#Nicona Child AU

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Title: It’s Electrifyin’! Short Summary: Sixteen year old Bellatrix Petty decides that she’s old enough to venture alone, but she isn’t prepared for what lies ahead. Long Summary: Bellatrix asks her father if she can go to the woods alone. When in the woods, she finds herself stuck in one of Arie’s traps. Bella meets a mysterious young boy, who points her in the direction of a new adventure. Characters: Bellatrix Petty [OC], Arie McNamara [OC], Samoa Lakewell [OC], Salem/The Insidious Humdrum, Nicodemus Petty. Word Count: 1593 Notes: This is a story I wrote for class, but basically it’s from an AU I’m working on where Fiona and Nicodemus had a child. She was born while they were still in school, and Fiona forced Nico to take her when he chose the vampires. This also somewhat corresponds with another AU I’m working on where the Humdrum becomes a real boy instead of disappearing.

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“I’m sixteen, dad. I’m not a child anymore.” Bellatrix Petty started as she walked up to the pool table.   The man she was referring to was currently aiming at the 6 ball. “What’s this about, Bella?” He asked, glancing up at her for a moment, before hitting the ball. It hit a few others, two of which ended up in the holes. Bella took a breath, before responding, “I want to go out. Alone.” She managed after a few moments. Her father looked at her, and she continued. “The forest. We’ve been there before, and I know most of the area.”   The room went silent, and Bella just stared at her father. She crossed her fingers behind her back. Five minutes passed, before he spoke again. “Don’t stay out too long. Be back before sunrise, yeah?” He chuckled when a bright smile came across her face.  

“I will Dad!” She rushed over to him and gave him a hug, before running out of the building.   He sighed when she was gone. “Just like her mother…”

Celeste Aradiana McNamara, otherwise known as Arie, was currently hunting. Being a vampire who refused to drink human blood was hard, to say the least. She was draining a rabbit she found when she heard footsteps on the leaves. She didn’t need to use her enhanced sense of smell to figure out who it was, for she’d memorized the sound.

“Alone, are you?” She set down her prey. “Interesting…” Arie scampered off, a plan formulating in her mind.

Bella walked around, poking things with a stick. Sure, this was boring, but she felt a sense of maturity as she walked alone. She ate berries. She picked flowers. She walked under trees and looked up at the moon.   And she did it alone. She felt like an adult. She was so focused on being an adult, that she didn’t notice the tripwire, and she fell into a hole that was dug into the ground.

When Bella woke up, she saw a boy looking into the hole.

“Hello, uh… do you think you can help me?” She asked nervously. He was quiet, but smiled. He walked away from the hole for a few moments, before throwing down a rope. With a sigh of relief, Bella grabbed hold of it and he pulled her up. Now that she was out, she could see him more clearly. His pale skin seemed to glow in the bright moonlight. There was a mess of dark curls resting on his head. Dark spots on his cheek–maybe moles? He looked young, like he was 10 or 11. A child.  

“Uhm… thank you.” Bella said, sheepishly. He nodded in response. “Can you talk?” The boy shook his head, before pointing to a group of trees. “Do you want me to go there?” No answer.  He just started walking.  

“H-hey! Wait for me!” Bella chased after him.

She lost him. It’s like he just disappeared out of thin air. She kept going in the direction he pointed to, however. She knew an adventure when she saw one.

“Carry on, Bella.” She told herself when she got nervous.   After a while, she heard faint crying. She ran to the source of the sound, and found a girl not much younger than she was.

“Are you okay?” She asked, cautiously.

The girl squeaked, jumping up.

Bella smiled softly. “I’m not going to hurt you, okay? I want to help.”

The girl nodded, set at ease by her smile. “I….I’m Samoa…” She rubbed her arm, not looking the other in the eye.

“Hi Samoa, I’m Bella. Are you hurt anywhere?” She kept a soft tone, careful not to scare the girl.

“Arm…”

“May I see it?” Samoa nodded, letting Bella come closer to inspect it.

“Samoa…” The older girl started, “Where are your parents?”

“Don’t got no parents.”

Bella blinked. “Are you all alone?”  

Shyly, Samoa nodded.

Bella tore a piece off of the girls dress- it was already heavily torn in the first place- and tied it around her arm. “You can come with me, I bet my dad would be glad to take you in!”

