A/N: The long awaited finale! Read on, I'll save my comments for the end!

SaraharaS

Chapter 6: Sarah vs. Sasha Part 2: The Dance

Saturday

Sarah pulled on her black leather jacket, and gripped Ethan's cell phone tightly in her hand. She held it up and despite her nervousness smiled. Even under a trance Ethan was useful. She closed her eyes and mentally went over her own plans for stopping her clone, she was going to put a lot of faith in Benny. When it came down to basic facts, she was needed his help, there was no way she could win this fight alone. She took in a deep breath and tried to calm her nerves, the dance started in about fifteen minutes, which meant about thirty until they crowned her doppelganger and Ethan as king and queen. Thirty minutes to stop Sasha, thirty minutes before the spell became permanent and above all else thirty minutes to save Ethan.

She paced around her room and stopped at her desk. She picked up the purple rose and took a moment to examine it. It had wilted, and as she held it several petals fell to the ground. She grimaced, despite its haggard and weakened appearance, the malice and anger behind it could still be felt. On instinct she stuffed it on her pocket and looked out the window.

She felt a strange mix of fear and determination take hold of her, the sun was beginning to set. It was time for the dance to start.

Sarah landed in front of the school and ducked behind one of the bushes. She watched as several students passed by with daze looks on their faces. She caught sight of Benny as he walked into the school. Sarah headed in after him and before he could get any farther placed a hand on his mouth and pulled him into the janitor's closet. He began to struggle and his eyes turned a bright blue color. She placed Ethan's phone right next to his head. There was a flash of light as the app started and Benny fell to the ground in a slump.

"Sorry," mumbled Sarah as bent over him. She raised her hand and slapped him as hard as she could.

He woke with a start. "Grandma no not the cookies! Sarah? Sarah-SASHA SHE'S-"

She placed a hand over his mouth. "Be quiet, we don't want to attract any unnecessary attention. I know all about Sasha. I have a plan but I'm going to need your help."

She tossed his several metal pipes from the corner and he gave her a confused look.

"We'll need these later trust me. But first we get Erica and Rory out of the way. We can't have them fighting for Sasha."

Do you think maintaining such a broad and powerful glamour is easy? No, it takes a toll on this human body, which is already limited since I'm a clone. I need energy, at least three people a night to keep this level of control.

"Then we're going to need to clear out the gym, I have a hunch that Sasha left the students with enough free will to enjoy the dance. We'll activate the fire alarm and sprinklers, when they go running she'll try and get them under control."

Like I said, since I'm human this body is weak. I need your aura, your life energy to stabilize myself.

"And that should drain her of a bunch of energy right?" asked Benny.

He's been able to break free twice thanks to his visions, so I had to put a very heavy glamour on him. He's safe within his mind, another day or two and he'll never remember who you were.

Sarah nodded. "Then we lock them out of the gym, we'll slide these metal pipes into the door handles to make sure that nothing can get in. Sasha should use up even more energy to reassemble to students and if we're lucky won't realize the doors are dead bolted. That's when we make our move, I'll distract her while you keep Ethan out of danger. She's put him under a stronger glamour, keep him safe no matter what. If she's losing there's a good chance she'll try and erase his memories or bite him."

"Don't worry I'll keep him safe," said Benny as he smirked. "Wow, you thought of all this?"

"We're lucky my clone likes to talk a lot. We have about fifteen minutes left before the crowning, you ready to do this?"

Benny smiled. "Ethan's a lucky guy, to have someone like you fighting on his side."

Together they left the janitor's closet, Benny chanted several spells and the two lockers closest to them opened up.

"We're going to trap Erica and Rory in these lockers. I'll send them in your direction and all you have to close them in, ok?"

"Won't they be able to-"

Benny vanished around the corner. A moment later Rory appeared, he looked oblivious and lost. When he caught sight of her his eyes began to glow and he charged forward. Sarah took a step to the side and tripped him, he fell forwards and into the locker. She slammed the door shut, there was no sounds or attempt to escape. Before she could put anymore thought into it Benny reappeared. Erica followed after him with several pieces of tape around her mouth.

