© September 2007-2011

Chapter Two

    Sara just stood there not knowing what to say. Sandy turned to Sheana and said, “Hi, I’m Sandy Sara’s big sister. You must be Sheana. It’s nice to meet you.” Sandy put her hand out for Sheana to shake.

    Sara was worried as to how Sandy was going to take having a younger sister, or more to the point two younger sisters. So, she took a deep breath and just started asking.

     “Sandy, you’re not mad at me?”

     “Why would I be mad at you? You’re still the same old person you were, but now you can be happy with your life, and to tell you the truth, you never were a very good as a boy. There was something wrong. Now I can see what it was. The big question is, are you happy with who you are now?”

    Sara was in two minds as too what to say next, she was happy. The news that she was not just a normal girl and that vampires were real had given her a lot to think about. All she said was, “I’ve never been happier. The only thing that was worrying me was how you would take it. Now I am happy.”

    Sandy could tell she was hiding something. Sandy would have to find out what. Sara gave her a hug and then said, “How long are you here for?”

     “Well this may come as a shock, but for the time being I am here to stay.”

     “Really? That is so cool. Will you help me and Sheana learn all we need to know?”

     “Wild horses couldn’t stop me from helping you two, but don’t you already know a lot of this stuff Sheana?”

    Sheana was about to speak, but Sara spoke up first. “How much has mum told you?”

     “She told me that Sheana was a genie, and you set her free, and you wished to be a girl. She said that she would leave most of it down to you and Sheana to tell me, so when do I get all the details?”

     “Do you have some time now? We can bring you up to date.”

     “Yes do you want to come in and sit on the bed, so we can talk. I want to know every little detail.”

     “There really isn’t much to tell you, I’ve only been a girl for two days. That’s not a lot of time to do much.” Sheana had a funny look on her face for a second or two, but it was long enough for Sandy to see it.

    As Sara started to fill Sandy in on the past two days and the fact, that Sheana was once a boy but ended up becoming a Genie, which made Sandy feel sorry for her. But Sandy sat there for a long time just listening to the entire story.

    When Sara had finished, Sandy had some questions for both girls to answer. “Sheana what did you do to end up being stuck in the ring for all this time?”

    Sheana was looking down at the bed and making patterns on the bed with her finger then she said, “I did nothing wrong, but the Genie who’s place I took was a real nasty piece of work. She used to twist peoples wishes to make them suffer. Well she found out that the high council of Genie’s was going to put a stop to her, so she found me and twisted my wish so I took her place in the ring, so I ended up with her punishment.”

    Sheana was crying by the time she finished talking, so Sara went and sat one side of her and Sandy sat the other side.

    Sandy spoke first, “So you're telling me that you got locked away all this time, and it was someone else that did the crime?”

    Sheana just nodded her head and kept crying. Sandy put her arm around her and just said, “Well your part of the family now and take it from your big sister, you will never be alone again,” With that said, Sandy gave her a big hug.

    When Sandy let go, Sheana looked up at her then said, “You will really let me call you my big sister?”

     “Well I expect you to call me Sandy, but yes I am your big sister.”

    Sheana had tears running down her face, but was grinning from ear to ear.

     “Why didn’t you tell me any of this before, and how come it took so long for you to be freed from the ring?”

     “Sara I was scared you wouldn’t believe me, and you would think I was like the other Genie. The reason I was stuck for so long was that only evil people ever came looking for the ring. They all wanted to rule the world, then in time people stopped looking for the ring and I found myself in the hands of people who just wanted to look at me. Then the other day you found me in the mud, and by rubbing the ring on your trousers I was set free and you know the rest.”

     “Sheana I told you we don’t have secrets from each other, so from now on you tell me everything, okay.”

     “Okay Sara. I’m sorry, I should have told you.” The two girls hugged and they were both happy again.

    Sandy was looking at the two girls hugging when she looked down at the boots that Sara had on, then she said, “Sara you know what you just said about not having secrets from each other? Well does that count for us as well?”

    Before Sara had time to think about what she was saying, she said, “Sandy I would never keep things from you.”

    Sandy just sniggered then said, “Well do you want to fill in the missing bits of the story you told me? You may be a girl now and look very different, but I can still tell when you are hiding something, and why are there blood spots on your top and streaks of blood on the side of MY! Boots?”

    Sara looked at Sandy and was about to make something up when Sheana said, “Sara please just tell her, she has the right to know what I have done to you.”

    Sandy was beginning to worry about her little sister now.

    Sara took a deep breath and then said, “Sandy first its not my blood, it’s the blood of some bully’s. I stopped them from beating up some friends and us.”

     “You stopped them? How did you stop them? You are only five foot four.”

     “When I made the wish to be a girl, Sheana asked me to form an image of the girl I wanted to be. Well I wanted to be like Sarah Michelle Gellar, so I formed an image of her in my mind and Sheana granted the wish. The problem was I formed an image of her as Buffy, so now I have the same powers as Buffy the vampire slayer.”

     “Let me get this straight. You’re not only a girl now; you are also a vampire slayer? Well good job Vampires are only in the movies and on telly.”

    Sara and Sheana just looked at each other. This made Sandy say, “What am I missing here?”

    Sheana answered her question for her. “Vampires are real, they walk the earth and they are pretty much just like the books say they are, but I don’t have much knowledge of them.”

     “Did you get hurt then tonight?”

     “No, I did get punched in the face and sent flying in to some wooden pallets, but it didn’t hurt, and I stopped the shit head that did it.”

     “So. There is some guy walking around that knows you’re not a normal girl?”

     “Yes, but he’s not going to start telling people that a little girl kicked his ass is he?”

    Sandy thought about it for some time, then said, “you’re right, I can’t see him doing that. It will kill his image as the town’s badass. But watch your back. He may want to get even with you. Not that he will stand much of a chance if you can do half the things Buffy can do in the program.”

    Sheana spoke up at this point. “Having seen her fight with that guy, I can safely say he will soon learn to keep a long way from her and if not well I will fix him.”

    Sandy and Sara looked at the evil grin on Sheana’s face, and then they both started to laugh, which set Sheana off.

     “Does mum know about you being a slayer?”

     “Not yet, but I think I should tell her, what do you think?”

     “I think it would be a good idea, she wouldn’t be happy to find out later.”

    Just as they finished talking there was a knock at the door, so Sandy shouted come in. The next thing they saw was Mum, as she stuck her head around the door and ask, “Is everything okay, and I was just about to make myself some drinking chocolate, would you like some?”

    Sandy and Sara said yes, but Sheana just looked at them both with a blank look on her face. Sara turned to her mum and said, “Make that all three of us mum thanks.” Then she turned to Sheana, “Trust me, you will love it.”

    Mum turned to leave the room and as she was closing the door she shouted, “You can all come down to the kitchen and have it. Okay?”

    All three girls said "Yes mum," and got up off the bed, as they were heading downstairs Sara said, “What happened with the job you had back at the old place?”

     “I lost it due to cut backs, and finding a new one has been a no go. To top it all off, an asshole of an old boyfriend wouldn’t leave me alone. He is even scaring off my new boyfriends. I was doing really well with one guy, but he just stopped calling. I saw his friends and they said he had left town. No one could tell me where he had gone.”

     “Sorry to hear that. I hope you can find a job here. It will be so cool to have you teaching me all I need to know.”

     “I should be able to find a job. I have worked in a lot of clothes shops and they are always looking for staff.”

     “I hope you can. That means you will get staff discount.”

    Sandy had to laugh, then said, “Two days as a girl and already thinking of shopping. We’re doomed.”

    This set Sara and Sheana off laughing. They were still laughing when they got to the kitchen. There, mum asked what they were laughing at, so Sandy told her. When they all stopped laughing, Karen told them to take a seat, and she came over with a tray with four mugs of steaming hot drinking chocolate and a bag of mini marshmallows.

    Sheana watched as Sara and Sandy took a handful of the marshmallows, and dropped them in to their mugs. She then did the same, but mum just picked her mug up and started to blow it and take sips from it.

    Sara asked, “Well what do you think of drinking chocolate Sheana?”

     “It’s very nice, but what are these little things we put in it?”

     “They’re called marshmallows. Sandy and I have always put them in. Why? do you like them?”

     “Yes they are really good, will it be okay to eat one without putting it in the Chocolate?”

    Sandy answered this question, by getting a hand full and putting them in her mouth. Sara and Sheana had to laugh, Sandy had put that much in, her cheeks were bulging out and making it hard to talk. When the girls started to laugh at her, she had to put her hand over her mouth to stop from spitting them all over the table.

    Mum said, “Serves you right for showing off. I didn’t realise the bag was that big though?”

    Sandy clapped her mum on the shoulder, and all four of them sat laughing. When they had all calmed down and the only sound was that of them drinking, Sandy spoke, “Mum I think Sara has something to tell you?”

    Sara looked at Sandy as if to say "how could you." Before she could say a word, Sandy said, “Look Sara, you said you was going to tell mum, so you may as well do it now. The longer you leave it, the worse it will be to say anything.”

    Sara was just looking down at her drink when her mum said, “Well young lady, what do you have to tell me? You’re okay aren’t you?”

    Sara went on to tell her mum all that she had told Sandy, and got the same response. Mum found the part about there being Vampires in the world a bit hard to believe. Thinking about it, she realised that the stories had to come from somewhere.

    Sara was really amazed at how well her mum was taking all this, but was worried that she may just be putting on a brave face. Sheana had sat there saying nothing, but when Karen looked at the table in front of her, she could see a little puddle of water. “Sheana what’s wrong honey? Why are you crying?”

     “I’m sorry Mrs Read, I have made another mistake, now Sara will never have a normal life, and it’s all my fault.” Then before any one could say a word, she got up from the table and ran from the room.

    Sara was the first to leave the room with Sandy and mum close behind.

    Sheana was in the bathroom crying her eyes out, when there was a knock at the door. “Go away and leave me alone was all she said.”

     “Sheana, please come out. We’re not mad at you. Its not that bad, at least you will never be able to call me a wimp.”

    Sheana knew that Sara was trying to cheer her up, but she was too upset to fall for it. She thought about using her magic to get away from the house, but she knew it would go against Mrs Read and that is the last thing she wanted.

    Sara looked at her mum and said, “She isn’t coming out mum, do you want me to break it down?”

    Mum said, “I don’t think we need that yet. Sheana, please come out or let me in, so I can talk to you. Or I will get Sara to break the door down. If its true what you say, then you know she can do it.”

    Before Karen could say any more there was a flash of light, and she found her self in the bathroom.

     “Sorry Mrs Read for using magic, but it was the quickest way to get you in here.”

     “Firstly if you ever call me Mrs Read again instead of Mum, I will ground you for a month, and as for you using Magic, I will let you off this time. You could have used it to just leave the house, and we never would have found you.”

     “You still want me to call you mum, after all I have done?”

     “Sheana! Will you stop blaming yourself. You didn’t mean to do it. This way I know she will be able to look after herself. You’re part of this family now, and in good times or bad, we always look out for one another okay?”

     “Yes mum,” and with that they hugged. Mum handed her a tissue to wipe her tears away then said, “That’s better, now come on lets leave the bathroom before Sara does kick the door down.” Sheana giggled at that, then they left the room.

    Sandy and Sara were waiting outside when they came out. They both gave Sheana a hug. Mum said, “Well you three, it’s getting late. So I think you all better get ready for bed, and we can talk more tomorrow. I’m sorry Sheana, but with Sandy being back you will have to share with Sara, is that fine with you?”

    Sheana nodded a yes, but was thinking how great it would be to have another person to sleep with. After so long in the ring alone, the thought of sleeping in a room with no one else around was really scary.

    With their teeth brushed, the girls got in to bed. Sara was thinking how odd it was that she was going to share a bed with another boy, but then she remembered that Sheana was a girl now and everything was different from two boys sharing a bed.

*****

    Sara fell asleep almost right away, but with sleep came dreams. She dreamed of the fight with Bull, but in this fight, she didn’t stop him from hitting Mike. She woke up sweating and woke Sheana at the same time.

     “Sara are you alright? You’re sweating buckets.”

     “I’m fine, I just had a dream about the fight, but I didn’t stop Bull. He hit Mike and I couldn’t stop him.”

