The Devil Within (Ellen)

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

It was one of those sunny days where being stuck in class was on the bottom of Erika's list of things she wanted to spend her time doing. They were discussing World War II and even if Erika was one of the top students of Bellefonte Academy, her patience and ability to concentrate had already flown out of the window. She had no interest in listening to the bald teacher talk about subjects of war, and not only was she feeling restless, her ability was as well.

Once the teacher stepped out of the classroom after assigning the group of teenagers some kind of half-assed assignment, which Erika hadn't really paid much attention to - for once in her life, Erika leaned forward and tapped the blonde on the shoulder. She and Ellen had been friends for as long as Erika could remember - well, since they were kids anyways, and even if the woman was a pure evil, control freak of a bitch, Erika still loved her in her own way.

''Hey-'', Erika began, but stopped as she felt her restless ability reach out for the blonde, nudging at the rim of her shirt. ''-What are you doing later?'', she asked, not feeling the need to whisper as the teacher had already left the room. She received a few glares and muffled hisses, but she barely took any notice of it. ''My soccer coach called today's practice off, so my schedule is all freed up. You wanna hang out?''

Having her schedule so open and free was quite unusual for the brunette. She had made sure to keep her days filled with activities ever since she attended Bellefonte and whenever something cleared up, she was quick to find something else to spend her time doing.

And what better thing was there to do than hanging out with her evil counterpart?

[Ellen Banks]

Ugh, if there was one thing Ellen Bank couldn’t handle was being bored. She simply couldn’t abided it, in the least, she honestly didn’t know why she took this class anyway. Even though there were certain part of history that intrigued her, but for the most part she was content to let the past be the past. Besides her father was a nut on the subject of world war II and pretty much drilled into Ellen’s head anything and everything on the subject. So it was a easy A for her, like most subject really. God what she would give for a challenge.



As soon as the teacher thankfully left the room, Ellen felt an old familiar tugging sensation on her designer shirt, that she has experienced a million times before, and she felt a rare genuine smile spread across her lips as she leaned back and turned to her best friend Erika. Ellen has been friends with Erika since..well…forever. Their fathers were often business associates that spilled over into a friendship. As such Erika and Ellen had been best friends since they could walk, she was one of the vary few people Ellen enjoyed the company of here.



Ellen pursed her lips and slid the pen between her knuckles and shook it back and forth “Not much, A rare quiet day. I still need to move all my things into our dorm. Can you believe they tried to break us up? We haven't been broken up since we were like five. The nerve…” Ellen rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders “Thank God, I was able to…”talk” to a few people to make them see things our way. You’re welcome by the way” Ellen said sticking out her tongue not caring about the looks she was getting from the others, Envy was a ugly emotion. Why should they be looked down by the others just because they were hot and rich? Their problem not Ellen’s or Erick’s



It was the early weeks of the school year so a lot of the clubs, Ellen has signed up hasn’t really kicked into gear so she had some time to kill. “Anyways. What did you have in mind?” A smirk forming on her face, wondering what she had planned

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

Ah, yes. The blonde and the brunette had quite the long and rich friendship. The kind that would make even the best history teacher jealous. There had been several bumps in the road, that was for sure. But then again, that was only to be expected when people put two rich girls together. Either way, they had ended up as best friends, and even if the blonde counterpart was clearly the most evil of them (In Erika's opinion) she still enjoyed every second that was spent causing trouble.

Ellen's words brought a playful smirk to the brunette's full lips and she tossed her hair over her shoulder before smacking her tongue against her teeth. ''Ah, yes. That was quite foolish of them. They had to expect getting trouble for pulling a stunt like that, I imagine.'', she mused with an amused grin. ''At least that mouth of yours is good for something other than inflicting pain and suffering. Well... In my case anyways.'' Erika then took the time to turn her head and glare back at those who dared look into the pair's way with such a hateful stare and narrowed her eyes. ''The nerve of some people.'', she said, purposely making it audible for the busy bodies starting their way.

Propping herself further up on the chair, Erika turned her gaze back at the blonde and tilted her head, her face regaining the playfulness it had before. ''Well, it all comes down to what you're in the mood for. I have a bottle of rum in my drawer.'', she said, letting her last statement linger for a few seconds. ''What do you say about inviting a few people to the auditorium later?''

