I don't own The Little Vampire or the song in this chapter. In this chapter, the Thompson kids meet Rudolph. Lets see what happens. Here's the chapter.

Ch. 3 Rudolph

Luna's PoV

I was drawing this incredibly gorgeous guy that I've seen in my dreams while Tony drew vampire fangs and cut them out. Izzy was still working on her homework, but she says she's almost done. Tony put in the paper vampire fangs as the babysitter came in.

"Okay, Tony and Arielle, it's time to-oh!" She had noticed how dark it was and turned on the light. Tony hissed like a vampire, and the babysitter screamed, frightened. I silently laughed as I put the finishing touches here or there. Izzy was smirking, trying to hold in her laughter (and failing miserably) behind her homework. "Oh, Tony! What a fright you gave me. I didn't see you sitting there. Oh, you stop now…" she said some other things, but we could barely understand her after that, she was talking so fast. "…But meanwhile, brush your teeth and away to bed, both of you." She looked at me and Tony as she left, shutting the door behind her.

I looked at Izzy and she looked confused. Tony got up from his desk chair and put his cape up like he was protecting himself from light, yet you could still see his face. "Bed for the undead?" Izzy and I burst out laughing at that and Tony grinned at us.

Tony decided that he needed ketchup for the 'blood', so he went downstairs to get it, where Izzy finished her homework and I finished the picture of the hot vampire. He came back a few minutes later. He stained the paper fangs and smeared the ketchup on his face. Izzy and I pulled a face to which Tony laughed. He turned toward the window, arms and cape spread eagle, and spoke the words we were all familiar with from our 'nightmares'. They sounded like a chant or some kind of ritual. Tony turned, picked up his stuffed bear and 'drank the blood' from it. Izzy and I pulled another face. I picked up my finished drawing and inspected it. It looked good, even though it was drawn from the memory of him in the dream.

Then we heard a noise and we all looked up to see a bat-like shadow. I heard a bat screech and turned toward the window, but there was nothing there. I stood up and slowly walked to the window, Tony and Izzy on my heels. Tony put the ketchup bottle on his desk. That's when I heard another bat screech to my left and behind me. I whipped around and saw a light flash from the chimney. We all gasped and huddled together. I stepped out and took the lead as we slowly went toward the chimney. We all heard the shallow breathing as we neared. We huddled by Tony's bed.

We all saw a dark figure, but as our eyes adjusted, we saw the figure more clearly. We all saw a pale young boy in Aristocrat clothing, but I saw a freaking gorgeous young man/boy (whatever; it's the same thing) /male with dark brown hair and red eyes with a bat nose. He hit the back of his head and the cutest little nose appeared. He wriggled it.

Then he spoke in a British accent and my heart skipped a beat, then it sped up. "What…clan…are you from, brother and sisters?" He breathed heavily. "The lights gone now." I almost fainted at how sexy he sounded.

Tony opened his mouth and pushed out the paper fangs, while Izzy stared at the stranger with wide eyes and I was looking at him with perplexed blue eyes and a thoughtful face. He looked familiar somehow.

"Who are you?" Tony asked. Good question, bro.

The boy breathed heavily, and stared at us and we stared back at him. Then he realized what he was looking at, and hissed, showing us his fangs- real fangs and not paper fangs. "You are not a brother or sisters-"

"Well, I'm not a sister" Tony cut in while Izzy and I said, "Well, we are certainly not brothers".

"-You're humans. You're full of blood."

"And we're gonna keep it that way, dude," we all said at the same time, then bolted for the door.

I heard a hiss and all of a sudden Vampire Boy was in front of us on the door, crawling like a spider (shivers in fear), looking right at us and hissing. We screamed and shuffle-ran to Tony's desk. We looked back at the Vampire Dude to see his lost his grip on the door and fell on the floor on his back, sprawled out and his head turned toward the door. It looked like he was dead. Then he spoke again.

"I'm too weak," he rasped out as we approached. I knelt down beside him, and Tony bent down to his knees.

"Do you need help?" I asked, running my fingers through his spiky hair. I have no idea why I was doing that, it just felt right. I was drawn to this young boy. I knew he wouldn't hurt us. I don't know how I knew, but I did.

He slowly turned his head to me, still breathing heavily. I felt Tony move and out of the corner of my eye, I saw him wipe his mouth with his sleeve to remove the ketchup. I paid no attention to my siblings; all my attention was on the boy. I saw his eyes widen slightly, and he kept his mesmerizing eyes on me, but he addressed all of us. "What twisted kind of mortals are you?"

