Aug. 2, 2024

Portals - Vampires Rule Another World and They Are HUNGRY!

Portals - Vampires Rule Another World and They Are HUNGRY!
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A mutant spider girl, a Master Vampire, a genius, a young girl possessed by the spirit of a white witch, a young girl with the powers of fire and light, and a young guy who’s got courage and a bicycle. When these six find themselves in an alternate universe where the Earth there is a vampire apocalypse, they must become a team and face the overwhelming odds to save their Earth—and the many others in the multiverse.

It's the biggest Strickfield Universe team-up to date!

All this . . . and the origin of the vampire Earth will be revealed!

Because YOU demanded it!

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Hello, my Spookyes, I'm your narrator and host, Enrique Kuto,

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here to bring you this compilation of our latest mini

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series for those of you who can't stand to wait around.

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Now you can sit back and relax and listen to

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the story in its entirety as an audiobook. So get

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app as we dive deep into this terrifying tale of vampires, multiverses,

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and so much more. Please enjoy. Portals by Rob Fields Prologue,

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

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the French doors to the three story mansion and shoved

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it open hard. She was heaving and her eyes were

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streaming tears. Behind her were some of her immediate circle

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of friends who had just barely survived their encounter with

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Queen Arcadia. Ariel was both hurt and enraged at learning

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

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Arcadia to use as her vessel before she was even born,

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in exchange for power and riches in the form of

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becoming the greatest computer programmer of all time. When Ariel

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was finally at a decent age, Adrian arranged with Isley

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Tinker to maneuver her daughter to his shop at Strickfield

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

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prototype video game console in the form of the Virtua.

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Playing its single game called Christmas Arcadia, she became entranced

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by the amazing graphics and Queen Arcadia herself. Ariel would

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

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would use Ariel as her vessel to attempt to merge

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her virtual realm with that of the mortal realm. It

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

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to give her the will to purge Queen Arcadia from

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

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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 Gold 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,

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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 pointed at

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

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blood curdling screams before she started grabbing objects and throwing

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them at her parents. Ariel eventually knocked her father unconscious

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to finally restrain her, as she tackled Adrian herself and

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began hitting her. Ariel broke free of them and faced

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her mother again. You think you've seen the last of me,

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She shook her head quickly and pointed at her. Don't

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you dare think for one second this is over. You

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

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Believe me, I've learned them.

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Hugh.

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Just wait and see. It won't be now, It won't

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ariel turned her back on her parents and walked right

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back out the front door. Her friends were quick to

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

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

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the end of January. Now a lot has happened since

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I came to live with Madeline, Donnerley and her family.

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

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Then I came home from school one day to find

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her parents had turned an unused room into another bedroom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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of work for Adrian in the past. Not only did

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Tiffany tell Adrian never to commission her again, but she

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was no longer welcome at the Donnerly house. She really

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ought to be ashamed of yourself, she told Adrian in

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her silky voice. Adrian left the lawyer's office and never

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looked back. She wouldn't even acknowledge me once. I can't

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believe Adrian really just signed me away to Mouse's parents

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

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guardianship until I turn eighteen. They have the option to

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

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

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to have a place to live. To be honest, I've

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never felt more free and clear in my entire life.

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

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

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center court for an art exhibit tonight. Tiffany is such

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

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If you look around at the many businesses that are

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

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

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

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They commissioned Tiffany to do some artwork for both stores.

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

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designed for the three learning institutions here in Strickfield for

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the official clothing they're selling there. The Strickfield Villagers for

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

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

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

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She also said her mom is being presented with the

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

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

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

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

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

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the Thirteenth, Part five. The resemblance is uncanny. You sure

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you didn't forget nothing, Mom Mouse asks in her mousey voice.

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We unpacked a lot of boxes and stuff, you know.

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Tiffany walks around and gives everything a once over. Then

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she looks at us again. No, Maddie, I believe we

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have everything. If you kids want to take off, I'm

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going to finish up here and go over my presentation

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

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for the end of January. You better go out and

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

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

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voice calls out. We all turned to see three Strickfield

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

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

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

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Mouse and Aileen look like, honest to goodness, twin sisters,

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

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

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time these two mice get together, they always have to

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

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

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Bella lives with Aileen at her house and helps pay

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the bills. Felicia sold her mansion inside the gated community

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and went to live out in the peacefulness of a

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real nice cabin in the countryside. Felicia is also the

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captain of the cheerleading squad at Strickfield High. We all

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

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but the six of us we're about to have a

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

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

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

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

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and said we got a real shot at getting on

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ESPN for the cheerleading competition and that we should really

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

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we started training harder. Note that I was the only

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one who said no, mainly because I really hate being

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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missus Donnerley. The winds are really blowing out there at school.

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Miss Temple called practice on account of that nasty storm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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take them home ahead of that storm. Felicia offers. My

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SUV's parked just outside, more than enough room for all

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of us. What about our bikes, Carter asks, we'll just

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put a few of them on the racks and another

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

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

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

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could go wrong?

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U sh it was only the wind. You're safe, weekly spooky.

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We'll be right back.

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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 can ride with us. Felicia nods once. Nice. Where

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

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Ariel and me live together. They're on Main Street near

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downtown village and Carter lifts right next door. We share

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the same driveway. Sweet, Felicia cheers, Let's get a move

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on now. She's looking a bit worried. Anybody feeling a

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little trip to OZ today. I turn and give her

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a scowl. Shut up as usual, Felicia takes me with

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a grain of salt. There you go, always the Debbie Downer.

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We all get in the suv soon. Felicia's driving toward

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main Street. It'll be a few miles before we make

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the turn. Suddenly, Maddie appears in between Felicia and me. Yeah,

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what you just said about Oz, Felicia. She points back

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with her thumb, A great big twisty kind of just

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touched down back there. I quickly look behind us. Maddie

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ain't kidding. Felicia, we got to take shelter yesterday. Hang on,

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Felicia replies. She quickly turns and heads for the tunnel

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underneath the abandoned railroad yard. I look back to see

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that tornado and see lightning coming out of it. Something

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ain't right about that. Anie and I learned our cheerleading

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Captain's good at driving with a lead foot as fast

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as she's taking the curves and turns. Before long, she

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gets us underneath the tunnel and stops. She cuts the

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motor and we wade out the tornado. After a while,

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we all agree to head out. Felicia starts her car

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back up and drives us to the other side of

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the tunnel. When we come out, it's raining like Niagara

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Falls and as dark as night. Felicia's gotta go full

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speed on the windshield wipers. Finally, the rain lets up

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enough to where we can all see better. Felicia slows

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the wipers back down. It's right over here, Carter calls

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up to Felicia, on your right, the brick house. Felicia

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pulls in the driveway the kid's houses share. We get

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out and quickly help them with their bikes. Suddenly, Felicia's

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looking up with wide eyes. You people seeing this. The

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twin Donnerlies are looking too. I turn with everybody else

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to see a whole group of people heading right for us.

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No scratch that try a mob. Run, Einy yells. As

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soon as we turn and flee, these people are all

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over the suv. Felicia shrieks when they just tear her

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car apart until they all but destroy it. I know

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

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right at us and hiss. Their red eyes are all

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glowing now vampires. Aeriel yells, we are so dead perspective.

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

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

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

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everybody inside. She comes in right behind us and slams

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

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

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

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

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

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that agrees with what my mouse, He sends my tummies,

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

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

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Dad appear. 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 so fast? Did you pick her up

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

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

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of you to come back home to me, maddie. Mom says,

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my offer to sire you still stands. Come to me,

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be my little girl again. There's nowhere for you to run.

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Dad stresses. Just surrender yourselves to us and we'll make

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it all painless, I promise. Oh man, why does this

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keep happening? I groan? What's going on, Maddie? Felicia quickly asks,

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speak up. When Ariel's shaking her head fast while looking

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at me, she knows what I'm gonna say. We're in

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that vampire universe again, aren't we. I really hate you

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mouse now, I'm pointing right at her. Oh no, you didn't, Ariel, Mirror,

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I didn't bring us here. Well, we better get out

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of here or we're all gonna be food, Carter says,

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remembering his last time here in October. Bell's puts her

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hands on mine in Carter's shoulders. Then she's looking at Felicia.

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That's right. She don't know Bells is a vampire. Neither

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does Ariel. Then Felicia surprises us when vamp dad tries

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grabbing her, and she's throwing him right through the wall.

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Real easy. Now, Felicia's looking at Bell's. I know what

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you are, my friend. I've known for quite a while now,

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So vamp out already and let's get out of here.

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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. Bell'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 Aileen 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. Felicious

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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, Maddie. Huh, I utter what you're 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 vampire surrounding you. She points at me. Except

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

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three times. Then you turned into a ghost. I quickly

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

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reach into my inner jacket pocket and pull out the

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

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

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

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Mary Worth. I say her name three times in a

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mirror and let her possess me. She gives me back

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

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

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Iiny and helping him stop supernatural baddies. When I see

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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with bloody Mary scaring us at one of my sleepovers

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last fall. Remember when Mona Abels and Bailey downs and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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right out of the darkness above us and screeches as

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

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Then I see Felicia kicking off her sandals and scaling

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

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

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

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

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

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shooting a rope out of one of them and catches

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

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

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

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does some fancy flying and catches Aileen in its talons.

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

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her cables in its face. The bat answers by quickly

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

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really scared for my cousin. I quickly pull my compact

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

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

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taking over my body and using it as her vessel.

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

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

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scales the walls. Then she leaps far and drops right

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

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Mary utters a spell to soften her fall, but the

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bat quickly turns upside down and goes back up again,

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

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webs out of her fingers. They hit the ceiling and

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make Felicia stop short of hitting the floor. But now

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the bat's dropping down and gliding along until it snatches

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up Ariel This time, no, she yells as the bat's

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bringing her up into the air help me. Next thing

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we know, the bats heading to one of the broken

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out windows up above to flee with Ariel.

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It was only the wind. You're safe, weekly spooky, We'll

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be right back.

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Perspective. Felicia Mire that bad escapes right through one of

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the upper windows with cousin Ariel. I quickly spring up

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

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

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Bella springs up to jump right through it, out of

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my way. I come out through the window myself and

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start leaping from building to building. I've never been this

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fast at doing this kind of thing. I'm trying to

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keep up with Bella and get close enough to that

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bat to where I can web it. Okay, Comic book nerds,

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when you first saw me last Fall, that was both

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my premiere and my origin issue. I could call this

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

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

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this issue a superhero team up. Oh and you horror

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buffs are gonna get your money's worth out of this

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story too, and maybe even all you science fiction people

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to boot. Bella and I are trying to keep up

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with that bat, but it's putting distance between us more

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and more. I hate not being able to fly. Bella yells,

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

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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 Ariel, it's gotta be now. Fire

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my webs. Thankfully it ain't windy, or my webs would

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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 a lot more

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

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the earth again, I quickly fire some webs and hit

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another building. I pull myself to it where I can

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00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:08.759
stick tight. Yeah, you come on back here now, I

451
00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:11.799
tell the bat as I'm reining it in, you got

452
00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:16.000
something that belongs to me. The bat keeps screeching like

453
00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:21.960
nobody's business and flapping real crazy. Help me, Ariel shrieks.

454
00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:26.519
The bats finally got to make a choice. When it drops, Ariel,

455
00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:29.240
I spring from the building and fire my webs to

456
00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:31.599
catch hold of my cousin and bring her to me.

457
00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.960
I shoot a few more webs and am soon walking

458
00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:38.000
tightrope on them. As soon as we're on the rooftop

459
00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:41.920
of an apartment building, I set Ariel down. She's not

460
00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:45.000
sure what to make of me. Now I raise my

461
00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:48.559
claw like hands in front of me. It's okay, cousin,

462
00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:53.519
it's me, Felicia. Then Bella's suddenly right there. You really

463
00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:57.480
weren't kidding about the whole being a spider thing, Felicia.

464
00:29:58.079 --> 00:30:02.400
She looks at Ariel. Okay. Ariel puts her hands to

465
00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:07.720
the sides of her head. What is going on here, cousin,

466
00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:11.720
Felicia is a giant spider, you're a vampire. Mouse is

467
00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:17.400
a ghost. Alien's a monster hunter. We're in another universe, apparently,

468
00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:23.400
She lowers her arms. We're in serious trouble here, aren't we.

469
00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:27.400
We're still alive, I remind her. Then look at Bella,

470
00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:32.839
except maybe you right. Bella glares at me. I'm alive.

471
00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:40.160
She sighs. Okay, maybe quasi undead. I don't breathe, sweat,

472
00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:45.799
or have to use toilets. She sighs again, Ariel, none

473
00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:48.920
of us are gonna hurt you, now. What say we

474
00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.880
get back to the others so they know you're okay?

475
00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:56.799
Ariel nods. I'd like that. Bella looks my way. You

476
00:30:56.920 --> 00:31:02.119
gonna stay like that smirk until I can get some

477
00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:13.799
pants or shorts. Bella gets it now, Oh perspective, Carter Cross.

478
00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:19.400
I'm always feeling butterflies whenever I see Ariel Mirron. You'd

479
00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:22.640
think it'd be nice and calm. When I see Bella

480
00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:26.880
and a giant spider, probably Felicia coming in with her,

481
00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:31.039
the butterflies are going off in my stomach again. Ariel

482
00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:33.920
gets off Felicia's back and is on the floor. Now

483
00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:40.279
you okay, Ariel, Aileen asks, A little scared, she admits,

484
00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:44.480
at least I'm alive. She turns to the giant spider.

485
00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:49.599
Thanks to my cousin here. Now I'm seeing the ghost

486
00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.839
of Mary Worth. She seems to be looking over a Leen.

487
00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:56.799
You do not appear to show any signs of infection,

488
00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:01.400
the ghost tells her. Bella's right there. Now, do you

489
00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:05.920
feel any different? Iiny, I feel fine, Bell's she says.

490
00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:10.559
In fact, I'm all healed up already. Bella says to

491
00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:16.079
the ghost, thank you. I cannot accept your thanks, Bella Tabon,

492
00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:20.799
it was not I who healed Aileen. Now Bella's looking

493
00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:24.960
at Aileen really worried. Now I gotta admit I'm really

494
00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:30.079
amazed at Felicia. I can't believe she's a giant spider.

495
00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:37.319
Like what you see? She asks me, you're really real?

496
00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:42.720
I managed to say no makeup or special effects. Felicia

497
00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:47.680
laughs a little nope. Then I look at Bella. You

498
00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:50.839
want to know the truth. I already knew you were

499
00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:53.279
a vampire from the time we were here back on

500
00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:57.480
Halloween weekend, from the horror thon. You never glammed me

501
00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:01.839
to make me forget. Don't worry, I never told nobody.

502
00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:07.200
Bella smiles. That's why I didn't glam you, and thanks

503
00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:12.039
for keeping my secret. Then Mary Worth raises Madeleine's compact

504
00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:18.079
and returns into the mirror. Madeline's back with us again. Okay,

505
00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:21.640
what do we do now? Madeleine asks, we can't stay

506
00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:27.039
in here all night. Scratch that it's always night here.

507
00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:31.279
Maddie's right. Aleen agrees we need to come up with

508
00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:35.079
a plan. Hmm. I think I have a bit of

509
00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:38.440
an idea. We've all been here at least once, aside

510
00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:42.599
from Felicia. Why don't we recap everything and see if

511
00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:48.319
we can generate some ideas. Bella turns to Felicia. You're

512
00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:51.160
about to get brought up to speed on this alternate

513
00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:55.319
vampire universe. New Girl we've all been here before. At

514
00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:59.680
least once. Ariel turns to Madeline, what does this make

515
00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:05.799
for you? Mouse? Three times Madeline groans huh man. Way

516
00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:08.840
to rub it in, Ariel. The five of us who've

517
00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:12.599
been to this vampire universe before talk about what we've

518
00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:15.239
done and how we got back home again each time.

519
00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:20.880
Then Ariel throws something out there. You know, it seems

520
00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:24.239
like every time we've managed to go home, something keeps

521
00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:28.320
happening to bring us back here. She looks around at everybody.

522
00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:31.760
I know, I'd rather not ever have to come back

523
00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:36.760
here again. Assuming we make it home again, maybe what

524
00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:40.599
we should do is find where these doorways to our

525
00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:43.840
universe are being made and put a stop to them

526
00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:46.960
once and for all, because you know, those vampires are

527
00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:50.159
just going to keep opening up portals. The rest of

528
00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:55.519
us quickly agree. Good thinking, princess, I say. Now, She

529
00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:59.239
smacks my arm. I got exiled from my kingdom and

530
00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:03.159
you're still calling me princess. I raised my hands in

531
00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:09.239
front of me. Okay, sorry, Ariel calms down. Oh, I

532
00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:13.039
guess it's okay, Carter. Now we just need a plan,

533
00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:18.079
and I'm thinking I got one. Madeline pipes up. Ariel

534
00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:21.280
Remember when it was us girls at Strickfield Town Center

535
00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:25.559
mall last time. Remember how vampire Mayor Gunter said he

536
00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:29.000
made it all happen. I'm thinking a few of us

537
00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:33.320
can go to his office and do some snoopin' based

538
00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:36.440
on where we are. Maddie, we can't just walk there,

539
00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:40.159
Aileen tells her. We can try and double back to

540
00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:43.360
our houses and see if we still got our mongooses.

541
00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:48.119
I say, or I can hot wire a car and

542
00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:52.280
take us to the Mayor's office. Bella says, problem is,

543
00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:55.519
as soon as those vampires see a car going, they're

544
00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:59.519
gonna be chasing us down and between you and me, Bella,

545
00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:05.079
we can't fight that many off. Felicia says, Oh, I

546
00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:09.039
got an idea for that too. Madeline pipes up. We

547
00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:13.480
get two cars going. One's the decoy while the vamps

548
00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.840
follow that one. The other car can head to the

549
00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:19.559
mayor's office. How do we know the vamps won't just

550
00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:26.360
chase both cars, Aileen asks. Madeline shrugs, we don't, but

551
00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:32.559
we gotta do something right. Yeah, Maddie's right. Bella agrees, Okay,

552
00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:40.440
that means I got a hot wire two cars perspective.