Ah yes, the legendary parties these two held... Man, they couldn't even be compared.

[Ellen Banks]

Sure. They had there ever so rare moments of discord between them. What friendship didn’t? At times she could tell that Ericka had some small issues when Ellen went “Too Far” She didn’t have a lot of limits, but Ellen ever crossed a line she was sure to hear about from her. But in Ellen’s mind she saw nothing wrong with her actions, either it was all in the name of pure harmless fun (Herself and Erika adored their little soup operas) Or enforcing the one, Almighty, non-negotiable rule of bellefonte Academy.

Ellen and Erick ruled this school. And anyone who dared challenge either herself and Ericka? Needed to be made an example of. Simple as that. Depending on her mood, Ellen could turn all your friends against you. Or simply just make your boyfriend make out in front of you. Something fun like that.

Cerebral? Oh hell yeah. Cunning? Check. Pure evil. Please…

“In my defense, I’m getting better, I actually resisted the temptation to make him kiss my feet and beg forgiveness.He was actually really cute…so I suppose they’ll be time for that later.” Ellen turned to her friend looking mock offended with a pouty expression “Aw…You say that like inflicting pain and suffering like it’s a bad thing. Is this about what I did to your ex? Really it was his fault for looking into a hypnotist eyes and listening to me speak. So it’s his fault he wore bra and panties for a week. Even though that DID prove he’s into that sort of thing….”

Ellen listened intently as she prodded her elbows against the desk, nodding along, a smirk appeared on her face, her mind drifting back to the hazy memories of there other parties. No one could throw a party like those two. They had the reputation of becoming wild and out of control in a hurry. Every time they threw one they just became more and more fun. She smiled as she tried to ignore a particularly annoying girl right in front of Ellen obnoxiously trying to listen in. “That’s sound-Wait, hold that thought…” Ellen turned to girl right in front of her, lent over to her desk and with a smooth and experienced motion, she clicked her thumb and forefinger together in front of the girls face. Instantly her eyes rolled to the back of her head and her eyes closed as her head crumpled softly onto the desk seemingly in a deep sleep Pleased Ellen turned back to Erika, normally she wouldn’t have been so careless with her power, but the teacher was out of the room and he would just naturally assume that she was tired out by the assignment. “Lindsay Radcliff” Ellen said as a way of an explanation “Caught her making googly eyes at a guy I liked a year ago. Needless to say we came to an agreement…” This latest demonstration caused many of the people staring at them to turn and face other direction “Anyway. You read my mind, Were going to need to bring out our A-game to top last time…”

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

When Ellen brought up once of Erika's many exes, she couldn't help but to let out a chuckle. Erika had to agree, the way the blonde seemed to torture all the boys Erika had dated was quite enjoyable. It was like having her very own Grim Reaper that did all of the punishment and revenge for her, and she rarely had to lift a finger to do it herself. Even if the girl was pure evil, at least she got the brunette's back and it was much appreciated. ''Ha, ha, yeah. I remember that.'' It had been quite fun, that poor guy. ''The face he made when he realized... Hi-la-ri-ous!''

Patiently pulling back as Ellen worked her magic, Erika took the time to focus her gaze on the window, watching the students and teachers walking by. None were interesting enough to immediately catch her attention, but that was only to be expected. It had been quite a while since someone had captured her heart that way, but Erika didn't mind. Even if she was quite the love-aholic. Then, when Ellen turned her attention back to Erika, the telekinetic turned her head to face her again, her lips turning upwards into a grin. ''You really are possessive, huh.'', she laughed and shook her head. ''With a power like yours, I'd probably do the same.'' She had never once felt jealous because of the hypnotic power her counterpart held, but at times she had wished her own wasn't such a restless mess. Still, her power were tugging at the blonde's shirt, pretty much living it's own life, reaching out for the evil hypnotic like a needy child.

''I bring the alcohol, you bring the people? Oh, and we should probably ward off the teachers, but again, I'll leave that to you.'', she smirked and ran her hand through her hair, her brown eyes lighting up at the thought of it. ''I'll ask a friend of me to do the music and lighting.''