She charged for Benny when Sarah caught her by the arm. They locked eyes and Erica's began to glow bright blue. The tape ripped as her fangs appeared, Sarah struggled to hold her at bay. Benny charged forward and slammed his shoulder into her. The blonde vampire tumbled sideways into the locker and he slammed the door shut.

"Tape?" asked Sarah.

"It's a spell my Grandma uses to shut me up when I start going all nerd over a show or video game. Besides we didn't want her calling for help did we?"

"And Rory?"

"Simple confusion spell, not that hard to confuse Rory is it?"

Sarah looked at lockers. "They haven't even tried to escape, call for help, or anything."

"I've charmed them," He kicked Erica's locker. "They're sound proof and indestructible. In other words, we're the only ones who can let them out. I was working on it after Erica started hunting me earlier this week."

"I never thought I say this, but that's pretty cool. I'm going to the other side of the gym to lock the doors. When the alarm starts to flash I'm going to need you to set off the sprinklers." When he nodded Sarah turned to leave. "I'll meet you back here when I'm done."

"Wait, Sarah." She turned. "Why didn't you tell Ethan about how you felt before all of this started?"

"I wasn't comfortable with who I am. That's why Sasha was able to mess with my head so much, but I know who I am now. No more mind games, all that's left is the fight."

"Ethan will be happy to hear that," said Benny as he smiled. "I'll be waiting for your signal."

As Sarah ran down the hall she thought about what Benny had said. She hadn't really considered what would happen after the events of tonight, would she be able to tell Ethan her feelings, and after everything that had happen would he still accept them? When she reached the other side of the gym she peered in. The students were all dancing through the purple lights, on each table the purple flowers were glowing. Sarah slid the metal bars on the second set of doors and then on the first. She pulled the alarm, the lights began to flash. She watched as the sprinklers went off inside the gym and students began to scream. They bolted for the locked doors and then turned around and headed for the other entrance.

On the stage Sasha let out a cry as the last of the students vanished through the door. She fell to her knees and appeared to be in physical pain. Her makeup ran down her face as she looked up. She stood up her purple dress sticking to her body and let out a cry.

"I command you to come back!" Her eyes began to glow a bright blue. "This is my special night, get back in here!"

Once the last student had exited the second set of doors Benny slid the metal bar through. He watched as the students stopped and turned around. They tried to open the doors, and when they couldn't began to slam against them. Sarah appeared as his side and together they walked into the soaking wet gym. Benny snapped his fingers the sprinklers stopped. As they approached the stage Sasha fell to her knees again, she let out a moan of pain.

"Force me to use my energy to try and control the students. Smart, very smart."

"Wasn't my idea," said Benny as he shrugged. "I suggest you give up, you've got an angry vampire over and when you fight against an angry vampire you always lose."

"He's right," said Sarah as her fangs appeared. "It's over, there's nothing else you can do."

"I can still absorb you!" She jumped down from the stage with a lopsided smile on her face. "And when I do I'll have enough power to start my plan over again."

Benny charged forward and Sasha knocked him sideways into a table. Sarah ran forward, and dodged her clone's punches. She brought back her own hand and with as much strength as she could muster slapped Sasha. The clone stumbled backwards, a shocked expression on her face. Her eyes turned yellow as she charged after her.

"Spell master down," groaned Benny as he tried to get up. He glanced up in enough time to see Sarah slammed against the wall.

"You ruined my dance!" Yelled Sasha as she threw a punch. Sarah struggled against the grip and dodged the strike, her clone let out a yell as she tried to pull her hand free from the wall. Sarah kicked Sasha in the stomach, and she fell backwards. Before her clone could recover Sarah tackled it. Together they rolled across the ground and through the water, Sarah felt her double trying to reach for her eyes. A moment later Sasha ended up on top with a crazed smile, it's fangs glistening in the purple light.