     “Sara it was just a dream, you did stop him and you did save Mike from a beating. Now try and get some sleep.” With that said, Sara got back down and Sheana cuddled up to her. This made Sara feel better and she fell asleep.

    Sheana woke first in the morning and lay watching Sara sleep. She was wondering what she was dreaming about when all of a sudden, Sara’s eyes opened and she started to scream. Sheana jumped.

    Sheana was about to ask what was wrong, when she heard some one giggling. It was Sandy, she had put her ice-cold hands on Sara’s back and woke her with a start

    Sara spun around to slap Sandy and only just remembered to not hit her too hard, as she had no idea how hard she could hit someone yet. So she slapped her very lightly on the arm, Sandy started to rub her arm and going ouch. Sara looked worried for a short time, till she saw her grinning.

     “Sandy, how could you do that? I was worried I’d really hurt you.”

     “Sorry Sara, I wasn’t thinking. You didn’t hurt me really, I was just playing with you.”

     “How did you end up with your hands being so cold as well? You could have scared me to death.”

    Sandy looked at Sara, then said “How else do you expect my hands to feel. All Vampires have cold hands.”

    Sara looked at Sandy in shock as the reality of what she said sank in, then Sara watched in horror as Sandy’s face changed from that of her loving sister, to that of a demon. Her eyes took on a cat like look, and her skin became pale, her forehead became more prominent and evil looking. Sandy looked just like the Vampires in the TV program.

    Sara was in shock at the thought of her sister being a Vampire, when Sandy jumped at her. Sara was using all her strength to keep Sandy from biting her, Sara looked at Sheana for some sort of help, but all Sheana said was, “I would love to help you, but you mum said no magic in the house.”

    Sara thought to herself, what a great time to start doing as you're told. Sandy was shaking Sara like mad, then she started saying, “Sara, Sara, Sara….”

    Sara pushed Sandy away then realised she had been dreaming, but before she could stop her self, Sandy went flying across the room. Just as she was about to smack in to the wall, she stopped in mid air, as if by magic. Sara looked over, to see Sheana with a finger pointed at Sandy. Sandy floated to the ground and Sheana looked at Sara, and said, “I hope your mum doesn’t mind me using my magic to stop your sister from getting hurt?”

     “Thanks Sheana, I’m pretty sure she will let you off this time.”

    Sara gave Sheana a hug and got out of bed to see how Sandy was. She went to where Sandy was sitting on the floor.

     “Sandy, Sandy are you ok? I didn’t mean to hurt you, I was having a bad dream. I was dreaming that you were a Vampire, then you tried to wake me up and well you know the rest.”

     “I’m fine sis, but you will have to learn to keep them powers of yours under control, or someone will get hurt and I know you will never forgive yourself for it.”

    Sara gave her a hug then said, “I am sorry sis, and you are right. I do need to keep these powers under control. I think you should thank Sheana, if she hadn’t used her magic you would have been hurt really bad.”

    Sandy went over to Sheana. “Sheana, I want to thank you for your fast thinking. I don’t want you to feel bad for using your magic. I would have been seriously hurt without it. So Thanks for the magic touch.” Sandy gave her a hug.

    When the girls finished hugging and they made sure that they were all fine, Sandy told Sara and Sheana to get washed and to come downstairs for some breakfast. Sara was the first to go to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror was still a strange experience seeing her new face there. She wondered if she would ever get use to it, only time would tell.

    As Sara was getting ready to take a shower, she started to wonder if Jo and Mike would want anything to do with her any more. She got in the shower, and the jet of spray on her new body made her feel much better. She washed her hair and used some conditioner on it. When she was done in the shower she got out and dried herself off, putting on a bathrobe she went back to the bedroom and told Sheana. “The bathroom is all yours.”

    Sheana went off to the bathroom. Sara sat at her desk to dry her hair. She was just about to turn the dryer on when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned round to see Sheana stood there looking sad.

     “What’s wrong Sheana?”

     “I would like to take a shower like you did, but I don’t know how to work it. If it's not too much trouble, can you show me how it works? Please”

     “I don’t mind one bit. I told you to just ask if you ever need any help with anything.”

    Sara took Sheana to the bathroom and showed her how to make the shower work. She gave her a quick lesson in how to wash her hair and use the conditioner. Sara left the room to let Sheana have a go at it by herself.

    Back in the bedroom, Sara sat down again and turned on the hair dryer. Shortly after she did Sandy came in, “Do you need any help sis?”

     “Please Sandy, I really have no idea how to do anything with this long hair.”

     “Ok sis, watch what I do. I’ll show you how to dry it fast and get a nice look I will be asking questions so take lots of notes.”

    Sara just gave her a look and then they both started to laugh. Sandy was just finishing Sara’s hair when Sheana came out the bathroom dripping water everywhere from her wet hair. Sara was about to jump up and get her a towel, but Sandy was already sorting it.

     “There you go Sheana, put this towel around your head it will stop you dripping water all over the place.”

     “Thanks Sandy. Sorry about the floor getting wet, I never thought to cover my head with a towel.”

     “No need to be sorry Sheana. This is all new to you. Give it some time and you will be doing all this stuff without even thinking what you’re doing.”

     “I hope so Sandy, I really hate it when I have to keep asking for help all the time.”

     “Sheana, Sara, I will tell you both this. Girls do this sort of stuff all the time, they always help each other do stuff. You will get used to it soon enough, you just need to stop thinking so much like males and just be the girls you both are.”

    Sheana looked sad for a second. She never really thought about being a girl, and now she was free to live a life, but being a girl was scary. Then she thought that she was not alone any more and to a point Sara was in the same boat as she was. Granted Sara wanted this, but she would still need to learn all new stuff about living this new life. Then like waking from a bad dream, Sheana felt really happy for the first time.

     “Sheana… you ok? You were miles away then.”

     “You mean I used my magic and disappeared.”

     “No silly, it’s a figure of speech, it means you was thinking really hard and not taking any notice of here and now.”

    Sheana giggled then said, “I really do need to learn this new way of speaking.”

     “Sheana, please just promise me you won’t go doing any spells on the strength of what people say. They may not mean something the way you hear it. Do we have a deal?”

     “Yes Sandy, as you wish Master.”

    Sandy and Sara looked at Sheana in shock at her slip back to being a genie, but as they looked at her, she started to giggle. Before Sheana knew what was happening both girls were on top of her on the bed tickling her like mad things. It wasn’t long before Sheana was short of breath and Sandy and Sara were having trouble, well Sandy was. Sara was still breathing normally and could have kept doing it, but that wouldn’t have been fair on Sheana.

    All three girls sat on the bed giggling when Karen came in to see what all the noise was. Sara told her they were playing around and that they would be down shortly for some breakfast.

    Sandy told Sara to help Sheana dry her hair while she sorted some clothes for them to wear today.

     “You want me to dry her hair?”

     “Yes, you need the practice, and Sheana needs her hair drying. Now get to it.”

    Sara sat Sheana down at her desk and started to dry her hair. Sara was quietly surprised how quick she was picking stuff up now, it wasn’t long before it was done and she turned to ask Sandy what she thought of her handy work.

     “Wow Sara, that’s really good. You just got your self a job doing my hair from now on.”

    To which Sara said, “I don’t come cheap you know?”

     “You wouldn’t charge your own sister now would you?”

     “Well I do have a new wardrobe to buy.” As she said this, she struck a pose and started to laugh.

     “Oh my god, you really have become a girl.” Sandy put her hands to her face as she said it.

    Sara curtseyed and said, “Thank you my lady.”

    Sandy laughed some more, and then said, “I’ve sorted some clothes out for you to put on, they’re on the bed.”

    Both girls went over to the bed to see what had been picked out. Sitting on the bed were two summer dresses. One was in a pink flowered design, and the other one in a warm yellow. Sheana did not look happy about wearing a dress. Sara thought they looked really nice.

    Sara said. “Why are we both going to be in the same sort of dresses Sandy?”

     “We’re going shopping today. We need to get you both some new clothes to wear and sort you out with a new school uniform each. I want you both to look your best.”

    Sara looked at the dresses then asked Sheana which colour she wanted to wear. Sheana was not happy about wearing a dress at all, but to keep Sara and Sandy happy she would go along with it.

     “I’ll wear the yellow one, if that’s alright with you Sara?”

     “That’s fine with me, I really like the look of the pink one”

    On top of the dresses was a bra and panty set that was close to the same colour as each dress. Sara picked up the set on top of the dress she would be wearing to look at them closer.

     “These look brand new Sandy, are they?”

     “Yes they are Sara, I wanted to give you and Sheana something to welcome you both to the world of womanhood. I hope you like them? And you can keep the dresses as well.”

    Both girls said thank you and gave her a quick hug. Sandy broke from the hug and told them to get dressed and to come downstairs so they could eat before they left the house.

    Sheana stood looking at the dress thinking she would be looked at as a freak in such a thin piece of clothing, but she owed it to Sandy. After all, it was a gift, so she took off the bathrobe and picked up the panties and put them on. Sara was doing the same; they helped each other with the bras. Sara made a mental note to get Sandy to show her the trick to putting a bra on by oneself. Sara was looking at Sheana as she turned around and her jaw dropped open when she saw the way that the bra was pushing her breasts together. Sara looked down at her own, and saw that they too did the same. She picked up the packet that one set had come in and saw the name on the packet said Wonder Bra. Sara knew that they were not cheap and was going to do something really nice for Sandy to pay her back.

    Sara took the pink dress of the bed and stepped in to it. She then asked Sheana to do the zip for her, and then Sara did the same for Sheana. Both girls went to the full-length mirror in Sandy’s room to see how they both looked side by side.

    They both went WOW at the same time, they looked much older than they really were, but they liked the look. Even Sheana liked what she saw. The dresses came down just low enough to show off the tops of their breasts.

    They went back to their room and saw that Sandy had put some sandals in front of the bed for them to put on. There was a pink pair and a yellow pair.

    With the shoes on, both girls went to get some breakfast, and go shopping.

    When they got downstairs, mum was just putting some toast on the table. Sara and Sheana said good morning to mum. They were asked to put the cereal on the table. Sheana watched what Sara did, then did the same.

    When they had finished the cereal, they had some toast with some jam on and finished off their orange juice.

    Mum asked, “Sara and Sheana, you will listen to what Sandy says. And don’t go to mad with the clothes shopping Sandy, We don’t have money to burn”

     “Ok mum. Is there anything that you need me to make sure I get for them?”

     “I’ve made a list of stuff they will need for school next week. They will need some more bra and panty sets and whatever you can think of. If you can, get cheap, but good quality stuff that would be great.”

     “Trust me mum, I know how to make the money go a long way, and if not I can always use some magic.” Sandy had a big grin as she said it, and mum knew she was joking and just gave her a funny look.

    Sara and Sheana started to laugh when they saw the look on their mum’s face, and then Sandy joined in and then all had a good laugh. When they stopped, mum said she had to get to work, she told them all to have a great time and to keep out of trouble. She seemed to be looking more at Sara when she said that.

    Sara complained, “What about Sheana? She can get in just as much trouble as I can.”

     “Sara, it wasn’t just meant for you. I was just happened to be looking at you when I said it dear, I trust you all, but with both of you having a very special gift. I worry about you both.”

     “Sorry mum, I was out of line to moan.”

    Sandy told them both to go and get washed up and she would help them put some lipstick on so they could go shopping. Both girls gave mum a hug and went upstairs.

    Mum turned to Sandy and said, “Sandy keep a close eye on them both, I don’t expect them to get into trouble, but they could slip and make themself’s look silly. I don’t think they would get over it very well.

     “I know mum, I will keep them safe for you. After all they are my family as well.”

    Mum gave Sandy a hug and then grabbed her bag and left for work. Sandy went upstairs to see how the girls were doing. When she got upstairs they were both on the bed looking at the make-up bag to see which colour they liked the best. Sandy watched from the door for a bit then said, “Well, did you find a colour you liked?”

    Both Sara and Sheana liked the same colour. They showed it to Sandy. She was shocked to see such a nice subtle colour.

     “Nice choice, I don’t think I could have picked a better colour myself. Now I want you both to have a go putting it on by yourself. Sara you go first and Sheana you watch, as I will be taking notes later.” Sheana started to look around the room, which got Sandy and Sara trying to work out what she was looking for.

