Title - Hold on to life.
Chapter title - Rudolph.
Author - OblivionsGarden.
Genre - Romance/Supernatural.
Disclaimer - I do not own The Little Vampire in anyway, shape or form. For this chapter I only own, Ellen and Evelyn Blackshaw.

A/n -
Hey, look who's here! Rudolph! *Does mini victory dance* Oh and also, I'll put the girls outfits for this chapter at the end again :D Thank you - To everyone who reviewed and faved and alerted, you all effing awesome. :D


-C.3-

On Tuesday morning, Tony wasn't his usual self. The nightmare, although exactly the same as all the times before, seemed a little more intense. He knew Eve had had a nightmare too, after he's woken her up, but she hadn't yet spoken about it.
Now in the care on their way to school with Dottie and El, Tony and Eve remained silent. Both wanted to discuss their dreams, but neither wanted to alarm their company.
Finally, Dottie decided to break the silence. "So, um, Eve. Since your the oldest, could you baby sit tonight?"
"Sure." Eve nodded straightening her school tie. "Where are you going?"
"Lord McAshton invited Bob and I to his party. It's business so we can't say no."
"That's OK. I'm sure the three of us can find something to do."
El fiddled with the hem of her skirt, still half asleep. "We could watch a movie or something." She suggested as they pulled up at the school gates.
"Great. I'll come pick you up at three, have a good day guys!" Dottie called through the window before driving off.
Tony being nine, was in the junior school, year five. The junior school building was the one in front, the secondary school, being the one just behind it and the college being just behind that. El being thirteen was in year nine and Eve being 16 was in year 11.
"Meet us here after school, kay?" Said El as they reached the outside of the junior school. Tony nodded. As El turned to head to the secondary building, Eve bent to whisper in Tony's ear. "We'll talk about the dream later, dude." Once again, Tony nodded as Eve ran off to catch up with El, her messenger bag, thumping against her legs as she ran. When Tony started to walk into school, he was stopped by the sound of two very familiar Scottish accents.
"Hey, creep!"
"Who were they, your girlfriends? Bloody yank!"

At three O clock, Tony stood leant on the wall of his school as he waited for El and Eve.
"Actually waiting for us now creep?"
Tony grimaced and turned his head to look at the McAshton brothers.
"Actually I'm waiting for my sisters."
"So beat it, moron." El arrived beside Tony and place a protective hand on his shoulder. The boys chuckled but left anyway, promising that they'd see him in the morning. Eve arrived soon after and together the three of them headed towards Dottie's car.


When they got home Tony, El and Eve headed straight to change. Tony wore his red hooded jumper with black striped, checked shorts and trainers. El wore a grey and pink striped vest, denim shorts and pink vans whilst Eve wore a red checked shirt with black jeans and black converse.
When they'd changed they had their tea and headed outside to play tag in the fields behind the house whilst Bob and Dottie got ready for their party.
"Phew! I'm exhausted!" Panted El, bending forward with her hands on her knees as she caught her breath. "I'm gonna go get some juice. You guys want some?"
Tony nodded but Eve shook her head, telling her to put the kettle on instead. As El ran inside Tony turned to Eve, taking the opportune moment.
"What'd you dream?" He demanded.
"It was exactly what you said." Eve shrugged.
"Exactly the same?" Tony persisted.
"As far as I know, from what you've told me, yes. At first I thought it was just a big gathering of random vampires but then I realized there were about five or six different families there. Then the leader chanted, the light appeared, then the hunter, the stone feel towards my bed and the blonde one dived after it."
"And then you woke up?"
"And then I woke up." Eve confirmed as she stood, pulling Tony to his feet and heading inside.
Tony took his juice and headed up to his room to draw whilst El switched the television on to watch the soaps and Eve sat with her laptop.
El frowned curiously when she saw bob make his way upstairs with a set of golf clubs.
"Tony always moans that Bob's clubs are too big so we got him a junior set." Explained clipping in her earrings as she entered the living room.
Eve wolf whistled when she saw Dottie's knee length sequined black dress with the small slit up the back.
"Looking good!" Giggled El.
Dottie blushed before heading up to Tony's room.


