Promises Are Forever
I'm not going to say too much about this story, which is a first for me, lol, but to just let you read it. This one was more written for me personally, not so much for what other people wanted, I like writing stories that I feel like doing and something that other writers don't often touch or write on sometimes. This one's been in my head for a very long time and have had parts written for ages but most often didn't want to put it and didn't know whether it should but thought, why not and let others enjoy it : )
Adam and Jay, AKA. Edge and Christian, are brothers this story, just as a note.
Adam and Jay live horrible lives with their mother and step father in a dead end village. When Jay runs off and bumps into a very dark person that's about to turn their lives upside down, can Adam really keep to his promise to Jay? Vamp fic with Edge and Christian.
Rated for future horror and for the violence and abuse.
Chapter 1: A Promise Is Made
Children always have scary points in their lives and most overcome them and the fear leaves their lives permanently...... However there are some parts they can never escape and will forever be haunted by them, but sometimes you can be saved by unlikely forces......
The older blonde grabbed the younger blonde's arm, partially a bit too harsh but couldn't help himself because he was so angry to see such a thing. He held the younger blondes arm up closer to him so he could observe it better, not that he liked the result any better. He had just seen it as the younger blonde went to pick up his favourite toy and his T-shirt had ridden up a little on his arm.
"How did you get this?" Demanded the older blonde, looking at the younger blonde right dead on in the eye and had never looked so serious.
"Adam....." The younger blonde sighed nervously and seemed to have a problem with trying to express the words. "It's alright......."
"I said, how did you get this?" Adam repeated more sternly, eyes narrowing.
"Adam..... It's just a bruise. I'm fine. Really." The younger blonde tried to defend but easily made it sound like a total cover up. "It was an accident....."
"It was him, wasn't it?" Adam growled. Not that he really needed an answer because he already knew where and most likely how that bruise came to form there.
The much younger blonde's face started to slightly crack up, unable to keep the brave face up much longer. A few stray tears were leashed from his eyes; he hated what had happened to him but hated it more if Adam was mad at him.
Upon seeing the boy's face Adam's face automatically softened and felt that pang of guilt, he hadn't wanted to be that harsh on him. "Aw.... Jay. I'm sorry, I'm not mad at you. It's totally not your fault."
With that Adam pulled Jay into a protective hug, brotherly instinct taking over as he held him as tight as possible and whispering comforting words into his ear. That's what older brother's do right? Try and comfort the younger the best they could, especially in times like this which unfortunately happened a little too often around here.
After a couple of minutes Jay had finally managed to calm down and Adam started to ease his grip. And then releasing him, feeling that he had comforted his brother enough for the moment and made an attempt to continue the conversation. "He's not supposed to do this to you.... That's why I've been suffering...... Why didn't you tell me?"
"Thought.... You'd be mad with me." Jay sniffed, still releasing the odd loose tear.
"Why would you think that Jay?" Adam asked gently but was completely baffled as to why his baby brother would say such a comment.
"He said that you would be upset with me if you found out." Jay continued to sniff with his explanation. "He said it was something between me and him and I infuriated him to much with my playing and noises. I don't understand what he meant though because I wasn't making any noise, my toy voices were totally in my head."
"Now.... You see that's where he's wrong..... Because you know very well he isn't supposed to do.... Well........ What he does. We've discussed this before, Jay." Adam replied, making sure to use his words carefully because his little brother was to young, bad enough he had to experience the backlash of their step father's temper. "I thought I told you not to stay in the same room as him, especially while I'm out. You know how bad he can be."
"I know....." Jay sighed, still in clear distress. Adam at that point gently motioned his brother onto his bed and sat down next to him. "But mum 'decided' to go out and instructed me to go."
"Stupid woman." Adam cussed under his breath, why couldn't she see the kind of man she has married? He knew that he wasn't supposed to 'feel' such negative thoughts about his own mother but he couldn't help it, he basically called her a useless and uncaring mum. He could swear she saw what was going on right under her nose; she just chose to not do anything about it. But why should he and Jay suffer with this 'man' and a woman that basically felt like a stranger to him? Especially Jay, he was only 6 years old and knew that his brother longed for a real parent, more like becoming a craving for him. Jay would often do anything asked to get approval from their 'parents' but of course it never worked and got him nowhere; Adam had become more of a protective parent than them.