“Really?”

Bella nodded. “I’ve always wanted a sister.” She smiled at her, and Samoa started to weakly smile back.

“Alright,” came a voice behind them, “Break up the sap fest. I’m not going to stand here all day.”  

“…Celeste?” Bella turned around when she recognized the voice.

Arie rolled her eyes. “It’s Arie. I’m bored, are you two gonna take much longer?”

“What do you want.” Bella glared at her rival.

They used to be great friends, but then Celeste- or Arie, as she seemed to prefer- suddenly turned on her. Bella never understood why.

“I want lots of things, Bellatrix. One of which I can never have as long as you’re around.”   Samoa look at the two, confused, as Bella groaned.

“I don’t have time for this. I need to get my new friend to safety.”

Arie just scoffed. “You’re too kind, it’s one of the things I hate about you.”

Bella sighed, walking towards her. “What happened to you, Cel?”

For a moment, sadness and regret washed over Arie’s features. And then, pure rage. Bella gasped in shock when Arie’s mouth was suddenly filled with large teeth as sharp as knives. Then, Arie pounced on her. Bella knew what this meant. Arie was a vampire, and when vampires experience extreme hunger or anger, it goes straight to their fangs. She couldn’t help but wonder what about her question set her former friend off.   As she watched Bella struggle against Arie and hear the words that were spit at her, Samoa noticed a boy not too far away. He was waving his arms frantically, staring at Bella. His mouth was moving, but no words came out. He was holding something in his hand.

“B-Bella!” Samoa called out. “I think- I think that boy is trying to get you’re atten- attention!” Bella looked over to where Samoa started pointing. The boy from earlier. Once their eyes locked, he mouthed the word ‘catch’ and threw what he was holding at her. Almost magically, it landed perfectly in her now outstretched hands.   Bella looked down at it, ignoring Arie’s impatience. She instead looked at the boy in confusion, who gestured to his neck. He wanted her to put it on. As soon as the necklace rested comfortably around her neck, Bella felt a tingle in her throat.

This only confused her more.

Why did the necklace feel… important? Arie pounced again and part of a song suddenly made its way into Bella’s mind. A phrase from a popular musical that has been said over and over. This only confused her more, and when Arie was nearing her neck, Bella let it out.

“It’s electrifying!” She exclaimed, emphasizing the 'lec’ part, like in the movie she has seen numerous times with her father.

When her words came out, they were coated in something she couldn’t recognize. When Bella grabbed Arie’s arms, a shock ran through both of the girls. For Bella, it was static. For Arie, a bolt of lightning. When Bella let go, Arie stumbled back in shock. The vampire cursed, rubbing her arms that were now covered in burns. She looked at Bella with pure fear in her eyes, before running off.   Bella blinked a few times in confusion, before running back over to Samoa. “You weren’t hurt, were you?” Samoa shook her head. “What… what happened?”

“I’m not too sure.”

“Ask your dad, he’s gotta know.” It sounded like a young boys voice.

“Aha! You can talk!” Bella jumped in realization when she realized who it was. The boy giggled. “Now I can. I couldn’t earlier.”

“Why not?” Samoa asked in her soft voice. He didn’t answer, instead, he started walking away from them.

“Hey, don’t run off again!” Bella whined. She grabbed Samoa’s hand and pulled her along, chasing the mysterious boy.   Before long, the duo made it out of the forest. They stopped running, trying to catch their breath. The sun was starting to rise. Bella blinked when a bottle of water was placed in her hand. She looked up and saw the boy from earlier giving her a concerned look.

“You didn’t have to run so fast, I would have waited for you here.”

“To be fair, I didn’t know where you were going.” The boy giggled again. “Salem.”

“…What?”

“You asked my name earlier. It’s Salem.” He ran his hand through his curls, before handing Samoa some water as well. She muttered a 'thank you.’

“You should be heading back to your dad, Bella. Didn’t he tell you to be back before sunrise?” Bella blinked. “How did you know that?” Salem simply smiled, before walking off again. This time, Bella didn’t follow. She was tired, and knew that Samoa must be tired too.

“This way, Samoa.” She waved her over to the direction of the bar, and they made their way. Bella had a lot to talk about with her father.