Hello everyone! So I have another new story! This is actually a short-story, and will be around three to five chapters. This is also a part of the BTR Plot Adoption Forum's Holiday Challenge!

If you would like to participate or want more information on the challenge, you can go to their page for more info and/or to let them know if you're interested in participating! - forum/BTR-Plot-Adoption-Forum/153090/

I hope you all enjoy!

Prologue

There are so many things that go together. Peanut butter and jelly, cookies and milk, salt and pepper, winter and cold, night and day, the list goes on and on. But one thing that I've always felt doesn't go together is vampires and vampire hunters.

It wasn't that we hated each other by choice (even though that was kinda true), it's just how we were hardwired. Us vampire hunters were like natures answer to vampires, there needing to be a balance and all that…

So imagine my surprise when I became friends with not one, but three vampires. Granted, we didn't meet and immediately hit it off. There were plenty of fights and insults that went down (mostly on my part), but over time, we were able to find some common ground and even became close friends.

It was even more of a miracle when Kendall and my twin brother Shane were able to find some common ground, mostly because Shane had an even deeper hatred for vampires than I did.

But now the three of us, along with Carlos and Logan, were like a dream team, protecting innocent people from rogue vampires along with the occasional rogue vampire hunter.

"James!" I heard my brother call out from downstairs, immediately breaking me out of my trip down memory lane. I knew that tone. That was a tone that meant that something was wrong.

I got up before quickly making my way downstairs, silently praying that everything was okay, even though I knew that it was nothing but wishful thinking.

As soon as I made it downstairs, I immediately spotted Shane, who was supporting a barely conscious Kendall.

"What happened?!" I asked, starting to panic slightly when I noticed the blood on Kendall's shirt.

"We were ambushed." Shane said, motioning for me to help me get Kendall to the couch. "We were out in the woods, looking for any clues we could find about the 'animal attacks' that have been going on. We ran into a couple of hunters that seemed to recognize Blondie here. Clearly, they didn't hesitate to react." He continued.

"Kendall? Can you hear me?" I asked gently once we got him settled on the couch.

I was hoping that he would be able to give me a coherent response, but he only responded with a groan, which I guess was better than nothing.

I glanced down at the blood on his shirt, able to see what looked like a gunshot wound, but I knew that it had to be more than a gunshot to have him this incoherent. I let out a sigh before lifting up his shirt a little, noticing how irritated the skin around the gunshot was.

"Vervain." I said, knowing from experience that the herb was one of the few things that could actually hurt a vampire.

I listened as Shane walked out of the room, returning about a minute later. I felt him as he put a hand on my shoulder, gently moving out of the way before going to pull out the bullet with a pair of tweezers.

I watched intently as he carefully removed the bullet, getting a pained hiss from Kendall in the process. He stared at the bullet for a few seconds before turning to me.

"He's going to be okay." He said while handing me the bullet to look at for myself. "There wasn't enough to vervain to do any real, permanent damage. But they definitely wanted to send a message."

"The question is, what's the message?" I said, staring at the bullet before putting it in my pocket. I looked back up at Kendall, who now looked to be sleeping.

"I have no idea. But let's not worry about it, at least not right now." He said as he went to stand up. "Where are Carlos and Logan?" He asked, seeming to notice the two missing.

"Well Carlos is out on a date with Stephanie." I said, letting out a soft laugh when Shane let out a soft groan.

"I though he said he'd leave her alone." He muttered, which only made me laugh a little harder.

"Yeah, wouldn't want him going crazy and accidentally biting her would we?" I asked teasingly.

It wasn't a secret that Shane had feelings for Stephanie. Well, it wasn't a secret to me at least. One of the perks of being twins, we can read each other like a book. And even though he claims that he's worried about Stephanie's well-being around the vampire, I knew it was really just his jealousy talking. Besides, we both knew that Carlos wouldn't hurt a fly. Most of the time…

"Anyway, he's with Stephanie and Logan's at 'work'." I continued, inwardly shuddering a little.

"Right, work…" Shane said as he stood up before going into the kitchen.

I knew that Shane still wasn't completely comfortable with the idea of being friends with vampires. Even he would hang out and joke and laugh with them, I could sense that he was still trying to cope.

And Logan working at the hospital mainly to steal blood bags from the hospital wasn't exactly making my brother any more comfortable with the situation.

I glanced over at Kendall, watching the steady rise and fall of his chest. He looked so peaceful, even though I knew he was probably still in pain.

After about a minute, Shane returned with a couple bottles of water.

"You really care about him don't you?" He asked as he handed me a bottle.

"Yeah… it's kinda crazy isn't it? How just a little over a year ago, we would never have even thought of becoming friends with a vampire. Now we're friends with three of them." I said.

"It's just too bad you can't figure out just how much you care."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, watching as he just gave me that look that told me he knew something I didn't.

"Nothing." He said, a small smile tugging at his lips as he turned and left the room, leaving me alone with an unconscious Kendall.

Done! Not too much happened in this chapter, but that's mostly because this is just an introduction. The whole vampire hunter thing won't really play a major part in this story since it's mostly about James and his relationship with everyone. But the reason I put that in is because if you all like this, I'm considering making a full story out of this!

So, quite a few unanswered questions. But I'm sure the question you all are mainly thinking is, what did Shane mean by that comment? It will be answered over the course of the next couple chapters, which will both be pretty long. And aside from the vampire theme, the last part of this story takes place on Halloween, so who knows that could happen! ;)

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the chapter as well as if you had a favorite moment! I'd also like to hear any guesses you may have on what might happen!

Next chapter will have a conscious Kendall, as well as Carlos and Logan! It should be up by next weekend at the latest, so until then!

-Epically Obsessed