A/N: Yo, Battygirl here. Okay, I was talking to a friend on dA and we got to talking 'Little Vampire'. I read her story and thought it'd be nice if she read mine...we'll then I remembered that mine kinda SUCKS and isn't even finished...so I'm rewriting it. THAT'S right all you people who liked this one...it's being rewritten...oh...and if you have a better title, please lemme know!! GAH!! I can't think of a better one! XP

Unless you like it...I DID change it from the one syllable name from before so if you like it please lemme know of that! ;)

Anyway, time to get the disclaimers outta the way so I don't get my ass sued;

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in the story besides Misty and Lynx...but I do TECHNICALLY own the name Bill for one of the characters, it was only cuz he WASN'T named and he neded one...so yeah...that's all, ENJOY!!

In Your Arms

Summary:

There are many things I can't do. I can't fix a car on the spot, for example, nor can I explain things that can only be explained scientifically. I've never been capable of keeping my thoughts to myself-as I'm always told-and I can't time the dinners I prepare well enough to the point where it's edible. However, that knowledge and those skills and habits...they can all be learned or remedied... The one thing I've never-ever-been able to do, I'm sorry to say...was to avoid the famous cliché of falling in love with a vampire.

Prologue

My name is Misty. I don't really have any family name…nor do I really have a family…I gotta say…I've never really had the feelings that I do when I first met the vampire family. To be honest, it was a mistake we ever met. I'd followed the son of a family who'd moved into our home. We'd been living on our own power in that house for years and people eventually believed the house to be deserted. Oh…I'm sorry. I should probably mention now; I'm a telepath. That's right, I can read minds, move objects with my mind, experience visions and premonitions-all of that fun stuff. I live in a large, Gothic mansion with my best friend in the world, Lynx.

Lynx…hm…what can I say about him…? Oh yeah-he pays half of the rent. Seriously though, he's a telepath as well, but also capable of controlling fire and electricity with his gift. What does he look like? Well, he's got shoulder-length-and rather messy-brunette hair and elf-like ears…he claims not to know why…or at least, he's never told me why…Anyway, his eyes are an insanely bright shade of blue, although, strange enough, his skin is always very tan-possibly from a Latino heritage. I wouldn't know; he's never discussed his family. His personality is very jovial, but borderline annoying. He's almost always busting my chops…He seems to take pleasure in trying to embarrass me. I don't mind though…I know that's just his nature and I have to accept that.

Now let's see…what the heck was I talking about? Oh yeah! The family that moved into the house with us was a family of three: a mother a father and their son. They'd moved here to Scotland from San Diego, California. The American family seemed nice enough-and they are really. They're such kind people, I'm not sure they're completely human. Lynx and I had and still have no where else to go-we've no families to turn to and no friends who can accommodate the two of us. So, after an agreement to pay our own rent and our share of the electric and water bills, the parents agreed to let us remain with them in the house. These people even quite graciously invited us to become part of their family. Lynx and I never go a day without thanking them for their hospitality and kindness.

However, I gotta say, shortly after they moved in, strange things began happening with the son. He began having nightmares about vampires. He claimed to have seen a large gathering of them at a cliff near a golf course the father had gained employment from. The kid, Tony, described an amulet that the vampires then lost at sea during a fight with a bunch of vampire hunters-never trust that lot. Not very bloody bright. Tony was frightened, of course, but we played it off as nothing and just a bad dream from watching 'Van Helsing' the night before. To our surprise and concern, however, the dream became reoccurring. I couldn't believe it…The only explanation I could come up with was a vision. It would explain Tony's reoccurring nightmare, but I didn't have any proof. Though, I'll admit that I'd had my fair share-I knew I knew what to look for. I could see that Tony was having these visions and they seemed to be an important past even. I brought him up to my room and dove into his memory of the vision with my telepathy. I was able to let my powers take over my hand as I sketched out a portrait of the family.

They all wore Shakespearean clothing and were a family of five; a father, mother, and three children-whose ages ranged from eight to fifteen or so, I surmised. It took me hours of researching and racking my brain to discover the family's identity and past. I was somewhat concerned with what I'd found when I recognized them from one of my books. Vampire enthusiasts all over the world wrote about them and had so many questions and answers about the famous family-the 'Famous Five' as some called them. They were really famous too. The entire family was one of great interest. You see; it was a rarity for vampires to have children. The parents and three siblings Tony's dream focused on were the oldest and only children besides one little cousin I'd read about. The three siblings, I found were, Anna, the sister and the youngest at age eight, Rudolph, the middle child at age nine, and Gregory, the oldest at age fifteen. The parents were known by a couple of names, but usually, Frederick and Freda.

