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The air was tense and... well
One could say this was a miracle for Basil
There's still people who care about him
"So? are you backing down? or not?"
Arthur says with a hint of anger
"Or are we gonna need to teach you a lesson?"
Eleanor says with venom(figurative and literally) in his voice
The hooligans are intimidated
I mean
those are full grown adults and seeing by how big they are, they are STRONG
Also
Is it Mikhae-
"THE MAVERICK IT'S THE MAVERICK YOU FIEND"
...
Ok then
Is it THE MAVEIRCK's(-_-) imagination(s) or does the woman has...
glowing eyes?
aubrey on the other hand...
cant believe what she's seeing
"I... I recognize those voices..."
Aubrey mind is then flooded with memories
**FLASHBACK TIME BOYS**
"Do you really need to go?"
says a sad and afraid basil
"we do, the people of hollvania need to know what they're dealing with, they need to know the truth"
eleanor still with her voice said in response to basil's nerves
"and i'm going to protect from trouble. because i KNOW she will get into trouble"
arthur says affirming
"Ha .Ha. -_-"
eleanor answers with her EXQUISITE sense of humor
"Don't you worry Basil, arthur and eleanor are the strongest people there is.
They'll be back in no time :)"
Said a once innocent, friendly and still to this day smug young aubrey
The nightingale siblings laugh a little by this
"HELL YEAH WE ARE!"
Arthur already is motivated to go
"Yeah you're right, i have nothing to fear"
Basil says while his fears fade away(oh you sweet child)
"i'll get grandma so she can say her goodbye's"
And so the babil goes into his home to get his grandma
the air was chill, it was mid winter and the bikes were already vroom vroom vrooming with fury
Arthur and Eleanor already Said their goodbye to Sunny, Kel, Henry(Arthur is kinda jealous of His hero Nicknames ;)) and...
Mari
Both siblings admit that Mari had a true talent at playing the piano
It Even gave a moment that usually happens each 1000 years
Arthur nightingale
SINGING
Both enjoy faraway
And think it's the Best place for a nervous boy like Basil
They Will miss it while away at hollvania
But first...
Right before aubrey enters Basil's house
Eleanor stops her
"Mm? Something's wrong?"
Aubrey asks curiously
The usual face of... Mischief of eleanor fades away into a face of pure seriousness
Eleanor kneels to while looking at aubrey and then puts her hands on her shoulders
"Aubrey. I need You to promise me something"
Eleanor says with an honest tone
"I think i know what are you're going to Say*
Arthur does the same
"We need You to promise us that You Will take care of basil, he's very easy to make cry and to break which could make him a very easy target
But we know that in time he Will grow up to be a strong strong willed man"
"But until that happens"
"We want You to help him, to protect him, to be something like a sister to him while we're gone"
"Can You promise that?"
Aubrey looks suprised with such ask
But
She's happy to oblige
"I promise, i Will be the Best sister EVER"
Aubrey exclaims with pride
Both Eleanor and Arthur laugh at this with joy
"I KNEW I could trust You kid"
Eleanor says happy and relieved
"You Will make the Best little sister EVER"
Arthur exclaims
Then aubrey's face goes from happy to annoyed
"LITTLE?! why am i the little siblings >:|"
Says aubrey annoyed by this
"Hey, don't worry little dosen't means weaker"
Arthur clears up
"I'm... Unfortunely living proof of that"
...
"30 seconds older than you"
Eleanor's mischief is back in ACTION
"LET'S JUST SAY OUR GOODBYES TO GRANDMA"
Arthur says entering the house rather... Quickly
...
Aubrey laughs while Eleanor and her Enter the house before going to hollvania
**END OF FLASHBACKS BOIS*
...
"Eleanor?"
"Wh- how does You know US?"
Arthur asks cautiosly
...
"No..."
"Aubrey?"
Eleanor finally realizes the crude reality
"You're telling me that's..."
And so does Arthur
"Hey aubs do You knows these creeps?"
Kim asks
"I... I-"
But before aubrey could finish
"HEY STOP!"
And so to the scene enters the 2 protags(not really
KEL AND SNUU-
I mean
Sunny
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO-"
And another suprise for the Orange Joe LOVER
"Wait... ARTHUR?!"
Kel exclaims
"Hold on... KEL?!"
Arthur exclaims back
Both men proceed to look eachother dead in the eyes
...
then proceed to make an over the top salute
...
Oh yeah i forgot to mention
kel was arthur's favorite kid
his sillyness and rashness completely won arthur
"How have you been?"
asks the... somehow excited Arthur
"... good, i've been good"
Kel says as he puts a smile
but Arthur can sense something is wro-
"oh right"
Kel redirects his attention back to the hooligans
"HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO BASIL?!"
aubrey snaps back to the real world
"nothings that concerns you"
kel grows annoyed
"but it DOES concern me we all used to be friends!"
"Tell her sunny"
Aubrey and the nightingale siblings get a bit aback by this presentation
"sunny? is that you?
Aubrey asks suprised
Both arthur and Eleanor see sunny
and immediately know something's wrong with him
but
"Finally out of your little bubble? did you enjoy it?"
aubrey response actually annoys the siblings
"please aubrey, just leave basil alo-"
kel tries to calm the situation
"I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENT FOR THAT ANYMORE"
aubrey finally explodes taking aback kel, arthur and eleanor
"so how about this? you both versus me, how does that sound?"
aubrey is just furious now
arthur and eleanor try to stop this but the rest of the hooligans stop them
the fight goes as you imgine
until...
when sunny is finally about to do his attack...
arthur push to the sides the hooligans
and with a speed that can only be describe as a dash, arthur grabs sunny's arm
and looks at him with an angry look
"SUNNY..."
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?!"
Just as everyone is confused
aubrey sees it...
**A knife**
arthur gets the knife away from sunny with abit of excessive strenght
"YOU COULD'VE HURT AUBREY BADLY WITH THAT!"
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND?!"
Arthur valorates above everything his friends and family
and thus why he's so angry
but...
sunny only looks at him with a blank stare...
Arthur know with this...
that something went terribly wrong here