Chapter Two: Ludwig.
Ludwig waved goodbye to Feliciano and Kiku as he got into his older brother's car. The day had been considerably enjoyable for him, and that as saying a lot considering Ludwig's fickle personality. Well, it was enjoyable mostly due to the fact that Feliciano had made the school brighter. The school day was just more... Fun, with him around. He turned to his older brother, Gilbert, who was starting up the engine. Gilbert was shorter than him, but due to age, his horns were much larger, so he had to duck slightly in the car, which in all honesty made him look rather silly.
"So, how was your day?" Gilbert asked, almost knowingly. "It was good." Ludwig answered simply, his eyes on the floor. He didn't want this conversation to go to far, because he didn't want to admit that he had already started to develop feelings for Feliciano. It was very sudden, after all they had only just met that day, but there was something about him that made Ludwig feel... Sick, but in a good way.
Gilbert nodded. "So you made a new friend I saw. He's the new kid, right? A werewolf?" He looked at Ludwig for a second before redirecting his eyes towards the road. "Oh, ja..." Ludwig said quietly. "Cool... Well, aren't you gonna ask how my day was, Lud?" Gilbert said with a smug eyebrow raised. "Oh! How was your day, Gilbert?" Ludwig asked, with a little to much enthusiasm as he was glad that the previous conversation was about to be over for good, because once Gilbert started talking about himself, you couldn't stop him. "It was pretty good! Well other than P.E., that was terrible. Coach Igor made us run like fifty laps! Can you believe that? And then Elizaveta blamed me for the whole mess, because I may or may not have been the one to piss him off, and that, my friend is where I got this epic bruise from! And then..."
It was at this point that Ludwig had stopped listening. He made sure to nod every once in a while so it seemed like he was, but in reality he had turned his attention to the border. The large wall separating monsters from humans. They had been segregated to this tiny corner of the earth hundreds of years ago, and were never allowed to leave. No interaction with humans was permitted, except of course for government and military men who came in once and a while to check on them, and occasionally civilians who lived there. Ludwig wondered what the human's world was like rather often, well, all young monsters do at some point in their lives. Gilbert claimed to have seen it, but Ludwig only believed him when he was little. It made him sad that so many were afraid of monsters. That so many were afraid of him.
He was pulled out of his thoughts when the engine stopped and he realized they were home. As the brothers got out of the Volkswagen, they noticed some humans were trying to peek over the wall. They looked about twelve or so. They were giggling and shushing each other as they stared at them. Gilbert narrowed his ruby eyes at them. "Hey! You there, kids! Go home before we all get in trouble!" He yelled. "I don't have to listen to a monster like you!" A small boy taunted, sticking his tongue out. "Oh, you like sticking your tongue out, huh?" Gilbert said threateningly. "Gilbert, please, you'll get us in trouble...!" Ludwig said. Gilbert ignored him and picked up some of the switches growing in their yard in a threatening manner, causing all the other children to scream and run. But the boy stayed.
"I'll show you how to stick your tongue out!" Gilbert yelled, before opening his mouth and doing the trick their family was famous for; Elongating his tongue in a disturbing, lizard-like fashion and then sticking it out while hissing, fangs bared. The boy shrieked and ran, leaving Gilbert to fall into fits of hysterical laughter.
Ludwig sighed at his brother, who was now laying on the ground and gripping his sides. This certainly hadn't helped monsters and their plight for freedom.