Disclaimer: I don't own Cirque. Darren Shan does. I'm just borrowing it. Most of the characters however are mine. This is my story of a completely different vampire. Gabriel Larson. Who like Darren is dragged into this all? But in a different sense. He doesn't steal a spider but just as Darren is he is ridiculed for it all. R&R let me know what you think.
Chapter 1: Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes
Gabriel sat at home in his pleasant town in Illinois. Nothing to big happening in the town. His parents were out of town for the weekend leaving him with his older sister Allison. The 16 year old boy lounged around his room playing xbox or going on the computer and such. Hardly knowing his own story much like a video game was about to unfold before him. His cell phone rang and he picked it up to hear James. His friend James was unlike most other kids their age. He had a bright green Mohawk and usually wore a black jacket with silver spikes in the wrists.
"Hello?" he asked as he picked up the phone. He heard James's odd reply. "Get over here now!" and the click of the call ending. So he walked downstairs and grabbed his keys. "Sis I'm going out!" he got into his jeep and drove off to James's house. James was a year younger and so Gabe was often driving him from place to place. He got used to it. He drove the 5 minute drive to James's and jumped out going to the door. He knocked twice knowing the bell was broken as always. The 2 poodles reached the door first clawing and barking. The toy sized one Fifi barking high pitched being the more ferocious of the 2. Shelly being more subtle but with a deep annoying bark. "Yeah yeah you girls it's me" he muttered under his breath opening the door to see James and the notorious Mohawk. So what's the emergency? You seemed desperate on the phone. "This!" he replied waving a paper in front of me.
It read:
Tonight only!
All night rave. No drugs or alcohol but lots of loud music and people
Hip-hop to rock we have it all bring one bring all.
He looked at the paper twice more to look up. "This is it? All of this over a Rave? We've been to THOUSANDS of these! What makes this one so special?" James looked a little stunned at the outburst but shook it off. "This… is different. I know some people going. People you might find interesting." James had one of those grins that meant getting in trouble was imminent. He sighed grabbing a can of coke from the table and nodded. "Why not. I got time, let's go later tonight." He could tell he already regretted it.
At the club later that night:
The loud music of the club rang into Gabes ears. Techno playing for now followed by HEAVY metal. He and James were at a table in the corner watching the dancing. Both had dance for a while but grown bored and were now drinking sodas and talking above the roar of the music. The metal had started making it even harder to hear over. They walked back into a small hallway like section of the club to find a group of people all dressed in black and with jackets much like James's only darker and scarier. James waved him over closer. "These are my other friends. Guys this is Gabriel. Or Gabe." They all nodded solemnly but did not speak. "Pleasure to meet you." He smiled seeing what the reaction would be. No change insinuated. He looked over behind his shoulder to see a hand wave at him calling him over. He couldn't resist seeing who it was so he went over to see an older man maybe in his 20s who he did not recognize. "You are Gabriel… I smelled you from here. Your blood is good, and I have been waiting." He looked shocked that this person knew him so well. The deep horse croak coming from the man gave him the creeps, and his nails weren't much better. "Err… alright freak just leave me alone." He walked away quickly going back to James. "So you met Damien? My teacher." Gabriel was floored "Teacher? Teacher of what!?" James replied quickly. "Vampirism."