553
00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:46.360
Madeline donnerly cousin. Aleen's climbing in this beat up station wagon.

554
00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:50.360
Bell's got started now She's given me this poudy look.

555
00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:53.480
I know you're a gamer, Maddie, but I doubt even

556
00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:57.760
you can drive a real car. I'm studying the controls

557
00:36:58.079 --> 00:37:01.320
and know what I gotta do. Obviously, you ain't never

558
00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:06.039
seen me drive. Ariel approaches the car. She's right, Aileen,

559
00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:10.119
Carter and I have been there. Mouse drives very well.

560
00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:13.320
My friend Bailey was telling me back in December about

561
00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:16.840
going to the orphanage in Pendleton. Mouse drove everybody there

562
00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:20.360
and back like she had a license. Aileen's upset and

563
00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:25.039
points at her. Stop calling Maddie mouse. I glance over

564
00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:30.960
at Aileen. It's okay, I don't mind. Really, she's still mad. No,

565
00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:34.760
it's not, Maddie. Don't you understand people are making fun

566
00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:38.480
of you. They called me mouse for years, knowing how

567
00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:43.360
much I hated it. I shrug again. Aileen, it's okay.

568
00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:46.400
Nothing can hurt you if you use it as a strength.

569
00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:50.119
I know I'm little and I squeak when I'm talking.

570
00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:53.920
It ain't keeping me from doing what I like. Ariel

571
00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:57.400
tells Aileen she has a sign on her bedroom door

572
00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:02.400
that says welcome to the mousehole. I nod quickly. Yeah.

573
00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:04.880
Now I'm gonna go play mouse again when I drive

574
00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:09.320
to Mayor Gunter's office and go sneaking around. Aileen points

575
00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:12.760
at me, not without me, You're not I'm coming with

576
00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.840
you too, mouse, Ariel says. Just then Bell's comes to

577
00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:21.800
the car again. You sure you can drive, Maddie? I mean,

578
00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:25.119
don't you want either me or Felicia with you. I

579
00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:28.400
pat my jacket, I got my compact. If I need

580
00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:33.079
mary Worth, trust me, Bells. I got this now. Bells

581
00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.760
is folding her arms in front of her.

582
00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:41.880
Yeah, show me, don't go away, weekly, spooky. We'll be

583
00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.719
right back.

584
00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:54.320
I start the car, Aileen's sitting next to me, Ariel's

585
00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:57.239
getting in back. Then I shift and drive around the

586
00:38:57.239 --> 00:39:00.320
inside of the building for a little bit, and I'm

587
00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:03.119
stopping right in front of Bells, who's given us this

588
00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:08.400
weird look. You twins are both gonna drive me crazy.

589
00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:13.360
She sighs. Okay, Maddie, you're it. Then you three are

590
00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:16.639
going to the Mayor's office. Felicia, Carter and me are

591
00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:20.440
gonna provide a distraction at least, go go Juice ain't

592
00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:24.119
gonna be no problem this time. Felicia, Carter, Ariel and

593
00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:28.920
me went and siphoned plenty for both cars. Yes, why

594
00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:34.280
can't go go? Juice taste like cheese or coffee. Felicia

595
00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:38.800
quickly appears she's human again. Guess she found sweatpants when

596
00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:42.360
she was out. Okay, we're ready at our end. When

597
00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:46.000
you are two bat our phones don't work here. Ariel

598
00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:49.039
mutters it would be nice if we could communicate with

599
00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:54.800
each other somehow. Felicia quickly raises her finger. Yeah about that.

600
00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:58.800
She goes away for a moment, then comes back here.

601
00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:04.320
Take this. Where did you find walkie talkies? Aileen asks her,

602
00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:08.880
in what was left of that radio depot in downtown village,

603
00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:12.719
next to what was left of Boble Topia. Felicia answers,

604
00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:16.519
Bella and I tested them. The batteries and the walkies

605
00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:19.880
are good. I'd take the walkie talkie and hand it

606
00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:24.360
to Aileen. Then Felicia sees Carter approaching. I see you

607
00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:29.280
also found stuff. Carter swings his baseball bat. Found this

608
00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:33.039
out in the street. Now Bell's is handing us vampire

609
00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:37.519
survival kits. I'm surprised there was still some holy water

610
00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:41.760
and wafers left in this strickfield wasteland. I had to

611
00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:45.199
get these from a church a few miles out, and

612
00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:50.760
you didn't burn. Felish asks I don't have traditional vampire weaknesses.

613
00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:55.079
Bell's returns now. I see Carter and Ariel looking at

614
00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:59.800
each other, really looking at each other. Then Ariel reaches

615
00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:02.679
out through her door and puts her hand on Carter's shoulder.

616
00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:08.920
We're going to be okay. Carter nods quickly, yeah, and

617
00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:13.440
then he surprises everybody when he leans in and wow,

618
00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:17.039
it ain't no long one. But I'm thinking they're scared

619
00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:20.280
we ain't making it back home. Ariel gives Carter a

620
00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:23.760
nice smile. You come back to me. I mean it.

621
00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:27.079
Carter gives her a look that tells her he's planning

622
00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:31.480
on it. Bell's holds up the other walkie talkie. When Felicia,

623
00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:34.800
Carter and Me get far away, we'll let you know

624
00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:39.320
what's going on. Use your best judgment, Maddie. I nod quickly.

625
00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:43.880
We'll be okay, Bell's. Once we're in our cars, Bell's

626
00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:52.960
drives out stand by. Bell says on our walkie talkie perspective,

627
00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:57.199
a lean donnerly Mattie takes off as soon as she

628
00:41:57.280 --> 00:42:03.039
gets the okay from Bell's believe this. Maddie's only thirteen

629
00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:06.119
and in the seventh grade, and she's driving a car

630
00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:10.239
like she's always been able to. I can't even drive

631
00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:14.079
a car, not that I couldn't have learned. I'm okay

632
00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:16.400
for the moment, thanks to the treatment's Bells has been

633
00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:19.920
giving me for my sickness. So far, those pills she

634
00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:24.119
made for me around Thanksgiving are still working great. I'm

635
00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:27.400
looking at my arm. It was already fully healed up

636
00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:30.679
when mary Worth looked at it. Why do I have

637
00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:36.360
a very very bad feeling about this? You never cease

638
00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:41.480
to amaze me, mouse, Ariel tells her. Maddie shrugs, yeah,

639
00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:46.119
I try. What about you? You okay back there? I

640
00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:49.880
really didn't know Carter was going to do that, She says, shakingly.

641
00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:54.079
It's okay, Ariel, just give me an invite to your

642
00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:58.880
wedding after we graduate high school, Mattie teases. Ariel growls.

643
00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:04.239
When Maddie snickers, oh you you, I quickly turn around

644
00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:07.559
and point sharply at her. Don't you dare, scream Ariel.

645
00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:10.719
Any nearby vams will hear you and come our way.

646
00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:17.599
Ariel nods quickly, sorry, Then she mutters, I hate you mouse.

647
00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:22.159
When I look at Maddie, she's still not even phased

648
00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:26.800
by Ariel. Then Maddie says to me, Ariel's been saying

649
00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:29.519
that to me since we was little kids. Believe me,

650
00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:33.440
I'm quite used to it by now. How can you

651
00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:37.400
be so calm about everything, Maddie? I ask, you know,

652
00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:42.719
I really envy you. Maddie shrugs. I just don't let

653
00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:46.159
things bother me. I mean, I got a good life,

654
00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:50.079
I got great friends, I got great parents. Life's good.

655
00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:54.559
Ariel springs forward. You say life is good and we're

656
00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:58.519
stuck here in a vampire universe. I hate you mouse.

657
00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:04.679
Maddie raises careful Ariel, I might crash the car. Ariel

658
00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:08.760
shakes her finger. Oh, you just wait till we're back home.

659
00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:13.239
We keep moving until Maddie stashes the car. Then we

660
00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:16.639
get out and move to Mayor Patrick Gunter's office. Now

661
00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:19.320
it's my turn to show I've got a few surprises

662
00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:22.519
of my own. First off, I picked the lock to

663
00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:26.039
get inside one of the side doors. Bell's has really

664
00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:28.880
been teaching me things since we started getting more into

665
00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:32.800
our friendship. I suppose I shouldn't envy Maddie so much.

666
00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:36.719
Bell's is my one real friend, even though we're hanging

667
00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:40.280
out with Felicia Mirren more these days, more and more

668
00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:44.360
US cheerleaders are kind of becoming a circle of friends.

669
00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:46.639
I don't think i'd still be here today if it

670
00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:50.159
wasn't for Bells. When I got my sickness, I was

671
00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:53.039
told I didn't have long to live. I've always had

672
00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:56.639
a weak immune system. Even the common cold could lay

673
00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:58.840
me up and make me miss school for a good week.

674
00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:02.519
In fact, I missed so much school due to being

675
00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:06.800
sick that I'm repeating my senior year. Even then, Maddie

676
00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:10.079
often came by to see me. I'm still feeling that

677
00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:13.599
sense of insecurity. I guess. I guess I just don't

678
00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:16.360
want to be alone in the world. I've come to

679
00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:19.920
love having Bells and Maddie in my life. I guess

680
00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:23.039
I just don't want us to ever drift apart. That's

681
00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:26.639
not an unreasonable thing to ask, is it. Before long,

682
00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:30.760
we find Mayor Gunter's office and go inside. I already

683
00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:34.360
gave night vision glasses to Maddie and Ariel. Now we're

684
00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:37.960
snooping around. I see maps around the office and look

685
00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:41.719
at them. Now. I don't have a photographic memory, but

686
00:45:41.800 --> 00:45:45.039
I do know strickfield well enough to know when things

687
00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:51.320
look way off. You find something, Aileen Ariel asks, I

688
00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:54.880
think so, I reply, take a good look at these maps.

689
00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:59.920
See anything odd? Yeah? Right here? Ariel points to it.

690
00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:06.360
Since when do we have have a nuclear power plant?

691
00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:10.519
Maddie finishes for her. I ain't no high school senior

692
00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:15.199
like you, Aleen, but I'm already thinking things. Aerial gulps.

693
00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:20.199
Do I even want to know? If there's a nuclear

694
00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:23.639
power plant in this strict field? It's probably tied to

695
00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:27.159
how those vamps are powering their portals to our universe.

696
00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:30.960
I translate, that's what she came up with, right, Maddie.

697
00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:36.039
She gulps herself and nods quickly. Uh huh. Then I

698
00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:39.840
pull out my smartphone. We can't call or send texts,

699
00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:43.760
but our cameras are still good. Maddie's got our walkie

700
00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:46.280
talkie and lets the other group know what's going on.

701
00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:51.199
Felicia's talking to us. The vampires are still chasing them.

702
00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:54.199
Then we hear Belles say they're going to make themselves

703
00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:57.760
scarce and then make their way over to us. After

704
00:46:57.840 --> 00:47:01.039
I finished taking picks. We look around me Gunter's office

705
00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:04.719
some more, but we don't really find anything worth holding

706
00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:08.880
on to. Suddenly, the lights come on. Next thing we know,

707
00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:12.360
the door to the Mayor's office comes flying away. Now

708
00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:17.000
Mayor Patrick Gunter himself is looking right at us. Did

709
00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:19.519
you really think I wouldn't know if someone was breaking

710
00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:23.039
into my office? He growls. The three of us hold

711
00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:25.880
up our crucifixes and drive him back with our faith

712
00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:28.920
in them. It's not long before he glares at them

713
00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:33.760
and causes them to burst into flames. We quickly drop

714
00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:36.760
our crosses and get out of the office. We're quick

715
00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:40.079
to find out Mayor Gunter's not alone. He's got lots

716
00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:43.199
of vampires under his command. The three of us are

717
00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:46.239
running for all we're worth. We know we can't run long,

718
00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:50.159
especially not when vampires can warp. We quickly manage to

719
00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:53.559
get back outside. That's when we see the other car coming.

720
00:47:54.400 --> 00:48:03.519
Helps arrived and just in time, reive Bella Tabon. As

721
00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:06.079
soon as I break to a stop Inine, Maddie and

722
00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:09.320
Ariel are running to our car. Vamps jump out through

723
00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:12.239
the broken out windows and land on us. It don't

724
00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:15.159
take them long to start ripping the car apart, the

725
00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:18.800
same as what happened to Felicia's suv. Felicia and I

726
00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:21.960
get out and start beating those vamps back. I can't

727
00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:25.639
believe how well the cheerleading captain herself is holding her own.

728
00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:28.599
Then Inini joins in the fight and is using these

729
00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:32.199
new toys she's whipped up. She's got sun lamps attached

730
00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:34.159
to her wrists and is using them to drive the

731
00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:38.480
vamps back. I can't stand Einy's older brother Martin, but

732
00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:41.000
I do agree with him when he calls her Einstein

733
00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:45.119
on account of her gifted intelligence. That's how I came

734
00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:47.960
to call her Iini for short. She gives it back

735
00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:51.159
to me by calling me Bells. Since I really like

736
00:48:51.239 --> 00:48:54.079
her cousin Maddie, I let her get away with calling

737
00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:59.320
me Bells too. Maddie reaches us and pulls out her compact. Yeah,

738
00:48:59.320 --> 00:49:01.920
I'd say it's time for Maryworth to lend a hand.

739
00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:08.079
But suddenly Einy's toys overload and stop working. Maddie's compact

740
00:49:08.159 --> 00:49:11.760
also catches fire. Then we see Mayor Gunter did all

741
00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:15.239
this with his cheap parlor tricks. Now he orders the

742
00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:19.559
other vampires to take us. This scene is really not

743
00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:22.320
looking all that good for the six of us. As

744
00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:26.239
a master vampire, I have tremendous power. I can hold

745
00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:28.840
off a bunch of these regular vamps all by myself.

746
00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:33.800
But there are just so many of them. Even if

747
00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:36.920
Felicia were to morph back into her spider form, they'd

748
00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:41.920
still overpower all of us, and they do. We're eventually

749
00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:45.719
taken down and loaded into an armored car and taken away.

750
00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:52.000
I'm surprised they didn't just kill all of us. It

751
00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:56.840
ain't long before we're inside some strange place. I mean,

752
00:49:57.519 --> 00:50:01.000
I know, I've never seen it before, even back home.

753
00:50:01.760 --> 00:50:05.000
We're all placed into these cages. As soon as we're

754
00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:10.199
locked up, these energies appear around ourselves. I wouldn't touch

755
00:50:10.239 --> 00:50:13.800
the bars if I were you. Mayor Gunter warns us

756
00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:17.880
there's enough of this special voltage to overwhelm even you.

757
00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:23.679
I'm sure. Yeah, he directed that last part at me. Now.

758
00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:27.239
Mayor Gunter points to Ariel and Maddie. I'm sure you

759
00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:31.880
two are wondering what became of harmony. Mirn. I haven't

760
00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:34.559
forgotten how she helped you to escape me the last

761
00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:40.000
time we encountered you. He chuckles coldly. I'm not sorry.

762
00:50:40.039 --> 00:50:44.960
To say she didn't survive. My legions overwhelmed her the

763
00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:48.559
same as they did you. The only difference is that

764
00:50:48.599 --> 00:50:54.039
I wanted all of you alive. Harmony Miron is quite

765
00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:58.360
departed from this world and will never trouble us again.

766
00:50:59.360 --> 00:51:03.840
Why are ye so important to you? Felicia demands, why

767
00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:08.559
not just kill us too? In good time? My dear

768
00:51:09.320 --> 00:51:13.840
Mayor Gunter chuckles. But now I believe that a little

769
00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:17.199
story time is in order. I'm sure all of you

770
00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:20.599
would love to have some answers, such as how our

771
00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:23.679
world came to be the way it is and why

772
00:51:23.760 --> 00:51:29.239
we're having to explore other universes for food. Well, I'm

773
00:51:29.280 --> 00:51:32.559
going to tell you, but I should warn you right

774
00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:37.440
now it is not a pleasant story.

775
00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:48.960
Are you afraid? Good? Weekly spooky, We'll be right back.

776
00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:57.039
The present. Mayor Patrick Gunter regarded his prisoners as the

777
00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:59.880
energies of the cells kept them in a weakened state.

778
00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:03.920
Ariel Miron walked to the bars and tightened her fists.

779
00:52:04.760 --> 00:52:08.360
Why why would you turn your world into this, this

780
00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:14.360
horrible nightmare? Mayor Gunter chuckled. Oh, I didn't do this alone,

781
00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:17.880
you see, there was someone else just as hungry for

782
00:52:18.039 --> 00:52:22.360
power as I was someone who wanted power so badly

783
00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:27.119
that said person approached me. After hearing what my new

784
00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:31.440
partner had to say, he shook his head. Ah, but

785
00:52:31.559 --> 00:52:35.119
I'm getting a little ahead of myself here. No, it's

786
00:52:35.239 --> 00:52:41.760
best that I start from the beginning. Ten years ago.

787
00:52:42.760 --> 00:52:45.559
Patrick Gunter was furious when he saw that he was

788
00:52:45.639 --> 00:52:49.960
behind in the polls again. He couldn't believe the people

789
00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:54.159
of Strickfield favored the current mayor, Harmony Miren so greatly.

790
00:52:54.920 --> 00:52:57.920
Gunter had his own voters behind him, but not nearly

791
00:52:58.039 --> 00:53:01.039
enough of what the current mayor had, and the village

792
00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:06.880
election was coming up very soon. Gunter growled and slammed

793
00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:10.199
his fists on his table. He knew he would never

794
00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:13.480
be able to sway enough voters in his direction. It

795
00:53:13.599 --> 00:53:15.920
was bad enough that there were so many Mirons in

796
00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:19.440
both houses of Congress. There was even talk about a

797
00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:23.599
few of the Mirons possibly making bids for the White House.

798
00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:28.119
There were also three Mirons on the Supreme Court. He

799
00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:31.360
knew many of those Mirons serving at the federal level

800
00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:37.320
were dirty, not Harmony Miron. This Miran not only became

801
00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.679
the youngest mayor in Strickfield at the tender age of

802
00:53:40.719 --> 00:53:44.360
twenty one. She had also kept her campaign promises of

803
00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:48.719
not raising taxes and putting current tax moneies toward programs

804
00:53:48.719 --> 00:53:53.519
that would benefit the people greatly. Harmony Miron was truly

805
00:53:53.599 --> 00:53:57.960
a good mayor to her village. Gunter had tried many

806
00:53:58.079 --> 00:54:01.719
things to turn people against him When it seemed he

807
00:54:01.719 --> 00:54:03.639
had found dirt on her and brought it to light

808
00:54:03.679 --> 00:54:08.199
in their debates, Harmony was easily able to explain his accusations.