Then Erika shrugged slightly, her ability pulled back for a second and ended up tugging at her own clothes before falling still on the books on Erika's desk. ''Hey.'', she asked, her eyes flickering over the room. ''Have you ever given me any triggers - like, used your ability on me?'' She had been meaning to ask this for a while, but somehow, the opportunity had never risen and she somehow always forgot about it. Well, the point was, she was asking now, and she wasn't quite sure if she really wanted to know the answer. It wasn't like she'd get mad or anything, because the way her own power seemed to feel the blonde up, it was only fair for Ellen to do the same, right?

[Ellen Banks]

As stated previously Erika was one of the few people in this place that Ellen actually enjoyed being around and most certainly her best friend, and most certainly her best and greatest friend in the world, and if Ellen learned once thing that she learned from her father is that a bank never turned her back on a friend. So Erika was more or less under Ellen’s protective wing for life. She had her back no matter what. Besides Ellen couldn’t pretend that she enjoyed messing with the various boys that came in and out of Erika’s life. She would never admit this to anyone, but she had in her nature a deep rooted jealous streak when ever Erika got lovely-dovey with her latest toy. She couldn’t help but feel a tad crest fallen when learning that she’s too busy spending time with her boyfriend then her. She HATED being ignored, especially by her best friend. Besides, Erika had a talent for picking guys that did NOT meet Ellen’s high standards, sure maybe for a late night hook-up. But an actual relationship? No why these losers would get their claws around Erika.



So from time to time, Ellen found it necessary, to sabotage a few of those relationships, by various means. Very subtle that she’s never been caught but effective. In her mind, she was just speeding up the process. She knew that these guys could never hang with Ericka. She was simply saving everyone’s time. It was simply her duty as Ericka’s friend. If the roles were reversed she liked to think Erika would do the same thing for her.

Erika’s main problem was that she tended to be emotionally clinging from time to time, it could never be sex to her. She ALWAYS had to fall in love every other month, why couldn’t see just sleep around like a normal girl. Ellen was not one to fall in love easily. To her it was a sign of weakness. She doesn’t fall in love, people fall in love with her only for Ellen to break their hearts when she got bored of them. Simple as that.



She couldn’t help but chuckle at the memory of the boyfriend coming out of the trance (Who by the way, was clearly only going out with Erika for her money) rubbing the side of her face “Do…do you- do you remember the way his eyes just popped out of his face when he realized what he was wearing? Priceless.



“So the usual plan of action then?” This wasn’t the first time they attempted to throw quite an ambitious party on school grounds, quite frankly it gave her a thrill to know that they were hosting a party right under the noses of the staff. It made the nights festivities all the more sweet. By now the system Erika and Ellen had perfected over the years and they had been able to put into action with military effectiveness. Erika would work on putting the party together. Booze, music, ETC. and Ellen would work on recruiting people and security. She didn’t need to use her powers all that must with inviting people. After all, this wasn’t your usual high school party. This was a double EB party, and these parties had achieved legendary status. The juniors seemed to have begun to think of the parties as a some kind of initiation. Everyone loved to their parties (Of course Ellen couldn’t resist giving all the girls subliminal commands to bring along the hottest guys they know and possibly girls if Ellen was feeling adventurous) But keeping teachers away was quite harder. Some of the staff had the ability to defend against her hypnosis, so Ellen had to make sure the teachers she could command would distract the ones that she didn’t. For the most part their parties ran smoothly but there was several memorable incidents over the years “Hey, do you remember two years ago where we got a noise complaint and the police had to burst through the door and break things up? That was intense! They were just about to charge us when you told them your last name? Their faces…” Ellen said laughing but the laughter abruptly stopped when she was taken aback by Erika’s unexpected question



“Ummm…”



The answer was a resounding “Yes” ever since her powers manifested, she had mesmerized Erika on hundreds of occasion’s. Some just for generally, others for a purpose, for example; if Ellen had her eyes on clothes that Erika owns. The next day Erika would find the clothes in question mysterious missing forgetting that she happily gave them over the day before (The top Ellen was wearing now? Belongs to Erika. She wondered if she would notice) She needed to wipe her memory after their last party where Ellen drunkenly tried to make out with, (She didn’t need THAT awkwardness) Ellen knew things about Erika that would make anyone blush, and she’s been fond of planting various seeds of doubts in Erika’s mind about her latest relationship. It was for her own good. “Oh look, our friend Lindsey is a droller” She said with mild amusement hoping to change the subject looking at the Ko’ed girl in front of her before turning to Erika with a sly smile “Want to mess with her?”