I fretted over the family and Tony's vision of them. They were known by many names, but most commonly used was 'Sackville-Bagg'. When Lynx asked me what the big deal was, I explained the human-vampire meeting scenarios. I knew of at least two possibilities. If Tony were to meet Anna or Rudolph, the children and most trusting, he'd easily be able to make a strong connection within moments of the meeting. In contrast, if he'd meet the parents, untrusting adults, he'd surely be killed. Lynx then asked about Gregory, the teenager. I wasn't sure how to respond, to be honest. Teens stood on that very fine line between adulthood and childhood. From the books and speculations on the Internet, the conclusion was that he'd become a vampire during puberty-seeing as how journal entrees from those unfortunate enough to ever run into him described him as 'rather moody and holding a constant scowl'…also…those people were never heard from again…

Let me take you back there...Let me put you in my shoes...

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I was really frantic-what if Tony did meet the family? What if that's what the visions meant? What would they do to him? -Tonight, I decided it was best for me to stay in Tony's room with Lynx and watch over him. I'd become quite the night owl from many years of studying and researching at night. Lynx, however, didn't have my mental training and was dead to the world within minutes of finding a comfortable position in the cushioned chair in the room as Tony had in his bed. Around midnight or so, a boy appeared in Tony's window, strolling in from the balcony. He had rather dark, messy hair and horribly pale skin that had obviously never seen sunlight and wore Shakespearean clothing.

"Tansy cakes!" Lynx cried out as he bolted upright from the slight noise of the boy coming into the room.

I glared at him for a moment--He really needed to stop watching 'A Knight's Tale'...

"Rudolph!" Tony breathed excitedly, causing my to do a double take.

"Is it Christmas already...?" Lynx yawned, "I'll take the shaving cream...Where is it anyway?"

"Shaving cream?" Tony glanced at him..."You mean the stuff that Dad has in the bathroom cupboard?"

"No!!" Lynx snapped, "Where's the shaving cream that freezes time?!"

I rolled my eyes before grabbing one of Tony's shoes and chucking it at Lynx's head. He fell over onto the floor before jolting to his feet with angry eyes.

"What the he--?" he shouted.

"Shut up!!" I hissed back before returning my attention to Rudolph and Tony, "R-Rudolph is it...? Yes...You're definitely Rudolph...My name is Misty and that idiot over there is Lynx...We live in this house with Tony's family."

"He told me about you two..." Rudolph nodded his head as he spoke with an English accent instead of the expected Scottish droll.

"Why are you here, Rudolph?" I asked, cocking my head to the side.

Rudolph grabbed a picture that was on the desk that the human child had drawn and turned back to us before walking over to Tony.

"Can we go flying again?" Tony asked before he could speak.

"Flying?" I asked raising an eyebrow at him.

"Yeah...well..." Tony stuttered.

"It's okay Tony..." I smiled, "that was the past, this is the present...now Rudolph...why are you here...?"

"To take me flying again," Tony smiled.

"No," Rudolph argued as he held up the picture, "I only came because of this."

"My drawing?" Tony shrugged, "You can have it."

"Where have you seen it?" Rudolph pressed.

"Why do you wanna know?" Tony furrowed his brow.

"It's very important," Rudolph urged.

"I'll only tell you," Tony smiled, "If you take me flying again.

Rudolph sighed before smiling a little.

"We'll need to go too, Rudolph..." I smirked, "To make sure Tony's safe."

Rudolph sighed again before nodding. After Tony put on his shoes, he grabbed Rudolph's hand and walked over to the window. While Tony held onto Rudolph for dear life as the vampire took to the sky, Lynx and I utilized our telekinesis to levitate ourselves along with them. We soon found ourselves in a cemetery. Nostalgia struck me as though I'd been there before as Tony and Rudolph talked about the amulet. I listened somewhat...

"It is the comet 'Attamon'," I heard Rudolph explain, "It is the 'Comet of the Lost Souls'. It could mean the end of this curse."

"What curse?" Tony asked.

"The curse of being a vampire," Rudolph replied in a 'matter of fact' tone, "It is a piece of the comet that fell to earth. A great magician made it into an amulet of power...but we'd lost it...three-hundred years ago to the sea--"

"Yes-yes! I saw it!" Tony cried

"And my uncle Von tried to catch it," Rudolph went on, "And we've never seen him since..."

I glanced at him. I knew about Von Sackville-Bagg...

"From that night to this, our wandering has never ended..." Rudolph finished sadly.

"I'll help you find it," Tony assured him, placing his hand on Rudolph's shoulder, "That must be what my dream really means."

