:14.400 --> 01:06:19.800
descend to the furthest depths to reach ultimate power. Mayor97601:06:19.800 --> 01:06:25.400
Gunter snapped his fingers. Perhaps there's another secret entrance located97701:06:25.440 --> 01:06:31.159
in this secret room exactly what I was thinking, mister Mayor,97801:06:32.000 --> 01:06:36.039
But where exactly? It had taken them several more minutes,97901:06:36.480 --> 01:06:39.719
but the partner had finally discovered a switch that caused98001:06:39.719 --> 01:06:43.400
the altar to move and revealed yet another hidden stairway98101:06:43.800 --> 01:06:48.039
leading further below the Carnivosh estate. Before Mayor Gunter could98201:06:48.119 --> 01:06:51.199
say he wanted to turn back, his partner had quickly98301:06:51.360 --> 01:06:56.840
entered this newly revealed passageway. Mayor Gunter continued to feel98401:06:56.880 --> 01:07:01.920
conflicted as he followed his partner down further and further.98501:07:03.039 --> 01:07:06.119
Soon they were in what appeared to be a crypt,98601:07:06.840 --> 01:07:10.079
this one looking like it had possibly been built during98701:07:10.119 --> 01:07:15.800
the Dark Ages. It's here, his partner exclaimed, pointing at98801:07:15.840 --> 01:07:19.079
a chest that had several chains binding it and a98901:07:19.079 --> 01:07:23.960
bright blue energy field surrounding it. She turned off her flashlight.99001:07:25.199 --> 01:07:30.440
What is it, Mayor Gunter gasped, turning off his the99101:07:30.639 --> 01:07:35.440
ultimate power. His partner gasped equally, All we have to99201:07:35.480 --> 01:07:40.320
do is open it, and this whole world belongs to us.99301:07:41.079 --> 01:07:45.599
How will we get through that field? Then Gunter remembered, no,99401:07:46.519 --> 01:07:50.599
I remember the words. He glanced at his partner. For99501:07:50.679 --> 01:07:53.960
your information, I did read the book from cover to cover.99601:07:54.360 --> 01:08:00.400
Several times. I just wasn't sure this was real. You know,99701:08:00.519 --> 01:08:05.599
the mirror magic's work, The partner said, why wouldn't they work? Now?99801:08:06.519 --> 01:08:09.559
All we have to do is recite the counterspell to99901:08:09.639 --> 01:08:14.760
remove the barrier and unshackle the locks. From there, there100001:08:14.800 --> 01:08:17.800
is absolutely nothing to keep us from opening the chest100101:08:18.359 --> 01:08:23.880
and seizing the ultimate power for ourselves. Mayor Gunter decided100201:08:23.920 --> 01:08:27.520
to voice his concerns. The passage is said that the100301:08:27.640 --> 01:08:33.319
very essence of Dracula himself is within that chest. It100401:08:33.399 --> 01:08:37.000
was written that he existed for thousands of years, which100501:08:37.039 --> 01:08:40.239
is how and why he became the oldest and most100601:08:40.279 --> 01:08:44.399
powerful master vampire ever known. He was finally brought down100701:08:44.479 --> 01:08:47.800
by a few select ancient mirans who had turned aside100801:08:47.800 --> 01:08:52.039
from evil and perfected powerful white magics to finally stop100901:08:52.119 --> 01:08:56.119
Dracula and free the world from his terrible power. His101001:08:56.319 --> 01:09:00.319
essence has been contained inside this chest all this time. Time,101101:09:01.359 --> 01:09:05.399
he took a deep breath. You have heard the story101201:09:05.720 --> 01:09:10.199
of Pandora's Box, haven't you. If not, I'll gladly inform101301:09:10.279 --> 01:09:15.159
you I've read Greek mythology. His partner snapped, I know101401:09:15.279 --> 01:09:18.920
the story of Pandora's Box, but this box will give101501:09:19.000 --> 01:09:24.960
us ultimate power. Once we free Dracula's essence, this world101601:09:25.640 --> 01:09:30.199
will be ours. What makes you so sure Dracula won't101701:09:30.319 --> 01:09:35.439
just turn on us, Gunter inquired. As long as we101801:09:35.560 --> 01:09:39.119
both know the original spell, he can be returned to101901:09:39.239 --> 01:09:44.680
his prison at any time. The partner reminded him, I'm102001:09:44.720 --> 01:09:48.000
sure that once Dracula is free, he'll be more than102101:09:48.039 --> 01:09:52.039
willing to share his power with us. Go ahead and102201:09:52.159 --> 01:09:54.880
leave if you want. I won't force you to stay102301:09:54.880 --> 01:09:59.159
with me any longer. Consumed by his lust for more power,102401:09:59.760 --> 01:10:03.520
may Gunter began reciting the ancient words that the darker102501:10:03.600 --> 01:10:08.159
mirrors of ancient times had written. He wondered why they102601:10:08.279 --> 01:10:12.520
themselves never undid the spell their traitorous relatives placed on102701:10:12.640 --> 01:10:18.840
the chest. He continued to recite the spell. Suddenly, winds102801:10:18.960 --> 01:10:22.880
filled the chamber and the torchlights became fully lit. The102901:10:22.920 --> 01:10:27.399
mystic barrier surrounding the chest flickered before it was finally gone.103001:10:28.039 --> 01:10:32.399
When Mayor Gunter finished with the incantation, the chains unlocked103101:10:33.039 --> 01:10:40.800
and fell to the floor. There was absolutely nothing to103201:10:40.920 --> 01:10:45.079
keep them from opening the forbidden chest. Now, before Mayor103301:10:45.119 --> 01:10:48.079
Gunter could think of what to do next, his partner103401:10:48.640 --> 01:10:52.760
was already at the chest. Just seeing the evil radiating103501:10:52.800 --> 01:10:55.920
from his partner's smile and eyes made him wish that103601:10:56.000 --> 01:11:00.840
he hadn't done what he did. However, it was much103701:11:00.920 --> 01:11:03.039
too late to undo anything.103801:11:04.399 --> 01:11:09.600
If you thought that was scary, just you wait, weekly spooky.103901:11:09.760 --> 01:11:12.479
We'll be right back now.104001:11:12.800 --> 01:11:17.840
My revenge against the mirrors is complete, the partner yelled104101:11:17.880 --> 01:11:21.359
in accomplishment. As soon as the chest was opened, just104201:11:21.439 --> 01:11:26.159
the slightest a neon purple light erupted from it. The104301:11:26.239 --> 01:11:30.319
partner opened the chest all the way and laughed as104401:11:30.359 --> 01:11:35.359
the light filled the entire chamber. Soon, powerful beams of104501:11:35.479 --> 01:11:39.920
light shot into both Mayor Gunter and his partner. They104601:11:39.960 --> 01:11:46.279
felt themselves being infused with such incredible power for several minutes,104701:11:46.319 --> 01:11:51.319
they remained still. When the power stopped feeding into them,104801:11:52.239 --> 01:11:57.720
they knew they were fully transformed. Mayor Gunter saw his104901:11:57.920 --> 01:12:03.000
partner's new vampiric face and knew his own was the105001:12:03.039 --> 01:12:08.199
same way. In fact, he could already feel the thangs105101:12:08.560 --> 01:12:13.239
growing within his own mouth. The power escaped upward through105201:12:13.279 --> 01:12:18.199
the two passageways and out the Carnivosh's state. The power105301:12:18.319 --> 01:12:23.359
continued its ascent into the winter storm. Mayor Gunter and105401:12:23.399 --> 01:12:26.960
his partner reached the outside and saw how evil the105501:12:27.000 --> 01:12:32.640
sky had become no matter how far they looked. What105601:12:32.720 --> 01:12:36.920
have we done? Mayor Gunter groaned, not sure that he105701:12:36.960 --> 01:12:40.279
really wanted to hear the answer, but he didn't have105801:12:40.439 --> 01:12:43.840
much time to ponder further, as he felt an incredible105901:12:43.960 --> 01:12:49.000
thirst and knew there was only one thing that could106001:12:49.039 --> 01:12:58.000
satisfy human blood. Suddenly, Mayor Gunter and his partner transformed106101:12:58.039 --> 01:13:03.800
into giant bats flew in search of their first victims.106201:13:04.760 --> 01:13:08.439
It had taken them only short minutes to find suitable nourishment.106301:13:09.520 --> 01:13:13.000
The first people they encountered had already been transformed into106401:13:13.079 --> 01:13:18.279
vampires like themselves. Mayor Gunter wondered why not everyone had106501:13:18.319 --> 01:13:22.359
been transformed just the same. He was glad to be106601:13:22.439 --> 01:13:25.760
able to slake his thirst. It was only a matter106701:13:25.840 --> 01:13:29.720
of a few short days before Christmas that the entire106801:13:29.840 --> 01:13:35.359
planet had become enfolded in the eternity of night. The106901:13:35.399 --> 01:13:40.159
sun would never brighten the skies of Earth again. Now,107001:13:40.319 --> 01:13:45.680
both Mayor Gunter and his partner found themselves on borrowed time,107101:13:46.600 --> 01:13:50.920
after consuming their recent humans that they were just barely107201:13:51.000 --> 01:13:55.760
able to find. He looked at his partner, We're almost107301:13:55.800 --> 01:13:59.720
out of food, He said, there are too many of107401:13:59.800 --> 01:14:03.840
us and not enough mortals to sustain all of us.107501:14:04.840 --> 01:14:08.159
How are we supposed to have unlimited power and rule107601:14:08.239 --> 01:14:12.560
this world if we become too weak from thirst? The107701:14:12.640 --> 01:14:16.319
partner turned to him, you think I haven't already thought107801:14:16.319 --> 01:14:19.560
about that. Not only do we have the Miran magics107901:14:19.560 --> 01:14:24.479
at our disposal, we also have technology. All we have108001:14:24.560 --> 01:14:26.720
to do is enact the next phase of my plan108101:14:27.239 --> 01:14:30.720
and we can have all the delicious mortals we'll ever108201:14:30.880 --> 01:14:35.399
need or want. Mayor Gunter and his partner went back108301:14:35.439 --> 01:14:39.880
to his office. There, his partner explained how they would108401:14:39.920 --> 01:14:43.920
take over the Strickfield Nuclear power Plant. Using the mirror108501:14:43.920 --> 01:14:48.079
and magics. In combination with blueprints stolen from a few108601:14:48.159 --> 01:14:52.800
Mirran technology branches, they could add the power of nuclear108701:14:52.920 --> 01:14:57.600
energy to fuel their plan. At the same time, they108801:14:57.640 --> 01:15:01.000
would tap power grids around the world and shut them108901:15:01.039 --> 01:15:06.039