809
00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:13.719
In effect, Gunter really had nothing concrete against Harmony. Now

810
00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:16.559
it was looking as though Harmony would win a second

811
00:54:16.639 --> 00:54:21.800
term by a landslide. How do I beat you, little girl,

812
00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:30.000
Gunter hissed, How perhaps I can help? Someone called out.

813
00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:35.719
He quickly turned around and couldn't believe his eyes. What

814
00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:39.079
are you doing here, he demanded? And how are you

815
00:54:39.119 --> 00:54:44.280
able to get by my men? The person chuckled, Believe me,

816
00:54:45.000 --> 00:54:48.159
I have my ways of doing things. I assure you.

817
00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:52.440
It's just the two of us in here. Now. I

818
00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:55.119
believe you said you'd like to win the election and

819
00:54:55.239 --> 00:54:59.039
become the new mayor of Strickfield. The person chuckled, again,

820
00:55:00.119 --> 00:55:04.800
you're so petty. Why settle for just Strickfield? What if?

821
00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:11.280
What if I could give you this whole world. Gunter

822
00:55:11.360 --> 00:55:14.800
couldn't believe what he was hearing. Why should I believe

823
00:55:14.840 --> 00:55:21.159
someone like you? The person sidhe very well, I'll give

824
00:55:21.159 --> 00:55:23.880
you a demonstration of the kind of power I'm willing

825
00:55:23.960 --> 00:55:26.480
to share with you. What if I could give you

826
00:55:26.559 --> 00:55:30.199
the election and the mayor's house. What if you won

827
00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:33.159
by a landslide? I could make that happen for you,

828
00:55:33.239 --> 00:55:37.639
mister Gunter. He became very angry. Now I don't have

829
00:55:37.760 --> 00:55:41.559
time for your games. Don't you understand I'm way behind

830
00:55:41.599 --> 00:55:44.039
in the polls. I'll never beat Harmony mirror in this

831
00:55:44.119 --> 00:55:48.760
election next week. The person smiled. Then I'll have to

832
00:55:48.800 --> 00:55:52.960
give you something. Right now, What shall I give you

833
00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:56.199
to prove the kind of power that I have? Think

834
00:55:56.280 --> 00:56:03.119
about it very carefully. Decided to call the person's bluff. Okay,

835
00:56:03.639 --> 00:56:06.400
if you can get me the election over harmony Miron

836
00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:09.480
and by a landslide, then I'll listen to anything you

837
00:56:09.559 --> 00:56:16.320
have to say. He shook his head quickly. Personally, I

838
00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:19.840
I just don't see someone like you making that happen.

839
00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:25.400
The person laughed with amusement. Next Tuesday is the election.

840
00:56:26.119 --> 00:56:28.719
If that's the proof you want of the power I have,

841
00:56:29.519 --> 00:56:32.199
then be ready to move into the mayor's office in

842
00:56:32.360 --> 00:56:38.760
January mister Gunter. Gunter laughed scornfully. There was no way

843
00:56:38.800 --> 00:56:40.920
this person was going to be able to get him

844
00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:44.800
the election and the mayorship of Strickfield. Harmony Myron had

845
00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:47.719
weigh too much popularity and would win with the vast

846
00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:51.440
majority of votes. When Gunter again went to look at

847
00:56:51.480 --> 00:56:54.840
the person who had appeared before him and wasted his time,

848
00:56:55.719 --> 00:56:59.400
he gasped upon seeing he was all alone once more.

849
00:57:00.440 --> 00:57:03.239
He looked around to see if he could find the person,

850
00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:09.599
but there were no traces. He sighed and knew he

851
00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:17.880
would just have to wait and see Patrick. Gunter still

852
00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:21.199
couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the front page

853
00:57:21.239 --> 00:57:24.840
of the Strickfield Source. He hadn't even bothered to stay

854
00:57:24.920 --> 00:57:28.119
up and see the results of the village election, knowing

855
00:57:28.239 --> 00:57:33.079
full well that he would lose, but he hadn't. The

856
00:57:33.119 --> 00:57:36.800
front page of the morning paper had, in huge bold letters,

857
00:57:37.400 --> 00:57:42.239
Gunter wins. When he looked at his answering machine, there

858
00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:46.320
was only one message. Harmony Miron had called to concede

859
00:57:46.719 --> 00:57:50.880
and congratulate him on winning the election. Then she demanded

860
00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:53.519
to know how he had done it, saying that there

861
00:57:53.639 --> 00:57:55.880
was no way in the world that he could have won.

862
00:57:56.840 --> 00:58:02.039
He didn't have the popularity or the potent votes. Every

863
00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:05.760
day since then, the mayor elect had waited to see

864
00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:10.400
if that mysterious person would appear before him again. It

865
00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:13.119
was only when the December of the following year came

866
00:58:13.440 --> 00:58:16.840
and Mayor Gunter was entering his office that he finally

867
00:58:16.880 --> 00:58:21.760
saw his mysterious friend again, who was now sitting behind

868
00:58:21.880 --> 00:58:27.320
his desk. Mayor Gunter pointed at the mysterious person, how

869
00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:31.800
did you make my winning the election happen? The person chuckled.

870
00:58:32.400 --> 00:58:35.480
Didn't I tell you that you would win and now

871
00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:41.119
you are the mayor of Strickfield. The person smirked. Also,

872
00:58:41.679 --> 00:58:47.639
didn't I ask you? Why settle for just Strickfield. Mayor

873
00:58:47.679 --> 00:58:50.639
Gunter raised his hands in front of him. Yeah, I

874
00:58:50.800 --> 00:58:54.159
remember you said you could give me this entire planet.

875
00:58:54.840 --> 00:58:58.920
He looked skeptical again. How will you go about doing that?

876
00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:03.440
Do you have any idea how big this world is.

877
00:59:04.320 --> 00:59:07.000
I don't think there's any election you could rig up

878
00:59:07.400 --> 00:59:10.920
that can make me dictator of the whole world. The

879
00:59:10.960 --> 00:59:15.920
figure raised a finger that would remain to be seen.

880
00:59:16.559 --> 00:59:18.920
But that's not what I was thinking. As far as

881
00:59:18.960 --> 00:59:23.280
how you would have this world. Mayor Gunter raised an eyebrow.

882
00:59:24.239 --> 00:59:26.559
I'd like to sit in my chair, if you don't mind.

883
00:59:27.639 --> 00:59:33.000
The figure looked serious. Now, actually I do mind, Mister Gunter.

884
00:59:33.440 --> 00:59:36.039
You and I need to come to an arrangement regarding

885
00:59:36.119 --> 00:59:41.559
our partnership. You want ultimate power. I want ultimate power.

886
00:59:41.960 --> 00:59:45.480
This world is ours for the taking. I can lead

887
00:59:45.559 --> 00:59:48.400
you to that very power. I can give you everything

888
00:59:48.440 --> 00:59:51.719
you want and never knew you wanted. All you have

889
00:59:51.800 --> 00:59:56.599
to do is agree to be my partner. The figure

890
00:59:56.679 --> 01:00:00.519
held out a hand for Mayor Gunter to shake. Upon

891
01:00:00.639 --> 01:00:04.519
shaking the figure's hand to seal the deal, the figure smirked.

892
01:00:05.360 --> 01:00:10.639
Now you and I are truly partners, Mayor Gunter. In

893
01:00:10.719 --> 01:00:13.400
case you're thinking of trying to double cross me in

894
01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:17.519
any way, all I have to do is just snap

895
01:00:17.639 --> 01:00:21.840
my fingers and all will be as it was. In

896
01:00:21.920 --> 01:00:24.599
other words, you'll be right back to the day I

897
01:00:24.760 --> 01:00:29.039
found you. You'll easily lose the mayoral election to Harmony Miron,

898
01:00:29.559 --> 01:00:35.199
and our deal will be all for nought. Mayor Gunter groaned,

899
01:00:36.000 --> 01:00:39.719
You've thought of everything, haven't you. I wouldn't be worthy

900
01:00:39.760 --> 01:00:42.760
of my family's name if I didn't, Now, would I

901
01:00:43.599 --> 01:00:49.159
the figure replied, now, do you want ultimate power or not?

902
01:00:50.320 --> 01:00:53.199
Since you said we're partners now, then you should know

903
01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:59.559
my answer. Mayor Gunter returned the figure smiled a sinister smile.

904
01:01:00.679 --> 01:01:04.800
I knew you'd see things my way. Suddenly, the figure

905
01:01:04.840 --> 01:01:08.519
revealed a large tome and dropped it right on the desk.

906
01:01:09.159 --> 01:01:15.320
Mayor Gunter couldn't believe it. Behold, mister Mayor, within these

907
01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:18.719
pages are powerful spells that can allow you to have

908
01:01:18.800 --> 01:01:23.199
your heart's desire to go along with your mayorship. The

909
01:01:23.199 --> 01:01:27.400
figure said, But there's one page within this ancient book

910
01:01:27.800 --> 01:01:34.119
that will grant you, grant us this entire world. The

911
01:01:34.199 --> 01:01:37.800
real question is are you willing to take those next

912
01:01:37.880 --> 01:01:41.119
steps with me? In order for us to claim that power,

913
01:01:41.639 --> 01:01:43.960
we have only to take a little walk to a

914
01:01:44.000 --> 01:01:49.719
specific house here in Strickfield, unless, of course, you're afraid

915
01:01:49.760 --> 01:01:58.920
of ghosts and haunted houses. One week later, it was

916
01:01:59.000 --> 01:02:03.079
a dark and snow Mayor Gunter and his partner walked

917
01:02:03.159 --> 01:02:07.280
down a few desolate streets. Only a select few houses

918
01:02:07.320 --> 01:02:11.000
in this vicinity had any Christmas decorations up or lit.

919
01:02:11.880 --> 01:02:15.920
Before long, they were turning down Pleasant Valley Road. Soon

920
01:02:16.039 --> 01:02:20.960
Mayor Gunter stopped dead in his tracks. You really aren't

921
01:02:21.039 --> 01:02:28.559
thinking of us going into that house, are you? He demanded. Oh,

922
01:02:28.639 --> 01:02:32.800
that's exactly what I'm thinking, mister Mayor. His partner said.

923
01:02:33.440 --> 01:02:36.719
The ultimate power we are to obtain is in that

924
01:02:37.480 --> 01:02:41.239
very house. Now, don't tell me you're going to chicken out.

925
01:02:41.480 --> 01:02:44.199
Remember we both have just as much to gain here.

926
01:02:45.320 --> 01:02:50.079
Mayor Gunter pointed to the old mansion. But this, this

927
01:02:50.159 --> 01:02:53.559
is the Carnivosh estate. You yourself had to have lived

928
01:02:53.599 --> 01:02:56.519
in Strickfield long enough to know this is the one

929
01:02:56.599 --> 01:02:58.519
house in our village that you walk on the other

930
01:02:58.599 --> 01:03:02.679
side of the street to avoid. His partner again emphasized

931
01:03:02.760 --> 01:03:07.000
ultimate power and seizing the world. I promised you that

932
01:03:07.039 --> 01:03:09.760
you would be mayor, didn't I? Why would I lie

933
01:03:09.800 --> 01:03:14.000
to you? Now, he considered his partner. Okay, you have

934
01:03:14.079 --> 01:03:18.440
a point, but why promise me unlimited power? You could

935
01:03:18.440 --> 01:03:22.719
have seized it all for yourself. Yes, you're right, his

936
01:03:22.840 --> 01:03:26.800
partner agreed. But what fun would that be? It's fun

937
01:03:26.840 --> 01:03:29.519
to have a partner in crime to share all this with.

938
01:03:30.199 --> 01:03:33.800
And think about this. I handed you a major victory

939
01:03:33.840 --> 01:03:37.920
over a miron when you won the election. Imagine what

940
01:03:37.960 --> 01:03:40.800
you could really do to the Mirons when we get

941
01:03:40.880 --> 01:03:48.079
ultimate power for ourselves. Mayor Gunter nodded slowly. Again, you

942
01:03:48.159 --> 01:03:51.639
have a point. I do love seeing the mirons fail,

943
01:03:52.559 --> 01:03:57.639
and with my help you will again. His partner promised,

944
01:03:58.480 --> 01:04:01.719
But we must go into the carnal Vasha state. There's

945
01:04:01.800 --> 01:04:06.039
no other way. Maybe it was against his better judgment,

946
01:04:06.559 --> 01:04:10.320
maybe it was the promise of ultimate power. They continued

947
01:04:10.360 --> 01:04:13.880
down Pleasant Valley Road until they were standing outside the

948
01:04:13.880 --> 01:04:17.840
front gate of the Carnivosh estate. Before he realized it,

949
01:04:17.880 --> 01:04:20.119
he was already on the other side of the high

950
01:04:20.679 --> 01:04:24.880
vine covered fence that surrounded the ancient house.

951
01:04:27.039 --> 01:04:31.440
There's more scares where that came from. Weekly spooky. We'll

952
01:04:31.440 --> 01:04:32.239
be right back.

953
01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:39.159
Mayor Gunter felt his heart pounding when the back door

954
01:04:39.239 --> 01:04:43.039
squeaked open. He was surprised at how quickly his partner

955
01:04:43.519 --> 01:04:48.599
went inside. After closing the door, Mayor Gunter followed his partner.

956
01:04:49.360 --> 01:04:53.599
Soon they entered a library. Every shelf was filled to

957
01:04:53.639 --> 01:04:59.199
capacity with ancient leather bound books. We'll have to look

958
01:04:59.239 --> 01:05:03.960
around very carefully, and here, the partner said, there's a

959
01:05:04.039 --> 01:05:08.800
secret passage in here somewhere. How do you know, the

960
01:05:08.880 --> 01:05:12.519
mayor demanded, didn't you read the tone I gave you?

961
01:05:13.639 --> 01:05:16.360
Obviously not, or you would have read the information. I

962
01:05:16.400 --> 01:05:21.559
already know there's a secret entrance here in the library somewhere.

963
01:05:22.199 --> 01:05:25.000
Once we open it, we head down into the chamber,

964
01:05:25.840 --> 01:05:30.960
then we go from there. It had taken them several months,

965
01:05:31.320 --> 01:05:34.360
but Mayor Gunter had finally found the one book that

966
01:05:34.400 --> 01:05:38.320
would not come loose from the shelf. After pulling back

967
01:05:38.360 --> 01:05:42.159
on it, they heard a loud noise. Mayor Gunter pulled

968
01:05:42.159 --> 01:05:47.840
open the shelf to reveal the hidden stairway. Using flashlights,

969
01:05:48.039 --> 01:05:51.000
they descended the stairway until they were in a ceremonial

970
01:05:51.119 --> 01:05:56.920
chamber with a large altar in the center. No, it's

971
01:05:56.960 --> 01:06:01.639
not here, the partner said. The passage I read said

972
01:06:01.679 --> 01:06:05.119
one must be willing to descend to the furthest depths

973
01:06:05.519 --> 01:06:11.039
to reach ultimate power. Mayor Gunter snapped his fingers. Perhaps

974
01:06:11.119 --> 01:06:17.159
there's another secret entrance located in this secret room. Exactly

975
01:06:17.239 --> 01:06:22.679
what I was thinking, mister Mayor. But where exactly. It

976
01:06:22.719 --> 01:06:25.800
had taken them several more minutes, but the partner had

977
01:06:25.840 --> 01:06:29.239
finally discovered a switch that caused the altar to move

978
01:06:29.519 --> 01:06:33.599
and revealed yet another hidden stairway leading further below the

979
01:06:33.639 --> 01:06:37.480
Carnivosh estate. Before Mayor Gunter could say he wanted to

980
01:06:37.480 --> 01:06:42.519
turn back. His partner had quickly entered this newly revealed passageway.

981
01:06:43.480 --> 01:06:47.159
Mayor Gunter continued to feel conflicted as he followed his

982
01:06:47.199 --> 01:06:52.440
partner down further and further. Soon they were in what

983
01:06:52.519 --> 01:06:56.440
appeared to be a crypt, this one looking like it

984
01:06:56.440 --> 01:07:01.039
had possibly been built during the Dark Ages. It's here,

985
01:07:01.679 --> 01:07:05.719
his partner exclaimed, pointing at a chest that had several

986
01:07:05.840 --> 01:07:10.000
chains binding it and a bright blue energy field surrounding it.

987
01:07:10.800 --> 01:07:16.519
She turned off her flashlight. What is it, Mayor Gunter gasped,

988
01:07:16.679 --> 01:07:22.440
turning off his the ultimate power. His partner gasped equally.

989
01:07:23.239 --> 01:07:25.400
All we have to do is open it, and this

990
01:07:25.559 --> 01:07:30.440
whole world belongs to us. How will we get through

991
01:07:30.480 --> 01:07:36.119
that field? Then, Gunter remembered, no, I remember the words.

992
01:07:36.920 --> 01:07:40.480
He glanced at his partner for your information. I did

993
01:07:40.519 --> 01:07:44.480
read the book from cover to cover several times. I

994
01:07:44.679 --> 01:07:49.320
just wasn't sure this was real. You know, the mere

995
01:07:49.400 --> 01:07:54.039
and Magic's work, the partner said, why wouldn't they work? Now?

996
01:07:55.000 --> 01:07:57.599
All we have to do is recite the counter spell

997
01:07:57.960 --> 01:08:02.079
to remove the barrier and unshare backle the locks. From there,

998
01:08:03.039 --> 01:08:05.800
there is absolutely nothing to keep us from opening the

999
01:08:05.920 --> 01:08:11.760
chest and seizing the ultimate power for ourselves. Mayor Gunter

1000
01:08:11.880 --> 01:08:15.840
decided to voice his concerns. The passage is said that

1001
01:08:15.920 --> 01:08:20.720
the very essence of Dracula himself is within that chest.