    Sandy asked, “Sheana what are you looking for?”

     “I am trying to find something to write with, so I can make a note of what you are doing.”

    Sandy laughed, then said, “It was a joke. We say that sometimes when we are showing someone something new, but you don’t really have to take notes.”

    Sheana let out a little giggle and looked all sort of sheepish. I really will be happy when I get use to all your jokes and stuff.”

     “You will Sheana, and till you do, Sandy and I will try and not use it to much around you and if we do we will say that we are joking.”

     “That would be nice. I don’t mean to stop you having fun, but I really have been having a lot of trouble working out when you are joking and when you mean what you say.”

     “You’ll soon catch on to it all and then you will be joking around with the rest of us.”

    Sandy told Sara to get on with putting on the lipstick so Sheana could learn how to put it on. Sandy watched as Sara opened the lipstick and started to put it on, Sandy was shocked at how well she did it and asked.

     “Sara, I think you’ve done this before. Haven't you?”

     “I’ve used it sis, and watched you do it. Then when you had gone out, I would practice doing it on myself.”

     “Well sis, I can’t wait to see what other things you already know. But don’t go getting all big headed, like you already know it all. You have a lot to learn yet.”

     “You know me better than that. I love to learn new things, and I never think I am better than other people.”

    The two girls hugged and then watched as Sheana put lipstick on for the first time. Her hand wasn’t as steady as Sara’s, but she did ok and Sandy showed her how to clean up the little bits so she looked as good as her sister.

     “Ok you two, lets go do some shopping.” With that said. the three girls grabbed their coats and were out the door. When they got to the end of the drive, Sara and Sheana turned left and started to walk up the road before, Sandy shouted to them.

     “Where are you two going?”

    The two girls turned to look at Sandy and said, “into town to do some shopping,” when they saw her standing by a car with the door open.

    Sara Said, “You have a car now?”

     “Yep, I got it about a month back. It’s nothing special, but it sure beats walking, or getting the bus. With what we are shopping for today, it will mean we can take the bags and keep putting them in the boot so we’re not carrying it all around with us. We can make sure we get everything we need for the pair of you.”

    Sara took a quick look at the car and then opened the door so she and Sheana could get in.

    The drive to the town centre only took about ten minutes, and finding a parking space was easy. Sara watched as her sister drove the car, and was amazed to see her doing it and at how good she was. With the car parked, they made their way to the shops. Sandy told them the plan of attack.

     “We’ll take a walk around town and look in all the shops so we know which one has the best clothes, at the best prices.”

    Sara was looking forward to the shopping trip, but Sheana was not sure what to expect and the thought of trying on masses of clothing was not helping. They started at one end of the main high street and walked in and out of every shop, finding out which shops had the best stuff.

    Sara loved the whole shopping thing and even Sheana was having a good time. They were trying clothes on right left and centre. Some of the stuff that Sara was picking up was nice, but more for a night out than everyday use. Whereas Sheana was picking up jeans and T-shirt’s and not really taking any notice in the skirts and dresses. Sandy knew it was going to be fun clothing them both without spending a lot of money.

    They were just getting to the end of the main high street when Sandy spotted a shop that said it was a catalogue clearance warehouse. She got a big grin on her face.

     “This could save us a lot of money. They have all the stuff you find in all the big catalogues, but at a fraction of the cost.”

    The girls headed into the shop. Sandy was right, there were lots of underwear and clothes. Jeans at next to nothing and all good makes. Sheana made straight for the jeans, where Sara made her way to the skirts and dresses. Sandy was looking at the bra and panty sets, she had found some really nice sets for both of them, and she even found a set she liked for herself. She laughed as she thought about how she would have to watch her stuff now more than ever with two baby sisters on the prowl.

    Sara heard her laugh and went over to where she was to see what she was laughing at. Sara saw the bra and panty set and fell in love with it straight away.

     “I knew you would do this when you saw this set, that is what I was laughing at. I was thinking how I would have to keep an eye on all my clothes now.”

     “Well sis look at it this way. You will have a much bigger wardrobe now, with Sheana and me all wearing the same things.”

    Sandy just said true and found a second set in Sara’s size and put them in the trolley with her set. “Do you think Sheana would like a set?”

     “She is more like a tomboy, so I can’t see her going all out over a bra and panty set.”

    Sara looked up to see where Sheana was and could have sworn she saw Jo with a girl at the other end of the shop. She shouted to him and it looked like he turned to look then looked away really fast, then he grabbed the girl’s hand and they made their way out the shop.

    Sara just stood they’re looking shocked at the fact Jo had ran off and was with another girl. She couldn’t help but wonder why. Was it because of the fight or the fact that he had a girlfriend and never said so? She really thought that Mike and Jo were going to be different to the other kids she had called friends.

    Sandy and Sheana came up to Sara who was close to crying and asked what was wrong. Sara told them both what she had seen and asked why she could never find good friends and just live a normal life.

    Sandy said, “look Sara don’t get all worked up about it. Are you sure it was this Jo that you saw?”

     “Yes I’m sure it was him, with a girl. He never told me he had a girlfriend.”

     “Do you have a thing for him Sara?”

     “NO! I just don’t like being lied to, and having him run away from me like I’m some freak!”

    Sheana spoke at this point, “Sara you’re not a freak! And I don’t ever want to hear you say that again.”

    Sara and Sandy were both shocked to hear Sheana being so forceful, after her being so nice and quiet for the past day or two.

    I’m sorry Sheana, I was just upset seeing Jo run off.” As she finished saying this, she put on a pout and just looked up at Sheana. This made Sheana let out a giggle and then she said, “What am I going to do with you?”

     “Be my best friend, and just do as you have when I get out of line and start talking silly.”

     “You got it sis.”

    The two girls had a quick hug, then got back to shopping. They still needed to sort out the uniforms for school. Sandy looked at the list she got from mum, and started to look for the stuff on the list.

    The list read. Skirts in grey or navy blue, Trousers in grey or navy blue, Blouses or Polo shirts in white and things like socks or pantyhose in certain colours. They need to get gymslips and trainers. They managed to find most of what they were looking for in the one shop, and the bits they couldn’t get from there, Sandy knew which shop to go to for them.

    By the time they had done looking and putting stuff in the trolley, it was full to the top. Sara said, “Sandy how are we going to pay for all this?”

     “Don’t worry sis, I have a credit card. Mum said to pay for it all on that and she would give me the money back at the end of the month.”

    Sara Said, “I’ll have to think about getting a part time job, so I can start and help out with the bills.”

     “Mum won’t let you do that, she wants you to focus on your school work and get good grades.”

    Sara gave Sandy the same look as she would give her mum, as if to say 'why do you always have to have a good reason for me not to do something.'

    Sandy giggled when she saw that look, as she had given her mum the same look many times before.

    They got to the checkout, put all the stuff on the counter, and watched as the cashier scanned everything and then pulled up the total. Sara was expecting it to be a lot more, but was surprised when it wasn’t. Sandy was right this place was going to save them a lot of money.

    The girls each had several bags when they left the shop, so they decided to take it all back to the car. That way they could go and get the rest of the things they needed and get some lunch. They dropped all the bags off and called in at a sandwich bar and ate a light lunch. They didn’t want too much because of the anticipated dinner.

    The girls left the sandwich bar and made their way back to the main high street to finish up getting what they needed for school next week. They were just making there way past an alleyway that led between two shops when Sara felt a very odd sensation. She looked up the alley. She saw a little girl stood there with a large dog just looking down the alley at her. The more Sara looked at the dog the more it looked like a wolf and not a dog. Sara thought that was silly. Why would a little girl be walking around town with a wolf? Sheana called to her at this point, so she looked to see what Sheana wanted. They had kept walking and were two shops down. “You coming? Or are you going to stand there till we come back?”

    Sara pointed up the alley and was about to say what she saw, but when she looked, the alley was empty. Sheana and Sandy both told her to come on. Sara just shook her head and thought to herself that she was going mad and then ran to catch up with the two girls.

    The rest of the afternoon went in a blur as they went back to all the shops and got the rest of the things they needed. They even got a shock when Sheana wanted some skirts and a really nice blue summer dress. Sara was happy to see Sheana acccepting the fact she was a girl now.

    For Sara, this day was a dream come true, a day out shopping and doing all the girlie things like trying on clothes and having a laugh with friends. The shopping trip finally ended and they made their way back to the car.

    With all the bags in the boot of the car, they all got in and made there way home. As they drove home, Sara saw Jo again and he was with the girl from the shop still. The car got stopped at a junction and Sara had a chance to get a good look at the girl. She was pretty in a normal sort of way, and there was something about this girl that looked familiar, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. She just put it down to her looking like someone she had seen on telly. Sara was still upset though that Jo had a girlfriend, and he never thought to tell her about it. She couldn’t understand why she was feeling this way, she had only been a girl for a couple of days and she had never had feelings for a boy before. She knew she would have to talk to Sandy about it later.

    When they got home they got all the bags out the car, and in to the house. Mum was home and had started on dinner, so the girls asked what masterpiece she was making tonight. “No masterpiece tonight, just a simple salad and some new potato’s, and some cooked meats if you want any.”

     “Sounds good to me mum, you know we girls need to keep an eye on our figures.” Then they all started to laugh as Sara struck a silly pose.

    Mum just said, “She really is a teenage girl!”

    They all laughed some more and then helped to get dinner ready. After all that was done, the girls got cleaned up, then came back down and sat down to a nice meal. When the meal was finished, they told mum to go and sit down while they did the dishes and then they would model some of the new things they had brought today.

    The fashion show went on for several hours and by the time they had shown their mum all the clothes, the girls were worn out and decided to call it a night. They all gave mum a hug and went to get their teeth brushed and go to sleep.

*****

    Sara had some strange dreams again, and she was dreaming of Jo and the girl he was with. She dreamt that they were calling her names and making fun of her, like the kids use to do at the old school she went to. She woke in a sweat and had to make a toilet trip, and she had a glass of water why she was there. When she went back to bed, she got in then turned over on her side and was greeted by Sheana wrapping her arms around her. She felt safer knowing that she had some friends, even if some had turned to not be that close after all.

    When the two girls woke in the morning, they were all wrapped up in each other, and was looking in to each other’s eyes. They both started to giggle and then unwrapped. They got up and had breakfast, then worked out what they were going to do all day. They decided to just hang out at home and watch some telly, but they soon got bored with this and then Sara and Sheana decided to go for a walk. They asked Sandy if she wanted to come, but she wanted to look for a job and she had some application forms to fill in as well, so the two girls made their way to the door. Sara had a idea then and asked Sheana what she thought of it.

     “Sheana, do you think I should give Jo a call? I could see if he wants to be friends or if he was just playing with us hoping to get lucky?”

     “Lucky? What do you men by Lucky?”

     “They may have just wanted to try and have sex with us Sheana!”

     “Do you really think they would do something like that. They seemed so nice.”

     “I thought they were too, but why would he run from the shop, and not say he was seeing another girl?”

    Sara went to the phone and made the call. It rang several times then Jo picked it up. “Hi Jo, its Sara. I was wondering if you and Mike wanted to go for a walk?”

     “Hi Sara. I’d like to, but I have to stay in and baby-sit my sister till my mom gets back later.”

     “Ok Jo, I’ll chat to you later then. Bye.”

    Sara put the phone down and let out a big sigh, then said, “He says he’s babysitting all day, so it’s you and me.”

    The two girls left the house and made their way to the local park to see what was going on there. When they got to the park, they made their way over to the swings. Sheana looked at what Sara did and she did the same. It was Sheana’s first time on a swing and she soon got the hang of it. In no time at all she was trying to go higher than Sara. So for the next half-hour or so the girls were happily swinging away.

    As the swings slowed down Sheana said she needed to use the bathroom, so both girls made their way to the local toilet, Sara needed to go also. Sara finished before Sheana and was waiting outside the toilets. She had that odd feeling again, when she looked over to the other side of the park. she could see the little girl again. Sheana came out and could see Sara looking. “What you looking at Sara?”

     “I keep getting this odd feeling when ever I see that little girl over there. Can you see her?”

     “You mean the one with the big dog?”

