Vampire Awards
Chapter One
Ash Redfern sat in the back of a black limousine wearing a black suit, tied up in highly sturdy rope, hands cuffed together with special metal and wood hand-cuffs from the vampire hunters, and his mouth duct taped.
"You know, if you didn't struggle and resist you wouldn't be in this situation", his soulmate, Mary-Lynette, who was sitting across from him, told him. She was dressed in an elegant dark blue velvet gown that matched her eyes, her dark wavy-hair up in a bun.
Ash tried to say something, but since his mouth was covered all he made was a "Hmm- Hmm- Hummm" sound.
Mary-Lynette sighed. "I know you don't wanna do this Ash, but you were the one Circle Daybreak chose for this."
The limousine slowed down a bit then stopped in front of a large crowd of photographers with flashing camera, a crowd of screaming fan girls, and news reporters talking in front of a camera on an elegant black carpet.
"Okay Ash. I'm gonna untie you now. Try anything and I will get Rashel and Jez in here," Mary-Lynette told Ash.
He gulped.
She untied the ropes, unlocked the cuffs, and pulled off the duct tape from his mouth – which ended with him yowling.
The chaperone opened the back door for the couple, and Mary-Lynette was the first to get out, tugging her soulmate's arm with her.
There were a few familiar faces smiling and waving to the crowd as they walked on the carpet. One was a short pixie like girl with jet-black short hair whose arm was linked with a blonde man, both with topaz colored eyes. Another was a girl with platinum-blonde hair and jade green eyes who held hands with a boy who looked about the same age as the girl; his hair color matching the pixie girl's, his eyes a shining blue that reminded Mary-Lynette of her brother.
"Ah, I was wondering when our wonderful host would get here," Rowan Redfern said once the pair went inside the theatre after going through the paparazzi. Mary-Lynette had to pull Ash away a few times from some obsessed fans before he could seduce them.
"Sorry we're a bit late. I had to get Rashel and Quinn to tie him up and get him inside the car before he ran away," Mary-Lynette explained to Ash's brunette sister.
Rowan wasn't wearing anything special for the event. Just a white blouse tucked inside formal office pants, and black heels. She held a clipboard and wore a headset with a microphone.
"Jade, Ash is here." Rowan said through the communicator.
"'Kay. Bring him backstage." Jade replied.
"And what if I don't go on stage, huh?" Ash asked once they were backstage, his shoulder-length ash blonde hair was shining from the stage lights, his eyes a glowing amber.
Kestrel and Jade looked at each other.
"Oh. Well, I'd just get my Russian friend here to force you," replied Kestrel.
A near-seven foot tall man walked up to them. He was very well built with dark brown hair that was about the same length as Ash's and matching dark eyes.
"He's a badass Guardian with epic martial arts skills and he even has a stake with him," said Jade, smiling.
Ash swallowed. My sisters are evil, he thought. He grabbed the microphone from Jade's hands and stomped onto the stage.
"Thanks for coming back here Dimitri. Now you better go before Rose starts trashing the place looking for you." Jade said.
"No problem," Dimitri replied, a faint Russian accent in his voice. "Although I'm pretty sure silver stakes don't affect your kind."
Jade put a finger to her lips. "Shh. My brother doesn't need to know that."
"Two minutes 'til show time." Rowan announced through the communicator.
"Okay. I'll tell the crew to get ready," Kestrel told her through her headset.
The theatre was a very regal looking. A magnificent diamond chandelier hung from the ceiling. The stage was made of solid glass with lights peering from the bottom, and the background of the stage was a giant television screen like the ones you see on American Idol or the Golden Globes. There were people sitting at the balcony mezzanine areas with golden Roman statues of angels carved onto them, and angels painted among the ceiling. It looked almost similar to the Paris Opera House in Phantom of the Opera except everything was black instead of red.
Ash walked onto the stage after being cued by Rowan. Microphone in one hand and the other waving without a care.
"Uh, hi. Welcome to the Young Adult Vampire Awards everybody," Ash greeted without much emotion.
The audience still cheered. The guests were all sitting at the bottom area next to the stage at their dinner tables; each dressed formally for the ceremony. Those who bought their tickets for the event sat in the mezzanine area at the balconies.
"Ash, say it like you mean it," ordered Kestrel through the headset.
Well that's kinda hard when my only emotion right now is annoyance, Ash replied telepathically.
"Uh, for those who don't know me…" He stopped in the middle then he burst out laughing.
The audience looked at him as if he were psycho. Mary-Lynette, who was sitting next to the other members of Circle Daybreak, raised her hand to her face a bit embarrassed.
Ash wiped some tears off his face. "I'm sorry, but who in the world doesn't know me, Ash Redfern?"
"Ash stop playing around and stop wasting time," Rowan told Ash through his earpiece.
Fine, fine. Gees. Just trying to have a little fun here.
"For the presenters of our first award of the night, we have the two cool-but-totally-not-as-hot-or-awesome-as-me Salvatore brothers from the New York Times Best Selling series, The Vampire Diaries. Give it up for Damon and Stefan Salvatore," Ash announced.
There was a roar of cheers and applause from the audience as Ash moved off to the side of the stage as two very good looking men walked on stage to the microphone stand that stood in center stage. Both with amazing dark hair, one with stunning green eyes, and the other with eyes as dark as his hair.
"Uh, thank you. Thank you everyone," said Stefan. "It's an honor to be here tonight."
"Yeah, whatever Stefan. Just say the nominees already," Damon said, his hands in his pockets.
Stefan glared at his brother. "For the nominees for Best Vampire Series Title we have…" The screen behind them on stage showed a black book with two pale hands and arms holding a very red apple. "…The Twilight Saga."
The crowd applauded.
The screen then showed a book all white with a girl to the left, hair obviously blonde, but her hair was colored in silver on the cover; her lips full and pink, and eyes green-ish. Her skin was very gray.
"The Last Vampire", announced Damon.
More applause.
Another book was shown. This was another all black book with a girl to the very top left corner; her eyes a bright shade of purple, skin pale gray. The cover design on the book was very abstract with spiral labyrinths.
"House of Night," said Stefan.
The audience applauded some more.
"And finally…" Damon began. The screen showed only the top half of a young girl, her skin a chalky pale white, lips very large and red. She wore a blue web-like necklace around her neck. "…Vampire Kisses."
The crowd cheered again.
Stefan opened the large black envelope. "And the winner is…"
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