Good Evening,
SO! This is a 30 AU challenge with the Mad Child! This is 1 out of 30. It's kind of a race to the finish, so who do you think will win? So far people are betting on the Mad Child since apparently I never finish a story. Pfft. I don't know what you guys are talking about and don't mind the fics on my page that say still in progress that are from like two to three years back. You're all nuts. I'm just kidding. Come back.
Anyway, in this story Alucard and Sebastian ARE HUMAN! In most of these fics, Alucard and Sebastian will be human. I will tell you guys which stories they will be human in ahead of time.
The theme for this AU is: Children.
Please go check out the Mad Child's version of this AU if you hadn't already!
Oxford Not Brogues
Kids Will Be Kids
A small nine year old sat cowering behind a large bush in the backyard of an orphanage. Other kids were running around playing while Seras cried silently and tried to keep her nose from bleeding. Some horrible twelve year old had punched her right in the face for taking her spot on the swing set. Of course, the small blonde had thought about hitting her back, but changed her mind when her bully's friends gathered around her to protect her in case Seras decided to fight back. So now here she was. Behind a bush with bloody tissues in her lap and bloody fingers trying to pinch her gushing nose. Blood was all over her shirt and she was so very embarrassed. Too embarrassed to leave the safety of the bush and go inside to get more Kleenex or to even tell on her bully.
"That's a lot of blood," Someone noted. Seras instinctively sniffed as she turned her head to stare up at two strange boys. They were both around the age eleven or twelve. They were most definitely taller than her with black hair that brushed over their shoulders. She had seen them before. They always kept to themselves, but she believed the one boy was named Alucard and the other was Sebastian. The one who had spoken had big brown eyes full of curiosity and bewilderment. He got down on his knees in front of her to take a closer look at the blood that was coming out of her nose. "Are you alright?" He asked her while he kindly handed her some tissues he had placed in his pocket earlier that day. She seemed to need them more than him. Seras hesitantly took the tissues.
"Thank you," She muttered and quickly placed a tissue where her hand was. The blood soaked into the Kleenex, but the bleeding seemed to have been slowing because it didn't soak the tissue too quickly like last time.
"Are you alright?" The boy asked again.
"It hurts," Seras admitted to him. "Do you think it's broken?" She asked as she moved the tissue so he could take a better look at it. He inspected it closer and ended up shaking his head.
"I don't think so," He muttered. Sebastian then carefully poked her on the nose, but the small blonde winced and pulled away.
"Ow!" She hissed in pain.
"Sorry," He muttered. "I don't think it's broken, but it is bruised."
"What happened?" Alucard jumped into the conversation. He continued to just stand there and stare down at her with a grin on his face. For some reason he found it amusing to find her hiding behind a bush with a bleeding nose. She didn't find it amusing though. She was upset; angry really.
"I got punched in the face," Seras answered as she placed the tissue back on her nose. The grin instantly fell on the boy's face and fury appeared in his green eyes.
"By who?" He immediately asked.
"Gabriella," She muttered as she looked in the direction she last saw the girl. She then glanced back at Alucard.
"She will never do it again." Sebastian promised her as he took her hand. Seras blinked stupidly at them. What was he talking about?
"How do you know?" She asked him curiously. The girl then furrowed her brows. "You're boys and she's a girl,"
"What does that matter?" Alucard asked with an arched brow.
"Are…you guys…going to…hurt her?" She asked them. She felt silly asking. Why would these boys defend her when they barely even know her? She didn't even understand what compelled them to even approach her now.
"An eye for an eye," Alucard answered nonchalantly with a shrug.
"But a boy can't hit a girl. It's not right." Seras commented.
"But it's right for her to hit you?" Sebastian asked with an arched brow.
"She punched you right in the face and gave you a bloody nose. You're going to let her get away with that?" Alucard asked her.
"I didn't say it was right for her to hit me, and I wasn't going to let her get away with it. I wanted to hit her back, but her stupid friends were about to gain up on me." The small blonde grumbled with a look of disappointment on her face for not being able to hit the girl back.
"We can handle her friends," The green eyed boy responded with another grin on his face.
"It's still not right for a boy to hit a girl." Seras muttered under her breath and she lowered her head. Even though she was against them hitting her bully, she was also cheering them on in her head. She wanted Gabriella to get a face full of fist. She wanted her bully's nose to be gushing with blood just like hers was.
"Then why don't you hit her?" Sebastian asked with a gentle smile. Seras jumped from that suggestion and her head shot up to gape at him.
"Pardon?!" She exclaimed. Both boys were smiling at her now.
"You go up and punch her right in the face while Alucard and I hold off her friends." The brown eyed boy explained to her. Seras continued to just sit there and stare at them in disbelief. One question was on her mind and she was asking it before she even really knew it.
"Why would you guys do that for me?" She asked them timidly.
"Why not?" Sebastian asked with a chuckle.