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

Ah, yes. Erika's list of exes and loves grew longer every month. Erika was the kind of girl who fell too easily and broke too often. She wore her heart on the sleeve and often fell in love with the wrong kind of people. As much as she wanted to believe that she wasn't all that trusting, she knew that deep down inside, she was easily fooled by a pretty face and sweet words. If sex wasn't in the picture, she could usually maintain a composed face and maybe not fall to that degree of love, but the second the brunette spread her legs, she was sold, lost and fallen.

Why her relationships always seemed to end the way they did, she didn't know. She seemed to send men flying as easily as she attracted them and even if it was her own fault for falling so easily, it left the girl feeling insecure and self-conscious, often making her fall even more easily, hoping things will change for the better the next time around.

Did it though? Naaah. It was the repetition of the same story over and over again. But at least she could give herself the credit of never giving up. She still believed in love and hopefully, she'd never stop. But, even so, she sometimes envied her friend, Ellen for having such a casually relationship to the subject. She could sleep around, flirt with people and hook up with them and never falling in love. Erika imagined it to be both lonely and satisfying all at one.

''Serves him right though.'', Erika said with a grin and shook her head, once again tossing her brown locks over her shoulder. ''He deserved everything he got.'' Well, maybe not, but at least that made the brunette feel better about the inevitable breakup. ''Thanks for that, by the way.'' Without Ellen on her side, Erika didn't know where she'd be right now. The blonde had helped and saved her from breaking down many a times.

''Exactly.'', she prompted and pursed her lips. Yes, the parties these girls held was famous. Probably mostly because of their social hold on the school, but it was also legendary because of the success. Everyone wanted to come and more than once, people had tried to enter their holy circle as a way to climb their way up the social ladder. Erika didn't blame them, because she was sure she would too, if she wasn't already at the top of the pyramide. ''When you have a last name that comes to good use, why not use it for your own personal gain?'', she said. Okay, so maybe it was a little spoiled of her to use the fact that she was an ancestor of the man who built the school for her own advantage, but come on. If it made things easier for her and she got her way for doing it, she'd be stupid not to. Even if people often tried to take advantage of it. ''It's pretty handy though.'', she said with a grin.

The way the blonde hesitated made Erika frown and narrow her eyes. Uh-oh. It was quite obvious that Erika had hit a subject the blonde didn't feel comfortable discussing, and truth be told, Erika wasn't even sure if she minded it so much. As far as she knew (Granted, she could have forgotten about important stuff), the things the blonde had made her do couldn't be all that bad. Right now, the brunette was both happy and feeling well, so whatever strings the blonde had pulled couldn't have done any long term harm, right? When Ellen changed the subject she was met with a faint sigh and a smile. That was enough of an answer, and maybe Ellen hadn't realized it, but she had awkwardly admitted that yes, she had used her powers on the brunette. ''Yeah, sure.'', she said with a shrug and gathered her books in a nice pile before looking at the watch on her wrist. ''We still have a few more minutes before the teacher arrives.''

Without another word, Erika took control of her power, guiding it towards the girl in front of Ellen, letting the ability feel its way down the girls spine, gently pulling at the zipper of her dress. A smile formed on the brunette's lips as the zipper moved downwards, only to show of a pale skin, covered in acne and the red strings of a bra. With another flick of her power, the bra hem sprung open and the dress fell down to the girl's lap, showing all of the pale girl's goods off. With that, Erika sat back and her ability was dragged back to the host.

[Ellen Banks]

Speaking of which Ellen really needed to get around to helping Erika separate, love and sex. It would almost be funny how Erika gushed about how her latest conquest was the “one” and he was sweet and different and blah, blah, blah. Ellen promised herself that if she ever started acting about that she would blow her brains out. Sex was sex. End of story. The sooner Erika realized that Sex was just pure mindless entertainment the better, save love for the boring ugly people,



Thank god Ellen was around her as much as she was. if she wasn’t in Ericka’s life Ellen had no doubt that she would have married and divorced several boys by the time she was 20. Ellen nodded along with ericka’s words “Total asshole” she agreed grimly. “Oh trust me, it was my pleasure.” And it was.



