Yay, a new Bethan story! I know some of ya'll have been waiting for this! Yay for Bethan!

And so, I give you the first chapter.

No, I don't own Benny or Ethan or any of MBaV's characters. I'm just a fan with crazy ideas every now and then.

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"Benny, this has bad idea written all over it!" Ethan exclaimed, following his best friend, who had a blazing ball of fire hovering in his hand, which was held up to illuminate the hallway which they found themselves in.

"Come on E, it could be worse…"

"Could be worse?! When has a dark and scary hallway ever worked in our favor?!" Benny rolled his eyes but knew that Ethan had a point. Every time they seemed to find themselves in a dark hallway, something usually tried to attack and/or kill them.

"Ethan, I'm a lot better at magic now, and besides, there's nothing here…. Yet…"

"Yeah, yet," Ethan muttered, following Benny through the hallway. "You know, when you said you wanted to go on a date together, I didn't think you meant following some anonymous tip-off and checking out an abandoned house."

"Well this isn't what I had planned," Benny muttered with another roll of his eyes. But then, he stopped and flung out an arm, making Ethan bump into him.

"What?" he whispered, watching as Benny's eyes narrowed.

"There's something here," he said just as quietly, raising the arm that had been flung out to stop Ethan so it was right in front of him. He opened his mouth to say something, but they didn't know what, because a different voice boomed out at them.

"WHO DARES ENTER MY HOME?!" The voice was distinctly female, but it was also booming and loud. They each took a step back and Benny groped for Ethan's hand. Together, they began to slowly move back. "I SMELL… CHILDREN."

"We're not children!" Benny called out, making Ethan facepalm; Benny didn't know when to keep his mouth shut.

"YOU ARE NOT YET OF AGE, THEREFORE YOU ARE CHILDREN. COME CLOSER CHILD, CLOSER…" The voice, which was still loud and booming, had become somewhat softer, almost loving, by the sound of it. "CHILD… COME TO ME…." Benny's grip on Ethan's hand slackened some as his began to glaze.

"Benny, don't give in," Ethan whispered harshly, making his grip tighter; he squeezed Benny's hand so tightly that he made the taller blink and shake his head before looking at him.

"Thanks," he whispered, squeezing back. The two of them hurried back some more, but not before the voice caught up to them again.

"THERE ARE TWO OF YOU?! CHILDREN, PLEASE, COME TO ME. I AM EVER SO LONELY."

"Show yourself!" Ethan called bravely, stopping in his tracks; Benny looked at him like he was crazy.

"EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, AND I WILL LET YOU SEE." Benny looked at Ethan, who shrugged.

"I can always relight it if we need it," he whispered close to Ethan's ear, making him nod. Clenching his hand into a fist, the fire went out, making his raised arm fall to his side now.

They waited in the darkness for a few minutes before torches illuminated around them. They realized they were not in so much of a hallway as a cave it seemed. As the last torch lit, they saw something huddled on the floor, covered in dark, dusty rags.

"I AM HERE, CHILDREN." The voice seemed to be coming from the bundle on the floor. Slowly, it stood up, seeming to float from the ground. "CHILDREN…" They watched as it formed the shape of a woman, but they could see no hands, nor feet, or even a face; the head was covered in a dark hood. "OH, I HAVE NOT HAD VISITORS FOR SO LONG…" It seemed to just float there, but it did turn on the spot, apparently looking at them. "COME CLOSER CHILDREN… CLOSER…"

There was something in the voice; Benny's grip slackened on Ethan and began to step forward. "Benny no!" Ethan cried out harshly, grabbing the back of his jacket. "Benny!" Benny didn't seem to hear him.

"THAT'S RIGHT CHILD, COME TO ME… COME…" Benny continued onward, Ethan trailing behind him; his grip still strong on him. "JUST A LIL CLOSER… YOU ARE SO SLOW… LET ME HELP…" Ethan felt a strong force pushing him back from Benny; the harder he gripped, the harder it pushed against him. Finally, he had to let go; the force pushed him back until he fell down. Scrambling up, he saw Benny already up to the floating shape. 'CHILD… MY CHILD…" Ethan watched as Benny was raised from his feet until he was suspended in the air. An arm rose up, making the sleeve fall back; Ethan saw, to his horror that a rotting, wounded hand was coming towards Benny's face. Benny seemed oblivious to this.

"Benny no!" Ethan exclaimed; nothing happened though. Benny seemed unable to hear him. He watched as the hand placed itself against Benny's cheek, almost cradling it it seemed. He heard a sharp intake of breath beneath the hood before Benny paled considerably. Ethan noticed a thin trail off air leaving his lips. "NO!" he looked around the floor and saw a brick. Grabbing it, he threw it as hard as he could at the figure; it hit them squarely in the chest. It first looked down, then at Ethan, before it let go of Benny. He collapsed to the floor; Ethan wanted to go to him, but he didn't feel like he could move. The figured let out a loud, angry screech as it flew in a frenzy towards Ethan.

"HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY CHILD FROM ME?" It yelled, grasping Ethan and lifting him off his feet before both he and it collided with the hard wall behind him; during its hurry to get to Ethan, its hood fell back. Ethan had to stifle a gag of disgust. The head he saw was bald, except for a few wisps of white, stringy hair; were there should have been eyes were scabbed-over eye sockets; its mouth was opened wide, only a few scraggly teeth in it; its skin was the same as that of the hand: rotting and covered in wounds. "THAT'S MY CHILD! YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!" With one hand, it pierced him against the wall; the other wound around his throat.

Why does this always happen to me?! He thought wildly, closing his eyes; although it blocked out the look of the monster, it didn't help with the smell that seemed to emit from it. The smell was that of rotting, almost burning, flesh; it made him want to gag. The grip just got tighter and tighter against him; he could barely breathe now.

Before long, he would be dead.

"I'm not your child!" Ethan crumpled to the floor as she let go of him, turning to face Benny, who was stumbling to his feet.

"WHAT?! BUT YOU ANSWERED MY CALL! YOU MUST BE MY CHILD!"

"I'm not," he said calmly, still struggling to stand straight; he looked weakened, but determined.

"BUT MY CHILD…" she in a sad voice, "HAS BEEN GONE FOR SO LONG… I THOUGHT THEY HAD RETURNED AT LAST…" she let out a sob and raced towards Benny, who had brought his arms up as if to protect himself from the inevitable attack.

But it never came.

He looked over his arms to see her stopped in midair, as if frozen.

And then, with a final, ear-shattering screech of pain, she blew up.

There was nothing left of her but a pile of ragged clothes and a pile of dust.

"You okay?" Benny asked, slowly making his way to Ethan.

"This is definitely the worst first date I've ever been on," Ethan muttered, grabbing the hand Benny had extended for him and shaking dust out of his hair. Benny grimaced.

"I'm sorry."

"Nah, don't be," Ethan said, giving him a small smile. "How can we have a successful relationship if there are not any supernatural monsters attempting to kick our asses all the time?" With that, he gave Benny a quick kiss on the cheek before pulling him from the building. "Let's get out of here."

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