1002
01:08:21.680 --> 01:08:24.600
It was written that he existed for thousands of years,

1003
01:08:25.239 --> 01:08:28.359
which is how and why he became the oldest and

1004
01:08:28.439 --> 01:08:32.600
most powerful master vampire ever known. He was finally brought

1005
01:08:32.680 --> 01:08:35.800
down by a few select ancient mirons who had turned

1006
01:08:35.800 --> 01:08:40.159
aside from evil and perfected powerful white magics to finally

1007
01:08:40.199 --> 01:08:43.520
stop Dracula and free the world from his terrible power.

1008
01:08:44.479 --> 01:08:48.880
His essence has been contained inside this chest all this time.

1009
01:08:49.840 --> 01:08:53.880
He took a deep breath. You have heard the story

1010
01:08:54.199 --> 01:08:58.680
of Pandora's Box, haven't you. If not, I'll gladly inform

1011
01:08:58.720 --> 01:09:04.319
you Greek mythology. His partner snapped, I know the story

1012
01:09:04.319 --> 01:09:08.600
of Pandora's Box, but this box will give us ultimate power.

1013
01:09:10.199 --> 01:09:16.000
Once we free Dracula's essence, this world will be ours.

1014
01:09:16.560 --> 01:09:20.600
What makes you so sure Dracula won't just turn on us,

1015
01:09:21.279 --> 01:09:25.880
Gunter inquired, As long as we both know the original spell,

1016
01:09:26.399 --> 01:09:29.760
he can be returned to his prison at any time.

1017
01:09:30.600 --> 01:09:34.960
The partner reminded him, I'm sure that once Dracula is free,

1018
01:09:35.560 --> 01:09:38.760
He'll be more than willing to share his power with us.

1019
01:09:39.800 --> 01:09:42.800
Go ahead and leave if you want. I won't force

1020
01:09:42.840 --> 01:09:46.319
you to stay with me any longer. Consumed by his

1021
01:09:46.479 --> 01:09:50.560
lust for more power, Mayor Gunter began reciting the ancient

1022
01:09:50.640 --> 01:09:54.439
words that the darker mirons of ancient times had written.

1023
01:09:55.439 --> 01:09:59.000
He wondered why they themselves never undid the spell their

1024
01:09:59.079 --> 01:10:04.199
traitorous relative placed on the chest. He continued to recite

1025
01:10:04.199 --> 01:10:09.680
the spell. Suddenly winds filled the chamber and the torchlights

1026
01:10:09.760 --> 01:10:14.199
became fully lit. The mystic barrier surrounding the chest flickered

1027
01:10:14.199 --> 01:10:18.079
before it was finally gone. When Mayor Gunter finished with

1028
01:10:18.119 --> 01:10:23.640
the incantation, the chains unlocked and fell to the floor.

1029
01:10:27.560 --> 01:10:30.600
There was absolutely nothing to keep them from opening the

1030
01:10:30.680 --> 01:10:34.800
forbidden chest. Now, before Mayor Gunter could think of what

1031
01:10:34.920 --> 01:10:38.399
to do next, his partner was already at the chest.

1032
01:10:39.279 --> 01:10:42.640
Just seeing the evil radiating from his partner's smile and

1033
01:10:42.800 --> 01:10:48.279
eyes made him wish that he hadn't done what he did. However,

1034
01:10:48.680 --> 01:10:54.039
it was much too late to undo anything. Now my

1035
01:10:54.199 --> 01:10:59.880
revenge against the mirrors is complete, the partner yelled in accomplishment.

1036
01:11:00.520 --> 01:11:03.399
As soon as the chest was opened, just the slightest

1037
01:11:03.920 --> 01:11:08.479
a neon purple light erupted from it. The partner opened

1038
01:11:08.520 --> 01:11:11.920
the chest all the way and laughed as the light

1039
01:11:12.039 --> 01:11:17.359
filled the entire chamber. Soon, powerful beams of light shot

1040
01:11:17.560 --> 01:11:22.039
into both Mayor Gunter and his partner. They felt themselves

1041
01:11:22.079 --> 01:11:27.640
being infused with such incredible power for several minutes, they

1042
01:11:27.680 --> 01:11:33.600
remained still. When the power stopped feeding into them, they

1043
01:11:33.680 --> 01:11:39.640
knew they were fully transformed. Mayor Gunter saw his partner's

1044
01:11:39.720 --> 01:11:44.840
new vampiric face and knew his own was the same way.

1045
01:11:45.840 --> 01:11:50.479
In fact, he could already feel the thangs growing within

1046
01:11:50.520 --> 01:11:54.720
his own mouth. The power escaped upward, through the two

1047
01:11:54.840 --> 01:12:00.359
passageways and out the Carnivosh's state. The power continued it's

1048
01:12:00.399 --> 01:12:05.159
ascent into the winter storm. Mayor Gunter and his partner

1049
01:12:05.239 --> 01:12:09.239
reached the outside and saw how evil the sky had become,

1050
01:12:10.319 --> 01:12:14.600
no matter how far they looked. What have we done?

1051
01:12:15.359 --> 01:12:19.000
Mayor Gunter groaned, not sure that he really wanted to

1052
01:12:19.039 --> 01:12:22.359
hear the answer, but he didn't have much time to

1053
01:12:22.399 --> 01:12:26.800
ponder further, as he felt an incredible thirst and knew

1054
01:12:27.720 --> 01:12:36.239
there was only one thing that could satisfy it human blood. Suddenly,

1055
01:12:36.399 --> 01:12:41.119
Mayor Gunter and his partner transformed into giant bats and

1056
01:12:41.319 --> 01:12:46.560
flew in search of their first victims. It had taken

1057
01:12:46.600 --> 01:12:51.159
them only short minutes to find suitable nourishment. The first

1058
01:12:51.199 --> 01:12:56.239
people they encountered had already been transformed into vampires like themselves.

1059
01:12:57.159 --> 01:13:01.479
Mayor Gunter wondered why not everyone had been transfer just

1060
01:13:01.560 --> 01:13:04.319
the same. He was glad to be able to slake

1061
01:13:04.439 --> 01:13:07.560
his thirst. It was only a matter of a few

1062
01:13:07.600 --> 01:13:12.039
short days before Christmas that the entire planet had become

1063
01:13:12.319 --> 01:13:17.359
enfolded in the eternity of night. The sun would never

1064
01:13:17.479 --> 01:13:22.479
brighten the skies of Earth again. Now, both Mayor Gunter

1065
01:13:22.920 --> 01:13:28.760
and his partner found themselves on borrowed time after consuming

1066
01:13:28.800 --> 01:13:33.039
their recent humans that they were just barely able to find.

1067
01:13:33.880 --> 01:13:37.600
He looked at his partner. We're almost out of food,

1068
01:13:38.119 --> 01:13:42.119
he said. There are too many of us and not

1069
01:13:42.319 --> 01:13:46.479
enough mortals to sustain all of us. How are we

1070
01:13:46.600 --> 01:13:50.279
supposed to have unlimited power and rule this world if

1071
01:13:50.279 --> 01:13:54.960
we become too weak from thirst? The partner turned to him,

1072
01:13:55.760 --> 01:13:59.239
You think I haven't already thought about that. Not only

1073
01:13:59.279 --> 01:14:01.640
do we have the meal we're in magics at our disposal,

1074
01:14:02.640 --> 01:14:06.079
We also have technology. All we have to do is

1075
01:14:06.199 --> 01:14:08.880
enact the next phase of my plan, and we can

1076
01:14:08.920 --> 01:14:13.199
have all the delicious mortals we'll ever need or want.

1077
01:14:14.319 --> 01:14:18.640
Mayor Gunter and his partner went back to his office. There,

1078
01:14:18.760 --> 01:14:22.399
his partner explained how they would take over the Strickfield

1079
01:14:22.479 --> 01:14:26.479
Nuclear Power Plant. Using the mirror and magics. In combination

1080
01:14:26.920 --> 01:14:31.640
with blueprints stolen from a few Mirror technology branches, they

1081
01:14:31.640 --> 01:14:36.279
could add the power of nuclear energy to fuel their plan.

1082
01:14:37.399 --> 01:14:40.600
At the same time, they would tap power grids around

1083
01:14:40.640 --> 01:14:45.199
the world and shut them all down permanently. Only their

1084
01:14:45.399 --> 01:14:49.279
nuclear plant would make power. While Mayor Gunter and his

1085
01:14:49.399 --> 01:14:53.119
partner worked to construct their new prototype portal device at

1086
01:14:53.159 --> 01:14:56.920
the Strickfield Nuclear power Plant, they managed to find some

1087
01:14:56.960 --> 01:15:00.680
more humans to be able to sustain them until their

1088
01:15:00.720 --> 01:15:05.439
work was completed. Apparently, the mortals that hadn't been turned

1089
01:15:05.680 --> 01:15:10.439
had banded together to form resistance groups. The two of

1090
01:15:10.479 --> 01:15:12.520
them had to be careful not to be caught off

1091
01:15:12.560 --> 01:15:17.159
guard and be finished off by these groups. However, they

1092
01:15:17.159 --> 01:15:20.119
were powerful enough to where they were able to secure

1093
01:15:20.159 --> 01:15:25.239
some of them as their food source. When everything was ready,

1094
01:15:25.720 --> 01:15:29.319
Mayor Gunter threw the switch and opened their first portal.

1095
01:15:30.399 --> 01:15:34.760
Mayor Gunter ordered some vampires to enter and bring back mortals.

1096
01:15:35.680 --> 01:15:41.359
The experiment proved to be most successful. Mayor Gunter and

1097
01:15:41.439 --> 01:15:44.880
his partner were able to feed the vampire legions that

1098
01:15:45.000 --> 01:15:49.680
obeyed them. Then Mayor Gunter's partner found other ideas in

1099
01:15:49.720 --> 01:15:53.279
another mirror and tone on how to bring mortals to

1100
01:15:53.359 --> 01:15:58.399
their universe. From there, more methods were used to open

1101
01:15:58.439 --> 01:16:03.840
portals from their unit to others. Use of physical mediums

1102
01:16:03.840 --> 01:16:08.680
such as movies on film, compact disc formats, flash drives,

1103
01:16:08.880 --> 01:16:12.640
and many others were used to be able to open portals.

1104
01:16:13.079 --> 01:16:15.039
All that would need to be done would be to

1105
01:16:15.079 --> 01:16:20.000
send these lethal mediums to other universes and wait. But

1106
01:16:20.119 --> 01:16:24.880
these plans were not without resistance. The former mayor of Strickfield,

1107
01:16:24.920 --> 01:16:28.600
Harmony Miron, would make a last stand against Mayor Gunter.

1108
01:16:29.359 --> 01:16:32.640
Harmony was the leader of a human resistance group that

1109
01:16:32.800 --> 01:16:36.119
was determined to destroy the power plant. The group had

1110
01:16:36.119 --> 01:16:39.800
made a valiant effort, but the vampires were far too

1111
01:16:39.920 --> 01:16:43.560
powerful for them. Before the remainder of them could retreat,

1112
01:16:44.199 --> 01:16:48.560
Mayor Gunter had seized Harmony and infected her with but

1113
01:16:48.680 --> 01:16:52.600
a single bite. By the time Harmony had retreated to

1114
01:16:52.640 --> 01:16:56.800
the Strickfield Town Center Mall her Mal she had become

1115
01:16:56.920 --> 01:17:01.159
one of the undead herself, and would on those who

1116
01:17:01.199 --> 01:17:06.199
were her allies for food. With harmony, Mirn no longer

1117
01:17:06.239 --> 01:17:09.479
a threat, Mayor Gunter and his partner were free to

1118
01:17:09.560 --> 01:17:13.720
do whatever they wanted. His partners had kept the promise

1119
01:17:13.960 --> 01:17:23.720
of unlimited power and control of Earth after all the present.

1120
01:17:24.720 --> 01:17:29.239
Mayor Gunter turned to his prisoners. Now you understand how

1121
01:17:29.279 --> 01:17:32.800
we came to conquer our world and bring it into

1122
01:17:32.880 --> 01:17:37.039
everlasting darkness. Now you understand how we can do the

1123
01:17:37.079 --> 01:17:41.439
same to so many other earths, in so many other universes.

1124
01:17:42.399 --> 01:17:50.640
The possibilities are endless. You people are truly monsters. Ariel

1125
01:17:50.760 --> 01:17:53.439
Mirn yelled. We won't let you get away with this.

1126
01:17:54.279 --> 01:17:58.840
Mayor Gunter laughed, And who will stop me? Little girl?

1127
01:17:59.079 --> 01:18:03.520
Your friends, the cells you've been placed in continue to

1128
01:18:03.600 --> 01:18:06.920
sap your strength. Soon you six will be nothing more

1129
01:18:07.840 --> 01:18:12.439
than easy nourishment. Mayor Gunter produced a walky talkie of

1130
01:18:12.439 --> 01:18:16.640
his own. Then he spoke into it. Are the enhancements

1131
01:18:16.640 --> 01:18:20.880
to the reactor finished? Ready? The voice of his partner

1132
01:18:20.880 --> 01:18:24.840
on the other end replied. Mayor Gunter smiled with glee.

1133
01:18:25.800 --> 01:18:29.479
Then reactivate the reactor so that we may bring more

1134
01:18:29.560 --> 01:18:32.880
mortals into our world that we may have a more

1135
01:18:32.920 --> 01:18:37.760
plentiful harvest. He looked to his prisoners. In case you

1136
01:18:37.840 --> 01:18:41.479
haven't guessed yet, you're in the Strickfield Nuclear power plant.

1137
01:18:42.239 --> 01:18:45.680
When the prisoners heard the reactor coming to life, Ariel

1138
01:18:45.720 --> 01:18:49.840
tightened her fists and shook her head quickly. No, she

1139
01:18:49.920 --> 01:18:53.880
shook her head faster. No, now she could feel the

1140
01:18:53.960 --> 01:18:59.560
intense anger growing within her. No, Ariel shook as she

1141
01:18:59.600 --> 01:19:03.960
suddenly felt an incredible surge throughout her body. The next

1142
01:19:04.000 --> 01:19:07.760
thing she knew, she was forming green and red fire

1143
01:19:07.840 --> 01:19:13.039
in her fists. Also, her eyes and hair began to

1144
01:19:13.119 --> 01:19:15.439
glow with bright light.

1145
01:19:22.199 --> 01:19:26.000
You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right.

1146
01:19:25.800 --> 01:19:37.640
Back perspective, Ariel mirror, What is this? What's happening to me?

1147
01:19:38.479 --> 01:19:41.840
These energy dampeners were able to siphon the strength from

1148
01:19:41.880 --> 01:19:45.279
the others. But I've been feeling fine since I was

1149
01:19:45.319 --> 01:19:50.920
thrown in here, Ariel Carter Cross stammers, what's happening to you?

1150
01:19:51.880 --> 01:19:55.199
I don't know, I gasped, just as confused as him.

1151
01:19:55.840 --> 01:19:59.239
Then I remember these red and green colors being associated

1152
01:19:59.279 --> 01:20:04.760
with Queen Arcadia from when she possessed me around Christmas.

1153
01:20:05.319 --> 01:20:07.840
I don't think about it and easily blast the bars

1154
01:20:07.920 --> 01:20:11.520
right off my cell, wrecking its dampeners. Mouse and Aleen

1155
01:20:11.640 --> 01:20:15.039
come to Carter and work together to help him up. Stop.

1156
01:20:15.520 --> 01:20:18.479
Mayor Gunter yells, pointing at me. I run out of

1157
01:20:18.479 --> 01:20:20.800
my cell and use my new powers to free Bella,

1158
01:20:20.880 --> 01:20:25.039
Tabon and cousin Felicia. Even though Bella's still weakened from

1159
01:20:25.079 --> 01:20:27.680
the dampening field, she springs out of her cell and

1160
01:20:27.800 --> 01:20:32.439
floors Mayor Gunter with a tremendous punch. Felicia also springs

1161
01:20:32.439 --> 01:20:35.199
out of the cell. Come on, we gotta stop that

1162
01:20:35.279 --> 01:20:40.439
reactor aw man. Mouse mutters, if only I had a mirror.

1163
01:20:41.319 --> 01:20:45.319
We'll use our bare hands, Mattie. Aileen tells her, Yeah,

1164
01:20:45.399 --> 01:20:48.520
I'm itchin to kick some butt. We all head to

1165
01:20:48.560 --> 01:20:52.319
the main control room and find even more vampires. I

1166
01:20:52.359 --> 01:20:55.840
also see someone working the main panel. I can't see

1167
01:20:55.840 --> 01:20:59.159
who it is, but this person looks smaller than these

1168
01:20:59.199 --> 01:21:03.479
other vampires. The person sees us coming and transforms into

1169
01:21:03.520 --> 01:21:06.880
that giant bat that tried to take me earlier. The

1170
01:21:06.920 --> 01:21:10.119
twin Mice and Carter are grabbing stuff to use his weapons.

1171
01:21:10.600 --> 01:21:13.560
As a vampire grabs a Leen, she quickly lays into him.

1172
01:21:14.000 --> 01:21:16.960
I mean she's going all kung paw and showing she

1173
01:21:17.079 --> 01:21:21.279
can fight. She's also showing she's got strength. Now Mouse

1174
01:21:21.319 --> 01:21:23.760
and Carter are swinging at anything that comes their way.

1175
01:21:24.680 --> 01:21:29.000
If you've got powers, Ariel, use them. Bella yells, I'm

1176
01:21:29.039 --> 01:21:32.239
feeling angry again, and I use my new powers to

1177
01:21:32.279 --> 01:21:36.840
attack these bloodsuckers. As soon as Felicia walks by in

1178
01:21:36.880 --> 01:21:41.600
her big spider form, I shriek. Okay, Felicia's on our side,

1179
01:21:41.600 --> 01:21:46.359
but she's still scary. I'm going for the reactor. Felicia says,

1180
01:21:46.720 --> 01:21:52.399
how about some backup? Ariel, I, I don't know. I

1181
01:21:52.560 --> 01:21:56.680
groan like Bella said, use your powers, cousin, Your world

1182
01:21:56.760 --> 01:22:01.359
needs you. Okay, I'm not so scared to Felicia anymore.