"Please........" Jay coughed up suddenly. "Just don't ask how he hit me."
Adam nodded numbly, totally understanding why Jay would want to try and block it out.......... Because that's what he did too. "Come on. Why don't you get ready for bed?" Adam finally said, wanting to now change the subject for now and get his brother relaxed.
"Adam?" Jay questioned, just before jumping off the bed to do as his brother just asked. Now felt more dried up, feeling like he just wanted to forget the horrible incident that himself and his big brother had been talking about.
"Yes?" Adam replied simply.
"Could I..... Um......" The young blonde started to ask but seemed too nervous to say it straight out.
"What?" Adam pushed, raising his eyebrow at him.
"Could I...... Well........ Sleep in your bed tonight?" Jay finally stuttered out, looking clearly a little embarrassed to be asking of such a thing and thought he was getting to old for this.
"Sure, Jay." Adam replied simply without having to give it a second thought. "Why so nervous to ask? It's no problem."
"It's just......" Jay sighed and paused, was obviously trying to think up of the correct words to say what he felt. "I'm getting to old to be doing that."
"Why would you be getting 'to old' for sleeping in my bed at your age?" Adam chuckled, not seeing it as a serious thing. Jay was only 6 and after traumatic experiences such as recent, why wouldn't Jay want to be comforted by his older brother?
"He said I was." Jay answered simply with a sad face. "He said one day you won't be around to baby me and help me, so I might as well grow up now and accept me for what I am."
"And what may you be in his eyes then?" Adam scoffed, everything his step father ever says is just a big puff of useless wind.
"A good for nothing, useless, greedy leech." Jay replied, feeling a few tears welling up a little again. Even though he hated his step father and knew how horrible he was, his words still stung. "I live off others, get protected by others and if he didn't......... Didn't hit me then I'll never learn for when I'm all by myself. He says when I'm older I'm going to be all on my own, I won't have him, mum and you'll be gone when you figure out what a useless waste of space I am. And no one else will want me because they can immediately see that I'm not worth anything."
With that Jay's voice totally breaks and the waterworks come back into play on his face.
Adam's face was a picture of pure horror as he reaches forward to bring his baby brother forward to him and placed him in a deep protective hug. What kind of monster would tell a 6 year old boy those kind of horrible lies? Would he ever leave him? Never. He'd never leave Jay alone. He couldn't speak for his mother and step father but he knew that he'd never leave Jay, Jay was the most precious thing he'd ever had or has in what he calls a 'life'. In fact, he didn't know what he would've done without Jay. Jay was the only reason he was even still going, Jay was the only reason he hasn't ran away yet to god knows wherever. Jay was special, more special than most, Adam just felt like there was something more about him other than him being just his baby brother. Could never put his finger on it, he just figured he'd see it when Jay was older.
"Shhh, Shhhh....... It'll be alright, Jay." Adam said in a whisper and comforting voice, gently rubbing and patting his back in hopes to soothe the 6 year old that was balling his eyes out again. "It will never happen, Jay. I will never leave you, especially in this god forsaken house with him and our pitiful excuse for a mother. I will always be here. One day we'll even go live in a new house together, maybe even find people that could be proper parents."
Jay took a minute for his big brothers words to sink into his head before sniffing a little and lifting his head up to look at Adam dead on in the eye. "Promise?" Jay asked in a sternly serious voice, making it almost sound like he was making Adam sign a contract.
"Promise." Adam replied just as seriously and having a face to match when Jay looked at him deeply in the eyes to make sure he was speaking the truth.
For a moment the two just stared seriously at each other, looking at each other deeply in the eyes. "We best get you to bed." Adam finally said, breaking the staring the match from Jay.
Jay looked away for a moment before looking back and nodding in agreement. He pushed himself away from Adam and proceeded to walk out of the bedroom to go clean his teeth.
While Jay was in the bathroom Adam went on to clear up some of Jay's toys off the floor and changed into his night wear, totally exhausted from today's gruelling everyday life tasks. Adam had laid down in his bed and had the covers pulled up to his chin when Jay was finally finished and back in the room. Adam proceeded to lift the top edge up of his quilt to allow Jay to slide in next to him. When Jay was in next to him and had his back turned Adam gently slipped a protective arm around Jay's waist and snuggled him closer. After a certain amount of minutes both long haired blondes had fallen asleep comfortably and all horrible memories of the day was gone, temporarily.
