Hai! This is my first Darren Shan fanfic, but there will be more, I promise :3. This story is based on the movie, but has some parts from the books in it. Please review! Chapter 2 will be up soon :D

DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything apart from my OC character, Elle (pronounced Ellie) Jones. Please do not use her in any of your stories.

Standing on the rooftop, the one (who I guessed was) known as Steve looked like he was ready to jump off the top of the building. I wouldn't blame him. If my best friend - an only friend - had died, I would be willing to take the step he was about to do. In my case, that was the other way around: I was the one who had 'died', but my best friend wasn't willing to kill herself, she was too weak. Now, however, I don't know if she is still weak, it's been twenty years since I 'died'. I only looked four years older (I now looked seventeen, I was thirteen when I was blooded).

Somehow, the boy was totally oblivious to Mr Tiny and me on the rooftop with him. Mr Tiny's full name is Desmond Tiny and if you shortened down his first name, you got Des Tiny - Destiny. He thought everyone had a destiny. He was a small and quite plump man, and no-one dared get on his bad side; I didn't want to know what happened to the people who did. Before the boy could step off, Mr Tiny spoke, which made the boy jump a little, but not off the building.

"Careful," he said, "the first step is always the worst. Oh I know, you miss the one known as Darren," I sat patiently, listening to Mr Tiny, watching Steve's reaction. He didn't seem so shocked that Mr Tiny knew these things about him and instead he was listening carefully, in deep thought. His eyes flickered over to me several times as mine never left him. He finally focused on me, but still listening to Mr Tiny. I looked away from him, but something pulled my eyes back to him. We knew who he was going to be; he was going to be the Vampaneze Lord. After Mr Tiny had finished talking to Steve, he turned to me.

"Elle, would you escort Steve to Murlough?" I didn't want to say no to Mr Tiny, so I stood up and walked over to Steve, bending down slightly.

"Hop on, we're going to flit," I said as he climbed onto my back, "hold on tight," I added before walking to the side of the building and climbing off of it. When we reached the bottom, I told him to hold his breath and I started off in a sprint and then flitted in the direction of headquarters. It didn't take us long to reach headquarters and when I stopped running I let Steve slide off my back. He kneeled over, gasping for breath which showed me that he hadn't held his breath. I shook my head at him and offered a hand to help him up. He took my hand and stood upright, letting his hand linger in mine for a while. I pulled my hand away, laughing nervously.

"Come on, it's a bit of a walk from here to the main part," I said softly then began walking through headquarters slowly. I was surprised Steve hadn't questioned me yet, but he must have been able to read my thoughts.

"Where are we going? How can you flit? Are you a vampire?" he asked quickly while looking around the corridors of the headquarters.

"We're going to see Murlough," I answered, putting my hands into the pockets of my red hoodie, "And no, I'm not a vampire...I'm a half-vampaneze."

"Who's Murlough? Why are we going to see him?" he asked, looking at me.

"You'll find out when we get there..."

Yeah, I know it's not long, but here it is! Please review :3 Next chapter up soon!