I gasped. "I know you! I saw you in my dream. In fact, we all did."

"Must've been a nightmare," he said weakly.

I shook my head, saying "No, it wasn't" at the same time Tony said "It was". I whipped my head around and glared at him. The look he gave me said "What? What did I say?" I rolled my eyes at my twin. I shift my gaze back to the gorgeous young vampire beside me, my gaze softening.

"I must leave," he said.

I grabbed a hold of his arm to help him up. "But you can't even walk."

"Who needs to walk," he says, standing up and gently pushing me out of the way, "when I can fly?" He ran to the window and leaped into the air. He stayed airborne for a second or two before he started kicking and flapping/waving his arms frantically before he fell with an "Aaaahhh!"

We all ran to the window, me being the fastest, and looked down. He lay face down, head turned toward the left, sprawled out again (Geez, is falling a regular thing for him or what?). We took one look at him, turned around and ran out of the room. We quietly went down the stairs and sneaked by the babysitter. We quietly opened and shut the front door. Then we ran across the lawn to where the Vampire God lay sprawled on the ground.

I knelt down on my knees beside him, running my fingers through his hair again (Seriously? Again?). My siblings hung back a little to give us a little space. "Are you okay?"

"Don't look it," he groaned. Just then, a light passed over the lawn for a couple seconds and Vampire God shrank into my shadow, trying to hide from the light. "Rookery!" he gasped. I helped him up and kept an arm on him at all times. He gazed into my eyes, then lowered his eyes quickly, a sheepish look on his face. "Do…do you know…where I can get a cow?" he asked as soon as 'Rookery' was gone. I knew what he was asking ("I need blood, so can you show me a cow?"), but clearly Tony didn't. How is he my twin?

"If you want a glass of milk…"

"No, not milk. A cow. Hurry." He did seem to be getting weaker.

I turned my head to my siblings. "There's a dairy farm not far from here. We should take him there."

"But that's a long way away. How will we get him there? He's far too heavy to carry all the way there. No offense, dude." Vampire God shrugged weakly, clearly not offended at what Izzy was saying. "Do you two have any ideas on how we will get him there?"

I thought about it, then a grin made my face light up and I looked at my twin, who was clearly thinking the same thing I was. "The wagon," we said together.

Understanding lit up in Izzy's blue eyes and she ran to the shed. A few minutes later, she came back pulling our red wagon. I put Vampire God's right arm across my shoulder and Izzy got the other arm. We lifted him into the wagon. As soon as he was safely inside, Tony pulled the wagon. Izzy was in the back, looking out for trouble and I was by my Vampire God. When we got there, Izzy and I lifted him out and brought him inside. As soon as he chose a cow, Izzy went to take the wagon home. Tony was near the entrance looking out for trouble. I was by my vampire, hand on his back as he stared into the cow's eyes.

He started doing something with his hand. "You're eyes are getting heavy. You're falling into a deep sleep." He then went by the cow's neck, bit into it and started sucking on the blood.

"Ugh," I heard Tony say. "I think I'm gonna hurl," he croaked. I heard footsteps and then nothing; Tony had left.

When Vampire God had finished, he came out from behind the cow, his face was (surprisingly) clean. "Thank you."

I blushed and smiled. "You're welcome." Then we heard something that chilled me to the bone and made my blood run cold. We heard Tony screaming.

Vampire God sprang into action. He grabbed me and sped out towards Tony. "Shut your eyes!" he yelled. I quickly shut my eyes. I felt wind one moment and the next I was gently being placed on something. "You can open your eyes now."

I opened my eyes and gasped. We were on our Dad's blimp, like 100 feet in the air. I squeaked in fright. Tree-branch-height I could handle; any higher and I'm petrified with fright.

"Wow!" Tony exclaimed.

"Enjoying the view?" Vampire God asked.

I shook my head frantically as Tony said, "Yeah. And thanks, dude." Vamp God turned his gaze to him, confused. "You saved my life. That truck was gonna splatter me."

I put my hand on Vamp God's shoulder and he shifted his gaze to me. "Thanks for saving my little brother, dude."

"You two keep calling me 'dude'. My name is Rudolph." OMG! Swoon!

"Dude is slang-" I started.

"-like you call a friend," Tony finished.

"Friend." My Rudolph said the word like it was foreign to him. I don't see how. The dude is smoking.

"Well, we saved each others' lives, didn't we?" Tony and I asked at the same time.

Rudolph's oh-so-kissable lips turned into a small smirk. Again, swoon! "Yes, we did. Friends."

