I do not own Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan or any of its characters. They all belong to Darren Shan.

And thanks to my sister, Roze Hime-sama for editing this chapter. XD

Fraternal Souls Ch.1

I am Darren Shan. Desmond Tiny sent me to find out who he used to be when he was human.

Zap! I fell into a forest, what I saw was trees and rocks. Why the hell did

Mr. Tiny send me to the forest? Hmmm, it must be the future or the past, I thought.

" Let's see, if this was the future, it would be just a wasteland , this must be the past," I said to myself ," As I walked outside the forest and saw a stunning view, IT WAS MY HOMELAND !

Now, I was in town. I heard a familiar voice very far away from me, thanks to my vampiric ears, I could hear things far away. The voice was a friend's mothers , a leopard, which name was Steve !

"Charna's Guts ! I hate this guy! " I cursed silently.

Suddenly , I saw someone else, it was Tommy Jones, and Alan Morris, and... Holy, who was Mr. Tiny before he died ?

Now, I saw somebody spitting around, it was the vampire prince, Vancha Harst. I ran towards him and shouted, " Why are you here ?"

Oops, now everyone was staring at me and running away from me.

Vancha said, " Tiny said that you was going to find out who he was, so I asked to come and help you ," He said as he spat , " so he sent me here to accompany you," he said. " Now, check with whom first?"

" I think we should find some clues and check with them later, " I replied. So we set off to find a place to settle down and slept.

Later on in the day, someone woke me up, it was ! He said,

" We are now going to take Larten back to help you, Master Shan" I thought about those words for seconds since I haven't fully awakened yet.

"We are now going to take Larten back to help you, Master Shan," I muttered. "Larten ? Larten Crepsley ? Mr. Crepsley ? Creepy Crepsley ? Creepy Crawlies ? " I shouted in astonishment .

"Yes to all but 'Creepy Crawlies', Master Shan " He boomed.

Now Vancha and I were in vampire paradise in a special oxygen bubble because in the vampire paradise, there isn't any oxygen. We found Mr. Crepsley in a room chatting with his friend, Paris Skyle.

Mr. Crepsley saw me and whispered," Darren Shan?"

I replied, " Yes, we've came to find you to take you to help us on a quest to find out who he used to be,"

" OK, but you need to explain everything which happened after my death."

We've hit ground without being noticed by somebody else with Mr. Crepsley .

After explaining everything to Mr. Crepsley, He said , " If Desmond says this is the past, it also means that Hibernius isn't dead!"

Vancha said," Tiny..."

I said," You don't want your coffin back, do you?"

Vancha said," Can I have one too?"

" I'd like a hammock rather than a coffin," I said as Vancha spat to a bee that was bothering him.

"We're setting of to Cirque du Freak, Darren," Mr. Crepsley announced.

"I wonder if Evra has got Shancus or Lily ," I said to Mr. Crepsley when we arrived in the Cirque.

" I hope so, " he replied as we walked into Mr. Tall's van.

" Greetings, Larten and Brother," Mr. Tall boomed.

"BROTHER?" Mr. Crepsley screeched.

I said, " Peace, Larten,"

" You sound like Seba Nile," He said, " But, BROTHERS?"

" Easy, I am Desmond Tiny's son, Evanna is my half-sister and Hibernius is my half- brother." I explained to him as Vancha spat again, this time on one of Cormac Limbs' Statue, as he waved at Mr. Tall.

Mr. Tall said," Sorry, would you like a coffin? "

"Yes , please " Vancha said as he spotted in some grass on the pavement.

"That's very rude of you, spitting on the pavement here, Mr. Harst." Mr. Tall said.

"Darren !" Evra shouted, " I thought you set off to Vampire Mountain," He continued.

"Oh, I nearly forgotten, I'm from, the future, Mr. Crepsley was taken back to earth and Vancha wanted to accompany me, so ta-da! " I explained to Evra.

At night, I, Vancha and Mr. Crepsley went for human blood. We found a fat chubby man with a dog, what we worried about was the dog. Dogs were wolves which betrayed their own kind and relied on humans. They hated vampires because they knew we sucked human blood.

The dog had a wide snout, sharp ears, red eyes and an eager mouth, it was horrible ! It looked like a demon 's pet wolf. I looked at Mr. Crepsley and Vancha, and they both pointed at a stick, they meant to snap its neck straight away.

I signed as I walked towards the nearest twig to the dog as I discovered something in the man's hands... It was a crossbow!

I crept towards Mr. Crepsley and whispered, " It's a vampire hunter!"

" What did you say? A vampire hunter?" Mr. Crepsley said.

" Vancha hunter? They're not after me, are they?" Vancha said silently.

"Vampire hunter," I hissed.

"Who's up there on the tree?" the vampire hunter boomed. Mr. Crepsley held me

on his back as he started to flit. But Vancha was still there!

Boom! The crossbow fired rapidly as Vancha dodged in lightning speed. Now it was a matter of speed, not fact. We acted quickly and knocked the crossbow out of the vampire hunter's hands. He kicked me in my leg and in revenge, I drew my sword and cut his legs off. His dog barked as it ran and sunk its teeth into my flesh. I roared in pain as I slashed its head clean off and it went flying into a river nearby .

"Help! Vampires! They've cut my legs and my dog's head clean off!" The vampire hunter screeched in the darkness of the midnight. Police cars came and reporters came not long after we flitted away.

"What happened to that man? " A stupid reporter asked the police officer.

"So far that we know, his head was cut clean off by a vampaneeze."

"What do you think about vampanezes? I think it's just one of those silly tales of the idiotic vampires we need to examine and kill!"A vampire hunter screamed in front of the president of the United States.

"I think it's the vampires, too! The legends of our ancestors had no tales about vampanezes." Said an owner of a history museum.

"How could there be vampires? " asked a scientist.

"That's why we need to figure this out!" shouted the president.

" We need to act seriously! This case is dangerous, "The president said.

"The hunt will begin from NOW!" The army general called out.

When we saw the news on TV, we were not surprised.

"So, I think we need to move on to check with people," Mr. Crepsley said.

"Let's check with the vampaneeze lord-Steve Leonard first!" Vancha screeched with anger," He killed you!" He continued.

"Let's go then!" I shouted.