     “Yes, but that dog is a wolf!” Sheana looked closer and just said, “WOW, you’re right.”

    Sara turned to look at Sheana to see if she wanted to go over to see why the little girl was following them, but when she looked back to where the little girl was, she’d vanished.

     “Where did she go?” Both girls looked around, but the little girl and the wolf were definitely gone. The odd feeling had gone as well. Sheana thought for a second or two then said, “Sara that odd feeling you had could be you sensing a Vampire or some other UN-human being.”

     “It’s day time, Vampires only come out at night, don’t they?” Sara didn’t seem too sure about what she just said.

     “Vampires as you call them can roam in the day, but they can only do so in animal form. That would explain the fact we just saw a wolf.”

    Sara just stood there for what seemed like a lifetime as she took in the fact that a vampire was following her. “Does this mean I will have to fight this demon at some point?” “Sara, I don’t know what you think these demons do, but they are not all bad. Some will only feed on animals. The ones you have to worry about are the ones that have tasted human blood. Once they have tasted it they will never want to have anything else.”

     “How do I tell which one is which? Its not like they are going to tell me before hand, is it?”

     “That is something you will just have to wait and find out, but the feeling you get may be different with each Vampire you come across.”

     “I hope your right Sheana. I would hate to kill one if it’s not evil”

    Sheana let the matter drop at that point as she could see Sara needed some time to think it over. Sara looked at her watch and said, “come on, its getting near lunch time. Let’s make our way home and get some thing to eat.”

     “Sounds good to me, what will we have?”

     “We can have a sandwich. You don’t want too much, mum will be cooking a big meal for dinner and you don’t want to spoil that.”

    Sara could tell from the look on Sheana’s face that she really did love mums cooking. Both girls started to walk back home. As they walked Sara asked Sheana again if she thought Jo and Mike have been keeping away because of what she did the other night. Sheana not having much experience in this sort of thing didn’t know what to say. Sara knew she would really need to have a chat with Sandy about it.

    It was a warm day and Sara noticed that she was getting sweatier than she did as a boy. She was feeling it under her new breasts. She really didn’t like the feeling and thought to what her mum said and knew now what her mum was talking about when she said there was more to being a girl that wearing nice clothes.

*****

    When they got home, they shouted to Sandy to find out where she was. They heard her shout from the garden, so Sara stuck her head out to find her sunning it up in the garden.

     “Hi sis, me and Sheana are going to have a sandwich, do you want one?”

     “MMM, Yes please!”

    Sara went back in to the kitchen and started to get the stuff out the fridge. She decided on ham salad. When the sandwiches were done she got three bottles of mineral water out the fridge and took them all out side; she put it all down at the bench and handed it out. As they sat eating, Sara asked Sandy about the problem she was having with Jo and if she was just reading more in to the issue than there really was.

     “Sara, from what you have said about this boy, I really doubt he has stopped wanting to be your friend just because of the other night.”

    Sara always knew she could count on Sandy to say the right thing. She felt much better now and enjoyed the rest of her sandwich. When they had all finished, Sara took the plates back to the kitchen. Sandy followed them and asked if they wanted to get some sun.

     “We have nothing else planed for the afternoon, so they all went upstairs to find something to wear. Sandy went looking in one of her chest of drawers and pulled out two sets of bikinis for the girls to wear. They were odd looking things; they had no shoulder straps. Sara looked at Sandy and before she could say anything Sandy told her that they are better to sunbathe in, as they didn’t leave lines over the shoulders. Sara just thought what a great idea that was.

    With both girls dressed in their bikinis they started to make their way to the door, but Sandy stopped them. She gave them both a robe to wear so they could cover up easier if some one came in to the garden while they were sun bathing.

    The girls went back outside and lay down on the sun lounges. Sandy got out some sun tan lotion and started putting it on Sara’s back. She told Sara to do the same to Sheana. When they had done, Sara did Sandy’s back and then the girls did their own arms and fronts. They all lay back and enjoyed the sunshine. For anyone watching it would have looked quite funny. Sandy would say turn over and all three girls would turn over, it looked like a formation sun tan team.

    Some time later in the afternoon, Sandy got up to go and get some drinks for them all. Why she was in the kitchen the phone rang, Sandy answered it; “Hello you’ve reached the Read household, Sandy speaking.”

    The voice at the other end said, “Hi Sandy, I was wondering if Sara was there?”

     “She is, but she is getting some sun in the garden and she has another ten minutes before she is done.”

    There was a laughing at the other end of the phone then the voice said, “Sorry for laughing, but it sounds more like your cooking a steak rather than she’s getting a tan.”

    Sandy had to laugh; she did make it sound that way.” She then said, “You must be Jo?”

     “Yes it is, how did you know that? I hope Sara hasn’t been saying bad things about me?”

     “She has been talking about you, but only that she thought you didn’t want to hang out any more. Due to what happened the other night.”

     “Oh I’m sorry for making her think that, I really like hanging with her, and Sheana.”

     “Well Jo, its not me you need to say that too, is it?”

     “No, you’re right. Is it ok if I come over and talk with Sara?”

     “Yes, but I must warn you, if you ever do anything to hurt my sister. Well let’s just say you won’t like what I will do to you. Okay?”

     “Jo had a shocked sound to his voice when he said, “Please believe me, I would never want to hurt Sara. She’s the first girl to ever want to hang out with me, other than family. I’m shy and have never had the nerve to ask a girl out, but with your sister she just seemed to want a friend, so it was easier to talk with her.”

     “You seem like a good kid Jo. I have to play the big sister part though. Come on over and you can set thing right, okay?”

     “Thanks Sandy. I’ll be over in about ten minutes. Is it ok if my friend Mike comes?”

     “Sure, from what I’ve heard you and Mike are a double act anyway.”

     “Yes we do spend a lot of time together.”

     “Well I look forward to meeting you and Mike in about ten minutes. Bye.”

    Sandy hung up the phone and went to the fridge to get some more drinks, then made her way out side. “Drinks you two, come and sit in the shade for a bit, I think you’ve had enough sun for one day.” Both girls got off the sun lounges and made their way over to where Sandy was sat in the shade.

    They all sat drinking their mineral water when there was a knock at the door. Sara got up to go see who it was, but before she could get to the back door Sandy shouted, “Come around to the back yard!”

    Sara looked at Sandy then said, “Do you know who it is?”

    Yep, was her very simple reply. Sandy took another sip of her drink, why Sara and Sheana looked over to the side gate to see who it was. They saw the gate open, and were happy to see Jo and Mike stood there smiling. Sara looked at Sandy then said, “How did you know it was Jo and Mike at the door?”

     “He phoned up why I was getting the drinks, and I didn’t want to worry you, or have you running up stairs to get changed. Oh, talking of drinks, do you and Mike want anything to drink?”

    Jo looked at Mike who nodded, so Jo said, “Yes that would be great.”

    Jo was looking very nervously at Sandy as she got up to fetch the drinks. So Sandy said, “Jo don’t look so worried, I don’t bite. Well not unless you upset my little sister here.”

    Sara spoke at this point. “Sandy! Don’t scare him like that.”

     “Don’t worry sis, I’ve already given him the full speech on the phone, didn’t I Jo?”

     “Yes you did.” He was still looking worried at the way Sandy was acting with him. He felt like he was on trial for murder and was waiting for the verdict to be read.

    Sandy could see she was making him very nervous, so she decided to put him at ease. She smiled then gave him a hug and said, “Sorry for doing that Jo, I was just teasing you.” Jo let out a big breath.

     “Sandy! Why would you want to scare Jo like that?”

     “I wanted to make sure he wasn’t just playing you for some sort of fool, but I can see I didn’t need to worry. He’s not that sort at all. Sorry Jo, but where I come from, sometimes boys will lead a girl on just to get his leg over.”

    Jo looked a lot more at ease now he knew that Sandy was just looking out for her sister. “I understand Sandy, and I am glad I passed your inspection.”

     “I didn’t say you passed.” It would have been worrying if she hadn’t started to laugh after she said it. Sara tapped Sandy on the arm and told her to stop teasing him.

    Mike had just stood behind Jo saying nothing, till Sandy looked over Jo’s shoulder and said, “Hi, you must be Mike?”

    Jo said Sorry and then made the introductions. “Sandy, this is Mike. Mike, this is Sandy, Sara’s big sister!”

    Sandy put her hand out to shake Mikes, but Mike said, “I need to do something first.” And with that said, he went over to Sara and gave her a present and four red roses.

    Sara didn’t know what to say other than. “What is this for Mike?”

     “For what you did the other night. I would have got the beating of my life had you not stopped Bull.”

     “Thanks Mike, but you didn’t need to do this. I think of you as a friend and this is what friends do for each other.” She felt her emotions welling up and knew she would start to cry at the nice thing Mike had done. She put the things down on the table and gave Mike a big hug, remembering to not do it to hard.

    When she broke away from the hug, she could see that Mike was close to tears as well. “Don’t cry Mike. You know big macho males don’t cry.” Sara laughed as she said it and Mike just said, “If I was a big macho male, I wouldn’t have needed the help in the first place.” Then he just let out a fake chuckle.

    Sara looked at the present on the table, and then asked if she could open it?

     “That’s what I brought it for.” Sara looked at how nice the present was wrapped, it had a very nice purple bow on it, She unwrapped the present and took the lid off the box in side. When she looked in the box, there was a very cute teddy bear and under that there was a box of chocolates.

     “Thanks Mike.” And she gave him another hug. Jo looked at them hugging and then said, “Well now I know what I need to do to get a hug around here.”

    Sara broke off the hug with Mike and looked at Jo, then she saw him look to one side. She knew what he wanted; he wanted her to go off to one side so he could talk with her. Sara followed him off to one side and then he said, “Sara, your sister told me about you being worried that me and Mike wanted nothing more to do with you. Well I hope your mind has been put to rest now, and for the record I think your one amazing girl and I am glad to call you a friend.”

    Sara smiled and a tear ran down her face. Jo wiped the tear away and then gave her a light kiss on the cheek. Sara looked shocked at first. A boy had just kissed her on the cheek. Then she thought about it and realised she was a girl now and that it should be ok for this sort of thing.

    Jo then said, “So Sara, are we still friends then?” Sara smiled even more then gave him a big hug and out of natural instinct, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. When they broke, Jo had a big grin on his face.

    Sara took Jo by the hand and led him back to the table just as Sandy came out with two more bottles of mineral water. She handed them the water then asked if they got everything sorted out? Both Sara and Jo said yes.

     “Good, now we have to make a start on dinner. Do you and Mike want to stop and have some with us?”

    Jo said he would have to phone home to make sure it was ok, and Mike just said, “Yes, if it’s no trouble?”

    Sandy looked at Mike with an odd look on her face, so she said, “Mike, don’t you need to phone home to ask if it’s ok?”

     “I could phone home, but there would be no answer. My dad has his own company and my mum works with him. They are always going away on business trips.”

    Sara said, “So you spend a lot of time alone then?” “Yep, I got a whole house to myself most the time, at least there is no fighting over the telly.” He let out a chuckle. Sara could tell that he was not happy being alone so much, but she wasn’t about to start offering him a place at her home when ever he wanted it, until she had chance to chat with the rest of the family.

    Jo came back out and said that he could stop for dinner. Then he asked what they were having. Sandy was tapping her finger on her lips, then she said, “I know, we can have a barbecue. Jo, pull the barbecue out and get it lit; Sara and Sheana, go and start on the salad.” Sara looked at Sheana and Sheana looked at Sara. Then they both looked at Sandy. Sandy aaid, “let me guess, neither of you know how to do salad?"

    Both girls nodded no, and looked down at the floor, but got a shock when Mike said, “If you two know where the stuff is, I can show you how to make a salad?”

    Sandy said, “Thanks Mike, you’re going to come in handy around here.”

     “Well when you have to make your own meals every night, it’s nice to have healthy stuff, so I taught myself to do lots of different meals and I love salad. Do you all like mixed salad?” Mike got nods from all around, so he went in to the house with Sara and Sheana to make a start on the salad and Sandy helped Jo light the barbecue.

    With the barbecue lit and warming up, Sandy went in the house to sort out the meat and see how they were doing with the salad. Sara was shredding the lettuce, Sheana was cutting up little plum tomatoes, and Mike was sorting out the peppers.