1183
01:22:02.000 --> 01:22:06.800
You're right, let's go. Felicia lowers herself a little hop on.

1184
01:22:07.640 --> 01:22:10.319
I get on her back and cut loose on the vampires.

1185
01:22:10.720 --> 01:22:14.319
Felicia moves fast with her lower eight legs. How long

1186
01:22:14.319 --> 01:22:17.640
have I had powers for? Anyway? I'll have to figure

1187
01:22:17.640 --> 01:22:26.119
that out later. Perspective Felicia Mirren Ariel ain't doing bad

1188
01:22:26.159 --> 01:22:28.880
at keeping those vamps off me. When I'm close to

1189
01:22:28.920 --> 01:22:32.000
the main control panel. That giant bat that keeps being

1190
01:22:32.039 --> 01:22:35.319
A pest is coming right at us. Ariel fires at it,

1191
01:22:35.399 --> 01:22:39.960
but it dodges her focus. Ariel, I tell her, don't

1192
01:22:40.000 --> 01:22:46.359
fire blindly. I'm trying, But that bat's really fast, she protests.

1193
01:22:46.960 --> 01:22:49.760
As other vampires are coming at us, I knock them away.

1194
01:22:50.119 --> 01:22:52.760
I spin webs on two of them and yank them

1195
01:22:52.760 --> 01:22:55.840
together hard to daze them. I spring forward and make

1196
01:22:55.880 --> 01:22:58.600
it to the main control panel. Then I hear that

1197
01:22:58.760 --> 01:23:03.359
bat screeching and turn to face it. I'll blast that panel,

1198
01:23:03.680 --> 01:23:07.479
Ariel says, no. I quickly tell her that might cause

1199
01:23:07.520 --> 01:23:12.760
a meltdown. Ariel gulps, well, I never thought about that.

1200
01:23:13.640 --> 01:23:16.279
Try and find an off switch or something. I say,

1201
01:23:16.840 --> 01:23:20.319
do something that won't get us killed and that can

1202
01:23:20.359 --> 01:23:23.680
close these portals that are opening up. Ariel gets off

1203
01:23:23.680 --> 01:23:27.279
me and sees all the flashing buttons and dials. Yeah,

1204
01:23:27.560 --> 01:23:29.560
this will be about as easy as beating mouse in

1205
01:23:29.600 --> 01:23:33.520
a video game, she mutters. Using my four eyes, I

1206
01:23:33.560 --> 01:23:36.359
see Maddie and Carter each have clubs and are keeping

1207
01:23:36.479 --> 01:23:40.319
vampires at bay. A lean continue showing she can fight.

1208
01:23:41.239 --> 01:23:44.680
How did she get so strong? Then I remember she

1209
01:23:45.079 --> 01:23:47.920
was bitten by a vampire. Here. If I got to

1210
01:23:47.960 --> 01:23:51.239
take an educated guess, on where a lean learned or moves.

1211
01:23:51.720 --> 01:23:55.920
Bella must have taught her. Speaking of Bella, she's still

1212
01:23:55.960 --> 01:23:59.600
fighting Mayor Gunter as that giant bat's about to attack

1213
01:23:59.640 --> 01:24:03.520
me with its claws. Ariel finally zaps it. I snare

1214
01:24:03.560 --> 01:24:06.560
it and slam it to the floor. Next, I grab

1215
01:24:06.560 --> 01:24:10.560
its talons and pinch them with my fingernail spikes. Soon

1216
01:24:10.680 --> 01:24:14.239
the bat starts slowing down, showing my venom works on

1217
01:24:14.439 --> 01:24:19.800
these things. Suddenly the bat shrieks and lunges drowsily to escape.

1218
01:24:20.079 --> 01:24:22.359
I pull it back with my web, making it drop

1219
01:24:22.399 --> 01:24:26.119
on the reactor controls and fall to the floor. Some

1220
01:24:26.239 --> 01:24:30.600
buttons were pressed, but the portals are still open. Of course,

1221
01:24:31.159 --> 01:24:34.319
it ain't the reactor making the portals, just powering the

1222
01:24:34.359 --> 01:24:39.000
machine that does. And then I locate it. Ariel hit

1223
01:24:39.119 --> 01:24:42.800
that machine, I tell her, pointing right at it, Ariel

1224
01:24:42.880 --> 01:24:49.560
zaps it and overloads it. Now the portals are suddenly gone. Unfortunately,

1225
01:24:49.600 --> 01:24:52.319
we ain't gonna win this fight either. More and more

1226
01:24:52.399 --> 01:24:56.039
vamps keep coming. Bella flings Mayor Gunter away from her

1227
01:24:56.079 --> 01:25:01.039
and yells, we gotta get out of here. I heard Bella. Ariel,

1228
01:25:01.560 --> 01:25:05.359
I say, we stay here, will be overwhelmed again. Hop on.

1229
01:25:06.119 --> 01:25:08.960
When Ariel's on my back again, I leap away from

1230
01:25:08.960 --> 01:25:12.560
the main panel. Bella grabs Maddie and Carter. I let

1231
01:25:12.560 --> 01:25:15.359
a Leen get on my back also. I carry her

1232
01:25:15.359 --> 01:25:18.720
and Ariel easily as we make our escape. There ain't

1233
01:25:18.760 --> 01:25:21.439
gonna be too many of those vampires coming after us.

1234
01:25:21.880 --> 01:25:24.800
They got more important things to worry about, like fixing

1235
01:25:24.800 --> 01:25:29.079
that machine. We won this battle, but we're far from

1236
01:25:29.119 --> 01:25:33.000
winning the war. Hang in there, comic book nerds and

1237
01:25:33.039 --> 01:25:42.640
horror fanatics, we're gonna win the day. Yet perspective, Bella tabon.

1238
01:25:43.600 --> 01:25:46.159
We lose those other vamps by ducking out of sight.

1239
01:25:46.760 --> 01:25:49.239
Good thing. They're the run of the mill kind. If

1240
01:25:49.279 --> 01:25:52.319
they were like me, we'd be in big trouble. At

1241
01:25:52.439 --> 01:25:56.119
least we can recoup and talk things out. Okay, we

1242
01:25:56.279 --> 01:26:00.560
damaged that machine, Carter Cross says, you just no, they're

1243
01:26:00.600 --> 01:26:03.279
already working on it. Who knows how long it'll be

1244
01:26:03.279 --> 01:26:07.039
before they get it up and running again. Yeah, Carter's right.

1245
01:26:07.479 --> 01:26:10.600
Maddie agrees. We got to figure out a plan. We

1246
01:26:10.680 --> 01:26:13.279
got to keep the vamps from getting that machine working again.

1247
01:26:13.840 --> 01:26:17.359
I put my hand on Maddie's shoulder. You got your

1248
01:26:17.359 --> 01:26:19.680
heart in the right place, But it's just the six

1249
01:26:19.760 --> 01:26:22.960
of us against Gunter and his army. Whatever we come

1250
01:26:23.039 --> 01:26:27.520
up with, we gotta make it count. Face it, this

1251
01:26:27.600 --> 01:26:31.279
is suicide. I ne mutters. We're looking at the real

1252
01:26:31.399 --> 01:26:36.359
possibility of never going back home again this time, even

1253
01:26:36.399 --> 01:26:39.439
if we do succeed in wrecking Gunter's machine for good.

1254
01:26:40.399 --> 01:26:43.720
Aeriel points to me, You guys saw how Bella was

1255
01:26:43.800 --> 01:26:47.199
knocking Gunter on his butt. I look right at her. Now,

1256
01:26:47.880 --> 01:26:52.520
don't overestimate me. Okay, yes, I'm a powerful master vampire,

1257
01:26:52.840 --> 01:26:56.000
but even I can't take on Gunter and all his armies,

1258
01:26:56.560 --> 01:27:00.720
at least not for the long haul. Then Carter looks

1259
01:27:00.760 --> 01:27:05.319
at Ariel. Since when did you get powers, Princess? How

1260
01:27:05.359 --> 01:27:08.479
long have you known? Ariel looks at Carter like you

1261
01:27:08.720 --> 01:27:12.560
just cut her? What are you saying? Huh? You saying

1262
01:27:12.720 --> 01:27:17.279
I'm keeping secrets too for your information. I just discovered

1263
01:27:17.319 --> 01:27:22.680
my powers. Those are Queen Arcadia's powers. Maddie says, I

1264
01:27:22.680 --> 01:27:26.199
ain't forgot what she did back in December. Ariel turns

1265
01:27:26.239 --> 01:27:31.079
to Maddie. I'm not Queen Arcadia. I'm me Mouse. She

1266
01:27:31.199 --> 01:27:34.439
holds out her little fingers. Mattie hugs her own little

1267
01:27:34.439 --> 01:27:40.760
finger with Ariels then Ariel says, pinky promise. Okay, Ariel,

1268
01:27:41.239 --> 01:27:43.880
you ain't Queen Arcadia, but you do got her powers.

1269
01:27:44.520 --> 01:27:48.840
Maddie stresses. Carter groans, am I the only one who

1270
01:27:48.880 --> 01:27:53.279
feels useless around here? All you guys got powers. I

1271
01:27:53.319 --> 01:27:57.640
ain't got nothing. You got spirit and guts, kid, Felicia

1272
01:27:57.680 --> 01:28:01.800
tells him, don't forget You're still a lot. But how

1273
01:28:01.920 --> 01:28:06.439
much longer will we be alive? Felicia? Ainy yells, you

1274
01:28:06.439 --> 01:28:08.760
see how many of those blood sucking freaks we have

1275
01:28:08.840 --> 01:28:12.279
to deal with out there. Felicia folds her human arms

1276
01:28:12.279 --> 01:28:15.840
in front of her, and what about you? You got

1277
01:28:15.840 --> 01:28:19.119
bitten by a vampire here? You seem to be showing

1278
01:28:19.159 --> 01:28:22.880
some new powers yourself. I move up next to Ainie.

1279
01:28:23.319 --> 01:28:27.319
Leave her alone, Felicia, but Iine doesn't back down. No,

1280
01:28:28.000 --> 01:28:31.239
you got something to say, Felicia. Huh you saying I'm

1281
01:28:31.279 --> 01:28:35.359
one of those vampires now? Felicia doesn't back down either

1282
01:28:35.600 --> 01:28:40.199
and squints all four of her eyes. What if you are? Then?

1283
01:28:40.279 --> 01:28:45.680
Maddie touches across to Aine. Nope, she ain't burning a rackney.

1284
01:28:46.560 --> 01:28:53.239
Felicia gives Maddie a weird look. A rackney that's Greek mythology, yuppers.

1285
01:28:53.640 --> 01:28:57.640
Maddie agrees. Aine gives her cousin a mean look. But

1286
01:28:57.760 --> 01:29:03.319
that's it had to be sure, Maddie says. Felicia speaks up.

1287
01:29:04.239 --> 01:29:07.520
I get it. It's just us six against a whole vampire army.

1288
01:29:08.279 --> 01:29:11.439
She's looking at all of us now. I even get

1289
01:29:11.479 --> 01:29:14.520
that some of us are scared. I know I am,

1290
01:29:15.199 --> 01:29:19.760
She sighs. Do any of you even understand our situation here?

1291
01:29:20.680 --> 01:29:24.359
Do you? I point at her. You haven't been in

1292
01:29:24.399 --> 01:29:26.680
the game as long as I need Maddie and me have.

1293
01:29:27.520 --> 01:29:31.960
Felicia comes to me. Maybe I have, and maybe I haven't. Bella,

1294
01:29:32.560 --> 01:29:35.039
but I don't have my spider powers to look pretty.

1295
01:29:35.760 --> 01:29:39.159
I'm really trying to make a difference here. She points

1296
01:29:39.159 --> 01:29:41.920
in the direction of the nuclear power plant. When that

1297
01:29:41.960 --> 01:29:45.439
machine's back up and running again, those vampires are gonna

1298
01:29:45.560 --> 01:29:48.319
be harvesting food again, and they ain't gonna care from

1299
01:29:48.399 --> 01:29:53.960
where we can't fail. She tightens her fists. Don't you

1300
01:29:54.000 --> 01:29:59.840
people understand there is nobody else, It's just us. If

1301
01:30:00.000 --> 01:30:02.680
if you all want to just sit here, then I'll

1302
01:30:02.680 --> 01:30:06.439
go alone. Maybe those vampires will get me, but you

1303
01:30:06.520 --> 01:30:09.399
better believe I ain't gonna make it easy for them.

1304
01:30:09.720 --> 01:30:12.159
It's either I take out that portal machine once and

1305
01:30:12.239 --> 01:30:15.680
for all, or I go down, knowing I gave it

1306
01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:19.880
my best shot. She steps back a little now, and

1307
01:30:19.960 --> 01:30:23.079
that's exactly what the six of us are here. We're

1308
01:30:23.119 --> 01:30:27.159
the last shot before the buzzer. I look at everybody now,

1309
01:30:28.199 --> 01:30:31.680
the new Girl's right. We are the last hurrah. Here,

1310
01:30:32.359 --> 01:30:36.000
I point at Felicia. I never said I wasn't seeing

1311
01:30:36.000 --> 01:30:40.000
this through. I'm a tabond, of course I'm seeing this through.

1312
01:30:41.119 --> 01:30:45.640
Suddenly Maddie gasps, why didn't I remember this before? I

1313
01:30:45.760 --> 01:30:48.680
do have another mirror. Aileen and I both got them.

1314
01:30:49.199 --> 01:30:53.319
She removes their glasses. I need some light. I got you, mouse,

1315
01:30:53.560 --> 01:30:57.520
Aeriel offers. She approaches Maddie, holds her hand under the

1316
01:30:57.560 --> 01:31:04.079
glass and concentrates. At first, nothing happens. Don't doubt yourself,

1317
01:31:04.319 --> 01:31:08.119
I tell her. It's your power. You alone command it.

1318
01:31:08.720 --> 01:31:12.960
Remember you are Ariel Miron, the Queen Bee of Strickfield

1319
01:31:13.039 --> 01:31:17.319
Junior High. When you put it that way, Ariel's hands

1320
01:31:17.359 --> 01:31:24.039
glowing now. Then Maddie fires away. Merryworth, Merryworth, merry Worth.

1321
01:31:24.119 --> 01:31:27.119
The energies come out of Maddie's glasses and go right

1322
01:31:27.159 --> 01:31:31.199
into her in seconds, Maddie becomes possessed by the spirit

1323
01:31:31.520 --> 01:31:34.920
of the White Witch herself. I was hoping that you

1324
01:31:34.920 --> 01:31:40.920
would eventually remember that idea from last Halloween, Madeleine Merriworth, says.

1325
01:31:41.640 --> 01:31:45.560
Mary utters an incantation and casts an aura around us.

1326
01:31:46.239 --> 01:31:50.359
Soon it's gone. I noticed that some of you had injuries,

1327
01:31:50.840 --> 01:31:54.159
she explains. I have healed those of you that needed it.

1328
01:31:54.920 --> 01:31:59.840
I sigh, Okay, we're all at one hundred percent. I

1329
01:32:00.159 --> 01:32:02.680
say we launch a final, all out assault on the

1330
01:32:02.680 --> 01:32:06.680
Strickfield Nuclear Power Plant. I ain't just talking about destroying

1331
01:32:06.720 --> 01:32:09.439
that portal machine once and for all. I'm talking about

1332
01:32:09.479 --> 01:32:14.359
blowing the whole plant too, so they can't power another one.

1333
01:32:14.560 --> 01:32:18.079
Aside from Mary, the others look at me with utter shock.

1334
01:32:20.000 --> 01:32:23.800
You're not safe yet. Weekly Spooky will be right.

1335
01:32:23.640 --> 01:32:37.840
Back perspective, Carter Cross, It sure got cold in here

1336
01:32:37.920 --> 01:32:42.279
fast after Bella said what she said. Look, I seen

1337
01:32:42.359 --> 01:32:45.199
enough science fiction movies with Madeline and Princess here to

1338
01:32:45.319 --> 01:32:49.720
know what you're suggesting is both suicide and cruel. Bella,

1339
01:32:50.520 --> 01:32:54.399
I say, there might still be innocent people out there.

1340
01:32:54.920 --> 01:32:59.239
We can't just mushroom Cloud, Vampire, Strickfield and not think

1341
01:32:59.279 --> 01:33:03.960
about them. Bella smiles a little. You never let me

1342
01:33:04.039 --> 01:33:07.840
finish explaining my plan. I'm not a cruel person, Carter.

1343
01:33:09.199 --> 01:33:13.039
What do you have in mind? Bell's Aileen asks Bella

1344
01:33:13.119 --> 01:33:16.840
looks at Mary Worth. Now, I can't believe this is Madeleine,

1345
01:33:17.039 --> 01:33:21.239
or at least the ghost is possessing her. Can you

1346
01:33:21.279 --> 01:33:24.399
whip up some kind of spell that can move any

1347
01:33:24.479 --> 01:33:30.479
mortals out of the potential blast range? Difficult, but not impossible.

1348
01:33:31.039 --> 01:33:35.079
Mary tells her The spell that I require will take

1349
01:33:35.119 --> 01:33:38.479
a great deal of time and power to perform. I

1350
01:33:38.560 --> 01:33:41.600
do believe that it can be done, though. The six

1351
01:33:41.640 --> 01:33:45.399
of us talk our plan through until we finally agree.

1352
01:33:45.640 --> 01:33:48.000
Then I know how I can be useful and ask

1353
01:33:48.079 --> 01:33:54.119
the ghost listen, can you make my mongoose appear here? Now?

1354
01:33:54.239 --> 01:33:58.359
The ghost just looks at me weirdly. Then she finally

1355
01:33:58.359 --> 01:34:03.800
seems to understand. Of course, Madeleine. Can they talk to

1356
01:34:03.880 --> 01:34:09.439
each other somehow? Mary utters some strange words. When she's finished,

1357
01:34:09.479 --> 01:34:12.720
my bike appears right next to me. I quickly hop

1358
01:34:12.760 --> 01:34:16.359
on my mongoose. If I'm gonna help out, I want

1359
01:34:16.359 --> 01:34:19.239
to do something I know I'm good at, Madeleine, and

1360
01:34:19.279 --> 01:34:23.720
I won bike competitions back home. That's gotta mean something here.