The fact, that so many people wanted to attend their parties Ellen took as nothing short of a compliment. The other students seemed to believe their parties seemed to have a magical quality, where no matter who you are or where you come from, if you leave a lasting impression at their parties you were set for life. It doesn’t matter if you were humiliated every day at the year. You were always known as the guy who downed a bottle of whisky and remained standing or the guy busted out incredible dance moved. In short their parties could make you



She was more then a little relieved when Erika seemed to dropped the subject. Not that Ellen was particularly ashamed of her actions but she wouldn’t think she would be too pleased with how Ellen had more or less destroyed most of her relationships, even if it was the right decision but then again, she could always make her forget she was ever told. So if she did tell her, it wouldn’t have a major effect. She couldn’t help but smile and wink back as if to say “I know something you don’t know…”



Ellen watched with mounting interest, Erika’s handy work, actually forcing herself to chock back laughter as she pulled down the zipper “and you have the nerve to call me pure evil?! I didn’t know she was your type Erika” Ellen snort playfully as she finished up. Oh lord, this was hysterical…but it needed something a little more…which is where she got an idea. “Hold on. I think I got something….” She said as she slowly leaned over and lowered her mouth against her ear and began to wisher in a soft, soothing, relaxing tone that she often used on her victims. “Lindsay, when you wake you’ll won’t notice your dress is down Everything is perfectly normal. If anyone tells you otherwise, you won’t believe them and insist your dress is fine” Ellen turned to Ericka smiling “Anything else you want to add?”

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

Needless to say, the Double E parties were the highlight of the year. Well, okay, since they happened quite often, they were more the highlight of the month. It was perfect, down to the smallest detail. Which wasn't really all that weird since the girls had spent years perfecting their work. It had started out with being those typical child parties, then as they had grown older, alcohol and making out (And now sex) had been mixed into the boiler and voila, they had created the perfect party.

With these skills, the girls probably should have talked about starting their own party planner business. Imagine the success they could have had by actually being ALLOWED to host parties.

As much as the party was a chance for people to become cool, it could also be the doom of some. Those who made a fool out of themselves on the party more or less ruined their own life. They would be laughed at, hung out and even worse, they would end up at the bottom of the social ladder, if not even lower. It was pretty hilarious and Erika never missed the chance to film, take a picture or in any other way publicly announce the idiotism some people seemed to get themselves into. It was probably her favorite part of the party. Yes, Erika Bellefonte was deep down inside a true Mean Girl, a Queen Bee who did whatever the heck she wanted, and with the help of Ellen, no one could stop them.

No, Erika wasn't going to bite on the lure and let herself get dragged into yet another one of Ellen mindgames. If she didn't want to share, Erika wasn't going to push. Maybe for once, Ellen could be the one coming to Ellen and not the other way around.

Erika knew that what she was doing right now wasn't fair, and she'd absolutely hate it if someone did it towards her. But that was just it, no one ever did. Maybe they were afraid that Ellen would seek revenge or that Erika's family would do something towards them - in the end, it didn't really matter. Up until now, Erika had been more or less safe from pranks such as these, and even with a heavy heart, she still tortured the people around her. It was probably Ellen's influence, but it didn't matter. She was still having fun with it, even if it made her seem bad. Erika's smile grew wider as Ellen finished the job by using her ability to torture the poor girl even further. People were looking, but they all knew they wouldn't dare to speak up. If anything, no one could prove it was actually the pair of girls who stood behind it, and with the party being planned, no one wanted to take the chance of ratting them out, and thus not getting invited. ''Make her obsessively stalk someone.'' That could surely be fun, right?

''Hey, pssst. The teacher is back.'', Erika hissed and sat up straight, pulling her attention to the nicely folded books as the door opened. The bald teacher entered the room without as much casting a glance at the students. ''That poor girl.'', she whispered, any sign of sympathy lacked from her voice as her smile grew even more amused.

[Ellen Banks]

Ellen pursed her lips, turning away from Lindsay for a moment, “I’ve been thinking…This is our first party of the year, we need to make sure this goes off with a bang, Start as we mean to go on. We need something to make this one top all the others. We need to make this one special. We need to have people talking for weeks about it. Any ideas?” Ellen herself was toying with the idea of sneaking drugs into the party. Not for her of course, She would never touch the stuff, why would she when the thrill of making others suffer beat any kind of artificial high. Not to mention her daddy raised her better then that. Besides, drugs were a cool gimmick. But it was lacking….something…it needed a little more pow.



