Fox and the Hound [Benny Weir] - ✔️ - EDITING

36• Alone

Chapter 36-
Alone.

"Okay, here we go." Mrs. Morgan says as she walks into the dining room with a plate of cookies.

"Don't you think you guys are getting a little too old for milk and cookies?" She asks, her voice teasing. "Maybe. But your never too old for a cookie sandwich!" Benny says, biting into three cookies placed on top of one another.

"Just when I think you've found every way there is to be disgusting, you find another one. How are you dating him?" Sarah asks, looking over at me and I look up from my book, quickly swallowing the cookie in my mouth and ignoring the burn in my throat.

"I honestly have no idea." I tease and Benny glares at me playfully. "Grow up, Benny." Ethan says, putting his original cookie sandwich down and taking a cookie.

I look behind Mrs. Morgan to see Evelyn walking into from the back door, "Hello?" She calls, "Hi, Evelyn. Come on in." Mrs. Morgan says politely. "What brings you here?" She adds.

"Well I just wanted to make sure Benny isn't making a mess." Evelyn says, using her magic to knock over Benny's milk, and I can't help but jump.

"Oh! Do you have any napkins?" She asks Mrs. Morgan, "Stay put, no problem. I'll get some." She replies, moving into the kitchen.

"Grandma!" Benny exclaims, "Well? What do you have to say for yourselves?" Evelyn asks, "It's an easy explanation. Sarah didn't believe in trolls and Ethan bet me I couldn't conjure one." Benny says, "And someone responsible had to be there." I say ducking my head."
"What was I supposed to do?" Benny asks.

"You didn't conjure a troll. You conjured a toll. It cost me five bucks to get out of my living room." Evelyn says, "Ha! Told you, you couldn't do it!" Ethan says.

Mrs. Morgan sighs and walks into the dining room with a few napkins, and then Evelyn flips the plate beside Benny.

"It's ok. I'll get the dust-thingy." Mrs. Morgan says, shoving the napkins into Benny's chest and rushing off.

"Well, at least I conjured a toll booth. Can one of you two do that? Hm?" Benny asks, looking at Ethan and Sarah. "No, all I do is fight everything while you hide. Like you hide every time that robot dentist movie is on." Sarah says.

"Hey! Cyberdontist came to this planet to fill our cavities with pain!" Benny exclaims, "and at least I'm not hiding from myself." Benny adds.

"Benny-" I'm cut off by Sarah, "What's that supposed to mean?" She asks, "That you're a vampire who's afraid to bite people." Ethan says. Sarah and I look at him, "What? He said it, I didn't!" Ethan says, defending himself.

"And you're so perfect?" Sarah says sarcastically, "I'm just saying. Between Benny's misspelt magic and your smash-happy strategy, you'd both fail without my bulletproof genius plans." Ethan says.

"Um?" I speak up, "Oh come on, your claws are hardly effective compared to my fangs-" Sarah's cut off by Evelyn, thankfully.

"Stop! You four are a team." Evelyn says, Mrs. Morgan running in for a brief second, "It's in the hall closet." She says, running out.

"I sense a coming darkness." Evelyn begins, and I swear I can hear thunder,
"A force so powerful, so evil, that none of you stand a chance against it alone. Only by working together can-" She cuts herself off looking at the three beside me who are all on their phones.

"You have to work together!" She repeats herself. Benny looks up for a second and mumbles, then back to his phone. Evelyn sighs and I smile apologetically.

Mrs. Morgan arrives again, "Did you guys hear that thunder?" She asks. Guess she heard it too.

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