1361
01:34:24.720 --> 01:34:30.520
Felicia smiles like I said, spirit and guts kid. Then

1362
01:34:30.640 --> 01:34:34.960
the ghost holds up Madeleine's fried Compact and instantly fixes it.

1363
01:34:35.479 --> 01:34:39.800
After that, she goes back into the mirror Madeleine's back. Now,

1364
01:34:40.600 --> 01:34:43.920
Bella points at her. You need to turn back into

1365
01:34:43.920 --> 01:34:48.840
Mary and I will soon, Madeleine says. Then she turns

1366
01:34:48.840 --> 01:34:53.319
to Aileen. Wanna ride Shotgun with me again? Ariel folds

1367
01:34:53.359 --> 01:34:56.119
her arms in front of her. She just love driving,

1368
01:34:56.199 --> 01:35:01.640
don't you mouse. She smirks a little and waves Ariel off. Nah.

1369
01:35:01.920 --> 01:35:05.039
Aileen says to the others, Guess Maddie and I are

1370
01:35:05.079 --> 01:35:09.680
the distraction this time. Bella puts her hands on madeline shoulders.

1371
01:35:09.920 --> 01:35:13.119
I'll get another car hotwired. You just drive like you're

1372
01:35:13.159 --> 01:35:18.720
in competition, you understand. Madeline nods quickly. Then I gently

1373
01:35:18.760 --> 01:35:22.600
smack her shoulder. How about a lift inside? Once we're in,

1374
01:35:22.640 --> 01:35:26.680
I can show these vamps some real riding. Now, Ariel

1375
01:35:26.760 --> 01:35:29.239
and me are looking at each other. I really want

1376
01:35:29.239 --> 01:35:32.000
to be mad at her, but I just can't. I

1377
01:35:32.039 --> 01:35:35.039
don't know what I'm feeling for what we're feeling for

1378
01:35:35.119 --> 01:35:38.479
each other, But I feel deep down what we're feeling.

1379
01:35:39.680 --> 01:35:44.039
I don't know, it just feels real. That's the best

1380
01:35:44.079 --> 01:35:47.239
way I can say it. We're going back home, Carter.

1381
01:35:47.680 --> 01:35:51.119
Ariel tells me we're going to win. We have to

1382
01:35:51.960 --> 01:35:57.680
I nod quickly. You're right, Princess. You want to go

1383
01:35:57.720 --> 01:36:01.760
out with me again when we get back home. Ariel smiles,

1384
01:36:01.800 --> 01:36:06.640
A little that's worth returning home for. Then she looks

1385
01:36:06.640 --> 01:36:10.239
at Madeline. You're coming home too. I don't want to

1386
01:36:10.239 --> 01:36:12.279
have to explain to my parents what happened to you.

1387
01:36:13.359 --> 01:36:18.680
I get you Madeleine tells her. Aileen raises her forearms. Glad,

1388
01:36:18.760 --> 01:36:22.399
Mary fixed my solar lamp gauntlets. These should help keep

1389
01:36:22.399 --> 01:36:26.439
the vampires off of us, Maddie. Madeline gently slaps her

1390
01:36:26.479 --> 01:36:31.800
cousin's arm. Sweet hold it, Felicia calls out, come here,

1391
01:36:32.039 --> 01:36:36.920
all of you. We all come together. Then it just happens.

1392
01:36:37.640 --> 01:36:41.439
We all go into a group hug, good luck everybody.

1393
01:36:41.800 --> 01:36:47.840
Felicia says, this one's for home. Remember, we gotta get

1394
01:36:47.840 --> 01:36:51.760
this right the first time. Bella says, we ain't gonna

1395
01:36:51.760 --> 01:36:54.960
get no do overs. I'll promise you that right now.

1396
01:36:56.039 --> 01:37:00.000
It ain't long before Bella has another car ready for Madeline.

1397
01:37:00.000 --> 01:37:03.720
Twin cousins give each other weird looks. Bella gives them

1398
01:37:03.720 --> 01:37:07.560
one of her own. Look, this Volkswagen bug was all

1399
01:37:07.560 --> 01:37:10.880
that was available. Take it or leave it. Maddie looks

1400
01:37:10.920 --> 01:37:15.560
at the decal. Not a Volkswagen Beetle. It's really called

1401
01:37:15.600 --> 01:37:21.439
a bug. Interesting changes in these parallel universes. Then she

1402
01:37:21.520 --> 01:37:25.880
looks at Bella. I guess we're taking it. Aleen quickly

1403
01:37:25.920 --> 01:37:28.560
mounts my bike on the back of the car, Ariel

1404
01:37:28.640 --> 01:37:32.000
and me getting back. Madeleine hops in the driver's seat.

1405
01:37:32.439 --> 01:37:37.479
Aleen ride shotgun. Hang on. Madelene squeaks as soon as

1406
01:37:37.479 --> 01:37:41.119
Bella opens the garage door. Madeline's squealing and peeling before

1407
01:37:41.159 --> 01:37:48.399
we sput her right out and on to the street. Perspective.

1408
01:37:49.079 --> 01:37:53.479
Madeline donnerly, who'd have thought I'd be driving cars at

1409
01:37:53.560 --> 01:37:56.600
just thirteen years old? Too bad, I ain't allowed to

1410
01:37:56.600 --> 01:37:59.439
get my license yet. At least they ain't gotta have

1411
01:37:59.479 --> 01:38:03.199
one to drive in this vampire world. I still can't

1412
01:38:03.199 --> 01:38:07.479
believe you can really drive, Maddie. Aileen says, yeah, well

1413
01:38:08.039 --> 01:38:10.359
I can't believe you can fight and make all them

1414
01:38:10.439 --> 01:38:13.960
cool toys. I tell her we're almost to the nuclear

1415
01:38:14.000 --> 01:38:18.560
power plant. Aleen's warning us, don't you dare crash this

1416
01:38:18.600 --> 01:38:22.760
little car mouse, Ariel says, I ain't crashed one yet.

1417
01:38:23.000 --> 01:38:26.920
I say, there's plenty of go Go juice in here too.

1418
01:38:27.039 --> 01:38:29.359
I'm driving right up the hill and right to the

1419
01:38:29.399 --> 01:38:32.760
main doors. I floor the gas and plow right through them.

1420
01:38:33.479 --> 01:38:36.600
You just know that's gotta be an attention getter. As

1421
01:38:36.600 --> 01:38:39.279
soon as them vamps are coming at the car, Aleen's

1422
01:38:39.319 --> 01:38:42.479
turning on her sun lamps. Them vamps are howling and

1423
01:38:42.600 --> 01:38:45.880
keeping away from the car when they get flashed. Remember

1424
01:38:46.199 --> 01:38:50.399
you're playing a video game, Madeline, Carter says, Yeah, it's

1425
01:38:50.479 --> 01:38:53.880
called twin Mousey's in a bug versus the vampires, right,

1426
01:38:54.319 --> 01:38:58.680
I crack. I hate you mouse aerial groans. I can't

1427
01:38:58.680 --> 01:39:00.960
believe how calm you are through all this. I just

1428
01:39:01.039 --> 01:39:05.600
can't believe how you you never get scared. Well, I

1429
01:39:05.680 --> 01:39:09.880
sure ain't telling Ariel, this little mousey is big time scared.

1430
01:39:10.560 --> 01:39:13.840
I'm getting ready to stop shortly, Carter. I tell him,

1431
01:39:14.159 --> 01:39:17.520
I'm ready, he says. When I stop the car, Carter

1432
01:39:17.680 --> 01:39:20.319
quickly gets out and grabs his mongoose off of the back.

1433
01:39:20.800 --> 01:39:24.239
He jumps on it and starts riding. I'll cover you, Carter,

1434
01:39:24.720 --> 01:39:28.359
Ariel says, getting out of the car too. Get moving, mice.

1435
01:39:29.039 --> 01:39:31.760
Aileen growls and looks ready to get out of the car.

1436
01:39:32.439 --> 01:39:35.079
What are you doing? I ask her. I'm sick of

1437
01:39:35.119 --> 01:39:39.560
Ariel in her mouse references. She yells, I quickly hit

1438
01:39:39.600 --> 01:39:42.159
the gas as she's opening the door. We ain't got

1439
01:39:42.159 --> 01:39:45.359
no time for that, Aileen. She growls and tightens her

1440
01:39:45.399 --> 01:39:48.279
fists and looks at me. Now, I can't believe you're

1441
01:39:48.279 --> 01:39:51.640
so comfortable with people calling you mouse. And don't even

1442
01:39:51.640 --> 01:39:54.159
get me started about what Ariels said about that sign

1443
01:39:54.199 --> 01:39:58.760
on your bedroom door. Really, Maddie, welcome to the mousehole.

1444
01:39:59.399 --> 01:40:03.039
I shrug it. Just don't bother me. I know I'm

1445
01:40:03.039 --> 01:40:07.000
a thin, little squeaky geek. I can't do nothing about that, right,

1446
01:40:07.560 --> 01:40:10.760
So I make do with what I got. Like driving cars,

1447
01:40:11.119 --> 01:40:13.000
I hit the brakes and take the car into a

1448
01:40:13.000 --> 01:40:16.199
screech and turn. Then I floor the gas again. I

1449
01:40:16.319 --> 01:40:20.520
smirk and glance at Aileen case in point. Come on, cousin,

1450
01:40:20.880 --> 01:40:24.000
you're doing all right too. Aileen scowls at me for

1451
01:40:24.039 --> 01:40:28.119
a little bit, then she finally softens up. Just don't

1452
01:40:28.159 --> 01:40:32.840
wreck the car, Maddie, nah, I reply, better be using

1453
01:40:32.920 --> 01:40:36.760
them sunlamps on your wrists. Aileen shrieks and starts shining

1454
01:40:36.840 --> 01:40:39.960
them at vampires coming at us. I don't know about Aileen,

1455
01:40:40.079 --> 01:40:44.439
but this little Mouse's having way too much fun. I

1456
01:40:44.479 --> 01:40:47.159
love being a geek, and I definitely can't wait till

1457
01:40:47.159 --> 01:40:55.319
I can get my own mousemobile someday. Perspective Ariel Mirron

1458
01:40:56.279 --> 01:40:59.640
Carter's keeping the vampires off him with his fancy bike riding.

1459
01:41:00.239 --> 01:41:02.279
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of

1460
01:41:02.319 --> 01:41:04.680
him in mouse It makes me think of when I

1461
01:41:04.720 --> 01:41:07.359
was chasing them on a moped back in early December.

1462
01:41:08.119 --> 01:41:11.199
They had their mongooses, and they still managed to use

1463
01:41:11.199 --> 01:41:14.479
their fancy stunt riding to lose me. I'd give them

1464
01:41:14.479 --> 01:41:16.439
both an awful lot of credit for being able to

1465
01:41:16.439 --> 01:41:19.640
do that. At the same time, I can feel Carter's

1466
01:41:19.680 --> 01:41:23.159
jealous of me because of my new powers. I can't

1467
01:41:23.199 --> 01:41:26.800
believe I really have Queen Arcadia's abilities. I thought when

1468
01:41:26.800 --> 01:41:29.359
I broke her will and her hold over me and

1469
01:41:29.720 --> 01:41:31.720
got her out of my body, that that was it.

1470
01:41:32.279 --> 01:41:34.920
I was supposed to be just plain aerieal mirran again.

1471
01:41:35.600 --> 01:41:38.319
Queen Arcadia herself is no longer a part of me,

1472
01:41:38.439 --> 01:41:41.640
but she sure left me some things to remember her by.

1473
01:41:42.439 --> 01:41:45.239
I'm getting the hang of these powers. I'm really having

1474
01:41:45.279 --> 01:41:47.640
to throw my emotions into them to make them work.

1475
01:41:48.159 --> 01:41:50.560
Then I see cousin Felicia getting close to the main

1476
01:41:50.600 --> 01:41:55.600
reactor controls. Look out, Princess Carter calls out behind you.

1477
01:41:56.439 --> 01:41:58.920
I turn around to see Mayor Gunter's almost on me.

1478
01:41:59.319 --> 01:42:01.960
I shriek and fall on my tummy when he flies

1479
01:42:02.039 --> 01:42:04.159
right over me. I get back up and know I've

1480
01:42:04.159 --> 01:42:06.239
got to get away from him. I need to get

1481
01:42:06.239 --> 01:42:09.600
to Felicia and help her destroy those controls. I turn

1482
01:42:09.640 --> 01:42:12.680
around and run to her. When Mayor Gunter yells at me,

1483
01:42:12.760 --> 01:42:15.279
I turn enough to throw a green fireball at him.

1484
01:42:15.680 --> 01:42:18.239
When it hits him, Bella gets the drop on him,

1485
01:42:18.720 --> 01:42:21.520
and then I'm snatched up by that giant bat again

1486
01:42:21.720 --> 01:42:24.640
and pulled up into the air. The bat is taking

1487
01:42:24.640 --> 01:42:27.000
me out of the main reactor room and flying me

1488
01:42:27.039 --> 01:42:30.000
through a hallway. Soon we come out into another wide

1489
01:42:30.039 --> 01:42:33.479
open room. The bat takes me upward to a balcony.

1490
01:42:34.239 --> 01:42:37.239
Let's go, I yell, before I bring my hands up

1491
01:42:37.359 --> 01:42:40.840
and flash Christmas colored lights in its eyes. The bat

1492
01:42:40.960 --> 01:42:44.159
drops me. I gasp when I'm falling. That's when I

1493
01:42:44.199 --> 01:42:47.560
focus to brace myself for the impact. Then I feel

1494
01:42:47.600 --> 01:42:51.600
myself stop and see. I've now got these clear red

1495
01:42:51.680 --> 01:42:56.760
discs under my feet. I can fly. I choke it

1496
01:42:56.880 --> 01:43:00.439
barely above a whisper. I command the discs to bring

1497
01:43:00.439 --> 01:43:02.800
me to the balcony, where they finally set me down.

1498
01:43:04.039 --> 01:43:06.720
They then disappear, and I walk through a nearby door.

1499
01:43:07.680 --> 01:43:10.239
I remember this place being dark, but I can see

1500
01:43:10.840 --> 01:43:18.479
everything in red or maybe infrared. Who's there? A woman's

1501
01:43:18.600 --> 01:43:22.239
voice calls out. I look to see the woman and

1502
01:43:22.319 --> 01:43:25.640
my tummy just drops. I flip on the lights. Then

1503
01:43:25.680 --> 01:43:31.319
I make my infrared go away. Mom, I groan, what

1504
01:43:31.399 --> 01:43:36.039
are you doing here? Then? I'm angry? What do I

1505
01:43:36.079 --> 01:43:41.439
even care? Adrian Miran gives me this weird look. Now, please, Ariel,

1506
01:43:41.760 --> 01:43:44.159
I've said I'm sorry more times than I can say.

1507
01:43:44.319 --> 01:43:47.560
What more do you want from me? I raise my

1508
01:43:47.680 --> 01:43:51.680
titaned fists. Do you think you can just say you're sorry?

1509
01:43:52.119 --> 01:43:55.399
You traded me to Queen Arcadia in exchange for power

1510
01:43:55.439 --> 01:44:00.560
and riches before I was even born. I feel fire

1511
01:44:00.640 --> 01:44:05.520
flaring up in my hands. There's no forgiving that now.

1512
01:44:05.640 --> 01:44:10.000
Mom just looks at me strangely. I didn't know vampires

1513
01:44:10.039 --> 01:44:13.560
could do that. I groan and shake my head with anger.

1514
01:44:14.399 --> 01:44:20.359
I'm not a vampire, I scream, no, but I am.

1515
01:44:21.079 --> 01:44:24.520
Another voice calls out from nearby. Now Mom and I

1516
01:44:24.560 --> 01:44:28.479
are both looking pretty confused. The vampire has two other

1517
01:44:28.520 --> 01:44:32.520
familiar people with her, but she's looking right at me.

1518
01:44:34.000 --> 01:44:38.000
Oh the look on your face, Ariel Miron. She cries

1519
01:44:38.039 --> 01:44:44.439
with glee after revealing herself. Then I completely understand everything.

1520
01:44:45.159 --> 01:44:48.680
I know who Mayor Gunter's mystery partner is now the

1521
01:44:48.720 --> 01:44:51.920
one who helped make this world into the vampire wasteland.

1522
01:44:51.960 --> 01:44:56.840
It's become Mayor Gunter's mystery partner. Is.

1523
01:45:01.880 --> 01:45:06.319
If you're not afraid, then you're already dead. Weekly spooky.

1524
01:45:06.439 --> 01:45:07.359
We'll be right back.

1525
01:45:10.800 --> 01:45:18.119
Perspective Ariel Mirron. I'm looking at Adrian Miron, my mom. Okay,

1526
01:45:18.159 --> 01:45:20.560
I know she's not my real mom now because of

1527
01:45:20.600 --> 01:45:25.000
the vampire i'm standing face to face with. I understand everything.

1528
01:45:25.680 --> 01:45:28.359
The mystery partner who worked with Mayor Gunter to make

1529
01:45:28.359 --> 01:45:32.680
this vampire earth happen is Come on, you had to

1530
01:45:32.800 --> 01:45:37.760
know there was another you here. Ariel Mirn. My vampire

1531
01:45:37.840 --> 01:45:42.439
double says she has vampire doubles of my friends. Mona,

1532
01:45:42.479 --> 01:45:46.239
Abels and Bailey downs with her. I point to vampire

1533
01:45:46.319 --> 01:45:49.920
Ariel and shake my head slowly. Then I point to

1534
01:45:50.399 --> 01:45:55.479
other mom. You did all this because, Vampire Ariel points

1535
01:45:55.479 --> 01:45:58.640
at me. Don't you dare say you weren't angry and

1536
01:45:58.720 --> 01:46:01.640
hurt when you learned your own mother betrayed you. She

1537
01:46:01.760 --> 01:46:09.000
looks uncertain. Now she did betray you, right, I nod yeah,

1538
01:46:09.119 --> 01:46:13.079
But it wasn't worth all this. Vampire Aeriel laughs and

1539
01:46:13.119 --> 01:46:16.199
looks at other mom. You always told me to be

1540
01:46:16.239 --> 01:46:19.199
an alpha. You always said to use the mirror in

1541
01:46:19.319 --> 01:46:24.159
ways to my advantage. You said I needed to be ruthless. Well,

1542
01:46:24.800 --> 01:46:28.720
how's this for ruthless? Not only did I conquer Earth,

1543
01:46:29.439 --> 01:46:34.479
I even conquered the Mirans you included. Adrian looks at her.