Even though they had developed the perfect system for creating a party. It was the same thing, over and over again. Might be ok for the party goers…but to Ellen, it was getting stale. Why not shake things up a little? It wasn’t a new concept for them, over the years, they’ve had a history of kicking things up a gear since they were five years old. First it was free candy, then it was DVDs, Then it was music, fast forward a few years it was booze. By this point they were masters of it. People humiliating themselves at their parties was always the highlight. Thank god for Ericka with her camera always at hand. Over the years she had collected quite a sizable video of people behaving badly that would make America’s funniest home videos envious.



Erikca wasn’t concerned about the fallout of her actions, quite frankly no one had the nerve to stop them, and even if they did suddenly grow a spine and stood up to them. Ellen could crush them between her boot. She was the grand high empress on the school. The one they flee from when she walks down the halls. She was the beast of belefonte and no one could touch her.



She couldn’t help but smile at her suggestion “and you used to be so innocent too” Ellen said as she whispered in Lindsay’s ear “Lindsay, you’re going to find yourself starting to develop a crush on the history, you think bald men are REALLY sexy. You’re going to spend every single minute thinking about him, you’re going to want to be around him all the time, maybe even follow him home…oh and invest in some crème for your back. Do you understand Lindsay”



“Yes”



“Good girl.”



Ellen looked up startled at Erika warning before quickly snapping her fingers once waking her up before returning to her book like nothing happened.

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

Ellen's comment brought Erika's lips to silence. She narrowed her eyes as she pondered about it. She was right, Erika couldn't deny that, but what could they do that they hadn't done before? ''Well, there's the typical competition with a prize. Like, for example a dance off or a power off. Orrrr..'', she said but fell silent again and pursed her lips, chewing on the inside of her lip. ''What about a masquerade ball?'' Everyone could wear masks and costumes without revealing their true identities. ''And then have a prize for the best costumes, and people can guess who's behind the mask?'' That would also give the girls the perfect opportunity to pull pranks without people knowing who hides behind the mask.

Either way, Erika agreed. Doing the same thing over and over again would only make their parties less... Grand. It would grow dull, and if it was dull; No one would want to come. And they couldn't have that. Ever. It was unacceptable to have a failed part after all these years of perfecting their methods. Erika would die before letting her party become dull.

''Pft, me innocent? Ha!'' Making a grimace of disgust at what Ellen told the poor girl, Erika leaned her head against the back of her hand and let out a chuckle. ''Man, that poor girl. She's never going to be able to show herself around people again.'' And that was probably the funniest part. It was mean, she knew that, and she also knew that if her father caught her, she'd be sent off to military school in no time, but it didn't seem like anyone had told him so far, so why worry about that now? Exactly.

''That's enough for today, clas-'', The teacher stopped in his track as his eyes fell to the half naked girl and his mouth drooped open. ''Lind-'', he started, but the reddening color on his cheeks said enough. The rest of the class stood up, whispering amongst themselves and looking at the poor girl who was yet another victim of the Double E's pranks. Along with them, Erika stood up, trying her best to keep the smirk off of her face. ''Let the fun begin.'', she whispered and packed down her books.

When finally managing to get out of the room without breaking down into hysterical laughter, Erika leaned against the wall and patiently waited for her friend to follow. Once she finally did, the brunette hoisted her arm around the blonde's shoulders and let out a giggle. ''Man, did you see the way he looked at her? Oh em gee, he blushed!''

[Ellen Banks]

They were the masters of innovation for a reason . It might seem a little vain, (Not that Ellen or Erikca were the most humble people in the world, have you seen them? What do they have to be humble about) But when it came to parties, you won’t find anyone else that can pull off what Ericka and Ellen could do. (True they did have a slight advantage over the competition with her hypnosis and Ericka’s last name) Maybe they should look into becoming party planners. It did make a lot of sense. They could more then hold there own against any professionals. They would be unstoppable! Ellen never really gave much thought to the future. She had many short terms plans but nothing long term. It did kind of make sense



A masquerade ball…that’s perfect!” Ellen said thinking the idea over in her head and chewing the idea in her mind, seeing it from every possible angle “I mean think about it, with no one having any identity they’ll be less inhibitive. If they know that no one will make fun of them the next day. They’ll try to get away with anything, because there won’t be any consequence” Ellen’s said her cunning and Machiavellian whiring into gear. Why did people say the things that they did on the internet? Because they know they can get away with it. The perfect crime “..And if we do get caught… which we won’t. Nobody can tell who we are. An elegant yet simple idea if ever there was one”



Ellen stiffed her chuckles with laughter as Lindsay came to blinking and shaking her head groggily. Ellen LIVED for this. Nothing gave her more satisfaction then knowing she’s pretty must destroyed someone’s life. It was a masterpiece and Ellen was the artist. “I know, isn’t it just delicious.” She said enjoying the treatment of this girl far too much for one person. “Besides, we helped our friend Lindsay find her true love. So sweet.”