all down permanently. Only their nuclear plant would make power.109001:15:06.920 --> 01:15:09.840
While Mayor Gunter and his partner worked to construct their109101:15:09.840 --> 01:15:13.800
new prototype portal device at the Strickfield Nuclear power Plant,109201:15:14.359 --> 01:15:17.720
they managed to find some more humans to be able109301:15:17.760 --> 01:15:22.319
to sustain them until their work was completed. Apparently, the109401:15:22.359 --> 01:15:26.640
mortals that hadn't been turned had banded together to form109501:15:26.760 --> 01:15:30.399
resistance groups. The two of them had to be careful109601:15:30.479 --> 01:15:33.159
not to be caught off guard and be finished off109701:15:33.239 --> 01:15:37.479
by these groups. However, they were powerful enough to wear109801:15:37.760 --> 01:15:40.840
they were able to secure some of them as their109901:15:40.880 --> 01:15:45.760
food source. When everything was ready, Mayor Gunter threw the110001:15:45.840 --> 01:15:50.600
switch and opened their first portal. Mayor Gunter ordered some110101:15:50.720 --> 01:15:55.840
vampires to enter and bring back mortals. The experiment proved110201:15:55.840 --> 01:16:00.960
to be most successful. Mayor Gunter and his partner were110301:16:01.000 --> 01:16:05.720
able to feed the vampire legions that obeyed them. Then110401:16:05.800 --> 01:16:09.359
Mayor Gunter's partner found other ideas in another mirror in110501:16:09.399 --> 01:16:15.199
Tone on how to bring mortals to their universe. From there,110601:16:15.520 --> 01:16:19.199
more methods were used to open portals from their universe110701:16:19.760 --> 01:16:24.399
to others. Use of physical mediums such as movies on film,110801:16:24.800 --> 01:16:29.199
compact disc formats, flash drives, and many others were used110901:16:29.399 --> 01:16:32.720
to be able to open portals. All that would need111001:16:32.760 --> 01:16:35.600
to be done would be to send these lethal mediums111101:16:35.640 --> 01:16:40.159
to other universes and wait. But these plans were not111201:16:40.479 --> 01:16:44.920
without resistance. The former mayor of Strickfield, Harmony Miron, would111301:16:44.960 --> 01:16:49.119
make a last stand against Mayor Gunter. Harmony was the111401:16:49.199 --> 01:16:52.439
leader of a human resistance group that was determined to111501:16:52.479 --> 01:16:56.119
destroy the power plant. The group had made a valiant effort,111601:16:56.279 --> 01:17:00.680
but the vampires were far too powerful for them. Before111701:17:00.720 --> 01:17:04.399
the remainder of them could retreat, Mayor Gunter had seized111801:17:04.439 --> 01:17:09.520
Harmony and infected her with but a single bite. By111901:17:09.560 --> 01:17:12.800
the time Harmony had retreated to the Strickfield Town Center112001:17:12.880 --> 01:17:16.800
mall her Mal, she had become one of the undead112101:17:16.880 --> 01:17:20.960
herself and would turn on those who were her allies112201:17:21.800 --> 01:17:26.359
for food. With Harmony Mirn no longer a threat, Mayor112301:17:26.439 --> 01:17:30.399
Gunter and his partner were free to do whatever they wanted.112401:17:30.840 --> 01:17:34.600
His partners had kept the promise of unlimited power and112501:17:34.760 --> 01:17:44.800
control of Earth after all the present, Mayor Gunter turned112601:17:44.840 --> 01:17:49.039
to his prisoners. Now you understand how we came to112701:17:49.119 --> 01:17:54.000
conquer our world and bring it into everlasting darkness. Now112801:17:54.079 --> 01:17:56.760
you understand how we can do the same to so112901:17:56.960 --> 01:18:02.359
many other Earths, in so many other universes. The possibilities113001:18:03.039 --> 01:18:10.319
are endless. You people are truly monsters. Ariel Mirn yelled,113101:18:10.800 --> 01:18:14.319
We won't let you get away with this. Mayor Gunter laughed,113201:18:14.880 --> 01:18:19.439
And who will stop me? Little girl? You your friends,113301:18:19.960 --> 01:18:23.399
the cells you've been placed in. Continue to sap your strength.113401:18:23.760 --> 01:18:28.079
Soon you six will be nothing more than easy nourishment.113501:18:29.039 --> 01:18:32.520
Mayor Gunter produced a walkie talkie of his own. Then113601:18:32.640 --> 01:18:38.039
he spoke into it. Are the enhancements to the reactor finished? Ready?113701:18:38.600 --> 01:18:40.880
The voice of his partner on the other end replied.113801:18:41.760 --> 01:18:47.199
Mayor Gunter smiled with glee. Then reactivate the reactor so113901:18:47.239 --> 01:18:50.239
that we may bring more mortals into our world, that114001:18:50.359 --> 01:18:54.399
we may have a more plentiful harvest. He looked to114101:18:54.399 --> 01:18:58.439
his prisoners. In case you haven't guessed yet, you're in114201:18:58.479 --> 01:19:02.319
the Strickfield Nuclear Power Place. When the prisoners heard the114301:19:02.359 --> 01:19:06.119
reactor coming to life, Ariel tightened her fists and shook114401:19:06.119 --> 01:19:11.600
her head quickly. No, she shook her head faster. No.114501:19:11.600 --> 01:19:14.880
Now she could feel the intense anger growing within her.114601:19:15.680 --> 01:19:15.760
No.114701:19:17.279 --> 01:19:20.880
Ariel shook as she suddenly felt an incredible surge throughout114801:19:20.880 --> 01:19:25.359
her body. The next thing she knew, she was forming114901:19:25.439 --> 01:19:30.039
green and red fire in her fists. Also, her eyes115001:19:30.119 --> 01:19:34.279
and hair began to glow with bright light.115101:19:41.479 --> 01:19:45.560
I like it, spooky weekly, spooky will be right.115201:19:45.359 --> 01:19:58.600
Back perspective, Ariel, mirrn, what is this? What's happening to me?115301:19:59.439 --> 01:20:02.840
These energy dampeners were able to siphon the strength from115401:20:02.840 --> 01:20:06.239
the others. But I've been feeling fine since I was115501:20:06.279 --> 01:20:11.880
thrown in here. Ariel Carter Cross stammers, what's happening to you?115601:20:12.800 --> 01:20:16.159
I don't know, I gasp, just as confused as him.115701:20:16.760 --> 01:20:20.159
Then I remember these red and green colors being associated115801:20:20.239 --> 01:20:25.720
with Queen Arcadia from when she possessed me around Christmas.115901:20:26.279 --> 01:20:28.760
I don't think about it and easily blast the bars116001:20:28.840 --> 01:20:32.159
right off my cell, wrecking its dampeners. Mouse and a116101:20:32.279 --> 01:20:36.000
Leen come to Carter and work together to help him up. Stop.116201:20:36.479 --> 01:20:39.439
Mayor Gunter yells, pointing at me. I run out of116301:20:39.439 --> 01:20:41.760
my cell and use my new powers to free Bella,116401:20:41.840 --> 01:20:46.000
Tabon and cousin Felicia. Even though Bella's still weakened from116501:20:46.000 --> 01:20:48.680
the dampening field, she springs out of her cell and116601:20:48.760 --> 01:20:53.399
floors Mayor Gunter with a tremendous punch. Felicia also springs116701:20:53.399 --> 01:20:56.159
out of the cell. Come on, we gotta stop that116801:20:56.239 --> 01:21:01.399
reactor aw man. Mouse mutters, if only I had a mirror.116901:21:02.279 --> 01:21:06.279
We'll use our bare hands Mattie. Aileen tells her, Yeah,117001:21:06.359 --> 01:21:09.479
I'm itching to kick some butt. We all head to117101:21:09.479 --> 01:21:13.279
the main control room and find even more vampires. I117201:21:13.319 --> 01:21:16.760
also see someone working the main panel. I can't see117301:21:16.800 --> 01:21:20.119
who it is, but this person looks smaller than these117401:21:20.159 --> 01:21:24.439
other vampires. The person sees us coming and transforms into117501:21:24.439 --> 01:21:27.840
that giant bat that tried to take me earlier. The117601:21:27.880 --> 01:21:31.079
twin Mice and Carter are grabbing stuff to use his weapons.117701:21:31.520 --> 01:21:34.520
As a vampire grabs a leen, she quickly lays into him.117801:21:34.960 --> 01:21:37.920
I mean she's going all kung paw and showing she117901:21:38.000 --> 01:21:42.239
can fight. She's also showing she's got strength. Now. Mouse118001:21:42.279 --> 01:21:44.720
and Carter are swinging at anything that comes their way.118101:21:45.600 --> 01:21:49.920
If you've got powers, Ariel, use them. Bella yells, I'm118201:21:50.000 --> 01:21:53.199
feeling angry again, and I use my new powers to118301:21:53.239 --> 01:21:57.800
attack these bloodsuckers. As soon as Felicia walks by in118401:21:57.840 --> 01:22:02.560
her big spider form, I shriek. Okay, Felicia's on our side,118501:22:02.560 --> 01:22:07.319
but she's still scary. I'm going for the reactor. Felicia says,118601:22:07.640 --> 01:22:13.800
how about some backup? Ariel, I I don't know. I groan,118701:22:14.920 --> 01:22:19.680
like Bella said, use your powers, cousin, your world needs you. Okay,118801:22:20.239 --> 01:22:24.439
I'm not so scared of Felicia anymore. You're right, Let's go.118901:22:25.199 --> 01:22:29.039
Felicia lowers herself a little hop on. I get on119001:22:29.079 --> 01:22:32.479
her back and cut loose on the vampires. Felicia moves119101:22:32.560 --> 01:22:35.520
fast with her lower eight legs. How long have I119201:22:35.560 --> 01:22:39.279
had powers for? Anyway? I'll have to figure that out later.119301:22:42.359 --> 01:22:47.760
Perspective Felicia mirn. Ariel ain't doing bad at keeping those119401:22:47.880 --> 01:22:51.000
vamps off me. When I'm close to the main control panel,119501:22:51.239 --> 01:22:53.920
that giant bat that keeps being a pest is coming119601:22:54.000 --> 01:22:57.039
right at us. Ariel fires at it, but it dodges119701:22:57.119 --> 01:23:03.439
her focus. Ariel, I tell don't fire blindly. I'm trying,119801:23:03.520 --> 01:23:08.960
but that bats really fast, she protests. As other vampires119901:23:08.960 --> 01:23:11.560
are coming at us, I knock them away. I spin120001:23:11.680 --> 01:23:14.479
webs on two of them and yank them together hard120101:23:14.520 --> 01:23:17.039
to daze them. I spring forward and make it to120201:23:17.079 --> 01:23:20.760
the main control panel. Then I hear that bat screeching120301:23:21.199 --> 01:23:25.039
and turn to face it. I'll blast that panel, Ariel120401:23:25.079 --> 01:23:29.159
says no. I quickly tell her that might cause a meltdown.120501:23:29.600 --> 01:23:34.960
