Hannah
I love Friday’s, I don’t even mind that I have to spend the majority of the day in school either, all of my classes are easy and enjoyable. Music, art and English, my favourites, and it helps that Jimmy is in all of those classes with me.

“What do you think of this?” I asked Jimmy, turning around and flashing him my sketchbook, I hadn’t done any of my project this period, because to be honest with you, it was totally boring, everyone was drawing animals, flowers or fruit. Yawn.

“Holy shit,” He whispered, a huge smile spreading across his face “That is so awesome,”

“Wanna know what I call it?” I asked, biting my bottom lip with excitement, he was going to love this.

“What?” He asked, taking the book out of my hands.

“The Deathbat,”

“We have to show this to the guys at lunch,” He said “This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen,” He was gushing, but I think he was just fuelling my ego.

“It isn’t that good,” I blushed “But why do we have to show this to everyone?” I asked, taking it back from him.

“Matt’s been talking about coming up with a band logo, and I think you just drew it,”

“No,” I said, pointing a long finger at him “It’ll make the band look so fucking lame and everyone will laugh at it,”

“Have some confidence in your work,” He demanded, leaning closer to me so out faces were literally only inches apart “Trust me babe, people are going to be tattooing this all over their bodies one day,”

“Can I see your project?” I asked him, trying to move his long arm that was covering his paper.

“No,” He said bluntly, covering it even more “Never,”

“Why not?” I pouted “I get it, it’s a rough sketch but it can’t be that bad,”

“It’s not a rough sketch, I’m almost done, but not quite,” I pouted harder and gave him the puppy dog eyes.

“Please,” I whined “I have to ask you something, but only if you show me your project,”

“Ask me first,”

“Show me first,”

“Ask me first,”

“Show me first,”

“Dude,” Tori whispered from the table in the back corner “Just show her, she’ll love it,”

“She knows?” I whined, pointing towards Tori while continuing to pout at Jimmy “That’s not fair,”

“Fine!” He exclaimed, a little louder than he meant to, earning him a warning glare from the teacher, but he bowed his head, uncovered it and turned it around to me.

“Jimmy…” I gasped “This is… whoa… how… what?”

“Most of it was done on the canvas from memory, but I wanted to get the last details up close,” He admitted with a bright blush and a sheepish grin.

His surface was sectioned off almost invisibly, and each section was a charcoal drawing of me from different angles; the back of my head, the side of my face from down low, the other side looking down at me and the biggest section was of the front of my face, but I wasn’t looking at him.

“What am I doing here?” I asked pointing to the front view drawing.

“It’s from when we were writing the song together,” He told me “You were concentrating on writing down the last verse, that’s your concentration face,”

“It is not,” I denied, my jaw dropping open.

“It totally is,” He smiled adorably “And it’s your most gorgeous expression,”

“Goofball,” I chuckled, tossing a scrunched up piece of paper at his head.

“Hey,” He laughed “Can you ask me whatever you had to ask me now?”

“Are you busy tonight?” I asked.

“No, why?” He smiled “Want me to come over and hang out?”

“No,” I laughed “Erin and I have to go to some business thing, my dad and uncle thought it would be a good idea if we invited you and Zack, it’s a masquerade bash, for what though, I don’t know,”

“Sounds pretty awesome,” He smiled “I’ll need to get a mask though,”

“Okay, and dress as fancy as you can, Erin and I were given our dresses and, well, they’re pretty extravagant…”

“This should be interesting,” He winked.
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Jimmy
After art class it was lunch and I resisted the urge to throw Hannah over my shoulder and run out to the tree with her to show the guys her drawing, but instead, I settled for almost ripping her arm from the socket as I dragged her through the school and out onto the field.

“Guys,” I panted “You have to see this,” I turned Hannah around, unzipped her backpack and handed Matt her sketchbook “The Deathbat, Hannah drew it in art class, I think it’s the perfect logo for the band,”

“Holy shit,” Matt breathed “Guys, look at this shit,” He handed it around to everyone else and they all made similar comments “That’s the one,” Matt smiled widely, handing Hannah the book back “How did you come up with that?”

“I don’t know,” She shrugged “I was just doodling really,”

“We’re using that,” Brian said “You think you could blow it up for us? You know, draw the biggest one you can manage?”

“Sure,” She smiled “I’ll do what I can,”
We all sat under the tree and started to eat lunch, the guys and I all exchanging whatever food we had that we didn’t want, soon, Erin joined us.

“Hey,” She breathed heavily “Sorry, I was kept back in my last class,” She dropped herself in front of Hannah and said her hello to Zack with some kisses before joining Hannah in a little bubble of their own, exchanging food and talking between themselves.

“Hey man,” Zack said, elbowing me in the arm to get my attention “Hannah invite you to that thing tonight?”

“Yeah,” I nodded “Are you going?”

“Erin wants me to go, so of course I’m going, I don’t want them going somewhere without us, in case anything happens, you know?” I nodded to what he was saying.