"Yes," Rudolph agreed, returning the gesture, "You are to join our quest. We'll truly be brothers now..."

"And from what you've told me about his real brother," Lynx chuckled into my ear, "that's a good thing..."

I shook my head and made to speak up about my information on Von, when the familiar screeching of bats reached my ears. We all glanced up and caught sight of four vampire bats heading in our direction.

"Hide!" Rudolph hissed, "My parents are coming!"

"But we're brothers!" Tony insisted.

"They don't know that!" Rudolph panted, "Go!"

I wasted no time. It was precisely what I'd feared since I'd discovered the identity of the family. Grabbing Tony's arm, we ran and hid behind one of the larger tombstones--sans Rudolph of course--and watched, with wide eyes, as the first two bats transformed into an aristocratic-looking couple, the parents, in a flash of light and landed on the ground.

"Mama! Papa!" Rudolph cried, embracing them.

I was awe-struck. Never in my life had I seen anything like it as the two embraced their son in return.

"Rudolph!" the woman breathed in relief, "Thank the stars you're safe!"

"My son, you must not stray so far away again," his father placed a hand on his son's shoulder.

"I was only taking the road less traveled," Rudolph shook his head.

"And you got lost," his mother chuckled, "My poor Rudolph."

"Yoo hoo!" a tiny voice cried off to the side.

I glanced to the side, to find that there was now a little girl sitting on one of the tombstones and fanning herself before hugging her brother.

"Brother, darling!" she cried happily, before he turned away, "You're the nervy one; sneaking off like some 'day walker'."

"I wish," Rudolph laughed before turning back to his father, "So, father, did you find the stone?"

I furrowed my brow, tuning them out as a thought occurred to me; there had been four bats that had flown down to us. Only three of them had taken back their human forms...That would mean...

"Gregory!" the woman cried, glancing in our direction.

A loud hissing resonated behind us.

"Oh...that's not good..." I murmured before whipping around with the others and glancing at the vampire, "Well that explains why there were only three a moment ago..."

He hissed again and stepped forward. I gotta say, I'd never heard Lynx's voice reach such a high pitch before that night as he and Tony rushed away from him, dragging me along with them. It didn't surprise me though...What I'd always read about Gregory had turned out to be true. What I'd predicted about him had turned out to be true as well...He really wasn't what one would call...social...at least that's what I could see from his disposition.

"What the hell?!" Lynx roared at me as he tried to bring down his heart rate, "Why the hell couldn't you have warned me that some 'psychotic pit bull' was gonna try to eat me just now?!"

...I know...he's not too bright...

"Well...for one, it's a vampire, not a 'pit bull'..." I answered calmly, "and...two..." I pointed to Frederick, "his son."

The look on my friend Lynx's face...Hah!...priceless! I somewhat feared that he'd most likely wet himself in fear when he saw the glares on both Gregory's and Frederick's faces. Tony and I, being the only two humans brave enough to speak up tried to explain things as the father stepped forward in anger.

"Three mortals!" he snarled.

"I-I'm Rudolph's friend!" Tony stuttered, moving closer to his friend, "And he gave me a 'Bite-proof Guarantee'!"

"Us too!!" Lynx squeaked desperately as he hid behind me.

I rolled my eyes. Frederick, as I predicted, didn't believe us and bared his fangs to us as he lifted Tony by his chin.

"You can be anything to my son," he growled, "Victim either slave, dinner, perhaps--but you can never be his friend!"

"But they like vampires," Rudolph insisted, "and Tony dreams about us!"

"Am I in your dreams, mortal?" Anna smiled, fanning herself as she stood on the tombstone.

"And they know about the amulet," Rudolph went on, ignoring Anna.

"Ah, then they're spies," Frederick concluded, "Rookery's knaves."

I glanced at Gregory as he smirked and punched into his open palm, ready for a fight.

"Now, darling, they don't look like spies," Freda tried to soothe her husband as he set Tony down--after which Tony promptly cracked the bones in his neck in a very disturbing manner--before she turned to her youngest son, "Besides, even Rudolph couldn't make up such a story. Could you sweetheart?"

Rudolph put on his most adorable face and shook his head with an 'innocent' smile.

"He's just a boy," Freda kissed her beloved's hand, "But if you insist on eating him, go ahead."

"I never said I would," Frederick spoke in a hurried tone, "It's impossible...Leave."

"But Rudolph--!" Tony argued.

"Alright, that's enough!" I finally shouted before pointing at Gregory, "You, settle down, and you," I motioned to Frederick, "Leave him alone."