1544
01:46:35.239 --> 01:46:39.960
You were the worst mistake I ever made. Vampire Ariel,

1545
01:46:40.079 --> 01:46:45.199
Mona and Bailey howl with laughter. Then Vampire Ariel replies,

1546
01:46:46.359 --> 01:46:49.359
but if you didn't have me, you wouldn't have become

1547
01:46:49.479 --> 01:46:52.760
rich and powerful. Right then you couldn't have burned me

1548
01:46:52.840 --> 01:46:58.479
with your betrayal, She smiles, showing her sharp fangs. Then

1549
01:46:58.600 --> 01:47:01.239
I couldn't have kept you here for you to see

1550
01:47:01.399 --> 01:47:06.199
just how much I've bettered you, Mommy dearest. I look

1551
01:47:06.199 --> 01:47:10.159
at Adrian, now, are you really that cruel? And have

1552
01:47:10.239 --> 01:47:14.159
no feelings. I can't believe how this all happened. It

1553
01:47:14.199 --> 01:47:17.600
was exactly like last December. Vampire Me and I were

1554
01:47:17.600 --> 01:47:21.560
both possessed by Queen Arcadia. But the major difference between

1555
01:47:21.560 --> 01:47:25.800
me and her is mom. My own mom never really

1556
01:47:25.800 --> 01:47:28.039
made time for me, which was why she never cared

1557
01:47:28.039 --> 01:47:31.279
about my having sleepovers every Friday night with my girls.

1558
01:47:31.960 --> 01:47:36.239
I address Adrian again. You rode your daughter constantly, You

1559
01:47:36.359 --> 01:47:40.640
abused her emotionally. Nothing she ever did was good enough

1560
01:47:40.640 --> 01:47:44.039
for you? Was it? Your daughter probably tried and tried

1561
01:47:44.079 --> 01:47:46.439
to please you. She just wanted you to love her

1562
01:47:46.600 --> 01:47:49.880
and be her mom. Then she learned of your betrayal

1563
01:47:50.239 --> 01:47:53.640
and knew you never loved her, making her snap and

1564
01:47:53.720 --> 01:47:58.159
driving her to create this horror. She found Mayor Gunter

1565
01:47:58.399 --> 01:48:03.359
and partnered with him. Result everything that's happened here. How

1566
01:48:03.359 --> 01:48:09.279
am I doing, Vampire me, she smiles. You're good other me,

1567
01:48:09.960 --> 01:48:14.399
she chuckles, Except you're not like me. You're not a vampire.

1568
01:48:15.319 --> 01:48:18.600
But I can change that. One bite is all it takes.

1569
01:48:19.159 --> 01:48:23.560
You can rule here with me. I shake my head.

1570
01:48:24.399 --> 01:48:28.800
Mom's betrayal still hurts, but but I'm not going to this.

1571
01:48:29.720 --> 01:48:34.359
Vampire Me sighs. That's just too bad. You will be

1572
01:48:34.439 --> 01:48:40.600
one of us one way or another. Girls, Time for

1573
01:48:40.720 --> 01:48:44.800
me to be the alpha. Weren't you paying attention, Vampire Me?

1574
01:48:45.520 --> 01:48:49.920
I changed too. Before Vampire Mona and Bailey can grab me,

1575
01:48:50.000 --> 01:48:54.159
I knock them down with Christmas colored fireballs. Before Vampire

1576
01:48:54.239 --> 01:48:57.159
Me can attack, I fire my eye beams and strike

1577
01:48:57.199 --> 01:48:59.840
her down. Then I turn my eebeams over to A

1578
01:49:00.399 --> 01:49:03.760
and Freer. I know I'm not your daughter, I tell her,

1579
01:49:04.159 --> 01:49:06.199
but I won't go back home, knowing I left you

1580
01:49:06.279 --> 01:49:09.279
here to die. Now get out of here. I give

1581
01:49:09.319 --> 01:49:12.159
Adrian cover while she runs out. I don't know how

1582
01:49:12.199 --> 01:49:14.680
far she'll get, but at least I'll sleep good when

1583
01:49:14.720 --> 01:49:17.479
I get back home. I'm still not used to calling

1584
01:49:17.520 --> 01:49:21.960
Mouse's house home yet. Suddenly those girls turn into giant

1585
01:49:21.960 --> 01:49:24.640
bats and come flying at me. I turn and run

1586
01:49:24.720 --> 01:49:27.720
back outside. I don't know which way to run. Then

1587
01:49:27.760 --> 01:49:30.640
I remember I can fly and leap off the railing.

1588
01:49:31.119 --> 01:49:34.159
Those red discs appear under my feet again. It's not

1589
01:49:34.279 --> 01:49:37.079
hard getting the hang of them, kind of like roller blades.

1590
01:49:37.359 --> 01:49:40.159
I just hope I can stay ahead of those bats.

1591
01:49:43.119 --> 01:49:47.159
Perspective Felicia Mirn. I want to go and look for

1592
01:49:47.239 --> 01:49:50.680
cousin Ariel, but knocking out this reactor must come first.

1593
01:49:51.039 --> 01:49:54.760
These vampires must never open any more portals to other universes.

1594
01:49:55.239 --> 01:49:58.840
Mayor Gunter's got lots and lots of vampires at his disposal.

1595
01:49:59.319 --> 01:50:01.520
I keep fighting them back as hard as I can.

1596
01:50:02.279 --> 01:50:05.520
It's bad comic book nerds. It seems like I knock

1597
01:50:05.560 --> 01:50:08.720
a few vampires away, and then my spider instincts tell

1598
01:50:08.760 --> 01:50:11.800
me there are more coming. Everybody else is managing to

1599
01:50:11.880 --> 01:50:14.960
keep the majority of the other vampires away. I can't

1600
01:50:14.960 --> 01:50:18.840
believe Aileen's younger cousin keeps driving that little sputtering car

1601
01:50:18.880 --> 01:50:21.720
around like it's her favorite toy. As long as those

1602
01:50:21.720 --> 01:50:24.159
twins can stay ahead of the game, I can make

1603
01:50:24.159 --> 01:50:28.560
for the reactor. Most importantly, Bella's keeping Mayor Gunter busy

1604
01:50:28.560 --> 01:50:31.920
with her. Bella keeps knocking him down, but he keeps

1605
01:50:31.960 --> 01:50:34.479
getting right back up again. I've got to reach that

1606
01:50:34.560 --> 01:50:37.399
reactor and knock it out. I've only been a Spider

1607
01:50:37.439 --> 01:50:39.680
Girl for over a year, but I've been trying to

1608
01:50:39.720 --> 01:50:43.000
be a good mirror. I've been trying to make a difference.

1609
01:50:43.720 --> 01:50:46.880
I know I've got to keep making a difference. Just

1610
01:50:46.920 --> 01:50:49.079
as a few vampires are ready to get the drop

1611
01:50:49.079 --> 01:50:51.760
on me. Carter Cross gets the drop on them with

1612
01:50:51.840 --> 01:50:57.279
his mongoose bike, and that gives me the opening I need. Thanks, kid,

1613
01:50:57.720 --> 01:51:01.920
I tell him spirit and gut. He quickly takes off

1614
01:51:01.960 --> 01:51:04.479
again as I'm making my eight legs work to quickly

1615
01:51:04.720 --> 01:51:07.760
get me to the main control panel. I happen to

1616
01:51:07.760 --> 01:51:10.439
be a science whiz, but I'm not trying to turn

1617
01:51:10.479 --> 01:51:15.720
off the reactor by traditional means. I'm gonna destroy this thing.

1618
01:51:16.800 --> 01:51:19.960
Keep your hands off that reactor, A voice calls out.

1619
01:51:20.560 --> 01:51:23.000
I look to see cousin Ariel staring hard at me.

1620
01:51:23.079 --> 01:51:26.840
Now her red eyes are really glowing and her fangs

1621
01:51:26.840 --> 01:51:32.920
are glistening and sharp. That ugly vampire face. Oh no,

1622
01:51:33.800 --> 01:51:37.840
those vampires turned you, I gasp. Just then I start

1623
01:51:37.880 --> 01:51:47.560
to feel dizzy. I'm getting hugh very tired. I'm sinking

1624
01:51:47.600 --> 01:51:56.800
into a deep sleep. I'm I feel so so weak

1625
01:51:57.039 --> 01:52:03.159
it can't stand feeling. I suddenly cry out when I

1626
01:52:03.199 --> 01:52:06.600
hear how loud my spider instinct is. I quickly come

1627
01:52:06.640 --> 01:52:09.279
back alive and smack Aeriel away as she's about to

1628
01:52:09.319 --> 01:52:12.119
bite me. I rise up on my eight legs again.

1629
01:52:12.800 --> 01:52:16.039
I can't believe I forgot about that glam thing. Vampires do.

1630
01:52:16.680 --> 01:52:20.000
That's an experience for you. Then I'm wondering if Bella

1631
01:52:20.079 --> 01:52:24.079
can glam people too. More and more vampires are coming

1632
01:52:24.119 --> 01:52:27.159
in through the windows. If I'm going to destroy this reactor,

1633
01:52:27.359 --> 01:52:30.600
I gotta do it now. I raise my humanoid arms

1634
01:52:30.640 --> 01:52:34.359
and throw my mutant Spider's strength into the panel. Hopefully

1635
01:52:34.359 --> 01:52:39.800
it blows up fast, the panel, I mean, not the reactor.

1636
01:52:40.439 --> 01:52:43.199
We gotta be able to get home before that happens, right.

1637
01:52:44.000 --> 01:52:46.760
I smash the control panel and bang it up pretty good,

1638
01:52:46.960 --> 01:52:51.439
but no sparks or sputters. I do it again, still nothing.

1639
01:52:51.960 --> 01:52:55.079
Then I scream and hit it one more time. Just

1640
01:52:55.159 --> 01:52:57.800
then I feel my spider instinct. I turn and look

1641
01:52:57.880 --> 01:53:02.920
to see another This one's got glowing hair and is

1642
01:53:02.960 --> 01:53:06.199
flying around on some kind of light discs under her

1643
01:53:06.199 --> 01:53:12.199
tennis shoes. You okay, she asks me, Are you our Ariel?

1644
01:53:12.479 --> 01:53:17.439
I ask back, duh, She calls back, I point to

1645
01:53:17.479 --> 01:53:21.319
the panel. Blast this thing, Ariel for real? Stand back,

1646
01:53:21.680 --> 01:53:25.239
she warns. As she's about to blast the panel, she's

1647
01:53:25.279 --> 01:53:28.279
taken off her discs by two wolves. When they're all

1648
01:53:28.319 --> 01:53:30.520
on the ground, the wolves turn into girls and move

1649
01:53:30.600 --> 01:53:35.159
to jump. A winded Ariel. No Carter calls out. He

1650
01:53:35.239 --> 01:53:37.199
slams into one of them with his bike and knocks

1651
01:53:37.239 --> 01:53:39.680
her down, but she's quickly back on her feet and

1652
01:53:39.760 --> 01:53:44.399
snatches him off his bike. Let me go, Mona, Carter yells, Oh,

1653
01:53:44.479 --> 01:53:47.560
I'll let you go right after I have you for

1654
01:53:47.640 --> 01:53:51.800
a quick bite. Don't even think about it. Ariel yells

1655
01:53:51.840 --> 01:53:54.279
as she unloads on the Mona girl with red and

1656
01:53:54.319 --> 01:53:58.039
green fireballs. She takes down the other girl shortly after

1657
01:53:58.119 --> 01:54:03.960
and runs to Carter. Okay me, what about you? He returns.

1658
01:54:04.520 --> 01:54:07.800
They quickly share a brief hug. No question, these two

1659
01:54:07.880 --> 01:54:11.319
have major feelings for each other. I quickly turn back

1660
01:54:11.319 --> 01:54:14.239
to the control panel and smash it one more time.

1661
01:54:14.880 --> 01:54:17.800
I scream when I feel an enormous charge flowing right

1662
01:54:17.800 --> 01:54:21.479
into me and making me slump down. I'm definitely stunned.

1663
01:54:21.479 --> 01:54:24.560
Now I gotta shake it off and make sure. I

1664
01:54:24.640 --> 01:54:27.760
hear voices calling out that the reactors control rods are

1665
01:54:28.079 --> 01:54:31.960
offline and that the whole thing's gonna blow in ten minutes.

1666
01:54:33.279 --> 01:54:36.600
Just then, that sputtering car with the twins inside stops

1667
01:54:36.640 --> 01:54:39.800
next to the portal machine. Then they get out. What

1668
01:54:39.880 --> 01:54:42.720
are they doing? Then I see a Leen working on

1669
01:54:42.760 --> 01:54:46.039
the portal machine herself part of the plan. We gotta

1670
01:54:46.079 --> 01:54:48.680
get that thing fixed for ourselves so we can return home.

1671
01:54:49.319 --> 01:54:52.960
Madeline uses her compact to become her ghostly friend again.

1672
01:54:53.520 --> 01:54:55.640
I groan and force myself to stand on my eight

1673
01:54:55.720 --> 01:54:59.720
legs again. It's hard to move. I got zapped pretty good.

1674
01:55:00.079 --> 01:55:02.560
I ain't deep fried, but I'm still feeling the voltage.

1675
01:55:03.039 --> 01:55:06.119
Come on, Felicia, get up. Your universe don't realize it,

1676
01:55:06.159 --> 01:55:08.319
but it needs you in the worst way right now.

1677
01:55:08.640 --> 01:55:13.319
You've gotta help your teammates. You're a superhero. Get up.

1678
01:55:13.840 --> 01:55:16.119
I push with every last bit of will I've got.

1679
01:55:16.520 --> 01:55:19.560
I finally get back to my feet. This is it.

1680
01:55:19.560 --> 01:55:23.239
It's now or never. Comic book and horror nerds. We

1681
01:55:23.279 --> 01:55:26.239
make our last stand here and.

1682
01:55:26.199 --> 01:55:32.800
Now there's more scares where that came from Weekly Spooky.

1683
01:55:33.039 --> 01:55:34.079
We'll be right back.

1684
01:55:39.039 --> 01:55:44.640
Perspective Bela Tabar Mayor Gunter keeps calling me a child

1685
01:55:44.840 --> 01:55:46.880
and telling me I need to stop fighting him so

1686
01:55:46.920 --> 01:55:50.239
he can fix the reactor. I laugh inside it, knowing

1687
01:55:50.399 --> 01:55:54.720
I'm much older than him. I definitely saw AINI trying

1688
01:55:54.760 --> 01:55:57.840
to fix the portal machine. It looks like Mary Worth

1689
01:55:57.840 --> 01:56:00.800
has cast some kind of spell that's making the vampires

1690
01:56:00.840 --> 01:56:03.880
go blind. When the spell affects may Or Gunter. I

1691
01:56:03.960 --> 01:56:06.680
grab him and hurl him at a nearby wall. He

1692
01:56:06.800 --> 01:56:10.279
crashes right through it and is outside. Then I can

1693
01:56:10.279 --> 01:56:14.399
see the rest of the vampires are turning tail and running. Yeah,

1694
01:56:14.680 --> 01:56:19.199
they know the reactor's gonna go boom very shortly. I

1695
01:56:19.319 --> 01:56:22.840
quickly warp over to AINI you okay, I ask her,

1696
01:56:23.520 --> 01:56:26.279
Just need a little more time, bells, she tells me quickly.

1697
01:56:26.840 --> 01:56:31.000
Then I notice Mary's gone. Yeah, she went to make

1698
01:56:31.039 --> 01:56:34.000
sure no innocent people are around when the reactor goes off.

1699
01:56:34.359 --> 01:56:37.840
I'm sure she'll be back shortly. Just then, everybody else

1700
01:56:37.880 --> 01:56:40.680
comes over to where we are when we're hearing how

1701
01:56:40.720 --> 01:56:44.279
many minutes are left, and they're decreasing fast. I'll admit

1702
01:56:44.399 --> 01:56:47.319
I'm getting scared over here. I'm wondering if this is

1703
01:56:47.359 --> 01:56:50.439
what'll finally be the end of me, or will Thornton

1704
01:56:50.520 --> 01:56:54.640
Jillian again have the last laugh. Nah, I can't think

1705
01:56:54.640 --> 01:56:58.319
about myself like that. Not right now. Aine's working her

1706
01:56:58.319 --> 01:57:01.920
soldering gun and fusing circuits together. It amazes me what

1707
01:57:02.000 --> 01:57:05.640
this little mouse can do with electronics. I mean, she's

1708
01:57:05.680 --> 01:57:08.119
made so many wonderful toys for us to fight other

1709
01:57:08.159 --> 01:57:12.560
supernatural bad guys. With including those sunlight gauntlets. She's a

1710
01:57:12.600 --> 01:57:17.319
real tinker. Back up, everybody, I say, don't crowder. Let

1711
01:57:17.319 --> 01:57:20.640
her work. I can see how scared Iiny is. I

1712
01:57:20.680 --> 01:57:22.840
don't think she's ever had to work under pressure like

1713
01:57:22.880 --> 01:57:26.000
this before. At one point, she groans and backs away.

1714
01:57:26.720 --> 01:57:30.640
I can't do it, she squeaks, Yes you can, Aileen

1715
01:57:31.119 --> 01:57:35.920
Felicia says softly, this is you, this is your superpower,

1716
01:57:36.119 --> 01:57:40.000
this is what you do. You can do this, you must.

1717
01:57:40.720 --> 01:57:44.000
Iiny nods, takes a deep breath and goes back to work.

1718
01:57:44.600 --> 01:57:48.239
So many complex circuits here, she mutters. The rest of

1719
01:57:48.319 --> 01:57:51.640
us keep an eye out for possible vampire attackers. None

1720
01:57:51.680 --> 01:57:54.960
of them come back in though, Okay, I spoke too soon.