“I know what you mean, dude.” I sighed “But, say something did happen… what the fuck can we do to save them from some demon witch hunter guy?”
~~~~
Hannah
When I got home from school, dad was already starting to get himself ready for the masquerade, it was starting in only a few hours, and I had a lot of work to do to get myself ready for the night.

I walked into my room and found my dress laying on my bed where I left it this morning, and I just stared at it. It was totally me, but at the same time, it wasn’t me at all. It was gorgeous, sure, but it was big and made a statement.

“You don’t like it?” Dad asked, coming into my room, wiping excess shaving foam from his chin
“The man in the shop told me it would be perfect for you for tonight,” He admitted sheepishly.

“Really?” I asked, surprised “I do like it, I love it, but… isn’t it a little much?” I asked.

“Of course not,” He smiled lifting the dress off of the bed and holding it against me “It’s very fitting for you,”

“Thanks,” I smirked “Now, if you’ll leave me to it, I’ll get myself into this dress,”
He left the room, chuckling as he went.

I striped myself out of my clothes I’d worn today and changed my underwear to black lace panties and a black strapless bra before going into the bathroom and starting on my makeup.

Once that was done, I let my hair down and tousled my natural waves a little, making them look messy.

“Perfect,” I smiled to myself.
~~~~
“Hey dad,” I called out as I walked down the corridor to his bedroom “What am I supposed to do with this?” I asked, walking in and holding up my mask “It doesn’t have any straps to tie on the back of my head or anything,”

“Can you help me with this?” He asked, fiddling with his bow tie.

“Here,” I laughed, placing my mask on the bed and moving over to my dad “It’s really not all that hard,” I commented as I fiddled with the tie, successfully tying it perfectly “There,”

“I never could work that out,” He chuckled “It was always your mother who had to tie my ties for me,”

“Well, you don’t have to worry about that, not now that there’s a new woman in your life,” I muttered spitefully.

“Hannah,” He sighed “She isn’t going to replace your mother, she isn’t even going to try, but for the first time since we lost your mother, I’m involved with a woman seriously, and I would really appreciate if you at least tried to get along with Darla,” When I only looked at the ground and didn’t say anything, he sighed softly and picked up the mask from the bed “Here,” I looked up at him and he settled the mask onto my face “It doesn’t need to be tied, it just sits there,”

“Oh,” I laughed sheepishly “How do I look?” I asked.

“Gorgeous,” He smiled “Is… what’s his name, meeting us there?” He asked.

“Jimmy, and yes, he’s meeting us there,” I laughed “Okay, I’ll make you a deal,” He gave me a look to continue “If you don’t try to scare Jimmy away and make him feel welcome, I’ll try to get along with Darla,”

“Deal,”
~~~~
The venue was freaking huge, it looked like a mansion or something, it was gorgeous and outside was beautiful too, there was a huge maze with a giant water fountain in the middle of it – I hadn’t gone in yet, but I could see it from the balcony.

“Why don’t you go and see if you can find Jimmy, Erin and her date?” Dad suggested “I’ll go find Darla and bring her to you,” I just nodded and made my way to where I said I’d meet Jimmy, right in the middle of the ballroom.

When I saw him, I smiled widely at his appearance. He was standing with a drink in his hand, wearing a plain white mask that covered his eyes and a black suit, white shirt and a long black tie. If it was Halloween I’d think he was going for Slenderman.

“Excuse me, Sir.” I said, stopping behind him “I’m looking for my date but I can’t seem to find him,” He turned around slowly and a smile spread across his face “Hi,” I giggled.

“Hey,” He breathed, leaning down to capturer my lips with his “You look… that dress is… whoa,”

“Does it look bad?” I asked, looking down at the dress, grabbing at the skirt a little.

“No,” He said sincerely “It looks amazing on you,”

“Well?” I asked, raising my eyebrows behind the mask “Are you going to ask me to dance?” I asked.

Perfect timing, another song was just starting to play. Jimmy placed his drink on a nearby table before returning to me, holding out his hand and bowing ever so slightly.

“May I have this dance?” He asked.

“Of course,” I smiled, placing my hand in his and letting him whisk me away.
~~~~
Jimmy was a surprisingly good dancer, and after two dances, we were joined by Erin and Zack who seemed to be enjoying themselves, really, for the first time since the beach.

“I need some air,” I announced, fanning myself with my hand “Anyone wanna join me for a walk?”

“I’ll come with you,” Jimmy said immediately, stepping back beside me and linking his fingers with mine.

We walked outside and decided that we could make it through the maze, to the fountain and back again.

“I bet I can find the fountain before you!” I giggled to Jimmy in a slightly flirty way. Maybe I shouldn’t have had so much champagne between dances.

“Oh no you don’t,” He laughed as I took off in the opposite direction from him “I’m so going to get there before you!”

I ran through the maze alone, laughing as I went, but after only a few right turns and two left turns, I was bang in the middle of the maze, faced with the water fountain. The water looked so refreshing, magical, like something you read about in books.

