WARNING! This story will eventually contain slash, as in gayness, homosexuality, etc, and maybe some mature content. Don't like it? I will take your flames to hell with me. You've been warned.
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"We have to get this done before dark."
"We don't have to." Benny objected. "We don't have to be back at my house at a certain time, it's the weekend! That, and my grandma thinks we're at Rory's."
"That's how people go missing, Benny." Ethan scowled. "They say they're one place, but what they're really doing is something stupid, like this!"
"Cool your jets, E." The spellmaster rolled his eyes. "I'm almost finished, anyway, and the park's right behind us."
"Just hurry up." Ethan sighed and sank down to the ground, next to the stream, watching Benny with mild interest as he dug up soil. "Remind me why we're doing this again?"
"I need the root of some kind of grass." Benny answered, glancing at his spell book in the fading light. "It's a darker shade of green than the rest, and it's roots are supposed to be reddish. It can be found where sage grows next to poplar trees, by a stream."
"Then you're not going to find anything!" Ethan groaned. "Benny! All that's around this park is birch and spruce!"
"Are those flowers?"
"Ugh!" Ethan got to his feet. "I'm heading home, I'm cold!" He began stomping off in the general direction of the park.
"I was kidding, E!" Benny got to his feet. "I have it, already. It's not grass, it's just dirt."
"You mean we came all this way for dirt?!" The other teen looked at him incredulously. "We could've gotten dirt at home!"
"Where's the fun in that?!" Benny asked, and then slipped off his hoodie. "Look, if you're that cold, take my hoodie."
"No, I'm fine." Ethan protested. "I just wanna get home."
"'Cuz you're afraid of the big, dark woods?" Benny laughed, watching Ethan shiver. "But it does get pretty dark out here. And we didn't bring flashlights."
"Whatever."
"Just take the hoodie, E. Your teeth of chattering."
"It's alright, Benny." Ethan grimaced, but Benny was already placing the sweater around his shoulders. He signed, but then pulled it further around him, grateful for the warmth. "Thanks, though..."
"Anytime." They continued walking.
"Aw, how sweet." A voice spoke from the bushes behind them, and both boy's jumped frightfully and spun around. Seeing no one, they looked at each other nervously.
"Who's there?" Benny called, unscrewing the lid on the jar that held the soil and holding it up. "I have a jar of dirt! And I'm not afraid to throw it in you're eyes!"
"Quit embarrassing yourself, loser." The voice said, and a man with a pair of glowing yellow eyes appeared just ahead of them. Then, Jesse stepped out of the darkening shadows.
"Jesse." Ethan glared, feeling Benny tense beside him. "What do you want?"
"Can't I ever just stop by to see friends?" Jesse sneered, and took a few steps closer.
"You hurt my best friend the last time you were here! You made Sarah drink from him!" Benny snarled in reply, and held up a nerf squirt-gun that he'd discreetly taken out of his messenger bag. Ethan pulled one of his own from his pocket, though it was much smaller. "You have no friends here."
"I know, but you may change your mind." Jesse said slyly, and held up his hands in surrender. One hand was empty, while the other had an envelope. "I come bearing gifts."
"We don't want anything from you." Ethan said, and held his gun up to Jesse's chest.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Jesse made a face and flicked the paper at the pair in front of him. "Maybe it's best if you look at that letter before you go ahead and kill me, genius."
"What is it?" Benny asked, and with a nod from Ethan, leant down to pick it up. Receiving no answer, Benny opened it hastily and pulled out a yellowish paper. As he unfolded it, Ethan recognized the the insignia at the top, accompanied by the words 'Official Summons' in big bold print.
"Why does the vampire council want us?" Ethan asked, as Benny gave a questioning look to Jesse, shaking the paper around. "They've never sent a letter before. We're not vampires."
"No, but you two are a special case, apparently." Jesse rolled his eyes, and then flashed in front of Benny, who'd jumped back. Jesse snatched the paper from Benny's hands.
"This is pretty much just a long speech about the war between mythical beings, and where you two stand." Jesse started. "Basically, they want you dead."
"What else is new?" Benny rolled his eyes.
"No, you don't understand." Jesse pressed, pointing to something on the paper. "They actually want you dead, losers. Tomorrow, they're sending out vampires to find and kill you!"
"What?" Ethan suddenly felt cold.
"Why?!" Benny asked loudly, alarmed. "What did we do?! We haven't done anything!"