"Besides, we don't want our Valentine all bloody and bruised because this bitch won't stop bullying her." Alucard added. Seras' mouth just about fell open. Both boys chuckled when a dark blush spread across her cheeks. She looked incredibly shy now and started trembling.
"V-V-Valentine?" She repeated in a whisper. "But…that's not for another few months! And…I'm going to be your guys'…Valentine? Why?" Alucard finally knelt in front of her with an amused look on his face. His eyes were warm, but his grin was quite spine chilling.
"Because you're cute and we like you," He chuckled. "You should see how Michaelis acts whenever you walk by us. He blushes so hard that he looks like a tomato." He said this as he pointed towards his friend. On cue, Sebastian blushed hardcore while he looked at Alucard in astonishment.
"That's not true!" He practically shrilled. "You act like an idiot whenever you're so much as in the same room as her! You lose your train of thought and start messing up your words like some drunk!" Alucard's grin fell and he looked bewildered. While the boys bickered back and forth, sharing these secrets to her, Seras couldn't help but think how cute they were when they were embarrassed. Whenever she saw them, they were always so calm, cool, and collected. So this was the first time she actually saw them all shy and mortified that she knew they can be weird and idiotic at times because of her. She didn't really understand why they liked her of all people. Just how long have they had a crush on her? She wondered, but ended up smiling warmly at both boys.
"So, what's the plan?" Seras interrupted their bickering. Almost as if they forgot she was there, both boys turned to stare at her curiously. Once remembering what they had originally been talking about, they smiled and sat up straighter.
"We'll go ahead and get ready to hold back her friends. You run up and punch her right in that smug face of hers." Alucard advised.
"Do you know how to punch?" Sebastian asked her afterwards with furrowed brows.
"I think so," The small blonde muttered as she blinked stupidly at him. She then raised her hand and created a fist. "The thumb is outside of the fist because if it was tucked away I could break it. Or at least that's what my daddy told me."
"But do you know how to throw a punch?" Alucard asked her. Before she could answer, he smirked and went on. "Here, punch me and I'll see if it hurts or…" The boy was interrupted when Seras threw a punch. Her fist met with his face. The force she put into it knocked him backwards. Shocked, the boy lied on the ground for a long minute while his cheek throbbed with pain. "I meant my arm or chest, not my face." He told her as he sat up and rubbed his aching cheek. He was more than sure there was going to be a bruise there, but he couldn't help but be proud of her. "Nice punch. Do it just like that and you'll do just fine, Seras." He then hastily grabbed her hand and started pulling her to her feet. "Now, let's go! I can't wait to see the look on her face when you smash your fist into it!"
Before she could stand, Alucard and Sebastian ran off to get into place. Seras stood there for a long few seconds to just gather her bearings and remember the plan. Was this really happening? She was going to go punch her bully in the face? Her stomach was all in knots and her heart was racing. She was terrified, but excited at the same time! She couldn't help but keep imagining punching this girl in the face. How sweet was it going to feel, unless Seras was going to feel horrible afterwards? Was she going to feel bad for hurting her? Why should she? Gabriella started this! She hit her first! It was only right Seras got some revenge and punched her back! The small blonde wiped the blood from her nose. Thankfully it had stopped bleeding, but she was still a bloody mess and her nose still hurt like hell. She hoped that she got Gabriella good and that her nose will gush with blood too! With that thought on her mind, Seras ran out from behind her bush and across the playground to where she knew Gabriella and her goons were. She instantly saw Alucard and Sebastian standing in front of the swing sets, getting ready to hold back anyone who dared wanted to stop the blonde.
Seras built up more and more speed. Her smile grew and her heart pumped harder and harder. Gabriella was happily talking to one of her friends, minding her own business and not seeing the small blonde fury that was charging her at an alarming speed. When she got closer, Seras raised her fist, preparing for impact. Fully energetic and excited, the last second the small blonde jumped before landing her fist right in Gabriella's face. The force was so powerful that the brunette practically flew off of her swing and landed hard on her back in the gravel. Seras felt good when her fist met with the girl's nose and heard the satisfying crunch of what she could only guess was the sound of her nose breaking. Blood was there on her fist and she was more than sure that it wasn't her own, but Gabriella's. The brunette bawled, crying hard and loud when she found herself on the ground with a nose that gushed with blood and hurt like a son of bitch. Before Seras could fully enjoy it, someone was grabbing her arm and pulling her into a run.
Alucard and Sebastian both laughed as they dragged the girl across the playground away from Gabriella and her friends who were about ready to attack and kill. Seras smiled brightly at her new friends and laughed along with them while they ran from the elder kids.
The End
I hope you guys enjoyed this AU. It's short, but it's meant to be short and sweet. Some of these will have smut in it, others will just have fluff. Please go check out the Mad Child's version of this AU if you hadn't already!
Oxford Not Brogues