"You guys are insane. Tone I'm just gonna draw, kay?"
Tony fixed his black cape around his neck as he stood by his window. "OK. But Eve, I can't promised you won't be my first victim."
El giggled as she climbed atop Tony's chest, he dark purple cape handing around her shoulders. She crouched slightly making her hands into claws before bearing her over sized plastic Halloween fangs at Tony, giving him a muffled hiss.
Rolling her eyes, Eve sat at Tony's desk and started doodling on the paper until something Tony was saying pierced her thoughts.
"Ab ovo!" He chanted, holding his cape up like wings. Eve spun the chair around to face him, recognizing the chant from her dream.
"In toto!" Tony turned and pounced on Eve, knocking her off the chair onto her back. El was soon at her other side and the pair of 'vampires' began to pretend to feast on her as Eve giggled to herself.
When they heard a screech and a thud, the three of them stopped dead...no pun intended. Tony made his way over to the window, jumping when there was a noise in the fire place. Eve stood, protectively keeping Ellen and Tony behind her as they approached the fire place.
Inside was a boy of about 13 or 14 wearing very strange, old looking clothing. His jacket had a sort of...fuzzy material on the arms, he has purple leather trousers, shin length boots and what appeared to be a pair of goggles around his neck. His skin was as pale as the dead and his hair stuck out all over the place, as if he'd stuck his head out of the car window.
"What clan are you from brother, sister?" The boy asked weakly. "Have the lights gone?"
El and Tony looked at Eve expectantly. Eve gulped before asking, "Who are you?" Her voice no sounding as confident as she'd hoped. Tony pulled his paper fangs out as El removed her plastic set. The boy in the fireplace frowned with a slight tilt of the head before bearing what appeared to be two very realistic and very sharp looking fangs, and hissed.
"You're not family!"
"Not yours we're not." Quipped Tony and Ellen lightly slapped his arm, telling him to shut up.
"You're all human! You're full of blood!"
"Gonna keep it that way dude!" Tony pushed past the girl to run for the door. The girls, who were too shocked to move, watched as the other boy pounced over Tony, landing upside down on his door, like a spider. Tony turned on his heel and ran back the way he came, hiding behind the dumbstruck Blackshaws.
The boy on the door looked panicked for a second before he fell from the door and landed on the floor with a thud and a groan.
"I'm too weak." He whispered.
Cautiously, the girls and Tony approached him. "Do you need help?" Asked El kneeling down at his side. He rolled his head over to look at her. "What twisted kind of mortal are you?"
"Hey, I know you!" Exclaimed Tony before El had a chance to reply. "You we're in mine and Eve's dreams!"
With a frown Eve peered over El's shoulder, getting a better view of the boy's face, gasping when she realized Tony was right.
"Must have been a nightmare."
"It was." Confirmed Tony earning an elbow from Eve.
"I must leave." The boy stood with the help of El.
"But you can't even walk." Protested Tony.
"Who need to walk when I can fly?" The boy bolted from Tony's room, through the window and took a dive from the balcony. Everyone watched in morbid fascination as he hovered for a few seconds, before falling to the floor far below. Tony ran to the balcony before he and the girls raced down the stairs, out of the door and to the boy's side.
"Are you OK?" Tony asked dumbly.
"Do I look it?" As the boy spoke, a large red van drove past the gates, flashing multiple bright lights in different directions. "Rookery!" The boys hissed again trying to his away from the light. Without a moments hesitation, El removed her cape and held it up to block the light.
"Thank you." The boy smiled, taking a mental note of the pretty brunettes, kind face. "Do you...do you know where I can get a cow?"
El frowned and turned to Eve. "If you want some milk..." She started.
"No. Not milk. A cow...hurry."
Tony turned to Eve. "There's a dairy farm not far from here but how do we get him there, he can't walk?"
"Um...I'll give him a piggyback."
The boys eyes widened. "A what?"
"I'll carry you on my back. I know I'm not the strongest girl in the world but you don't look too heavy." Eve stood up as Tony and El helped the boy up.
"How do you..." The boy trailed off.
"Oh..." Eve turned her back to the boy and bent at the knees slightly. "OK, put your arms around my neck." She instructed. He was a little apprehensive at first but did so anyway.
"Now put you legs up, like this." Tony jumped onto El's back. The boy lifted his legs the same as Tony and Eve caught the back of his knees.
"You alright?" She asked.
"Yes. In other circumstances this would be fun. Thank you..."
"Eve. I'm Eve, that's El and Tony." The boy smiled.
"C'mon! This way to the cows!" Tony called from his position on El's back before he started to give her directions, Eve and the boys following closely behind. Whilst they were walking Tony told El of the dreams wondering to himself if she would now also have the same one, like Eve did.

