The Next Night...
I looked around the cemetary and sighed to myself, as soon as the sun had gone down Rudolph came to get me from the basement and we came home straight away, only problem was none of them were here and he had seen something back in Tony's room
"It was the stone Nora, I have to go back" he exclaimed, I pulled myself up to sit on one of the large gravestones while facing him "You can't. He doesn't need to be dragged into all of this" I replied shaking my head, he rolled his eyes and was quiet for a moment "I'm going back, he must have seen it somewhere" he said before flying up and leaving me alone in the cemetary.
It had been about half an' hour since Rudolph had gone to see Tony and I was bored out of my mind, the family were probably feeding somewhere so they weren't back yet, I heard a twig suddenly snap behind me and I looked back to see Rudolph and Tony wakling towards me "So you didn't see the real thing then?" Rudolph asked dissapointedly
"I dreamt it all, the amulet, the comet. Does it mean something?" Tony asked curiously as they both sat on a small rounded grave "I can't say, it's a secret" Rudolph said "Who am I gonna tell? Who's gonna believe me?" Tony asked sighing afterwards, I slowly got down from the gravestone and sat down next to him "Alright, it is the comet Atamon" Rudolph said looking up at the sky,
Tony looked aswell and we could easily see the comet slowly moving "It is the comet of the lost souls, it could mean the end of this curse" he said "What curse?" Tony asked looking back at him "The curse of being a vampire" I explained, he looked back at me his face full of confusion "There was a piece of the comet that fell to earth, a great magician made it into an' amulet of power but they lost it 300 years ago to the sea" I said motioning to Rudolph...it was also the night I was turned
"Yes I saw it" Tony exclaimed "And my uncle Von tried to catch it. But no one's seen him since, and from that night to this our wandering has never ended" Rudolph finished "I'll help you find it, that must be what my dream really means" Tony said putting a hand on Rudolph's shoulder "Yes, you are to join our quest. We'll truly be brothers then" Rudolph agreed putting his own hand on Tony's shoulder,
we suddenly heard a familiar screeching noise and my head spun to look up at the sky "Oh no" I whispered noticing the four bats heading our way "Hide my parents are coming" Rudolph said turning to Tony "But were brothers" Tony said "They don't know that, go" Rudolph said standing from the gravestone, Tony jumped up and hid behind a large slightly broken gravestone while I stood next to Rudolph,
two bats floated down slowly and in a small flash turned into Rudolph's parents "Mama, papa" he exclaimed "Rudolph, thank the stars you're safe" His mother, Freda said hugging him "My son you must never stray so far away again" His father, Fredrick said worriedly "We were only taking the road less travelled" Rudolph said motioning to me, his parents looked back at me and I sighed quietly
"I'm sorry we didn't come back, Rookery was after us and we had to feed because of his lights and..." Freda cut me off "Nora it's alright, you're both safe and that's what matters" she said reasuringly, I nodded feeling more relieved now "Yoohoo" a familiar young voice called "Anna" Rudolph exclaimed hugging his little sister "Brother darling, you two are the nervy ones. Sneaking off like some daywalkers" she said glancing at me,
I shrugged innocently "We wish, so father did you find the stone?" Rudolph asked turning to face his father "No but I'm sure were on the right path" he said "Because..." Rudolph's father cut him off "We still have 38 hours" "But you see that's..." "I will not fail you" Fredrick said cutting off his son again, I crossed my arms and hoped they wouldn't find Tony "Gregory" Freda said a little confused while looking behind me,
I spun around to see Gregory behind Tony walking towards him, Tony jumped and ran out from behind the stone pressing himself agains't another one "No, Gregory he's my friend" Rudolph said pushing his older brother back "A mortal" Fredfrick exclaimed running over to where Tony stood, Rudolph stood on Tony's right and I nervously fiddled with my cloak strings
"I'm friends with Nora and Rudolph and they gave me a bite proof gurantee" Tony said moving closer to Rudolph "You can be anything to them. Victimizer, slave, dinner perhaps. But you can never be their friend" Fredrick said putting two fingers underneath Tony's chin and lifting him off the ground
"He likes vampires, and he dreams about us" Rudolph said "Am I in your dreams mortal?" Anna asked fanning herself, I chuckled to myself and turned back to the others "And he knows about the amulet" Rudolph added "Then he's a spy, Rooker's knave" Fredrick said lowering Tony back to his feet
"Darling he doesn't look like a spy, and besides even Rudolph couldn't make up such a story. Could you sweetheart?" Freda asked looking at her son, Rudolph shook his head with an' innocent look on his face "Mortal or not he's just a boy. But if you insist on eating him go ahead" Freda said kissing Fredrick's knuckles "I never said I would. Leave I say" he demanded looking back at Tony
"But Rudolph..." he started "Should never have befriended you, leave I say" Fredrick said louder before hissing at Tony, Tony screamed and started running while I made my way towards Gregory "Are you alright?" I asked resting my arms on his upper arms "Fine, just worried about you" he replied running his fingers along my collarbone, I suddenly heard the familiar rumble of a vehicle and I tensed
"Rookery! Get back!" Fredrick shouted pushing us all away as the hunter appeared at the archway with his stake gun "Take the family" he said to Freda, she nodded and took us all behind the pillars so that we could see what was going on, the doorway to the underground was close by so we could run in there if we wanted
"Come on Nora" The boys exclaimed, I glanced back at them and then back at Rookery "Don't even think about it Nora" Gregory said warningly, he deffinatly knew what was on my mind and it was strange having our tables turned "Fine" I snapped before following him into the underground.