She almost lost her composure when the teacher walked into the room, with a dumbfounded expression on his face. Trying to look anywhere but the nude girl. All Ellen needed was a bucket of popcorn to make this complete. She was almost sad when she was forced to leave. She really should have done this in the beginning. Ellen maintained her cool mask (Thank you years of drama class) as she packed her things and practically skipped out of the room not before offering Lindsay a sly wink, enjoying the stares of the other, feeling power radiating off her.



Once she stepped out the room she couldn’t contain herself any longer as a evil cackle form from her mouth as she buried her face against Erika “Oh my god, just…oh my god. She’s going to be so confused” Ellen couldn’t say anymore she was laughing so hard, when she finally regained her composure, wiping tears out of her eyes she eventually begin to speak again: “Hey…listen…I should probably tell you. Your question back there? The answer is yes”

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

The chance to be whoever and whatever they wanted, and most importantly, do whatever they wanted. It was the perfect idea for the perfect occasion. Costumes and masks, man, it was perfect. Simple perfection crafted from the mind of a sly and arrogant teenage girl. Whoever said high school was a pain in the ass filled with bullies and Queen Bee's, was right. Ellen and Erika had so easily taken over the role as the popular duo with all the mighty influence and power that came with it. And the best part? They took advantage of every second of it.

''I have my moments.'', the brunette gloated with a smirk. ''We need to buy costumes.'', she added and clicked her tongue against the back of her teeth. ''And nothing lame. It has to be something no one else would wear.'' She flipped up her phone and googled the possible shops containing costumes through out Kalispell and Montana. She scrolled down the page, absentmindedly paying attention to what was happening around her. ''Do you have any preferences as to what you want to wear? If not, then I might have the perfect choice for us here.'', she said and handed over her phone, showing the location of a nearby shop specializing in masquerade equipment.

The best part of these kinds of pranks where the victim had been hypnotised, even if a teacher broke the spell, they couldn't say for sure who was behind it. Sure, it would be pretty obvious, but they still didn't have any proof, and without proof, there was nothing they could do. It was perfect, just perfect. And it probably made the pair of girls more reckless than what they should have been, but hey, who cared? There was no reason to take the sorrows in advance. If things ended up spiraling down, they could deal with the consequences then and rather enjoy the 'now'.

''I can't wait for the rumors to spread. It's wonderful, just wonderful, the taste of evil. Oh my, Ellen. You have turned a good girl bad.'', she said with a overly dramatic tone added to her voice. And to think that Erika had once been a good, obedient child.

Erika pursed her lips and let out a faint sigh at her friend's confession and nodded. ''I think I already knew the answer to that.'', she confessed with a half smile. ''I mean, we've known each other since we were tiny kids and I was there when your powers manifested, of course you've used them on me.'' She would be naive to think otherwise. ''I mean, heck. I almost hit you with a cup when my powers manifested, go figure.''

The brunette stopped in her tracks and folded her arms over her chest. ''Besides.'', she began and looked away. ''I doubt you'd ever use your power to harm me. Whatever you've done, I'm sure you did it with the best of intentions.'' Ah, yes. Even as much as Erika wanted to deny it, she was still innocent and naive at heart. Once she first put her trust into someone's hands, she trusted and equally loved them blindly - no matter what.

[Ellen Banks]

When it came to Erika and Ellen the sky was truly the limit. They had so much potential it was almost scary; They were pretty, outgoing, ambitious and ruthlessly cunning when it comes to fulfilling their goals (well at least Ellen was. Ericka still was a little squeamish about taking things to certain extremes. Which Ellen found adorable) Really, unless something seriously went wrong in the next few years. Ellen and Ericka should more or less be ruling the world in a matter of years. Ellen would love in a crown.