Ariel gulps, well, I never thought about that. Try and120601:23:35.000 --> 01:23:38.760
find an off switch or something, I say, do something120701:23:39.199 --> 01:23:41.800
that won't get us killed and that can close these120801:23:41.840 --> 01:23:44.920
portals that are opening up. Ariel gets off me and120901:23:45.000 --> 01:23:48.840
sees all the flashing buttons and dials. Yeah, this will121001:23:48.840 --> 01:23:51.399
be about as easy as beating mouse in a video game,121101:23:51.800 --> 01:23:55.239
she mutters. Using my four eyes, I see Maddie and121201:23:55.279 --> 01:23:58.439
Carter each have clubs and are keeping vampires at bay.121301:23:59.000 --> 01:24:02.720
A Lean continue showing she can fight. How did she121401:24:02.800 --> 01:24:06.800
get so strong? Then I remember she was bitten by121501:24:06.840 --> 01:24:09.720
a vampire here. If I got to take an educated121601:24:09.800 --> 01:24:13.319
guess on where a lean learned or moves, Bella must121701:24:13.359 --> 01:24:17.600
have taught her. Speaking of Bella, she's still fighting mayor121801:24:17.680 --> 01:24:20.880
gunter as. That giant bat's about to attack me with121901:24:20.920 --> 01:24:24.760
its claws. Ariel finally zaps it. I snare it and122001:24:24.880 --> 01:24:28.279
slam it to the floor. Next, I grab its talons122101:24:28.399 --> 01:24:32.039
and pinch them with my fingernail spikes. Soon the bat122201:24:32.119 --> 01:24:36.279
starts slowing down, showing my venom works on these things.122301:24:37.159 --> 01:24:41.119
Suddenly the bat shrieks and lunges drowsily to escape. I122401:24:41.199 --> 01:24:43.439
pull it back with my web, making it drop on122501:24:43.479 --> 01:24:47.600
the reactor controls and fall to the floor. Some buttons122601:24:47.600 --> 01:24:51.520
were pressed, but the portals are still open. Of course,122701:24:52.079 --> 01:24:55.279
it ain't the reactor making the portals, just powering the122801:24:55.319 --> 01:25:00.880
machine that does. And then I located Ariel hit that machine,122901:25:01.279 --> 01:25:04.279
I tell her, pointing right at it. Ariel zaps it123001:25:04.359 --> 01:25:10.520
and overloads it. Now the portals are suddenly gone. Unfortunately,123101:25:10.560 --> 01:25:13.279
we ain't gonna win this fight either. More and more123201:25:13.359 --> 01:25:17.000
vamps keep coming. Bella flings mayor Gunter away from her123301:25:17.039 --> 01:25:22.000
and yells, we gotta get outa here, you heard Bella, Ariel,123401:25:22.520 --> 01:25:26.319
I say, we stay here, will be overwhelmed again. Hop on,123501:25:27.079 --> 01:25:29.880
When Ariel's on my back again, I leap away from123601:25:29.920 --> 01:25:33.520
the main panel. Bella grabs Maddie and Carter. I let123701:25:33.520 --> 01:25:36.319
a Leen get on my back also. I carry her123801:25:36.319 --> 01:25:39.680
and Ariel easily as we make our escape. There ain't123901:25:39.720 --> 01:25:42.359
gonna be too many of those vampires coming after us.124001:25:42.840 --> 01:25:45.720
They got more important things to worry about, like fixing124101:25:45.760 --> 01:25:50.039
that machine. We won this battle, but we're far from124201:25:50.039 --> 01:25:53.960
winning the war. Hang in there, comic book nerds and124301:25:54.000 --> 01:26:03.600
horror fanatics. We're gonna win the day. Yet perspective, Bella tabon.124401:26:04.560 --> 01:26:07.119
We lose those other vamps by ducking out of sight.124501:26:07.720 --> 01:26:10.199
Good thing, they're the run of the mill kind. If124601:26:10.199 --> 01:26:13.279
they were like me, we'd be in big trouble. At124701:26:13.359 --> 01:26:17.079
Least we can recoup and talk things out. Okay, we124801:26:17.239 --> 01:26:21.520
damaged that machine, Carter Cross says, you just know they're124901:26:21.560 --> 01:26:24.239
already working on it. Who knows how long it'll be125001:26:24.239 --> 01:26:28.000
before they get it up and running again. Yeah, Carter's right.125101:26:28.439 --> 01:26:31.520
Maddie agrees. We got to figure out a plan. We125201:26:31.600 --> 01:26:34.239
got to keep the vamps from getting that machine working again.125301:26:34.800 --> 01:26:38.319
I put my hand on Maddie's shoulder. You got your125401:26:38.319 --> 01:26:40.640
heart in the right place. But it's just the six125501:26:40.680 --> 01:26:43.920
of us against Gunter and his army. Whatever we come125601:26:44.000 --> 01:26:48.479
up with, we gotta make it count. Face it, this125701:26:48.560 --> 01:26:52.239
is suicide, I ne mutters. We're looking at the real125801:26:52.359 --> 01:26:57.319
possibility of never going back home again this time, even125901:26:57.319 --> 01:27:00.840
if we do succeed in wrecking Gunter's machine for good.126001:27:01.319 --> 01:27:04.640
Ariel points to me. You guys saw how Bella was126101:27:04.760 --> 01:27:08.159
knocking Gunter on his butt. I look right at her. Now,126201:27:08.840 --> 01:27:13.479
don't overestimate me. Okay, yes, I'm a powerful master vampire,126301:27:13.800 --> 01:27:16.960
but even I can't take on Gunter and all his armies,126401:27:17.520 --> 01:27:21.680
at least not for the long haul. Then Carter looks126501:27:21.680 --> 01:27:26.279
at Ariel. Since when did you get powers, Princess? How126601:27:26.279 --> 01:27:29.439
long have you known? Ariel looks at Carter like you126701:27:29.640 --> 01:27:33.520
just cut her? What are you saying? Huh? You, saying126801:27:33.640 --> 01:27:38.239
I'm keeping secrets too for your information. I just discovered126901:27:38.239 --> 01:27:43.600
my powers. Those are Queen Arcadia's powers. Maddie says, I127001:27:43.640 --> 01:27:47.159
ain't forgot what she did back in December. Ariel turns127101:27:47.159 --> 01:27:52.039
to Maddie. I'm not Queen Arcadia. I'm me Mouse. She127201:27:52.159 --> 01:27:55.399
holds out her little fingers. Mattie hugs her own little127301:27:55.399 --> 01:28:01.680
finger with Ariels. Then Ariel says, pinky promise. Okay, Ariel,127401:28:02.199 --> 01:28:04.840
you ain't Queen Arcadia, but you do got her powers.127501:28:05.479 --> 01:28:09.800
Maddie stresses. Carter groans, am I the only one who127601:28:09.800 --> 01:28:14.239
feels useless around here? All you guys got powers. I127701:28:14.279 --> 01:28:18.600
ain't got nothing. You got spirit and guts, kid, Felicia127801:28:18.640 --> 01:28:23.079
tells him, don't forget, You're still alive. But how much127901:28:23.119 --> 01:28:27.640
longer will we be alive? Felicia Ainy yells, you see128001:28:27.640 --> 01:28:29.880
how many of those blood sucking freaks we have to128101:28:29.880 --> 01:28:33.319
deal with out there. Felicia folds her human arms in128201:28:33.359 --> 01:28:37.159
front of her, And what about you? You got bitten128301:28:37.159 --> 01:28:40.199
by a vampire here you seem to be showing some128401:28:40.319 --> 01:28:44.479
new powers yourself. I move up next to Aine, leave128501:28:44.479 --> 01:28:49.000
her alone, Felicia, but Iine doesn't back down. No, you128601:28:49.119 --> 01:28:52.359
got something to say, Felicia, huh, you saying I'm one128701:28:52.359 --> 01:28:56.680
of those vampires now. Felicia doesn't back down either, and128801:28:56.760 --> 01:29:01.159
squints all four of her eyes. What if you are? Then,128901:29:01.239 --> 01:29:06.640
Maddie touches across to Iini. Nope, she ain't burning a rackney.129001:29:07.520 --> 01:29:14.199
Felicia gives Maddie a weird look, a rackney that's Greek mythology. Yuppers.129101:29:14.600 --> 01:29:18.600
Maddie agrees. Iini gives her cousin a mean look. But129201:29:18.720 --> 01:29:24.279
that's it. Had to be sure, Maddie says. Felicia speaks up.129301:29:25.199 --> 01:29:28.439
I get it. It's just us six against a whole vampire army.129401:29:29.239 --> 01:29:32.399
She's looking at all of us now. I even get129501:29:32.439 --> 01:29:35.479
that some of us are scared. I know I am,129601:29:36.159 --> 01:29:40.680
She sighs. Do any of you even understand our situation here?129701:29:41.640 --> 01:29:45.279
Do you? I point at her. You haven't been in129801:29:45.319 --> 01:29:47.640
the game as long as Ainy, Maddie and me have.129901:29:48.479 --> 01:29:52.920
Felicia comes to me, maybe I have, and maybe I haven't, Bella,130001:29:53.479 --> 01:29:56.000
but I don't have my spider powers to look pretty.130101:29:56.720 --> 01:29:59.960
I'm really trying to make a difference here, she points.130201:30:00.000 --> 01:30:02.760
It's in the direction of the nuclear power plant. When130301:30:02.760 --> 01:30:06.000
that machine's back up and running again. Those vampires are130401:30:06.039 --> 01:30:09.079
gonna be harvesting food again, and they ain't gonna care130501:30:09.119 --> 01:30:14.800
from where we can't fail. She tightens her fists. Don't130601:30:14.800 --> 01:30:19.960
you people understand there is nobody else, It's just us.130701:30:20.720 --> 01:30:23.640
If you all want to just sit here, then I'll130801:30:23.640 --> 01:30:27.399
go alone. Maybe those vampires will get me, but you130901:30:27.479 --> 01:30:30.359
better believe I ain't gonna make it easy for them.131001:30:30.680 --> 01:30:33.119
It's either I take out that portal machine once and131101:30:33.199 --> 01:30:36.640
for all, or I go down, knowing I gave it131201:30:36.680 --> 01:30:40.840
my best shot. She steps back a little now, And131301:30:40.880 --> 01:30:44.039
that's exactly what the six of us are here. We're131401:30:44.079 --> 01:30:45.720
the last shot before the buzzer.131501:30:46.800 --> 01:30:50.479
Don't go away, weekly Spooky will be right back.131601:30:52.800 --> 01:30:57.199
I look at everybody now. The new Girl's right. We131701:30:57.279 --> 01:31:00.359
are the last hurrah here, I point it for Alicia.131801:31:01.199 --> 01:31:05.199
I never said I wasn't seeing this through. I'm a tabond,131901:31:05.479 --> 01:31:10.479
of course I'm seeing this through. Suddenly, Maddie gasps, why132001:31:10.479 --> 01:31:13.960
didn't I remember this before? I do have another mirror.132101:31:14.199 --> 01:31:17.479
Aileen and I both got them. She removes her glasses.132201:31:17.960 --> 01:31:21.399
I need some light. I got you, mouse, Ariel offers.132301:31:21.960 --> 01:31:25.960