When they got to the farm Eve went over to a cow and set the boy into his feet before moving over to Tony and El.
"Why didn't you tell me about your nightmare?" El whispered as they watched the boy hypnotize the cow.
"Cause...I don't know." Eve replied with a shrug.
The three of them grimaced when the barn filled with the sounds of slurping coming from the boy and the cow.
"I think I'm gonna hurl." Tony ran off outside, leaving El and Eve in the barn.
"Stay here with uh...that kid whilst I go make sure Tony's OK." Eve instructed before disappearing through the doors. El stood awkwardly in the doorway as the boy finished up.

When Eve got outside she saw Tony dumbstruck in the middle of the road as a big red truck drove towards him.
"TONY!" She screamed running as fast as she could and pulling him out of the road. The landed in a heap on the grass, Tony wrapped safely in Eve's arms. As a leather clad man, Eve remembered the boy calling Rookery, climbed out of the truck, a voice sounded from behind them.
"Close your eyes!"
Hearing El's voice, Tony and Eve obeyed, soon having the feeling of floating in the air. A short while later and they heard another voice.
"You can open your eyes now."
Eve and Tony went wide eyed as they looked around from their place on top of the blimp. El had had her eyes open the whole journey, relishing the adrenaline.
"Wow." Breathed Tony.
"Ah! Why would you do that?" Panicked Eve, stiffening.
The boy frowned as El giggled. "She's scared of heights." She explained.
"Oh and thanks dude, that Rookery guy was scary." Smiled Tony.
"That's alright, but you keep calling me dude. My names Rudolph."
As Tony explained the slang word, Eve pulled her knees up to her chest and put her head down on them hoping that if she didn't look around she wouldn't throw up. El and Tony started jumping around and El pulled Rudolph to his feet.
"Uh, dude?" Eve said keeping her eyes closed. "Rudolph?" She asked a little louder. The young vampire dropped to his knees beside the terrified teenager, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Are you OK, Eve?"
She shook her head. "We need to get home before Tony's parents do."
"How do we get down?" Asked Tony looking a little worried.
"We fly!" Grinned El, still bouncing around. Rudolph smiled as the hyperactive girl before turning back to Eve to see her grimace as she opened her eyes.
"Stay calm, friend." Rudolph smiled again. "As long as I'm holding onto you, you're fine." He took Eve's hand and El's hand and El took Tony's hand before they took off into the night sky. Eve kept her eyes shut, concentrating on keeping her dinner in her stomach, choosing to listen to the other talk about Rudolph not being like other vampires instead.
"Can you see what colour that car is?" Tony asked randomly.
"Green. Man and woman inside. Man talking very loudly and waving his hands."
Eve's eyes shot open only to instantly snap shut again. "That's the parents. We're gonna be so dead if we don't hurry."
At Eve's word, Rudolph quickened his flight pace and they soon landed on Tony's balcony.
"Oh sweet land how I missed thee!" Smiled Eve as she went into Tony's room.
"Drama queen, it wasn't that bad." Giggled El as they heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Eve turned back to the group.
She pointed to Tony. "You, bed." She turned to El. "You, go with him." Then to Rudolph. "You, hide!" Before she could see where he went she started to pretend to be clearing away some of Tony's toys as Bob and Dottie came into the room.
"Oh, hey." Eve smiled and waved, nonchalantly.
"Hi, why are you still up?" Asked Bob with a frown.
"Not tired really. Plus these two made one heck of a mess. I'm gonna head to bed in a second when I'm done."
Bob and Dottie smiled, kissed El and Tony on the forehead and left the room.

Rudolph jumped down from the ceiling making Eve gasp. She slapped his arm playfully.
"Are you trying to scare me to death?"
Rudolph laughed and shook his head. "I supposed I must take my leave." He said, a sadness overcoming his pale features. "I haven't had this much fun with children my age since I really was fourteen. Thank you."
"Anytime." El smiled, her eyes revealing the disappointment that he was leaving as she removed her trainers.
"You can stay if you want." Suggested Tony.
"Maybe I should." Rudolph said as Rookery drove by the house again. Whilst Tony and El got Rudolph settled in Tony's toy chest, Eve silently slipped out of the room and headed to bed, her mind reeling from the nights events.


A/n -
El and Eve's school uniforms = http :/ www. polyvore. com/ cgi/ set? id= 32369382
El and Eve's after school outfits = http :/ www. polyvore. com/ cgi/ set? id= 32369751
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