1721
01:57:55.399 --> 01:57:58.399
That other aerial mirn appears with her versions of Mona

1722
01:57:58.479 --> 01:58:02.000
Abels and Bailey Downs. I point right at them. You

1723
01:58:02.119 --> 01:58:05.840
three better just run while you have the chance. No need.

1724
01:58:06.239 --> 01:58:09.600
The other Ariel says, we'll stop mouse before she can

1725
01:58:09.600 --> 01:58:13.119
fix the portal machine. Any quickly raises her arm and

1726
01:58:13.159 --> 01:58:17.079
clicks on her sun lamp, making them get back fast. Yeah,

1727
01:58:17.239 --> 01:58:21.079
I got your mouse right here. Just then our aerol

1728
01:58:21.199 --> 01:58:24.640
is flying on light discs. No way you're stopping this,

1729
01:58:25.159 --> 01:58:28.640
she tells those vampires. You may be bloodsuckers, but I

1730
01:58:28.720 --> 01:58:33.239
have arcadious powers. The other Ariel laughs, it won't matter.

1731
01:58:33.279 --> 01:58:35.720
After one of us bites you. You'll stay here and

1732
01:58:35.760 --> 01:58:38.680
be one of us. Once you feel the same hunger

1733
01:58:38.720 --> 01:58:43.760
we feel, then you'll help us. Our aerols hands burn

1734
01:58:43.880 --> 01:58:46.840
with red and green fires. Now, if I have to

1735
01:58:46.880 --> 01:58:49.479
stay here in this universe to make sure you don't

1736
01:58:49.520 --> 01:58:53.239
ever make another portal, then I'm okay with that. The

1737
01:58:53.359 --> 01:58:57.159
vampire Aerial doesn't look so confident. Now, you're a mirror.

1738
01:58:57.520 --> 01:59:01.680
There's no way you'd sacrifice yourself. It's not in your blood.

1739
01:59:02.000 --> 01:59:05.920
You see that giant spider there. Our Ariel returns, she's

1740
01:59:05.960 --> 01:59:08.800
a mirn. She's the one who's keeping our spirits up

1741
01:59:08.840 --> 01:59:10.880
and convincing us we need to do the right thing.

1742
01:59:11.720 --> 01:59:14.960
I know what mom did to both of us. She

1743
01:59:15.119 --> 01:59:18.960
shakes her head quickly. I won't be like her. Mom

1744
01:59:19.039 --> 01:59:22.119
did me a huge solid by disowning me. I can

1745
01:59:22.159 --> 01:59:24.640
decide what I want to do with my own life.

1746
01:59:25.239 --> 01:59:28.000
I don't have to live up to expectations other than

1747
01:59:28.039 --> 01:59:32.479
my own, so I'm choosing to stay behind. I will

1748
01:59:32.520 --> 01:59:36.239
not let you win. None of us here will Vampire

1749
01:59:36.319 --> 01:59:39.840
Aeriel screams and flies right at our Aeriel. Our Ariel

1750
01:59:39.920 --> 01:59:43.960
screams herself and unleashes her full powers on her vampire counterpart.

1751
01:59:44.359 --> 01:59:47.560
Before long, the vampire is flat on her back, smokes,

1752
01:59:47.560 --> 01:59:50.359
fuming off her body. I don't think she's dead, but

1753
01:59:50.399 --> 01:59:53.760
she's not healing up very fast either. It's then when

1754
01:59:53.880 --> 01:59:57.840
Mona and Bailey turn into giant bats and flee. I

1755
01:59:57.920 --> 02:00:01.840
doubt they'll clear the blast in time. Done, Iine cries,

1756
02:00:02.000 --> 02:00:04.199
I did it. It's ready. We have to act fast.

1757
02:00:04.359 --> 02:00:08.600
Only two minutes left. Just then, Mary Worth appears. I

1758
02:00:08.640 --> 02:00:11.640
have used my most powerful white magics to move any

1759
02:00:11.720 --> 02:00:15.000
mortals out of this state. I am weakened as a result.

1760
02:00:15.800 --> 02:00:19.560
Mary must have really taxed herself. She uses Mattie's compact

1761
02:00:19.560 --> 02:00:22.720
and returns into the mirror realm Maddie's with us again.

1762
02:00:23.720 --> 02:00:27.239
We can go home, cousin Aine tells her. Ariel turns

1763
02:00:27.279 --> 02:00:30.279
to us and lands, that's right, all of you go home.

1764
02:00:30.479 --> 02:00:33.079
Like I said, I'm staying behind to destroy this thing

1765
02:00:33.439 --> 02:00:41.159
once and for all. Perspective Carter Cross. When Ariel said that,

1766
02:00:42.000 --> 02:00:45.920
my stomach and my heart get heavy fast. I approach Ariel.

1767
02:00:46.720 --> 02:00:49.840
You can't do this, Ariel gulps a little when she

1768
02:00:49.920 --> 02:00:53.319
sees me start crying. I never thought I'd really care

1769
02:00:53.359 --> 02:00:57.359
about Ariel Mirror that much. She's got tears of her own. Now,

1770
02:00:58.359 --> 02:01:01.920
I'm sorry, Carter chokes out. I'm the only one who

1771
02:01:02.000 --> 02:01:04.680
can destroy this thing the way it needs to be destroyed.

1772
02:01:05.319 --> 02:01:10.439
Those vampires can never activate this machine ever again. But

1773
02:01:10.600 --> 02:01:17.640
you'll the blast, I choke back. Then Madeline approaches her. No, Ariel, no,

1774
02:01:18.840 --> 02:01:22.119
if you have another plan, Mouse, there won't be enough time.

1775
02:01:22.560 --> 02:01:25.359
We're in the final minute now, she yells at all

1776
02:01:25.399 --> 02:01:30.079
of us. You have to go now. Bella turns to Aileen.

1777
02:01:30.800 --> 02:01:35.039
Fire it up. Iiny yesterday on it. Bell's it ain't

1778
02:01:35.079 --> 02:01:38.359
long before Aileen has a portal opening up. It's got

1779
02:01:38.359 --> 02:01:41.359
to get big enough before we can all leave. I

1780
02:01:41.439 --> 02:01:45.000
turn back to Ariel. It can't end like this for you,

1781
02:01:45.359 --> 02:01:50.600
I tell her. It's not fair. Ariel nods quickly. I know,

1782
02:01:51.399 --> 02:01:53.640
but we don't have time to make another plan. It

1783
02:01:53.720 --> 02:01:56.199
has to be me, Carter. My mom was the reason

1784
02:01:56.199 --> 02:01:58.479
why this Ariel made the earth here what it is.

1785
02:01:59.119 --> 02:02:02.520
She's not mine, but I'm going to fix it. I'm

1786
02:02:02.520 --> 02:02:09.119
going to make it right. She's crying again. Please understand okay,

1787
02:02:09.199 --> 02:02:12.520
let's get moving. Aileen yells, we're almost out of time.

1788
02:02:13.079 --> 02:02:16.880
Ariel's hurting the same way I am. I'll always be

1789
02:02:16.960 --> 02:02:21.039
with you, Carter. She turns to Madeline. You two mouse.

1790
02:02:21.760 --> 02:02:23.680
Your family took me in when mine kicked me to

1791
02:02:23.720 --> 02:02:28.000
the curb. This is how I repay that. Madeline quickly

1792
02:02:28.039 --> 02:02:30.840
hugs Ariel before she runs into the portal behind that

1793
02:02:30.960 --> 02:02:35.840
giant spider. Then I'm staying too, I tell Ariel. She

1794
02:02:35.960 --> 02:02:40.239
shakes her head. No, Carter, you won't. Bella get Carter

1795
02:02:40.359 --> 02:02:43.199
out of here. Bella grabs me and throws me through

1796
02:02:43.239 --> 02:02:47.279
the portal. Bella gives Ariel a thumbs up. Ariel gives

1797
02:02:47.279 --> 02:02:51.239
a thumbs up back. Then Bella dives through the portal.

1798
02:02:52.560 --> 02:02:55.920
Before I can attempt to go back through, the portal

1799
02:02:56.000 --> 02:03:05.239
closes for the last time. Epilogue perspective Aerial Mirran. This

1800
02:03:05.279 --> 02:03:08.800
is really it. The final five seconds. I used my

1801
02:03:08.880 --> 02:03:12.640
Christmas powers and blast the main reactor controls one last time.

1802
02:03:13.199 --> 02:03:15.720
As soon as the timer hits zero, I start to

1803
02:03:15.760 --> 02:03:19.319
see the explosion coming from the control panel. At the

1804
02:03:19.359 --> 02:03:23.920
same time, I see my life flashing right before my eyes,

1805
02:03:25.279 --> 02:03:30.479
and then I suddenly remember something. Queen Arcadia had control

1806
02:03:30.520 --> 02:03:33.319
of my body when she possessed me back in December.

1807
02:03:34.000 --> 02:03:37.479
I remember everything Queen Arcadia did. I recall when she

1808
02:03:37.560 --> 02:03:41.720
captured Mona Abels. First, Queen Arcadia turned into something like

1809
02:03:42.239 --> 02:03:45.399
lightning energy and went into an electrical outlet. Then she

1810
02:03:45.520 --> 02:03:47.479
appeared in front of Mona by coming out of a

1811
02:03:47.479 --> 02:03:52.439
street lamp above her. She became me again. Before capturing Mona,

1812
02:03:53.680 --> 02:03:56.960
I changed myself into lightning energy and go right into

1813
02:03:56.960 --> 02:03:59.960
the portal machine. My energy causes the machine to over

1814
02:04:00.159 --> 02:04:03.039
load to the point where it explodes. There's no way

1815
02:04:03.079 --> 02:04:05.359
the vampires are going to get this thing to work

1816
02:04:05.399 --> 02:04:09.079
ever again. Of course, the blast wave might have finished

1817
02:04:09.079 --> 02:04:12.119
it off anyway. I merge with the last of the

1818
02:04:12.239 --> 02:04:15.119
energies that were keeping the portal open and shoot right

1819
02:04:15.199 --> 02:04:20.359
for it. And before I realize what's happening, I'm right

1820
02:04:20.399 --> 02:04:24.239
back on the other side with the others. I scare

1821
02:04:24.279 --> 02:04:26.760
everybody when a huge electrical bolt comes out of a

1822
02:04:26.800 --> 02:04:29.600
street lamp near them in Gunter's Square, a park in

1823
02:04:29.640 --> 02:04:34.840
downtown Village. Ariel, I hear someone screaming, I'm flat on

1824
02:04:34.880 --> 02:04:37.399
my back when Carter Cross wraps his arms around me

1825
02:04:37.680 --> 02:04:42.039
and lifts me into a sitting position you. You really made

1826
02:04:42.039 --> 02:04:46.880
it back, he gasps. I nod quickly, Yeah, I did,

1827
02:04:47.000 --> 02:04:49.800
didn't I I let Carter help me to my feet.

1828
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Then I see all of us who saved our universe

1829
02:04:53.199 --> 02:04:56.319
and the many others out there. I can't believe all

1830
02:04:56.359 --> 02:04:59.920
this stuff is really real. I mean, I learned that vam,

1831
02:05:00.640 --> 02:05:04.319
giant spiders and ghosts are real, But the concept of

1832
02:05:04.319 --> 02:05:09.039
alternate universes, I guess science fiction isn't so much fiction anymore.

1833
02:05:09.840 --> 02:05:13.319
Did you do it? Ariel cousin Felicia asks me. I

1834
02:05:13.399 --> 02:05:17.039
nod quickly again. Oh yeah, I blew that machine to bits.

1835
02:05:17.520 --> 02:05:21.960
I can also confirm that reactor went kerpluey. Suddenly, Mouse

1836
02:05:22.000 --> 02:05:24.800
shoots right at me and holds me close. I hug

1837
02:05:24.840 --> 02:05:29.119
her back. I'm here, Mouse, I tell her, you don't

1838
02:05:29.119 --> 02:05:31.159
have to explain to your parents why I'm not coming

1839
02:05:31.199 --> 02:05:35.239
home after all. Mouse looks up at me now with tears.

1840
02:05:35.880 --> 02:05:39.439
You said home. Well, it's the only one I've got,

1841
02:05:39.720 --> 02:05:44.079
I say, unless your parents say otherwise, which you know

1842
02:05:44.199 --> 02:05:47.760
they won't, Ariel. We all take a moment to realize

1843
02:05:47.800 --> 02:05:50.279
what we did. I know it's a moment that's going

1844
02:05:50.319 --> 02:05:54.479
to stay with all of us, especially me. We actually

1845
02:05:54.560 --> 02:05:59.239
saved our world and countless other earths. No, Mom, I

1846
02:05:59.279 --> 02:06:02.479
didn't go the way vampire me did. I could never

1847
02:06:02.560 --> 02:06:05.399
be like you. Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe

1848
02:06:05.439 --> 02:06:08.960
I don't hate you so much anymore. I also remember

1849
02:06:09.000 --> 02:06:12.279
Brian Chunk told me during our mall overnight about being

1850
02:06:12.319 --> 02:06:15.159
a dominant miran. He told me to be my own

1851
02:06:15.319 --> 02:06:20.079
dominant miran. It's my destiny now, Mom, and you'll never

1852
02:06:20.159 --> 02:06:23.680
take that away from me never you tried. Giving me

1853
02:06:23.720 --> 02:06:26.840
to Queen Arcadia, not only did I conquer your code

1854
02:06:26.880 --> 02:06:30.680
come to life, I also gained her powers. Queen Arcadia

1855
02:06:30.800 --> 02:06:33.560
wanted to conquer the mortal Realm. I'm going to use

1856
02:06:33.600 --> 02:06:36.680
her powers to try and help save it. Seeing these

1857
02:06:36.720 --> 02:06:40.560
others Bela, Tabon, Cousin, Felicia, the Twin Mice, and even

1858
02:06:40.600 --> 02:06:44.920
Carter with his bike, we saved our world, Mom, I

1859
02:06:45.000 --> 02:06:47.920
even saved you for what it's worth to have a

1860
02:06:48.000 --> 02:06:51.640
nice life. Mom. Then I see Carter still looking at me.

1861
02:06:52.359 --> 02:06:54.600
I come to him. We hold each other for a

1862
02:06:54.640 --> 02:06:58.439
long time, then we finally come apart. We look at

1863
02:06:58.479 --> 02:07:02.079
each other again, and then I go with my feelings.

1864
02:07:02.560 --> 02:07:06.079
Carter and I hear the cheers from everybody else like

1865
02:07:06.159 --> 02:07:09.880
I said, Mom, have a nice life. I'm not even

1866
02:07:09.920 --> 02:07:12.760
mad at you anymore. I'm free to do whatever I want.

1867
02:07:13.439 --> 02:07:15.520
I can write my own destiny and be my own

1868
02:07:15.560 --> 02:07:18.760
dominant Miran, And I guess part of my new destiny

1869
02:07:18.840 --> 02:07:21.640
is going back to Strickfield Town Center Mall with the

1870
02:07:21.680 --> 02:07:24.800
others to see Tiffany get her key to the village

1871
02:07:24.960 --> 02:07:34.199
after we all get cleaned up first. After math, Adrian

1872
02:07:34.319 --> 02:07:38.640
Miron walked around her mansion inside the gated community. She

1873
02:07:38.720 --> 02:07:40.920
walked into her bedroom and sat down in front of

1874
02:07:40.920 --> 02:07:45.000
her mirror to brush her long blonde hair before going

1875
02:07:45.039 --> 02:07:49.159
to bed. As she did, she noticed something was wrong.

1876
02:07:50.079 --> 02:07:53.000
She leaned in for a closer look and saw the

1877
02:07:53.000 --> 02:07:58.800
wrinkles under her eyes. This can't be, she yelled. I'm immortal.

1878
02:07:59.239 --> 02:08:03.239
Queen Arcadia promised me that for giving her life years ago.

1879
02:08:03.680 --> 02:08:07.319
Adrian got up and went downstairs. Soon she came to

1880
02:08:07.359 --> 02:08:11.560
a secret door that only she knew about and entered.

1881
02:08:12.560 --> 02:08:15.760
She moved through the corridor until she came into a

1882
02:08:15.840 --> 02:08:20.359
hidden layer. There, she quickly gathered the ingredients she required

1883
02:08:20.880 --> 02:08:26.119
for the spell she intended to use. After reciting the spell,

1884
02:08:26.800 --> 02:08:31.279
the spirit of Queen Arcadia appeared. Adrian could see She

1885
02:08:31.399 --> 02:08:35.520
was very weak from having been overthrown by her daughter Ariel.

1886
02:08:36.159 --> 02:08:40.119
I know why you have summoned me, Adrian Miron Arcadia

1887
02:08:40.199 --> 02:08:44.640
said weakly. Your immortality is fading because I no longer

1888
02:08:44.640 --> 02:08:49.800
have the power to grant it unto you. Your daughter

1889
02:08:49.920 --> 02:08:55.079
now possesses all of my limitless power. There's no way

1890
02:08:55.119 --> 02:09:02.199
that I can reclaim them. Her spirit dimmed two two

1891
02:09:02.319 --> 02:09:11.279
week arkadias spirit finally disappeared. Adrian became very angry and determined.

1892
02:09:12.880 --> 02:09:16.439
You think you're free of me, little one, she sneered,

1893
02:09:17.199 --> 02:09:22.199
I will find you aerial renaissance Mirran, reclaim you and

1894
02:09:22.319 --> 02:09:26.720
take those powers away from you. She tightened her fists.

1895
02:09:27.439 --> 02:09:31.960
You have become the bane of my existence for the

1896
02:09:32.079 --> 02:09:42.640
last time, not the end. Well, my Spookyes, I hope

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02:09:42.640 --> 02:09:47.359
you enjoyed that very terrifying story, and I hope I'll

1898
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find you back here next time for even more. And

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remember we do miniseries twice a year, once in the

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1901
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1905
02:10:17.880 --> 02:10:19.920
my spookyes, I have to get back to all the

1906
02:10:19.960 --> 02:10:22.319
work I have to do to get ready for our

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big October with thirty one shows in thirty one days.

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So until next time, I've been your host and narrator,

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Enrique Kutel, Thanks so much for listening.