She approaches. Maddie holds her hand under the glass and concentrates.132401:31:26.680 --> 01:31:31.920
At first, nothing happens. Don't doubt yourself. I tell her132501:31:32.279 --> 01:31:37.159
it's your power, you alone command it. Remember you are132601:31:37.359 --> 01:31:41.960
Ariel Mirran, the Queen Bee of Strickfield Junior High. When132701:31:41.960 --> 01:31:45.880
you put it that way, Ariel's hands glowing now. Then132801:31:46.000 --> 01:31:52.039
Maddie fires away Meryworth, Meryworth, merry Worth. The energies come132901:31:52.039 --> 01:31:55.760
out of Mattie's glasses and go right into her. In seconds,133001:31:55.800 --> 01:31:59.920
Maddie becomes possessed by the spirit of the White Witch herself.133101:32:01.000 --> 01:32:03.760
I was hoping that you would eventually remember that idea133201:32:04.199 --> 01:32:10.199
from last Halloween Madeleine Maryworth, says. Mary utters an incantation133301:32:10.600 --> 01:32:15.359
and casts an aura around us. Soon it's gone. I133401:32:15.479 --> 01:32:19.399
noticed that some of you had injuries, she explains. I133501:32:19.439 --> 01:32:23.840
have healed those of you that needed it. I sigh, Okay,133601:32:24.720 --> 01:32:27.960
we're all at one hundred percent. I say we launch133701:32:27.960 --> 01:32:31.319
a final, all out assault on the Strickfield Nuclear Power Plant.133801:32:32.000 --> 01:32:34.880
I ain't just talking about destroying that portal machine once133901:32:34.920 --> 01:32:38.479
and for all. I'm talking about blowing the whole plant too,134001:32:38.560 --> 01:32:42.720
so they can't power another one. Aside from Mary, the134101:32:42.760 --> 01:32:52.199
others look at me with utter shock perspective. Carter Cross,134201:32:52.960 --> 01:32:55.680
It sure got cold in here fast after Bella said134301:32:55.680 --> 01:33:00.000
what she said. Look, I seen enough science fiction movies134401:33:00.039 --> 01:33:03.399
with Madeline and Princess here to know what you're suggesting134501:33:03.479 --> 01:33:08.960
is both suicide and cruel. Bella. I say there might134601:33:09.000 --> 01:33:13.760
still be innocent people out there. We can't just mushroom cloud,134701:33:13.840 --> 01:33:18.680
vampire Strickfield and not think about them. Bella smiles a little.134801:33:19.680 --> 01:33:22.960
You never let me finish explaining my plan. I'm not134901:33:23.039 --> 01:33:26.479
a cruel person, Carter. What do you have in mind?135001:33:26.520 --> 01:33:31.680
Bell's Aileen asks. Bella looks at Mary Worth. Now, I135101:33:31.720 --> 01:33:35.399
can't believe this is Madeline, or at least the ghost135201:33:35.479 --> 01:33:38.760
is possessing her. Can you whip up some kind of135301:33:38.920 --> 01:33:42.119
spell that can move any mortals out of the potential135401:33:42.119 --> 01:33:49.159
blast range? Difficult, but not impossible. Mary tells her. The135501:33:49.319 --> 01:33:52.319
spell that I require will take a great deal of135601:33:52.399 --> 01:33:55.800
time and power to perform. I do believe that it135701:33:55.840 --> 01:33:58.840
can be done. Though the six of us talk our135801:33:58.880 --> 01:34:03.079
plan through until finally agree. Then I know how I135901:34:03.119 --> 01:34:07.439
can be useful and ask the ghost listen, can you136001:34:07.479 --> 01:34:11.680
make my mongoose appear here? Now? The ghost just looks136101:34:11.720 --> 01:34:18.680
at me weirdly. Then she finally seems to understand, of course, Madeleine.136201:34:19.359 --> 01:34:23.399
Can they talk to each other somehow? Mary utters some136301:34:23.479 --> 01:34:27.399
strange words. When she's finished, my bike appears right next136401:34:27.399 --> 01:34:31.399
to me. I quickly hop on my mongoose. If I'm136501:34:31.399 --> 01:34:33.600
gonna help out, I want to do something. I know136601:34:33.680 --> 01:34:37.680
I'm good at Madeleine and I won bike competitions back home.136701:34:38.279 --> 01:34:43.840
That's got to mean something here. Felicia smiles like I said,136801:34:44.399 --> 01:34:48.520
spirit and guts kid. Then the ghost holds up Madeleine's136901:34:48.560 --> 01:34:53.319
fried compact and instantly fixes it. After that, she goes137001:34:53.399 --> 01:34:58.119
back into the mirror. Madeleine's back now. Bella points at her.137101:34:59.079 --> 01:35:02.439
You need to turn back to Mary and I will soon,137201:35:03.039 --> 01:35:06.880
Madeleine says. Then she turns to Aileen. Want to ride137301:35:06.880 --> 01:35:10.479
Shotgun with me again? Ariel folds her arms in front137401:35:10.520 --> 01:35:14.199
of her. You just love driving, don't you mouse. She137501:35:14.319 --> 01:35:19.119
smirks a little and waves Ariel off. Nah. Aileen says137601:35:19.159 --> 01:35:22.079
to the others, Guess Maddie and I are the distraction.137701:35:22.239 --> 01:35:26.520
This time. Bella puts her hands on Madeline's shoulders. I'll137801:35:26.520 --> 01:35:29.520
get another car hot wired. You just drive like you're137901:35:29.560 --> 01:35:35.119
in competition, you understand, Madeleine nods quickly, then I gently138001:35:35.119 --> 01:35:38.960
smack her shoulder. How about a lift inside. Once we're in,138101:35:39.039 --> 01:35:43.079
I can show these vamps some real riding. Now, Ariel138201:35:43.159 --> 01:35:45.600
and me are looking at each other. I really want138301:35:45.600 --> 01:35:48.399
to be mad at her, but I just can't. I138401:35:48.399 --> 01:35:51.479
don't know what I'm feeling for what we're feeling for138501:35:51.520 --> 01:35:54.880
each other. But I feel deep down what we're feeling.138601:35:56.039 --> 01:36:00.199
I don't know. It just feels real that it's the138701:36:00.239 --> 01:36:03.640
best way I can say it. We're going back home, Carter,138801:36:04.079 --> 01:36:07.520
Ariel tells me, we're going to win. We have to.138901:36:08.319 --> 01:36:14.079
I nod quickly. You're right, princess. You want to go139001:36:14.119 --> 01:36:18.159
out with me again when we get back home. Ariel smiles,139101:36:18.199 --> 01:36:23.000
A little that's worth returning home for. Then she looks139201:36:23.039 --> 01:36:26.640
at Madeline. You're coming home too. I don't want to139301:36:26.640 --> 01:36:28.680
have to explain to my parents what happened to you.139401:36:29.720 --> 01:36:35.079
I get you Madeleine tells her. Aileen raises her forearms. Glad,139501:36:35.159 --> 01:36:38.760
Mary fixed my solar lamp gauntlets. These should help keep139601:36:38.800 --> 01:36:42.840
the vampires off of us, Maddie. Madeline gently slaps her139701:36:42.840 --> 01:36:48.199
cousin's arm. Sweet hold it, Felicia calls out, come here,139801:36:48.439 --> 01:36:53.319
all of you. We all come together then, it just happens.139901:36:54.000 --> 01:36:57.840
We all go into a group, hug, good luck everybody.140001:36:58.199 --> 01:37:04.199
Felicia says, this one's for home. Remember, we gotta get140101:37:04.239 --> 01:37:08.159
this right the first time. Bella says, we ain't gonna140201:37:08.159 --> 01:37:11.359
get no do overs. I'll promise you that right now.140301:37:12.399 --> 01:37:15.760
It ain't long before Bella has another car ready for Madeline.140401:37:16.239 --> 01:37:19.920
The twin cousins give each other weird looks. Bella gives140501:37:19.960 --> 01:37:23.760
them one of her own. Look, this Volkswagen bug was140601:37:23.800 --> 01:37:27.039
all that was available. Take it or leave it. Maddie140701:37:27.039 --> 01:37:31.640
looks at the decal. Not a Volkswagen Beetle, it's really140801:37:31.680 --> 01:37:37.680
called a bug. Interesting changes in these parallel universes. Then140901:37:37.760 --> 01:37:41.800
she looks at Bella. I guess we're taking it. Aileen141001:37:41.920 --> 01:37:44.159
quickly mounts my bike on the back of the car,141101:37:44.600 --> 01:37:48.399
Ariel and me getting back. Madeleine hops in the driver's seat.141201:37:48.840 --> 01:37:53.840
Aleen ride shotgun, hang on. Madeleine squeaks as soon as141301:37:53.880 --> 01:37:57.520
Bella opens the garage door. Madeline's squealing and peeling before141401:37:57.560 --> 01:38:04.760
we sput her right out and on to the street. Perspective.141501:38:05.479 --> 01:38:09.880
Madeline donnerly, who'd have thought I'd be driving cars at141601:38:09.960 --> 01:38:13.000
just thirteen years old? Too bad? I ain't allowed to141701:38:13.000 --> 01:38:15.640
get my license yet. At least they ain't got to141801:38:15.720 --> 01:38:19.359
have one to drive in this vampire world. I still141901:38:19.359 --> 01:38:23.880
can't believe you can really drive, Maddie. Aileen says, yeah, well,142001:38:24.399 --> 01:38:26.800
I can't believe you can fight and make all them142101:38:26.840 --> 01:38:30.359
cool toys. I tell her we're almost to the nuclear142201:38:30.399 --> 01:38:34.960
power plant. Aleen's warning us, don't you dare crash this142301:38:35.000 --> 01:38:39.159
little car. Mouse. Ariel says, I ain't crashed one yet.142401:38:39.399 --> 01:38:43.319
I say there's plenty of go Go juice in here too.142501:38:43.399 --> 01:38:45.760
I'm driving right up the hill and right to the142601:38:45.760 --> 01:38:49.159
main doors. I floor the gas and plow right through them.142701:38:49.880 --> 01:38:53.000
You just know that's gotta be an attention getter. As142801:38:53.000 --> 01:38:55.680
soon as them vamps are coming at the car, Aleen's142901:38:55.680 --> 01:38:58.840
turning on her sun lamps. Them vamps are howling and143001:38:59.000 --> 01:39:02.279
keeping away from the car when they get flashed. Remember143101:39:02.600 --> 01:39:06.800
you're playing a video game, Madeline. Carter says, yeah, it's143201:39:06.840 --> 01:39:10.279
called twin Mouse. He's in a bug versus the vampires, right,143301:39:10.680 --> 01:39:15.039
I crack. I hate you, Mouse, Ariel groans. I can't143401:39:15.039 --> 01:39:17.359
believe how calm you are through all this. I just143501:39:17.439 --> 01:39:21.960
can't believe how you you never get scared. Well, I143601:39:22.079 --> 01:39:26.239
sure ain't telling Ariel. This little mousey is big time scared.143701:39:26.960 --> 01:39:30.199
I'm getting ready to stop shortly, Carter. I tell him143801:39:30.560 --> 01:39:33.920
I'm ready, he says. When I stop the car, Carter143901:39:34.039 --> 01:39:36.720