    Sandy was very impressed with how well Mike had got the two girls working. She thought to herself that she would have to ask Mike if he did cooking classes. She went over to the fridge to see what was in there. She saw some chicken on a plate so she took it out to Jo. So he could baste them with some oil and put them on the barbecue and she went back in the house to see what was in the freezer.

    Sandy came back outside with a cool box full of Burgers and sausages. She put it down next to Jo and gave him an apron to put on so he didn’t get spat at from the barbecue. Jo looked at the apron then said, “I guess I’m head cook then?”

    Sandy replied, “It looks like you know what you’re doing. You don’t mind do you?” “No I don’t mind. I find it fun to play the man of the house once in a while.” As he said this, he sucked in his chest and started walking around trying to look all macho.

    The girls had just come out with another cool box full of drinks and Mike was carrying the mixed salad. When they saw what Jo was doing, they all started to laugh; Jo went all red in the face and went back to turning the chicken on the barbecue.

    Sara walked over to Jo, brushed her hand along his cheek, and then said, “Red is not really your colour Jo.” Jo Laughed along with Sara and the others.

    Sandy was watching the way Sara was with Jo, and she was beginning to see that there was a spark there. She would have to have a word with her about how far she wanted to take this relationship.

    Sara walked back to the table and as she did, she started to wonder about the way she was feeling about Jo. She was getting a funny feeling down in the pit of her stomach. Sort of like having butterflies. She thought it was an odd feeling to have about a friend. She would have to ask Sandy about it later.

    Sara walked back to the table and looked at it, she knew there was something missing, then she said, “Plates, we need plates.” So she walked back to the house, when she came back Sandy was helping Jo put the first bits of chicken on a plate.

    Sara put the plates on the table and sat down to start and eat. Jo put some burgers and sausages on the plates and then sat down as well. They all got stuck in to the salad and some of the chicken. They all told Mike how nice the salad was. Mike smiled then said, “Well at least I’m good for something.” Sara was about to speak, but Jo beat her to it. “Mike! I’ve told you not to think like that! You're really smart and one hell of a friend to have.” All three girls started to cheer and say "well said Jo."

    Mike smiled then snapped his hand to his head in a salute and said, “Yes Sir!”

    They all sat laughing at Mike and Jo was just nodding his head from side to side. “You know Mike I sometime think you should try out for a stand up comedian job.” Mike response was to say; “Well I always said I was a joke.”

    Jo just pointed at Mike and Mike knew what Jo was getting at. Mike said sorry for putting himself down. Then things took on a lighter note and they all got back to eating. Jo kept checking on the barbecue and then going back to get some food for himself.

    They were all sat eating when they heard the front door shut. Sandy shouted that they were all outside. Mike and Jo sat looking to see who it was, Sara said hi mum; this answered their question for them.

    Sara said, “Mum, this is Mike, and the one at the barbecue is Jo. They are the boys we told you about the other day.”

     “Hello Mike, hello Jo. Pleased to meet you.” She was looking both boys over in the way only a mum can. Sandy saw the way she was looking so she said, “Don’t worry mum, I’ve vetted them both, and they passed.” Mum laughed at this and said, “Sandy are you out to scare the poor boys to death?”

     “No mum, but its fun keeping them on their toes.” Sandy started to giggle, which set off the rest with a fit of the giggles.

    When they stopped Jo walked over to Sara’s mum and said pleased to meet you Mrs Read.”

     “Thank you Jo, but please call me Karen, that goes for you too Mike.”

    Mike said, “Yes Mrs Read, I mean Karen.”

    Karen giggled then said, “That’s ok Mike, how are you feeling after the other night? Sara said you came close to spending some time in the hospital?”

     “That’s one amazing daughter you have there.”

     “Thank you Mike, but I think they are all amazing in their own way.” She looked at them all with a warm smile on her face, and they all looked back the same way.

    Karen spotted the teddy bear on the table and picked it up. “He’s a cute little fellow, who does he belong to?”

    Sara said that he belonged to her, and that Mike had brought it to thank her for the other night. Sara sat cuddling the teddy and saying sweet things to it. Sheana looked at her in a very odd way, but giggled when she realised that Sara was just being silly.

    Sara was happy to see Sheana laughing and having a good time. She hadn’t had much time tonight to make sure she was ok.

    As the night went on, Mum got to know Jo and Mike and seemed to be getting on really well. Jo did nearly all the cooking on the barbecue. When they had all had enough, Jo cleaned up the barbecue and put everything away with Sara’s help. Mike and Sheana offered to do the dishes, while Sandy and mum sat talking in the garden.

    When it was all cleaned up and put away, it was getting late, so Karen said it was time for the boys to be getting home. Sara looked a bit sad that the night was ending. She saw Mike and Jo to the door, Sheana stood next to her, and they said goodnight and made plans to go to the park the next day.

    Sara felt really great in a way she couldn’t put in to words. When she got in the kitchen, she saw Sandy had a big smile on her face. So Sara asked, “What’s with the big smile sis?” Well sis tell me I’m wrong, but I think you have a crush on a certain cook we both know?”

    Sara was just about to tell Sandy how insane she had gone when it hit her. She did have a crush on him! She put her hand over her mouth as she started to cry, then she ran upstairs. Sandy stood in shock trying to work out what was wrong, when like a light bulb coming on she realised what was wrong. She ran upstairs after Sara.

    She could hear crying coming from the bathroom so she knocked on the door then said, “Sara, You ok in there?” She heard a snuffle and then a very shaken voice say NO! “Sara open the door and let me come in and talk to you.”

    Sandy heard the latch on the door and then the door opened. She had to stop her self from giggling; she saw a pair of panda eye’s looking out at her. Sara saw that she was trying not to laugh. “What? Why do you find this all so funny sis?” “Sara, I’m not laughing at the way you feel. I’m laughing at how you look.” Sara turned and looked in the mirror. She could see why Sandy was laughing at her now. She giggled herself. Sandy stepped in to the bathroom and helped Sara to clean her face up and get all the make-up off.

    Sandy took Sara back to her room and sat on the bed. When Sara sat as well Sandy said, “Come clean now Sara. Do you have feelings for Jo?” Sara was looking down at her lap when she said, “Yes, I think I do, but I shouldn’t. I’m not gay.”

    Sandy let out a big sigh, “Sara, if I was sat here talking to Simon, I would say yes, but your not him any more, you’re a girl now called Sara and you’re my baby sister. Mum told you that there was more to being a girl than clothes. Well this is one more of those things.”

    Sara just sat there taking it all in, then she said, “I had never thought about dating and sex. I just wanted to be a girl. How do you think mum will take it?”

     “Well sis, She will be fine with the dating part, but she won’t want you thinking about sex yet.”

    There was a knock on the door and both Sandy and Sara expected it to be Sheana, but they saw mums head pop around the door. “Is everything ok? Sheana came in to kitchen and said that Sara had ran up stairs crying.”

     “She was upset mum, but she is feeling better now. She does have something she needs to talk to you about.”

    Mum sat on the bed next to Sara; Sandy got up and made her way over to the door. Sheana was stood outside waiting to see if Sara was ok, Sandy asked if she was ok. “I’m fine, but I am worried about Sara, is she alright?”

     “She’ll be fine, she just need to come to terms with some of her feelings.”

    Sheana let out a sigh then said, “It’s not just me then having funny feelings about a boy.”

     “You’ve got the same feeling? I thought that you would be use to being a girl. True I have been a girl longer, but I was trapped all the time. So I am as new to all this as Sara is.” Sandy gave her a hug and said that she would be there for both of them. Sandy dragged Sheana down to the kitchen so she could help make some drinking chocolate.

    Back in Sandy’s room, Mum was talking things over with Sara. Sara told her mum how she felt about Jo, and how she felt it was wrong.

     “Sara the way you feel for Jo is normal for a girl, but at the same time you're still thinking like a boy. I did some research in to transgender to better understand why you did what you did.”

     “I’m sorry mum, I never wanted to hurt you. I just never thought I would be a girl, but then I got my wish and took it.”

     “Sara, I love you know matter what you look like. And the reason for me looking things up on the subject so I can help at times like this.” Sara let out a chuckle then said, “Yes mum. How come you always know what will happen and have a way to cover any problem.”

     “All part of being a mum and I must say, you know how to keep me on my toes.”

     “Well mum that’s what us kids are for.” As she said that, she smiled and they both hugged. When they broke the hug her mum said, “Sara the one thing I did find out is, most of those that are transgendered live for a long time as the opposite sex to see if they can deal with it and if it is what they really want. You have jumped in at the deep end, and as cold as this sounds Sara, you’re stuck with it.”

     “I know it’s what I want mum. It’s just that I didn’t think I would be falling for a boy, and this soon.”

     “Sara, love is the one thing that magic or common sense cannot control or understand.” Her mum gave her another hug then said, “Come on, lets go get some hot chocolate and see if there are any marshmallows left.”

     “MMMM, sounds good to me.”

    Sara and her mum went back down stairs and found Sandy and Sheana sitting at the kitchen table. They had already made the chocolate and were just dropping the marshmallows in. Sheana and Sandy both asked if Sara was ok now, to which she said yes. Then they all had their hot chocolate and called it a night.

    Sara and Sheana both slept really well and were late up the next morning, they both got up and did their bits and bobs then went down for breakfast. Sandy was down there eating some toast. “Morning sleepy heads! Did you both sleep well?”

     “Sheana nodded yes, and Sara said, “We slept really well and no odd dreams.” She walked over to the toaster and put some bread in then asked Sheana how many slices she wanted?

     “Can I have two slices please?” To which, Sara jokingly said, “Your wish is my command Mistress.” Then she started to laugh, which set Sandy and Sheana off.

    While the toast was cooking, Sara got the cereal out the cupboard and the milk out the fridge and put them on the table. She then went back to check on the toast. The first two piece’s were done, so she took them out and put in two more.

    Sara went and sat down at the table and put some cereal in her bowl and started to eat. Sheana had the first two piece’s of toast as she’d finished her cereal first. She asked Sandy if she could try some of the stuff in the jars on the table.

    Sandy said, “Sure, this is Jam, and that one is Marmalade.” As she said this, she picked up each jar and showed Sheana. Sheana decided to have the Jam, as she liked the colour. This made Sandy laugh, as it was the oddest reason ever.

    Sara had to laugh as well as she was just finishing her cereal while Sheana was picking her topping for her toast. Sara got her toast and decided on marmalade. With breakfast out the way, Sara decided she was going to take a walk down to the newsagents to see what magazines they had. She asked Sheana if she wanted to go with her. Sandy had already got some stuff out to do some baking, so Sheana asked if she could stop and help Sandy. Sara said, “Sure, I won’t be long anyway.”

    Sara went upstairs and got her jacket, then made her way to the newsagents. When she got to the newsagent, she looked at some of the women’s magazines, but didn’t really like any of them that much, so she went looking at the movie magazines. She found one with some really good reviews in so she took it to the counter and paid for it then started to make her way home. Sara started looking at the magazine as she walked home. She got the funny feeling again, so she looked around, but couldn’t see anyone or anything. So she went back to flicking through the magazine. She got to a point where she needed to cross the road, so after looking both ways and when it was safe to cross she started to walk. Just as she got to the middle of the road, she heard the sound of a car moving really fast, she looked to her left in time to see the car coming straight at her.

    Sara was too scared to move, the thought going through her mind was that this was it. She was going to die. At that moment, she felt something hit her in the stomach and she went flying back across the road. Sara was stunned for a second, but when she came back to her senses, she could feel a weight on her chest. When she looked, she could see a little girl lying there looking up at her. The girl had big green eyes and she looked so cute. Her face was framed by long strawberry blond locks and was a bit untidy looking.

    Sara asked, “Hello little girl, did you just save my life?”

    The little girl said, “Jenna had to save the pretty lady or she would have been hurt real bad.”

     “Is Jenna your name?”

     “Yes, I am Jenna. What, may I ask is your name?”

     “My name is Sara. Thank you very much for saving my life.”

    The little girl let out a giggle then said, “Jenna not save your life, she just stop you getting hurt. Sara is special, she be very strong. Me and Prue think you to be a vampire, but you be out in the sun. Why this be so?”