The aristocrat eyed me suspiciously, but said nothing as I stepped forward and took a deep breath.

"My name is Misty," spoke in a strong voice.

"You think I care about your name?" Frederick scoffed.

"This is my best friend, Lynx," I went on, ignoring him.

"Did you now hear me?" Frederick snarled, approaching me.

"Misty!" Lynx hissed, gripping my shoulders, "Please don't piss the man off!!"

"And that boy over there is named 'Tony'," I finished, unscathed by their comments, "We're here to help you and your family."

"What makes you think--?" Frederick began--

Okay-let's stop there! Trust me; long story...

All you need to know next was that Frederick frightened Lynx and Tony away. I remained, trying to hold my ground before that son of a bitch, Rookery, showed up and attacked the family. I ushered the children and Freda into a nearby crypt while Tony and Lynx disarmed the moron with the gun and as Frederick tried to fend off the vampire hunter. Luckily, Tony disarmed the idiot and Frederick was able to escape. Unfortunately, Rookery then turned on Tony...I ran to a hole that Tony suddenly fell through as he tried to run away and helped him up with Rudolph and Lynx. Before Rookery could do much more damage, I heard the helpful shout of the groundskeeper-ordering Rookery to leave. With a smile on my face, I levitated myself out through the hole Tony fell through and patted the cemetery keeper on the back. I then knew why I was experiencing that nostalgia when we had arrived. The old man, whom I affectionately called 'Bill' was like a father to me. He frequently let Lynx and I hang out in his cemetery at night, even though we all knew that visiting hours lasted from dawn till dusk. He was such a kind old man, the only person besides Lynx and the Thompsons who didn't treat me like a freak because of my gift. I really loved him.

After thanking him for what he did and informing him that I'd be staying most of the night, I returned to the crypt. I noted that, when I arrived, Tony was holding onto one of Frederick's necklaces; one that I surmised was important like the amulet—at least from what I could see by the way that he was grasping it. I saw that Tony was having another vision...His eyes were unfocused and glazed over as he stared up into space. When it was over Frederick described a woman he'd never seen before with Von, announcing that the missing vampire had made his way to Scotland after being plucked from the sea by a merchant ship as a rumor had told. Freda seemed elated as she breathed that Von may still be roaming free. I spoke up...I explained that I'd read in an article somewhere that Von had met that woman who'd been identified as 'Elizabeth McAshton'. She and Von fell deeply in love and remained together until a group of vampire hunters tracked them down. With a sad tone, I told them how the woman was chased into a castle while Von took a stake for her to buy her some time. When the vampire hunters entered the house and found her in one of the rooms, the stone was gone. She had it on her when she'd run in, but then it was gone only a moment later. I also told them I wasn't completely sure. I told them that my sources might not have been completely accurate.

So we devised a plan. I told Tony that I wanted him to research Scottish crests--I wasn't completely positive that it really had been Elizabeth McAshton. I need Tony to make sure. I also told him to go with his father to work if he found out if it really had been the McAshton clan crest. We'd figure out what to do from there. Lynx would go with Tony and keep an eye on things with him while I would stay behind with the family to keep Rookery from getting to them. I went back home with Tony and Lynx...after a quick stop where we scared the living shit out of the McAshton boys of course. But that's a story for another time...

The next afternoon, I went straight from Lynx's high school and mine to the cemetery. I'd forgotten the night before that we still had school...I hated that place almost as much as Tony had...Lynx and I were outcasts because of our gifts. We took tests with substitute teachers who didn't know the answers and had to stay after school for the tests so that the regular teachers could be sure that cheating wouldn't take place...It was torture in the hallways. We were always treated so poorly by our other classmates--even though many others, like the Thompson's and the pizza guys (from whom we ordered pizza many nights) thoroughly enjoyed our company. I walked into the crypt with my laptop and sat everything down. It had been a gift a few years back from Bill--who'd saved up a whole year's salary to buy it for me. He was so kind to me...so, in return, I'd help him with odd jobs around the cemetery. But enough about that...As I was saying, I set my things down and glanced around. Anna smiled at me from a place at the wall as she read a book I'd brought back that morning--it was a book of poems by Edgar Allan Poe--I figured an budding poet such as herself would enjoy it. I smiled back before glancing at Rudolph as he played around with Tony's Nintendo GameBoy(r). Gregory sat in a corner, scowling at me as I figured he would be while Freda and Frederick were resting. While we waited for night to fall, I let Gregory take a look at a few bands on my laptop to entertain him as well while I did my homework.