quickly gets out and grabs his mongoose off of the back.144001:39:37.199 --> 01:39:40.640
He jumps on it and starts riding. I'll cover you, Carter,144101:39:41.119 --> 01:39:44.239
Ariel says, getting out of the car too. Get moving,144201:39:44.399 --> 01:39:47.600
mice a Leen growls and looks ready to get out144301:39:47.640 --> 01:39:50.399
of the car. What are you doing? I ask her.144401:39:50.960 --> 01:39:54.800
I'm sick of Ariel in her mouse references. She yells.144501:39:55.279 --> 01:39:57.520
I quickly hit the gas as she's opening the door.144601:39:58.039 --> 01:40:01.039
We ain't got no time for that, Aleen. She growls144701:40:01.079 --> 01:40:03.920
and tightens her fists and looks at me. Now, I144801:40:03.920 --> 01:40:06.800
can't believe you're so comfortable with people calling you mouse.144901:40:07.439 --> 01:40:09.800
And don't even get me started about what Ariels said145001:40:09.800 --> 01:40:14.239
about that sign on your bedroom door. Really, Maddie, welcome145101:40:14.279 --> 01:40:18.239
to the mousehole. I shrug it. Just don't bother me.145201:40:18.760 --> 01:40:22.239
I know I'm a thin, little squeaky geek. I can't145301:40:22.239 --> 01:40:24.920
do nothing about that, right, so I make do with145401:40:24.960 --> 01:40:28.359
what I got. Like driving cars, I hit the brakes145501:40:28.399 --> 01:40:30.840
and take the car into a screech and turn. Then145601:40:30.880 --> 01:40:33.760
I floor the gas again. I smirk and glance at145701:40:33.760 --> 01:40:37.840
Aileen case in point. Come on, cousin, you're doing all145801:40:37.920 --> 01:40:40.960
right too. Aileen scowls at me for a little bit,145901:40:41.439 --> 01:40:47.159
then she finally softens up. Just don't wreck the car, Maddie, nah,146001:40:47.279 --> 01:40:50.880
I reply, better be using them sunlamps on your wrists.146101:40:51.479 --> 01:40:54.720
Aileen shrieks and starts shining them at vampires coming at us.146201:40:55.279 --> 01:40:58.279
I don't know about Aileen, but this little mouse's having146301:40:58.439 --> 01:41:02.159
way too much fun. I love being a geek, and146401:41:02.239 --> 01:41:04.319
I definitely can't wait till I can get my own146501:41:04.359 --> 01:41:05.600
mousemobile someday.146601:41:06.720 --> 01:41:09.199
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your146701:41:09.239 --> 01:41:12.720
doors weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.146801:41:17.600 --> 01:41:22.800
Perspective Aeriel Mirron Carter's keeping the vampires off him with146901:41:22.880 --> 01:41:25.880
his fancy bike riding. I'd be lying if I said147001:41:25.920 --> 01:41:28.520
I wasn't jealous of him and Mouse. It makes me147101:41:28.560 --> 01:41:30.560
think of when I was chasing them on a moped147201:41:30.640 --> 01:41:34.319
back in early December. They had their mongooses, and they147301:41:34.399 --> 01:41:37.680
still managed to use their fancy stunt riding to lose me.147401:41:38.399 --> 01:41:40.319
I'd give them both an awful lot of credit for147501:41:40.359 --> 01:41:43.119
being able to do that. At the same time, I147601:41:43.159 --> 01:41:46.720
can feel Carter's jealous of me because of my new powers.147701:41:47.279 --> 01:41:50.800
I can't believe I really have Queen Arcadia's abilities. I147801:41:50.880 --> 01:41:53.520
thought when I broke her will and her hold over147901:41:53.600 --> 01:41:55.680
me and got her out of my body, that that148001:41:55.880 --> 01:41:58.640
was it. I was supposed to be just plain Aeriel148101:41:58.720 --> 01:42:02.560
mirran again. Queen Arcadia herself is no longer a part148201:42:02.600 --> 01:42:05.279
of me, but she sure left me some things to148301:42:05.359 --> 01:42:08.560
remember her by. I'm getting the hang of these powers.148401:42:08.880 --> 01:42:11.399
I'm really having to throw my emotions into them to148501:42:11.439 --> 01:42:14.600
make them work. Then I see cousin Felicia getting close148601:42:14.640 --> 01:42:18.920
to the main reactor controls. Look out, Princess Carter calls148701:42:18.920 --> 01:42:22.720
out behind you. I turn around to see Mayor Gunter's148801:42:22.720 --> 01:42:25.439
almost on me. I shriek and fall on my tummy.148901:42:25.760 --> 01:42:27.920
When he flies right over me, I get back up149001:42:28.079 --> 01:42:30.199
and know I've got to get away from him. I149101:42:30.239 --> 01:42:33.199
need to get to Felicia and help her destroy those controls.149201:42:33.680 --> 01:42:36.560
I turn around and run to her. When Mayor Gunter149301:42:36.680 --> 01:42:38.760
yells at me, I turn enough to throw a green149401:42:38.840 --> 01:42:41.920
fireball at him. When it hits him, Bella gets the149501:42:42.000 --> 01:42:44.880
drop on him, and then I'm snatched up by that149601:42:45.000 --> 01:42:48.279
giant bat again and pulled up into the air. The149701:42:48.319 --> 01:42:50.640
bat is taking me out of the main reactor room149801:42:50.840 --> 01:42:53.680
and flying me through a hallway. Soon we come out149901:42:53.680 --> 01:42:57.199
into another wide open room. The bat takes me upward150001:42:57.239 --> 01:43:01.159
to a balcony. Let's go, yell before I bring my150101:43:01.239 --> 01:43:04.159
hands up and flash Christmas colored lights in its eyes.150201:43:04.960 --> 01:43:08.359
The bat drops me. I gasp when I'm falling. That's150301:43:08.399 --> 01:43:11.560
when I focus to brace myself for the impact. Then150401:43:11.600 --> 01:43:15.319
I feel myself stop and see I've now got these150501:43:15.479 --> 01:43:20.720
clear red discs under my feet. I can fly. I150601:43:20.880 --> 01:43:24.479
choke it barely above a whisper. I command the disks150701:43:24.520 --> 01:43:26.800
to bring me to the balcony, where they finally set150801:43:26.840 --> 01:43:30.399
me down. They then disappear and I walk through a150901:43:30.439 --> 01:43:34.159
nearby door. I remember this place being dark, but I151001:43:34.199 --> 01:43:41.920
can see everything in red or maybe infrared. Who's there,151101:43:42.439 --> 01:43:45.520
A woman's voice calls out. I look to see the151201:43:45.560 --> 01:43:49.920
woman and my tummy just drops. I flip on the lights.151301:43:50.000 --> 01:43:54.880
Then I make my infrared go away. Mom, I groan,151401:43:55.720 --> 01:44:00.359
what are you doing here? Then I'm angry? What do151501:44:00.439 --> 01:44:05.920
I even care? Adrian Miran gives me this weird look. Now, please, Ariel,151601:44:06.239 --> 01:44:08.640
I've said I'm sorry more times than I can say.151701:44:08.800 --> 01:44:12.039
What more do you want from me? I raise my151801:44:12.159 --> 01:44:16.159
titaned fists. Do you think you can just say you're sorry?151901:44:16.600 --> 01:44:19.880
You traded me to Queen Arcadia in exchange for power152001:44:19.960 --> 01:44:24.640
and riches before I was even born. I feel the152101:44:24.680 --> 01:44:30.000
fire flaring up in my hands. There's no forgiving that. Now.152201:44:30.119 --> 01:44:34.479
Mom just looks at me strangely. I didn't know vampires152301:44:34.520 --> 01:44:38.039
could do that. I groan and shake my head with anger.152401:44:38.880 --> 01:44:44.840
I'm not a vampire, I scream, no, but i am.152501:44:45.560 --> 01:44:49.000
Another voice calls out from nearby. Now Mom and I152601:44:49.039 --> 01:44:52.960
are both looking pretty confused. The vampire has two other152701:44:53.000 --> 01:44:57.039
familiar people with her, but she's looking right at me.152801:44:58.479 --> 01:45:02.479
Oh the look on your face, Ariel Mirn. She cries152901:45:02.520 --> 01:45:08.920
with glee after revealing herself. Then I completely understand everything.153001:45:09.640 --> 01:45:13.199
I know who Mayor Gunter's mystery partner is now the153101:45:13.239 --> 01:45:16.399
one who helped make this world into the vampire Wasteland.153201:45:16.439 --> 01:45:30.800
It's become Mayor Gunter's mystery partner is perspective. Ariel Mirn.153301:45:31.760 --> 01:45:36.199
I'm looking at Adrian Miron my mom. Okay, I know153401:45:36.319 --> 01:45:39.079
she's not my real mom now because of the vampire,153501:45:39.119 --> 01:45:43.600
I'm standing face to face with I understand everything. The153601:45:43.720 --> 01:45:46.359
mystery partner who worked with Mayor Gunter to make this153701:45:46.479 --> 01:45:50.720
Vampire Earth happen is Come on, you had to know153801:45:50.880 --> 01:45:56.399
there was another you here. Ariel Mirn, my vampire double, says,153901:45:57.159 --> 01:46:01.319
she has vampire doubles of my friends. Abels and Bailey154001:46:01.399 --> 01:46:05.000
downs with her. I point to Vampire Aeriel and shake154101:46:05.079 --> 01:46:09.880
my head slowly. Then I point to other mom. You154201:46:09.960 --> 01:46:14.319
did all this because, Vampire Ariel points at me. Don't154301:46:14.319 --> 01:46:17.039
you dare say you weren't angry and hurt when you154401:46:17.119 --> 01:46:20.680
learned your own mother betrayed you. She looks uncertain. Now154501:46:22.399 --> 01:46:27.279
she did betray you, right, I nod yeah, But it154601:46:27.359 --> 01:46:31.359
wasn't worth all this. Vampire Ariel laughs and looks at154701:46:31.359 --> 01:46:34.680
other mom. You always told me to be an alpha.154801:46:35.319 --> 01:46:37.680
You always said to use the mirror in ways to154901:46:37.760 --> 01:46:42.039
my advantage. You said I needed to be ruthless. Well155001:46:42.640 --> 01:46:46.560
how's this for ruthless. Not only did I conquer Earth,155101:46:47.279 --> 01:46:52.319
I even conquered the Mirns, you included. Adrian looks at her.155201:46:53.079 --> 01:46:57.800
You were the worst mistake I ever made. Vampire Ariel,155301:46:57.920 --> 01:47:03.039
Mona and Bailey howl with life after Then, Vampire Ariel replies,155401:47:04.199 --> 01:47:07.199
But if you didn't have me, you wouldn't have become155501:47:07.319 --> 01:47:10.600
rich and powerful. Right then you couldn't have burned me155601:47:10.680 --> 01:47:16.319
with your betrayal. She smiles, showing her sharp fangs. Then155701:47:16.439 --> 01:47:19.079
I couldn't have kept you here for you to see155801:47:19.239 --> 01:47:24.039
just how much I've bettered you. Mommy dearest, I look155901:47:24.039 --> 01:47:27.960