    Sara had to take in all the little girl had just said, then she realised that she had that funny feeling again. She had to ask this little girl a lot of questions. “Jenna, who is Prue?”

     “Prue be Jenna’s sister.” The little girl had got off Sara by now and came up really close to Sara’s neck. Sara was a bit worried she was going to bite her, but she went up really close to her ear and said, “Prue be hiding in the day, she not like the sun. I can take you to meet her if you like?"

     “I would like that very much, but first I have some more questions for you. Do you mind?”

     “No, Jenna will be happy to answer them for you.” The little girl stood smiling at Sara. This made Sara want to hug her; without another word being said, Jenna jumped at her and started to hug the life out of her. When the little hug monster let loose, Sara gave her an odd look so the little girl said, “Why you look so funny? You said you wanted to hug.”

     “I was thinking I wanted to give you a hug, but I never said it.”

    The little girl put her hand to her mouth and said, “Oops! Prue warn me about doing that. I hear what you think and act on it, Prue tell me off for it all the time.”

     “So you can read my mind then?” “Yes I can read all that you think when I want, but I don’t always do it, as Prue said it is wrong and very rude.”

    Sara was worried the little girl would know that she was born male and had used magic to become a girl. As the little girl stood looking at Sara, she started to look shocked and Sara knew that she had just let the little angel in on her secret. Sara was about to try and explain when the little girl just grinned at her and then said, “You make a nice girl. I hope I am as pretty when I grow up.”

    Sara smiled back then said, “I don’t think you need to worry Jenna, you will be way prettier.” The little girl went really red and just said thank you.

    With the little chat at an end, Sara asked if Jenna would take her to meet Prue? Jenna gave a nod and started to help Sara stand up so they could take a walk to where Prue was.

    They headed towards the park and to a wooded area on the other side. In the middle of the wood’s they came to an old looking very run down building. It looked like it used to be an old tool hut. When they got inside it was very dark and felt damp. Jenna lit a candle and walked in to the back of the hut, so Sara followed behind.

    Sara could hear some noise and pulled Jenna close to her, just in case there was any danger. She could hear something growling at her and she was getting really scared now, but before she could pull Jenna back, she spoke. “Prue it is me Jenna and I have a friend with me.” The growling stopped and a pair of eye’s came from the dark to great the two. As the eyes came in to the light, Sara could see that it was a wolf with a wonderful grey coat of fur. Jenna went to walk over to the wolf. Sara pulled her back and said, “Jenna what are you doing? That is a wolf, they are very dangerous animals.”

    Jenna giggled then said, “This is Prue, she will not hurt me or you. She only hurt Vampire’s or anyone that try to hurt me. You silly sometimes Sara.”

    Jenna went over to the wolf and started to stroke it. “Come over Sara and see she is nice and soft and warm.”

    Sara took a step toward the wolf and put out her hand very slowly. Waiting for the wolf to snap at her, but it never did. The wolf took a step toward Sara, She noticed that the wolf had a limp. Sara knelt down to look at the paws of this wonderful animal. As she looked at the paws she could see a nasty cut on one of the back paws. Sara started to root in her pocket and pulled out a tissue. She cleaned away all the blood and could see that it was well on they way to being healed.

    Sara turned to Jenna and asked, “Jenna, how did his happen?”

     “I not know that Sara, Prue just come home like it this morning. I was worried, so I come to find help.” Sara thought it must have been done a couple of days as it was looking like it was nearly healed.

     “Jenna are you sure it was not like this for some days. It is healing up.”

     “Prue can get well really quick Sara. Ask her for your self.”

    Sara had to smile at the way Jenna thought she could talk to the wolf. As she smiled Jenna said, “Prue, please show Sara that Jenna is not being silly.”

    Sara was about to speak to Jenna, when the wolf started to groan in an odd way. Sara was worried that the animal was in pain so she grabbed the candle to take a closer look when she was startled to see that the wolfs fur was shrinking back in to the body and the front paws were looking more like hands. Sara held up the candle to the face of the wolf. She could not believe what she was seeing; the wolf was turning in to a woman before her eyes. As she watched the muscle of the wolf shrink into the face and became a really nice shaped nose and a set of lips that had a really nice pout. Her ears started to look more human and slid down to the side of the head, all the fur had gone and there was long black hair growing out from the head and covering the ears now. The hair ran down her back in long streaks of shiny black.

    This woman before her sat up from the lying down position she was in. Sara just sat looking at this beautiful creature in shock.

    Sara just said, “You was a… you was a wolf? Now you’re a girl. How did you do that?”

    Sara sat with her mouth open so the girl that was just a wolf leaned forward and put her hand under the chin of Sara and pushed it shut. Then she said, “Hello Sara. I am Prue, and as you know this little angel is Jenna, my sister.”

    Jenna ran over to Prue and gave her a hug then said, “Sorry sis, but I was worried about you, so I get help and you said I could trust this girl.”

    Sara looked odd at what Jenna had just said then looked at Prue before asking, “How did you know that you could trust me Prue? We have never met before now?”

     “Sara I can tell when some one is evil and I have seen you fight. I saw you the other night when you stopped that thug from hurting that boy. The only things that have strength like that is a Vampire, but I saw you out in sunlight in human form. That I cannot work out.”

    Jenna jumped in at this point, saying, “She used magic to make her a girl Prue. She is very pretty.”

     “Is this true Sara?”

    Sara was looking down at the floor and not knowing what to say, then Prue said, “Sara I don’t mind if you was a boy and now a girl, what I need to know is how come you’re so strong?”

    Sara took a deep breath then said, “I found a ring which turned out to be magic and I got to make some wishes, so I wished to be a girl.”

     “That explains the girl part, but where does the strength part come from?”

     “I wished to be like a girl from a telly program. In this program she is a Vampire slayer and I had to think of her so I did but it was her in the program and not the real her.”

    Prue was smiling at this then said, “So you got the power of Buffy then?”

    Sara looked odd at Prue then said, “How did you know about Buffy?”

     “Just because I am a animal when I go out in sunlight doesn’t mean I don’t see any telly.”

     “Sorry I didn’t mean to say you had never seen any telly programs. It’s just that I can’t see you having a telly here.”

     “This is just some place I found last night, as you can see I was hurt and needed to rest. Thanks by the way for cleaning up the cut, you did a nice job.”

     “So you’re a vampire then Prue?”

     “Yes I am, but don’t be afraid, we are not like the ones you see on Buffy. A vampire will only drink the blood of animals. Unless he drinks the blood of a human, then they will want nothing else.”

     “So you don’t all drink human blood then?”

     “Nope, but I could go for the odd child with blond hair.” As she said this she looked at Jenna and started to laugh. So Jenna ran up to Prue and gave her a playful slap on the shoulder and said, “Prue would never eat Jenna would you?”

     “You just look so good!” as she was saying this she started to hug and tickle her like mad.

    Sara was laughing at the girls playing. Sara had to wonder how old the two girls were so she asked, “How old are you both?”

    Prue said, “I am around 150 and Jenna is 124, She was very sick just after I was bitten by a vampire. I couldn’t face to see her die, so I turned her.”

     “But she was out in sunlight. How can she be a vampire?”

     “I have no idea what happened, but she was turned in some way, but not others, and as you may know by now she is very special.”

     “She is that, does she have to drink blood?”

     “No she doesn’t, but with some of the stuff she does eat, I tend to think that drinking blood would be safer.”

    Sara giggled at the comment then said, “Why does she look so young still?”

     “She will always look that age and as such her mind will stay so, her brain will not grow to allow her to act any other way.” Prue looked sad at that so Sara tried to make her feel better. “Prue you did what you had to do and look at Jenna, she is happy to be alive.”

    Jenna looked over from the place she was sitting and said, “Sis I told you before, I love being a little girl and being with you for ever!”

    Prue had a tear in her eye. She smiled then looked to Sara then said, “How do you like being a girl then?”

     “It’s great, but there is a lot more to it than I thought.”

    Prue smiled then said, “I have met other boys who wanted to be girls and when they got the wish, they said the same thing. Like I said to them, it takes more than clothes to make a woman.”

    Sara just nodded as Prue said that. Prue was looking at Sara to see how she handled her self and she was shocked to see how well she acted. If Jenna had not said that she was once a boy, she would never have guessed. While Prue was looking at Sara, she started to look at the cut on Prue’s leg. It was healing well, but Sara was worried about infection.

     “Prue I think you should get that looked at, it could get infected.”

    Prue giggled then said, “Sara I am a vampire. I don’t get sick, one of the up sides to being what I am.”

    Sara had forgotten that, she went all red in the face and felt very stupid. Sara wanted to change the topic a bit, so she asked. “Prue, how much of what I have seen in Buffy is real? And how much is not real?”

    Prue thought for a moment then said, “Where do I start with all this? Ok some vampires are very evil and some are like me.”

     “What do you mean, like you?”

     “I am what you would call a good vampire. A slayer like yourself, we don’t burst in to flames when sunlight hits us. And a cross does zip to us, I like them really.”

     “So you kill your own kind? Isn’t that like murder?”

    Prue took on an evil look and stood up. Her leg was still hurting some, but she was not happy with what Sara had just said. When she was standing she said, or more shouted. “How dare you even say that I am anything like some of them sick evil beast’s.”

    Sara shot to her feet and tried to correct Prue on what she was getting at. “Prue, please don’t take me the wrong way. I was just thinking that you are a vampire and they are too. I can see you’re not evil, please don’t be angry with me.”

    Prue could see the worry in Sara’s eyes and the fact she had not meant to upset her. Prue was about to speak when the room started to spin; she was falling to the ground when Sara caught her. Jenna rushed over to her sister looking worried.

     “Prue, Prue what is wrong?”

     “The room was spinning, I don’t feel to good.”

    Sara had no idea how to heal a sick vampire, come to think of it. She had no idea how to heal a normal person. Sara was about to ask Prue if she had any idea what was wrong, but Prue spoke first.

     “Sara I need you to do me a favour, the blood loss has left me feeling weak. I need you to get me some blood.”

     “You want me to get you some blood? Where am I going to get that?”

     “Take Jenna with you, she will help you find some.”

    Jenna was pulling Sara out the door to the hut. Sara looked back to see Prue morphing in to the wolf again.

     “Jenna, why has Prue become a wolf again?”

     “My sister can heal better in her animal form and she finds it warmer with the fur coat. What can I say, she love fur.”

    Sara laughed at the way the little girl talked, and that Prue would not be well liked if she started to wear real fur. Hold on she is wearing real fur, just not in the way they think. Sara started to laugh even more, which got Jenna looking at her.

     “Sorry Jenna, I was just thinking of something. How are we going to get blood for your sister?”

    Jenna was walking on a path that led through the woods and Sara was just following. The path led to a stream that was well hidden. Sara never knew it was there so not many others would.

    Jenna was looking for something so Sara asked, “What are you looking for Jenna, and can I help?”

    Jenna must have found what she was looking for as she said, “there you are.” She went to the edge of stream and leaned over to get something out the water. Sara was watching Jenna lean out; she was worried that Jenna was going to fall in.

    Sara was about to say something, when there was a big splash. All Sara saw was a pair of feet going over the edge of the bank and into the water.

    Sara ran over to where Jenna had fallen into the water. When she got to the edge of the stream she had to laugh, sat in the water looking like a drowned rat was Jenna. She had a really cute pout on her face.

     “I told Prue not to hide the bottles so far out, I said I would not reach them.”

     “What do you mean Jenna? What bottles are you talking about?”

    Jenna moved a big rock to one side and then pulled out two large sized bottles. They had a silver metal look to them both.

     “What is in them Jenna?”

     “They have the blood in that Prue needs. She hide them here to keep the blood cold.”

    Sara took the flasks from Jenna and put them down on the bank. Then she helped Jenna get out the stream. The poor girl was dripping wet, so Sara told her to take off the wet clothes. As Jenna was doing that, Sara took her jacket off and then the jumper she was wearing. When Jenna was down to her underwear, she stopped.

     “Jenna take it all off, we need to get you dried off.”

     “Jenna not want to be naked in the woods Sara, someone might see me.”

     “There is no one around Jenna and we don’t want you catching a cold, do we?”

