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Bonnie wasn’t thrilled about the idea of experiencing two winters in a row, but she had to admit that her first autumn in America had been pretty great thus far. She was learning about all her vampire powers, she’d eaten a shit-ton of American fast food, and (most importantly) she had a girlfriend! An actual girl that liked her and thought she was cute and stuff. It had been over a month and she still didn’t always believe it.
As the setting sun streamed through the trees of the woods next to Monster High, Bonnie and Hannah strolled hand-in-hand in the early-October chill. They’d started taking these walks at the very beginning of term. It was really nice to be outside and not have to worry about the sun on their over-sensitive vampire skin.
They could hear a thunderstorm brewing in the distance, and as they walked further, a wind began to pick up, shaking the multicolored leaves off their branches and sending them cascading down through the dwindling light in a multicolored rain. The wind got faster until suddenly, a loud snap disrupted the serenity of the moment, and Bonnie watched in horror as a huge branch came plummeting towards them.
There was a blinding flash of white light and then the branch was on the ground, sliced clean in half. A shining sword with an intricate guard and handle was clutched in Bonnie’s right hand.
Hannah seemed to have fallen to the ground at some point, and she sat staring at her girlfriend in disbelief. “Er, hey Bon, quick question,” she said after clearing her throat. “What the fuck?”
Bonnie felt herself start to shake a little as she gaped at the sword and what it’d done to the branch. “I don’t know!” she promised, throwing her arms up in confusion.
But that made her even more confused, because her arms touched something. She recoiled in surprise, but then slowly reached a hand behind her, fingers brushing over something soft and feathered. She looked down at her shadow.
Hm, ok. Those are some big fuck-off wings, she thought to herself. Those weren’t there like, a literal minute ago. Huh.
Hannah stood up and brushed off the back of her pants. “Ok well, as much as I’d like to get to the bottom of this,” she began, “can I just make it known that I feel very, very gay right now?”
“Hannah!” Bonnie complained. Her wings flapped with indignation, startling her.
“Uhm, hello?” Hannah persisted. “You have a fucking sword! And you just like, protected me with it! That’s fucking wicked!” She gesticulated wildly at Bonnie, clearly processing this all very well. “Not to mention giant fucking wings! I feel like I’m dreaming!”
Bonnie wanted to be excited that her girlfriend thought she was hot, but she was a little preoccupied. “Ok but...how do I make them go away?”
“Please don’t,” Hannah blurted earnestly.
“Han! It’s scary!”
“Alright, my...personal biases aside, how the fuck is this scary?” Hannah demanded. “It’s okay, Bon. We’re monsters. We have powers. It happens. And this?” More gestures. “This is fucking awesome!”
Bonnie felt a smile creeping onto her face despite herself. “Ehhhhh, you’re right,” she relented finally, then she really considered it all for a moment. “...Holy fuck, do you think I can fly?”
“Woah there, pump the brakes,” Hannah cautioned quickly, taking Bonnie’s free hand in one of hers. “I’m glad that you’ve found some enthusiasm, but maybe you should try and get used to the wings before you like, throw yourself off a building or something, yeah?”
“Damn, you’re like, so smart.”
Hannah fake-gasped dramatically. “Did you get some kind of niceness power, too, then? You don’t usually call me smart.”
“Yeah, mate, don’t get used to it,” Bonnie warned her jokingly. “I haven’t forgotten that you asked me what language we speak in Australia.”
“It’s a fair question!” Hannah insisted.
Bonnie grinned affectionately. “Uhm, no, it’s really not. And neither is asking if everything is upside-down there.”
“Think about it! You’re on the bottom half of the planet! How was I supposed to know?”
Bonnie giggled and kissed Hannah on the nose. “Hmm, common sense maybe?”
Before Bonnie could fully move her face away, Hannah licked her on the cheek as a comeback. “Common sense? Never heard of her.”
Much to Hannah’s disappointment, Bonnie had managed to make the sword vanish while they continued their walk. The wings, however, seemed to be staying put. That was cool, but Bonnie wasn’t really sure what that meant, or what she was supposed to do about it. After she’d walked Hannah to her dorm, Bonnie returned to her own room and checked the time. 9pm. It would be around one in the afternoon in Sydney, which meant her family would be home, hiding from the intense Australian sun.
Bonnie’s mother answered her video call on the first ring. “Bon!” she exclaimed delightedly. “How are you? Is everything going well?”
“Hey, mum,” Bonnie replied, trying to remain casual. “I’m uh, I’m good...but I’ve kinda grown these giant, white wings out of nowhere.” She lifted up her phone to make them visible to the camera.
“Wings? That’s fantastic!” her mother gushed.
That...wasn’t what Bonnie was expecting to hear (though she wasn’t sure what she was expecting). “It is?” she asked. “Why?”
“Well, because you’re part angel.”
One more surprise that night and Bonnie was sure she would’ve had a stroke. “I’m sorry, I’m what?”
“Well yeah,” her mother admitted. “I’m a half-angel, and that makes you a quarter-angel.”
Bonnie couldn’t believe this. “And you never thought that was worth mentioning?”
“Well, I didn’t think it mattered. I don’t use my angel powers, and I don’t have wings. You didn’t have wings. I figured it was a non-issue.”
There was a lot to unpack there, but Bonnie honestly didn’t care too much at the moment. This was too cool. She was part angel. “Oh my god I’ve got to tell Hannah,” she decided, jumping off her bed.
“Hang on!”
Oh yeah, she hadn’t mentioned Hannah to her family yet.
“Who’s Hannah?” her mom wanted to know. Obviously.
Bonnie didn’t have time to get into it and honestly if her mother could drop being part angel on her out of nowhere, Bonnie could drop having a girlfriend on her mother out of nowhere. “My girlfriend,” she said matter-of-factly, letting it sit for a second before exploding with “Byemumloveyou!” and ending the call.