at Adrian now, are you really that cruel and have156001:47:28.079 --> 01:47:32.000
no feelings? I can't believe how this all happened. It156101:47:32.039 --> 01:47:35.439
was exactly like last December Vampire. Me and I were156201:47:35.439 --> 01:47:39.399
both possessed by Queen Arcadia, But the major difference between156301:47:39.399 --> 01:47:43.640
me and her is mom. My own mom never really156401:47:43.640 --> 01:47:45.880
made time for me, which was why she never cared156501:47:45.880 --> 01:47:49.119
about my having sleepovers every Friday night with my girls.156601:47:49.800 --> 01:47:54.079
I address Adrian again. You rode your daughter constantly, You156701:47:54.199 --> 01:47:58.479
abused her emotionally. Nothing she ever did was good enough156801:47:58.479 --> 01:48:02.000
for you? Was it? You? Probably tried and tried to156901:48:02.039 --> 01:48:04.520
please you. She just wanted you to love her and157001:48:04.640 --> 01:48:08.199
be her mom. Then she learned of your betrayal and157101:48:08.279 --> 01:48:11.960
knew you never loved her, making her snap and driving157201:48:12.000 --> 01:48:16.319
her to create this horror. She found Mayor Gunter and157301:48:16.439 --> 01:48:21.199
partnered with him, and result everything that's happened here? How157401:48:21.199 --> 01:48:27.119
am I doing, Vampire Me? She smiles. You're good other me,157501:48:27.800 --> 01:48:32.239
she chuckles. Except you're not like me. You're not a vampire.157601:48:33.159 --> 01:48:36.439
But I can change that. One bite is all it takes.157701:48:37.000 --> 01:48:41.119
You can rule here with me. I shake my head.157801:48:42.239 --> 01:48:46.640
Mom's betrayal still hurts, but but I'm not going to this.157901:48:47.560 --> 01:48:52.199
Vampire Me sighs. That's just too bad. You will be158001:48:52.279 --> 01:48:58.439
one of us one way or another. Girls, Time for158101:48:58.560 --> 01:49:02.640
me to be the alpha. Weren't you paying attention, Vampire Me?158201:49:03.359 --> 01:49:07.760
I change too. Before vampire Mona and Bailey can grab me,158301:49:07.840 --> 01:49:12.000
I knock them down with Christmas colored fireballs. Before Vampire158401:49:12.079 --> 01:49:15.000
Me can attack, I fire my eye beams and strike158501:49:15.039 --> 01:49:18.159
her down. Then I turn my eyebeams over to Adrian158601:49:18.239 --> 01:49:21.600
and Freer. I know I'm not your daughter, I tell her,158701:49:22.000 --> 01:49:24.039
but I won't go back home, knowing I left you158801:49:24.119 --> 01:49:27.119
here to die. Now get out of here. I give158901:49:27.159 --> 01:49:30.000
Adrian cover while she runs out. I don't know how159001:49:30.039 --> 01:49:32.520
far she'll get, but at least I'll sleep good when159101:49:32.560 --> 01:49:35.319
I get back home. I'm still not used to calling159201:49:35.359 --> 01:49:39.800
Mouse's house home yet. Suddenly those girls turn into giant159301:49:39.800 --> 01:49:42.479
bats and come flying at me. I turn and run159401:49:42.520 --> 01:49:45.560
back outside. I don't know which way to run. Then159501:49:45.600 --> 01:49:48.479
I remember I can fly and leap off the railing.159601:49:48.960 --> 01:49:52.000
Those red disks appear under my feet again. It's not159701:49:52.119 --> 01:49:54.920
hard getting the hang of them, kind of like roller blades.159801:49:55.199 --> 01:49:58.039
I just hope I can stay ahead of those bats.159901:49:58.760 --> 01:50:02.439
Don't go away weekly Spooky will be right back.160001:50:08.239 --> 01:50:12.279
Perspective Felicia Miron. I want to go and look for160101:50:12.359 --> 01:50:15.760
cousin Ariel, but knocking out this reactor must come first.160201:50:16.159 --> 01:50:19.840
These vampires must never open any more portals to other universes.160301:50:20.359 --> 01:50:23.920
Mayor Gunter's got lots and lots of vampires at his disposal.160401:50:24.439 --> 01:50:26.640
I keep fighting them back as hard as I can.160501:50:27.399 --> 01:50:30.640
It's bad comic book nerds. It seems like I knock160601:50:30.680 --> 01:50:33.840
a few vampires away, and then my spider instincts tell160701:50:33.880 --> 01:50:36.920
me there are more coming. Everybody else is managing to160801:50:37.000 --> 01:50:40.079
keep the majority of the other vampires away. I can't160901:50:40.079 --> 01:50:43.960
believe Aileen's younger cousin keeps driving that little sputtering car161001:50:44.000 --> 01:50:46.800
around like it's her favorite toy. As long as those161101:50:46.840 --> 01:50:49.239
twins can stay ahead of the game, I can make161201:50:49.279 --> 01:50:53.640
for the reactor. Most importantly, Bella's keeping Mayor Gunter, busy161301:50:53.680 --> 01:50:57.039
with her Bella, keeps knocking him down, but he keeps161401:50:57.079 --> 01:50:59.600
getting right back up again. I've got to reach that161501:50:59.640 --> 01:51:02.520
reactor and knock it out. I've only been a Spider161601:51:02.560 --> 01:51:04.800
Girl for over a year, but I've been trying to161701:51:04.840 --> 01:51:08.119
be a good mirror. I've been trying to make a difference.161801:51:08.840 --> 01:51:12.000
I know I've got to keep making a difference. Just161901:51:12.039 --> 01:51:14.159
as a few vampires are ready to get the drop162001:51:14.199 --> 01:51:16.880
on me, Carter Cross gets the drop on them with162101:51:16.960 --> 01:51:22.399
his mongoose bike, and that gives me the opening I need. Thanks, kid,162201:51:22.840 --> 01:51:27.039
I tell him spirit and guts. He quickly takes off162301:51:27.079 --> 01:51:29.600
again as I'm making my eight legs work to quickly162401:51:29.840 --> 01:51:32.840
get me to the main control panel. I happen to162501:51:32.880 --> 01:51:35.560
be a science whiz, but I'm not trying to turn162601:51:35.600 --> 01:51:40.840
off the reactor by traditional means. I'm gonna destroy this thing.162701:51:41.880 --> 01:51:45.079
Keep your hands off that reactor. A voice calls out.162801:51:45.640 --> 01:51:48.119
I look to see cousin Ariel staring hard at me.162901:51:48.199 --> 01:51:51.920
Now her red eyes are really glowing and her fangs163001:51:51.960 --> 01:51:58.039
are glistening and sharp. That ugly vampire face. Oh no,163101:51:58.880 --> 01:52:02.960
those vampires earned you, I gasp. Just then I start163201:52:03.000 --> 01:52:12.680
to feel dizzy, I'm getting hugh very tired. I'm sinking163301:52:12.720 --> 01:52:21.880
into a deep sleep. I'm I feel so so weak,163401:52:22.119 --> 01:52:28.199
I can't stand feeling my I suddenly cry out when163501:52:28.199 --> 01:52:31.479
I hear how loud my spider instinct is. I quickly163601:52:31.520 --> 01:52:34.319
come back alive and smack Aeriel away as she's about163701:52:34.319 --> 01:52:37.199
to bite me. I rise up on my eight legs again.163801:52:37.880 --> 01:52:41.159
I can't believe I forgot about that glam thing vampires do.163901:52:41.800 --> 01:52:45.079
That's an experience for you. Then I'm wondering if Bella164001:52:45.159 --> 01:52:49.199
can glam people too. More and more vampires are coming164101:52:49.239 --> 01:52:52.279
in through the windows. If I'm gonna destroy this reactor,164201:52:52.439 --> 01:52:55.720
I gotta do it now. I raise my humanoid arms164301:52:55.720 --> 01:52:59.439
and throw my mutant spider's strength into the panel. Hopefully164401:52:59.439 --> 01:53:04.079
it blows up up fast the panel, I mean, not164501:53:04.239 --> 01:53:07.239
the reactor. We gotta be able to get home before164601:53:07.319 --> 01:53:10.960
that happens, right. I smash the control panel and bang164701:53:11.039 --> 01:53:14.199
it up pretty good, but no sparks or sputters. I164801:53:14.279 --> 01:53:18.239
do it again, still nothing. Then I scream and hit164901:53:18.279 --> 01:53:21.960
it one more time. Just then I feel my spider instinct.165001:53:22.159 --> 01:53:26.640
I turn and look to see another Aeriel. This one's165101:53:26.680 --> 01:53:29.399
got glowing hair and is flying around on some kind165201:53:29.439 --> 01:53:34.039
of light discs under her tennis shoes. You okay, she165301:53:34.199 --> 01:53:40.479
asks me, are you our aerieal? I ask back, duh,165401:53:40.720 --> 01:53:44.600
she calls back, I point to the panel. Blast this thing, Ariel,165501:53:44.680 --> 01:53:49.039
for real, stand back, she warns. As she's about to165601:53:49.079 --> 01:53:52.439
blast the panel, she's taken off her discs by two wolves.165701:53:52.840 --> 01:53:54.880
When they're all on the ground, the wolves turn into165801:53:54.920 --> 01:53:59.199
girls and move to jump a winded Aeriel, No, Carter165901:53:59.359 --> 01:54:01.600
calls out. He slams into one of them with his166001:54:01.640 --> 01:54:04.079
bike and knocks her down, but she's quickly back on166101:54:04.119 --> 01:54:07.680
her feet and snatches him off his bike. Let me go, Mona,166201:54:08.119 --> 01:54:11.960
Carter yells, Oh, I'll let you go right after. I166301:54:12.039 --> 01:54:15.720
have you for a quick bite. Don't even think about it,166401:54:16.079 --> 01:54:18.920
Ariel yells as she unloads on the Mona girl with166501:54:19.039 --> 01:54:22.399
red and green fireballs. She takes down the other girl166601:54:22.439 --> 01:54:27.359
shortly after and runs to Carter. You okay me, what166701:54:27.479 --> 01:54:31.279
about you? He returns. They quickly share a brief hug.166801:54:31.720 --> 01:54:34.960
No question, these two have major feelings for each other.166901:54:35.439 --> 01:54:38.000
I quickly turn back to the control panel and smash167001:54:38.039 --> 01:54:41.199
it one more time. I scream when I feel an167101:54:41.319 --> 01:54:44.880
enormous charge flowing right into me and making me slump down.167201:54:45.399 --> 01:54:48.279
I'm definitely stunned. Now I gotta shake it off and167301:54:48.359 --> 01:54:51.880
make sure. I hear voices calling out that the reactors167401:54:51.920 --> 01:54:55.000
control rods are offline and that the whole thing's gonna167501:54:55.000 --> 01:55:00.279
blow in ten minutes. Just then, that sputtering car with167601:55:00.279 --> 01:55:03.560
the twins inside stops next to the portal machine. Then167701:55:03.600 --> 01:55:06.920
they get out. What are they doing? Then I see167801:55:06.960 --> 01:55:09.960