    Jenna nodded no to getting a cold and took the rest of her things off. Sara used her jumper to dry her off and then she took her T-shirt off and put it on Jenna. The T-shirt fit like a long dress on the little girl. Sara then took the belt of her skirt to put it around the new dress for the little girl.

    When Sara stood back, she was happy with the look she had created. It wouldn’t win a fashion show, but it would stop her getting cold. Sara got all of the wet clothes together and rung them out to get rid of some of the water. Sara’s jumper was wet through as well, so she put her jacket on and fastened the buttons up so no one would see she was not wearing a top under her jacket. The girls were lucky that the weather was still warm.

     “I hope you don’t mind wearing wet trainers Jenna? But I don’t think its safe to walk around bare foot in the woods.”

     “Thank you Sara for helping me get dry. Prue will not be happy with me for this, I always doing silly things. Sometimes I think she wish I was not around.”

    Sara knelt down and gave Jenna a hug then said, “Jenna, Prue loves you very much. She would be lost with out you.”

    Sara wiped away a tear from Jenna’s eye as Jenna said, “Do you really think so Sara, I try to be good.”

     “Jenna hon, I know she does. Now come on we need to get this blood back to her quick.”

    Sara picked up the bottles and the clothes, she made sure they had all the things and made their way back to Prue.

*****

    Meanwhile back home, Sheana was getting worried, Sara had been gone for several hours. Sandy and Sheana had been doing some baking, they had made some brownies and a big chocolate cake and some cookies as well. Sheana was really beginning to enjoy baking and Sandy was such a good cook.

     “Sandy will you teach me to cook other stuff, you’re really good and I would love to be able to help out around here and cook from time to time.”

     “I’d love to show you how to cook Sheana, I must warn you though I am not cheap.”

     “How much will I need to pay you Sandy? I don’t have any money so I will have to get some so you can teach me.”

     “Sheana I was joking with you. I would love to teach you.” Sandy gave Sheana a hug and then they sat at the table to try one of the cookies.

    Sheana looked up at the clock on the wall then said, “Sandy I’m getting worried about Sara. She has been gone for hours now, do you think she is alright?”

    Sandy had forgot all about Sara being out, when she looked and saw the time she was worried as well. “Sheana your right. She has been gone for some time now. Tell you what, lets get cleaned up here, then if she isn’t back we will take a walk to see if we can find her. Ok?”

    Sheana had a mouth full of cookie so she just gave a nod. Sandy started to put cling film on all the cookies, and she put the brownies in a container and did the same with the cake.

    The two girls got stuck in with the dishes, there were a lot of them, and they knew it would take some time to get it all done. Sandy was about to start washing them when the phone rang. Sandy ran to it thinking it might be Sara, or someone saying she had been hurt.

    She answered the phone; “Hello Sara is that you?” There was no answer at the other end so Sandy said, “Hello is there anyone there?” still no answer, so she put the phone down.

    Sandy returned to the sink, Sheana was looking at her then said, “Who was it? Was it Sara?”

     “No it must be kids mucking around, there was no one at the other end of the phone.”

    Sheana looked very oddly at Sandy then said, “Why would any one have fun doing that to someone? It makes no sense.”

     “Sheana you will find a lot of what people do doesn’t make any sense. You just have to put up with it.”

    The phone rang again so Sandy went over to answer it again. The same thing happened when she answered it, nothing at the other end. She had just got back again when again it rang. “I am getting sick of this now!” Sandy picked up the phone and shouted “Hello! Who is this?” She was watching as Sandy waited for a reply. She waited for Sandy to say that there was still no one at the other end, but all Sandy did was slam the phone down and look worried about something.

     “Sandy was it the same thing again? No one there?”

    Sandy looked deep in thought at first and worried. Then she said, “Yes Sheana there was no one there again. Kids I bet.”

    Sandy went back to the sink and started to wash the pots. This time the phone didn’t ring so they got on with the job at hand.

*****

    Sara and Jenna were nearly back at the hut, Sara was still worried about Prue even with what she had said. Sara went in to the hut first when they got back. The candle was still burning so it was easier to see than the first time she went in the hut.

    Prue was in the back corner of the hut asleep in wolf form. Sara opened one of the bottles and knelt down in front of Prue. The wolf’s head shot up when Sara ran her hand over the head, she also started to growl at her. Sara was a bit worried.

     “Don’t be scared Sara, Prue not like being woke up. She gets very angry.”

     “Now you tell me, after I have done it. Will she bite me Jenna?”

     “Sis will not bite you Sara, she has never bit me.”

     “Jenna I am not you.” Sara was waiting for Prue to take on human form, but she didn’t. “Jenna why has she not become human yet?”

     “She must have gone to long without getting the blood. Here put some in this Sara.” Jenna handed her a bowl to put some of the blood in. She put some in the bowl and pushed it in front of the wolf.

    The wolf sniffed at the bowl then started to lick up all the blood in it. Sara turned to ask Jenna something, but Jenna was not in the hut any more. She got up to go and see where she had gone.

    Sara found her outside sitting on an old tree stump, so she went over to her. “Why are you sitting out here Jenna?”

     “Sis not like me watching her eat. She say I shouldn’t ever see her do it.”

    Sara could see what Prue was getting at, even though Jenna was a lot older than Her. You couldn’t help but see a child, and Sara would have said the same thing, had it been her in Prue’s place.

    Sara went back in to see if Prue had done with the bowl. Prue was sitting up and back in human form again when she got there.

     “How you feeling now Prue? More human I hope?”

    Prue had to laugh at what Sara had just said, and Sara giggled as well.

    Then Sara said, “Sorry Prue, bad joke I know. How you feeling now?”

     “Much better now, thank you so much Sara.”

     “Prue what happens if you don’t get blood? Jenna said that you couldn’t take on human form, is that right?”

     “If I don’t get blood the animal side starts to take over. I will attack anyone if it gets too bad.”

     “Is that why some start to feed on humans then? They were not themselves any more?”

     “I guess so with some, but then some just started that way. They are the real evil ones.”

     “So you have never fed on humans at all then?”

     “Once I did, but with the help of Jenna I got the taste out of my system. I will never go there again.”

    Sara looked at Prue’s leg again. The deep cut was just a scar now; it looked like it had been done a long time ago. “That cut has healed really quick, does drinking the blood do that?”

     “Yes it does, but if I lose blood I have to feed more to replace it. I was ready to attack you until I smelt the blood.”

     “Don’t worry Prue I can look after myself, after all, I am a slayer.”

     “And how many vampires have you killed?”

     “You’re the first ever vampire I’ve met. So how could I have killed any.”

     “You have the fighting skill’s of a slayer, I will say that. I saw how you dealt with that guy in the ally the other night.”

     “Jenna said she saw me fighting. She said you thought I was a Vampire, if that was so then why didn’t you stop me?”

     “Those guys asked for what you gave to them, and I didn’t get the feeling I normally get from a vampire. So we followed you and watched to see what you did.”

     “And what did you see from watching me? Did I pass your test?”

     “There is only one test in life, and that is life it’s self. Whether you pass or not depends on what you do with it and how long you live to enjoy it.”

    Sara was about to get up to fetch Jenna when she got that feeling deep down inside again. She turned to Prue, but before she could say anything Prue spoke, “I sense something, and so do you. Where did you leave Jenna?”

     “I left her sitting on the tree stump just outside the door. Will she sense there is trouble nearby?”

    Prue transformed into wolf form again ready to go outside. Sara was the first one to go out, Prue waited just inside the door. She didn’t want to tip off the vampire to where she was. The odd thing is Sara knew all this without Prue saying a word, she would have to find out why later.

    Sara could see Jenna still sat on the tree stump playing with a stick she had found on the way back with the blood. Sara could see she had drawn an arrow on the ground, it was pointing to the right of where she was sat. Sara moved in that direction, she hadn’t taken many steps when she saw what looked like a large blackish looking wolf jump at her from the bushes.

    Sara went on to autopilot again, she flipped up a large stick with her foot and caught it in her hands. Then she lifted it just as the wolf made for her neck, so he bit the stick instead. She dropped to the floor and flipped the wolf over her head and right into a tree behind her. Sara flipped her feet into the air and she was back standing in no time at all, which was a good thing as the wolf was coming back at her again. Looking for another stick proved useless, the wolf was on her. Sara grabbed the beast by its upper and lower jaws to stop it biting her. The force of the beast jumping at her sent her flying back on to the floor.

    Why Sara was doing battle with the wolf, Prue was looking to make sure it was alone. There was no sign of any more, she looked towards Jenna, and she made her way in to the hut. It was like Prue had spoke to her. When Jenna was safe in the hut, Prue went to help Sara with the wolf/vampire.

    Sara was on her back still holding the beast’s jaws open, but the wolf had big claws as well. He had them on her shoulders so she couldn’t move. She could hear a ripping sound, as it’s claws tore in to her jacket. This made Sara extremely angry. “I don’t believe you just did that you asshole.” As she said this, she pulled down with her right hand and pushed up with her left blurringly fast. There was a loud cracking sound and the wolf went limp.

    Sara just lay there for some time she was working out how she just did all she did. While she lay there, Prue came over to see if she was all right, she could sense what Prue was thinking and said she was fine. She then sensed Prue say that it wasn’t over yet; she would need to drive a stake into the beast’s heart to finish it off.

    Sara pushed the wolf off her and sat up to find something to use as a stake, but there was nothing around that would do the job. Sara looked over to the hut and saw Jenna walking over to her with a stake.

     “Here you go Sara use this. Sis has lots of them.” Jenna had a big smile on her face as she gave her the stake.

    Sara was trying to work out where to put it, till Jenna said, “You put it here Sara and push it in real hard, then stand back.”

    Sara was learning to trust Jenna and Prue, so she rammed the stake in and stood back. As she did so, the wolf let out a loud cry and then became a flaming skeleton before turning into a pile of dust. Sara had seen vampires do that in a film before, but she couldn’t think of the name right then.

    With the wolf/vampire gone, Sara took a closer look at her ripped jacket. Lucky it was just the jacket that got ripped and not her. She walked back to the hut with Jenna and Prue, when they were back inside Prue took on human form again.

    The first thing Prue did was look at Sara’s jacket then say, “Sara are you all right? That was amazing I’ve never seen anyone move like that.”

     “I have no idea how I did it Prue. My body just took over, it’s really scary.”

     “Don’t be, you are now a slayer. If Buffy was real, she would do all that stuff she does on the show for real, and you are real, so you can. If you like I would train with you to make sure you know all you need to, if you would like me to?”

     “You would be willing to do all that for me?”

     “Sure I would, and you have some cool moves yourself. I would love to learn them.”

     “If I can work it out myself I would love to show you.”

    Sara went back to looking at her jacket it was trashed. Prue could see that Jenna was wearing Sara’s T-shirt so she asked, “What happened to you sis? How come you are wearing Sara’s shirt?”

     “I wanted to help Sara get the bottles so I reached out to get them from the water, then I fell in and got all wet. I sorry sis, please don’t be mad at me.” The little girl was close to tears again, all Prue did was give her a hug and say she was not in trouble, but she needed to be more careful.

    Prue walked over to a large bag that was in the corner and started to pull clothes out of it. She walked back to Jenna and gave a clean change of clothes, and then she looked at the T-shirt that Sara had given her. It was dirty so Prue gave her a very nice silk top to wear and another jacket.

     “Thanks Prue I love this top. Where did you get it?”

     “I made it, I make a lot of clothes for me and Jenna. I only have to look at a design for anything clothing wise, and I can make it.”

     “Wow you and me are going to be good friends Prue.”

    Prue laughed then said, “You really are a girl!”

     “What can I say, yep I am.”

    Jenna had dressed and was pulling at Sara’s skirt, so Sara knelt down. When she was at the same level as Jenna she asked. “What is it Jenna?”

     “Sara, can I be your friend as well? I be real good and hug you when ever I can.”

     “Jenna we are already friends, I have only known you for a short time and I really do love you.” Sara held her arms out for the little one to get a hug, and as they hugged, Sara picked her up.

    Sara looked at her watch and realised how late it was getting. “My god, look at the time. Sandy and Sheana will be so worried; I’ve been out all day. Have you eaten today Jenna?”