"Sarah duck!" Sarah laid her head back and watched as Benny swung a metal chair into Sasha's face. The clone fell to the ground and Sarah scrambled to her feet.

"Thanks," said Sarah as she caught her breath. "I owe you."

"I think that makes us even for freeing me."

"Go see if you can wake up Ethan, leave her to me."

Benny nodded and headed towards his friend. Sasha got up and looked at Sarah, there was a black liquid dripping from her mouth.

"You rejected Ethan at every corner, and now that he's happy you want to ruin it?"

"He was never happy," screamed Sarah. "He's been under your spell the entire time."

"His feelings were real, just misplaced. The burning passion in his heart for you to notice him, to just hold his hand, is so overwhelming at times. Even now he still fights for control over his body, just so he can see you."

"He'll break free, I know he will. You can talk all you want but your mind games won't work anymore."

Sasha ripped off the lower part of her dress and lunged forward. Sarah felt herself thrown into one of the tables, a moment later it collapsed from the impact. Sasha appeared above her and let out a laugh, she leaned in inches from Sarah's face.

"You can't win. I'm everything you aren't. And unlike you, I won't hesitate to kill you." Her hands began to change. The fingers became long and bony each with ragged and pointed fingernails. "Any final words?"

"You talk way too much," Sarah reached for the glass vase filled with purple roses and with all her might swung it into Sasha's head. She let out a scream of pain before Sarah used her legs to send her flying backwards. "That was for messing with my head! And this-"

She charged forward and punched Sasha squarely in the face. The clone flew backwards into the wall. "-is for messing with my friends."

"My face!" Screamed the clone as it fell to the ground. It looked up and Sarah felt herself let out a sharp breathe. Sasha's face was torn and underneath the skin she could make out a gross and horrible creature.

Sasha let out a roar as her body began to change. The face stretched in all directions, and when it smiled several rows of teeth appeared. Each of it's arms extended beyond normal length and fell to the floor. The heels burst open as its talons ripped through. While it still held her basic look Sarah could make out the Id for everything it was- a monster.

"Look at what you've made me do!" It's voice had become deep and almost impossible to understand. "You did this!"

"Desire is an ugly thing," said Sarah as she backed up. "But I guess it's like they say- beauty is only skin deep."

The creature lunged for her and she moved to the side to avoid its reach. The thing slid across the floor, arms flailing in all directions before it crashed into the buffet. Sarah looked down at the water, and smiled. The Id ran towards her again, and this time Sarah took to the air. It let out a cry as it jumped up to grab her only to fall back down with a crash. She landed on the rafters and looked down at it. The Id was screaming as it jumped up and down, each time splashing in the puddles of water.

"You're out of energy aren't you?" Asked Sarah as she placed her foot against one of the spotlights. "You can't even use my vampire powers anymore."

"You did this to me!"

"No, you did that. I did this." She kicked with all her might and the spotlight toppled forward. It crashed into the creature below, and gave off several sparks before exploding. The Id stumbled out of the wreckage and fell to the ground. Sarah jumped down and landed softly next to it with a triumphant smile. The thing was flickering in and out of existence.

"It's over Sasha," said Sarah as she reached into her pocket. She pulled out the wilted purple rose and dropped on it on the thing's body. "Here's a memento from the date you shouldn't have had with the boy didn't deserve."

It scrambled to It's feet and made one last mad grab for Sarah. Before the creature could so much as reach her It was blasted backwards by a fireball. Sarah turned and caught Benny smiling from his position on the stage. The Id fell backwards, and let out a moan of pain.

"If... you had... accepted me... I'm still... you..."

"No," said Sarah. "I will never be you. I know what it's like to feel pain. You don't, you only know desire."

"I... am your... greatest... desires... instincts..."

Sarah laughed. "You helped me accomplish my biggest desire of all: to conquer myself. I'll be able to look Ethan in the eyes and tell him I care, and tell him that I'm afraid of what I am. But perhaps most of all I can tell him I'm scared of losing him."