a Leen working on the portal machine herself. Part of167901:55:10.000 --> 01:55:12.119
the plan. We got to get that thing fixed for168001:55:12.199 --> 01:55:16.000
ourselves so we can return home. Madeline uses her compact168101:55:16.199 --> 01:55:19.520
to become her ghostly friend again. I grown and force168201:55:19.600 --> 01:55:22.560
myself to stand on my eight legs again. It's hard168301:55:22.600 --> 01:55:26.039
to move. I got zapped pretty good. I ain't deep fried,168401:55:26.079 --> 01:55:29.520
but I'm still feeling the voltage. Come on, Felicia, get up.168501:55:29.720 --> 01:55:32.119
Your universe don't realize it, but it needs you in168601:55:32.159 --> 01:55:35.159
the worst way right now. You've gotta help your teammates.168701:55:35.399 --> 01:55:40.199
You're a superhero. Get up. I push with every last168801:55:40.199 --> 01:55:42.840
bit of will I've got. I finally get back to168901:55:42.880 --> 01:55:46.239
my feet. This is it. It's now or never. Comic169001:55:46.239 --> 01:55:50.479
Book and Horror Nerds, we make our last stand. Here169101:55:50.960 --> 01:55:58.239
and now perspective bela tabon. Mayor Gunter keeps calling me169201:55:58.279 --> 01:56:00.800
a child and telling me I need to stop fighting169301:56:00.840 --> 01:56:04.039
him so he can fix the reactor. I laugh inside it,169401:56:04.119 --> 01:56:08.439
knowing I'm much older than him. I definitely saw Aine169501:56:08.600 --> 01:56:11.640
trying to fix the portal machine. It looks like Mary169601:56:11.720 --> 01:56:14.239
Worth has cast some kind of spell that's making the169701:56:14.359 --> 01:56:18.079
vampires go blind. When the spell affects Mayor Gunter, I169801:56:18.119 --> 01:56:21.439
grab him and hurl him at a nearby wall. He crashes169901:56:21.520 --> 01:56:24.680
right through it and is outside. Then I can see170001:56:24.720 --> 01:56:28.560
the rest of the vampires are turning tail and running. Yeah,170101:56:28.840 --> 01:56:33.399
they know the reactor's gonna go boom very shortly. I170201:56:33.479 --> 01:56:37.039
quickly warp over to Iini, you okay, I ask her,170301:56:37.680 --> 01:56:40.479
just need a little more time, bells, she tells me quickly.170401:56:41.000 --> 01:56:45.199
Then I notice Mary's gone. Yeah, she went to make170501:56:45.199 --> 01:56:48.159
sure no innocent people are around when the reactor goes off.170601:56:48.560 --> 01:56:52.000
I'm sure she'll be back shortly. Just then, everybody else170701:56:52.079 --> 01:56:54.880
comes over to where we are. When we're hearing how170801:56:54.880 --> 01:56:58.479
many minutes are left, and they're decreasing fast. I'll admit170901:56:58.560 --> 01:57:01.520
I'm getting scared over here. I'm wondering if this is171001:57:01.560 --> 01:57:04.199
what will finally be the end of me, or will171101:57:04.239 --> 01:57:08.640
Thornton Jillian again have the last laugh. Nah, I can't171201:57:08.640 --> 01:57:12.279
think about myself like that, not right now. Iiny's working171301:57:12.359 --> 01:57:15.880
her soldering gun and fusing circuits together. It amazes me171401:57:16.000 --> 01:57:19.159
what this little mouse can do with electronics. I mean,171501:57:19.560 --> 01:57:22.039
she's made so many wonderful toys for us to fight171601:57:22.119 --> 01:57:26.640
other supernatural bad guys with, including those sunlight gauntlets. She's171701:57:26.640 --> 01:57:31.199
a real tinker. Back up, everybody, I say, don't crowder.171801:57:31.319 --> 01:57:34.239
Let her work. I can see how scared Heiny is.171901:57:34.720 --> 01:57:36.880
I don't think she's ever had to work under pressure172001:57:36.960 --> 01:57:40.199
like this before. At one point, she groans and backs away.172101:57:40.920 --> 01:57:44.840
I can't do it, she squeaks, Yes you can, Aileen172201:57:45.279 --> 01:57:50.079
Felicia says softly, this is you, This is your superpower,172301:57:50.319 --> 01:57:54.199
this is what you do. You can do this, you must.172401:57:54.920 --> 01:57:58.199
Heiny nods, takes a deep breath and goes back to work.172501:57:58.800 --> 01:58:02.439
So many complex sirs here, she mutters, the rest of172601:58:02.520 --> 01:58:05.880
us keep an eye out for possible vampire attackers. None172701:58:05.880 --> 01:58:09.159
of them come back in though, okay I spoke too soon.172801:58:09.600 --> 01:58:12.600
That other aerial Mirann appears with her versions of Mona172901:58:12.640 --> 01:58:16.199
Abels and Bailey Downs I point right at them. You173001:58:16.319 --> 01:58:20.000
three better just run while you have the chance. No need.173101:58:20.399 --> 01:58:23.760
The other Ariel says, we'll stop mouse before she can173201:58:23.800 --> 01:58:27.319
fix the portal machine. Iini quickly raises her arm and173301:58:27.359 --> 01:58:31.199
clicks on her sun lamp, making them get back fast. Yeah,173401:58:31.439 --> 01:58:35.279
I got your mouse right here. Just then our aerol173501:58:35.359 --> 01:58:38.840
is flying on light discs. No way you're stopping this,173601:58:39.359 --> 01:58:42.840
she tells those vampires. You may be bloodsuckers, but I173701:58:42.880 --> 01:58:47.399
have Arcadius powers. The other Ariel laughs, it won't matter.173801:58:47.439 --> 01:58:49.880
After one of us bites you, you'll stay here and173901:58:49.960 --> 01:58:52.840
be one of us. Once you feel the same hunger174001:58:52.880 --> 01:58:57.920
we feel, then you'll help us. Our aerols hands burn174101:58:58.039 --> 01:59:01.000
with red and green fires. Now, if I have to174201:59:01.039 --> 01:59:03.680
stay here in this universe to make sure you don't174301:59:03.720 --> 01:59:07.399
ever make another portal, then I'm okay with that. The174401:59:07.520 --> 01:59:11.359
vampire aerial doesn't look so confident. Now, you're a Miran.174501:59:11.680 --> 01:59:15.880
There's no way you'd sacrifice yourself. It's not in your blood.174601:59:16.199 --> 01:59:20.079
You see that giant spider there, Our Ariel returns, she's174701:59:20.119 --> 01:59:23.000
a Miron. She's the one who's keeping our spirits up174801:59:23.039 --> 01:59:25.079
and convincing us we need to do the right thing.174901:59:25.880 --> 01:59:29.119
I know what Mom did to both of us. She175001:59:29.319 --> 01:59:33.159
shakes her head quickly. I won't be like her. Mom175101:59:33.239 --> 01:59:36.279
did me a huge solid by disowning me. I can175201:59:36.319 --> 01:59:38.880
decide what I want to do with my own life.175301:59:39.399 --> 01:59:42.199
I don't have to live up to expectations other than175401:59:42.239 --> 01:59:46.640
my own, so I'm choosing to stay behind. I will175501:59:46.720 --> 01:59:50.439
not let you win. None of us here will. Vampire175601:59:50.479 --> 01:59:54.039
Ariel screams and flies right at our aeriel Our Ariol175701:59:54.079 --> 01:59:58.119
screams herself and unleashes her full powers on her vampire counterpart.175801:59:58.560 --> 02:00:01.720
Before long, the vampire is flat on her back, smokes,175902:00:01.760 --> 02:00:04.560
fuming off her body. I don't think she's dead, but176002:00:04.600 --> 02:00:08.000
she's not healing up very fast either. It's then when176102:00:08.039 --> 02:00:12.000
Mona and Bailey turn into giant bats and flee. I176202:00:12.079 --> 02:00:13.840
doubt they'll clear the blast in time.176302:00:14.840 --> 02:00:17.319
Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your176402:00:17.399 --> 02:00:21.199
doors weekly. Spooky will be right back.176502:00:22.159 --> 02:00:25.199
Done, AINI cries, I did it, It's ready. We have176602:00:25.279 --> 02:00:28.600
to act fast. Only two minutes left. Just then Mary176702:00:28.640 --> 02:00:32.479
Worth appears. I have used my most powerful white magics176802:00:32.680 --> 02:00:35.520
to move any mortals out of this state. I am176902:00:35.560 --> 02:00:39.439
weakened as a result. Mary must have really taxed herself.177002:00:39.760 --> 02:00:42.840
She uses Mattie's compact and returns into the mirror realm.177102:00:43.239 --> 02:00:47.319
Maddie's with us again. We can go home, cousin Aine177202:00:47.439 --> 02:00:50.760
tells her. Ariel turns to us and lands, that's right,177302:00:50.960 --> 02:00:53.479
all of you go home. Like I said, I'm staying177402:00:53.520 --> 02:00:59.600
behind to destroy this thing once and for all perspective.177502:01:00.159 --> 02:01:04.600
Carter cross when Ariel said that, my stomach and my177602:01:04.680 --> 02:01:09.239
heart get heavy fast. I approach Ariel. You can't do this.177702:01:10.039 --> 02:01:12.800
Ariel gulps a little when she sees me start crying.177802:01:13.600 --> 02:01:16.600
I never thought I'd really care about Ariel Mirror that much.177902:01:17.399 --> 02:01:20.920
She's got tears of her own. Now, I'm sorry, Carter,178002:01:21.439 --> 02:01:24.239
She chokes out. I'm the only one who can destroy178102:01:24.319 --> 02:01:27.199
this thing the way it needs to be destroyed. Those178202:01:27.319 --> 02:01:32.560
vampires can never activate this machine ever again. But you'll178302:01:33.920 --> 02:01:39.319
the blast, I choke back. Then Madeline approaches her. No, Ariel, no,178402:01:40.520 --> 02:01:43.760
if you have another plan, Mouse, there won't be enough time.178502:01:44.239 --> 02:01:47.039
We're in the final minute now. She yells at all178602:01:47.079 --> 02:01:51.760
of us, you have to go now. Bella turns to Aileen.178702:01:52.479 --> 02:01:56.720
Fire it up, iiny yesterday on it Bell's. It ain't178802:01:56.760 --> 02:01:59.960
long before Aileen has a portal opening up. It's got178902:02:00.079 --> 02:02:03.039
I get big enough before we can all leave. I179002:02:03.119 --> 02:02:06.760
turn back to Ariel. It can't end like this for you.179102:02:07.039 --> 02:02:12.279
I tell her it's not fair. Ariel nods quickly. I know,179202:02:13.079 --> 02:02:15.359
but we don't have time to make another plan. It179302:02:15.399 --> 02:02:17.880
has to be me, Carter. My mom was the reason179402:02:17.880 --> 02:02:20.159
why this. Ariel made the earth here what it is.179502:02:20.840 --> 02:02:23.520
She's not my mom, but I'm going to fix it.179602:02:24.000 --> 02:02:30.800
I'm going to make it right. She's crying again. Please understand. Okay,179702:02:30.880 --> 02:02:34.119