     “Jenna had a chocolate bar this morning, but I is very hungry now. Do you have any food on you?”

     “No sorry, I don’t, but I can do something better. How would you like to come home with me and have some dinner?”

     “Yes, Yes I would really like that!”

    Sara turned to Prue to ask if it was ok. “Can she come and have some dinner with us Prue?”

    Prue looked worried for a minute, but then said, “Sure she can, I will come and get her later. What time will you be done?”

     “What do you mean Prue? I want you to come as well.”

     “Really, you do?”

     “Sure I do, I want you to meet Sandy and Sheana, and you can have some dinner as well. You do still eat normal food?”

     “Sure I do, I really love lamb and chicken.”

     “Is that dead, or still running around?”

    Sara started to laugh and Prue and Jenna joined in as well. “Funny Sara, real funny. Both ways, but it is a lot nicer with potato’s and gravy.”

     “Sis, shut up. You making Jenna real hungry now.” Jenna had that cute pout again.

    Prue grabbed Jenna from Sara and spun her around the room then pulled her close and said, “Sorry sis I have been neglecting you today. You go with Sara and I will meet you at her home, ok?”

     “Sure sis, just don’t be long, or we will start without you.”

    Prue started to tickle her sister and said, “You better not start with out me little Madame.” Jenna was giggling too much to say a thing and Sara could see how close they were.

     “Sara could I ask you to do me something. I need you to take my bag to your house. Do you mind?”

     “No problem Prue. Do you carry your whole life in that bag?”

     “Yep we do, well that bag and Jenna’s little back pack there.” Prue pointed over to a little pink bag in the corner. Jenna went and picked it up and put it on her back then said, “I help you Sara, I got this one.” Sara smiled and said, “I’m glad you took the heavy one Jenna.”

     “That the heavy one silly.”

    Sara picked up the large bag and found it really light, but then she was a lot stronger than she looked anyway.

     “Ok Prue, you know where I live?”

     “Yes like I said I have been following you for some days now.”

    Sara and Jenna started the walk home. Prue transformed in to a wolf again and headed off on her own route to Sara’s house.

*****

    Back home, Sheana and Sandy were just finishing up with the dishes when they heard mum come in. Sheana and Sandy were hoping it would be Sara. Sandy knew that mum wouldn’t be happy when she found out Sara was not at home, and had been gone most the day.

    Both girls said, “Hi mum”

    Karen looked to see where Sara was, but when she saw no sigh of her, she asked. “Where is Sara? Is she upstairs?”

     “Mum Sara said she was going to the newsagents this morning and has not been home since.”

    Karen put her hand up to her mouth and let out a gasp. “Why did you not call me at work? Anything could have happened to her.”

     “Mum, Sara can take care of herself. I would feel sorry for anyone who tried to hurt her.”

    Karen could see what Sandy was getting at, but still being her mum meant she had the right to worry. Just as she was thinking that, they heard a noise from the back yard. Karen rushed to the back door to see if it was Sara, but the yard was empty. Karen had just turned to go back in the house when she was pushed from behind and went flying into the table and fell on the floor.

    She wasn’t hurt but when she turned to see who had pushed her, she was expecting to see Sara stood there, but it was a man.

     “Who the hell are you, and what are you doing in my house?” Karen looked to see where Sheana and Sandy were. Karen could see the scared look on Sandy’s face. She was just staring at the man. At this point the man spoke. “Hello lover, I told you I would find you.”

    Sandy started to scream at the man to leave her alone, and she wanted nothing more to do with him, but the man just had an evil grin and then said, “you're going to be mine for ever.” As he said this, his face took on that of a vampire. All the girls screamed at this. Sheana was about to do some magic when they saw a hand grab the man and pull him out the back door.

    The girls all thought it was Sara back, but when they got to the back door all they saw was the back of a naked girl with long black hair. The man had landed on the far side of the garden and was just getting back up.

    The girls were trying to work out who the girl was, when she turned to look at them. They all screamed again, when they saw she was also a vampire. The girls were really worried now and thought that the two were working together or were just fighting over who would get to eat first. As they watched the girl block the doorway they all felt that she was not there to hurt them, but more to stop this evil being from getting at them.

    The man spoke, “What is your problem? There is more than enough for the two of us. I can share you know, but that blond piece there is going to be my girl. So keep your hands off her” as he said this he pointed at Sandy, who just shuddered at the thought of being with this evil creep.

    The naked girl spoke for the first time and said, “You’re not going to be needing a girlfriend where you’re going.”

     “Please give me a break, do you really think that you’re going to stop me. I have wasted more vamps like you that I can count. Now move aside and let me feed.”

    Saying this, he made his move, but the girl was fast and had him on his back straight away. However, he was back on his feet in no time and coming at her again this time, he got her down and then started to kick her in the back. The girl spun around on the floor and knocked him down. While he was down, she got to her feet and blocked the door to the house again.

     “Like I said you creep, you’re not going to be feeding on them any time soon.”

    The girl looked at the girls who where all looking very scared and was about to speak when Sandy shouted, “Look out he has a… ” However, before she could finish the line, she was hit with a jolt and fell to the floor.

    The man had a stun gun and had let the girl have the full force of it. As the man walked over to the girl’s stunned form on the ground, he went into his pocket and pulled out a wooden stake. He lifted the stake high in to the air and drove it down in to the girl’s chest where her heart was, but the stake just splintered before it hit her. The man was in shock to see this and couldn’t work out what had just happened. He didn’t notice that Sheana had used her magic to put a shield around the girl’s form to save her.

    As this was all going off in the garden, Jenna and Sara were just walking up the path to the house. Jenna stopped and grabbed Sara’s arm then said, “Sara, Prue is in trouble. There is a evil one in the back yard and Prue is not awake.”

    Sara told Jenna to wait down the side of the house and she would go and help. When Sara got to the side gate and opened it all she could see was this man stood in front of a naked girl’s body lying on the ground.

    Sara’s first thought was that this thing had killed Prue, and she was seeing red. She ran at the man and kicked him away from the girl. He didn’t know what hit him as he went flying in to a wall at the other side of the garden.

    The girl’s were so happy to see that Sara was all right, but didn’t want to get into the fight as they could see how focused Sara was on beating this guy. As Sara walked over to where the guy was lying, Karen and Sandy each grabbed an arm of the naked girl and pulled her in to the house. Sheana stood watch to make sure that Sara was safe, but for some reason she knew that, the man was the one not safe.

    The guy was shaking his head as Sara got to him, he was not hurt too bad as being a vampire meant you could take quite a beating and keep coming back for more. He was waiting to spring a trap on Sara as she got close, but it was no good as Sara seemed to know what he was going to do and blocked it.

    The man was looking to see what this girl was that had kicked him across the garden, and then stopped him from putting her on her back. She didn’t read like a vampire one bit, but she was strong.

    Sara was mad at what this man had done to Prue and the fact she would have to tell Jenna her sister was dead, meant that she really wanted to hurt this thing before she killed it.

    The man spoke to Sara, “ And what the hell are you? I know you’re not a Vampire.”

    Sara got close to the man and said, “I am much worse that a vampire. I am a slayer.”

    The man laughed then said, “This is not TV honey, and slayers aren’t real.”

    As the man said this, Sara grabbed him by the throat and picked him right up off the ground.

     “Well if that is so then you won’t feel this will you.” She tossed him across the yard like he was a paper plane. Then she walked over and started to really beat on the guy. When she was done, her arms were aching, which for saying how strong she was meant this guy was not going to be walking away from this. As Sara looked down at the bloody mess on the ground, she saw a wooden stake sticking out his pocket. So she bent down and picked it up, then she drove it deep in to his chest and like in the woods the body bust into a fiery skeleton and was then just a pile of dust.

    Sara walked to the garden chairs and collapsed into one. She was crying when Sheana came over to her. “Sara what is wrong, why are you crying? You won.”

     “Sheana, I got Prue killed, she was trying to save you all, and she got killed for doing it. How can I tell Jenna this.”

    At this point a little voice said, “ Tell Jenna what? Sara why you crying?”

    Sheana turned to see the little girl stood there looking worried for her new friend. Sara got up and went to hug Jenna and tell her the bad news.

     “Jenna honey, I was too late to save your sister. The bad man k… !” But before she could finish the word, a voice said, “I’m not that easy to kill so it seems.”

    Sara turned to see Prue standing in the doorway with a blanket around her. Sara shot up grabbing Jenna on the way and ran to her with a grin on her face.

    Sara was so happy to see that Prue was not dead. “How did you do it Prue, I saw you lying there and part of a wooden stake on the ground. I really thought you was a goner.”

    He hit me with some sort of stun gun and I blacked out, the next thing I know I am in the kitchen and your mum and sister are putting a blanket over me.”

     “Why did he not kill you, he had all the time in the world and he failed. Not that I am sad about it, but you must have a angel looking out for you.

    Why they were trying to work it out, a voice from behind them said, “An angel called Sheana.” Sara looked at Sandy who had just spoke and said, “What do you mean about Sheana being an angel?”

     “Sheana was the one that stopped him from killing her. She used her magic and put some sort of shield around her that stopped the stake from going in.”

    Prue looked over to where Sheana was stood and said, “Is this true, you saved my life?”

    Sheana was looking worried, due to the fact that she had used her magic. Karen could see that she was worried and walked over to her then said, “Sheana if you’re worried that I am mad at you for what you did, you couldn’t be more wrong. I am so proud of what you did.”

     “Really you are? I was so worried I had done wrong, but I couldn’t let that man kill her, she was trying to save us from him.”

    As Sheana was saying this to Karen, Prue walked over to her and gave her a big hug and thanked her. Prue wasn’t the only one to get in on the act. Sara gave her a hug and Jenna leapt from Sara to Sheana for a really long hug and then Jenna Said, “Thank you Sheana for helping my sister.”

    Sheana had tears running down her face as she hugged the little bundle of joy in her arms.

    Sara stepped back to look at everyone and then said, “Mum, Sandy, Sheana, I would like you to meet Prue and Jenna. They are the reason I have been out all day. Jenna stopped me getting hurt this morning and then I met Prue and we got talking and I lost all track of time. Sorry if I worried you all.”

     “I’m just glad you’re alright and you came back when you did. Or we could have been killed.” Said Mum.

    Sara Said, “Sheana would have made short work of that guy given the chance. I just beat her to it.”

    While they were speaking, Sheana still had hold of Jenna and she heard the loudest noise coming from her belly that anyone had ever made. They all turned and looked at Jenna. “Sorry, but me so very hungry, can I have something to eat. Please?”

    Karen led them all in to the kitchen and sorted out some food, while Prue and Sara filled them all in on the real reasons for why vampires do what they do. And explained the two types of vampires you get. Jenna was happy to have some cookies, but Karen made her have a sandwich first, then she got stuck in to some cookies and a brownie or two.

    Prue could see it was getting late and got up to make a move. “ We better be going, I don’t want to keep you all up any later than it already is, and we have to keep out the way of the police as it looks odd when you get a young woman and a child out past midnight.”

    Karen spoke up at this point. “Do you have some place to stay if you leave?”

     “Yes, do you have a place to go to?”

    Sara knew the place and it was a good walk and not a very good place to be taking Jenna.

     “Mum the place is not a good place and it is on the other side of the park in the woods.”

    Prue looked at Sara in a way to say why could you keep you mouth shut, but Sara was worried about her friends.

    Karen said, “Is this true Prue? You’re going to sleep rough with your sister?”

     “We’ve been doing it for years now so don’t worry.”

     “I’m not going to worry, because you’re not doing it any more. You can sleep here till we find you something better.”

    I don’t want to be a bother to you, and I do have to take on animal form in the daylight. How are you going to deal with that?”

     “As long as you don’t start eating the furniture we will be fine.” Karen had a smile on her face as she said this, so Prue knew it was a joke.

    A short while later Prue and Jenna was set up with pillows and blankets on the sofa in the living room, and the rest was all ready to head off upstairs to bed.

    They all said their goodnights and then they were off.

    As Sara lay there waiting to fall asleep, she started to think about her new life and what she would get up to tomorrow. Then she turned over putting an arm around Sheana and was off to sleep in no time at all.

 

To Be Continued Friday  

 

Story by SaraUK

 

Edited and Posted by SamanthaK