Chapter: 1

Double D stared down from the ceiling at his bed with a frown. How he longed to climb under the blankets and loose himself in a deep sleep, but thanks to his sudden

vampirism that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Like a bat, his instincts told him the best place to rest was high up and upside down. With a sigh he wrapped

his body even tighter in his long black cape in an attempt to recreate his normal sleeping conditions. What was he supposed to do now? He was no longer able to go

out into the sunlight, which meant his time with his two best friends Ed and Eddy were now limited to the later hours of the day. Not to mention his now insatiable

hunger for a certain red substance made it quite uncomfortable for him to get too close to the two. The smartest of the trio knew from the last two nights of constant

studying on his new species that he would eventually have to feed and it would be sooner rather than later. With yet another heavy sigh Double D took one last

glance at the curtain blocked window before shutting his eyes to sleep the daylight hours away.

The vampire was awoken later by the sound of his name being yelled. He opened his lids to find Eddy standing below him near the door with an impatient look on his face.

"Sheesh, it's about time Sock-head. Me and Ed have been standing here for ten minutes while you had your beauty sleep." The shortest Ed complained before Double

D yawned loudly.

"Sleepy sleepy sleepy..." He muttered attempting to once again get some rest, but was surprised when two inhumanly strong arms grabbed his shoulders and yanked

him off the ceiling.

"Time to wake up Double D!" Ed grinned holding his friend at arms length. With a groan Double D's feet were lowered to the floor before he glanced at the clock on

his bedside table.

"Honestly Eddy, it's not even five in the afternoon." Edd complained, but Eddy just came up and wrapped an arm around his friend's shoulder.

"Now's not the time to be napping. We have a scam to complete." Double D just rolled his eyes before being led to his bedroom door.

"And what, pray tell, is this idea of yours eddy?"

"Well since your a vampire now and no one knows but us I believe we can turn this into a big moneymaker." the short Ed smirked and the vampire had a bad feeling

about the look in his friends eyes.

"How does my current state of being have any profit for you?" Edd asked confused and Eddy's smile only widened as all three boys made their way down the hall to

the stairs.

"Easy Sock-head, fear is the best way for anyone to manipulate customers."

"Fear?" Edd repeated.

"Yeah, all we have to do is have you attack a few animals in the night. Then during the day Me and Ed will make the kids think there's a vampire on the hunt and

offer our protection for a small fee." Eddy explained causing Edd to halt his steps and look at his friend in disbelief.

"I will take no part in such an act. The notion on scaring the kids of the cul-de-sac into spending money is underhanded enough, but the idea of me putting my mouth

on a dirty farm animal is entirely ridiculous." The vampire argued.

"I wish I could put a chicken in my mouth." Ed spoke from behind causing the other to to briefly glance his way.

"You have Ed." Double D reminded and the taller ed's face once again went into a huge grin.

"Oh yeah. It tasted just like chicken."

"Come on Double D! you have to drink blood anyway so why not just let me make a few quick bucks off of it." Eddy pleaded, but the vampire just scoffed before

continuing to make his way down the stairway. Thanks to him shutting all the curtains in the house last night the only light leading the way to the kitchen was a small

nightlight in the shape of a moon and star. Edd had done this so his friends would still be able to find there way through his house.

"So what, you're just going to not drink blood and pretend everything is still normal?" Eddy asked causing Double D to tense for a moment before turning back to his

friends.

"I would much rather starve then let myself indulge in such uncouth behavior." The vampire admitted and a spark of worry flashed into Ed and Eddy's eyes.

"But Double D, vampires need to drink blood or they will die." the taller Ed panicked before pulling a comic out of his jacket pocket. "It says so in here."

"As much as I hate to agree Lumpy's right Sock-head. You can't just let yourself die off." Eddy frowned causing Edd to stare at the two.

"I appreciate the concern gentlemen, but it do's not change my thoughts on the matter. I refuse to sink my teeth into any creature." Double D finalized. Eddy and Ed

looked at each other momentarily before turning back to their vampire friend.

"Not even if we cried?" Ed questioned starting to make his signature pouty lip crying face. Edd bit his lip conflicted and could taste blood thanks to his newly acquired

fangs. He did not wish to cause his friends any hurt. That was the last thing he wanted. This does not change the fact that he did not want to drink blood though.

Such a thing only made the vampire shudder in disgust.

"Don't make this harder then it already is Ed." Double D warned, but his friend continued to pout until the hat wearing ed sighed. Fine, if they wanted him to feed,

then he would. Edd looked back at his friends, but this time his eyes were now a deep crimson rather than the usual blue.

"Now Double D lets not do anything hasty." Eddy tried to reason with the vampire, but Edd just smirked and licked his fangs.

"Was it not you who told me to drink blood Eddy?" With those words the short boy's blood ran cold and he looked at Ed to see he was also standing frozen to the floor.

"Well yeah, but I meant from animals not us." As Eddy finished his sentence Double D seemed to vanish before reappearing in front of the schemer until there noses

practically touched.

"Do you really wish to discuss this matter any more?" the vampire asked and Eddy shook his head quickly causing Edd's eyes to once again turn blue before he

backed away from his shorter friend.

"Double D is scary when he's angry." Ed said to no one in particular before the boy in question took a deep breath.

"I think it would be best if you two left before I really do lose control." Eddy and Ed didn't want to leave their friend like this, but the sensed he was not joking and

slowly began to make their way to the front door.

"Call us if you need us." Eddy said before closing the door behind him. With a small smile Edd made his way back upstairs to his room.

It was around five in the morning that Double D found himself on the roof of his house gazing at the stars above. He felt guilty in scaring his friends earlier, but it had

been necessary to make them understand that his current condition was a serious matter. He was now a monster no matter how they tried to argue it. Still, the fact

they still were beside him showed what great friends he really had.

A sound caused Eddward to look up from his thoughts and he noticed that Kevin, his neighbor and childhood bully, was outside standing near the trashcan at the end

of his driveway smoking a cigarette.

"I had no idea Kevin smoked." the vampire thought to himself before a gust of wind blew past the red head and carried the scent to Double D. Edd froze as Kevin's

scent sent ripples of desire throughout his being. The boy felt his fangs lengthen against his will and he began to tremble. What was going on? Even with both Ed and

Eddy in his house the blood lust had not been this bad. Yet only a slight scent of Kevin made him yearn for nothing more then to fly down there and savor the red

head's neck. The thought made Edd blush and he stood up to pace the roof.

"Calm down Eddward. No need to lose your composer due to a smell." the young man told himself, but found his eyes wandering back to the smoking bully.