"My name is Tony, and this is my twin sister, Arielle, but she likes to be called Luna."

Rudolph and I locked gazes. His lips turned upward into a smile. "I think Arielle is a beautiful name, like you."

I blushed a bright tomato red and Rudolph chuckled, making me blush harder. "T-thank you, Rudolph." Did I stutter? Arielle Luna Thompson does not stutter.

Rudolph chuckled (Swoon…I've been doing a lot of swooning lately). "You're welcome, Arielle." Oh! My first name never sounded so good coming from his lips.

Tony wasn't about to be ignored. "C'mon, let's play."

Tony and Rudolph stood up, but I refused to move…that is until Rudolph offered me his hand. I took it and he pulled me up into his arms to steady me. Oh. My. God. His arms feels so around me- his toned, muscular arms. Sadly, he let go and began jumping with Tony. I shrugged and joined them.

"My best friend's a vampire!" Tony shouted. "Yeah!"

"Yeah!" Rudolph shouted. I rolled my eyes. Boys.

We continued jumping until we were exhausted, then Tony and I ungracefully plopped down on Daddy's blimp. Rudolph gracefully sat down.

"I think we should go home, Tony," I breathed, panting. "Izzy will be worried."

"How do we get down from here?" Tony asked.

"We'll fly," Rudolph said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Tony and I exchanged a glance and said together, "But we can't fly."

"I got you up here, didn't I?" I was mentally gaping at him. His accent was so sexy.

I was too in my musings to reply, but I heard Tony say, "Well, I guess so."

"Then stay calm, friends." Eek! So sexy. "Alright, let's fly." Wait, what? Tony stood up, hand already in Rudolph's in preparation for the flight. Rudolph held his hand out to me. I hesitated. "As long as I'm holding on to you, you're fine, Arielle. If you want, you can wrap your arms around my neck for added protection. Just trust me." I put my hand in his and he pulled me up into his arms. I immediately wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. I was taking no chances in falling. "Ready?"

"No, but go ahead." I put my face in the crook of his neck as his chest vibrated because he chuckled. He smells absolutely divine! I love it! I tightened my hold on him as he rose into the air.

"Whoa! I'm flying!" I heard Tony gasp! "Whoa!" I tightened my hold as I felt us descend a little and then leveled out. "Wow, it's great to be a vampire!"

"Membership does have it's privileges," Rudolph admitted, somewhat reluctantly.

"Look! Our Mom and Dad went to a party there."

It was little while later after Tony yelled out "Yeah!" that I made that first comment since ascending into the air into the air.

"Vampires are different than I thought they'd be," I commented casually. It's true actually. I thought I'd be dead by now actually.

"Father's seen to that," Rudolph said. "We're family, not fiends. That's why we only trust drink cow's blood."

"But I thought vampires drank human's blood?" Tony asked.

"We do. But we've got to make to make with cows."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because we've been hunted for centuries. We always have to hide. We want to become humans, not eat them for dinner."

"Oh," Tony and I said at the same time.

Then Tony said, "Do you see what color that car is?"

"Green. Man and woman inside. Man talking very loudly and waving his hands," Rudolph answered. Hmm. Sounds like Mom and Dad…wait, that is Mom and Dad.

"Oh no! Our parents! We're gonna be in so much trouble! Our Dad's gonna kill us!" Well, damn. Can't I be wrong for once?

We got to Tony's bedroom in the nick of time. Rudolph went to hide. Izzy came in with my pajamas, sat next to me and planted a concerned looked on her face, holding out my pj's. I quickly took off my clothes, put on my pajamas, and shoved my clothes out of sight. I bent over and flipped my hair, then messed it up to make look like I had just gotten out of bed (We agreed that should we ever almost get caught sneaking out, that we pretend Tony had another nightmare, since he has them the most). I sat down and pulled Tony to me (he had gotten into his pj's while I 'fixed' my hair) and put him in my lap, rocking him. Two minutes later, our parents and babysitter came in, visibly upset. Izzy and I looked up.

"I saw what I saw, and I saw what I didn't, and I didn't see them."

Dad started sniffing the air. "What's that?"

Mom sniffed the air, too. "I smell it, too." Izzy and I saw Rudolph in the corner where the walls and ceiling meet out of the corner of our eyes. I let my gaze travel to him and lock gazes with him. He put a finger to his lips in a shushing motion. "What happened?" Mom asked.

"Poor baby had another nightmare, Mom," Izzy explained. Tony made a whimpering noise. Damn, my siblings are good actors.

