-Hey guys, this is me, HOAnubisTS!
-And I'm here too! It's me, Dead L E!
-We're having a sleepover, and we're really bored, so we wrote a House of Anubis and Darren Shan Saga crossover.
-No flaming if there is any OOCness, (HOAnubisTS's never actually read the books!)
-And no flaming if Dead L E over here messes up the entire thing because apparently NINA CAN'T BE WITH LARTEN!... Maybe it would be kind of creepy if they were together, but it would be cute… in a way. AAAAAH JUST READ IT FOR SAKE OF THE….
-VAMPIRE GODS! YAY!
- -_- Annnnywaaaay, we're sorry if the characters are unfamiliar to you, but I hope you enjoy this story, even if it is one-sided to you.
House of Vampires
"Shall we stop for a break?" Darren shouted right into Larten's ear.
"Charna's guts! Do not yell! Yes, we can stop," panted Larten, wiping away sweat from his forehead.
"Why haven't we arrived yet? You said we'd be here before five, it's now almost seven, the sun is coming up in a few minutes!" barked Darren letting his arms fly at his sides in exaggeration.
"Well I am sorry if I could not estimate the exact distance to the town!" retorted Larten.
"You estimated?" cried Darren. A bitter quarrel broke out between them.
"Guys? Guys! GUYS!" hissed Harkat, getting impatient. The two didn't hear him, as they were too absorbed in their fight to pay attention to anyone else. Harkat had to pry them apart. A dumbfounded look was plastered on both of their faces.
"There's a house… right there. We can just… camp the day… and continue tonight," explained Harkat, gasping for air. (Harkat gasps for air cause he's a weird gray alien looking type of thing… He needs to stop in sentences to pull a special mask over his face to breathe.)
"Oh," they both muttered simultaneously. Harkat lead them down the hill (let's pretend there's a hill, OK?), jumping over the jagged rocks. His pace slowed down as they neared the mahogany doors of the house.
"Darren," called Larten, "what does it say there?" He pointed at a small bronze sign hanging crookedly above the door.
"House of Anubis. That's a strange name… sounds Egyptian." Shrugging, he knocked on the door. (Dramatic pause for suspense)
A forty-something woman with a welcoming smile opened the door.
"Well hello sweeties. Can I help you?" she sang. "Why are you up so early? Even the SUN's not up." She laughed heartily at her own joke. Darren cleared his throat, thinking of a believable excuse.
"We're… Umm…" he stuttered. An idea suddenly popped up in his head. "We've been traveling on foot for days, with not a crumb of bread to feed on. Would you please let us stay for the night? We promise we mean no harm." The woman looked thoughtful, but then shrugged her shoulders and gestured for them to come in.
"Well you must be starving!" she exclaimed. "Come in, we're serving breakfast right now. Some of the students are up, but most of them are still in bed. Lazy bums, all of them." She laughed once again. "My name's Trudy, by the way. And yours?" she asked Darren.
Darren was hesitant. Should he tell her his real name? No, he shouldn't. He might put Trudy in danger if he did.
"My name is… um… well, you see… my name is…" He searched the room frantically with his eyes for a hint. With the corner of his eye, he saw a book on the couch, open to page 146. He read some of the words speedily, hoping to see a male name. His eyes widened when he saw one. "Edward. Edward… Black," he said, randomly putting in a color for his last name.
"And you, dearies?" she smiled, looking at Larten and Harakat, who still hadn't taken of his blue hood.
"Vur Hortson," replied Larten calmly, using his trusted fake name.
"And I'm… Patrick… Gray," muttered Harkat, his eyes falling on the TV playing SpongeBob.
"Well, nice to meet you. Breakfast is served, you may go to the dining hall right over there to eat!" Trudy grinned, disappearing behind the door.
The trio walked into the room. The students, all sitting around the table in their uniforms, stopped eating and conversing to stare at them.
"Um… hi," said Darren awkwardly, looking at the group of girls and boys, their eyes bored into him.
Trudy walked into the room suddenly, plopping a batch of freshly baked waffles on the table.
"These poor guys came knocking on the door at sunrise. They've been walking for days and are starving. They're staying for a day or two, so be nice," Trudy told them. The students nodded like obedient puppies. One of the girls, with curly dirty blonde hair got up and tugged the sleeve of a girl with red hair and a single blue extension. Rolling her eyes, the red-head got up along with the girl.
Holding her hand out to Darren, she beamed, "Hello there. I'm Nina Martin, nice to meet you. What's your name?"
Darren didn't answer immediately, trying to remember the name he first had thought of. Apparently, he had forgotten it when he first saw Nina and had become captivated by her beauty.
