Ms. Begley

The Vampire king Belthazar tenderly embraced his human lover, the fair maiden Norah, his eyes burning red hot with sheer passion for her. The Red Moon shone brightly down upon the two from the balcony of Belthazar's mighty castle. Wolves howled and owls screeched within the distant forest outside the castle.

"Oh, Norah, I may be undead, but you make me feel so ALIVE!" said Belthazar.

"But Belthazar, our love is forbidden! You are a Demon, and I am a Human!" Norah lamented, hot tears falling from her eyes.

Belthazar held his fair maiden's face in his hands, gingerly wiping the tears from her eyes. "Humankind will never understand what we have between each other. Your people may not accept our love, but if they do not, you do not need to live in their village any longer. You may spend the rest of your days with me in my castle! You would be waited on hand and foot by my servants!" offered the Vampire King.

"Oh, Belthazar! I love you so much!"

"Oh Norah...."

Belthazar and Norah then embraced one another in an enamoured frenzy, Norah running her dainty fingers through Belthazar's thick, Onyx-black hair, and Belthazar running his talon-like fingers through Norah's platinum-blonde hair.

It was at that point that a loud banging noise came from the door in the main entryway of the castle.

"It's the Villagers! We must flee!" Norah gasped.

Belthazar ordered his Demon Servants to hold back the invading horde of villagers.

Belthazar looked deathly serious at his beloved. "You must leave this place, my love. They believe I have abducted you...It is me they are after, not you!"

"I will never leave without you, my darling! We either escape together, or we die together!" Norah declared, her hands crossed over her heart.

It was at that point that there was a loud, sharp thud coming from the door in the main entryway into the Castle. The Villagers had breached the gate. The Demons would do their best to drive the townsfolk out, but they would never stop coming back to try again.

Belthazar had no other choice but to do something drastic...

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"

Ms. Begley shot upward and gasped. The High School Librarian's focus was oh so rudely drawn away from her novel "Forbidden Love Under the Red Moon" and drawn instead towards a loud, chaotic commotion in the School Library. Ms. Begley walked towards the loud chanting to see Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors forming a spectator's circle with two Senior boys in the middle. She shoved her way through the circle to see a Junior laying shaken on the floor, visibly crying and not fighting back at all.

Ms. Begley pointed at the three boys "YOU, YOU, and YOU! What is the meaning of this racket!?" She asked sternly.

"Hector took my sunshades!!" said the first boy, Rick.

Ms. Begley knelt down in front of the crying Junior laying in a fetal position on the floor. "Is this TRUE, Hector??"

"I....I....I was going to grab a book for my homework when I bumped into Rick and my...my glasses fell off...when I tried to pick them up I...I accidentally grabbed Ricks' sunglasses. Rick shoved me down on the floor and said "Those are my Shades, you idiot! It's bad enough your people take our jobs, now you have to take our shit, too?" and then Rick and his friend Mitch punched me and kicked me...." Hector whimpered.

Ms. Begley pointed at Rick and Mitch. "Rick Thompson! Mitch Powell! I will NOT tolerate causing a ruckus, assault of a student or Racism in ANY way shape or form in this Library under MY watch! Principal Arnold's office NOW!!!!!" She yelled.

"Oh, come on! That's bullshit! He started it!" Mitch argued.

"Do I have to have the Police drag you kicking and screaming to the Principals' Office???" Ms. Begley threatened.

"Yes, Ms. Begley..." Rick and Mitch muttered, walking dejected to the Principals' Office, dreading what kind of trouble that they might be in for this.

Ms. Begley pointed at the circle of student spectators. "And the rest of you! Get out of that Spectator's Circle before I send all of you to Principal Arnold's office, too!!"

"Yes, Ms. Begley...." Muttered the crowd.

The students returned to either reading, returning books, checking books out, or left to go to their respective classes or wherever else they would be going.

Ms. Begley helped poor Hector back onto his feet and picked up his glasses for him.

"Let's get you to the Nurses' Office, alright, Hector?" Ms. Begley said.

There was a pause from Hector, followed by "Alright."

And so the Librarian walked the Junior Student to the Nurses' Office, then brought Hector to Principal Arnold's office, knowing that finishing "Forbidden Love Under the Red Moon" would have to wait until the Principal was informed of what happened in the Library. Principal Arnold called Rick and Mitch's parents and the Police over the assault.

As soon as Ms. Begley returned to her station, she grabbed "Forbidden Love from Under the Red Moon", sat back down in her desk chair, and said to herself "Alright, now where was I again? ....Oh, yes, that's right!"

The Vampire king Belthazar tenderly embraced his human lover, the fair maiden Norah, his eyes burning red hot with sheer passion for her. The Red Moon shone brightly down upon the two from the balcony of Belthazar's mighty castle. Wolves howled and owls screeched within the distant forest outside the castle.

"Oh, Norah, I may be undead, but you make me feel so ALIVE!" said Belthazar.

"But Belthazar, our love is forbidden! You are a Demon, and I am a Human!" Norah lamented, hot tears falling from her eyes.

Belthazar held his fair maiden's face in his hands, gingerly wiping the tears from her eyes. "Humankind will never understand what we have between each other. Your people may not accept our love, but if they do not, you do not need to live in their village any longer. You may spend the rest of your days with me in my castle! You would be waited on hand and foot by my servants!" offered the Vampire King.

"Oh, Belthazar! I love you so much!"

"Oh Norah...."

Belthazar and Norah then embraced one another in an enamoured frenzy, Norah running her dainty fingers through Belthazar's thick, Onyx-black hair, and Belthazar running his talon-like fingers through Norah's platinum-blonde hair.

It was at that point that a loud banging noise came from the door in the main entryway of the castle.

"It's the Villagers! We must flee!" Norah gasped.

Belthazar ordered his Demon Servants to hold back the invading horde of villagers.

Belthazar looked deathly serious at his beloved. "You must leave this place, my love. They believe I have abducted you...It is me they are after, not you!"

"I will never leave without you, my darling! We either escape together, or we die together!" Norah declared, her hands crossed over her heart.

It was at that point that there was a loud, sharp thud coming from the door in the main entryway into the Castle. The Villagers had breached the gate. The Demons would do their best to drive the townsfolk out, but they would never stop coming back to try again.

Belthazar had no other choice but to do something drastic...

Author's Note: Bullying SUCKS! And so does Racism! No matter what color we are on the outside, we're all the same on the inside!