Well...when night rolled around...the sad part happened...I'd also brought a sleeping bag and had fallen asleep hours before. I didn't hear anyone enter the crypt...nor did I near Gregory leave to find that someone who'd come down there...I'd woken up a little when I started to hear humming from a machine and glanced around. I noticed that the goth was gone and bolted upright. Something felt wrong...I ran around, trying to find him and stopped dead when I found him. He'd taken Bill to the ground and had torn into his throat... Now, I had seen some pretty gruesome shit, but that definitely topped it... I'd felt bile rise in my throat as I gazed at them, horrified... The rest is too painful to mention... I wasn't angry with him; it was his nature as a vampire...but it did hurt to see my father figure in pain...Rookery launched another attack that Tony cut off--literally, actually, since Rookery had used a sun light. But anyway...Frederick then needed blood, so we took the family to the nearby barn. Tony offered to let them stay in the cellar--not that I heard that, I was too busy vomiting off to the side. Lynx was too, but he'd not run a few feet away to puke. After he hurled, Lynx argued that Tony couldn't let them stay in the cellar--his parents had been going down there a lot more often. By the time I'd returned to them, he'd decided that the family would stay in my room where I had their own coffins.

That is true, too. I'd found the family's coffins online a while ago. Another vampire enthusiast had found them somewhere in Scotland and was auctioning them off on the Internet. I didn't have much money and offered a pair of panties...sadly...that's what got me all five coffins...sicko... So I agreed and we headed back home. I had a back entrance that actually took us up stairs that were behind the walls--we'd lived there for a long time before meeting the Thompsons, trust me. Tony went with his father to work the next morning while the family slept in the coffins I'd had for them. However...I'd forgotten that vampires could technically get out of straightjackets... So, while I was working on my computer, I didn't expect Gregory to get up to...well...talk...He sat down in a chair beside me and began asking me personal questions...He asked me about what school was like and what I liked to do. When I asked him why he was so curious...well...

"I haven't been anywhere near a girl my age for three centuries," he explained, "my father would frown upon it in case she learned about our secret...and...Well...I must say...I do like you..."

I gotta say that that did make me blush...I wouldn't admit it to anyone...but he was rather good-looking...About late afternoon, Rudolph and Anna ran off to go help Tony, leaving me with Gregory and the parents. I was tired...and I gotta say, Gregory can really give a good shoulder massage if he wants too...It was obviously a ploy, however...the nest thing I knew, I was sitting against a rock at the cliffs with a sore throat and fangs. I felt betrayed. I'd put my trust in him and the family and he'd repaid me like this? It only got worse when the family's well known 'Aunt Dorothy' arrived...She took an instant dislike of me and verbally abused me... Don't get me wrong—I fought back…but it still sucked... Thankfully, though, Tony returned about a half-hour later with the stone in hand... On the other hand, however, he'd accidentally led Rookery to us... In a rage, I'd swiped one of the family members' canes—Uncle D's to be more precise—and beat the moron thoroughly with it until he lay limp for a moment. Frederick congratulated me for the fighting skills while I laughed triumphantly. I didn't realize, however, that the bastard had holy water on him as well as he threw it at me, hitting my right arm and burning it horribly. I tried to go back to beating him before he raised his cross again and chased me away.

Luckily for all of us, Bob and Dottie were in fighting moods and beat Rookery until dad shoved him over the edge of the cliff. With the stone in hand, Tony made the wish that took us away from the cliffs. I wasn't sure what had happened...The next thing I knew I was in an empty kitchen, looking around. I noted Freda, wearing a red jacket with her blonde hair down and very nicely styled. She didn't recognize me...I walked outside and found Gregory. I almost didn't recognize him! He was wearing a band sleeveless T-shirt and a studded black choker necklace. His hair was much tamer and had a couple of white stripes at his bangs. I ran up to him and embraced him, desperate for at least him to remember me. At first, he didn't realize who I was and I pretty much gave up...I walked around with them anyway and they didn't mind as we rounded the stone fence's corner and found Tony. I was elated...I ran to him and picked him up excitedly, hugging him close as I praised him. Lynx noted what I myself had ignored: that I was wearing long sleeves... I pulled the sleeve up on my right arm and stared in awe at the burn mark still bright on my skin. Lynx and I surmised that, since it was from when I was a vampire just the night before, it might be permanent from the trauma of the event going by so fast... It didn't really bother me at first...but now... I'm not so sure... And that brings us to the beginning of the real story I suppose...I hope you enjoyed my summary of our story...from last year...now enjoy the telling of our tale from when we returned to Scotland after our year-long trip to America...

A/N: Okay, there's the prologue, I'll update the story more and more as I go, but for now, here's the prologue, hope you enjoyed it. ;)

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