"Not yet." Jesse agreed, and kicked some leaves at his feet. A cold wind picked up and Benny found himself shivering, much like Ethan was a few minutes before. "They talk about how different mythical species can't live peacefully together, and how it always ends in a bloodbath...they're right, of course. Eventually, wizards and vampires will have a fall out, like we did two hundred years ago." The vampire shrugged.
"But that's not the reason they want to kill you." Jesse continued. "They can make excuses all they want, but I know the truth. They're afraid of you."
"Why would they be afraid of us?" Ethan asked. "It's painfully obvious they're way more powerful than we are. How can we do anything to hurt them?"
"You nerds have killed vampires before." Jesse said. "You could do it again."
"It would be us against the entire council." Benny disagreed. "Even if we did want to fight the them, we'd only manage to kill a few. It wouldn't be much of a war." Ethan made a face of agreement.
"So you'll grow up." Jesse shrugged. "You're powers will develop, even more so than they already have. You're more human than the council is, and eventually you'll disagree on something." Jesse make an explosion gesture with his hands. "Bam! Full blown war. The last time a magical being fought against a flock of vampires in this town, many of the vampires died, but the sorcerer was also killed." He paused. "They want to kill you two before you grow up."
"Why are you here, Jesse?" Ethan demanded, trying to ignore the fear clawing at his heart.
"If you're here just to give us the letter, why talk to us about it?" Benny asked.
"I wasn't supposed to deliver the letter." Jesse smiled sarcastically. "I sensed something wrong in the town, and came to investigate. Then, I saw the blonde geek leaving the council building with the letter and snatched it right from under his nose."
"Rory." Benny sighed, rolling his eyes.
"So why talk to us about this?" Ethan asked, and relaxed the arm holding the water-gun. If Jesse was here to hurt them, he would've tried already. Benny hesitate led, then followed his lead, shoving his gun inside his pocket. "Trying to scare us?"
"I told you." Jesse drawled, getting closer and closer to the two boys until he was just a couple feet away. "I came bearing gifts. I have a way to get your out of your sentence."
"Why should we trust you?" Benny asked, his anger from before returning.
"You're evil. You live for the misfortune of others, Jesse." Ethan added.
"You're too sweet, Ethan." Jesse grinned. "While that may be true..." He looked up innocently. "You're kind of out of options."
The boys thought that over for a while, sharing uneasy glances. Of course, neither of them was eager to die, and neither of them trusted Jesse with anything. But what other choice did they have? The best friends nodded at each other.
"Okay." Benny said stiffly. "What did you have in mind?"
"I can't tell you." The vampire said. "Wait! Before you protest, I'm just gonna say, this is for the best. They can hypnotize it out of you if I tell you. It'll screw everything up. I just need your permission."
"Permission to do what?" Benny asked in disbelief.
"To save you." Jesse replied. "The vampire council is out to kill you, but I promise, you'll live to see the next day. Trust me."
"Trust you?" Benny made a face.
"You have no other choice."
"What do you expect in return?" Ethan asked suddenly. "There was no way you would just do this out of the goodness of your heart."
"You're smarter than you look." Jesse smirked. "In exchange for me saving your lives, I need you two to help me with something. You're just my kind of people."
"Geeks?" Benny asked challengingly.
"Powerful geeks." Jesse nodded. "I want revenge, and after tomorrow goes down, so will you." He held out his hand. "What do you say, boys?"
"I'll do it." Ethan said quickly, and shook Jesse's hand. The vampire's eyes widened in surprised at the suddenness for a second, and then he gave a dark smile. "Come on, Benny." Ethan gave a pointed look to Jesse's outstretched hand. "You're my best friend. It's do or die."
"...alright." Benny forced himself to shake Jesse's hand, not giving himself time to back out. "What do we need to do?"
"Go about your daily lives." Jesse clasped both of their shoulders. "Leave the rest to me."
Jesse promptly struck either of the boys over their heads, knocking them out. As they fell to the ground, Jesse smirked, breathing in the cold air, admiring the darkening sky. This was a small victory...but it was a start. After tomorrow, the two boys wouldn't need much convincing to go along with his plans. They'd fall right in with him, he was sure of it.
The vampire got to one knee, and set to work on the spellmaster and the seer.
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AN: So, this is something I've been wanting to do for a really long time, but never knew how to start. I guess I got it now...I hope this chapter was acceptable. It's not very long. Sorry for any mistakes, the next chapter will be better, hopefully.
Review~ If you know what's good for this story. xP
