Yours for Eternity
Vladimir is back and starting ninth grade. His best friend's, Henry's, cousins are moving to Bathory. How will Vlad handle blood cravings, high school, and a new crush? AU and OC's. I do not own the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod.
"Talking"
Thinking
*Notes*
*Flashbacks*
Chapter Four: Halloween
Hana finished putting on her eyeliner and walked to the living room. She had decided she would, finally, confront Vladimir at the party. When she had told Alicia her plan she was furious and ignored Hana until she realized that Hana felt she had to confront him to gain closer on her sister's death.
Alicia had helped Hana pick out an amazing costume. Hana had gone to the closest mall and bought custom made fangs, fake blood, and a black robe. Hana had gotten dressed in her signature black dress, but had blood red elbow length fingerless gloves and converse. She had heavy eyeliner on with custom fangs that looked real and put some fake blood at the tips of the fangs and corners of her mouth.
Alicia had decided to wear a torn up jeans and black shirt. She had let some of her werewolf appendages like her ears, large canines, and tail. Henry was wearing a Zombie costume. Joss, for some unknown reason, wore slacks, a button down shirt, and an unbuttoned vest to go as an anthropologist.
"Are you ready to go guys?" Hana asked as she walked into the room. The other teens nodded and they walked out into the night.
"Hey Hana guess what?" Alicia said
Hana looked at her best friend with an eyebrow raised in question. "I don't know, what?"
Alicia gave her a mysterious smile and said, "I dared James to wear a playboy bunny costume." Hana's eyes widened before she exploded with laughter.
"You did not!" She said to the wolf girl. Alicia just smiled. By this time the group was at Vladimir's home. They went up and Henry rung the doorbell. "Trick or treat," Hana mumbled as the door opened. Vlad stood dressed as Death complete with plastic sickle.
"Joss, I thought you were dressing up?" He said with a raised eyebrow.
Henry smacked Joss in the back of the head. "I told you Go on, tell him what you're supposed to be."
Joss's eyes grew wide at Henry's disgust, and he spoke as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I'm an anthropologist."
Vlad saw Hana hit her forehead with her palm as Henry rolled his eyes. Vlad couldn't help be notice Hana's costume and chuckled thinking that she made a cute vampire.
"Dude, can't you tell people you're a serial killer or something? How am I gonna get Melissa to dance with me if my cousin's an anthropologist?"
Joss shrugged. "Maybe she'll think anthropologists are hot."
Vlad's aunt chimed in saying, "I assume that there's no big surprise at midnight this year."
"No. Why?" Vlad replied.
She smiled. "Good. Home by eleven, Vladimir."
Vlad rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything. About halfway to the party Alicia pulled Hana aside and asked, "You want to scare some little kids to get free candy?" A few years before Alicia had phased into her wolf form and scared some kids and had taken their bags after they had run off, ever since she has always tried to convince Hana to let her do it again.
"No, Alicia, and don't ask me again or I'm going to take your sprinkles away." Hana threatened. Alicia shook her head frantically and looked like she would cry.
At the end of the street, cars were pausing in front of an excessively decorated house. Standing on the porch was a group of girls, in the center stood a sparkly red devil, complete with glitter-horns. Meredith brushed her hair from her face with one of the tines of her plastic pitchfork. When Hana looked over at Vlad he had a hand over his heart.
Henry smirked. "Meredith looks pretty tonight."
When Vlad nodded, Hana felt a surge of jealously run threw her. She glared at the devil and saw with satisfaction Alicia glare at Vlad, which she was doing anyway.
Joss stepped onto the porch and smiled at Meredith. Meredith smiled at Henry when he grabbed Joss by the sleeve and pulled him into the house. Vlad and the girls fallowed into the house.
The party was in the basement- a large room with two couches, a pool table, and a dartboard. Music that must have come from Matthew was blaring out of the speakers when they entered.
Black and orange streamers draped overhead in long twisted lines. Black and orange balloons were floating everywhere and bumping against the ceiling with every thump of the bass. Some kids were dancing, but most were near the punch bowl laughing. Every now and then someone would call Henry's name and wave. Hana was expecting Henry to walk away from the group, but Henry stayed close to them for about an hour.