Of course it goes without saying that they had to be dressed to the nines. They had a reputation to maintain after all. What was the point in having an insane amount of money if you couldn’t flaunt it and cause everyone one to droll at the mere sight of her. “Pissh…Like I would wear something lame. You know me, I can wear particularly anything and pull it off. It’s a gift.



Ellen like to think she had amazing fashion sense, but she had to admit, Ericka had a keen eye for this sort of thing. She seemed to have a knack for finding the most darling outfits. Every year she seemed to top herself. “Oh…” Ellen mused putting her fingers to her lips. “The usual; Something totally hot, that practically forces everyone to pay attention to us; I trust you have the perfect outfit in mind? She said as she scrolled through the shop’s inventory waiting for something to jump out at her.



It was indeed the perfect crime. What made their pranks so perfect was the fact that even if the victim knew exactly who was responsible, they were often too scared to come forth and make an issue about the situation. After all, Ericka and Ellen were not the people to make enemies of, they haven’t met a foe that they couldn’t put down instantly. They were quite the one-two punch with Ellen’s powers and the fact that Ericka shares Christmas dinner with the headmaster.



“Can you imagine how long that suggestion might last? If she stayed like that for an entire week? I think I’ll day of laughter. Would you have it any other way Ericka? Your life would be just so dull without me” She said while winking at her best friend, knowing that Ellen’s life would be boring without Ericka.



“In my defence you didn’t believe I manifested my powers before you,. You did BEG me to prove it.sooooo I did. I’m starting to think that “Accident” with the cup wasn’t a accident….Neither were all the other things you “Accidentally” threw at me when we were kids.



At Ericka’s words. Ellen seemed to go though some kind internal debate rubbing the back of her head, before rolling her eyes “Ok, don’t freak out, but I may have had a hand breaking you up with a couple of your boyfriends….Harry…Daniel…Tyler…Skip…gah he was a creep. They were all losers, I was just speeding up the process before you did something stupid. So no nothing TOO bad…Oh and this top? This is actually yours”

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

''Of course I do, love.'', the brunette crackled with a smirk. If there was anything in the world Ellen knew how to do perfectly (Besides the obvious, of course) it was finding outfits. Whether they were for daily use or something special, like now, it was as easy as stealing candy from a child. She had a sixth sense when it came to fashion and she adored proving herself any chance she got. ''How about...'', she said and snapped the phone back, clicking on the screen before handing it back, ''This?''

Ah, elegance beat everything when it came to these kind of parties. Usually, people would throw together some slutty Halloween costume but this kind of dress... They would be the center of attention. There was no doubt in Erika's mind. ''And this mask?''

''It sure would.'', she agreed with a soft smile and let her arms drop to her sides. ''However long it takes, it just means more fun for us - and more gossip about her.'' The devilish grin on the brunette's face wasn't to be mistaken. She adored the taste of evil and havoc, even to the point where she had gradually stopped caring whether or not someone else got hurt in the process. It was strange how someone else's misery made Erika feel so much better about herself. Sure, she knew how shallow and arrogant that made her, but she didn't care. As long as she was happy and enjoying herself, which in her opinion, she deserved.

The brunette let out a rolling laughter at the cup comment and shook her head. ''Guess you'll never know.'', she said with a smirk and ruffled the blonde's hair. They had all been accidental, mostly because she couldn't control her ability all that well. It usually ran it's own life, doing whatever the heck it wanted, but Ellen didn't need to know that though. It was better if she believed the brunette had had some fighting spirit even back then.

Erika's smile dropped at the mention of the break ups, but a second later it returned. She shrugged the comment off and pursed her lips. ''It doesn't matter.'', she said. She wasn't sure whether or not she was trying to convince herself or the blonde the most. ''I mean, yeah, they were losers and I kind of have a habit of choosing the wrong guys, but... It's fine, I guess.'' What else was there to do? Get mad and let the blonde make her forget it happened? As if. The smile grew wider as Ellen mentioned the top. She took a glance at it and chuckled. ''Well, that explains why my closet got so empty.''

Opening the door to the courtyard, Ellen walked outside only to sit down at the top of the stairs leading down to the fountain. ''You know, if you ever want any of my clothes, all you have to do is ask. There's no need for you to hypnotise me to get them.''