“Whoa…” I whispered, approaching it and sitting on the edge, dipping my long fingers into the water.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” A voice came from behind me, I turned around to see Sebastian standing there, his hands in his pockets as he took a few steps closer to me. I stood up and forward to him a little, away from the fountain. For some reason, I wasn’t running from him.

“Yeah,” I said softly, looking up into his eyes for the first time, now that we were only inches apart “It is beautiful,” Was I talking about the fountain or his eyes? I didn’t know.

“As are you this evening,” He smiled, his hand reached up and he removed the mask from my face, gently letting it fall to the ground, but I didn’t even flinch when his fingers brushed against my cheek. This wasn’t right, I’m crazy about Jimmy and this man wants me dead, why aren’t I running?!

“What do you want with me?” I whispered, my voice suddenly stuck in my throat.

“What I’ve always wanted,” He said simply, stepping even closer to me, his face only inches from mine “Love,” I gasped “A beautiful woman who loves me for everything I am, by my side, for the rest of our immortal lives together,”

“But I’m not…”

“Oh, with me you will be,” He smiled again, this time, it sent a chill down my spine “Once I strip you of all your magic and make you my life, you’ll be just like me and together, we will rule the underworld,”

He ducked his head, his lips slightly puckered, ready to kiss me, but I took a step backward.

“What?” He asked sadly “Don’t you feel the love you have for me?” He asked.

“I don’t love you,” I told him through gritted teeth “I will never love you, nobody will!”

“Your mother did,” He said quickly, a smirk replacing his smile “She felt it deep in here,” He reached his hand out and touched my chest, right on top of my heart, which started beating a hundred beats a minute “See, your mother and I were engaged to be married, she was ready to become my wife and rule my world with me, but then your aunt convinced her she loved another man, your father, and she left me for him, and I still need a queen, plus, your father took away everything I loved, and I’m going to do the same to him, shame it didn’t just end when I ended your mother, they had already had time to create you,”

I was scared, angry and beyond confused now and as Sebastian spoke, he walked closer to me, and I backed away from him until the back of my knees hit the edge of the fountain, making me drop and sit on the edge and look up at him.

“Let me tell you another thing,” he said lowly “If you don’t comply, do as I say and soon become my queen as your mother should have, I have a dear friend, someone willing to take Erin out of the picture and make sure the same thing that happened with your mothers doesn’t happen again,”

“What do you mean?” I choked.

“If Erin is anything like her mother, then she’ll try to talk you out of our marriage and you’ll run off with some other man, maybe your date, who is getting pretty close to finding us, and I can’t have another woman leave me, you’re perfect, more perfect than she was actually,”

“And what happens if I don’t comply with your sick, twisted wishes?”
His eyes turned into black holes and a twisted smile appeared on his face as he dug his long fingers into the bandaged wound on my thigh from the shards of vase, making me scream out in pain.

“He will rip her heart out!” His voice was demonic.

He grabbed me by the back of the neck, turned me around and shoved my entire body into the fountain, holding my head under.

Erin is dressed in a beautiful white gown, but she's beaten and bloody, but she still looks at the man in the black masquerade mask lovingly for some reason.

"You were warned not to get in the way!" He roared in her face before she screamed out, slumping against him, her eyes wide as she looked down.

She looked down and his hand was inside her chest for only a moment before he pulled it out, her heart in his hand, the blood dripping from his fingers all the way up to his elbow.

"You shouldn't have done that," He whispered to her.

From under the water, I could hear Jimmy coming through the maze, he’d finally found the fountain, but he wasn’t right beside it, he was just screaming at Sebastian, I couldn’t make out what they were saying due to my splashing and struggling. Suddenly, all force was removed from me and I quickly shot out of the water and looked around. He was gone and Jimmy was running over to me, but I remained in the water and backed away from him.

“Stay away from me,” I cried, my voice still quiet, I was shaking with fear and from the cold of the water.

“Hannah, you need to get help,” He said, sounding and looking terrified “You’re losing a lot of blood,”

He came closer to me but I screamed for him to stop, and he did.

“Just stay away from me, Jimmy.” I rose slowly out of the water, some of it pouring off of the dress and landing back in the fountain “I’m no good for you,” I told him as I climbed out “You’re only going to get hurt,”

“Hannah-“ He was cut off my one loud scream from inside the building, followed by every other person in there screaming.

“Erin!” I yelled, picking up my dress and running out of the maze as fast as I could towards the building. I was trying to ignore the pain from my leg and my head and the protesting of my lungs as I started to run out of air and my vision started to blur “Erin..” I whispered, gasping for breath.

I was almost there.

As I started to run up the stone steps to the back entrance, my legs gave way beneath me and I dropped to the stone, reaching my hand up and trying to pull myself up the rest of the stairs. The last thing I heard from behind me was Jimmy screaming my name, and then everything went black.

Notes

So, Hannah now knows why Sebastian wants her, what the history is with her mother and what will happen if Erin get's in his way.
What was all the screaming from inside? Will Jimmy be able to save Hannah, or will she force him to stay away?

Stay tuned for the amazing elovebakervengeance, who I hope can work from this chapter!! (:

- LMV