Sarah took a step back as the creature let out a final moan before finally fading out of existence. Several green orbs floated into the air before vanishing in different directions.

"What happened?" Asked Sarah as she picked the wilted flower up from the water. "I thought she would return to me or I would absorb her or something."

"Your inner wants, instincts and desires have changed," said Benny as he walked over to her. "She was a product of your worries, wants and desires at that exact moment in your life. The second you confronted your Id, you changed. Sasha realized that, that's why she wanted to absorb you. She thought if she could take the original's energy then she could take the original's place. In other words she wouldn't be living on borrowed time. But she couldn't, and she since she had become her own person-"

Sarah finished for him. "-she died when her energy ran out. I killed her."

Benny shook his head. "She killed herself. If she had behaved and not messed around with your mind then she would've gone back to you. Don't feel sad, not when you have a reason to be happy."

"Sarah?"

She turned, Ethan was standing on the stage. Sarah felt tears well up in her eyes, Ethan jumped down from the stage, stumbled and then ran straight into her arms.

"Sarah I'm so sorry, I would've never-"

"It's the real you," said Sarah as she gave him a squeeze. "The real you."

"Of course," he was laughing. "You're starting to hurt me."

"It's my fault," said Sarah as she held him in her arms. "I should've told you how I felt, I was so afraid of losing you."

Ethan smiled, and before he could answer the surrounding lights went off one by one. They were standing in the middle of gym with one soft purple light shining down on them. From the DJ booth Benny gave them a thumbs up. A slow song began to play.

"May I have this dance?" asked Ethan. Sarah nodded and together the two of them began to waltz across the wet gymnasium floor. Benny watched as they danced and wiped away a tear from his eye.

"You promised yourself you wouldn't cry B."

Ethan leaned in to kiss Sarah when a loud sound echoed through the gym. They all turned towards the doors in enough time to see them burst open. Erica walked in looking disheveled and pissed.

"Where's Benny?" She caught sight of him and a moment later lifted him into the air. She held him inches away from her face. "You tapped my mouth shut, and trapped me in a locker during the Valentine's Day Dance. Give me one reason why I shouldn't destroy you right now."

Benny looked around frantically and then placed a kiss on her lips. In the shock of the moment she let him go. He scrambled to his feet and headed for the exit. It only took Erica a moment to recover her wits and when she did she chased after him.

"BENNY WEIR I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Sarah looked at Ethan. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you how I felt sooner. I'm afraid of what I am, and even though I said I'd accepted what had happen I couldn't. There was always this nagging feeling in the back of my mind that said I couldn't trust myself. We're so different and the more I thought about the more and I more I figured you might feel the same, and then you would just leave me."

"Sarah, I love you," said Ethan as he held her face in his hands. "Vampire and all."

He pulled her into a kiss and she let the purple wilted rose fall to the ground. They held onto one another for a moment before pulling away. "And don't you ever forget that."

"I love you too Ethan," said Sarah. She took once single glace around the destroyed gym. "It's funny, it's because of Sasha that we ended up so close. Even after everything she did, here we are."

"Yeah," He took her hands in his. "One more dance?"

She smiled and instead pulled him into another kiss. The last spotlight went out bathing them in darkness.

The End

"Can anyone hear me?" Cried Rory as he slammed his fists against the locker. "I have to go to the bathroom! Hello anyone…. I have to... never mind…. Can someone get me out of here?"

A/N: Well there you have it! The final chapter of SaraharaS, I'm both happy and sad to see it done (not gonna lie this story was a pain for me to write at times)! I hope you enjoyed reading it, and a special thanks to all of you who left a review or kind words, you have no idea how much they mean to me. If you're wondering about my other stories check out my profile! I might return and make some fixes to the past chapters and maybe add a few things here or there but I doubt it. Take care and keep safe! -Takarifan101