But soon the pull of popularity became too strong and he mumbled be right back. Hana knew not to expect to see her cousin for the rest of the party. Not long after Joss disappeared too along with Alicia, who Hana knew went off to find James. Hana turned to Vlad, it was now or never.
"Hey, Vlad can I talk to you outside?" She asked. Vlad nodded and together they walked into the cool night air. They went around the house and off the porch.
A gawky, skinny boy with an old 35 mm camera was sitting at a picnic table. Apparently Vlad knew the boy because he said, "Hey, Eddie."
Eddie barely lifted his head to glance at Vlad. His voice was hushed and soft. "Hi, Vlad."
"Get any good pictures of the party?" Vlad asked nodding to the camera.
Eddie shrugged. "I haven't gone inside yet. My mom made me come. I wanted to stay home."
Vlad and Hana nodded sympathetically' Hana could see why he didn't want to come. It was tough attempting to be social with people who barely knew you existed. Vlad slipped his robe off and set down his sickle.
"Man, this thing is hot." He raised an eyebrow at Eddie. "Hey, you wouldn't want to wear it for awhile would ya? Maybe keep an eye on my sickle for me?"
Eddie's eye lit up, but it was soon followed by suspicion. "I guess. But… Why are you being nice to me?"
Vlad smiled and said, "Nice to you? You'd be doing me a favor. I might melt in that thing."
Eddie slipped the robe on and Hana could see tears in the boy's eyes. He picked up the sickle stood barely to the house. He looked back at Vlad. "Thanks."
"No problem," Vlad said as his eyes flashed a purple color. Eddie's feet seemed frozen in the spot.
Vlad raised an eyebrow. "Eddie? Is something wrong?"
Eddie looked like he was having a panic attack. His chest rose and fell with startled breaths.
"W-what are you?" Eddie stammered.
Vlad shrugged as he asked, "What are you talking about?"
Eddie glanced over his should into the house, as if judging the distance. "Y-you're n-not human. Are you?"
Vlad laughed, but it sounded forced to Hana. "Not human? Man, Eddie, what did they put in that punch?" Vladimir's words confirmed Alicia's thoughts when she said he was a vampire.
"You're some kind of monster, aren't you? My mom, she says monsters aren't real. But I saw one last year and now… now I'm seeing another one, aren't I?" Eddie asked. Hana continued to be quite during the conversation.
Vlad kept his cool by saying, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Your eyes, they turned purple for a minute. That's not normal, that's not human." Eddie took a shuddering breath and released it. "So what are you?"
"I'll tell you what I am, Eddie. I'm not amused. You should be careful what kind of things you accuse people of." Vlad met his eyes.
Eddie's eyes grew wide with fear once again. "Why? What are you going to do to me?" Hana shared Eddie's thoughts.
"Nothing, Eddie." Vlad shook his head. "Look. I think you need to talk to your mom about canceling the sci-fi channel. I'm just a kid, like you. Now leave me alone okay?" Once Eddie left Vlad turned to Hana and smiled. "What's up, Hana? What do you want to talk about?"
Hana sighed and sat next to Vlad on the bench. "Well, I wanted to tell you something important, it's the reason I have been avoiding you." Vlad nodded his head for her to continue. "Vlad I want you to know that I know your secret. Don't try to deny it, because I really do know it. At first I was scared, but now… now I just miss my friend. I miss hanging out with you, I miss talking to you at lunch. I still want to be your friend Vladimir, but only if you want to be friends."
Vlad wanted to say he didn't want to be friend, that he wanted something more, but stayed quite. He didn't want to have Hana avoid him again. "I would love to be your friend. Do you know Henry knows about me being a vampire?"
Hana looked at him surprised, "Really?" Vlad nodded.
"Well, well. Look what we have here, tom." The voice of Bill Jensen said. He shoved Vlad down and Hana jumped up and ran inside to get her brother. By the time they came out Vlad had shoved Tom and ran to the crowd. Hana followed Vlad into the house and whispered, "We'll talk more later." into his ear. She pulled away with a wink and looked subtly at Meredith.
At that moment a furious Nelly walked in still wearing her slippers. "Car now." She barked at Vlad. He walked out with slumped shoulders.
AVampire'sHeart: So... did you like it? What do you think will happen now that Vlad knows why Hana avoided him for so long? What was you favorite part? (mine was when Nelly came in with her slippers hahaha) Review, comment, suggest something, or PM me! Bye!