"My name's…" Harkat muttered something quietly to remind him. "My name's Edward. Black. Edward Black." Nina giggled and shook his hand ever so lightly. The truth was that she was in awe of his bright blue eyes (we don't remember what color they are, and Dead L E forgot her books at her house, so wah-wah, they're BLUE.) and his ruffled hair. She felt a slight tingle in her fingertips as they shook hands.
"And this is Patricia," said Nina, gesturing at the red-head standing beside her.
"Hi," Darren waved.
She crossed her arms, and then uncrossed them again. "Great. Now can I sit down, I'm starved. Please, Neens?" Nina rolled her eyes and nodded eventually. Patricia looked relieved as she sprinted back to the table.
Nina gestured to Harkat and Larten. "You feel like introducing me to your friends?"
Darren looked behind him. He had almost forgotten that Larten and Harkat were sitting right there. "Oh. Um, this is Vur, unusual name, I know, and… Patrick."
Nina took his indecision for nervousness . "You must be starving, help yourself to some waffles. Trudy's waffles are sensational!" She leant down the table to grab a few waffles. Handing one to each of the visitors, she motioned for them to sit down on the couches.
"So what brings you here?" Nina inquired, taking a bite of her waffle.
Darren, Harkat and Larten exchanged nervous glances. Larten took the situation into his hands. "We were travelling, but our vehicle refused to work, so we had to walk. We found this house just a few moments ago and decided to stay the day."
Nina frowned, disconcerted. "Don't you mean night?"
Harkat laughed a little too loud and a little too fakely. "Yes, yes, he means… night, but he's just so… tired, you know." Nina squirmed in her seat uncomfortably. A girl in a skirt gliding right above her upper thigh sashayed towards them.
"What's up with the gypsies?" she sneered.
"Shut up, Joy," Nina snapped.
Joy chose to ignore Nina. "What's up with that little dude's cloak? Isn't it a little big for him? What's with the weird talking, pausing in midsentence? What is this, the FREAK show?"
Nina shot up from her seat. "You know what? Why don't you just go…" She stopped abruptly and took a deep breath. Turning her head around to face the boys, she added, "Sorry guys, don't mind her, she's the bitch of the house."
Harkat grinned from under his cloak. "I don't mind her, she's right."
"No she's not, don't say that! You're a norm-" She was cut off by a blonde girl shouting her name from across the room.
"Neens, hurry up, wontcha? School starts in fifteen minutes," she exclaimed irritably.
Nina grabbed her bags. "You guys aren't coming?" she asked, mostly directing her question towards Darren and Harkat. Larten looked about thirty, which was way too old to go to school in her book. Darren shook his head.
"OK then," she sighed. "See you guys after school." With that, she jogged to catch up with Patricia and the blonde.
Darren smiled to himself, he liked Nina already. Larten caught Darren smiling, Larten warned Darren cautiously, "Now, Darren, we are only going to stay for a day, do not go making relationships with the people here." Darren laughed unconvincingly.
"Make relationships? What gave you that idea?"
Harkat chimed in, "Well for once… you smiled."
"Yes, that obviously proves that I'm head over heels in love," smirked Darren sarcastically.
"Whatever you say," Harkat sniggered. As soon as everyone had left the room, the trio relaxed.
"Right. I am going to find a room to sleep in, good day," Larten walked off, pulling his cape tighter around his shoulders as if they could shut out the sun on their own. Harkat, sighing, wished Darren sweet dreams and headed upstairs behind Larten. Darren stayed on the couch, staring out the window. The heavy rain was beating on the glass so hard, he thought it might break. He anticipated for the moment the girl would walk into the house and sit next to him, telling him about the dreads of homework. Comforted by these thoughts, he fell into a deep slumber.
He was awakened by a nudge on his shoulder. His eyes shot open hoping to see Nina, but it was just Trudy, coming with lunch.
"Oh, you must be tired… I brought you some lunch, I don't suppose your friends will want any?" she chuckled. Darren thought of Mr Crepsley sleeping, hiding from the glaring sun. "No, my friends are taking a nap. I'd like some lunch, though."
"Seat yourself, then. It's on the table!" Trudy dimpled excitedly.
"Hey Trudy," I called. He flipped around. "Do you know when Nina, I mean, the other are going to come from school?"
-Well, we hope you enjoyed this story! We'll try to update every weekend, so stay tuned! Review! (And by the way, the story is on both of our accounts!)
^_^ I just love that smiley. Just love it.
-I would like to thank HOAnubis's cat for giving us the courage to write this! Oh and by the way, the vampire gods told me that they liked it when you review soo... REVIEW!
- HOAnubisTS and Dead L E ~