let's get moving. Aileen yells we're almost out of time.179802:02:34.760 --> 02:02:38.560
Ariel's hurting the same way I am. I'll always be179902:02:38.640 --> 02:02:42.760
with you, Carter. She turns to Madeline. You two mouse.180002:02:43.439 --> 02:02:45.359
Your family took me in when mine kicked me to180102:02:45.399 --> 02:02:49.640
the curb. This is how I repay that. Madeline quickly180202:02:49.720 --> 02:02:52.520
hugs Ariel before she runs into the portal behind that180302:02:52.640 --> 02:02:57.520
giant spider. Then I'm staying too, I tell Ariel. She180402:02:57.640 --> 02:03:01.920
shakes her head. No, Carter, you won't. Bella get Carter180502:03:02.039 --> 02:03:04.880
out of here. Bella grabs me and throws me through180602:03:04.920 --> 02:03:08.960
the portal. Bella gives Ariel a thumbs up. Ariel gives180702:03:08.960 --> 02:03:12.920
a thumbs up back. Then Bella dives through the portal.180802:03:14.239 --> 02:03:17.600
Before I can attempt to go back through, the portal180902:03:17.680 --> 02:03:26.800
closes for the last time. Epilogue perspective, Ariel Mirron, this181002:03:26.960 --> 02:03:30.479
is really it. The final five seconds. I use my181102:03:30.560 --> 02:03:34.319
Christmas powers and blast the main reactor controls one last time.181202:03:34.880 --> 02:03:37.399
As soon as the timer hits zero, I start to181302:03:37.439 --> 02:03:41.000
see the explosion coming from the control panel. At the181402:03:41.039 --> 02:03:45.600
same time, I see my life flashing right before my eyes,181502:03:46.960 --> 02:03:52.159
and then I suddenly remember something. Queen Arcadia had control181602:03:52.199 --> 02:03:55.000
of my body when she possessed me back in December.181702:03:55.680 --> 02:03:59.159
I remember everything Queen Arcadia did. I recall when she181802:03:59.239 --> 02:04:03.399
captured Monna A. First, Queen Arcadia turned into something like181902:04:03.920 --> 02:04:07.079
lightning energy and went into an electrical outlet. Then she182002:04:07.199 --> 02:04:09.159
appeared in front of Mona by coming out of a182102:04:09.159 --> 02:04:14.119
street lamp above her. She became me again. Before capturing Mona,182202:04:15.359 --> 02:04:18.640
I change myself into lightning energy and go right into182302:04:18.640 --> 02:04:22.039
the portal machine. My energy causes the machine to overload182402:04:22.079 --> 02:04:24.800
to the point where it explodes. There's no way the182502:04:24.920 --> 02:04:27.760
vampires are going to get this thing to work ever again.182602:04:28.479 --> 02:04:31.520
Of course, the blast wave might have finished it off anyway.182702:04:32.560 --> 02:04:34.560
I merge with the last of the energies that were182802:04:34.640 --> 02:04:38.039
keeping the portal open and shoot right for it. And182902:04:38.119 --> 02:04:42.560
before I realize what's happening, I'm right back on the183002:04:42.600 --> 02:04:46.680
other side with the others. I scare everybody when a183102:04:46.760 --> 02:04:49.239
huge electrical bolt comes out of a street lamp near183202:04:49.279 --> 02:04:53.840
them in Gunter's Square, a park in downtown village. Ariel,183302:04:54.359 --> 02:04:57.119
I hear someone screaming, I'm flat on my back when183402:04:57.159 --> 02:04:59.800
Carter Cross wraps his arms around me and lifts me183502:04:59.920 --> 02:05:04.159
up into a sitting position. You you really made it, back,183602:05:04.640 --> 02:05:09.840
he gasps. I nod quickly, Yeah, I did, didn't I183702:05:09.840 --> 02:05:12.359
I let Carter help me to my feet. Then I183802:05:12.399 --> 02:05:15.359
see all of us who saved our universe and the183902:05:15.399 --> 02:05:18.479
many others out there. I can't believe all this stuff184002:05:18.520 --> 02:05:23.239
is really real. I mean, I learned that vampires, giant spiders,184102:05:23.239 --> 02:05:27.119
and ghosts are real, but the concept of alternate universe is.184202:05:27.840 --> 02:05:31.720
I guess science fiction isn't so much fiction anymore. Did184302:05:31.720 --> 02:05:35.319
you do it? Ariel cousin Felicia asks me. I nod184402:05:35.439 --> 02:05:38.720
quickly again. Oh yeah, I blew that machine to bits.184502:05:39.199 --> 02:05:43.640
I can also confirm that reactor went Kerpluey. Suddenly, mouse184602:05:43.680 --> 02:05:46.479
shoots right at me and holds me close. I hug184702:05:46.520 --> 02:05:50.800
her back. I'm here, Mouse. I tell her you don't184802:05:50.800 --> 02:05:52.840
have to explain to your parents why I'm not coming184902:05:52.880 --> 02:05:57.000
home after all. Mouse looks up at me now with tears.185002:05:57.560 --> 02:06:01.159
You said home. Well, it's the only one I've got,185102:06:01.399 --> 02:06:05.760
I say, unless your parents say otherwise, which you know185202:06:05.880 --> 02:06:09.439
they won't. Ariel, we all take a moment to realize185302:06:09.479 --> 02:06:11.960
what we did. I know it's a moment that's going185402:06:12.000 --> 02:06:16.159
to stay with all of us, especially me. We actually185502:06:16.239 --> 02:06:20.920
saved our world and countless other earths. No, Mom, I185602:06:21.000 --> 02:06:24.159
didn't go the way vampire me did. I could never185702:06:24.239 --> 02:06:27.079
be like you. Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe185802:06:27.119 --> 02:06:30.640
I don't hate you so much anymore. I also remember185902:06:30.680 --> 02:06:33.960
Brian Chunk told me during our mall overnight about being186002:06:34.000 --> 02:06:36.840
a dominant miran. He told me to be my own186102:06:37.000 --> 02:06:41.760
dominant miran. It's my destiny now, Mom, and you'll never186202:06:41.840 --> 02:06:45.359
take that away from me never you tried. Giving me186302:06:45.399 --> 02:06:48.520
to Queen Arcadia, not only did I conquer your code186402:06:48.560 --> 02:06:52.399
come to life, I also gained her powers. Queen Arcadia186502:06:52.479 --> 02:06:55.239
wanted to conquer the Mortal Realm. I'm going to use186602:06:55.279 --> 02:06:58.760
her powers to try and help save it. Seeing these others,186702:06:58.840 --> 02:07:02.520
Bela Tabon, cousin, Felicia, the Twin Mice, and even Carter186802:07:02.640 --> 02:07:06.920
with his bike. We saved our world, Mom, I even186902:07:06.960 --> 02:07:10.479
saved you for what it's worth to have a nice life. Mom.187002:07:11.399 --> 02:07:14.399
Then I see Carter still looking at me. I come187102:07:14.439 --> 02:07:16.920
to him. We hold each other for a long time,187202:07:17.560 --> 02:07:20.880
then we finally come apart. We look at each other again,187302:07:21.560 --> 02:07:24.840
and then I go with my feelings Carter and I187402:07:24.880 --> 02:07:28.960
hear the cheers from everybody else. Like I said, Mom,187502:07:29.560 --> 02:07:32.520
have a nice life. I'm not even mad at you anymore.187602:07:32.920 --> 02:07:35.720
I'm free to do whatever I want. I can write187702:07:35.720 --> 02:07:38.760
my own destiny and be my own dominant Miran. And187802:07:38.840 --> 02:07:41.079
I guess part of my new destiny is going back187902:07:41.079 --> 02:07:44.079
to Strickfield Town Center Mall with the others to see188002:07:44.079 --> 02:07:47.359
Tiffany get her key to the village after we all188102:07:47.399 --> 02:07:57.159
get cleaned up. First. After math, Adrian Miron walked around188202:07:57.199 --> 02:08:01.039
her mansion inside the gated community. She walked into her188302:08:01.039 --> 02:08:03.640
bedroom and sat down in front of her mirror to188402:08:03.720 --> 02:08:08.399
brush her long blonde hair before going to bed. As188502:08:08.439 --> 02:08:12.479
she did, she noticed something was wrong. She leaned in188602:08:12.560 --> 02:08:15.960
for a closer look and saw the wrinkles under her eyes.188702:08:17.199 --> 02:08:22.239
This can't be, she yelled, I'm immortal. Queen Arcadia promised188802:08:22.239 --> 02:08:26.239
me that forgiving her life years ago. Adrian got up188902:08:26.239 --> 02:08:29.840
and went downstairs. Soon she came to a secret door189002:08:30.399 --> 02:08:35.159
that only she knew about and entered. She moved through189102:08:35.199 --> 02:08:38.640
the corridor until she came into a hidden layer. There,189202:08:39.439 --> 02:08:43.279
she quickly gathered the ingredients she required for the spell189302:08:43.439 --> 02:08:49.079
she intended to use. After reciting the spell, the spirit189402:08:49.159 --> 02:08:53.560
of Queen Arcadia appeared. Adrian could see she was very189502:08:53.640 --> 02:08:57.960
weak from having been overthrown by her daughter Ariel. I189602:08:58.079 --> 02:09:02.560
know why you have summoned me, adrianne Mirran, Arcadia said weakly,189702:09:03.680 --> 02:09:06.600
Your immortality is fading because I no longer have the189802:09:06.680 --> 02:09:12.439
power to grant it unto you. Your daughter now possesses189902:09:12.520 --> 02:09:17.039
all of my limitless power. There's no way that I190002:09:17.079 --> 02:09:25.720
can reclaim them. Her spirit dimmed. Two two week Arcadia's190102:09:25.720 --> 02:09:34.680
spirit finally disappeared. Adrian became very angry and determined. You190202:09:34.840 --> 02:09:38.960
think you're free of me, little one, She sneered, I190302:09:39.079 --> 02:09:44.239
will find you aerial renaissance Mirran, reclaim you and take190402:09:44.319 --> 02:09:49.239
those powers away from you. She tightened her fists. You190502:09:49.319 --> 02:09:54.880
have become the bane of my existence for the last time,190602:09:56.439 --> 02:10:05.960
not the end, all right, spookies, you survived a trip190702:10:06.000 --> 02:10:09.079
to the other dimension and you came back in one190802:10:09.159 --> 02:10:13.439
piece and with relatively all of your blood in your veins.190902:10:13.960 --> 02:10:17.239
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But now, my friends, it's time for you to go191702:10:42.560 --> 02:10:45.960
back to reality and hope that nothing is waiting in191802:10:46.000 --> 02:10:50.039
the dark, hoping to pounce on you, hoping to drain191902:10:50.119 --> 02:10:53.720
your life force, and hoping to make you a slave192002:10:54.520 --> 02:10:56.960
until next time. I've been your host and narrator in192102:10:57.039 --> 02:11:01.680
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