"Forks and a Vampire"

"Mixing, mixing, mix a magic potion…desu desu!" Yukari sang happily to herself as she churned up a potion in her cauldron. She was alone in the newspaper club room until the rest of her friends came sauntering past the doorway and spotted her.

"Yukari? What are you doing in here?" Tsukune asked as he walked into the room. Moka, Mizore, and Kurumu came following in after him.

"I'm making a potion to use with a new spell I'm going to try!" she answered.

Moka stood by Yukari and peered into the cauldron as the little witch kept stirring.

"Wow, I don't think we've ever seen you make a potion before. How cool!" she said excitedly.

"Yukari, how many times do I have to tell you? All the magic in the world won't make your boobs any bigger!" Kurumu said wickedly.

She started to laugh at her joke, but was soon knocked out on the floor as Yukari dropped a giant washtub on her head.

"That's not what this is for, and I'll have you know that magic did make my boobs bigger once!" the witchling said with a pouty face.

"Yeah, that was a weird episode…" Mizore muttered.

"Episode? What does that mean?" Moka asked in confusion.

Mizore pretended that she didn't hear her.

"Um, so, anyway…what's the potion for?" Tsukune asked Yukari, eager to change the subject.

"Well…it's stupid. I don't want to say," Yukari said sheepishly.

"You can tell us, Yukari. We're curious," Moka encouraged.

"It's nothing special, really. I'm just tired of the forks in the cafeteria being dirty all the time, so this is a spell to conjure up my own," she explained, looking down at the floor in embarrassment.

"Or, you could use chopsticks like a normal person," Mizore mumbled as she helped the comatose succubus to her feet.

"So how do you know when it's done?" Tsukune asked as he too peered into the cauldron.

"It should be finished as soon as I add the last ingredient."

"What's that? Eye of newt?" Kurumu mocked as she regained her senses. It's a pity she did, though, because soon she was down and out on the floor again as another washtub conked her on the head.

"No, you big-breasted cow monster! It's a spoonful of sugar!" Yukari said angrily.

"A spoonful of sugar? I feel like I've heard that somewhere before…" the yuki-onna mused.

"You're not making any sense today, Mizore," Yukari said as she picked up the sugar holder from the clubroom table and poured the contents onto a spoon.

"What if something goes wrong?" Tsukune asked worriedly.

"Oh, Tsukune, it's just a simple spell. What could go wrong?" Moka said.

"She's right, desu! I'm a professional!" Yukari said cheerily as she poured the sugar into the cauldron.

Then the world around them exploded in a blinding flash of white light, and the last thing any of them saw before they passed out were the angry black walls of a violently swirling vortex.

Mizore was the first one awake. She opened her eyes and slowly sat up, rubbing her head to soothe the dull throbbing in it. After she shoved away Kurumu, who had somehow landed on top of her, Mizore looked around at her surroundings. She and the rest of the gang had ended up on the floor of a damp, dark, forest. Tiny drops of rain dripped occasionally from the leaves above, and far off in the distance a wolf could be heard howling. Moonlight shone through the trees, disappearing and reappearing as the clouds drifted pass the moon.

"….Call me crazy, but I think your spell went wrong," the snow woman said dryly.

"I'd really like to stop getting knocked out now…" Kurumu said from beside Mizore as her eyes spun crazily.

"Then stop making Yukari mad," now Tsukune was conscious, wincing as he rubbed his head.

"I wish that were possible," Yukari said as she brushed dirt and grass off of her hat and put it back on.

"Uhnnn…is everyone alright?" Moka asked as she shakily got to her feet.

"It looks like we're all ok," Tsukune replied as he stood and then helped up Yukari. Mizore and Kurumu were on their feet too.

"Yeah, but where are we?" the yuki-onna questioned.

Moka looked around, searching for some familiar feature.

"It almost looks like the forest outside the school, but I don't think it is…wait, look! There are lights over that way!" she said as she pointed north.

"We should start heading there before something finds us in this forest," Tsukune suggested nervously. "And whoever is out that way can tell us where we are."

"He's right. Let's get going, everyone," Moka said as she started to lead the way. The rest of the gang trudged behind her, keeping one eye on the ground to avoid tripping or falling on the cluttered forest floor.

They walked on in silence for a good 25 minutes, following the distant lights. Finally, they emerged from the forest and found themselves at the edge of an empty, wet, asphalt road.

"Ya-hoo-hoo! A road! That means we're not in the middle of nowhere!" Kurumu cheered, jumping up and down.

"Maybe, but it's not exactly a yellow brick road," Mizore said.

"A what?" Kurumu asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"The yellow brick road. You know, from the…oh, nevermind."

"Hey, there's a sign on the other side," Tsukune stated as he pointed across the street. "But it's too dark, I can't see what it says…"

Conveniently, the clouds above moved from in front of the moon, bathing the world around them in light. The sign became illuminated, and Moka peered across the street to read it.

"It says…'Welcome to Forks- Population 3,120'…."