The dark figure gracefully walked into the dark old fashioned pub, leaving the bright night's sky behind the other side of the door. Some people stopped their drinking when they caught sight of him, some remembering and knowing him while others were just amazed by the mere sight of him.
"Best get out of here while we can." And. "You know who that is don't you? Best not dare cross his path." Was among the whispers between a good chunk that knew or heard of him. He'd been hanging around the area for a while now, while most thought he was polite and almost graceful enough to walk on air there were still rumours going on around him, not that any dared to question or confront him.
He came into the small old fashioned village a few months before, not really ever stating his purpose for moving to anybody. One person had claimed to have asked him once and got the reply of 'he was searching for something important', on what he was searching for it was never said and it didn't look like he wanted to tell any old busy body commoner in this village. However, it was well known that he owned the very large stone castle just on the outskirts of the village and it was said that it wasn't the only property he owned. Plus also the fact that the castle only strangely seems to spring to life at night........
While a few of the customers vacated the pub to be on the safe side, most stayed and went back to their usual banter with friends and drinking their beer and larger. The dark figure kept his long black cloak on for now instead of casually removing it and walked right up to the bar and sat on one of the many now free stools.
"The usual please, Smith." He asked politely and gave one of his many casual smiles that never fully shows his teeth.
The bar tender looked at him briefly to match face to voice and gave a smile and an all knowing wink back, as if there was a secret left untold that no one else knew. A minute later the bar tender was back and produced a wine glass and a big bottle that looked like it had been around for a fair few hundred years. The tender undid the top of the bottle and carefully started to tip in the thick red like substance into the glass until it was half full. The dark figure licked his lips as he witnessed this and looked quite eager to just settle into his drink.
"Will that be all, sir?" The tender asked politely and flashed another all knowing smile.
"That will be all, thank you." The dark figure replied, trying to keep polite but still treated him as if a personal servant, someone beneath him.
The figure reached out and took the big wine glass and took a sip, letting out a highly satisfied sigh from the taste and appeared to be refreshed from just taking the one sip.
With this a dark looking man looked up from his table that stood in a very dark corner of the room and right at the dark figure. He smiled and quickly got up and walked across the room and proceeded to sit on the stool aside the dark figure, not showing any worry or nervousness like many others that come into contact with him do.
"Well hello." The dark looking man greeted with a smirk on his face and awaited a reply from the person he was sitting next to.
The dark figure turned his head away from his drink to see the man sat next to him. The second his eyes set on the dark man a wide smile crossed his face. "Ah! Hello! I can't believe your here!"
"I can say the same for you." He replied back, still smirking. "Didn't think the likes of you would be caught dead in this region. Not exactly upper class and such as you're used to, this is quite a poor village."
"I wouldn't usually be here, that is true." The dark figure agreed simply and took another mouthful of his strange red drink.
"What are doing in these parts then?" Pushed the dark man but tried to not be too rude at the same time. "It's been over 15 years since I've last seen you in person. You were mentioning, as always, how you've been searching for a suitable childe and how you were waiting on this one special person to change. It's always been so important to you who you get though, I know that. And so you should, once their changed they can't be changed back and plus they are your childe forever."
"I never had a child originally..... I always wanted one but never been able to have one due to how I am, it's very important to get the right childe and usually the one that gets changed and is for me shows him or herself to me at a certain point and I will be able to sense it. And that is why I am here." The dark figure explained casually. "About 6 years ago I sensed that very special person on this earth be born, for years I've been trying to track by using the sense. They have led me here, the person feels very close.........."
"6 years ago? But that means you'd be looking for just a child." Replied the dark man, who now had quite a stunned expression on his face. "They usually come older and you don't usually sense a birth."
"I know..... Which is why I'm thinking this one must really be special. Possibly..... Just born to be with me......" Answered the dark figure with a sigh and taking a long gulp of the drink. "I will find him, you wait and see."
That's the end for the first chapter, hope you enjoyed reading it and will stayed tuned for the next chapter of this. Reviews and such would be appreciated : )