Karaoke Night

Chapter One

Poppy looked around frantically. She had to find it, she just had too. She couldn't find any of the Daybreakers. They were nowhere to be seen. She could tell where her soulmate, James, was through the cord but besides him, everyone else was missing.

I need to tell them, she thought, they are going to love it.

Poppy had news, very important news to tell them all, now all she had to do was tell them. But she couldn't do that since she couldn't find them. So Poppy, being as amazing as she was, figured out a way to gather them. The button.

It was something Thierry had installed as a way to let everyone know there was an emergency, what it did was let out a siren at a frequency that most people, of the Night World or not, couldn't hear it. But Thierry had trained the Daybreakers to hear it, regardless of what they were. Everyone knew where it was, except for Poppy.

After Poppy used it last time to gather everyone up Thierry had put it in a new location, and nobody was allowed to tell her where it was located. Unless of course, they wanted to do everyone's chores for three weeks; and there were a lot. Anyways, being the devious Pixie she was, had managed to get it out of James. Poor him. Oh well, she will ask him, even beg Thierry not to punish him. Like, she had tricked him, so it wasn't entirely his fault.

Poppy smiled as she remembered how she managed to trick him. A heated make out session in their room, where he oh so conveniently let his barriers come down and they were sucked into each other's mind, and Poppy knew where the button was located. He also found out her plan but decided to stay in their room for hopes of a lesser punishment.

Aha! There it is. Poppy did a happy dance in her head and jumped over the coffee table in the middle of the living room. Now, all that separated her from having all of the Daybreakers in the same room as her and telling them the amazing news she had was the cover of the button. The button itself was almost undetectable, even with her vampire vision. But the clear cover made it stand out. It was on the TV, on the top left corner.

Poppy smiled down at it evilly, but excited at the same time. She squealed and then slapped her hand over her mouth. Okay, time to open it and press it. She did.

Within half a minute everyone was in the room, except for James. The other eight couples were ready for an attack. The guys in front of the girls, Night People were prepared by using what they were; vampires vamped out, witches had their witch fire balls, shapeshifters were in their animal form. The humans had Tasers and a knife that was guaranteed to hurt any kind of Night Person. The Wild Powers were ready with Blue Fire tense and build up in them.

When they saw Poppy next to the button, everyone groaned, and turned around ready to leave and go back to what they were doing earlier. Poppy screamed and ran to the door, blocking everyone's exit.

"Jamie! They're trying to leave without hearing me out! Come help me!"

"Poppet," James groaned, coming down the stairs. "Everyone just sit down and listen to her, once she says what she says, you can go back to your previous activities."

Reluctantly, everyone sat down somewhere in the living room and waited for Poppy to start talking. Just when she opened her mouth, someone knocked on the door. Nilsson appeared in the entrance, "Lord, several people are waiting at the door. Sir Ash's sisters and the little one's soulmate and cat; Miss Poppy's brother; Miss Maggie's brother; the third Wild Power; Miss Thea's cousin and several of Sir Morgead's and Miss Jez's friends." While Nilsson was talking, someone was banging on the door with a heavy fist.

"I let them in already, Val was about to knock down the door," Lupe said, entering the room and sitting next to Hannah. Said people entered and sat close to the people they knew.

Poppy opened her mouth ready to start talking when Ash cut it, "Well, Poppy? Don't you have something you would like to tell us all?" Ash, Quinn and Morgead started laughing. Poppy was about to start, "I mean, you don't have to tell us. I'm sure most of us would like to be doing other things. I know I would," he interrupted, looking at Mare. Poppy was about to start talking, "And another thing- Ow!"

"Ash, stop." Mare said. Ash rubbed his shin, where Mare had kicked him with the back of her foot.

"When, now that Mare took care of Ash, guess what you guys. Okay, you know what? you're not going to guess right. So, anyways. There's this-"

"A dolphin suffered a heart attack! That's what happened. I knew it. So, let's go Jez," Morgead said, grabbing Jez's hand and pulling her up with him.

"NO!" Poppy yelled, on the verge of tears. Morgead, a sucker for waterworks, turned around and sat back down, narrowing his eyes and glaring at Poppy.

"This new restaurant opened up on Hillcrest and it's like this Karaoke themed restaurant, and the food looked good when I went in there, and well. I want to go."

"So let me get this straight," Thierry began, "You pressed the emergency button, how you found it I have no idea, just to get us all here so you can tell us all that you want to go do karaoke?"

Poppy gulped, "Um. Yes?"

Hannah giggled. "Thierry? I went with Poppy that day and the place actually looked pretty cool, I want to go too," she said and winked toward Poppy who smiled back.

"Well then. I suppose it would be fun, don't the rest of you think so? We could have some non-violence competition in this house for once."

"She said she met me on the tour

She keeps knocking on my door."

Mare started singing as she started listening to music on her phone.

Poppy joined her, knowing this song,

"She won't leave me, leave me alone.

This girl she wouldn't stop

Almost had to call the cops,

She was scheming

Ooh she was wrong."

Maggie and Hannah joined also,

"Cause she wanted all my attention

So she was dragging my name through the dirt

No she was dying for my affection

But she got mad cause I didn't give it to her."

Iliana, Thea, Gillian, and Thistle started singing along as well,

"I'm talking to you. Maria!

Why you wanna do me like that?

That ain't my baby, that ain't my girl. Maria!

Why you wanna play me like that?

She ain't my baby, she ain't my girl.

Cause she's talking in and she need to quit it

But never this all I know she's not mine

That ain't my baby that ain't my girl

Cause she wilding out what she talking 'bout?

Let me tell you now

This girl she's not mine

She ain't my baby she ain't my girl."

"Please don't continue," David said.

"Now they are going to continue," Eric said.

"Nah, we'll save it for karaoke," Mare said, smiling. "OMB! You guys know that song?"

"Uh, yeah, I bought the new album Believe the day it came out," Thistle said.

"Yeah, Thistle, you bought it," Morgead and Jez said.

"I did! If you want, I can show you the receipt!"

"So you guys? Are we going?" Lupe asked.

"Yup," Thierry said, "We leave in two hours giving everyone time to eat/feed and get ready since it's already five."

Everyone left the room.

Poppy squealed, "See Jamie, and you didn't even get in trouble."

"Let's go feed you singing Pixie," James said, "I'm in the mood for something challenging."