"He came into my room, and Izzy heard me and him talking. I've tried rocking him, but I think the only thing that truly works is the lullaby."

"In the babysitter's defense, we did go down to the kitchen for a midnight snack," Izzy defended our babysitter.

"Okay, Arielle sing him the lullaby. Charlotte, go back to bed. I think Arielle can handle her twin."

I gave Izzy an expression that said "Thank you" and she gave me a look that said "You owe me big time" as she rose and followed our parents and the babysitter out.

Tony sat up as soon as the door closed, and I let out a relieved sigh as Rudolph landed in front of us. I picked up my clothes and threw them in Tony's hamper because I was too lazy to put them in mine. Well, there's that and I also didn't want to miss a second with Rudolph.

"So, those are your parents? They look nice," Rudolph said.

"And tasty?" Tony asked. I rolled my eyes.

"No, nice. As in, very nice."

"They have their moments," we both said at the same time.

Rudolph looked undecided as he turned and walked toward the window. "I suppose I must take my leave." Before he disappeared through the window, he turned back. "I've haven't had so much fun with kids my age since I really was 9. Thanks," he jerked his head up and put his hand up, palm out and hand open, "dudes." He smiled and turned to leave.

I panicked. I didn't want him to leave yet! Luckily, Tony read my mind and said, "You can stay if you want."

He must have saw something out there, maybe Rookery, because he looked back at us and said, "Maybe I should." And he looked back at whatever he saw out the window.

"Do vampires sleep in coffins?" Tony asked.

"Because that's gonna be a problem," I finished for him.

"Just as long as the sun can't find me," he said, turning back to us and walking over to Tony's toy chest. "This would be excellent."

"I'll have to take out all this junk," Tony said, as Rudolph opened the lid.

"Junk? It's a treasure chest," he protested, taking out Tony's Nintendo Color and started pressing buttons. "I've hidden in the trees and watched Mortals plays this game. What is it?"

"Nintendo. Duh," Tony said. I elbowed him and shook my head.

"Nintendo Duh. Can I play with this Nintendo Duh?" Rudolph asked as Tony started taking out the stuff in the chest, and put it under his bed. I love that he asked to play it and he is already playing it.

"It's a Nintendo," I say as I helped Tony out. "'Duh' is just a word people use when someone asks a dumb question."

"Duh?" Rudolph tries it out, but it sounds like a question.

"More like 'duh!'" Tony said, putting emphasis on 'duh'. We practiced saying 'duh' until Rudolph mostly got it. Then Tony said tiredly, "I'll teach you Nintendo tomorrow."

"I know. You must sleep now. Sleep for mortals." Tony picked up a pillow and put it in the chest. "What lullaby were you talking about, Arielle?"

"It's something I've always sung to Tony whenever he goes to sleep and whenever he has a nightmare."

"May I hear it?"

"Sure. Tony needs to get in bed anyway." Tony rolled his eyes at me, but got into bed and put his glasses on his bedside table. I tucked my brother in and once he was settled, I got my phone out, put the music (without the words) on and started to sing the lullaby.

"Dancing bears, painted wings

Things I almost remember

And a song someone sings,

Once Upon a December

"Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully,

Across my memory"

I paused and hummed the break, and then I started to sing again when I knew the song continued.

"Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully,

Across my memory

"Far away, long ago

Glowing dim as an ember

Things my heart used to know

Things it yearns to remember

"And a song someone sings…

Once Upon a Dece~em~ber"

I looked at my sleeping brother and smiled fondly. I kiss his forehead. "Goodnight, Tony." I put my phone in my pajama pocket and turned towards Rudolph. He looked awed and stunned.

"That was beautiful. What's it called?"

"Once Upon a December from Anastasia."

"Oh."

"Yeah. Now it's your turn. Get into bed, or the chest-bed or whatever."

Rudolph smirked. "Are you gonna kiss my forehead goodnight, too," he teased.

I blushed, but boldly told him, "If you want."

He smiled, got into the chest and laid down in it. "Until the night, Arielle."

I blushed, to which he grinned at. I kissed his forehead, just as he wanted me too. "Goodnight, Rudolph."

With that, I gently closed the lid and walked into my room, put my phone on its charger and got into bed. I fell asleep instantly, and dreamed of Rudolph and the 'nightmare' again.

Well, there it is. So how did you like it? Sorry for any mistakes. Once again, I don't own The Little Vampire, just Charlotte and Arielle. Also, I don't own the 'lullaby' Once Upon a December. I will try to get another chapter up tomorrow. Next, the children meet Rudolph's family.